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Thai-Scottish Ranger Resigns After Incident with Racist Tourists
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Tourist Brawl on Phuket’s Bangla Road Sparks Online Outrage - video
I took a tour with my Thai family and seen Rawai beach. It was totally developed and we enjoyed a nice dinner there then went back to Phuket city to a guest house for our stay. I am glad that we had a Thai friend drive us around in his 10 passenger Toyota van and he was a cautious driver who did not swerve all over the place and our drive back to Bangkok was enjoyable as well. We stopped into a few places where the restaurant food was great. I still like visiting Thailand and being with my Thai family makes the stay very enjoyable as I have them shop for me and have not been ripped off for my last 4 trips. Rock On Thiland. -
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Dollar seen as risky currency status alert
It may well be a good idea for the US to source and build defence and security related products domestically if they can but - given that the US enjoys a large trading surplus in defence related products - it is difficult to see how this is going to boost the US economy if other nations follow suit. The exact opposite may occur. I had not seen the official text regarding the tariff policy, so thanks for posting it. Having read it, the policy has even less justification than I originally thought. Unsurprisingly, the statement is selective in its' use of data. For example, the text states that, "The United States imposes a 2.5% tariff on passenger vehicle imports ... while the European Union (imposes) (10%)." No doubt true but it does rather gloss over the fact that before these latest developments, the average US tariff rate on all EU imports was 1.47%, while the tariff on all US exports to the EU averaged 1.35%. https://www.bruegel.org/analysis/economic-impact-trumps-tariffs-europe-initial-assessment) Some of the other 'justifications' are quite simply bizarre. The statement laments the fact that " ... U.S. companies .... pay over $200 billion per year in value-added taxes (VAT) to foreign governments—a “double-whammy” on U.S. companies who pay the tax at the European border, while European companies don’t pay tax to the United States on the income from their exports to the U.S." Firstly - with very few exemptions - VAT is applied to ALL goods in the EU irrespective of their source and where the company is domiciled. EU businesses also pay VAT. It is NOT a tariff. Secondly, the clue is in the name, it is a tax on the added value with the cost ultimately falling on the consumer. It is akin to a sales tax in the US. Thirdly, the fact that the US government chooses not to use VAT amongst its' arsenal of taxes is neither here nor there. There are numerous other example of this type of nonsense which I could point to in the statement, but the preceding paragraphs should offer ample evidence of the absurdity of the 'justification' for this tariff policy. -
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Autopsy Reveals Ex-Police Chief 'Joe Ferrari' Died by Hanging, Not Torture or Abuse
Edward was probably double-teaming with him. -
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Why so many conspiracy theorists and what to do about them
NASA = Never A Straight Answer ScientISM = adapts of gaslighting To the Overlords the Profane are like mushrooms. Kept in the dark and fed bullshxxt. I have no idea what the truth is but I know it's not what I've been fed.- 1
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Voluntary National Insurance contributions - what should happen?
I paid online for a missing year last May. Nothing showed on the HMRC app after a few months, so I complained online (twice) and have also submitted a written complaint. All have gone unanswered. Still the missing year is unchanged and my pension forecast remains unaltered. i filled in an online form 2 months ago for a ‘promised’ call back, but no call received thus far. A service so bad it is untrue. But when THEY want something from you they are as quick as a Jaguar.
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