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    alvnv got a reaction from floridarob in King’s son ‘Than On’ hints at return as he boards plane   
    I believe it was through a political asylum after his mom and siblings fled Thailand for the UK and his sister was abducted and brought back to Thailand. If you follow the links for children at his mom’s Wikipedia page you can piece together the story of their “exile”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujarinee_Vivacharawongse
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    alvnv got a reaction from reader in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    The way Vovka Durak (Vovka the Fool) is handling his “special military operation” it may end up till the last Russian [soldier]
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    alvnv got a reaction from stevenkesslar in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    The way Vovka Durak (Vovka the Fool) is handling his “special military operation” it may end up till the last Russian [soldier]
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    alvnv reacted to EmmetK in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    lol.
    A CNN flak asks McConnell a gotcha question, means nothing.
    YOU posted the link that clearly says ILLEGALS. Your link. Then you lied in the title and lied again and again in your post. 
    Can you ever tell the truth? You have lost all credibility here. Your posts will never be taken seriously after your series of lies.
     
     
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    alvnv reacted to EmmetK in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    Your own link provided shows that Trump was talking about illegals. You either didn't bother reading your own link, or as we now know, YOU LIED.
    Don't try to dig out of the hole you dug for yourself. It's too deep....  especially with Alternet.com, whose readership is in double digits.
    You lied, lied again, and then lied a third time. You have ZERO crdibility.
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    alvnv reacted to forky123 in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    Do you read what you write. You absolutely disgust me.
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    alvnv reacted to Moses in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    Don't waste your time. There is as maximum half-truth. Do you remember what announced Joe Alzheimer after first set of sanctions? "Rubble will be 200, Russian economic will be ruined". Nothing of that became real. Zero. 
    Russia fixed logistic chains. West since that time implemented already 12 waves of "sanctions". And all medias already agreed: sanctions don't work. Russian GDP is growing every month, currency is stable, export is growing. Even max oil prices $60 are ignored.
    "Think tanks" lies. Or draw pictures that pleased their bosses. You may choose.
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    alvnv reacted to Moses in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    Russia don't need to advance. It is enough to stay in fortifications and utilize "meat storms". And from time to time to destroy Ukrainian industry for to force country to live only on sponsor moneys. Soon or late war will be finished in the favor of Russia. Zelynskiy's regime will have end as soon as money or "meat" will ends.
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    alvnv reacted to stevenkesslar in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    I know.  Thanks for being honest.  Russia is NOT  a democracy.  So what happens in a democracy like the US or Ukraine must be perplexing to many Russians.  You live in a country run by an authoritarian and butcher who kills or jails his political opponents and won't hold real elections. Sorry about that, @Moses.  It kinda sucks.  ☹️
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    alvnv reacted to reader in Tourism race heats up as Asian countries rush to simplify visa requirements   
    From VN Express
    2023 witnessed a fierce tourism recovery race in Asia as countries rushed to waive visa requirements and simplify entry procedures for international tourists.
    Vietnam
    Amid a sharp drop in the number of foreign tourists post-pandemic, Vietnamese tourism insiders insistently called on the government to make a breakthrough in its visa policy to attract visitors.
    On June 24, the National Assembly, Vietnam's highest legislative body, approved a government proposal to triple the validity of tourist visas to 90 days and allow visitors multiple entries, with effect starting from Aug. 15.
    Under the current immigration policy, Vietnam grants three-month tourist visas for citizens from all countries and territories.
    The government also tripled the duration of stays in Vietnam to 45 days for citizens of 13 countries unilaterally exempted from visas: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the U.K., Russia, Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Belarus.
    With changes in visa policy, Vietnam has received 11.2 million foreign tourists so far this year, smashing this year's 8-million target.
    The government eyes 13 million foreign arrivals by the end of this month.
    China
    Starting from Dec. 1, China waived visas for citizens from five European countries - France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain - along with Malaysia.
    Citizens from these countries were allowed to stay in China for up to 15 days without a visa and the visa-free travel will last until November next year.
    The Chinese government claimed the policy has brought a positive effect. Daily average tourist numbers from those countries have risen by 39% in the first three days of December compared to on the last day of November, Reuters reported, citing China's foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin.
    Malaysians made up the largest group of foreigners to visit China following the visa exemption, according to China's National Immigration Administration.
    Chinese immigration authorities recorded a total of 1,113 Malaysian arrivals alone on the first day as the policy took effect.
    In a move to boost inbound tourism, China cut visa fees by 25% for travelers from some countries including Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, from Dec. 11-31.
    The visa fee for Vietnamese citizens entering China starts from US$45.
    Thailand
    Amid a heating tourism race in the region, Thailand has taken bold steps to attract foreign tourists, especially Chinese arrivals.
    Starting from Sept. 25, Thailand offered visa exemption from tourists from China and Kazakhstan under a policy that would last until next February.
    Before the pandemic, China was the largest source of tourists for Thailand, accounting for 11 million out of a record 39.9 million in 2019.
    From November, the Southeast Asia's second largest economy began waiving visa requirements for arrivals from India and Taiwan.
    India has been Thailand's fourth-largest source market for tourism this year with about 1.2 million arrivals after Malaysia, China and South Korea, while arrivals from Taiwan have recently flocked to Thailand.
    Also from November, Thailand tripled the duration of visa-free stays for Russians to 90 days as it seeks to attract Russians on their winter escape.
    Thanks to swift visa exemption policies, Thailand welcomed over 25 million foreign arrivals so far this year and it is on course to meet its target of 28 million.
    Thapanee Kiatphaibool, governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand, credited the successful revival of the tourism industry to the government's economic and tourism stimulus campaigns.
    Malaysia
    Last July, the Malaysian government tripled the duration of the visa-free stay for Hong Kong passport holders to 90 days in a reciprocal move after Hong Kong offered the same privilege to Malaysians.
    Starting from Dec 1, Malaysia allowed 30-day visa-free entry for citizens from mainland China and India in a similar move to Thailand.
    Southeast Asia has recently emerged as a favored destination for Indian tourists, and Malaysia is the third Asian country after Sri Lanka and Thailand to allow them visa-free travel.
    China and India currently hold the positions of Malaysia’s fourth and fifth tourism contributors, underlining the growing importance of these two Asian countries in shaping Malaysia’s tourism landscape.
    Malaysia so far received 26 million foreign arrivals, becoming the most visited country in Southeast Asia.
    This was also the country's highest record since the pandemic outbreak in 2020.
    Malaysia's highest-ever record of yearly tourist arrivals was in 2014 with 27.44 million.
    Singapore
    Singapore and China will put in place a 30-day mutual visa exemption agreement early next year, the Singapore foreign ministry said.
    Chinese citizens are currently required to obtain a visa to enter Singapore.
    Singapore has surpassed Thailand to become the most favored outbound destination of Chinese tourists, according to quarterly survey by Singapore-based digital marketing firm China Trading Desk released last October.
    Deemed one of the world's safest places, Singapore, famous for its strict laws and low crime rate, has started benefiting from changes in Chinese travel sentiment.
    China is now Singapore's second-largest source of foreign arrivals with 1.23 million so far this year, after Indonesia.
    Indonesia
    Indonesia is considering granting visa-free entry to nationals of 20 countries, including the U.S., China, Australia, India, South Korea, Germany, Britain and France.
    The government will finalize the list of countries included in the provision within one month, its government said.
    There were more than 16 million foreign arrivals in Indonesia in 2019, according to official data.
    From January to October this year, Indonesia received 9.49 million foreign visitors, an increase of 124.3% from the same period in 2022.
     
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    alvnv reacted to Keithambrose in Thais ‘set fire to Cambodian casino to escape murderous call centre gang’   
    Tip of the iceberg, I fear!
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    alvnv got a reaction from reader in Why Chinese tourists snub Thailand   
    Borat would be very happy 
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    alvnv reacted to stevenkesslar in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    You're like Putin's news, which dominates Russia.  You edited what I said to ignore the intentional killing of children and the rape of women.  You really don't like facts, do you?
    So you are saying the problem is the US and EU are helping Ukraine defend themselves from a war Putin started that primarily focuses on killing Ukrainians?  You really are Russian, aren't you?  
    That's doesn't need a long response.  It's just stupid, and sick.
    And, again, the premise of your argument - that somehow Boris Johnson runs Ukraine - illustrates your contempt for facts and truth.  For same strange reason, Ukrainians just don't want to be War Economy Vlad's powerless pigs for slaughter.
    In New Poll, 89% of Ukrainians Reject Ceding Land to Reach Peace With Russia
    Ukrainians back Zelensky’s position that peace talks can’t grant Russia land it has seized, WSJ-NORC poll finds
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    alvnv reacted to unicorn in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    This is one of the times I agree with @Moses. But asking SK to consolidate his thoughts and communicate concisely is like asking Putin to stop murdering, you to use google translate when attempting to communicate in English, or asking the fire hydrant to cross the street. Just for laughs and your own edification, just put whatever you were trying to say with "Than shorter then better" in google translate and see what it comes up with. One has to accept that in life there are many things which should happen, but never will. 
    https://translate.google.com/
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    alvnv reacted to Moses in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    So now you know why sending weaponry to Ukraine and prolonging war kills Ukrainians. 
    Congratulation, dear.
    Zelenskiy was ready for peace talk on first month of conflict, but Johnson told him don't do that.
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    alvnv reacted to stevenkesslar in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    Quell surprise!  The Trump lover who is fact free and the Putin lover who is fact free are teaming up on me!!!
    Why am I not shocked?
    My sources do not lie, dear.  In fact, your sources confirm my point:
    From the English translation of a Russian article using your chart:
    The President of the Russian Federation signed the law on the federal budget for 2024: what you need to know
    What will the record 36.7 trillion rubles be spent on and what will the deficit be?
    Putin is flooding money into a War/Sadism/Butchering Economy that focuses on the areas that kill Ukrainian soldiers.  The security forces he wants to plow lots more money into are the very same ones who rape Ukrainian women and intentionally kill Ukrainian children, or cart them off to Russia.  It's a budget dedicated to sadism and butchering.  It is who Vlad is.  It is what Vlad does.  To his credit, he puts his money where his murder is.
    I stand by my point.  As more and more money is spent on butchering Ukrainian soldiers, women and children, two things will definitely happen.  One, Ukrainians will deepen their resolve to never give up.  (See, Afghanistan, USSR invasion.  See Iraq, US invasion.)  So it guarantees hundreds of thousands more dead Russians.  Which is not something Russians like.  Two, it guarantees less money for everything else in Putin's already weak economy. 
    Health services and education both suffer in either relative or absolute terms.  Or both, eventually, as Putin bleeds out both Ukraine and Russia like they are both his powerless pigs for slaughter.  Sorry.  There is no way Ukrainians are going to be pigs for slaughter.  Their resolve to kill every Russian they can will only deepen.  It has already. The polls are clear that Ukrainians are less open to a peace agreement than a year ago.  Because the only thing they trust Putin to do is sit back and get rich as their women are raped and their children are slaughtered.
    You think Xi Whiz wants World War 3?  Come on!  Putin is not only a sadist.  He is a stupid one.  Whatever the US does or does not do, and whatever the EU does or does not do, we know for sure Xi Whiz does not want World War 3.  Or a global depression caused by China.  Especially after what COVID did to global public opinion about China. So despite all his nice language about human rights, Xi is apparently fine with Vlad murdering a certain number of Ukrainian kids to keep the US and EU distracted.  But the EU is already saying, "Xi, get the fuck out.  We don't like doing business with you." That's not what Xi had in mind when he became Vlad's bosom buddy.  Because the economy of Germany, let alone the whole EU, makes Russia a  pathetic weak economy in comparison.
    So Putin is like Xi's little pit bull on a leash.  And if things go bad for Putin, which they inevitably will., that's when Putin becomes Xi's pig on a leash.  And we all know what happens with pigs when they are no longer useful.  Again, if you don't believe me look at the entire history of invasions like this in this century.  It never works.  And it ain't gonna work in Ukraine.
    Here's another way to think about it.  It's pretty clear that The US is leading the technological race in AI.  It's pretty clear that China is leading the technological race in electric cars.
    What is Russia leading the race in?  Building weapons to kill Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian women, Ukrainian children, and democracy.  I am glad Trump supporters and Putin supporters are standing together for this cruel and unpopular agenda.  It shows what you are really for.
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    alvnv reacted to Moses in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    That's lie, dear. Budget'24 of education is +5.6% to 2023. Budget on social projects +19.1%. Budget  on healthcare is +3.2%. Your sources lie to you.
    In addition, you forgot that the main costs for education and schools, as in the United States, are borne not by the federal budget, but by the budgets of the constituent entities of the federation and local budgets. Federal budget expenditures on education are the costs of maintaining the ministry and the Academy of Sciences + few federal UNI.

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    alvnv reacted to EmmetK in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    You claimed that Trump threw kids in cages and provided ZERO evidence.
    I claimed that Obama built cages and threw kids in them and provided evidence.
    No surprise that you changed the subject to avoid acknowledging your "facts" were lies. 
    Keep following the polls, and keep calling Trump a Nazi and lie about him. Ya got nothing else.
    And while you are thinking about that. Here's the new FOX News poll just out tonight. Biden approval rating at an all time low - 38%. That's lower than Trump's approval ever was.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-approval-rating-sinks-all-time-low-new-national-poll
     
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    alvnv reacted to EmmetK in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    And that picture of people behind a wire fence proves? It proves nothing. 
    We do know that the cages were built by Obama to put kids in according to WaPo:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/kids-in-cages-debate-trump-obama/2020/10/23/8ff96f3c-1532-11eb-82af-864652063d61_story.html
    The cages where OBAMA put kids in according to the ACLU?  Thosse cages?
    https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/president-obama-wants-continue-imprisoning-immigrant-families
     
    If you're gonna cite facts, at least cite them correctly. It was OBAMA that put kids in cages. Not Donald Trump.
     
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    alvnv reacted to stevenkesslar in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    Again, we agree.  Trump rarely tells the truth.  He usually lies.

    I never said that Trump said, factually, he will throw kids in cages.  I said that he did throw kids in cages.  Which, factually, most Americans do not support.  Which, factually, contributed to him being a big sorry old fat loser in 2020.  Which, factually, led his "hostages" to go beat the shit out of cops on Jan. 6th to show how much they love police, and democracy.
    CBS News poll: Two-thirds of Americans say separating children, parents at border unacceptable
    I'll always make sure to put the facts after the first paragraph so they never have to disturb you.  Seems like these facts do actually disturb the majority of Americans, though.
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    alvnv reacted to stevenkesslar in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    That's progress. 😉
    But believe me, I'm not surprised.  Either that you don't like facts.  Or that you are proud of the fact that you don't like facts.
    I kind of figured that out a long time ago, when that whole "I won the election thing" happened.  And also when I figured out that Trump seems more worried about the "hostages" that attacked the Capitol after he rallied them on than he is about the actual hostages in Israel.
    Thankfully, you did not read my second and third paragraphs, in your own words.  So you won't feel insulted.  And you learned no facts that challenge your beliefs.  Congratulations!
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    alvnv reacted to EmmetK in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    YOUR problem is that the only ones who object to Trump's comment about ILLEGAL aliens are the MSNBC watching, NYTimes reading, Volvo driving, Chablis sipping, out-of-touch elitist class who clutch their pearls over comments like that which most Americans agree with. Polls show that even Black voters, whose support Trump now has at 17%; and Hispanics, whose approval of Trump is at 38%, are opposed to the waves and waves of illegals flooding the country.  Illegal immigration is a BIG winning issue for Trump and the GOP. And the more President Trump can generate headlines by exposing Senile Joe Biden's open border policies, the bigger Trump's lead will continue to grow and guarantee himself a second term.
    So frankly I hope Trump replays that New Hampshire speech at every campaign event. And I also hope that liars like @Bingo T Dog continue to mislead, misquote and lie about his comments. It exposes the weakness and lack of integrity and honesty of Trump's detractors.
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    alvnv reacted to unicorn in Trump Says All Immigrants Are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US.   
    I didn't think I needed to qualify with "everyone except the most stupid idiots." Just like when Trump said "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by: " his implicit backing of white supremacy groups is well-understood by everyone (except the most stupid idiots). 
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    alvnv reacted to Marc in Calif in Myanmar junta demands expats pay income tax on their overseas earnings   
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/7/russia-and-myanmar-start-first-maritime-exercises
    Myanmar and Russia have drawn closer since the February 2021 coup, which triggered a violent crisis that has killed nearly 4,200 civilians and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
    Moscow, itself isolated on the global stage since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has become a major supplier of weapons and equipment to the Myanmar military.
    The first Myanmar-Russia Maritime Security Exercise (MARUMEX) involves ships and aircraft and is being held in seas 85 nautical miles (157 km) west of Myeik from November 7 to 9.
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