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Better Things, Season 5. If you missed it up to now, start at Season 1 and you'll be in for a treat.

Massive rent increases = Massive increases in the "unsheltered"

Very far.

No I didn't. Yours is one case at one point in time only.

You misunderstood. There is a difference between opening a US account while already in Thailand vs. using an existing account that you opened before. Look folks there will be hundreds of different personal experiences on these issues. They are a moving target. Bank policies change.

OK. You faked it well. I'm sure you had a valid state driver's license. Passport wouldn't have worked. MagicJack is already being rejected by many financial firms.

Slava Ukraine!

The Putin villain has said multiple times that he doesn't consider Ukraine a legitimate country.

Many financial.institutions that require 2FA will only accept a US mobile account in your name.

But you can't open from Thailand. Open before you leave.

Did you attend classes to perfect your dance moves? As in Superior Dancing.

A list it would be shameful NOT to be on.

SDFCU State Department Federal.Credit Union Can open account with passport and Thai address Can direct deposit social security Can always login from Thaila Online SWIFT 25 dollars You can't open a US based Schwab account from Thailand. Yes Dump Wells Fargo!

I think.we need a WW3 entertainment break if you don't mind. Dated but very prescient

The Nobel prize is irrelevant to Dylan's talent. It's not as if he asked for it!

I don't know if it will be 10 days or 10 years, but Russia WILL lose.

Putin's word is caca.

Escape to the enemy invaders land? Don't you get how stupid that is? Putin gets to act humanitarian while doing the opposite. Only Putinistas wouldn't see through this.

I think he is willing to use tactical nukes in Ukraine, yes, as a last resort if / when he fully fails to meet his objectives. But better for him if people just believe he is willing to as that gives him much more leverage. People are correctly concerned about totally backing him against a wall. Always give him space to lose while declaring victory. Angry wounded bear BEWARE!

It's not rocket science. It's basic math. If a tenant is initially qualified with the rent at 33 percent of their income or in some markets like the Bay Area, 50 percent, when the rents start going up 10, 15, 25, 30, or even 50 percent per year, assuming the vast majority of people aren't getting pay raises at nearly that level, then the tenant must: Get roommates (if allowed by lease, difficult in tiny apartments) Burn through all their savings Find a cheaper place in the area (but wait that might not exist and move in costs are very high) Apply for Section 8 (doesn't mean there will be a unit for them) Move to a cheaper area (but then what, leave their job? Also similar increases are happening across the nation) Couch surf / move in with friends and family / (how long will that welcome last?) Move into car (then deal with police harassing them) Fix up a van, etc. (then deal with police harassing them) FULL BLOWN HOMELESSNESS (and likely premature death) OR If they can qualify for a visa and if they have a moveable income like social security or online remote work or perhaps a large amount of savings: MOVE ABROAD to a country where they can afford a nice shelter and pretty much everything else, rather than live in utter misery in the U.S. We've been talking about expats trying to not go home. It works the other way too. American economic refugees choosing a better quality of life abroad. Of course expats are at the mercy of these foreign countries. They very well might not want American financial refugees. The overall international trend seems to reflect an awareness of an increase in western economic refugees and trying to repel them by raising the financial requirements. Americans abroad are certainly not legally entitled to live there without conditions (and if they act like they are entitled just because they are Americans they will quickly get a dose of hard core reality as many Americans are now rotting in horrific Mexican prisons for overstaying). However, at this point, there are still some options.

Ukraine hasn't lost. Ever heard the phrase, lost the battle, won the war?

Where have the police actually been defunded? That's a made up issue. It's just right wingers distorting a left wing suggestion to funnel some police funding to social services such as for domestic disputes.

Surely you're smart enough to know that reported hate crimes are only the tip of the iceberg! The vast majority are of course never reported. I can speak to that from personal experience. Often going to the police makes it worse as the police are quite likely not to be at all sympathetic.

No they're not. That's a red herring.

Jews are actually the number one target (relative to population) of white supremacist hate crimes in the U.S. But a lot of people (oddly particularly left wingers) don't register Jews as a minority group in that way. A book about this blindness: