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That is inflation...years ago it was 300 Baht....

If I could vote I would vote for freedom...and I am no junkie, don't use Marijuana, don't smoke, but I am also against restrictions on smoking....it is all not the business of the government. Prayuth and Anutin are telling me what substances I can smoke and if it is the wrong one they put me for decades into jail...that is complete crazy but many people like it that way.

Yes in the Chinese press it is like people with an overdose Marijuana are dying on the sidewalks.....One of our supplier sent me an email about it after seeing it in TV......China is quickly catching up with fake news...

Election commission might tell that he broke the law with the iTV shares. I think he is already history and they need to find the next fraudster. Why is there no clean opposition?

You are wording it too soft. If you decriminalize drugs, the drug dealer goes bankrupt. He has no interest to get people addicted. There won't be any bad mixed drugs. There won't be any criminality because addicted people need money for the next shot. Therefor much less police, border control etc is needed. And if someone dream up some scenario of kids randomly use drugs, than you can make them prescription from a doctor and sold by pharmacy only. But there is a huge industry behind the narcotics and an equal one in fighting them. So not only you are right it is much more.

So the opposition that is here supported by most got their will and Thailand goes back into the dark ages and against personal freedom.... I hope many people vote "freedom"

There was a border dispute with Cambodia...what would stop them if they think a few km are theirs? The USA who supported Pol Pot.....no one need friends like that

I think there won't be any fast change, just a slow move into multi currency trade.....Sure many countries want to weaken the Dollar.

yes rupee maybe not such a good idea, but the risk that someone has too many Yuan is not high as China is a big exporter. Or you could trade in gold (not transporting it in real of course, just on paper). Or you could create a new currency like the Euro...than you can print money for 20 years till everyone find out that it is fraud.

When you apply the rule of law even to rich oligarchs it is a good step in the long term....but difficult in the short term

A coup a day keeps the democracy away....

always simillar

With PTP and the MF on the bring of being dissolved again it will be a farce anyway.

It is plain nonsense...someone who want to make coup would never admit it. And there are situations when a coup would be the only right thing to do....say some evil premier want to stage a false flag incident to start a war with Cambodia....Military would than need to remove that wannaby Hitler quickly.

They brought me in Surat Thani to the Airport

And if it would be a place to hang out on weekends...instead of racing motorbikes we go with the painball into the forest and try to conquer the big tree from the neighbor village militia....I spent most of my time at military with the ballet for men....(that drills....)

Btw. I have seen the Thai army twice at floods and it was impressive how good they helped everyone and impressive how well they are equipped...that must have cost a fortune

Show it any Thai labor and they'll classify it as high end.....I think it is subjective

Yes these militias could not stop any invader. But they could harass them later, when you don't know who has a gun and may shoot an enemy soldier at night while on the day he/she looks like a regular farmer. And having groups in the forest who do small scale attacks or blow up things and disappear again..... Numbers: I am not sure if you offer for 16-18 year old that they are allowed to shoot big weapons on weekend and afterwards have a beer.....And if you are good and reliable you can keep your rifle in your home. And if you are really good you get a free training on the real big things....I guess that would attract a lot of males even some females. Well Buddhists.....They follow their religion as good as the Christians follow their 10 Commandments....

From my experience being drafted in Europe....You get in contact with narcotics and you smoke and drink like never before + get the worst food you can imagine

A smaller professional army is much easier sent to some foreign intervention...will be much easier some politicians mercenary. I would go the other way and make it mostly decentralize militias that are in peace time more like some volunteer firefighter (which are common in many countries). Thaksin tried already to send Thai Army to Afghanistan...luckily he got a lot resistance. Local militia who know their area, there people, look without uniform like civilians can be very efficient and very motivated.

Well vote buying is also not allowed....

Sounds good if true.....The new democracy protesters can't be bought and won't be violent....Whoever in charge I like it silent and boring...

And end of endless wars as they won't be able to finance it anymore

Good news, I hope it will reduce our costs of transfer money to China.