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And do US citizens get any tax free allowances or deductions that can be offset against tax payable?

Whilst I agree with your conclusion, I would have suggest that he was foolish more than a moron. quote from the OP 2 hours ago, webfact said: At 70, the former banker relies on a weekly £137 (6,150 baht) after a SERPS top-up, opposed to the current UK basic pension of £176.45 (7,880 baht). In Thailand, one of many countries on the UK’s 'frozen pensions' list, Lee and others see their pensions diminish amidst rising costs. As a former banker he should have known better

The frozen pension rule, (not a law) has been in effect since 1947 and any expat retiring to Thailand should have known that if they had done any research before moving ro Thailand to retire. I am 80 and I still pay income tax in the UK even though I paid national insurance contributions for 44 years. The only legal way NOT to pay income tax that I know of is when your ONLY UK income is below the GBP 12,500 tax free threshold. The internet has been up and running for more than 10 years. Before that, and even now the DWP and/or HMRC could have told him that his pension would be frozen from the day he moved to Thailand, IF he had bothered to ask. As an alternative, TVF would have told him the same thing 10 years or more ago.

But the USA has a leader who is full of bombast and BS. Bombast Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more bom·bast /ˈbämbast/ noun high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people. "the bombast of gung-ho militarism"

The Gulf of Mexico ahs been know as the Gulf of Mexico since the 1550s, long before the USA was even a country. The gulf has been known as the Gulf of Mexico since the 1550s, having derived its name from Mexica, the Nahuatl term for the Aztecs.

Absolutely none. WHY should the USA NOT pay the same rates as the shipping lines belonging to the rest of the world? Trump is NOT god or even the leader of the world, though perhaps in his own tiny mind and alternate world, he believes that he is. IMHO Panama should make a deal with China on a 50/50 basis , leasing control and then see how long it will take for Trump to fold. AI Overview Learn more Who built the Suez Canal? | The Sun The Suez Canal was primarily built by a company, the Suez Canal Company, founded and led by Ferdinand de Lesseps. He secured the concession to build the canal from the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, Sa'īd Pasha, in 1854. The canal was designed and constructed by an international team of engineers, and construction began in 1859, lasting until 1869. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Ferdinand de Lesseps: A French diplomat and engineer, he spearheaded the project by securing the necessary permissions and financial backing from both the French and Egyptian governments. The Suez Canal Company: This company, jointly owned by French and Egyptian entities, was responsible for the design and construction of the canal. Construction: The canal was built using a combination of forced labor (initially), paid labor, and steam-powered machinery, according to History.com and Britannica. Opening: The Suez Canal officially opened to navigation on November 17, 1869.

If it has to be explained to the person in charge that if you get rid of all the experienced staff at the same time, then you are talking to somebody who is in the wrong place, the wrong job, the wrong time, and who should never have been given the job in the first place. to use an Irish epithet, the men is a <deleted> eejit. He was however, put into that position by an even bigger <deleted> eejit.

At 3 am on an empty 2 lane highway, he must have been going quite fast to demolish a Som Tam shop and bury the car into the house next door. Looking at the 2 photos he seems to have been very lucky and just missed the power pole and light as well.

Probably less than the USA.

Thank you for posting that video. I found it very interesting that the Israeli spokesman either could not or would not provide any proof of Israel's claims. It has not changed my opinion of the Israeli government or the IDF at all.

If he has negotiated 200 trade deals, and he has spoken to President Xi in the last few days, he would be shouting it from the rooftops. OTOH if he won't talk about that then it is a fair bet that he has not, because there is no confirmation of anything, other than his word, and by now the world, other than MAGA know what that is worth. I have just done an internet search and all except 2 show the same as the OP. However ABC news 19 hours ago has a report from China refuting this, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/donald-trumps-says-he-spoke-with-china-xi-jinping/105218400 and NHK news from 11 hours ago say much the same. thing. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250426_N01/

Why must the Ukraine give up on the territories annexed by Russia? Because YOU say so. It is NOT your land, territory or people. Because Trump says so? It is NOT his land, territory or people either? Nor does it belong to Russia either. It belongs to the Ukraine. Perhaps the USA should give ALL its territory back to the native Americans and the Mexicans that they stole it from? That would be equally fair though I doubt that you would agree with that.

What a shame that you still cannot or will not define the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is, nor do you ex[lain who decides between a terrorist and a freedom fighter. When you can come back with a reasonable answer, I may be bothered to respond to your post, or not.

Poor try at a diversion. The question I asked was how many countries has Iran invaded?

This is what happens when you stand up against a bully, and the bully decides that you are the stronger. The bully folds and scuttles away to look for weaker victims to prey on. Now if all the countries that Trump is bullying stand together against him he loses completely and everybody except the bully wins. Even the population of the USA win. Only Trump and his sycophants lose, which is how it should be. As for the Trump supporters here on AN, they are shrieking louder and louder and making more and more preposterous claims, in a vain attempt to turn back the tide to their masters version of winning. Oddly enough there doesn't seem to be so many of them lately.

Who says that they can't have nuclear weapons, and why? Israel supposedly has at least 90 nuclear weapons and they have already invaded Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Iran within the last 2 years. How many countries has Iran invaded. There was a treaty, signed, sealed and working, but Trump 1 tore it up.

Just another dumbass US politician shooting his mouth off about things he knows nothing about. Will he stop being a politician, enlist in the military and be in the front of the action? There is an interesting Wikipedia article about him here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman That is of course if people wish to read it all.

AFAIK AI needs a human input to generate an image, again AFAIK AI also needs a human input to access any website, MSM or social media to add the image and to post the image, because at this point, AI is still inanimate and it is unable to actually generate a post itself. If anyone can be blamed. it is the person who posted the picture and the moderators (if any) who allowed the post to be sent in the first place.

Says who? That is NOT true in the slightest, and if YOU believe that, then post the links and the proof of tour claim.

So now you have become the ultimate fount of knowledge all about the constitution of the Ukraine?

What he conveniently omitted to mention was that was actually passed earlier and extended in July 2923. The full text of the link is here, and I have emboldened what I think are the relevant parts On Sunday, Zelenskyy stated that he would step down if it would secure peace for Ukraine, adding that he would also resign if it guaranteed the country’s NATO membership. However, the Ukrainian parliament emphasized on Tuesday that Zelenskyy was elected in a legitimate vote and remains the country’s lawful president. The body further confirmed that national elections will not be held until martial law is lifted following the establishment of a “comprehensive, fair, and sustainable peace.” Ukraine’s constitution prohibits the holding of elections during martial law, which was extended in July 2023, one year after Russia’s full-scale invasion. The resolution underlines that neither the Ukrainian people nor the Verkhovna Rada question Zelenskii’s legitimacy and states that, under the country’s constitution, he must remain in office until a new president is elected. A clever move which only works, if people accept his word and don't bother to open the link and read the full text.

Because Trump/Vance/MAGA supporters will always deny/deflect and ridicule anything that Trump does not like or approve of. There are none so blind, as those who refuse see.

Same old, same old lies and BS from Trump. Well the world did watch, and most of the world didn't believe that BS either.

Yet when the USA needed help other countries in the world stepped up to assist without hesitation, putting their own men and women, regardless of race colour or creed on the line to help. They were. and are, called allies. The fat, useless, orange blob is throwing all that away, stabbing allies in the back, tearing up treaties and treating old allies as enemies, and old enemies as "new" friends. The sad thing about all this, is that people like you are helping him and NOT helping the people of the USA who oppose him and all that he stands for. People like you have elected a convicted criminal, a sex offender and a serial liar into becoming POTUS, and yet you show no shame or remorse.

Whose are "theirs"? Here is a list of robots used in manufacturing (since you seem to lazy to add a link). https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-growth-of-industrial-robots-by-country/