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When you rejoin the plebeian queue after getting your reentry permit you can cut in line.  Last time I did that I had to duck under multiple tape barriers.  (It used to be more straightforward.)  Does anyone happen to know how you unclip the tape to make life a little easier?

The US satirical program The Daily Show intro includes words along the lines of "America's only source for news".

Nice to see here that Thailand's only source for news is thethaiger.

This story was taken from thethaiger.com.  It's such a pity that AN has stopped listing its sources.  It was much easier before to see the source and dismiss the story as unreliable drivel.

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/custom-mercedes-maybach-in-11-2-million-baht-crash-goes-viral

On 5/4/2024 at 1:26 PM, Chetzee said:

Walls ice cream used to be made with with Pig fat ....... probably still is ..... 

Not.  It's halal.

1 hour ago, Mike Lister said:

Some useful background:

 

In February 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Bernstein to serve as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers despite not having a formal background in economics.

From the same source:  
 

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Jared Bernstein (born December 26, 1955) is an American economist who is the chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers. He is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama Administration.

The "not having a formal background in economics" is simply an attempted slur.  So, not "some useful background" - just some useless slur.

That video looks heavily edited to me, in an attempt to make Bernstein look foolish.

4 hours ago, wordchild said:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-taxation-of-non-uk-domiciled-individuals/technical-note-changes-to-the-taxation-of-non-uk-domiciled-individuals#:~:text=From 6 April 2025%2C the current remittance basis of taxation,years of non-UK residence.

 

Link posted from gov.uk which explains the changes , some of which will be implemented from 6/4/2025  and others will be  subject to a period of consultation.

 

 As is stated in this document the definition of domicile will change fundamentally to one that is based on the length of residence in the UK.

 

It also looks like 10 years non residency will change your status to one of being  not domiciled.

 

As can be seen in these   (UK Govt) guidance notes, if someone, who was previously domiciled in the UK,  and is then not a UK  resident for a 10 year period , and then returns to live in the UK ,  they will benefit from the 4 year grace period; ie they will be treated the same as a newly arrived non dom.

Sorry, but you have either not read the document at the link or not understood it.  There is nothing there whatsoever that suggests that the rules on domicile will change.

The article is titled "Technical note: Changes to the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals".  In other words, the way that non-doms are taxed is changing - not the rules of domicile.

 

1 hour ago, wordchild said:

It seem like there is broad acceptance that the domicile rules need to change and it seems likely that some form of residency test will be at the heart of the reform. 

The reform is targeted at non-doms living in the UK who pay very little tax.  That is where the changes are coming - removing tax privileges for non-doms in the UK, not redefining how domicile is determined.  There is no plan to change how domicile is determined.

12 hours ago, wordchild said:

I suspect, that whichever government finalizes the legislation , UK citizens who have been non resident UK for a significant number of years , will find that they are deemed to be non domiciled in the UK.

Highly unlikely given the large amount of inheritance tax that is raked in from the worldwide estates of those citizens who have been non-resident in the UK for many years.  It is currently very difficult to lose UK domicile, and I expect nothing to change.

6 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The event has sparked worry among people who rely on endorsements from celebrities to choose health products.

Anyone who relies upon celebrity endorsements is clearly an imbecile.  Should the authorities do anything to protect imbeciles?

16 hours ago, RayC said:

I know little about theology - and have little desire to deepen my knowledge - but is it really the case that the old rules (Old Testament?) are utterly irrelevant to Christians?

It's a little more nuanced than that.  Theologians use the term "abrogation" meaning that where there's a conflict between Old and New Testaments, the later New Testament overrules the Old Testament.  In practice this means things like Christians no longer being held to old rules about what you can and can't eat, that animal sacrifices are no longer required, and God will no longer punish people (in this life at least) for disobeying him.

46 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...the UK Visa Application Centre and the HMPO address in Bangkok, Thailand will be relocated.."

That assumes that one knows that HMPO stands for.  I'd assumed it was something to do with the Post Office.  Still, my mistake.

Yes, it's the late king.  It was a token given to hillstribe people to prove their identity in pre-ID card days.  See 

https://www.web-pra.com/auction/show/7994860 (in Thai).

35 minutes ago, WHansen said:

Oh dear mate, are you that bored ?

Not bored.  Just pedantic, and able to count to two.

How about you?

9 hours ago, thesetat said:

They did not have many animals as well to be called a zoo.

Reminds me of the joke:  I went to the zoo the other day, there was only one dog in it. It was a <deleted>zu.

From 1985.

It's saddening when people instantly that followers of The Religion of Peace are responsible for all violent attacks.

Joel Cauchi was a rent boy - not something normally associated with devout Moslems - and a schizophrenic.  Perhaps, just perhaps, it was schizophrenia that drove him to it, not admiration for Prophet Mo.

Source:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13306051/Joel-Cauchis-double-life-male-escort-revealed-new-details-emerge-Bondi-Junction-Westfield-attack.html