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Jingthing

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  1. Horrific but predictable. One of the important jobs in the world yet zero qualifications. Congratulations magas.
  2. If this was the west he might have a good temporary insanity defense but it's not the west.
  3. Yes. Unfortunately. My Dad gave me a Corvair at age 16. The death trap car. I have to wonder if my Dad wanted to kill me. My next car wasn't much better. A total junker that cost a few hundred dollars. A Dodge but I forget the model. Driving it to school in bad weather was harrowing. Yes I needed to drive as no school bus and a two hour walk away.
  4. With the new evidence about arguing and custody conflict I don't see how the justice system can view this as a simple case of idiotic horseplay. That does not wash.
  5. Won't happen but I have a solution. Double the fare and hire 100 undercover inspectors to ride the buses day and night. Rate driver performance and safety behavior. Eject all drivers with multiple faults. Higher price but better service for the public. Sorted.
  6. Definitely. It's a minority but a dangerous minority.
  7. How Hundreds Of Americans End Up Illegally Detained In U.S. Immigration System : The Two-Way : NPR Don't freak out, but I agree with you that Biden was crap on this issue, and tried to repair it too late.
  8. One time I even suffered a bloody injury just SITTING on a bus because the driver took an extremely jerky very high speed turn throwing everyone on the bus off balance. (It threw me into a sharp metal part of the bus.)
  9. You are naive. Such citizen deportations have happened before but with a historic mass deportation of many millions as Trump promises, they will happen a lot more. As they will tend to not be maga white people, don't expect the maga movement to care about that.
  10. Then they better hurry. I rate it highly unlikely this season at all.
  11. More like an actual taxi (Bolt, etc.). But really the drivers are SUPPOSED to look back to see what's happening. Not going to blame the victims.
  12. Modern Thailand isn't your old time home country.
  13. The tarriff threat to Russia is pure idiocy actually. What does Russia export to the USA these days? Trump has been all over the place in the last few days on Ukraine. Not even a concept of a credible plan. I agree with you that Putin won't be impressed.
  14. Yes, and marriage equality gives a new category of people the OPTION of getting married. It isn't a REQUIREMENT for anyone.
  15. Marriage equality -- equal marriage rights regardless of the sex of the two people involved.
  16. Adoptions by ALL married couples as co-parents are legal in Thailand. Sorry, you lose. Before a person in a same sex couple could adopt as a single person which of course meant much less legal protection for the child over time. This is a step forward for the same sex couples AND their children. Adoption isn't the only way same sex couples have children either often from previously relationships when you consider lesbians.
  17. I've noticed a big youtube trend about this as well. Also popular are interview shock reaction videos asking foreigners on the street what they think about how much certain things cost in the U.S. such as ambulance rides. Many of the facts cited are true but I think seasoned expats well understand that there are downsides too (and extra expenses) involved in living abroad. But on balance, clearly for very many people, living abroad "trumps" staying at home. 17 America Is A Scam Stories From Expats www.buzzfeed.com/dannicaramirez/america-is-a-scam-stories-by-expats-january
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  18. There is no doubt that they are going to accidentally deport U.S. citizens in this wholesale shock and awe mass deportation authoritarian theater show.
  19. I don't get the issue. They are operating out of the US embassy there. Yeah employees might be Filipinos but for the Asean region, that's the location you want for English speakers. If there are problems there with service, I would blame the U.S. government, not the host nation of the embassy.
  20. I don't agree. If you remit only non-accessible sourced income, and bank savings up to December 31, 2023, no need to file. But keep records.
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