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Not a good idea to join TPP. Only winners are USA corporations. Thailand may get to sell bananas with no tariff to the USA but American Big Pharma will control the Thai pharmaceutical market.

http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/11/04/obama-still-will-not-release-the-text-of-the-tpp-secret-trade-dea/

I have a Taiwanese friend who is a linguist and certified in simultaneous interpretation. He speaks 7 languages fluently. He explained that Chinese would never replace English as an international language because English is a fluid language as opposed to a fixed language meaning that English is always evolving and taking in new words. Example the word computer … in Chinese it is thinking machine. This is one reason English is the most precise language in the world. English adapts to new environments where other languages do not. English is comprised of several languages and is a natural stepping stone to learning other European languages.

I believeThailand has been kept poor and under educated primarily because of the overwhelming corruption in all levels of government leaving higher education for the children of the elite.

The elitist statement of a former Minister of Education a few years ago is a dead give-away of the elitist thinking to keep a cheap labor force of under educated people. Thailand does not need to have English as an official second language because it might give the impression that Thailand was colonized.

If the driver makes a wai and says "Sorry" while running over pedestrians ... well then ... it's OK.

Is that in the Thai Culture classes?

Ha-Ha-Ha ... What? Doesn't NATO want to have a conference at a 5-Star hotel overlooking the Alps in Switzerland first? That's what they do best, isn't it. Oh ... maybe they already had the meeting and it wasn't covered by mainstream media. Hush Hush. Right?

Oooooh ... I am sure Putin is shaking in his boots.

It is the proverbial slippery slope. Next .. the words "pub" and "bar" will be against the law because these words encourage people to come in and drink ... next will be "windows" pub and bar windows should be covered so as not to encourage people to come in and drink.

Is this guy a Muslim or perhaps a Southern Baptist?

I have noticed certain hotels use the entire public sidewalk to set up dining tables.

It is possible you may not be able to do the revised 90 day on line as they may have you listed as a failure to report.

For some reason, jihadist and illegal economic migrant have become synonymous with refugee. After the war the people in this area and the baby boomers built a utopian lifestyle. These are not complicated people. They are naive and very provincial. There will be a segment of the Muslim population they will not know how to handle. When a mosk goes up courtesy of Saudi Arabia, and call to prayers echo through the countryside five times a day, the people won't know how to react. When crimes against the people begin, they will shake their head and ask; "What can we do about it?" Violent intimidation is foreign to them.

When any government says something it does is temporary ... don't bet any money on it. I suspect in about a year we will start to see negative repercussions.

People need to know how corruption effects them .... think about dams on the Mekong. If the water represented money flowing into Thailand and every corrupt official represented a dam, then the amount of money getting to the people is small. The amount of money going to building infrastructure, social services, hospitals and education is reduced every time a corrupt official redirects the flow of money to his own personal wealth.

The democracy of Myanmar is extremely fragile and a perfect target for Muslim extremists.

I remember a Burmese monk saying that in Buddhism killing people is not acceptable where in Islam killing people is the norm and that is why Muslims are not welcome in his country.

With corruption levels spinning out of control and the political parties fighting over who gets the biggest piece of the pie there were only two possible outcomes ... a civil armed conflict or military intervention. I had my emergency exit cash and plan ready to go as early as 2013.

Under the previous democratically elected governments comprised of families and cronies, the corruption started at the new-hire cop all the way up to an MP. Corruption was eating the country alive and keeping it on a level comparable to undeveloped Africa. If anyone would take the time to research the true cost of corruption they would see that infrastructure and education are hit the hardest. The biggest losers are the greater population.IMO these hi-so homeboys and girls should be doing jail time and their ill-gotten gains confiscated by the government.

BUT ... foreigners can't own property in Thailand.

With about 8 hours of forensic examination at the scene, terrible quality CCTV images, leaky borders and two of seventeen suspects arrested ... not much to brag about. A lot show and little substance.

Road Safety ? .... I don't see a cure in sight.

Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha ... and they didn't even need a reward to track her down.

People have compassion until they become a victim.

Singapore has sued five Indonesian companies blamed for farm and plantation fires causing serious air pollution over the city-state, which is a global financial centre with a tropical climate and multicultural population. The latest move by the Singapore government could lead to massive fines against the companies that have been served with legal notices, according to a government statement issued Friday.

http://www.ibtimes.com/singapore-haze-leads-legal-action-against-indonesian-firms-could-result-massive-fines-2115451

Personally I think Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines should also file law suites.

I am on the side of the hotel. Seems like reasonable security I would expect from any hotel. Why the hell was she going into the hotel just after daybreak? Seems a bit odd. And oh ... if you need a Thai driver's license you can still get one on or near Khaosan Road in Bangkok. Well, I imagine Pattaya has an ID outlet somewhere.

I saw the news release when Putin was in Saudi last month The body language of Putin and the body language of the Saudis said it all. Like Putin was saying ... enough of this crap ... funding Islamist ... it's going to stop. By the way ... Do you know at what temperature sand turns to glass?

Tony got a revolving door of sorts. A very lucrative position as a freelance diplomat for ... well ... ????

Who cares? ... his post PM career made him very rich..

From what I understand, first hand, this happen when a local someone with more power, wants the land of a person who doesn't want to sell..

With radical Islamist seeping through borders across the world with intent of killing "non believers" for Allah, it is no wonder Muslim refugees suffer the consequences. The fact the Bangkok bombers chose a shrine, of all the places in that area with a lot of people, indicates this attack was also a show of disrespect to a religion. IMO.

Erdogan opened the back door and Merkel opened the front door. It's not just just the war but also people like Erdogan and Merkel who have created this deadly debacle.

Erdogan opened the back door and Merkel opened the front door. It's not just just the war but also people like Erdogan and Merkel who have created this deadly debacle.