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I haven't had "gears" since that one summer back in Provincetown when the coconut oil incident happened. I'm on automatic. The only grinding I do involves coffee beans.

Something to watch for now. He probably realizes there is a good chance he will lose now and not be able to illegally overturn the election as he tried to do before. So if that happens, he would want sympathy from President Harris for pardons. Going forward watch if he starts to personally insult Harris less than before. He can't call her dumb anymore for example.

Interesting. It sounds to me this is all about you being open as an expat. I still have a U.S. credit report based on U.S. residency which I do not have. Address, phone number, credit card with U.S. address. etc. That's what they like. Not saying its fair. I guess the good news is that it usually becomes less important for older people to have good credit scores but of course if you're moving back and hope to rent an apartment, etc. it's a big problem.

Because he knows he'd get creamed again. Another debate may be his best chance to win, but he knows he just can't compete with VP Harris in debates. I have mixed feelings about this. If there was another debate perhaps he might have a good night and have a typical more even performance. Given his greatly lowered expectations now, that could be spinned as a big win. On the other hand, it's quite likely he'll change his mind if he sees his polling drop dramatically.

Anyone that claims Trump won this debate has no credibility the same as anyone who claimed Biden won the last debate. As far as another debate which Harris has proposed Trump will avoid that like the plague.

Who won? As the former RNC chairman said -- she spanked that ass. Iconic historic moments. The handshake. Cats and dogs.

I saw a show that mentioned that Spielberg had done one comedy in his career. 1941, about hysteria in California about a Japanese invasion there after Pearl Harbor. Featuring actors from SNL's 1970's golden age. Sure many of the situations were comedic in concept, but after watching the entire movie I realized I hadn't laughed or even chuckled even once. I missed it back than and I guess I'm saying you can miss it now.

Estimates of Russians (many highly skilled working age ones) who have fled Russia thanks to Putin are between one and three miliion. Estimates of westerners moving to Russia to seek what they perceive as a white Christian nationalist extremely anti LGBT ideology society esimated at about 5,000.

You can't have good faith peace talks with Putin. For Putin, this is a war of choice. For Ukraine, it's a matter of survival as a sovereign nation. Sure Putin might agree to a freeze in front lines but it will only be temporary until the Russian army regroups.

Wow, someone has drunk the Kremlin Koolaid, or Kvas if you prefer.

It's coming from multiple sides. Anyone that says it's only coming from one side is either lying or very badly misinformed.

The Israeli government, bad as it is, is Nazi according to you? Dude, that's a disgusting TROLL move to go there and you flippin' know it.

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From a garbage pro Kremlin website. Nice try.

Reunion 1989 movie Screenplay by Harold Pinter. Mixed reviews at the time but I thought it was great. The story of an ideal (non sexual) boyhood friendship between the son of a very German Jewish doctor and the son of a top aristocrat during the rise of the Nazis. Predictably because of the era, things fall apart. Reunion (1989) - IMDb

Expats can only do A and B.

Eating it must be processed through the liver so the effects last a very long time. Under the tongue is more immediate and lasts shorter similar to smoking or dry herb vaping.

No. The point was look at the value at the end of 2023 and a member seemed to be saying as that amount was earned before then, ALL of it was not Thai taxable, for life. Withdrawing as needed, for life. But don't look at me for definitive advice on these matters. I am completely confused and probably will remain so for a very long time.

I have no idea what you're talking about. 500K in IRAs trad or Roth or 401ks are almost always invested in something. Not just sitting there. If not Roth, taking out huge chunks gets a huge US tax bill so the incentive is to only withdrawal what you actually need or are forced to under IRA rules at about age 72.

More confusion for me. So if you had 500K USD in a retirement account on that date, you could then bring in up to 500K for the rest of your life Thai tax free? Seperate from government pensions which are another thing.

Giving false information if discovered WILL end the policy. But it's a big trend now in Mexico and Panama for expats with U.S. addresses on record with SS and Medicare (must be the same) to pose as part time expats and use Advantage for emergency coverage. It's no good for chronic illnesses. I don't endorse this. Just reporting about it.

No. For Part B you don't have to be in the U.S. EVER. You can pay for it then. But you can't use it abroad. ENJOY!

Medicare advantage REPLACES B. As you're talking about initial signup at anytime when you turn 65, it make sense that during that exemption time period (open enrollment not needed) you could somehow enroll in Advantage at that time. I don't know how. But I didn't see that as your question. Your question seemed to be that you already signed up for A and B during initial exemption period and then wanted Advantage. People can only change programs during the open enrollment period unless under an exemption.

You'd need to change to Advantage during open enrollment.

In that case, if you didn't touch it the only income would be dividends. If you sold funds within the account, that would be a profit or loss. If your theory is correct, that might indicate the withdrawals from traditional IRAs wouldn't Thai tax events either. At this point I'm not so much worried about the tax liability, as how much time I will need to take and money to spend on "tax advisors" who will probably all have different opinions. This is extremely annoying. I can't even imagine that Thai tax law will address every weird angle of every type of financial activity of every nation in the world. More likely they'll throw this half baked stuff out there and watch us scramble like headless chickens. I'm too invested here at this point -- but I will say to others: DO NOT COME.