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Harris Surges Past Trump In Election Betting Markets After First Presidential Debate
What fine people hoax?? He said it, officially and on the record. https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/26/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks/ And attacking the mods would have made it even worse for him. It would have made him appear even more sullen, unprepared and useless. Like a kid throwing a tantrum when caught stealing from the cookie jar. But I understand why you MAGA faithful do everything you can to distract the attention away from what was a complete "train wreck*" of a performance. * Karl Rove's words https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-harris-debate-karl-rove-verdict-b2611340.html -
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Don’t kill the golden goose! Tax reforms may drive away expats
A more measured response, now that I am home once again: D’man said that only a handful of work permit holders need to prove their taxes before leaving the country, the UN report says there are 170,000 foreign skilled and professional people here which is considerably more than just a handful. You are mixing things up. Sure, there are more than a handful of work permit holders on Non B visas. Agree. None of these need to "prove taxes before leaving the country". There is a requirement for a tax return to be shown upon an extension for Non B work permit visa holders, nothing is required to be shown when leaving the country. Immigration do not ask any of these people for a "tax clearance certificates" before leaving the country. Tax clearance certificates are not operational. See below for more on this. There are thousands of these holders coming and going every day, and have been for many years. If there was a need for them to obtain a TCC , it would have been evident, discussed. I'll refer you to this thread , have a look and you'll see the founders and established mods of this forum state the same, that TCC's are not in force and have not been for many years, looks like 2003 it was stopped. I'll say something we can agree on, these 170,000 are paying tax, yes, and they do tax returns and show them to Immigration each year as part of the extension process. But the TCC isn't in operation. I'll just leave this one here. -
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What’s the best area in Thailand for expats to settle for long-term living?
Little bit. Some girly bars and Irish pub. Low key stuff. -
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What’s the best area in Thailand for expats to settle for long-term living?
What night life you looking for? -
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How to use a SIM Card on Desktop...Obviating the need for a Smartphone?
With the phone... And, maybe the user, as well. Who knows.... -
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Advice me on car window tint
There is a legal limit. Over the years, there have been some threads on it. Also some anecdotal stories of people being pulled over in LOS because their window tint was too dark. -
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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 12 September 2024
Thai woman nabbed in 90 million cannabis haul in Taiwan Photo courtesy of Dimsum Daily HK In a dramatic drug bust at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport, a 24 year old Hong Kong Airlines worker and a 62 year old Thai woman were caught with over 45 kilogrammes of cannabis, worth an eye-watering 90 million Taiwanese dollars (approximately 94 million baht). Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1337998-thai-woman-nabbed-in-90-million-cannabis-haul-in-taiwan/ -
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Taylor Swift…This Is Not A Spoof
It’s a strange world that we live in. How can Donald Trump have any fans at all? -
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What are the requirements exactly for credit cards?
It was 180k baht in total, I did pay for it all in cash in the end. Wasn’t just the PC, it was also the monitors, mouse keyboard etc. Obviously not a great financial decision but neither is financing. -
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What’s the best area in Thailand for expats to settle for long-term living?
Is there night life on Koh Chang? -
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Advice me on car window tint
Not down Sukhumvit road Pattaya in a Black Toyota Vios with a 90% tint you can't !!!! But I think your point is you have plenty of riding / driving experience - which of course helps... ...But back to the tint point - it doesn't matter how well we can drive if we can't see a motorcycle in front of us because the tint is too much. -
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Thai woman nabbed in 90 million cannabis haul in Taiwan
In a dramatic drug bust at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport, a 24 year old Hong Kong Airlines worker and a 62 year old Thai woman were caught with over 45 kilogrammes of cannabis, worth an eye-watering 90 million Taiwanese dollars (approximately 94 million baht). The joint operation by Taiwan’s customs officials and the Aviation Police on April 18 uncovered the stash hidden in their checked luggage, thwarting their plan to smuggle the massive haul into Hong Kong. The suspects, identified as Chan, a ground staff member for Hong Kong Airlines, and a Thai national, surnamed Khuibut, were apprehended just before boarding their flight. Chan claimed innocence, saying he had been offered a free trip to Thailand by a mysterious friend who asked to use his baggage allowance for the return journey. He insisted he had no idea the luggage was filled with cannabis. Customs officers, however, were far from convinced. The X-ray images flagged suspicious items in four pieces of luggage from an EVA Air flight arriving from Bangkok. Upon inspection, officers were shocked to find the suitcases packed with cannabis, split evenly between Chan’s and Khuibut’s bags—22.655 kilogrammes each. A spokesperson from the Aviation Police’s detective unit cast doubt on Chan’s claim of ignorance. “As an airline employee, he would be fully aware of the legal ramifications of transporting narcotics.” Despite his supposed innocence, Chan and his accomplice are now being prosecuted under Taiwan’s Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act. The Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office announced this breakthrough after nearly five months of investigation, with both suspects now in custody and facing serious charges, reported Dimsum Daily HK. By Puntid Tantivangphaisal Photo courtesy of Dimsum Daily HK Source: The Thaiger -- 2024-09-12 Get the ASEAN NOW daily NEWSLETTER - Click HERE to subscribe -
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Advice me on car window tint
I can never recall the actual documentation - however, it is my understand that law exist limiting tint 'strengths'.... It a tint should not block more than 30% if the visible light spectrum. i.e. it allows at least 70% of visible light through the tint. Different 'tint' manufactures confuse the issue with their numbering - i.e. Manufacturer A will have a tint numbered at 30 (blocking 30% light), meanwhile another Manufacturer will have the same strength tint number at 70 (allowing 70% light through) so care is needed when chosing a tint. Tint has a significant impact on night time visibility, this is exacerbated by idiots riding motorcycles without lights etc... I have 30% Tint (i.e. block 30% of light) I would not go more extreme than that. Another facet - is that some tints have 'minerals' in them which have better UV and heat reflective properties while still allowing visible light through - So quality of tint also matters a lot, its not solely down to visible light. -
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Revisiting History: The Unlikely Campaign to Vilify Winston Churchill
Oh I realise how popular Churchill is. It's understandable, he's had an amazing life, an interesting character, a witty mind, and he was courageous. This is all true. However, it is also true that Churchill was a greater racist than most Nazis, argued for gas warfare, experimented on bombing civilians in the middle East in the 20s., and made the world endure war which, in the West, could have ended in 1940. "I cannot understand this squeamishness about the use of gas," he wrote in a memo, external during his role as minister for war and air in 1919. "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes," he continued. "People sometimes question why on Earth did people not listen to Churchill's warnings about Hitler in the late 1930s," says Charmley, "to which the short answer is that he'd used exactly the same language about Gandhi in the early 1930s." "Churchill was very much on the far right of British politics over India," says Charmley. "Even to most Conservatives, let alone Liberals and Labour, Churchill's views on India between 1929 and 1939 were quite abhorrent." Despite supporting Zionism, Churchill was also anti-semitic: A 1937 unpublished article - supposedly by Churchill - entitled "How the Jews Can Combat Persecution" was discovered in 2007. "It may be that, unwittingly, they are inviting persecution - that they have been partly responsible for the antagonism from which they suffer," it said. "There is the feeling that the Jew is an incorrigible alien, that his first loyalty will always be towards his own race." His views on Islam were not much different: Weston was quoting from Churchill's 1899 book The River War, in which he wrote: "How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia [rabies] in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. And to cap it all even Churchill's official biographer Martin Gilbert says Churchill was corrupt: "In return for a fee of £5,000 two oil companies, Royal Dutch Shell and Burmah Anglo-Persian Oil Company [later BP], asked him to represent them in their application to the government for a merger," Gilbert's official biography stated. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29701767- 1
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Latest developments and discussion of recent events in the Ukraine War
Pretty much like WW2 when Russia moved it's factories too far for Germany to destroy and produced enough to destroy the best army on the planet ( with assistance from the allies of course, except this time it's China, and Nth Korea, and Iran. Ignorant men that refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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