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Donald or Kamala?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/28/kamala-harris-brings-in-200-million-in-first-week-of-her-candidacy-00171525 Kamala Harris brings in $200 million in frst week of her candidacy The fundraising haul was powered by first-time donors amid support from young voters. -
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Thai gov. to tax (remitted) income from abroad for tax residents starting 2024 - Part II
The more I think about this, the more I'm thinking the "8.75% tax treated as paid" is more to do with the disregarded income rules and not the tax that is withheld on dividends by the Company so if that is the case then I have the answer to my question & do not have any UK tax that I could offset against Thai Tax for dividends. -
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Thoughts on the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics
Do you believe in Jesus? No, like music, if you have to think about it, or if you have to be "cultured" to enjoy it, it's not great. -
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Donald or Kamala?
It's all over the news. So you are saying every media outlet who reported on this are Trump hating leftists? Methinks you've lost the plot. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/j-d-vance-once-never-trumper-vp-pick-shape-magas-future Vance, after writing "Hillbilly Elegy," said some terrible things about Trump in 2016, including likening him to Hitler. So did Rubio, and the former president has long since mended fences with both men. -
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Thoughts on the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics
That's a rather shocking and outrageous thing to say. For shame. You KNOW the correct answer is "the library"! -
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Dating In Thailand : On Immaturity
This is just an intelligence issue. The Thai girls I know are very insightful, serious, and kind. They do not giggle behind a hand, as do some Japanese girls. I tend to hang with the smart Thai girls. Otherwise, they seem shallow compared to my former Chinese wife, whose brother did his PhD in Computer Engineering at U. of Pennsylvania. If anything, my former wife was a bit too mature for her age, and not shallow enough in bed, although once she got going... She was up for any sort of sexual antics. -
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It's time to put this Progressive Left-wing Conspiracy Theory to bed
It is somewhat ironic to hear lefties, who hate guns and know little about them, pontificate about what kind of bullet or fragment would cause what damage. They probably think the AR15 is an automatic rifle. -
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Trump Proclaims Victory Over Biden and Targets Kamala Harris in Fiery North Carolina Rally
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/28/kamala-harris-brings-in-200-million-in-first-week-of-her-candidacy-00171525 Kamala Harris brings in $200 million in frst week of her candidacy The fundraising haul was powered by first-time donors amid support from young voters. -
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Thoughts on the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics
Too many uncultured yahoos here. Art is supposed to be challenging. Do you think Jesus hates drag queens? -
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Good news for US Christians
Much better: Monarchy. King Donald the 1st. Democratic institutions "levered out". Much to the delight of "big money" and Christians. Christians are getting tired of waiting for the "Messias" that hasen't shown up for 2000 years. They want an "instant Messias" now and not wait any longer. Donald is in the right place and appeared at the right time. -
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Hey guys give us a hand please ?
He did far better than I. But then, I suffer from Test Phobia. (Most likely, some sort of passa Thai quiz might be nice, say about two Thai language quizzes per week; and in both Thai Script and also Romanized alphabet.) -
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Lady wants cosmetic surgery
I told my thai wife women with fake boobs look and are stupid. I told her I don't want a stupid wife. -
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The difference between the various View Talays
Among the many View Talays, VT 7 is, from what I've heard, generally considered the best and View Talay 1 the worst (excluding the View Talay Residences, which I don't know much about.) Does anybody know why this would be the case. Is VT 7 really better than VT 5? And nobody seems to like VT 8 -- what would be the reason for that? And what about the VT Residences? How do they compare? Nobody seems to talk about them much either. Just curious -
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Do you believe in God and why
Actually, I initially thought you were posting a quote from a Red Phoenix post, but never mind. The placebo effect is not fully understood and more research is required. Also, most of the research relates to the effectiveness of drugs administered to cure a disease or ailment. However, I found the following study of the "Placebo Effects in the Context of Religious Beliefs and Practices", which you might find interesting. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.653359/full "This study investigated placebo effects in the context of religious beliefs and practices. The participants received an inert substance (tap water) along with the verbal suggestion that the water would come from the sanctuary in Lourdes (a major Catholic pilgrimage site with reports of miracle cures). We investigated changes in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) in three brain networks (default-mode, salience, cognitive control) associated with the drinking of the placebo water." "Immediately after the session, the participants reported increased intensity of pleasant bodily sensations (e.g., feelings of warmth, tingling) and feelings (e.g., gratefulness) for the “Lourdes water” condition. Conclusions: The present findings provide the first evidence that placebos in the context of religious beliefs and practices can change the experience of emotional salience and cognitive control which is accompanied by connectivity changes in the associated brain networks."
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