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What Americans Want and why Democrats Failed
Tools of the Devil, the lot of 'em. -
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Thailand's Expats Urged to Register with TRD for Tax, Says Expert
Your anecdotal evidence that only a few foreigners file tax returns in Thailand is based on the fact only a few AN members have admitted to doing so and I am one of them. You are misguided if you think that the AN membership includes a majority of foreigners in Thailand or is truly representative of them. My anecdotal evidence is fueled by my annual visits to the TRD office to file a return, a journey that you appear not to make, and the sight of other foreigners doing exactly as I was doing. So no, it is not self evident that only a few foreigners file Thai taxes, which is far far far from beyond reasonable doubt, especially since so many foreigners rely on their monthly pension income, to qualify for their long stay visa, using the income method.. -
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The Subtle Shift from Boyfriend to ‘Useful Assistant’ in Thailand
Completely normal the world over. -
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Thai Drinks launches 100m baht campaign to boost local tourism
Whatever next are Aseannow going to post. Members still comment on these ridiculous posts. 555 -
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Phuket transwomen clash with foreigner over alleged cash dispute
The temperament of a woman and the body and strength of a man is a dangerous combination in my opinion. -
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Stray Dog Menace Alarms Pattaya Community, Urgent Action Demanded
There are at least 14 dogs in the pack on our Soi on Pratumnak hill. They took away about 7 a couple years ago and sterilized them, but then brought them back and dumped them where they picked them up. Now other dogs have joined and had a couple litters. They are still causing trouble with chasing drivers and killing neighbors cats. They really need to get a grip on this. Spay/neuter and release just doesn’t work. -
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So I was right about abortion - Roe v Wade is dead
Unless said (allegedly) backward State passes abortion trafficing laws (Idaho, Iowa). Tennessee .is embroiled in courts as to whether their trafficing laws are legal. Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma looking at similar legislation. Then you have the ordinances in Texas that have encouraged people to take civil action preventing said travel. Take Idaho for example. When their HoR was elected in 2022, from where this awful law originated, about 1 in 3 people didn't bother to register to vote. Of those who registered to vote, only 57% actually turned up. Of those, 76% voted Republican. So the politicians took their mandate to pass this from the vote of Idaho resident. Such is democracy when people don't care much about it. I'm sure its a similar picture in other state elections, relatively low turnouts. Idaho isn't as bad as some States. "Only" 16% of the adult population are classified as having "low literacy", so 15th in the Nation. What does Low Literacy mean; the inability to read or write well enough to perform everyday tasks. Still being 15th for barely being able to read is nothing to boast about, when its the 29th least educated. Not only can't they read, Idaho residents apparently can't add up either. 20% have no access to healthcare, 16% are in abject poverty. Yet prosecuting doctors was high on the priorities of those lawmakers when they took their seats in 2022. Laws like that get states into the news, for grandstanding politicians keen to make a point. These are quite momentous laws. The Idaho State Legislature consists of 70 people, 49 of them men. 57 voted for this legislation. The way the electoral college was conceived was deliberately to stop the more populous States run roughshod over the small ones. The system gives more power to those smaller states, those poorers states, those illiterate states. And you saw that in the recent election, when the candidates didn't spend all their time in New York or California appealing to the most populous, but were hitting the road to places in the middle of nowhere. So when so-called enlightened people flee these "Dumb<deleted>istan" States, you are not reducing their power, their influence, but you are creating theocratic states of increasing influence. I guess some of these states could, in principle, be free to declare adultery to be a capital crime.
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