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For me picking between Trump and DeSantis is picking between two different flavors of maga fascist demagogues. Ideally they'll damage each other badly.

I'm OK with you staying not quite sure.

Nice dress though

What is that schlub doing with that beauty?

Both actually.

Bodes poorly for the future as the US must compete in a global economy.

The post you quoted was not directed at me. So rather obnoxious to complain that I didn't respond to it.

It's comfortable. That's all.

Liz Cheney. You don’t know her? A great American conservative republican American patriot. NOT MAGA!!!!

This is going to hurt. Watching this show might hurt too, but for me in a good way. Dark dark dark! The adventures of a very non-stereotypical gay man as a stressed out NHS obstetrician (delivering babies). I am not a doctor so it's irrelevant to me how "authentic" the story is, but it does feel real. The satirical contrast to a private hospital vs. the NHS is delicious. Don't watch if depressed, it might trigger you. The lead actor is brilliant and funny. You've been warned.

I guess you think that's funny. If you want to say gay people, say gay people. No need for silly dated euphemisms. In any case laws come from the legislature. Immigration enforces immigration law. The Move Forward Party is on record for marriage equality but not aware of any policy statements on same sex marriage between a Thai and a foreigner as far as immigration law.

There he goes again! Very weak tea that DeSantis. This is a copy of the exact same complaint of Mr. Trump and his wife. Is this supposed to steal Trump votes?

Yabba Dabba Doo

Many people actually do that but I reckon for most people that would get very boring much quicker than that.

Indeedy-do.

Again no such thing as a same sex marriage based visa in Thailand. After same sex marriage is legalized here we don't know if it will be treated by immigration law the same as opposite sex marriage or not.

A few million isn't really rich. Let's say you're talking 50 million plus and then I think I would go really big and study the lives of Russian oligarchs. Not sure if I would buy places but I would "slow travel" much of the time to places like London and New York in good weather seasons (for the culture and live theater), and would mix in tropical paradises in luxury compounds. I would probably get all piggy and become a client of the "Nomad Capitalist" to avoid over taxation based on residency, give up my U.S. citizenship, and put a higher value on preserving health and longevity. I might not come to Thailand ever again as I think I would favor safer more developed destinations. To add, if it was "just" a few million I buy a modest home for cash in the U.S. for about 400K in a place like Asheville North Carolina, enjoy life, and travel abroad as much or as little as I felt like.

Right wing phony victimhood on display.

I think all EU governments have a health insurance requirement but the deal with Portugal if you get into the D7 program is inclusion with an excellent national health care system very reasonably priced.

Read the OP. I never said that he had. This is a DISCUSSION topic. It's more of an unintended consequences (from our POV) kind of topic IF the new party government is formed and is successful in it's aims to propel Thailand forward. I say that because I believe most expats are happy about the election results and share some guarded optimism with most Thai people about them. But wouldn't it be ironic if it ends up biting us (as a general group)? That's all. Again, for discussion and entertainment purposes only.

Shall we look at this more closely? I would like to. I do follow international visas and it's my impression that there has NOT been growth in countries offering RETIREMENT VISAS. Can you name the countries that added a retirement visa option in the last ten years? My impression is that the trend for countries that do have them is to make them harder to qualify for (financially and/or application requirements and difficulty). There are some odd exceptions. Mexico got easier in some ways (to get permanent residence) but at the same way raised the financial requirements DRAMATICALLY. I don't know the history of the Portugal D7 visa (used for retirement and other reasons as well) but that seems to be a special case of a very desirable EU country offering surprisingly low financial requirements for non EU people. Somewhat humorously, the liberal Portugal visa policies are backfiring by being too successful causing a backlash due to pricing out locals from housing in the most desirable areas. So there are trends but at the end of the day, each nation does it's own thing. As far as DIGITAL NOMAD visas, yes you are absolutely correct, that category is booming internationally. However, most of them have rather high financial requirements (need to prove that you're actually making a level of income) and they usually explicitly do not provide any path to permanent residence.

Yes exactly. Trumpist type whites often tend to want to play the victim but it doesn't wash. What is happening is an inevitable demographic change where the U.S. becomes a majority minority country and whites (particularly white MEN) will need to compete much more on a level playing field with everyone else. That scares a lot of whites, rich and poor, to the bone. It explains the republican party's long standing policies to (often successfully) suppress the votes of minorities. They know they will never win a presidential election again without playing such corrupt games. This makes many of them anti democracy and the maga fascist movement has morphed into a party that is explicitly hostile to democracy if it doesn't produce the results that they want.

There is no way there is a service to get a Thai visa based on a same sex relationship! Hopefully eventually but not now. I reckon the advert you saw was about visas for Thais that want to marry their foreign same sex partners in more advanced countries where that is legal. Next ...

There is obviously no Latino national flag as there is no country called Latino. I'm certain that the same petty court Karens that forbade this Mexican flag would also block a Guatemalan flag, etc. But would they have made an issue over a Swedish flag. Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino? by Dario Fernandez-Morera | NAS It seems to me the basic question is who exactly gets hurt if this young woman wears her preferred sash. Answer: NOBODY! Why make court cases over such petty matters? What are the anti-Latino xenophobes afraid of exactly? Do they think Mexico is going act like Russia and invade the Southwest U.S. to take back lands they historically held? A sash triggers them? Come on man!

Has to pass the house. The more extremist maga fascists under the orders of Mr. Trump will likely not approve it because Mr. Trump is demanding all or nothing. I don't know the vote numbers on that but the fat lady hasn't sung yet.