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Post by rott on Jul 29, 2020 12:20:12 GMT 7
Good question.
Any suggestions?
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 29, 2020 12:36:08 GMT 7
Good question. Any suggestions? How about: Bullshi*ing, division, intimidation, lieing, fabrication, falsifying, self aggrandisement, detraction, deflection, cheating, immorality, narcissism, xenophobia, the list is almost endless.
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Post by rott on Jul 29, 2020 15:20:24 GMT 7
Come on changers he must have some positive strong points as well.
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Post by AyG on Jul 29, 2020 15:35:30 GMT 7
Come on changers he must have some positive strong points as well. How about: he can walk down a slight incline with only minimal aid, he can drink a glass of water using only one hand (sometimes), he can eat pizza with a knife and fork, he can post on Twitter and shit at the same time, and he can unite world leaders unlike no other into their all thinking he's ludicrous.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 29, 2020 16:40:55 GMT 7
Come on changers he must have some positive strong points as well. Above all I favor balance and fairness in these types of assessments but hand on heart I can't think of one positive attribute, honestly I can't. How can a country such as America have a person who lies so blatantly as their leader. You realise that in the four years he's been President he's taken the world closer to war with Iran, Korea, and now China plus he's now brought America to the verge of civil war. He's pulled the US out of the Paris climate accord and not replaced it with anything plus through his ineptitude he's directly contributed to the deaths of thousands during the pandemic. He's given tax cuts to the rich, overturned the previous laws on health care for the poor, raised taxes for non-resident green card holders by 20%.....the list is endless and you ask for positive points....I don't think so!
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 29, 2020 17:20:11 GMT 7
A decent and varied series of articles that sum up the Thai economy currently, including 8-9 million unemployed and exports down 22.5% - forecast currently is for a two-year recovery path to pre-covid levels (sounds like a finger in the air guess to me that is not supportable). www.thailand-business-news.com/top-news/economics
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 29, 2020 20:14:52 GMT 7
Come on changers he must have some positive strong points as well. Slag him off all you want, my portfolio loves the guy, 4 more years, keep up the good work Don.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 29, 2020 20:19:49 GMT 7
Come on changers he must have some positive strong points as well. Above all I favor balance and fairness in these types of assessments but hand on heart I can't think of one positive attribute, honestly I can't. How can a country such as America have a person who lies so blatantly as their leader. You realise that in the four years he's been President he's taken the world closer to war with Iran, Korea, and now China plus he's now brought America to the verge of civil war. He's pulled the US out of the Paris climate accord and not replaced it with anything plus through his ineptitude he's directly contributed to the deaths of thousands during the pandemic. He's given tax cuts to the rich, overturned the previous laws on health care for the poor, raised taxes for non-resident green card holders by 20%.....the list is endless and you ask for positive points....I don't think so! e I find it unbelievable, that the "greatest nation on earth" cannot provide universal healthcare to its citizens, ffs they can put men on the moon, send their sons and daughters off to foreign fields to fight some other bastids war, but mention healthcare to them and they label you some sort of pinko commie. Yanks working for peanuts just to have access to healthcare. At least Thailand has the 30 baht scheme.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 29, 2020 20:25:36 GMT 7
Come on changers he must have some positive strong points as well. Slag him off all you want, my portfolio loves the guy, 4 more years, keep up the good work Don. The facts speak differently, the economy improved at a faster pace in the years prior to Trumps Presidency, a monkey could have been in office and achieved similar economic progress. www.bbc.com/news/world-45827430
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 29, 2020 20:37:53 GMT 7
My portfolio talks for me, not the bombay broadcasting company. Sounds like more BBC wokeism.
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Post by rubl on Jul 29, 2020 20:38:21 GMT 7
Slag him off all you want, my portfolio loves the guy, 4 more years, keep up the good work Don. The facts speak differently, the economy improved at a faster pace in the years prior to Trumps Presidency, a monkey could have been in office and achieved similar economic progress. www.bbc.com/news/world-45827430Changes in corporate tax levels which increased the National Debt with another trillion or so was used by many companies to buy back shares and a few instances of nice bonusses. Nothing really substantial to improve productivity.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 29, 2020 20:51:09 GMT 7
For Changers, excuse me if it takes a while to get back to you, just about to phone my bank, as mentioned before, when the pommie peso hits 40 I will transfer. Should be in my account on Friday.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 30, 2020 1:54:07 GMT 7
My portfolio talks for me, not the bombay broadcasting company. Sounds like more BBC wokeism. Whilst your portfolio has certainly benefited from the events of the past four years, that benefit was not derived from the actions of President Trump, if anything that benefit was muted or underplayed because of his tenure and the link (one of many possible on the subject) confirms that. Your financial benefit was the result of momentum generated by previous actions along with normal cyclical change, that's all. "For 2019, the data shows an annual average growth of 2.3%, ending the year at 2.1% for the fourth quarter. This is significantly less than the 5.5% peak achieved in the second quarter of 2014 during the Obama presidency".
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 30, 2020 7:06:09 GMT 7
BOT says it wants to sever the link between gold purchases and the Baht in an attempt to weaken THB. It seems that buyers were being required to exchange USD for THB in order to buy Thai gold, BOT now wants to change the system to allow buyers to make their purchases in USD directly. I don't know who those USD purchases were being made by nor how the new system will work since Thai sellers will ultimately require THB, not USD, stay tuned! But if it works we can expect a weaker Thai Baht which will be a good thing all round. www.bangkokpost.com/business/1959335/bot-plan-to-curb-baht-by-severing-link-to-gold
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Post by AyG on Jul 30, 2020 7:17:38 GMT 7
But if it works we can expect a weaker Thai Baht which will be a good thing all round. I'm not sure about this story. Surely the net demand for gold must be minuscule compared with other parts of the economy. I'd be surprised if this has any significant effect.
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