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Saudi offer to send troops to Syria comes with uncertainty

Those Saudi troops will be full of uncertainty.

What is certain. They will get slaughtered if they go into Syria.

Agreed.

Where have Saudi ground forces ever seen action?

Military intervention in Syria would be a predictable disaster.

Before my time. All I know is that he never would have made it today.

No way he could have competed with Justine Bieber, K-Pop, One Direction, Tyga, Kanye, Rihanna, Drake etc.

I suppose alot of TVF's old timers are feeling vulnerable right about now. It get's more depressing: Grace Slick is 76.

Who's next? Joannie Mitchell who is in a near vegetative state or Linda Ronstadt who has Parkinson's.

Weeeell thats just your opinion because you are not from our day so you look at stuff from your day and comment......To me a couple of names you quoted to me are crap musically, and l love music......

I'm pretty sure that geriatrickid was joking - at least I hope so. He doesn't seem like the type who would be a Justin Bieber fan to me. The sarcastic smiley he used gives it away.

Obviously joking.

Justin Bieber's name associated with anything makes it comical or ironic.

Most likely you mean a visa exempt entry.

A visa on arrival is only available to certain nationalities, is good for only 15 days and cost Baht 1000.

Umm... no. The OP's post asks about visa-on-arrival when crossing INTO Laos not into Thailand. There's a visa-on-arrival service for most nationals in Laos and it's not a visa exempt service.

He says it's a border run/visa run...

That seems to imply that he wants to do a turn-around and re-enter Thailand.

I may be wrong, but that's how I read it.

A 30-day visa on arrival for Laos is no problem. The problem might be getting a visa on arrival back into Thailand - especially if his passport is full of Thai stamps.

The situation now isn't what it used to be.

Good luck in any event.

You are correct.

My one year visa expires in a two months, this is my last border run for it. Hopefully I won't have any issues with the previous stamps.

If you have a one-year non-immigrant "O" visa you can leave the country one day before it expires and get an additional three months.

That's not a visa on arrival, it is using the visa you already have.

Summary execution is the fate that usually befalls captured Palestinian terrorists - and rightly so.

Israeli terrorists get their day in court or go entirely unpunished.

Whether or not this case is propaganda smoke and mirrors will depend on the killers serving their full terms.

Don't bet the kibbutz on it.

Go home ....you have outstayed the welcome and in the macro picture contributed nothing there except more negative press

Yer.... Give it back to the taliban... That'll learn em.

What do you mean ...Give it back to the Taliban...?

They never lost it.

The war from day one has been a predictable disaster.

it`s all to do with the TM 30 form

No, Henricus, it is not.

There is more to it than that.

Yes some farangs in the boons are being visited by local cops. It all depends on whether or not your poo yai bahn has been asked to submit a list of foreigners living in his jurisdiction.

Your topic title is needlessly sensational - at least as things stand now.

Chill out, bro... have a beer and take a tip from your avatar, goo bpen jai yen.

That manbag Jatuporn has doesn't look very manish.

Maybe that's the reason for his detention.

What happened to the French agents when the rocks and bottles began to fly?

I hope there were no reports of injuries

Put a fork in Jeb. Not right-wing and xenophobic enough for this base.

He's never really had a base - just a family power structure that has been promoting his candidacy.

Dubya's horrible legacy hangs on his neck like a millstone.

Criticism is legitimate.

Demonization isn't.

Criticism of any country is normal.

Israel demonization and Jew hatred are closely linked.

I don't think Ban Ki Moon is an Israel demonizer.

On the topic, I think Netanyahu has overreacted, as he often does.

Don't assume that people who support the existence and defense of Israel and recognize the evil infection of Jew hatred in the BDS and Israel demonization movements agree with every Israeli government policy or every utterance from every Israeli leader. Duh.

Your personal comment about me is BS, I don't mention that Palestine was never a country very often at all (it wasn't though). Maybe do your homework better before posting.

BTW, Jewish people in Israel are INDIGENOUS.

Look at the HISTORY.

Anti-Zionist means opposing the existence of the state of Israel in any borders, in the modern context.

There are over 50 Muslim and/or Arab majority nations.

It's funny where are the "Anti-Zionists" opposing THEIR existence!

Yes, "anti-Zionists" SPECIFICALLY are obsessed with JEWISH PEOPLE not having the right to political self determination.

Don't be deceived, the clear intention of the Palestinian Arab identity political movement is to end Israel in any borders. They can't do that now and it's Israel's every right to make sure they can NEVER do that.

Yes, good idea, look at the history.

You will learn that the Emperor Hadrian expelled the Jews from Roman Judea in 135 AD and renamed the province Syria Palaestina.

It has remained Palestine through numerous wars and occupations until the present day.

You can see its flag flying in front of the UN headquarters in New York.

Thaan / ถ่าน

(Same word as for 'battery'. To add more context, try 'Thaan Ad Thaeng' (ถ่านอัดแท่ง), which are the pressed blocks that burn much longer. (Get a mix of some regular charcoal ones that light easier and then the pressed coal ones for a long burn.)

Anyway: at any local market. Usually some shop that sells general items.

How long does it take to cook a refrigerator?

(He's looking for a deoderant, not a fuel.)

After deodorizing the fridge he might want to celebrate with a barbecue.

Thaan / ถ่าน

(Same word as for 'battery'. To add more context, try 'Thaan Ad Thaeng' (ถ่านอัดแท่ง), which are the pressed blocks that burn much longer. (Get a mix of some regular charcoal ones that light easier and then the pressed coal ones for a long burn.)

Anyway: at any local market. Usually some shop that sells general items.

Exceptionally good post.

In a few lines you've provided a lot of useful information.

One thing that might be added is that charcoal is sold in sacks out in the countryside along some roads.

Much cheaper.

^^^ It's too late. So long, Europe.

Too late for what?

Europe isn't going anywhere.

The demographic is changing, that's all.

...and not for the first time in their history.

You can come up with a better response than that.

The Marlboro Man morphs into a silly little cartoon face.

^^^ It's too late. So long, Europe.

Too late for what?

Europe isn't going anywhere.

The demographic is changing, that's all.

...and not for the first time in their history.

Waiting for the usual government call to distribute blankets to the poor, the same people who gets

blankets every year and mange to lose them somehow, and also the article that

tell us how many people died from the cold.... nothing new under the sun...

Even abnormally cold weather can be used to expose the shortcomings of Thailand and denigrate the Thai people.

How do I hate thee?

Let me count the ways...

Considering the record number of European Jews who made Aliyah in 2015 I suspect Putin was quite rightly (albeit ironically) out the rampant antisemitism in Europe, driven by its policies of enabling mass Muslim immigration.

But it's not only that. It's also traditional Christian Judeophobia plus traditional fascists plus leftists who use demonization of Israel to bleed into Jews in general.

Christian Judeophobia... plus leftists who use ...demonization of Israel...

Come up with something new.

All the old hate words - racist, bigot, anti-Semite, fascist demagogue, Jew hater, have lost their electric charge from overuse.

Just checking in to see if the going no where complaining is still here.

Was wondering seeing as I walk around a lot if a person has a descent helmet on does it not make it harder for the police to pick out a Farong at a distance especially in the cooler weather?

Most of the ones I have seen pulled over were waved over a ways before they got to the officer.

Exactly.

The notion that farangs are being targeted at checkpoints is an urban myth here in Chiang Mai.

Wherever you see motorcyclists and motorists stopped by police at these checkpoints the vast majority are always Thai.

There may be individual cops who have it in for farangs, but to think that it is RTP policy to harass foreigners is ridiculous and paranoid.

Not just an urban myth, but an outright absurdity.

Sure, it's an absurdity... and the topic has been done to death here on the TVCM Forum for several years now.

Just checking in to see if the going no where complaining is still here.

Was wondering seeing as I walk around a lot if a person has a descent helmet on does it not make it harder for the police to pick out a Farong at a distance especially in the cooler weather?

Most of the ones I have seen pulled over were waved over a ways before they got to the officer.

Exactly.

The notion that farangs are being targeted at checkpoints is an urban myth here in Chiang Mai.

Wherever you see motorcyclists and motorists stopped by police at these checkpoints the vast majority are always Thai.

There may be individual cops who have it in for farangs, but to think that it is RTP policy to harass foreigners is ridiculous and paranoid.

Has anyone thought of sending a letter to the General .

Good idea.

Maybe we all should... but who would have the cojones to do it first?

Their story is a bit creepy, especially the bit where he gets a video of her at age 12.

555555.

Creepy or not, it was a celebrity marriage that lasted a long time,.

They raised children together, and she stuck by her man until the end.

This past December:

The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution“Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources” (Document A/70/480).

http://www.redressonline.com/2015/12/un-supports-sovereignty-for-palestine-and-slams-israel/

It was adopted by 164 to 5 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, United States), with 10 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu).

Delegates to the UN agree with this Swedish lady, 164 to 5. It sounds like there is a lot of support for this position. I support the position as well. The only way to not support it is to believe that the 164 nations who voted in favor were all anti-semetic.. I don't know how anybody could make that stretch but it does happen often.

That's a well informed response.

It validates the Swedish Foreign Minister's position completely.

Something more useful than the usual cynical old geezer comments that inhabit this website.....

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/864687-noise-control-avenues-in-thailand-none/

Have a little respect for your elders and listen to what those old geezers have to say.

Many of them have been here for a long time and could teach you a thing or two about Thailand that you didn't know before.

If you don't learn from farangs you will get lessons from Thais that you won't forget anytime soon.

The majority of Thais have a characteristic - or peculiarity, depending on your point of view - that expresses itself in deep resentment of foreigners who criticize or try to change their social, religious, or political practices and traditions.

The propensity for noise-making is a good example of a cultural difference that is hard for many farangs to tolerate. Threads about noise abatement appear often on the ThaiVisa forums, and while some of the solutions might work on an individual basis, the overall problem isn't going to be solved because Thais just don't give a damn.

Education and rehabilitation through WORK for all incarcerated. This will pay for their own imprisonment and for the victims of crime.

Roads, irrigation canals, public buildings, railroad tracks.

That approach has already been tried - minus the education - in the American South.

It was called the chain gang.

Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, is thought to be the new man behind the mask fronting threats to the UK from inside Syria.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35225636

Dead Man Walking.

I am sure he is now very high on the list of targets... not as if it will make much difference because there are plenty more like him ready to step into his shoes.

Exactly.

It's all contrived.

Give some hapless loser a nom de guerre ...

hunt him down with drones and celebrate his death as a tangible victory.

It's all a sham.