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Dreams, dreams...
Your "global" isn't even half global. 17.5% of countries.

miracles do happen after all

that is great idea indeed, such mini ASEAN Schengen zone. I'm pretty sure increased tourist revenue would make for lost income from visa fees. Long live President Vo  for coming with that idea !

You're being too optimistic, What middle ground is left?
Happy Holiday Season to you and all members.

Not likely
Just senile

"If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. You are subject to tax on worldwide income from all sources and must report all taxable income and pay taxes according to the Internal Revenue Code."
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/us-citizens-and-resident-aliens-abroad
US "taxation junta" does the same already many years.

You could always try a nursing home instead. Might have luck with your peer group.

Speak for yourself, and perhaps even better living with your parents as your best peer group.

From The Nation
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin unveiled plans to enhance seamless tourism between Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia after meeting the three leaders on Sunday.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the summit in Tokyo commemorating Japan’s 50 years of cooperation with ASEAN countries.
Srettha said that in his discussion with Vietnam President Võ Văn Thưởng, both sides agreed to restore Cabinet meetings between the two countries. Vietnam has proposed to host the first such meeting in May next year. Srettha said the agenda of the meeting will include the price of rice to boost income for farmers.
In the discussion, President Võ suggested that Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia take steps to promote seamless tourism, so tourists can hop between countries without having to take separate visas.
Srettha commended the idea as creative and said he would instruct Tourism Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakitkosol to discuss this issue and work on stimulating tourism across the four nations.
In discussions with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Srettha addressed several issues, including the setting up of a Thai consulate in Siem Reap to accommodate the influx of tourists visiting the renowned Angkor Wat temple complex.
The Cambodian premier also thanked Srettha for the care provided to Cambodian workers in Thailand.
In his talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Srettha confirmed Indonesia’s purchase of 2 million tonnes of Thai rice.
The surge in rice exports to Indonesia has been notable due to severe drought and delayed rainy seasons triggered by the El Niño phenomenon.
Widodo also pledged to send officials to meet Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow early next year.
“This will help boost the price and demand for Thai rice,” Srettha said.
The premier added that the president also expressed interest in Thailand’s 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge project, adding that further discussions will be held soon.

From Pattaya Mail
A high-level delegation from IndiGo Airlines, India’s largest passenger airline, visited U-Tapao Pattaya-Rayong International Airport on Friday, December 15, to explore opportunities for cooperation and partnership with the airport and the local tourism authorities.
The delegation was led by Navaid Desai, General Manager of Customer Relations at IndiGo Airlines, and Natsuda Mettaprasert, Thai Deputy Consul in India. They were accompanied by Thitiphan Petchtrakul, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya, and Urai Mukpradapthong, Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Pattaya Office.
They were invited and hosted by Admiral Sitthichai Tangjai, the Director of U-Tapao Pattaya-Rayong International Airport to facilitate discussions on potential collaboration between the airline and the airport, fostering mutual confidence and enhancing services for international tourists, particularly those from the Indian subcontinent.
The participants engaged in discussions about strategic partnerships between IndiGo Airlines and the airport, exploring avenues for improved air travel services and joint initiatives to attract Indian tourists to the vibrant Pattaya region. They also observed the facilities ready for the influx of Indian tourists booking to visit Thailand under the visa-free campaign.
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Visa-free Indians are flocking to Thailand
By Barry Kenyon
The experiment to cancel visas for Indian nationals is bearing more fruit than the similar relaxation for Chinese citizens. Whereas the Chinese seem concerned by media reports that Thailand is unsafe, Indians are flocking here even though airfare costs can be almost double those of the pre-covid era. Rajesh Magow, founder of MakeMyTrip, said the traveller bonus from Indian visa relaxation was at least 30 percent.
Air India has already announced flights from Delhi to Phuket which will be daily from the new year. Charter flights from several Indian cities, such as Mumbai and Hyderabad, to U-tapao airport, near Pattaya, are also under discussion with IndiGo the low-cost airline. The tourist authority of Thailand expects to see 1.6 million Indian tourists in 2023 with around double that number in 2024.
A limiting factor is that Indian airlines are short of aircraft to deploy on new routes to Thailand. Airlines may be unhappy to add too much capacity lest visa-free travel is not renewed on expiry in May 2024 which could exclude the peak summer holiday period. Moreover, Thailand in 2024 will have to compete with Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, all of which have beaches as well as different attractions.
 

From The Nation
Adventure tourists to descend famous Tham Luang Cave
A limited number of tourists who strive for adventure are able to visit chambers 2 and 3 of Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai province.
The cave is a part of Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non National Park, and became famous after the breathtaking rescue of the Wild Boar children’s football team of 12 footballers and one coach in June 2018.
Registration for trips into the cave were opened on December 15. Initially, the trip will be organised twice, in the mornings and afternoons, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Eligible tourists will join a two- to four-hour exploration along the approximately 700-metre-deep route. They will encounter the stalacites, rocks and holes that caused the rescue difficulties in 2018.
The cave trip costs 950 baht per person for Thai tourists and 1,500 baht per person for foreign tourists. Fees for equipment and accident insurance are not included.
Tourists must register at least 15 days in advance; the national park will consider upcoming weather conditions before informing applicants within seven days.
Eligible tourists must show their ID card and evidence of registration on arrival at the park. Those who have not registered in advance will not be allowed to enter chambers 2 and 3 of the cave.
Interested people can register for the trip here. They can visit the Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non National Park’s Facebook page or Protected Areas Regional Office 15 (Chiang Rai) website for more information.

Compared to eating opportunities at western airports, I find Asian airports a bargain.
Hong Kong has an employee McDonald's on lower level near Gate 11 that's open 24-7 to the public. Some good people watching to help your digestion. Menu tweaked to satisfy local tastes.
Changi in Singapore has hawker-type vendors in Terminal 3.

The Met museum was shamed in the December 17th issue of 60 Minutes by Anderson Cooper. However, I would ask the OP not to further defame the United States. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Latchford
"Douglas Arthur Joseph Latchford (15 October 1931 – 2 August 2020) was a British art dealer and smuggler... 
Latchford was born on 15 October 1931 in Mumbai, India, which was at the time under the British Raj. He was educated at Brighton College in England before returning to India shortly before Independence. Latchford initially worked in the pharmaceutical industry in Mumbai. He moved to Bangkok in 1956, and in 1963 established a drug distribution company. Latchford also invested profitably in Thailand land development and became a Thai citizen in 1968. He was briefly married to a Thai woman and took a Thai name, Pakpong Kriangsak. A long-time devotee of the sport of bodybuilding, Latchford became a patron of the sport in Thailand and was the honorary president of the Thai Bodybuilding Association from 2016 until his death...". 
It looks as though he died before he could be brought to justice. 

Thank you for at least admitting that you knowingly lied.
And how you choose to interpret Trump's words is not the title of this thread.
The title of this thread is: 'Trump says all Immigrants are "Poisoning The Blood" of the US'.(my bold highlights).
If what you say is true, why didn't you title it, "Even though Trump clearly said Illegal Immigrants are...... But I think what he meant was......"
Instead, you chose to lie. Not just an ordinary lie, but a whopper of a Lie.
Your post also says, "This includes legal immigrants according to Trump."  Another lie, especially since you admit that you know Trump was only referring to ILLEGAL immigrants.
I repeat my question, Why do you lie? And why do you lie so often?

He should have built a wall!!!  Maybe Mexico would help pay???  Maybe Steve Bannon could help???

https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trumps-immigration-journey-speech-mocked-1853024   Hmmmm.  Melania on "Einstein Visa"????????????????????

Restricting Legal immigration is VERY different than your title of this thread. Why didn't you title this thread: Trump seeks to limit legal immigration? Instead, you chose to mislead and distract with a lie. Not just a white lie, but a whopper of a lie. Fact: Trump never said what you claim he did.
I don't see a lot of large-breasted Swedes in migrant caravans. I don't see a lot of large breasted Swedes standing on the border, waiting to cross ILLEGALLY.
Trump, like most Americans, want law abiding citizens to enter the US. Not drug dealers and criminals. And this isn't being accomplished with Biden's open border, come one - come all policy.
  

Under Trump Asians would be kept out while large breasted blonde Swedes would be allowed in!!!!  

RESTRICT LEGAL IMMIGRATION ALSO.  LISTEN TO HIS WORDS. I WONDER IF HE THINKS ALL THOSE MAGA RALLY PEOPLE ARE DESCENDENTS OF THE MAYFLOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.aol.com/news/trump-repeats-poisoning-blood-anti-221431017.html  I guess we've been "poisoning the blood" for the last 200 years (maybe longer).  This includes legal immigrants according to Trump.  I wonder if he considers his own family "poisoned" by Jared Kushner marrying Ivanka and having children.  Melania immigrated here.  Is Barron "poisoned"?

LOL. 
WOW.  What a STUPID and MISLEADING title.
Trump didn't say ALL immigrants. He was referring to ILLEGAL immigrants.
Do you understand the definition of the word "illegal" ? They are breaking US law! Here is a fact, criminals do poison the blood of America when they commit crimes.
Even if you didn't watch Trump's speech, did you even bother reading the link to the article you posted? I'll make it easy for you. Here is the first line (I even underlined and emboldened the words in question to make it as easy as possible for you to understand:
DURHAM, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said on Saturday that undocumented immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country," repeating language that has previously drawn criticism as xenophobic and echoing of Nazi rhetoric.
Dems like you see the polls. Biden is losing in every poll, and losing badly. So you have to resort to fake news and lies. It won't help. Senile Joe Dementia will be out of a job in a year. He will need all of his wits as he will be a material witness in Hunter's trial on felony charges.
Americans are sick of Biden and Biden's policies. They are sick of high crime, open borders; billions going to house illegals; feed them, provide medical care, etc., while millions of Americans are homeless; boys competing in girls' sports, the fentanyl crisis brough on by open borders. That's what Americans care about, NOT Trump's criticism of illegals.
Trump promised to return us to the policies of his first Presidency, namely low inflation, low food and gas prices, protecting our borders, low unemployment and no wars! Oh, the horror!  Everybody run for the hills!   lol.

Your reading comprehension skills are a bit rusty. Try again? 😘 

sure thing. Foodland version  is less fancy looking though. Not sure what looks bad in Hanoi version, for me both samples above look salivatingly tasty

Not likely
Just senile

From VN Express

Gia Lai, situated in the northern part of the Central Highlands, ranks as Vietnam's second-largest province, trailing only Nghe An. It spans 15,500 square kilometers and is about 481 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City.
To its northeast lies Quang Ngai Province, to the east is Binh Dinh Province, while the southeast shares a border with Phu Yen Province. In the west, Gia Lai is adjacent to Cambodia's Ratanakiri Province, with Dak Lak Province to the south and Kon Tum Province to the north.
The provincial capital is Pleiku, and the primary tourist attractions are concentrated within Pleiku City and its environs, spanning roughly 20-30 kilometers.
Gia Lai experiences a tropical monsoon climate characterized by high humidity, substantial rainfall, and the absence of storms and frost.
The climate exhibits two distinct seasons: a rainy season from May to October and a dry season spanning from November to the following April. The average annual temperature hovers between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius.
For information on transportation and accommodations check following link:
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel-guide/a-passage-through-gia-lai-a-journey-across-vietnams-second-largest-province-4677509.html