https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenHmm, I wonder whether what we might be seeing here are the birth cries of some attempt by the Immigration Bureau to phase out entirely what remaining embassy income confirmation services still exist as a means of compliance with monthly income requirements for both retirement and marriage extensions. In an ideal world they should, of course, promulgate such a shift in policy through a revised Police Order, but, as I recall, they certainly didn't bust their gut in issuing any new Police Order in the immediate aftermath of the original decisions by the British and American embassies to discontinue their income confirmation services. As a result there was much uncertainty for a few months as to whether the alternative arrangements for monthly bank transfers, which had apparently been sanctioned by the top brass in the Immigration Bureau, would actually be honoured by individual offices.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:11:57 +0000Safety pays out a lot more than that... 10k is way off base, unless he rarely sees her.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:11:43 +0000Mate, I reckon none of that’s the real issue. If the people running the place genuinely wanted to stamp out the toxicity, they could do it in a snap. You’re saying the same abusers would just pop back up under new identities. Fair enough, but if they’re as easy to spot as you reckon they are, then surely the people keeping an eye on things would clock them again soon enough. They might slip through the net once or twice, but if they keep getting banned every time they show their faces, sooner or later they’ll get fed up, bugger off, and find somewhere else to cause grief. Once that happens, the problem pretty much sorts itself out.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:10:46 +0000But you are the one ranting with hate and abuse. It's one thing having an opinion, but you appear angry, abusive and out of control at times. You use what you pick up from books as a way to cope with your own feelings. You took the bait of those women due to flaws in your own character. If you stand still, you can more easily see when someone is moving. That's why you cannot spot the crazies and the narcissists, marry them, have children with them. Because you too are moving. Other people can spot them from a mile off and not take the bait. They aren't the problem, you are. You bit off more than you could chew. Not everyone can control a wild horse.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:08:34 +0000I want to Zara and bought some clothes yesterday after seeing BDS advertising themTue, 07 Jul 2026 17:06:15 +0000If you criticise Trump or any American policy you are an IRAN LOVER! Or you want OPEN BORDERS, or MEN IN WOMEN'S SHOWERS! And you love TERRORISM! It is insane. It's possible to think Trump is a terrible man and still not love Iran, or terrorism, it's possible to not want open borders or men in women's showers. But if you criticise Trump or any of his actions that is what you get back. The indoctrination is real.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:05:55 +0000Abridged from source. Source in title. [Opinion. How many expats have Allianz health or life policies? Will admit it? Will you drop your policy or will you support genocide?] How a German-US corporate giant became the world’s largest foreign financier of Israel’s wars Munich-based Allianz and California subsidiary have amassed at least $2.67bn in Israeli government bonds since 2024 Sebastian Shehadi Middle East Eye: 19 June 2026 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-how-german-us-corporate-giant-became-worlds-largest-foreign-financier-israels-wars At the height of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, one company became the single largest foreign financier of the Israeli state – holding more in Israeli government bonds than the US, the UK, France and every other country put together. That company is Allianz, the German insurance and financial services giant, alongside its California-based bond management subsidiary PIMCO, the world's largest active bond manager. Data shared with Middle East Eye by Profundo, an Amsterdam-based sustainability research firm, shows that by September 2025 the Allianz group had amassed approximately $2.67bn in Israeli government bonds across its various fund subsidiaries. This represented 51.8 percent of all non-Israeli holdings captured in the dataset at that moment. Put simply: at its peak, Allianz-PIMCO held more Israeli war bonds than the rest of the world combined.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:03:13 +0000as opposed to being a murderous, authoritarian, racist socialist anti semitic eurotrash trump insanity suffererTue, 07 Jul 2026 16:59:24 +0000Youd be lost without himTue, 07 Jul 2026 16:58:56 +0000That's not normal, is it @fredwiggy ? Be honest with yourself... Has it helped you in life? Do you think that is how you have ended up with someone relatively normal this time?Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:58:51 +0000You have issues @fredwiggy . Even your 'supporters' here know that. Ask them.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:55:45 +0000They weren't the problem...Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:53:51 +0000This is not true, is it?Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:52:51 +0000'Hurt' is your perception of the situation. Perhaps because of his somewhat hysterical behaviour? Sometimes you need to be cruel to be kind. Have you ever heard of that saying? Better to do it in a sandbox, where you have more space and time to learn.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:50:49 +0000Great post. A "to each their own" moment. 👍Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:49:56 +0000It's astounding how little most modern Americans know about the early years of the USA , let alone pre European sttlement – they then go on Google and find little nuggets, take them out of context, and because they've never heard of it before, think no-one else knows about it. I was educated in the UK (and Australia), and we were taught history and how to study history, not a mish-mash of myth and propaganda spewed out in the American educational system... a country that has no idea where Belgium is.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:47:36 +0000You have repeatedly targeted me by name in my threads. I will not engage with personal attacks, so I am placing you on ignore moving forwardTue, 07 Jul 2026 16:46:29 +0000And then it restarts under new nicks. Both of them are running multiple nicks at the moment, but their Achilles’ heel is that they cannot reinvent themselves. Same style, same tricks, same pattern.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:46:23 +0000Must be location dependent, as my last one was approved, less than 48 hrs. Previous one, took about 15 hr, as I posted on a different thread...damn fastTue, 07 Jul 2026 16:45:28 +0000The U.S. Navy is still ranked at the top of the list, above second-place China by a small margin. Thailand ranks in 21st place on a list of 38 countries with navies and above Israel in 31st place. https://www.wdmmw.org/ranking.phpTue, 07 Jul 2026 16:44:37 +0000There have been times at Jomtien IO, where my scenario is correct....experienced. Possibly now it is as you describe. Anyway doesn't matter either way now...the OP has his information, so on we go to another subject thread.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:42:49 +0000Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:41:01 +0000Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:40:29 +0000Now you're being disingenuous, hopefully not intentionally. Ain't nobody saying "every place with strict gun laws would be crime free". E.g., Australia. After the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, Australia took guns away from pretty much everyone save LE. Result according the UN Office of Drugs and Crime: Firearm deaths per 100,000 in 2020: Australia 0.078 USA 4.054 Is Australia "crime free"? No, but with strict gun laws it's 50 times safer than the US. "Taking guns away from law abiding people isn't going to magically fix everything." That tired argument that only bad guys will have guns and good guys baseball bats. No, take away/buy back guns from everyone. And, by golly, if you're caught with one, don't matter none if you've fired it, you're going away for a long time. Try it. Repeal the Second. Thank me later.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:40:06 +0000Mate, anyone with half a brain can look at that and see straight away where the problem lies. It’s not exactly rocket science. Get rid of the virus and the infection clears up on its own. I’ve been watching it all for a while now, and I can’t for the life of me work out why nothing’s being done at the top level. Get rid of the pair who are making life miserable for everyone else, and the atmosphere sorts itself out.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:39:48 +0000