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Good citizenship is much more than just about elections. The fight now is to try to stop the magautocrats from permanently killing American democracy.

So magas should then say they lost in 20 but tried to overturn the results.

Is that yo mama?

Hateful garbage

No.

Wow What a dumb post! The clerk was a Muslim young woman in a store attached to my hotel. She asked where I was from. I said America. Mistake. Then she spit in my face and said a political rant about my country murdering in war. I then told her I didn't support the current US President or his war who was Bush. Then the ignoramus got a weird look on her face like she couldn't process that not all Americans are the same as their president's actions. Needless to say I didn't go back to that store. Nor did I report her offense as I feared she might have terrorist brothers.

Speaking as an expat who didn't move based on U.S. politics (I liked the situation at the time I left) we're seeing once again the threats of leaving and verifiable interest in actually doing so. But will more than usual actually do so? I would predict because the maga movement has revealed itself as not a fluke, that more than usual will actually move abroad this time, but no spectacular numbers. This time is different, but moving abroad is still the big flippin' deal it always has been, and most people are all hat no cattle about it. I do think there will be a spike in state self sorting though, a big trend already happening. In other words, people feeling red moving to red states, people feeling blue moving to blue states. That happened dramatically in Florida already. In the linked article, THAILAND was the 23rd most popular search choice. Canada number one of course. Americans can be so predictable sometimes. American interest in moving abroad skyrockets after Trump’s win — here’s how many would actually leave – NBC New York

That is traditional but I am bad liar and have a hard time pulling that off. Also as said before not fair to actual Canadians. I have done the Canadian gambit two times in my life out of self preservation, both in Malaysia (one place was an Iranian restaurant). Malaysia sticks in my mind as a country where I was literally spit in the face by a convenience store clerk for being American.

Just did a bank method retirement extension at Jomtien. Last year I did provide a 12 month statement and also passbook copy. This year I realized that wasn't required IF your passbook shows every single transaction (without any COMPOSITE transactions). Indeed just the passbook copy accepted. Also to note, in the last two years Jomtien has DEMANDED to see the original passbook, so do bring it. Last year I didn't have because they never demanded it before, but I got lucky because I begged/pleaded my case that it was the first time they ever asked (which was true).

Joe Biden has been a reasonably successful president in many ways. Such as the infrastructure bill and managing an economic recovery without recession or depression when pretty much all economists said avoiding a recession was impossible. But on the two biggest issues he has failed. On the Russo Ukraine war he never helped enough and soon enough for Ukraine to ever have any chance of winning. Just enough to not lose. Not good enough! On the biggest defining issue of his presidency -- saving American democracy from autocracy and being a bridge to a new generation of pro democracy leadership -- he has FAILED miserably. I like Joe Biden as a human being very much. All presidents make mistakes. But these two mistakes will damn him historically. Of course he should have never begun to run for a second term. Then the democrats would have gone through a normal primary process and nominated a stronger candidate. Harris did an amazing job in an impossible situation. The reason she was put into that impossible situation sits firmly at the door of Joe Biden. Needless to say, the political career of Harris is now over.

You're confusing me. Maybe you're thinking of Tim Walz putting speedos in girl's bathrooms?

Yaas queen. Soon to be leader of the free (scratch that) AUTOCRATIC world.

It is interesting that Iran was very much against Trump winning (because of the Israel issue) while Russia was very much for Trump winning (because of Ukraine policy) as Iran and Russia are allies and Iran is supplying tons of drones to Putin's war of choice.

So they were "in" the speedos? A story hard to believe as Americans tend to not wear speedos.

Change is not always good, dude. The old republican party changing into an autocratic CULT of personality of following an unhinged criminally corrupt decrepit dictator loving demagogue is a classic example of BAD CHANGE. The maga cult ideology includes greatly weakening the election system so that the opposition has no chance later. As in Orban's Hungary which the magadonians are gaga over. If you like this, good for you. To me, no decent American wants democracy to end in favor of autocracy (or fascism). America, get ready for Donald Trump’s political apocalypse Goodbye, democracy — it’s Trump’s America now

That was truly horrifying. Others be warned. Don't click it. You'll never be able to unsee it.

It's a flippin' great place to live, eh?

Neither. I live here like a VERY long tourist which is exactly how I'm regarded by Thailand. I don't have RESIDENCY here and I have no path for that either so it's a moot point if I want it or not, because I can't have it. I am not endorsing the Thai government or society NOR am I not endorsing them. I don't care about the negatives because I'm not Thai. Obviously I enjoy the positives, and have learned to filter out the negatives as much as possible. You may perhaps correctly call me a "bad expat" and I truly don't care if you do as in a way it's a bit of a badge of honor. If I was Thai, I would care very much. Honestly I used to care about some particular civil rights issues effecting Thais, but then I saw that Thais themselves weren't doing much of anything about it, so realized it would be insane for me to care if the Thais themselves were just accepting the status quo.

So flippin' quit already instead of yapping like a hopped up non binary albino chihuahua about it. Really, nobody cares either way. No hard feelings. No soft ones either.

Don't really remember, but I probably said it first, as I do say so many things. Ever heard the story of a crowd of monkeys on typewriters? What's a typewriter younger reader are asking.

Trump is not conservative!

That I'm not Thai. Duh.

The republican party no longer exists. It's 100 percent the Trump maga party now. You are normalizing something that is the opposite.

No one with any sense doesn't care.

Are you paying?