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Could be. But in my humble opinion a 50% market correction would be a good thing. The S&P has just about increased in value by 10X. How the hell does that happen without market manipulation. There has never been a bubble like that in my lifetime. Market always correct, but the market hasn't been allowed to correct for 17 years. When it does, it's going to look ugly, well, at least for those not in cash.

The UK/EU concept of "funding Ukraine" is stealing Russia funds parked in their banks. That's the solution from the latest rounds of talks. What the UK/EU misses is that no country in their right minds will ever trust the UK/EU to hold their sovereign funds ever again, and it will lead those nations to align with other economic alliances like BRICS. And as a result, the UK/EU economies suffer. They self-isolate from the world's financial systems because they can't be trusted. You can steal $300 billion just one time, then you lose the trust of the entire global economy. Then it's a matter of time before it's game over. I mean really. What are these fools planning? Conquer Russia and take it's resources? Sure - third time's a charm 'eh? Go for it. "Hey, Millennials and Gen-X. Wanna die for your elite "leaders!" No? But they plan for you to die for their cause and convince you it's "patriotic." Fools! It's about the money stupid! If you're "leaders" aren't armed and at your side in the fight, then it buffalo poop.

I don't see large encampments of Thais sleeping in the streets of major cities because they can't afford rent. That is the normal state of the US and most Western countries. I don't see Thais dying because they can't afford healthcare. I don't know of any Thailand being evicted from their homes and their homes sold to pay "property taxes." So the bottom line is that quality of life is better in Thailand.

"Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state" -Janan Ganesh, Financial Times website, March 5, 2025. Until the commoners rebel and kick their leaders out of office.

The UK and EU and all countries which have embraced Net Zero are now in the process of destroying their economies. The after a few more countries like Romania over-turn election results as voters vote to toss their Net Zero Greenie leaders out of office, then the lid comes off the pressure cooker and it won't be pretty.

Question: So what does this have to do with China preparing for war with the US? Answer: Not a da*m thing.

So to all the anti-China Western expats living here in Thailand. When war come, what are you going to do? Asking for a friend.

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And purely from a business perspective, all of these other businessmen and businesswomen (below) need to get back to his/her own business instead of messing disastrously with USA and World affairs too? Well, in your world and in the world of the terminally triggered anti-MAGA/anti-Trump/anti-conservative/anti-Repubican community that is. You do understand that every administration in the history of the United State as drawn cabinet members and Presidential consultants and advisors from the business community? Elon Musk is no different. And Trump is now running the government like a business, so he has surrounded himself with those from the business world to execute his vision. If his vision falls flat and leads to economic and Geo-political instability, hell, I'll vote for alternative candidates myself come the mid-term and 2028 elections. If it succeeds, I'll vote to have these people continue to run the show. The new administration has only been in office for 45 days. I seriously hope we aren't going to hear 3 years, 244 days of angst and whinging? Hopefully ya'll will get tired after 100 days or so and begin to give it a rest. But judging from Trumps last term? Probably not. Howard Lutnick - Secretary of Commerce CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, a major financial services firm. Lutnick is a billionaire with extensive experience in Wall Street and investment banking. Scott Bessent - Secretary of the Treasury A hedge fund manager and founder of Key Square Group, Bessent has a long career in finance, including time at Soros Fund Management. Linda McMahon - Secretary of Education Co-founder and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), McMahon is a business executive and billionaire (via her husband Vince McMahon). Doug Burgum - Secretary of the Interior A software entrepreneur who sold his company, Great Plains Software, to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001. Jared Isaacman - Administrator of NASA Founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments and a billionaire space entrepreneur.

Europe including France (Macron), UK, and the collective EU are pretty much toothless as well as irrelevant. The only players are the two super-powers: US and Russia. They can scream for ceasefires (code for "re-arming) until the cows come home - they won't happen until Russia and the US say they happen. The rhetoric from the EU and UK is starting to sound like (study history) the same rants by Napoleonic France and Germany pre-Operation Barbarossa. If the EU and UK figure that "third-time is a charm" they better wake up to the fact that will actually become the death-knell of the European Union. At worse, these morons may end up provoking a nuclear war. Read the history of the UK and Europe: these people have been at war like forever. War is in their blood...they can't stop. And the UK and European elites (leaders) have for centuries and generations - hated Russia and ethnic Russians. And they hate each other. Hate and War; War and Hate - that is the essence of Europe including the UK. "Ceasefire?" Not going to happen.

Let him go. If he ends up in Dubai, great!

It was sealed April 2022.

I was a military brat, and I was in the military myself. Overseas deployments where a fact of life. And I enjoyed my time overseas - a lot! Even spent the first three years of my education in a post-WWII London English boys school. It all shaped my world-view. After the events leading to my last divorce, the first thing that came into my mind is, "I've leaving the country and moving overseas." Just like that. I've never looked back.

Hell, we had grooming standards all the way though high school. No jeans, no "pegged" pants (of course we all had pegged pants), skirt-length rules for the gals. The restrictions loosen in the early 70 well after I graduated.

The tracking never worked. But on the plus side, I did get the passport in about 3 weeks. And I got a letter like other when they sent it back.

I don't advertise my political views in the real world. I can see the level of hate here in this forum. Poke the wrong unhinged Leftie and who knows what happens. Too many of the Antifa-types out there looking for an excuse to act out violence. I don't need that nonsense in my life. Outside of the anonymity of this forum, I'm just an apolitical US Buddhist. That's a tough enough row to hoe with evangelistic Christian tourists and expats you meet here. "You're going to HELL!!!" Yeah yeah yeah...

I never remember doing that. I was on a Business visa for three years and then changed to a Non-B extension based on marriage. The only forms I remember having were the K.2 and K.3. And I did the first extension in Korat, so we were nowhere near Lamphun where our marriage was registered. Well, best of luck. Maybe you give it a try without the 6.1.3. What's the worst that can happen - they insist you show it. If they don't insist, you're good to go. And realistically, how difficult is it to get another original of the certification letter. Interesting though, I can see certifying you've been divorces, but how do you certify that you're single? That's pretty much your word. It's not like countries provide their citizens with certificates of singleness - not that I've ever experienced?

This pretty much says it all. Most of those whom I marched in anti-Vietnam War marches in the 60s and 70s have done a 180 degree turn and are now rabid war-mongers. And the party who wanted war, war, war is now for peace. Go figure? Anyway, sorta explains why the AN Lefties are so pro-WAR! Given their new love of WAR and their support for authoritarianism, it seems the Left has folded around and has become the new far-Right.

Trudeau Blasts US Tariffs, Vows Canada Will Stand Strong Canadians "Standing Strong." Yeah - The US is really worried! 👠

The same one Biden, Harris, Clinton, and Obama served in, and for the same length of time.

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It's unconstitutional and abridges the 1st amendment. It will never survive a SCOTUS challenge. Nor should it.

The only way I make sense of this is if Thailand chose to deport them back to China in order to send a message that Thailand will never be a transit stop for Uyghurs thinking that if they can reach Thailand then they will find safe haven in the US, Canada, or AU. Which does make sense. As everyone one of us who lives here knows, Thailand want nothing to do with those entering Thailand illegally whether they seek asylum or simply seek to live in this country illegally.

"One can only hope." So you advocate for the assassination of the US President? Interesting? 🤔

Actually - they are men, with penises, who dress as women and expect to be able to win medals and trophies which they can't win when competing against other men. They can win them by "competing against the weaker sex!" That's what a lot of this is about. It's sick. And those who advocate for it are equally sick. And it's a danger to biological woman.