Tangentially perhaps, what they’re talking about is related to pig butchering scams running out of “business parks” situated along the border with Thailand (in Cambodia and Myanmar). The people operating the scams are essentially kidnap victims lured with false job listings and coerced into working to pay off phony debts. Many of these are Chinese nationals but it seems to be a pretty mixed bag.

The article focuses on Chinese nationals seeking to leave the country to travel somewhere with casinos. Remote casino resorts have been sprouting up around various parts of Southeast Asia over the last decade or so. Many of these are also situated not far from the border with Thailand, but I’ve only heard of Chinese casinos in Myanmar and Laos. Casinos are illegal in Thailand so these attract Thai nationals as well as tourists looking to pass through Thailand to evade suspicion.

The owners/operators of these fraud centers and casinos are thought to related or even one and the same groups of Chinese “investors”/“businessmen”. This is largely anecdotal speculation however, as I’m not able to provide a reliable source for the connection here.

I’ve seen kids set up a lemonade stand trying to sell Simply Lemonade, with the bottle in plain view. I don’t understand kids these days

Washington does (did? [Haven’t lived there for 10+ years]) something similar with birthdate where your birth year and 2 specific digits of the ID # are supposed to add up to 100. They teach it at the class you’re required to take to get a permit to serve alcohol.

They mostly ask if my mother knows that I’m out

Could very well be, dude has a bit of never-nude energy about him.

Russia went trans even earlier than that.

Not winning with 500% of the votes he claimed he would per his wager with Putin, who won with a modest 230%.

I’m in the minority where I’d rather watch friends flounder at a game than a professional gamer’s stream

That’s gotta be worth like 50 large on the street

And he proceeded to put the pants on his head, with his supporters shortly following suit.

Praise all that is good. I don’t know how my pure mind and soul would handle a swear word. My belief system just doesn’t allow it.

He’s president of the yankees

555555

I only buy local, organic, free range fentanyl

What a cigarette?

Modern Trojan horse

The briefing theme from Descent.

With any luck, Putin will replace all of Donny’s drawers with Novichok of the Loom for the gesture. Win-win

Lloyd’s first conversation with Mary in Dumb and Dumber. Should be required viewing in driving schools.

I wish they enforced that more in my area.