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Jingthing

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  1. Obviously being sober is best but I'm highly confident that being drunk while driving is much more dangerous than being stoned. Don't ask how I know this.
  2. I tend to agree. Reefer Madness Redux
  3. Conspiracy theory. Do you actually believe such garbage or is that just the cult talking?
  4. I'm predicting hung but hope I'm wrong.
  5. I'd like to see a prediction poll here Acquittal (no way!) Hung Jury Convictions.
  6. What strain and how much a gram? Overall driving stoned is safer than driving drunk.
  7. Wild distortion of what actually happened but whatever was going on was within Ukraine, a sovereign nation.
  8. I'm sure Egypt doesn't have a retirement visa but they might have some kind of alternative thing that would work similarly. I just haven't checked lately. But I can say Tunisia has nothing.
  9. Yep. Never trust that imperialist fascist dictator. The west needs to beat back Russia, or they'll never stop.
  10. Alexandria sounds like it would be interesting. I just saw one of those great places to retire on a budget list and most of the mentions have no retirement visa or alternative (such as Vietnam). There might be a way for Egypt. Haven't checked lately. One place on the list Tunisia was new to me. So I looked it up. Sure enough, no option whatsover for retirement.
  11. The irony is that he's clearly deep down pro choice and has personally paid for abortions. But he carea only about himself, keeping his power, keeping his money, and staying out of prison, so yes of course whatever "policy" works for that at the moment is where he will be.
  12. Trump of course will say it's up to the states.
  13. The reviews on this one weren't great and they had a point -- it was overly ambitious trying to do too many things without focusing on anything, but even though I was ambivalent after the first episode I went ahead and binged it with no regrets. There is so much going on it's a bit of a challenge to follow it, but overall I found it satisfying. Anti diversity in media activists will find stuff to hate (for irrational reasons) but I won't give details to avoid spoiling some great surprises. Not even close to must watch tv but heck still a good watch.
  14. Sleep Korean horror/comedy/art film https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/sleep-review-horror-movie-at-tiff-is-a-fantastic-directorial-debut A Nightmare on Elm Street imagined sleep as a vulnerable and dangerous state of semi-consciousness where our worst fears come to malevolent life. Sleep, Jason Yu’s chilling genre feature, takes that notion and wields it for inventive terror and comedy. The story of a young couple dealing with nocturnal behavior and phenomena of a perplexing and petrifying sort, it’s a directorial debut of poised peril that should inspire both laughs and a few sleepless nights following its North American premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
  15. Definitely not unless you're talking about some kinds of factory built or tiny homes where you'd still need to buy land and hook ups.
  16. Some offices, probably many don't accept combination applications at all. You replied to a post saying Chiang Mai is one of them. You best contact them directly to confirm this yourself. Even if they do, they may have unexpected rules such as the bank part not going under 400K. My suggestion is keep it simple, and don't even bother with a combo application.
  17. You can buy homes in some states for under 50K and many more options at 100K.
  18. So do one car and rent something modest in a lower cost city. Easy.
  19. Nah, there are a number of big cities that could work depending of course on the specific details of needs and wants. Yes, need to eliminate top tier cities like Seattle, SF, NYC, Boston, Washington D.C., etc. So many options it isn't even funny. If you like the Bay Area, maybe Oakland. If you like Northwest culture, maybe Spokane. Like Texas? Check of San Antonio instead of Austin. There are places like St. Louis which many avoid because of high crime, which means opportunity for many to live in the better neighborhoods there for a bargain price. 5k could work in so many places. A person with that budget first needs to make a priority list, must haves, good to have, can't have, etc. list.
  20. Obviously moving abroad isn't for everyone, but also obviously interest and actions in doing so is on an upward trend in the U.S. and for good reasons. This Young South Carolina Woman Sees No Future for Herself in the U.S. — Should She Move? | Moneywise There are different general buckets of motivations. Some examples: Old style expats who take high paying expat jobs typically with multinationals and usually with no intention of staying abroad indefinitely. Retire abroad also old style bucket sometimes motivated by economic arbitrage (bang for the buck better, ability to retire early or at all) and for wealthier people just following their passions to more expensive places. Newer trends, Younger people moving abroad using economic arbitrage, working remote earning dollars, even teaching English to Chinese people online, digital nomads, etc. It's hard to know what percentage of those types will stay abroad. Going forward. Americans moving abroad who will intend to work in the local economy and hope that they can have a better quality of life and better social mobility by doing so. Either with jobs or business. For example, opening a restaurant in Panama has got to be a lot easier and cheaper than opening one in the U.S. Social mobility class movement is better now in western Europe than in the U.S. Now that would mean for some really trading the American Dream for a Fill in the Blank Dream. Then there are the political / ideological refugees such as maga fascists moving to Russia because they like how Russia persecutes LGBT people. I'm happy to see them go and to them that's their Russian Dream. It takes all kinds.
  21. Just some.So what? If 5 percent of Haley Republicans voters vote for Biden or don't vote then Biden wins.
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