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jaywalker2

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  1. I think irrelevant posts are a complete waste of time
  2. I'm sure they'll help you get to the bottom
  3. On mobile, use YouTube Revanced, NewPipe, or watch in Firefox browser with the UBlock Origin extension installed. On PC, watch in the Firefox browser with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger installed.
  4. It shouldn't be an option either. We should never have come to this point. But we still have people like Elon Musk spouting nonsense about population collapse. 8 billion people and the world population continuing to expand by almost 1 percent annually and he's worried about whether there will be enough customers for his Teslas. It's such attitudes that will eventually wipe out the human race.
  5. Evolutionary forces. We human beings like to think we are in control of our own destiny. But we're not. We're driven by unconscious systemic impulses and forces. If we were a rational species, we would never have let the population expand to 8 billion or destroyed the environment and wiped out other species to the extent that we have. We wouldn't be arguing about climate change or continue to focus on building bigger and more destructive weapons. But we are victims of our success. Eventually, this will lead to some major disaster, most of the human race will be wiped out, and a new species will arise to take our place. The fact that we can't envision this shows how blind we are since it has already happened multiple times in the past. Species become too successful and that's what kills them.
  6. slow day in Pattaya apparently
  7. For mobile, install YouTube Revanced or NewPipe or watch on the Firefox mobile browser with the Privacy Badger extension added. On a laptop watch YouTube in your browser. There, no more adds.
  8. George W. Bush proved that you don't need a high IQ to become president of the United States. I have always thought that IQ is less important in life than social skills and emotional attributes such as drive and ambition except, perhaps, in very specialized occupations.
  9. But if you try to deposit the money, the bank will probably give you a hard time and want to know the sources of the funds.
  10. yes. I wonder how Wise transfers would categorized, since they are registered as domestic transfers.
  11. In fact, the article is wrong. This is not the usual way that taxes are admininstered. I'm not an expert on international tax law but typically tax payers are obliged to declare their worldwide income on their annual tax returns and are taxed accordingly. But remittances aren't taxed because that's not income. Also, if you're an expat there aren't many countries that I know of that tax you on your worldwide income. Rather, you're taxed on the income of the country you're living in not what you might have earned in other countries. This provides a perfect tax dodge for the rich, though, who have myriad ways to launder their money.
  12. it's the age-old attraction to forbidden fruit. I doubt that anybody is turned on by upskirts; it's the idea that you are seeing something that you're not supposed to that is titillating to those with this particular fetish,
  13. Although double taxation treaties exist, they don't always cover all of the income a person might generate. When I worked in Japan, for example, I was allowed a flat $70,000 income deduction. Anything I earned in excess of that would be taxed by both the U.S and Japan. This has always been a problem for U.S. citizens working overseas. Currently, I have to file U.S. taxes. Now I'll have to file Thai taxes as well even though I haven't generated any income at all in Thailand? This is a complication that most retirees don't want. Furthermore, one of the selling points of pricey long-term visa schemes was that foreigners who purchased these visas wouldn't have to pay tax in Thailand. Imagine if you have to prove that you earn at least $80,000 a year to qualify for such a visa and then find out that you'll have to pay taxes on that income! Also, how are you supposed to prove that you paid taxes on any money you transfer from overseas? Your income tax report only specifies how much you earned in income or capital gains for a single year. But if you're tranfering money from a saving or checking account, how are you supposed to proved that the money has already been taxed? If this goes through, it will be a huge headache to foreigners in Thailand and offer little benefit to the government.
  14. He is a big joker though. He spent 30 million of his own money to pay for the support of his troops? He inherited 1 billion (his wife actually) so he doesn't need to be corrupt? He was videotaped singing with a big operator of online gambling websites and he didn't realize who she was? She just approached him becaue of his amicable personality? It's like a stand-up comedy routine. I suspect the real reason behind his anti-corruption crusade is to amass personal power for himself by undermining other top officials. And he's pissed a lot of people off in the process.
  15. And the government's brilliant plan is to draw in even more tourists. Keep the people busy with those low wages jobs so they're busy ripping off tourists instead of complaining about the government!
  16. Can't have one if you live overseas though.
  17. Mots services in Pattaya is also full service. They'll even do your TM30 or get you a resident certificate (if you live in Pattaya). I don't know what they charge for extensions. Also, Tik Tok services in Jomtien have been highly recommended.,
  18. Thai visa is reliable and you can use it from anywhere. They'll also do your 90 day reports for an extra cost. On the downside, their fees have gone up (last I checked it was 20,000 for a retirement extension), it's somewhat slow, and your extension will come from a provincial immigration office.
  19. The cheapest, although you need a Bangkok Bank account at their bank to get the lowest fee. Any other branch and it goes up by 3,500 and they won't accept accounts at any other bank.
  20. It does but it costs 16,000 and takes about 2 weeks. That's if you have a Bangkok Bank account. If not, factor in another 6,000
  21. He has 5 houses? And a personal protection unit? How anybody can think this guy is not corrupt is beyond me,
  22. Why bother with fact checking when your mind is already made up https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/cleveland-clinic-study-didnt-find-more-covid-19-vaccine-doses-causes-increased-covid-19-risk-association-alone-doesnt-imply-causation/
  23. Season 1 of Chuck is available on TGX and EZTV. This show came out in 2007 but I had never heard of it. It's a comedy about a computer nerd who inadvertantly has the complete databases of the CIA and NSA downloaded into his head. Chaos ensures. I've gotten halfway through season 1 and found it very funny,
  24. And if you were living in the U.S. where it reportedly now costs $80,000 to live a comfortable lifestyle, where rents and housing prices have skyrocketed, where people are arguing endlessly about stupid topics like what is a woman, you would be saying: Why didn't I sell everything and move to Thailand when I had the chance
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