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Jingthing

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  1. They haven't even begun their announced study of this and you know the final results. Interesting.
  2. You're judging the future impact of fiat actual currency cryptos on one day's market move? Doesn't seem logical.
  3. The so called "free" market will never solve this. https://nlihc.org/resource/shortage-affordable-available-and-accessible-rental-homes The Shortage of Affordable, Available, and Accessible Rental Homes Sep 30, 2021 NLIHC’s annual The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes report helps quantify the shortage of affordable and available homes for the lowest-income renters in the U.S. In the report released in March 2021, NLIHC found that there are only 37 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low-income renters. There is a shortage of nearly 7 million affordable and available homes for the 10.8 million extremely low-income renter households across the country. As a result, 70% of these households are severely housing cost-burdened, spending more than half of their incomes on rent and utilities.
  4. But the people are not going to overthrow Putin. He may be toppled but it won't be from a people's movement.
  5. Uh oh? Are you worried? Bye-Bye Bitcoin? 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' Author Sees US Seizing All Crypto After Biden's Executive Order - Bitcoin - United States Dollar ($BTC) | Benzinga While I'm a bitcoin skeptic, I don't really respect that author. I saw a long interview with him and he impressed me as a paranoid conspiracy theory anti government regulation extremist. That doesn't mean he's wrong though.
  6. I recently saw a worst case scenario of ten million refugees and one million dead, but still of course very, very bad.
  7. This no potency ganja fad makes fish foot massage look like hula hoops.
  8. As far as the issue of non-white foreign residents of Ukraine being treated badly trying to leave, whatever the extent that has happened, it is obviously wrong. But getting a bit real, Ukraine is being invaded ruthlessly by a military power much larger than theirs. They are under incredible stress. That ugly things happen during wars is pretty much a given. Also, if Putin had kept his war criminal paws off Ukraine in the first place, these minority residents (who were reportedly happy before the war) would still be living in peace in Ukraine. Nobody is saying Ukraine is a perfect society without flaws. It's in the earlier stage of democracy but now facing a very serious existential threat to it's very existence as a nation. Hopefully, if the evil invader can eventually be defeated, Ukraine can further progress and develop, but first they will have to rebuild.
  9. Want to spend 860 for an urban penthouse in a safe smaller city in Colombia? Year round spring like weather. Or a lower end option. 160 dollars. South side of the same city. Hotter weather. Not as safe as the north side. Up to you.
  10. Expanding on the expat theme here, American expats in Thailand that may want / need to leave Thailand for a myriad of reasons can always go back to the US whether they can afford to live there or not. But there are other country options that do require visa qualification. Here is a dramatic example. A beautiful new unit in a nice area in one of the most desirable and cooler weather locations in the Philippines. 600 dollars. In almost all of the US there are no apartments at all for 600 dollars not to even dream about a nice new place in a lovely area. 600 sounds expensive? This expat youtuber can steer you to safe clean liveable townhouse units as low as 100 dollars in Cavite province. Or pay 200 to 300 for better Obviously not as nice as this 600 unit but still good basic safe clean shelter. Both areas accessible to Manila.
  11. Adding insult to injury. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2022/01/01/how-the-us-criminalizes-homelessness/?sh=24be4894869a How The U.S. Criminalizes Homelessness Read the article for a discussion about the link between the lack of affordable housing and homelessness.
  12. You did it again. Put words in my mouth that I never thought or said. SO SLEAZY! Go ahead and keep posting all you like with your distorted propaganda. But don't bother BAITING me again. Don't bother putting words in my mouth again. There will not be any response If I ever want to engage with an Ayn Rand bot I'll go elsewhere. Cheerio dude
  13. Yes. That's why he's so dangerous and really might use nukes.
  14. Dude! I get that you're only here to mostly copy paste your far right wing Ayn.Rand flavored distorted propaganda, but so sorry you don't get to paint me personally as a communist boogeyman based on stuff I don't think and never said. Do.you really think that's OK? To.my POV that's very sleazy posting behavior. As this topic is only about the critical lack of affordable housing it should be limited to that. So I actually do have some ideas on how the housing crisis could be addressed but we have been instructed to not debate politics here so I won't offer them here. Also I'm realistic enough to realize they would never be enacted anyway. There are too many vested interests among moneyed Americans left and right to actually legislate widespread solutions. Anyway kindly desist painting me as your token communist whipping boy. That's not me. That's your fantasy villain. I'm not playing that game for you.
  15. Many are but I have encountered some rich young arrogant Moscovite snobs as well. One even condescendingly offered me money on a baht bus. But they of course are all individuals and some are lovely friendly people.
  16. We may not be interested but more than likely its already inevitable and indeed already begun.
  17. You're a broken record with your obsession on personally attacking me based on travel activities. You are not posting in good faith. You're in severe denial about a very serious national problem We can easily guess at your motivations but at the end of the day -- not interesting. I will pass at engaging with you any further on this issue as there is clearly no value in it. Cheerio dude

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