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Thanks for that but I'll never understand why the USA couldn't have universal coverage such as in Canada and the UK.

If the democrats take the house and senate, that's another kind of end. I already made it clear that there are different ways for his power to end, and not to be as anally literal as you choose to be.

Clinton isn't president now. The truth is that the democratic voter base doesn't care if some democrats are taken down by the Epstein scandal as long as there is justice for the victims and all culprits face consequences. Maga on the other hand is split. Some will still be loyal to Trump no matter what and others feel lied to about the how Trump egged on by Qanon used the Epstein scandal for political gain now learning that Trump knew what Epstein was doing all along and he himself is a legitimate guilty target. So this is a real mess for Trump. It's not only democrats after him on this. It's also a good part of Maga.

So many times before stuff has happened that looked to many as severe enough to ruin the political career of Trump. Yet he's still happening. Shambolic for sure, but still with awesome power. Will his ties to the notorious pedo Epstein (his best friend for many years) finally be the thing that finally really sinks him? The end of his presidency doesn't need to literally mean that he will resign. The end could happen in many other ways including being made into the lamest of lame ducks.

So far this concept of a poll is smelling like it will a total dud. Oh well, but before saying never mind, may as well wait and see.

Trump and republicans have been trying to kill Obamacare for many years. They are getting close to succeeding. A brief simplified history as I see it. The original Obamacare which ironically was based on a republican plan (Romney) required that all Americans have health insurance. So if you didn't have it from Medicare, Medicaid, or employer, you were required to buy a plan and Obamacare offered plans with required minimum benefits from private insurers, and subsidies based on your income. If no insurance, then a penalty. The way that did work was to push a large pool of younger/healthy people into buying insurance lowering the rates for all. Also revolutionary was that insurance companies had to accept all regardless of medical conditions. Then -- republicans killed the mandate and penalties. This meant the pool over time became a lot older and sicker. Then -- to keep Obamacare alive, the government needed to take a bigger role in subsidies for lower income people. Higher income people with less or no subsidies complained their rates were too damn high, and they weren't wrong. So now the subsidies have been a provisional thing in constant risk of being stopped. Lower income people without subsidies will simply be forced to drop their insurance This was the major thing the democrats wanted to get out of the recent shutdown, to continue Obamacare subsidies, but they failed. Obamacare rates are now set to double, triple, or even more for lower income people without the subsidies. So Trump has suggested, forget about subsidies, basically finally fully and officially kill off Obamacare, and just send some cash to the people. He's toyed with the idea of calling this Trumpcare (of course he would). Trump says with the money the people can buy their insurance directly on the open market. But he leaves out a massively important detail. In a free market people with preexisting conditions even if they are accepted at all (up to government requirement) will be charged massive rates obviously completely unaffordable for most. So my conclusion is that Trumpcare is really not a plan at all. It's throwing people to the wolves. Be healthy and be rich, or die. To simplify this, I didn't talk about Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion (not all states). That's really a separate topic and also Trump's "big beautiful bill" has attacked Medicaid funding in a very major way as well. It is true that Obamacare after being degraded so radically by republicans over the years is not at all great. But it's better than nothing!

Talking about the red light for cars.

Either you didn't understand the setup and/or I did a poor job of communicating it, or you're just being silly.

This is one of those there are two kinds of people in the world kinds of things. In this case it's about pedestrians crossing busy roads at traffic lights in Thailand. Here's the setup. You approach such a road and theres a RED light for your crossing but there isn't a count down clock that you can see, so you don't know if it's a FRESH red or a STALE red. In other words, you don't know if it's safer to cross because you have lots of time OR it will be dangerous to cross because you will have very little time before the light turns to green. However, IF you wait and it turns out it was a fresh red, you'll end up waiting a very long time for the cycle to get to a new fresh red, other pedestrians (particularly devil may care Russians) will have already crossed and given you funny looks for waiting, and Thai motorcycle rank taxi drivers across the road will give you knowing "another pathetic f-rang pussy" looks. So it's a risk/reward and even potentially a life and death choice. So, do you GO without knowing if the red light is fresh or stale saving some time but risking calamity OR WAIT as without knowing if the red light is fresh or stale, being very cautious but with a price as well if it was a fresh red Which kind of person are YOU?

Atrocious but not at all surprising.

Straw man garbage. Who would defend such behavior? The point is those are specific individuals that did that, not an entire nationality! Are you so dense that you don't get that?

Not debating that but still the product quality is there.

Nick Fuentes?

He actually DID incite an attempted insurrection.

Hi there. There will not be a a need to go into Pattaya so don't worry about that. There are three such casual clinics in the general vicinity of Thappraya Road near the Hanuman statue. I used the one close to Tappraya on Jomtien 2nd road for a minor surgery once with good results and frequent wound care visits. These might be too far for you but doable by bus or Bolt taxi. There is a a clinic that appears to specialize in blood work on Soi 5 that I'm assuming probably does wound care as well. Between Jomtien beach road and 2nd, the immigration soi. Closer to you I don't know but I have another suggestion. When you get there visit the closest pharmacies and and ask them if they will do it. Sounds weird but once I had a bloody wound while in Pattaya and dropped into a random pharmacy to buy bandage supplies and was offered full service wound care right on the spot. Oh sorry, I just read you need shots as well. In that case, forget the pharmacies. You could try those clinics but if it was me for rabies shots I would visit a hospital. There is Jomtien Hospital on Sukhumwit. You'll need a taxi.

It is expensive.

I agree that they are very good pies.

Thanks. A possible clue is that I was told at the retirement desk that they aren't interested in seeing nor do they require an address report during stamp transfers to new passport or extensions. Not their department so if it was something they should have updated in the system, they definitely were't doing it. TM 30 is required for extensions though.

"SHOCKING" DEVELOPMENT! Today I did finally receive an email about my 90 day address report application (Thursday it was sent on Monday). After resigning myself to visiting the office for an in person report as it said online it was rejected when I logged into my account, the email today said it was APPROVED! My account record now has been updated to show approved now as normal. The new report form correctly shows my new passport number. Not sure what to think about why it happened this way and don't really care. Happy that it looks like I can continue online reports as before. The people at the desk telling me it was not possible weren't fully wrong -- it was initially rejected. So someone at immigration was kind and/or efficient enough perhaps to override the initial rejection. Also remember they did say I could try without telling me not to even bother trying -- which implied some chance of success. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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President Obama discusses Trump's rapidly declining mental (cognitive decline) and physical health from a man who knows what the presidency entails and how dangerous it is for Trump to remain in power. https://youtu.be/afbSkV9dMG8

Taking action against corruption is a very good look.

President Obama ties all the loose ends together at a macro level in an incredibly compelling way. He may not have been a great president, but he's still arguably the best American political communicator of our era. Forgetting maga cultists who are lost to all decency, truth, and reality, even rather especially people that don't like Obama should watch it. You'll learn something important. https://youtu.be/eBmgFx8ZFME

Lie. I support the right of Israel to exist and defend itself. I obviously don't support killing babies. Duh.