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we should count our blessing that we have a choice 'send or don't send", problem would be if there was noting to ponder choices about.

I love many things of America, but also deeply hate a few ones. American exceptionalism is probably the one I hate the most. I am in tears right now, furious. Remember, when you talk about how dangerous and unsafe Buenos Aires or Rio de Janeiro are, you are not speaking reality, you are speaking White privilege. Georgia shooting case will go to grand jury as disturbing video surfaces online

TRANSGENDER SEX WORKERS in Italy who are struggling have received some relief from a surprising source. Yes, it's the Vatican! Or at least a charity operated out of the Vatican... https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/05/05/vatican-gives-money-to-transgender-sex-workers-in-italy/

I did it in 2 days. Loved each one. Especially the one where Darren was taking it up the ass in the Bangkok apartment. Oops, sorry for the imaginary spoiler.

Famed cartoonist Bramhall of NY Daily News offers this:

My emphasis is on White privilege. My angry response to your comment was not perfect either. Going back to your point, it does not matter the Color of the cops. The point is that Blacks and Browns are often seen and treated as preys.

Scratch what I wrote first in this post..I think I see your point. You posted about white people shooting innocent black people. I added that many of them are cops, but you see that as a dilution of your point. Your emphasis is on white and I didn't stick with that. Well, hell's bells! Threads often take different tracks than the OP would wish for. But, in this case, it was not my intent to dilute your point, so, if I could, I would not have responded as I did.

The president has now changed his mind on the novel coronavirus task force; it is back on again. Good, as long as he turns it over to Deborah Brix and Anthony Fauci.

Mr Aek right? Seems that he has a TikTok account

While I am on the Washington Blade page, I see another good story:Dr. Anthony Fauci has commended gays who fought the AIDS epidemic: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/04/07/fauci-gay-people-lifted-stigma-with-incredible-courage-in-hiv-aids-epidemic/

A wise comment. How many of the world's population can afford to support someone in a foreign country? how many here in the UK? I've sent a lot of money over the past fifteen plus years; never have I had to make serious personal sacrifices in terms of my own comfort. I count myself lucky, particularly n view of the happiness P brings me, even in a twenty minute LINE call. Of course, he would propose the Buddhist view that in fact, he is doing me a favour by allowing me to "make merit"....or something like that!

I stayed up to 1:30 AM to finish the season. I hope they keep going. Thanks for this recommendation.

here is some follow up report on my online 90 day reporting luck: 1. when asking about online 90 day reporting at Immigration Chaengwattana I was told "yes can do online, but furst oine have to do in person". Hmm kinda expected but wouldn't hurt to try anyway. 2. So I tried, and my original question posted above about the visa dates proved to be obsolete. When clicking "Non-IMM" for Type of Visa, the visa issue/exp date fields disappear and instead I only had to give the "permitted to stay" date, so very easy. 3. Filling out the form went completely smoothly and in the end I could successfully submit it. It was then shown as "pending", as it should be. This was Saturday. 4. Today, Tuesday morning at 9am already got the email that the "Notification 90 days" had been approved. The status in the system thus also showed "approved" and I could download the pdf-receipt (complete with reference number and bar code) in case I ever need that. Bottom line: very very easy, smooth and quick. What a pleasant surprise A couple of other bureaucratic hurdles thrown my way in the visa extension process were also surprises, though unpleasant ones, but not exceeding mild inconveniences and another completely pointless and wasteful extra expenditure of 6000 baht for an equally pointless, non-sensical (reason: coz I had a Non-OA YEARS ago, had I had a Non_O no such requirement, even though the annual extension based on retirement is EXACTLY the same, what does have the visa history have to do with anything NOW? TiT) and unnecessary health insurance (I already have unlimited overage from my home country, so a total waste). Luckily, I found this insurance company that, obviously knowing of this uselessness given home coverage, offers a plans with either 100k or 200k deductible, making them rather cheap at 6k with the 200k deductible. All other companies were in the range of 35k to over 50k!!! And that for a paltry 400k inpatient / 100k outpatient coverage. Interesting side note: when complaining (very politely and always smiling through the face mask) to the senior Immi officer about this not making sense, she said don't worry, next year simply go out of the country, get a Non-O visa from a Thai embassy and then do your annual retirement extensions as per usual but with no insurance requirement. TiT! Second hudle: got the insurance rather quickly and was back at Immi 2 or 3 days later to get the extension. Oh, she said, the insurance only starts on 7.May (which was about 2 weeks from that day), so I cannot issue the extension today. Have to come back on 7, or after (wouldn't be an overstay due to Covid amnesty). When coming after, the extension will only be for that same day in 2021, the validity of the insurance. I had picked that date because it was the expiration of my current extension. Makes sense right? But why she couldn't issue an extension, which would be issued late April, yes, but only be effective from May 7 until May 7 2021 (like every year so far, issued a week or two before May 7th, but always effective from May 7 to may 7) totally eludes me.... TiT

I would not be so sure. Sometimes I feel like overestimating American people's stupidity is impossible.

Now Trump is comparable to Lincoln. Absolutely nobody else will except his daffy echo, Jared Kushner

Trump: “They always said Lincoln. Nobody got treated worse than Lincoln. I believe I am treated worse.” Lincoln was assassinated, but that’s nothing compared to Trump having to answer questions from reporters. (copied from @keithboykin)

It’s a UK brand that‘s been around for a while. They have an interesting approach to marketing, giving the underwear out to improvident muscleboys with bulges and exhibitionist streaks (aka OnlyFans pages) Personally I don’t care for the quality and ‘feel’ of Box underwear. I find Emporio Armani has the best (softest) cotton underwear, and it survives the laundry well.

Funny, but true story The website boytoy.com has a section on Latest Escort Reviews. Steven Kesslar is portrayed standing at attention while laying down. but the funny part is that this "latest" review is ten years old! Now that's surviving! The review is by a popular poster extolling Kesslar's virtues, unaware of how time would change their relationship. Maybe reviews should have an expiration date!

that's true, really we are paying admission ticket, free drink of our choice is included in the price

There are far too many cases of young black men being killed literally for nothing. White privilege often protects the offenders, who are often cops. In New York a man was badly beaten for watching the cops harass black men who did not social distance. I was ashamed to see the cop who did it wearing a Yankee hat! Since he is Latino, it is not white privilege, but cop privilege.