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Hope it doesn't have a Chinese-made lock. https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/14/chinese_espionage_safe_locks/

But it worked. Apparently the rings caused "severe swelling".

Never happened.

And yet the airline isn't named. Pathetic!

That is the Visa Application Centre - not the passport office.

If you do sell, you may well get less than the 3% return you're anticipating since you'd be selling in the open market. Only by holding to maturity will you get the full principal returned.

Sorry. Typo. Should have been 2020. Specifically 2020-10-11.

Their website: https://sacr.us/ Domain was registered in 2010 by a CPA in Coeur d'Alene.

Eh? From the report "THAILAND Buddhist minority declines in the ‘deep south’ due to protracted armed conflict": "There are no reliable figures on the number of people displaced since 2004, but available information suggests that at least 30 per cent of Buddhists ... may have left their homes" https://api.internal-displacement.org/sites/default/files/publications/documents/201110-ap-thailand-overview-en.pdf

They didn't used to be, but large numbers of Buddhists have moved away because of the ongoing violence.

And despite that they have slaughtered more than 7,000 Thai people in the South (2004-2021), targeting government workers (including police and army) and Buddhists - particularly Buddhist monks.

Well, that's one way of looking at it. But they hardly "abstain from worldly pleasures" when they gorge themselves before dawn and after sunset and end up throwing away a lot of wasted food. Ramadan is also "the month of jihad". According to one source, last Ramadan there were 145 terror attacks in the name of Allah resulting in 741 deaths. Total attacks during the same period in the name of other religions combined: zero.

But it's not cranberry juice, but a cocktail that includes a bit of cranberry juice.

The cranberry juices available in the supermarkets are usually cranberry drinks - not pure cranberry juice. You'd need to check the labels to see what percentage of cranberry is in them. Pure juice is available here however, but expensive, for example https://www.biokiathailand.com/product/organic-wild-cranberry-juice/

"Ashton Asoke condo in Bangkok to be demolished" Another headline totally at odds with the story. It might (but probably not) be demolished.

Already answered (by me). Try reading the whole topic. BTW, the US does allow people to renounce their citizenship and become stateless. More civilised countries generally don't permit that.

Doh! Show the passport of another country. It's hardly rocket science to acquire a new passport.

The simple answer is to renounce your US citizenship. That way your worldwide income will no longer be taxable by the US and you won't have this sort of additional compliance issues.

Did you mean "it applies to all third world country nationals, like USA and Australia"? A bit harsh on Australia, I think.

The one you found appears to be reviewed at https://www.amazon.com/Lysun-Hemoglobin-Meter-25pcs-Strips/product-reviews/B09V52RW78/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm Reviews include "Don't waste your money" and "Inaccurate results".

This doesn't address the fundamental issue that a large proportion of Thai farmers is tenant farmers, paying typically half their income to some rich landlord. What is needed is fundamental land reform with redistribution from the (often obscenely) wealthy landowners to the actual farmers.

Investment trusts (closed ended UK funds) are apparently "Complex or Leveraged Exchange Traded Product" - at least according to Interactive Brokers. A couple of days ago they blocked me from trading most of my trusts. This came totally out of the blue. (Yes, technically investment trusts are leveraged, but the level of borrowing is minuscule, perhaps 5% or so. They're much more akin to regular mutual funds than something like leveraged 3x ETFs.) I discovered I could apply for permission to trade Complex or Leveraged Exchange Traded Products, but was rejected as unqualified, despite my having been investing in them for 40 years. So, a couple of questions: (1) Has anyone else been caught up like this with Interactive Brokers and found a way to get trading permission restored? (2) Is this just an IBKR thing? Or are other American brokers similarly blocking trading in investment trusts? Thanks

I blocked all posts by the OP. It just disappoints me that I still see topics he starts. Any way to make him totally invisible? I have quite enough inane drivel in my life already. By the way, wasn't he supposed to be moving to Japan and quitting this site? I guess it wasn't to be.

I have used them for a few years and was satisfied up until yesterday. They've suddenly, without warning, blocked me from trading most of my UK investment trust holdings. If they can't fix this, then I'll need to find a new broker.

The fact that he's followed by millions of people around the world simply shows that there are millions of scientifically illiterate, gullible people who are prepared to believe any old nonsense with a pseudoscientific presentation. And the fact that he is an inveterate liar about health benefits, there is no reason to presume he's right about anything (except, perhaps by accident). According to him: - microwave ovens are dangerous - HIV doesn't cause AIDS - sunscreen causes cancer - homogenised milk is dangerous - If you constantly wear materials like rubber or 'plastic' shoes you'll be disconnected from the natural energy that flows from the Earth. And that's not even touching on his ludicrous beliefs about vaccines. The FDA sent him a warning letter about his COVID pronouncements. https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/mercolacom-llc-607133-02182021 Still, he's done very well for himself, now being worth $100 million on the back of his clueless supporters.