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I'm sure the 10% monthly interest fee mentioned in the article is illegal. 5% is the maximum allowed under law. I sincerely hope he has some relatives or friends he can rely on for his life from now on will not be easy with an aunt like that living nearby.

Sawatdee Khun Mor. I suffer from stress due to various factors: my free spending wife, traffic jams, pollution, the dog down the road that chases me on my daily bike ride, dogs that bark all night, so..... I'd really appreciate a health certificate for some weed please as a couple of hours under the influence in my hammock listening to great music whilst watching the butterflies flitter amongst the flowers and bushes is just sooooo far out..... Thanks, doc .

And then he showed ordinary people their vote didn't count by joining the junta parties to keep out the clear election winners, MF. Shame on him

I've got more chins than a Chinese phone book.

Foot tapping, head shaking...

I remember his remarks after one election about provinces that didn't elect his party's MPs having to go to the back of the queue for budget allocation. Always divisive, always arrogant.

Apparently Israel knew about a potential attack by Hamas but ignored it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html#:~:text=Israel Knew Hamas's Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago,out the attack in detail.

Netanyahu is accused of supporting Hamas https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

Israel planning resettlement for the Gaza residents. But not to the east, the south. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-slams-israeli-ministers-statements-resettlement-palestinians-outside-gaza-2024-01-02/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C Jan 2 (Reuters),rhetoric "inflammatory and irresponsible."

Israel will go to court https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-to-defend-itself-at-world-court-after-south-africa-files-genocide-accusations

PT might see the return of Yingluk a big opportunity to boost their popularity. Many upcountry warmed to her beauty and good naturedness. I don't think Thaksin's daughter has the same draw. But she might not be up to a return to the political area, especially as her woeful grasp of both Thailand's geography and the English language were cruelly exposed during her tenure. A surprise character who might help the elite's image has appeared the last year. He seems to be one of the good people, but his idea of good might differ from his elders!

I like your optimism but I'm sure the establishment would prefer to maintain power the way they have been doing, sidelining MF. The end of the month will see the Constitutional Court verdicts regarding MF and Pita. Will the court dissolve and/ or ban the above? MF could rise from the ashes with a new name as Thaksin's parties did but it would be a struggle

Doubters all around. Only the naive would believe a word from either Hamas or the IDF https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation_in_the_2023_Israel–Hamas_war#:~:text=Misinformation has been wide-ranging,in circulation on social media.

Netanyahu's statement the war will continue for another year suggests to me he sees no deal possible with Hamas

Hopefully coming soon

The Israeli military may have to attempt to justify before the ICC that they have ' taken all feasible measures'. Many don't believe them

The IDF is being sued by some of the concert survivors https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-780328

Now Israeli tactics require another year of war in Gaza, plus the government seems to have given up on any hope of getting its hostages back

You quoted this very same passage last month. It's but one person's opinion and even he admitted the principles of distinction and proportionality are open to interpretation.

Please stop being obtuse. If you bomb a place where people live, you are going to kill them. That is intentional killing. ' Honestly your honor, I was aiming at the bloke below ground, I didn't intend to kill the family in the way, they were just collateral. '

A fact you seem to have trouble acknowledging is that Israel has been bombing Gaza, knowingly killing thousands of children, women and men. This is intentional slaughter.

I didn't realise Hamas was bombing and killing thousands of Palestinian children.