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How to avoid Health Insurance claim denials in Thailand
To avoid Health Insurance claim rejection--- DONT GET SICK or ride a bike or drink or breath -
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Are U.S. expats shielded from the massive Trump Tariff Tax Raise on Americans?
Jeez. They are RECIPROCAL tariffs to help reverse the giant trade defecit. Why do you keep framing things so dishonestly and with such emotion? Countries that have been taking the P will fold like wet napkins and stop their tariffs, life will go on. Calm down please for your own sake. -
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Is Karma real?
My favorite line from devout Christians. "Christian's aren't perfect, we're just forgiven." I love the essence of the Get Out Of Hell Jail Free Card. I could never reconcile that as a kid, or a young man, or as an adult. But my Christian friends really believe that. "I can cheat, lie, steal, and kill, but if I say the magic words, I'm forgiven. Then I can do it all again!" Ultimately there are no consequences for bad actions according to my Christian friends and family, just say the magical words and Big Daddy In The Sky has got your back. Every one else? "Straight To Hell!" No wonder Buddhism appeals to me. Action - Consequences Good actions - good outcomes Bad actions - bad outcomes Neutral actions - neutral outcomes There's nothing personal about it, no Big Daddy In The Sky or Bad Uncle In The Ground who are out to get 'cha. Just your own choices and the good, bad, or neutral consequences. And you don't even have to believe. ❤️ Of course, according to my Christian friends, family and acquaintances, no matter how good, kind, or compassionate I may be - It's Straight To Hell For You Buddhist Idolator. Personally I'm not a fan of all the idols in Buddhism, but I won't say The Christian Magical Words With Conviction! Hence "Straight To Hell And The Fiery Gates Of Perdition For You Buddhist Heretic!" I probably have latent scars on the backs of my hand and a permanent indentation in my cheek, the former from Sister Mary Margaret's ruler and the latter from Bishop Welsh's Curve-Ball, Side-Arm Wind-Up, Palm-Pitch To The Face during the loving and holy Sacrament of Confirmation when I was a kid. The guy rocked my head back so hard my dad had to be restrained. Needless to say, Buddhism sort of became more in focus for me in those younger days of my youth as from that point on I considered Christianity to be a rather violence-prone oddity that I had little interest in following no matter how many people threatened me with "You're Gonna Go Straight To Hell - STRAIGHT TO HELL!" Karma dictates that is probably an incorrect assumption by those wielding the threats and who have a tendency toward feeling they can do no wrong because - "I'm forgiven unlike you, you Buddhist Heathen, and - You're Going Straight To Hell!" My response? "Actions Have Consequences." -
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Bangkok Building Collapse: China Defends Its Companies
Of course China has to defend its companies ... especially when those companies are State Owned Enterprises which are owned by the Chinese Communist Party. The Chinese Communist Party has a long history of "defending" its crimes, eg The Great Leap Forward, The Cultural Revolution, The Beijing Massacre, ...... -
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Are U.S. expats shielded from the massive Trump Tariff Tax Raise on Americans?
Hear me out here. This topic is for discussion. So as we know Trump has now isolated the USA from the entire world (except for Russia, NK, etc.) with his totally insane massive tax hike on all but wealthy Americans. He's killed globalism from a U.S. perspective. HOWEVER, trade will go on as before between all other countries. So lets take an example. Sneakers made in Vietnam now much more expensive for Americans living in the U.S. That's the tax hike Trump in his infinite idiocy has mandated. But will they be more expensive for American expats elsewhere? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem so. Also traveling Americans will be able to stock up on cheaper goods when they travel, but then they would have to deal with possible customs penalties on reentry. So why am I posting this exactly? This new reality has me wondering -- will the Trump regime realize that expats are outside his massive tax hike bubble and in response craft a financial penalty targeted at expats? I know some will say that's paranoid, but nobody can confidently say that the Trump regime is not capable of such a thing. -
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Bangkok Building Collapse: China Defends Its Companies
Just wondering, will the new submarine be using the same quality steel Thats assuming it ever gets built
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