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PT have bargaining power in that they could threaten to bring the government down by switching sides to join MF. But that would see their paymaster facing legal woes so that's never going to happen as long as Thaksin is around.

This is a Thai Airways plane so naturally it's a hong nam.

I want to tell you a story.

Syd lives on!

Surely he can't walk after months bedridden?

RIP Dano Suzuki, may you ride forever into Future Days, one of the greatest albums ever.

Grim reading. "Israel-Gaza war: Death and Israel’s search for ‘total victory’ - BBC News" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68255843

And all the time Israel continues its wholesale slaughter of innocents, it's creating new martyrs, a new Hamas

At least your second paragraph opens with an acknowledgement that the death toll is high and many innocents have died. You're making progress. Here is an alternative to the invasion, and by the way, if you don't win the hearts and minds there will never be peace. "An alternative to invading Gaza | Jewish Voice for Labour" https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/an-alternative-to-invading-gaza/

Look, Israel has been bombing Gaza since October, killing thousands of innocent civilians. I'm sorry to 'go on' about the murder of so many children, etc. Hamas are evil, but my god, Netanyahu and his butchers are creating another Hamas right now by this wholesale murder.

Thaksin loved Thai defamation laws. He sued countless people through his lawyer, tiring them up in court cases for years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement#:~:text=Number of settlements and inhabitants,-Main article%3A List&text=of Israeli settlements-,As of January 2023%2C there are 144 Israeli settlements in,government) in the West Bank.

They've just been seizing Palestinian land for decades.

Yes I have, It's not my fault your memory is poor. Israel is behaving just like Hamas, wanton killing of innocent civilians. Both sides are murderous butchers.

I've mentioned in many previous posts that Hamas are evil, but now so is Israel, killing thousands of civilians.

Israel's brutal bombing of Gaza and indiscriminate killing of Gaza's civilians is ensuring a whole generation of Palestinians will grow up full of hate of Israel. Welcome to Hamas part two.

Garcia's beautiful song about a sad topic, suicide,

I agree with you the money helped, but more than that he and his underlings, PT, had to agree to break their pre election promises and join the military backed parties. That betrayal of the democratic aspirations of the Thai people is priceless for the elite. But, as you said, they can keep him on a leash with rumblings of 112 charges.

A PhD surely?

Love Keith's lilt to the old blues classic

RIP Wayne Kramer MC5 giving it all they've got.

I remember when Pita was nothing. The face of Future Forward consisted of Thanathorn, Pitabutr and Pannika (she is currently banned for life from holding a political position). Now all three are members of the Progressive Movement, Move Forward outside Parliament as it were, prominent behind, and sometimes in front of, the scenes. At that time Pita was in the news not in the way he intended, his ex-wife alleged he hit her. But following the dissolution of FF, he stepped up to the role of championing MF. I'm sure others will do so in the third reincarnation. Someone recommended the name Kao Mai ( New Step), I like that! Some here are pessimistic, saying only a bloody revolution will change things, but the clock is always ticking, time is on MF's side, as are the young and many middle aged. The elite are old....nuff said!