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That's Margarett Atwood, the famous author of The Handmaid's Tale. Watch from 41:20. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn7afyIpO_8 “All Dictatorships Do This”: Margaret Atwood on Trump & History

It seems to me at this point that the biggest threat to Ukraine's hope to emerge from this war as a sovereign nation is upon one person -- Donald John Trump. As an American, that disgusts me to the core.

Vance is arguably even worse on policy.

An enemy power couldn't have damaged the USA as quickly and severely as Trump.

I don't think so.

That non pension money when remitted to Thailand may be taxable as well depending on individual details. Seek local professional advice on your specific case.

He failed before. Why do you think it will work now? His technique is BULLYING both sides with trade war threats. (Illegal btw under U.S. law but he ignores that.) What is his motivation do you think aside from the Nobel Prize he'll never get? He's hardly a man of peace. He's currently inciting a war against Venezuela, has threatened Canada and Denmark, and has a long history of provoking division WITHIN the USA to civil war levels.

Since he has already taken full credit for ending this "war" and officially referenced it on the recent dystopian U.S. foreign policy document, if his phone call gets some kind of result does he get credit for ending TWO wars here? Asking for a friend in Norway.

It;s a song contest for Chrissakes and a very camp one at that. The Israeli entrant isn't the IDF or Netanyahu. Watching last year it was totally disgusting how the Israeli entrant was treated by the competitors.

With the current tax laws. I understand you need you need to file a tax return if you are on a retirement visa and spend more than 180 days in any calendar year in Thailand NO YOU DO NOT. Immigration isn't involved at all in Thai taxation. and you need to pay tax on the money that is remitted into Thailand, excluding pensions where you have paid tax in your home country. It depends on your specific case. Some pensions are not accessible in Thailand and don't need to reported at all on Thai tax returns (such as US social security) if you need to file at all otherwise. Some pensions are accessible to Thai taxation and must be reported on a Thai tax return but the specific rules are dependent on your nation's specific DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENT treaty if any. Can't generalize for all nations. On the tax return does it ask you to state your worldwide income or just the money remitted to Thailand. No requirement to state worldwide income under current law. May change later.

Thank you! I will gladly accept that award and place it in my collection which includes the newly minted Pop's Pizza World Piece Prize. I just want the bad pizza to stop! Also thank you for nudging me into learning about that usage of shoehorn. Obviously a Britishism it's the very first time I've been exposed to it.

The race baiting is on the pro Trumpist side. But I get it. That's the Roy Cohn game. Accuse the opposition of what you're guilty of.

Your comment just meant to provoke, but more seriously, it would not be at all unreasonable for every other country to subject Americans to the exact same social media scrutiny as their nationals are subject to. Of course the maga fascists never think about consequences like that.

This election wasn't about candidate race. It was about rejection of Trumpism.

I don't know if I qualify as one of you guys, but yes of course sanctions on Russia and secondary ones as well. Trump play acting that he was doing that, then quickly TACOed ouf of that as usual. Regardless of white house rhetoric, I don't believe the ship seizure is about punishing Russia. It's about his "war" on Venezuela. Anyway, I really do remain conflicted. The brave lady who actually won the REAL Peace Prize rather than the corrupt fake one that was gifted Trump as a bribe SUPPORTS Trump in his actions against the Maduro government. Sometimes politics gets really messy.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Cuban white people are generally of Spanish origin. They make up 64 percent of Cuba's population. Many maga types and/or ignorant racists know nothing about the racial diversity in Latin America. Argentina is an especially interesting example. Bolivia at the other extreme.

The chances of him making it through the entire term are low. Unfortunately, that would bring Vance who is competent, not insane, but arguably even worse thatn Trump on policy.

Welcome Iceland to the coalition of the whining.

Something is rotten in the state of Danmark the U.S. union under the Trump regime.

Reading maga style propaganda is very amusing.

I'm conflicted. I want Maduro to be toppled but I want to see Trump go away as well.

No and not true.

What's not same same?

In my younger years I definitely loved to travel even started by travelling abroad without parents at age 15. In my twenties, I couldn't afford it. In my thirties and forties I travelled extensively, but much of that travel was partly about finding a port to retire abroad to as early as possible. After I moved to Thailand, I could afford extensive travel in Asia but no longer have much if any appetite for it. So why bother if you're not motivated? I even find trips to Bangkok a pain in the butt and only go because of very rare needed tasks there. I suppose It is partly or even mostly about age but it's also because I am perfectly happy being where I am. My parents were both travel junkies well past when it was prudent for them to continue to do so. Like some people, I have no travel bucket list. I know I will never see Machu Picchu and I don't really care. I didn't even bother going there when I did visit Peru. That said, I'm happy that I had all the travel experiences that I did have previously. No regrets at all.

It's not racist at all to support candidates who happen to be white who are NOT white nationalist maga white nationalists. Also of course many Cuban people are mighty white.