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Starting about January 6th, both my Grab and Food Panda apps began rejecting my Bangkok Bank debit card payment method. Both had messages indicating that I must contact my bank. I let it slide a few days by switching to cash hoping it was a temporary glitch but finally called today and found out is definitely NOT a temporary glitch. Bangkok Bank told me (I have a MC debit card) that these apps have "upgraded" and it will be no longer possible to use my card for payments with them. I asked if there was anything I could do, like switch to new card from them, and was told that they can offer no solution. I then tried adding my Kasikorn Visa debit card. It was not accepted. Of course I wouldn't know what other Thai banks might also be blocked or might still work, but it's not looking good! Switching only to cash won't work for me as I use their services so often and drivers can't be expected to always be able to make change. So I noticed both apps do offer the option of TRUE MONEY WALLET. Checked with them and it is available to foreigners. However my first attempt to sign up with them hit an unfixable roadblock, so I'll try again of course to see if I can get into their system. Specifically it stopped me when I tried to enter my occupation. It wouldn't let me enter anything. So basically a frozen attempt with no way back or forward.

I have a very major update about this. Not good news! Important enough to start this new topic.

Not encouraging that he just threatened a NATO country with military action to steal their territory for the U.S. What's the point of even being in NATO if you do something like that?!?

He does need his base. The BILLIONAIRES.

Attempting to sign up today for True Money. So far it's been tedious but clear. I did the passport scan and then the face scan. All OK and then address / occupation info page. Got to the last item, occupation, and it's impossible to scroll to anything! Got the message -- Unable to process, Wait a moment. It's been over an hour. Now I'm wondering if the page will ever time out but it doesn't look promising that I'll get past this roadblock at least on this attempt.

Republicans at their dirty anti democracy white nationalist tricks again. The idea is to suppress as many votes from the poor and ethnic minorities as possible. To create more hoops to jump through. To intimidate people from even bothering.

to ...

2 or 3.

Control of the house very tenuous.

The Trump regime will impact your life whether you care or not.

Since Trump now calls Margarine Lardo home perhaps call it Donald's Bathtub.

Trump also intends to change the name of Mt. Denali which was changed under Obama from Mt. McKinley. That old name was crappy as was President McKinley who had nothing to do with that mountain. The indigenous people's name was Denali. It's a beautiful name.

And he isn't even president yet. Fasten your seatbelts for TOTAL INSANITY.

Greenlanders may want to be their own sovereign nation, the same as many Puerto Ricans do, but Greenlanders wanting independence is NOT the same thing as wanting to be annexed by the U.S.

Why not? Personally I don't really care. It turns out that the government CAN change the name. But that doesn't mean that the U.S. can compel people outside the U.S. to change the maps and use a new name as the Gulf of Mexico has stood for 400 years. Perhaps a compromise? Golfo de Estados Unidos? Also to say Gulf of America is not really specific enough. The Americas span two continents. There is only one Mexico. The old quote -- Poor Mexico. So far from God and close to the United States comes to mind.

Again you make a serious point worth consideration. I do think both dates are very historically significant but I can't rate the importance of one vs. the other. Consider this. If Trump had lost in 2000, conceded the loss, and participated in the normal peaceful transfer of power, without the leadup and events of January 6th, his reelection to a second term would be notable as great political comeback for sure, but nothing like the severity of his significantly successful washing away of January 6th.

More maga conspiracy theory garbage.

Very much so. We'll see what he does. As we know by now "promises" by Mr. Trump are quite fluid when it comes to what he actually does.

I didn't say one word indicating there was any excuse for violence by BLM protesters. The maga fascists actually are the ones trying to act like January 6th was not significant because of the BLM protests, when they had NOTHING to do with each other.

Talk absurdly and carry a big stick. Not a parody figure. The president elect. Leader of the (brain) free world?

No. He dodged thst by winning.

No wonder he loves Putin. Birds of a feather.

VP Harris upheld the constitution. Nothing to be mocked about that.

Under 50 percent actually. But close.

My understanding is that you're just wrong. That income from such retirement accounts are classed the same as non excluded PENSIONS when remitted. In the case of the U.S. that would include IRAs and 401ks. I reckon some other countries may have similar very specialized very rules based retirement programs, which same as the US would not be excluded unless specified in DTAs.