1 minute ago, smotherb said:

Intelligence gathering, whether it be hacking or physical observance, is done by all governments and most other competitive entities. Whether you see a difference between gathering and dissemination is not the point; the point is the Russians were caught in their covert attempts to influence internal US affairs and sanctions were rightly placed against them.

 

As you know, some of the diplomats delegated to other countries are spies in reality. Everybody knows, the governments know how many spies were delegated from that country. They can work without any major problem, they enjoy their diplomat status. When they have to show power, they stand up the stage saying what terrible action has happened. When it is needed the parties apply reciprocity. I would not be shocked  if Putin said: Oh, yes. How many of us were fired from you? 

Well, we have found a breathtaking spying scandal. So we have to send some American diplomats back immediately.  And the number of these diplomats will be exactly the same 

1 hour ago, smotherb said:

Hacking to gather intelligence is one thing; disseminating what you have gathered with intent to persuade is another,

Hacking is not just a hobby. It always has intention. If the stolen data are used now, or later, go to public or not are just question of interests. Do not be sure, that the gathered information from the other side and their own people will be well closed to a never opened drawer.  Sooner or later they will be gear of persuasion.

Cardinal Richelieu said: If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. 

Just now, craigt3365 said:

Source?  Otherwise, just an opinion....

Opinion , as I said 

3 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

Perhaps the US should hack the Russian election system and put the results on the internet?  I think they should do.

I think they did before, or at least attempts have been made.

14 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Intelligence gathering versus selected-intelligence dissemination; not the same thing. If Russia did intentionally sway the US election; you think the US should just get over it?

 

Why do you think these hacking happened? Just to know what Merkel had for dinner ? 

1 hour ago, Tony125 said:

As for Obama's latest retaliations against the Russkies:  I'm fully behind what he's doing.   He'll go down as being one of the best US presidents.

 

do you mean the skyrocketing debt? 

1 minute ago, rabas said:

The Russians, Chinese, and others have been hacking all sectors in the US with impunity for years.

and the USA hacking itself, like NSA. We are very close to Orwell's 1984..... He miscalculated some years or was too optimistic concerning the development of the technology. I would be deeply shocked learned that any serious country neglect to control their citizens, risk a clear election. Or even the opposition would risk this.

At the end of the day, I am starting to believe, that every thread goes into one hand and we are just a puppet in the best scenario.

1 hour ago, captspectre said:

these current auto's made in thailand appear to be made of plastic! (including mine) any kind of accident will turn them into pretzels!

Well, could be true, but it should be a big bummm. 

R.I.P.

24 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

Guaranteed Obama knows more about this than you or I.  It it was a lie, He wouldn't have taken such extreme actions.  Do some research, plenty of info out there to get educated on what happened.

 

 

Thanks, I made it already and fed enough. I have a strong feeling that no clear election is possible. It includes that no parties use legal gears only, but ready to implement illegal, immoral devices without any hesitation. One of them will win. Like in a bad table game. 

Otherwise Obama and his actions, worth not a word.

The whole thing is a big lie. Who is hacking who? Has an election been clean in this history? There are interests and the interests are usually leaning against each other. Every government has its hacking arsenal. I wonder if Obama would not know this? And his election? Politic was originally interested in the common interests of the people. Now it has been degraded to an immoral battlefield of less.

In the Greek democracy polistottes was a Greek who was interested in the matters of his town, while those who weren't were called to idiotes.  Now, who are interested in the politic may be called to followers or even careerists and those who can see behind the curtains are called to wise man. Sad...

16 hours ago, Beats56 said:

It's not safer....using one leg your foot is off the gas and on to the brake

 No chance of hitting the gas and and brake at the same time. Only time you use booth legs in a manual is if you are doing a burnout.?

 

 

Try this. Right leg pushes the gas and the left leg is in front of the break. Not on the break. Then, while you release the gas pedal push the break with your left leg. The movement is simple, like a wooden cube. The two legs have opposite movement. Try it when you have no passengers first, otherwise, you will have some critical words from the windscreen. After a couple of days, you will love it for sure. Otherwise, there are a lot of schools teaching this. 

To be more extravagant, in case of a manual car it can be - sometimes must be - also necessary. The older Est-European cars and even older race cars  it was necessary to break and keep the rotation on level. When it was so, we pushed the gas with our one leg, while the other was bent in L shape and pushed the break and the clutch at the same time. It was really hard job anyhow. But again, it was not impossible and had advantages. 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Nong Nat - or Nat Ketsarin - has just revealed that the couple have not had any sex in the five years since they got married!

9 hours ago, webfact said:

ex porn star wife Nong Nat

 enough is enough 

In my six years here I have never heard a farang doing the same.  Thai female teachers only? What the root of the problem could be?  Lack of normal sexual life, or lack of education? 

These persons are not teachers, especially not pedagogues. They are good only to build a strong resistance against knowledge and dishonest the real teachers. Fake documents (mostly in the circle of a main teacher exporter country), lack of knowledge, aggressive behavior. When these connected to the word "teacher" instead of any positive arguments.....

Maybe I am wrong, but this article does not report if the ATM was exploded. 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He dumped his equipment in the field opposite his hotel and quickly hired a taxi to take him to Suvarnabhumi Airport so he could take off back to Russia.

 

So why did he do that if he had money enough for this equipment - roughly 3000 Bhat- tax I think-, gears to and fro and to the airport another1000+ 5000 from Hua Hin  to Suvarnabhumi at least, and the flight ticket to Russia. So he must have had about 10K Baht just to dump his equipment opposite to an ATM. 

18 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Very often whilst driving behind Thais, their brake light is often going on, flickering, indicating that they have their left foot on the brake......in panic situations, there's no place for the right foot to brake.....

Using 2 feet in a automatic car is just lazy.

 

Cannot agree. Driving 2 legs have advantages. First, it is safer ... you can surely find the brake and faster..... Could be milliseconds, what means meters. The other thing is that even if you use both of your legs, you do not have to lean your left leg on the brake. 

16 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

"Please do not name her "Teacher"

I didn't, the press article did.You say she's not a teacher then proceed to say...".. this woman will work as a teacher....."

 

 

 

I know ratcatcher, I tried to send a message to everyone, especially to the writer of this article.

Has happened to me when I was a starter. Luckily I stepped on the break..... some of us wanted to move out the front window

3 hours ago, webfact said:

But instead of fighting hunger, the military is making money from it, an Associated Press investigation shows.

unheard

Why are traffic lights too complicated for most of the Asian drivers? It has only 3 colors. 

R.I.P. poor guy. Should be terrible for his wife too....

23 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

"Different point, I can't find any details of the school and location. Can someone please share."

 

"... the assistant teacher of Sang-am Wittaya school, Ms Chalida Paichitprapaporn, " (Bangkok)

 

Please do not name her "Teacher" , she is not a teacher. She must have some mental problem either.

Anyhow, I have a bet again, this woman will work as a teacher if she wants so in a short time.

Face is still bright nothing has happened, just a student were frightened.... 99 times 

2 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Just what do you have to do in this country to get fired?

 

 

 

Oh, a lot of good chance... if you are farang.

IT is another piece of sh*t. Flush it.

I would deeply surprised if they considered buying more.... Every government has. 

Arrested and prosecuted

One week is not enough to put you on a blacklist, but you have to pay penalties and stay some days in a guarded room of the nearest immigration office.

What do you have against organized visa run? They are rarely controlled in this respect

Please do not name this to "teacher".

As an on-field teacher, I can imagine one , surely not painful hit, some students would deserve it, but 99 ? What kind of emotion is needed to hit someone 99 times? 

And the rest of the school, the other teachers. Just watching it ? No one could stop it ?  What kind of school it is?