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Trump Reiterates Warning to Hamas on Hostage Release
Biden requested/ordered Israel to show restraint . Trump wants to get in there and finish the job -
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That which was never born can never die, therefore deathless. Is this "awareness"?
Hi Bruce. I haven't given up on the Buddhist teachings and path. Just trying to make sense of it. Wouldn't one say, the greater number of pleasures denied or restricted will enhance ones chances of successfully reaching the Buddhist goal of Awakening? Monks have an extensive list of precepts in comparison to laypeople, and, as a result, deny themselves of much pleasure. Isn't an alternative to cultivate common sense, moderation, healthy lifestyle including aerobic exercise, stretching, weights & yoga, healthy diet, improving ones knowledge, and learning to be and behave at your very best? You mentioned suffering in pursuit of a woman for sexual pleasure. Sexual abstinence regardless of the method being abstained, is known to be unhealthy. Coming back to my earlier points. If everyone is successful in extinguishing craving, then what good is it to end up with no one re born? A Monk may practice in a state of denial, for decades in their quest for Awakening, and end up never reaching it. Was their life of denial worth it? And what about the deathless state? That which was never born, can never die. If our lives are real and therefore we were never born, then what is deathless? -
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Buying a Dog
This post from a 'new' poster, who claims to have been born here and lives here yet does not know where to get a dog from - has to be one of the most obvious and stupid troll posts. At least Bob Smith is entertaining - this is just sad. -
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What Books Are You Reading ? (2025)
Don't know about Windows but you can download a free Kindle app for Macs and iPhones. I'm reading "What is Life" by Paul Nurse on the kindle app and just downloaded "How Life Works" by Phillip Ball, this one is 547 pages, so should provide hours of reading, hopefully pleasurable. -
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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 5 January 2025
Nine Deadly Days Claim 393 Lives and Injure Over 2,200 The festive period has turned deadly for many, with a toll of 393 fatalities and 2,251 injuries reported over the past nine days of New Year travel. Authorities have attributed the alarming figures to reckless driving, with speeding identified as the primary cause of crashes. Full story:https://aseannow.com/topic/1347955-nine-deadly-days-claim-393-lives-and-injure-over-2200/ -
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Any Predictions for 2025 guys ?
If the world leaders don't pull their collective heads out of their collective derriere's? About 1000 morons who control the world's nuclear weapons are more than happy to eliminate the other 7.9 billion of us. -
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Revenue Department boss calls on tax residents in Thailand to file 2024 returns by March 31
That would technically still be potentially taxable for you, depending on whether remitted funds are identified as assessable. Regardless of what account the funds are deposited into, they are still under your control when they cross the border, so the remittance is yours. You remit, you pay tax if due. Wife does not pay under 20 million, 5% over that. Some advisors recommend gifting to an offshore account in the wife's name. Would be non-taxable for you (depending on your home country gifting rules) as giver, and non-taxable for your wife until she remits to Thailand, and then would still fall under gift receiving rules for her. I'm currently researching setting up a Schwabb US-based account in wifey's name to receive annual gifts, with appropriate documentation. I stay within US lifetime gifting limits, she invests her money in a US brokerage earning (file W8-BEN) tax-free capital gains, but paying 15% on interest and dividends per US-Thai DTA.
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