Docno

Apparently there has only been one execution in the past 13 years (for armed robbery and murder). Other countries that use lethal injections are now having difficulty getting the substances required. I guess, in a pinch, they could overdose them on those narcotics they were trafficking ... ????

"CCTV footage shows driver Mr Kanadee had slowed down to turn right into a side road"

Hmmm... it's mostly my Brit and Aussie friends who like to 'walk on the wild side' on occasion. One Aussie friend still living in Oz comes up to Thailand just to partake because he couldn't do so back home and maintain his 'respectable exterior'. That, and what Aussie ladyboys look like ????

Looks like he'll get his wish to stay in Thailand a while longer, though his next domicile may be a little more crowded...

Someone possibly filming the Cambodian equivalent of the Mouse that Roared or Canadian Bacon?

My wife's Halloween costume has apparently been deemed unacceptable too this year as it supposedly lifts motifs from Mexican (Day of the Dead) culture. I didn't have the heart to tell her she was guilty of the heinous crime of cultural appropriation. Lucky for her, we live in this part of the world...

I see the logic. In the old days, politicians used to promise a chicken in every pot... now they promise some pot for every chicken...

Well, I hope that this goes to court soon and the wife at least gets a nice new white Porsche out of it (along with a recovered husband)...

I wouldn't trust a place with "Honest" in its name... Trying too hard to convince....

Actually, you make a good point, and I was one of the lazy thinkers who took the story at face value. But yes, if these two were a pair of fine English gentlemen (for example), there would be a lot more skepticism among the comments here. Kudos for the splash of cold water...

'or' vs 'al' ... you must get in trouble a lot ????

The difference between a working girl and walking girl is more than two letters...

This 'practice' originated in Indonesia some years back, supported by a decent song called 'Om Telelot Om' ('Uncle, honk your horn, uncle!') https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6T16E9Svk You're welcome...

Unfortunately, jealousy was 'programmed' into us by natural selection (and especially sexual jealousy in the case of men). Our ancestors weren't the ones who had the laid back attitude you mention ... those people didn't get a lot of breeding done. Rather, we are the descendants of men who were jealous and suspicious and. as a result, were less likely to be cuckolded (in the sense of investing in another man's offspring). So it's 'in our blood' in a sense ... it takes a certain maturity to overcome our more natural impulses. And perhaps even the best of us can 'lose it' when we come across a case of 'in flagrante delicto'

Here's your citation: 47 ‘adverse events’ reported out of more than 104,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine: HSA - TODAY (todayonline.com) "There were some 9,400 suspected adverse events reports linked to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines as of July 31" And yeah - because I never had cardiac issues before the booster and they have since gone away - that 'maybe' from the GP is good enough for me. And remember, we're not talking just a subjective feeling here... I had multiple readings (with photos and video taken) over some weeks with that government-provided monitor. Now it reads only normal. But since you're a physician, what's your hypothesis?

Singapore GP said it was the likely cause given the symptoms and timing. I also have video showing my my government-provided heart/oxygen monitor skipping beats (and multiple readouts over weeks indicating irregular beats)... see below. That only started a couple of days after the booster. Up to July 31, 2021, there were 9,400 post-vaccine adverse events in Singapore... and these are only reported cases. People receive from S$2,000 to S$250,000 compensation from the government for confirmed adverse events. They've stopped reporting the number of adverse events in the media this year. BTW, I did not apply for compensation.

Have had the booster and caught covid 3 months later. Covid was a non-event. The booster, however, caused me to have extended cardiac issues (which have since subsided, thankfully)

Mask wearing outdoors in Singapore has been optional for 3 months already, and still 90%+ of locals still wear them even if on a bicycle in an empty park, on a motorbike on the highway, or alone in a car. Strikes me as bizarre. I had a half-day business meeting a couple of weeks ago, and we all sat around a table with masks on until lunch came then we took them off and kept on talking... luckily, the virus must take a lunch break at the same time as us...

The vast majority of posters seem to be blaming the Thai driver without a second thought. However, it appears that they were crossing a road, and we don't have much information on how large the road was etc. "Driving at speed" does not necessarily mean "exceeding the speed limit", so we have to be careful with our assumptions. It's quite possible that the husband crossed the road as the pickup was approaching; the wife was still on the far side when the driver saw her (driving at around the speed limit) and he honked his horn to warn her of his approach; the driver assumed she would stay on her side until he passed; but she decided to make a 'run for it', misjudging the speed of the pickup. So, I'm not so sure the Thai is truly to blame. We can only be sure this was a tragedy...

Yep, barbarism to address barbarism. If ISIS ever re-emerges, there will be a job opening for you...

There's a distinction to be made between knowing what the work might involve and thinking you'll have some choice and be allowed some limits versus being forced to do things you don't want to do. And I suspect this is what happened. Some years ago, I knew some girls in the massage trade who had been to Dubai and thought they would have some say in what was expected of them, but when the top guy comes by the spa to pick out who he will take with him, you don't have the option of saying 'no'. At that point it becomes slavery...

May just be a blip, but it does seem that people are coming out of the pandemic a little more unhinged than before. Where I am now in Singapore, we've had three 'slashing attacks' in the past 6 weeks. First guy going after cars and people randomly with a Japanese katana sword, second case was two guys with parangs (machetes). Then last week, a guy tried to hack his wife to death with a cleaver in the middle of a busy street in broad daylight. In all cases, the victims survived (though the wife will probably lose a hand at the very least). Still, I have to say I'm happy to live in a place where guns aren't easily available, with this sort of stuff going on...

No problem - just add a dash of disinfectant to the water and say you're fighting the virus and keeping people safe...

Why predict a maximum? That's too easy. Just take any believable number and multiply by 2, and it's unlikely you'll ever be wrong. "We predicted 50K max, and the numbers did not exceed our prediction... see how smart we are?" If you want to be bold, predict a MINIMUM.

Sorry, grammatical error... should be: "unfortunately, the young will become the future dinosaurs"