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    in Motorcycles in Thailand

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    3 hours ago, findlay13 said:

    I bought a new Vulcan 650 a couple of years back

    and the devaluation is enormous but it'll be the last bike I buy in Thailand and I have no plans to sell it so it's ok.If otherwise I'd definitely be looking second hand.

    With the large influx of big bikes in the last 10 years it's good to see real and appropriate depreciation in used vehicle prices. Prior to that, since there were so few big bikes, the price never went down.

     

    It should be the same as new cars elsewhere. You drive it off the lot, 20% devaluation, and 10% a year after that.

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    U.S. DOJ to seek lighter prison term for Trump adviser Stone - reports

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    All 4 federal prosecutors quit Stone case after DOJ overrules prosecutors on sentencing request

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/politics/roger-stone-sentencing-justice-department/index.html

     

    Washington (CNN)In an extraordinary move, all four federal prosecutors who took the case against longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone to trial withdrew Tuesday after top Justice Department officials undercut them and disavowed the government's recommended sentence against Stone.

    The mass withdrawal of the career prosecutors on the case was a stunning response to the Justice Department's controversial and politically charged decision to reduce prosecutors' recommended sentence of up to nine years, which came just hours after Trump publicly criticized it on Twitter.
    The rapid fire developments in the case -- the prosecutors' withdrawals came one by one through court filings over the course of two hours Tuesday afternoon -- spilled tensions between top Justice Department brass and the career prosecutors into the open, raising questions about the Justice Department's independence from political pressure.
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    U.S. expert say time to stock on food

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    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/coronavirus-youtube-creators/

     

    Little-known YouTube accounts are trying to capitalize off fears about the coronavirus to gain viral clout—and for some, it’s paying off.

    Video creators are cranking out content that, in many cases, spreads alarm, unsubstantiated claims, scams, and sometimes outright disinformation. And a lot of them are trying to make money off of it.

    “He’s not trying to portray himself as someone who works in a lab.”

    While YouTube seems to have adjusted its algorithms to prioritize content from authoritative sources and stifle the reach and virality of videos from other creators, a handful of them are still seeping through the cracks and spreading widely on the platform or other social media sites.

    One popular series on the virus is produced by a personal finance guru with a history of pushing economic theories about peak oil and other resource crunches, but who has recently rebranded as a pandemic expert as news coverage of the virus has exploded.

    “I’m here with a really important message about the coronavirus,” Chris Martenson, one of the founders of the financial website Peak Prosperity, says at the beginning of a video entitled “Coronavirus Is Worse Than You’ve Been Told: Scientist Explains.”

    “Unfortunately if you’ve been reading the news you’ve either been under-informed or misinformed about what this virus really is. It’s a very serious thing,” he continues. “To get more updates, please come by [my website]. We have a place for subscribers who want to go a little deeper and get some good advice about what they can do.”

    While the website offers some articles on the coronavirus, it also highlights something called “Our Recommended Pandemic Preparations”—only available in a section for paid subscribers.

    While Martenson calls himself a scientist in the video’s titles, his claim to the label is, according to him, based on a 1994 PhD from Duke’s Department of Pathology where he specialized in toxicology. While he published scientific research in the ’90s, for at least the last decade Martenson has focused on predicting stagflation and other large shifts in financial markets.

    While YouTube seems to have adjusted its algorithms to prioritize content from authoritative sources and stifle the reach and virality of videos from other creators, a handful of them are still seeping through the cracks and spreading widely on the platform or other social media sites.

    One popular series on the virus is produced by a personal finance guru with a history of pushing economic theories about peak oil and other resource crunches, but who has recently rebranded as a pandemic expert as news coverage of the virus has exploded.

    “He’s not a practicing physician, he’s just a guy with a science background who’s taken an interest in this virus,” said Dr. Angela Hewlett, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, who clarified that she didn’t see anything in Martenson’s videos that gave her cause for concern.

    Adam Taggart, a co-founder of Peak Prosperity, initially explained the company’s mission to Mother Jones as “scientists making sense of the world.” When pressed on his scientific credentials, Taggart noted that he had an MBA but had studied pre-med as an undergraduate, and instead pointed to his colleague’s background. 

    “If Chris is asked what he is he would say, ‘I’m a researcher who was trained as a scientist.’ He’s not trying to portray himself as someone who works in a lab,” Taggart said, explaining that Martenson and Peak Prosperity have previously deviated from financial topics to make sense of global issues, pointing to work on Fukushima, Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, and “diet and nutrition issues.”

    “People are just hungry for information.”

    Until he started making coronavirus videos a few days ago, Martenson’s videos nearly exclusively focused on finance. His second video on the outbreak—“Coronavirus Is Worse Than You’ve Been Told: Scientist Explains”—accrued over 700,000 views, a massive spike from his usual view counts, which hovered in the thousands and low tens of thousands.

     

     

     

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    Jomtiem Retirement Visa

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

    You realise the rules seem to vary for each office and each IO?

    Yes. I deal with the same people in Jomtien that the OP likely did. Sure, it wasn't that easy but they did provide a list of necessary documents, and I believe it took 3 or 4 visits to get it righ the first time, but we got there.

     

    I did need to repeatedly refuse the "20k baht and we can do it right now" offer.

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    Thailand confirms six new cases of coronavirus, including four Thais - health ministry

    in Thailand News

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    12 minutes ago, lovesthespicy said:

    The RO of this virus in recent studies was put as high as 4.08. The who estimated it to be at 1.4 to 2.3 on Jan 23. 

     

    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#repro

     

    I'd imagine a taxi driver would be able to pass the virus on at even a higher clip then a normal person. Being they are in close contained quarters with so many different people a day. Very scary situation. 

     

    Three times more transferable than the flu, and a 2-10 day period where you don't show symptoms but can transmit the virus? It's going to be a long time before this is over...

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    Trump could be acquitted in impeachment trial as early as Friday - U.S. Senator

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    With 75% of the general population wanting witnesses, and 50% of Republicans also wanting witnesses, if they do weasel their way through this without Bolton testifying, there will be repercussions in the upcoming election and the Republicans will lose seats across the board, including the white house.

     

    A similar backlash occurred after the Clinton impeachment.

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    Russian killed in Jomtien motorbike accident

    in Pattaya News

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    I sure have noticed a large number of foreigners driving scooters badly the last few weeks. Driving too slow so they may be struck from behind. Changing lanes without checking for overtaking vehicles. There may be no one driving beside them so they think it's safe to change when it isn't. Etc...

     

    The bottom line is if you don't know how to ride defensively this isn't the place to learn. A mistake can be deadly or very painful and expensive.

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