"Nomad Capitalist" suggests Americans abroad may be headed towards pariah status

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Well now that Trump has fixed the border, he can go to work arresting the chickens for raising the price of eggs.

And you can go back to criticising 4yos.

[save the frogs]

4 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

US had 3 major problems - border, inflation and debt. Trump fixed 1 problem in 3 weeks. Biden fixed no problems in 4 years and 2 wars started.

 

If Trump lowers debt and inflation what will their whinge about? Dogs barking?

You confused me. So your username is sarcasm? 

 

Inflation and debt go hand in hand? So the DOGE project, once they recuperate the funds, will drive down inflation. I think that's what Musk stated. 

 

Wars ... yes. Trump is not keen on starting wars it seems. I was a Lennon and Yoko fan, so I'm on board with that. 

 

 

[stupidfarang]

On 2/14/2025 at 8:03 AM, hotsun said:

The question is why would americans want permanent resident status in thailand? The country has no moral compass. They deal with russia china and iran. Thailand will forgive any bad behavior by foreigners for the right price

Sounds just like the USA under musk/trump so americans will feel right at home

[jerrymahoney]

12 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

16 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Well now that Trump has fixed the border, he can go to work arresting the chickens for raising the price of eggs.

And you can go back to criticising 4yos.

Chickens are just like anybody else -- except they're chickens

 

 

 

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, jerrymahoney said:

Chickens are just like anybody else -- except they're chickens

 

 

 

Small things, small minds

[Hummin]

On 2/14/2025 at 8:03 AM, hotsun said:

The question is why would americans want permanent resident status in thailand? The country has no moral compass. They deal with russia china and iran. Thailand will forgive any bad behavior by foreigners for the right price

And Usa moral compass at the moment you will call healthy? 

 

 

[jerrymahoney]

Wow. Devastating.

[mogandave]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Tariffs have alienated all America's allies. Most are weighing up retaliatory measures.

 

Internally, farmers can't get their crops picked. Undocumented workers are staying put, for fear of being deported if they turn up to work.

 

Musk is getting free data from every government function.

 

Yeah,the stable genius is excelling in stupid. So do his supporters.

 

 

Howl lefty, howl!!!!

 

 

[jimmybcool]

13 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Opposing Putin is the right thing to do. Period. 

 

On that we agree.  

 

BUT not to the extent of starting a nuclear war.  I've no doubt that in a conventional war between NATO (with USA) and Russia the Russian military would be shredded in a few short weeks,  Problem is THEN does Putin resort to nukes?  Yeah I think most of their nukes would misfire and fail.  But it only takes a few to make a very bad day.  

 

I don't think he is that insane (or his generals would let him) but the fact he might is an issue that prevents outright ending his regime for the sake of Russians and the rest of the world.  So how to handle Putin is a tricky question.  The world can hope his successor is saner and Putin has a cardiac arrest sooner.

[mogandave]

2 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

18JAN 2025

 

Unauthorized apprehensions at the U.S. southern border have decreased significantly in the past six months — by more than 70% compared with the same period in 2023, according to Customs and Border Protection.

 

The U.S. government attributes the dip to an executive order issued last summer by President Biden that severely restricts asylum requests from migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border with no authorization. Another factor is the implementation of the CBP One app, and experts say the Mexican national guard cracking down on migrants heading north is playing a key role, as well.

 

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/15/nx-s1-5258476/trump-border-crossings-immigration-u-s-mexico

That the Biden administration was able to reduce the flood of illegal aliens coming across the border in the run up to the election only shows that the flood was intentional, and likely would have resumed on November 6th has Harris won the election.

 

The left is still fighting tooth and nail to keep them coming in, and to stop them from beinf deported. 

 

[jerrymahoney]

19 minutes ago, mogandave said:

The left is still fighting tooth and nail to keep them coming in, and to stop them from beinf deported. 

That's OK -- you can read page 4 this topic that Trump has fixed the border problem quickly so time to move on to something else.

[mogandave]

1 minute ago, jerrymahoney said:

That's OK -- you can read page 4 this topic that Trump has fixed the border problem quickly so time to move on to something else.

That’s okay, that the Biden administration was able to reduce the flood of illegal aliens coming across the border in the run up to the election only shows that the flood was intentional, and likely would have resumed on November 6th has Harris won the election.

 

I think it fair to say the administration is not waiting around for the left’s approval.

[madone]

 

  

On 2/14/2025 at 8:03 AM, hotsun said:

The country has no moral compass. 

 

 

Funny I was just reading the exact same thing in a thread about Trump.

 

what are the chances, do ya reckon?

[Harrisfan]

13 minutes ago, mogandave said:

That’s okay, that the Biden administration was able to reduce the flood of illegal aliens coming across the border in the run up to the election only shows that the flood was intentional, and likely would have resumed on November 6th has Harris won the election.

 

I think it fair to say the administration is not waiting around for the left’s approval.

Importing Democrat voters. All the leftist leaders do it.

[AgMech Cowboy]

On 2/14/2025 at 7:46 AM, Jingthing said:

for most that would mean another country with more realistic paths towards a second passport

Bye 👋

[Atlantic Cod]

There is no Russian 'dictator' please stop the fantasising already 

[Atlantic Cod]

Digital Gonads, who wants them?

[Jingthing]

41 minutes ago, Atlantic Cod said:

There is no Russian 'dictator' please stop the fantasising already 

There are no Russian 'bots' please stop fantasizing already

[Flyguy330]

Digi Nomad was pushing the Malaysian Visas program post Covid as being a great new deal. It was a 5hit deal actually, and so bad the Malaysian Gov finally admitted so, pulled it, and went back to the drawing board.

[blaze master]

On 2/14/2025 at 9:16 PM, jerrymahoney said:

Chickens are just like anybody else -- except they're chickens

 

 

 

 

Yes and there's 100mn less of them.

[Harrisfan]

2 hours ago, Flyguy330 said:

Digi Nomad was pushing the Malaysian Visas program post Covid as being a great new deal. It was a 5hit deal actually, and so bad the Malaysian Gov finally admitted so, pulled it, and went back to the drawing board.

Life advice - never take advice from people who's life you don't want.

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, Flyguy330 said:

Digi Nomad was pushing the Malaysian Visas program post Covid as being a great new deal. It was a 5hit deal actually, and so bad the Malaysian Gov finally admitted so, pulled it, and went back to the drawing board.

He's not in control of what the Malaysian government does and also his target audience are the very wealthy who can handle any financial requirements anywhere. He maintains a part time residence in KL and usually spends a third of the year there. He does tend to push having three residences abroad so you never become a tax resident anywhere.

[uncletiger]

On 2/14/2025 at 8:44 PM, Jingthing said:

Opposing Putin is the right thing to do. Period. 

 

Much like WW2, you may find Putin is our ally in the current war against the globalist criminal syndicate that has taken over Europe. Remember that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

 

You don't have to like the guy, but ignoring reality due simply to personal bias isn't helpful. You really need to keep an open mind in the days and months ahead, because a lot is going to be revealed that is going to shake the foundations of who and what you think is "good".

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, uncletiger said:

 

Much like WW2, you may find Putin is our ally in the current war against the globalist criminal syndicate that has taken over Europe. Remember that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

 

You don't have to like the guy, but ignoring reality due simply to personal bias isn't helpful. You really need to keep an open mind in the days and months ahead, because a lot is going to be revealed that is going to shake the foundations of who and what you think is "good".

Garbage right wing conspiracy. 

[Flyguy330]

13 hours ago, Jingthing said:

He's not in control of what the Malaysian government does and also his target audience are the very wealthy who can handle any financial requirements anywhere. He maintains a part time residence in KL and usually spends a third of the year there. He does tend to push having three residences abroad so you never become a tax resident anywhere.

As I said - and you didn't read - the Malaysian Gov pulled the initial offer because applications crashed - nobody wanted it. It was 5hit.

The ultra wealthy didn't get rich by being mugs like you imagine they are.

Toodle-oo.

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, Flyguy330 said:

As I said - and you didn't read - the Malaysian Gov pulled the initial offer because applications crashed - nobody wanted it. It was 5hit.

The ultra wealthy didn't get rich by being mugs like you imagine they are.

Toodle-oo.

I know the scenario.

The offer wouldn't have been any problem for a very wealthy person who wants to live in Malaysia. It did rule it out for many upper middle class people and under. Obviously most people aren't ultra wealthy. 

[Felton Jarvis]

On 2/14/2025 at 8:02 PM, blaze master said:

 

If they are perfectly logical...maybe it's not them it's you.

I said, "perfectly logical EXCEPT on the subject of Trump.". Not all Trump supporters are STUPID, but it certainly helps.

[MicroB]

On 2/16/2025 at 3:01 PM, uncletiger said:

 

Much like WW2, you may find Putin is our ally in the current war against the globalist criminal syndicate that has taken over Europe. Remember that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

 

You don't have to like the guy, but ignoring reality due simply to personal bias isn't helpful. You really need to keep an open mind in the days and months ahead, because a lot is going to be revealed that is going to shake the foundations of who and what you think is "good".

 

 

Can you actually describe who this "Globalist Criminal Syndicate" is. Are they bankers of a certain faith?

 

 

 

 

 

[MicroB]

On 2/15/2025 at 3:24 AM, jimmybcool said:

 

On that we agree.  

 

BUT not to the extent of starting a nuclear war.  I've no doubt that in a conventional war between NATO (with USA) and Russia the Russian military would be shredded in a few short weeks,  Problem is THEN does Putin resort to nukes?  Yeah I think most of their nukes would misfire and fail.  But it only takes a few to make a very bad day.  

 

I don't think he is that insane (or his generals would let him) but the fact he might is an issue that prevents outright ending his regime for the sake of Russians and the rest of the world.  So how to handle Putin is a tricky question.  The world can hope his successor is saner and Putin has a cardiac arrest sooner.

 

I think its become plain that Russian generals are a spineless lot. Early on in the war, if the Russian government was fairly conventional, the conventional thinking would have been "wiser heads would prevail", ie Generals, faced with the loss of a professional army that they had spent years trying to transform from the Soviety model, might have stepped in. But they didn't.

 

Over the years, Putin has divided the Russian military, weakening it, by creating a National Guard, that reports to him, not the Defence Ministry, along with numerous other armed formations. The Generals who are promoted are not done so through military prowess, but through sychophancy. Think of the Generals surrounding Hitler in the bunker; all useless. In the Soviet Army, Zhukov became, justifiably, a hero. Stalin had him exiled to the far east.

 

The Russian government is more like a criminal enterprise

 

https://www.occrp.org/en/person-of-the-year/vladimir-putin

 

If he does die of natural causes while in office, expect a scattering of the cockroaches as they depart with their loot, and a power vacuum, and likely disintegration of the Russian Federation as regional governors assert control.

 

If its an internal coup, it won't be lead by his inner circle or the top brass. It will be something like the Wagner mutiny, which showed how someone with a bit more organisation, could have done it. They might be even more ultra-nationalist, and would try and reverse any peace accords. But, if I try and be optimistic, it will be younger Russian officers, working with some decent police officers trying to restore law and order, and not really concerned about the outside world. But a forlorn hope.

 

Any chance we could get Anglian Windows in to renew the Kremlin's double glazing, preferably on the top floor.

 

[flexomike]

On 2/14/2025 at 8:31 AM, Jingthing said:

Obnoxious willful ignorance if you don't know about the problems Russians have been having with traveling and getting new residences!

Why are you even posting on this topic if you know NOTHING about it?

who gives a flying "F" about the problems the Russians are having traveling, damn man you need to get a life