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2 hours ago, sharktooth said:

As much as I agree with that, are they allowed to do that anymore?

What, shove a broomstick up the perps lower orifice.

"And they'll go fast fast fast, until Buddah takes there T-Bird away." Rip to the driver and family. *Lyrics The Beach Boys.

7 minutes ago, djayz said:

And that's a part of the problem right there. I strongly believe that the good, loyal, diligent employees should earn a lot more, but the rest, the lazy sods, shouldn't earn a fraction of what they're currently on. 

Pseudo democracies breed lazy sods.

9 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

That's a very extreme view which I doubt the elites and their wealthy sponsors will subscribe. Thailand is a trading nation and depends on good relationship with all countries in particular with USA and the EU. Thailand has a long diplomatic relationship with USA since the 1833 and derived lots of military and economic benefits. Thailand relationship with PRC and Russia were relatively recent. The military treaties and economic pact like the GSP and the Treaty of Amity are strong incentives for Thailand not to pivot excessively towards the socialist countries. If Thailand was to clamp up like Cambodia which has a much different history; it will suffer immense economic downside; will be intolerable for the elites and their capitalist friends and an uneasy populace. Thailand do have a knack for staying neutral like in the 2 WW. That policy has worked and they will likely to continue. 

Thailand has been playing the middle game for a long time, it's not going to change now. They're masters at playing one side against the other.

9 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

That's a very extreme view which I doubt the elites and their wealthy sponsors will subscribe. Thailand is a trading nation and depends on good relationship with all countries in particular with USA and the EU. Thailand has a long diplomatic relationship with USA since the 1833 and derived lots of military and economic benefits. Thailand relationship with PRC and Russia were relatively recent. The military treaties and economic pact like the GSP and the Treaty of Amity are strong incentives for Thailand not to pivot excessively towards the socialist countries. If Thailand was to clamp up like Cambodia which has a much different history; it will suffer immense economic downside; will be intolerable for the elites and their capitalist friends and an uneasy populace. Thailand do have a knack for staying neutral like in the 2 WW. That policy has worked and they will likely to continue. 

Thailand has been playing the middle game for a long time, it's not going to change now. They're masters at playing one side against the other.

15 hours ago, Carib said:

As soon as I read about the coronation i knew something like this was bound to happen. How sad. Why not postpone the second event??  

Because the majority of Thai citizens are still mourning "the death of democracy".

13 hours ago, Cadbury said:

“The election needs to be held by February 2019,” Prayut said during his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.

The word of the Prime Minister is once again proven worthless.

13 hours ago, Cadbury said:

“The election needs to be held by February 2019,” Prayut said during his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.

The word of the Prime Minister is once again proven worthless.

13 hours ago, Dave67 said:

I'm not concerned about a 1 month delay it will give the anti Junta party's more time to campaign and get their message across. The Junta have been campaigning for over a year

13 hours ago, Cadbury said:

“The election needs to be held by February 2019,” Prayut said during his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.

The word of the Prime Minister is once again proven worthless.

33 minutes ago, dcnx said:

They are perhaps the most on-the-take office in the country. That’s why visa agents in Pattaya don’t get bothered or even slow down during visa crackdowns. It’s always business as usual there if you’re using an agent who sends you directly to a certain person in the Jomtien office who handles whatever visa / stamp you need. They have quite a system going there.

 

 

When you see the official police flow chart, is pussy on the top or the bottom.

Have you ever tried emu oil? 

On 11/19/2018 at 9:37 PM, Phuketshrew said:

After taking 10 months to get here and not seeing his old man for 3 years you would think he would want stay longer than a week.

Maybe he only had 10 months, 4 days, and one week holiday time.

Just another Thai version of "Dumb and Dumber". Probably two wrongs, happens everyday. 

You would think with the "one child policy" his parents would have picked a smarter one to procreate.

Is "short time" calculated in dog years?

Thai people believe him.

14 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

online diploma for the doc?

No, A"do you know who my family is" diploma.

Undertaking... Undertaker... Those words are close.

10 hours ago, thesetat2013 said:

You need to look in the duty free shops... 

King Power, laughing all the way to the bank.

6 hours ago, Horace said:

I must have missed something: where is the criminal conduct?

 

Or is making someone lose face a crime in Thailand?

Yes, punishable by death.

2 hours ago, ChidlomDweller said:

Is it just me or are you getting tired of the breathless coverage of this story?  Out of the first 10 Thailand News threads, literally 9 are about this story.  9 out of 10!

I hear you. Isn't there a story pertaining to Thaksin. I don't know , maybe a "warrant story" or something like that.

8 minutes ago, tomta said:

Yes, they have, haven't they. Things are going backwards at an accelerating pace.

Education Minister says mission accomplished.

4 hours ago, robblok said:

Yes the new constitution put an end to that loophole, but the junta is doing it through Thai Niyom. Its hypocritical and wrong, 

 

We will see what convinces voters.. ideology and trust in parties or the goodies. If the junta gets considerable votes we know what convinces voters. 

In a planned "dumb downed society", I'm going with goodies.

5 hours ago, InMyShadow said:

If he loses it would have been because he is incompetent, a fraud and corrupt. 

 

If he wins then it was clearly rigged. Everybody here is saying it but short on details on how that actually works. 

 

He will be elected especially since the last 4 years have been a learning curve politically for him. 

 

I would vote him in for sure, no difference to any other politician except he is already in office. 

Damn that's that's that Thai educational system, rearing it's ugly head again.