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Probably the 10,000 THB scheme, so no, not open to farengi.

What with? Steroids?

Severe case of premature ejaculation. He must have called this 30 times over. It's coming! It's coming! It's coming!

Has anyone seen the conditions of his parole? Surely they exclude all political activity?

If you knew what you were talking about, you'd know there are, or were, many many Jewish cabbies in London. They virtually created the trade. I was a beneficiary, and I've always felt grateful to them. I also worked for a Jewish high end antiquarian book dealer in Mayfair for 7 years. A great guy, full of humour. Dealt with millionaires and billionaires. What's best about Jewish humour is the ability to laugh at themselves IMHO. But Israel's another matter altogether. I was also a postie in Golders Green, and saw both ends of the spectrum. The rich and famous and the orthodox poor. Was asked on more than one occasion to turn a light off on the Sabbath. Respect, you have to have it. Good for the soul.

So all non UK tourists can just carry on regardless, if their governments don't issue a travel warning? I guess that would be the Thai government's attitude. Up to you! A similar situation, in miniature, occurred on an island I used to live on. There had been some serious stinging events by box jellyfish. Children had suffered. The village elders convened a meeting as to what to do. Should they tell, or not? The foreigners all stood up and said if you don't tell, you lay yourself open to accusations of "They knew but they didn't say anything". In the end, warning signs were put up on beaches along with bottles of vinegar, which promptly disappeared.

Srettha specifically didn't declare the smog as a disaster because of the impact it would have on tourism. Failing to inform people is deception, a version of fraud. But deception is key to luring.

This goes hand in hand with not revealing the dreadful levels of smog, right? Bad for Thai tourism to tell the truth I guess.

Getting a visa does not guarantee entry. I don't think embassies have access to that information.

Source?

Outside a liquor store in Area 39 is not the same as a liquor store outside Area 39, is it?

And mistyped most of it too.

Being granted a visa does not give right of entry. Immigration decides at port of entry. Embassies are not linked to immigration. As I said before, I asked this question here a while back for a friend. I consulted 2 lawyers here, a Thai one and a German one. Both confirmed there was no way to reliably find out prior to arrival. The land crossing seemed the simplest test. Fly to, eg Phnom Penh, and choose a quiet border checkpoint. If he gets in, do what he needs to do ASAP and leave. He could still be busted for illegal entry. My 2¢ worth. YMMV.

In my experience, no. I also have a friend who did time here and wanted to know whether he could come back. A lawyer for a fee will tell you what you want to hear. Not necessarily the truth. And it was a lawyer who told me that. Immigration won't tell you. Nobody will. I also asked here. Nobody knows the answer. So, your friend can try turning up at a border crossing and see what happens. At least he won't be put on a plane back. Seems the only way to find out. Minimal damage if he's barred.

So he's guilty? A bit premature, surely? Somebody accuses you of a crime and you're immediately guilty, right? No doubt that effect is the intention here.

And what the heck is the "Tracing and News Investigation Center"? Some kind of private vigilante group for outing foreigners?

Oh, so one corrupt woman equals 5,000 corrupt men? Yeah, you're probably right.

Sauron

Thailand in a nutshell.

Here's another write up of the same figures. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/11/fear-of-china-russia-and-iran-is-driving-weapons-sales-report?fbclid=IwAR1Jv0KHt1fQCCFIaK3oSOHIkOiGyDNnxMxa8kuhkkrv6kqMF4Fdtf6v3Bo Europe is arming itself, as the perception is, and not surprisingly, Russia, or Putin rather, can't be trusted. The quality of Russian armaments is low. India has stopped buying them. China is a very minor exporter. It's an interesting article.

Unnamed journalists allegedly apparently possibly maybe found to be working without a brain. Said allegedly unnamed spokesperson "Brainless reporting is a reserved occupation particularly in tourist areas such as Phuket and Pattaya." All allegations have been denied, allegedly.

Sell me this pen!

The police fired a warning shot into the air and the bullet unfortunately landed on the suspect's head. Next!

She'll never be her own woman, just her father's puppet. Unlike her aunt who had some balls.

What's 500mg? Miligrams? And a CPU can't search for anything. It's a chip. But you can search on your friend Google or ask around for IPTV services. But even then there may be problems. I'm on 3bb with in theory a 300 Mbps download speed. I get about 170 most of the time. Recently I get endless buffering. 3bb say it's the streaming service. They say it's my ISP. Could be my TV box. But it's nothing to do with my TV.