nattaya09

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Did you see Morning Joe defend Mike Cohens right to steal. ?

Or...a related take on the Cohen theft by Moanin Joe's fellow propagandist at msdnc, Lawrence O'Donnell....

"....... it didn’t really sound like stealing $30,000,   It sounded a lot like Michael Cohen doing the little that could within that calculation to rebalance the bonus he thought he deserved......and it still came out as less than the bonus he thought he deserved and the bonus he had gotten the year before," 

You can't make this stuff up

Compared to Engoron and Merchan, Cannon is practically SCOTUS material

12 hours ago, candide said:

No, but he used it extensively when he was President.

Trump invoked it 3-4 times. Not sure if that's a lot considering the Democrats were throwing everything but the kitchen sink at him for 4 years. For comparison, Clinton invoked it 15 times

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Humans take up such a small part of the land mass of earth, and the land mass itself, takes up a small part of the earth's total area.   Amazing people think humans have that much of impact on the earth, the every changing landscape or the weather.

 

Thinking anything you have done, will do, with all that tax money, could or would change the inevitable.  Our existence here is so minutely incidental it's mind boggling, that people think they can control nature.

 

It's all about the money ...

I doubt the goal is to influence the climate as much as bankrupt wealthy western democracies

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

Gee, nobody seems to want to crow about Cohen's testimony today. Why is that?

 Cohen was devastated today by Todd Blanche.  Even the Senior legal analyst at CNN, Elie Honig, said as much.  The defense may rest after Cohen and hope the Manhattan jury of 12 Biden voters paid attention to anything beyond the defendants name. Or they may call Costello as their own witness.  

4 hours ago, frank83628 said:

notice the distinct lack of coverage about that, now, imagine for 1 second that had been under Trump, you'd all still be going on about it now!

CNN would have even interrupted Day 900 of their Jan 6 coverage to develop a secondary narrative!

On 5/6/2024 at 12:15 AM, impulse said:

Amassing 800K baht, a few GBP at a time.

 

Then, it's GO TIME.

 

"...be right back...gotta run down to the corner for a pack of smokes"

On 5/3/2024 at 5:57 PM, Skipalongcassidy said:

Substance is not his forte... 

What he lacks in substance, he makes up for in persistence

11 hours ago, Hellfire said:

OMG, it is becoming worse day by day. They will kick us all out one day. Who are these 2 clinical idiots? Look like adults but behave like 5 years old spoiled and very stupid children. Are those Tiktok generation’s representatives on their first visit abroad?

Pretty damning photos. 

3 hours ago, 2baht said:

Do you really believe he's been in a hospital all this time?

He probably walked through there last August on his way to take the elevator up to the helipad on the roof . 

17 hours ago, phetpeter said:

Remember, he still has several outstanding court cases, which are not being talked about which should see him back in prison. The moment he suddenly makes a complete recovery on the date of his release, he should be immediately arrested and taken back to court for official charges to read out, and then held on remand due to previous flight risks.

My guess is that he has a full pardon upcoming. This whole play has been well thought out starting with the royal decree having the sentence reduced by 90% within a week of setting foot in the Kingdom

Is he actually in the hospital...or did he just pass through there on his way to the rooftop helipad back in late August?

I'm surprised he hasn't already been moved to house arrest pending his official pardon in the next two months

9 hours ago, cncltd1973 said:

so we should definitely question the authenticity then. why would a mega millionaire quit freedom abroad and decide to languish and possibly die in a thai jail? or is he just more stupid than the red bull boss?

I doubt he saw much risk involved. Within 10 days of setting foot in Thailand, he had the golden Royal sentence commute from 8 to 1 year. That was no doubt pre-arranged with the one entity whose judgement is beyond question. So he has less than 11 months left in his sentence which will probably be further commuted, if not completely pardoned within the next few months. Until then, he will require his current medical care setup or, when the media interest wanes, full time medical supervision under house arrest. He has had a good long time to gameplan this out and get the players in position

Thaksin re-enters Thailand a month ago. Within 24 hours, he has himself moved to a luxury suite at the hospital. Within 10 days, he has his sentence reduced by 90% by the big guy before his opposition could even get their pants up from around their ankles. Written in the Royal Gazette decree is a line about requiring specialized medical care due to "age" which sets the table to keep him in his luxury suite.

Also written in the decree is a passage to the effect that  "Thaksin had worked to benefit the country and was loyal to the monarchy, and could use his knowledge and abilities to help the nation and its people...." which sets the table for reinserting him into the government decision making apparatus. By Christmas, an end of year royal pardon spree likely removes the remaining 8 months of the sentence and eliminates the criminal record so that he can fully "use his knowledge and abilities to help the nation and its people".

He game-planned this masterfully

Once you've had 90% of your sentence eliminated in one quick strike by the big guy, can a full, Royal Pardon be that far behind?

He's had a longtime to gameplan this out.  Looks like he's got all the relevant players singing off the same sheet of music.

On 8/28/2023 at 10:20 PM, Cabradelmar said:

Exactly. And his 2 biggest enemies are the 2 most dominant institutions (the military and monarchy).

Didn't the monarchy just reduce his sentence by 90%?