JingerBen

Why doesn't he have it transported by the CIA like everybody else? Expensive but guaranteed to reach. Maybe he doesn't want to pay his dime to the Bush family...

Yes indeed.

An organization with a lot of experience in that line of work... started in Laos in the 1960s.

I'd like to see an organized and well-publicized boycott of national parks.

Charging visitors from other countries many times more than locals is greedy wherever it's done.

Translated by MEMRI TV.

This is not the first time this website has been posted by apologists for the occupiers.

I had never heard of them before, and wasn't at all surprised to learn that it is the house organ for the Likud Party and actively lobbied for the rejection of the Oslo Peace Process.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Media_Research_Institute

MEMRI is a thinly disguised propaganda organization.

This euronews just can not get it right either on purpose or due to stupidity .

It is not Muslim holiest site, it is third holiest site.

From the OP:

"The compound is Islams holiest site outside Saudi Arabia"

It is 3rd holiest site, makes little difference where on earth.

In this case it makes all the difference.

I had the same problem (with me!) but solved it by installing a timer:

Gas Stove Timer.jpg

The perfect solution.

Problem solved.

This euronews just can not get it right either on purpose or due to stupidity .

It is not Muslim holiest site, it is third holiest site.

From the OP:

"The compound is Islam’s holiest site outside Saudi Arabia"

...but don't let that factual quote get in the way of a propaganda talking point.

No more subsidies to you peasants. We have subs to buy and our justification is already rubbery enough.

Your comment is unfair. There has been an over subsidization of the sector to the extent that improper behavior was encouraged. Examples are;

- Encroachment of public lands and destruction of protected forests/parks by rubber cultivators.

- Inappropriate use of water resources for the growth of rubber trees on land not best suited for rubber trees.

- Inefficient use of land through the introduction of rubber trees into areas where the soil was better suited for other activity.

- Environmental damage and pollution of water sheds by the over use of pesticides and herbicides.

- The destruction of natural jungle and mixed growth zones with replacement by rubber plants has had devasting effects on soil quality and erosion rates in some areas. The root system for rubber plants is much weaker and less effective than the natural jungle plants.

- New rubber plantations rely on genetically similar rubber plants. This is a catastrophe in the making for Thailand as a resistant infection or pest has the potential to wipe out the industry.

In previous years, the rubber cultivators would be out in full force to blackmail the government to hand over money or else they would block roads and riot. The rubber cultivators in the south are closely linked to the Suthep power base and Suthep used his rubber connections to further his political goals.

PM General Prayut is right to try and slow down the expansion of the rubber cultivation industry, which has laid waste to vital tracts of land. Shrinking the industry will make the industry stronger and more profitable over time.It will also act to protect Thailands shrinking jungles.

Good post.

You make some excellent points that are hard to argue with.

Perhaps the new Ombudsman should "demand" Yingluck and her cousin Surapong finally answer the outstanding questions from his predecessor regarding their illegal issuing of a new passport to their criminal fugitive brother / cousin?

Nearly as much chance of that as Yingluck revealing the real accounts connected with the rice scam.

You are still living in the past. Start living in the present man. Yingluck this,Thaksin that. Your same old responses are getting really boring.

No one forces you to read them sport.

The point is PTP are still living in the past. Demanding everyone else does what they say whilst they only do as they please.

If the Ombudsman has balls he should tell them to piss off until they answer 4 year old questions.

Yingluck is very much in the present - she has court cases pending. And Thaksin had yet another arrest warrant issued recently.

Oh, and btw, Thaksin and his clan own PTP, just in case you'd forgotten. PTP minions do as instructed. Remember Thaksin thinks PTP acts.

Good response to an absolutely clueless reply.

Just pull out and leave afghan to deal with it lets see what happens then

Here's a novel idea may be they shouldnt have stuck their noses in there in the first place ?

And if they wouldn't have allowed terrorist training centers to operate, they would have had a lot less interference.

Terrorist training centers operate all over the world - some in the US itself.

The invasion and devastation of Afghanistan isn't a shining example of how to deal with them.

The civilized man warns against vigilantism and asserts the rule of law, the savage provokes vigilantism and then abdicates all responsibility for so doing.

Yes, the "civilized man" has warned against vigilantism... after expanding illegal settlements and becoming the poster boy for radical Zionism.

Papa Frank should should stay out of this. He's already recognized "Palestine" ... a country that doesn't exist that if they did have an election today would elect a terror organization, Hamas, by a landslide (as in Gaza), and also Papa Frank facilitated the delusional and self-destructive Palestinian position of not directly negotiating with Israel.

The worker ban is really hard for innocent workers and hopefully this is only a TEMPORARY precaution. It happens to effect both Jewish and Arab school support workers, which the article fails to mention, is anyone surprised, though most are indeed Arabs.

Also to add this is about SOME cities in Israel doing this temporary ban, not ALL of Israel as the headline misleads about. I'm sure many will use this news to fuel further Israel demonization but things could go back to "normal" if the terrorists just cut it out.

The Pope's position on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is balanced and fair.

He doesn't deny the existence of the Palestinian people and the state that is very close to becoming a reality.

Things will never go back to "normal" until Israel is willing to live within their 1967 borders. That would gain them international support as well as cooperation from moderate Palestinians.

As things are now, Israel is a rogue state that is condemned all over the world... not just in the Vatican.

Looks like a another phone call is in order yet again I love it. Why do people not understand the law of a country they want to call home is mind boggling to say the least. What are the chances of this German guy have a work permit about the same as pigs can fly so you could say.

Why don't you just mind your own business?

Let the authorities who make the laws enforce them.

Many of us came here a long time ago to get away from people like you.

Live and let live.

So its ok in your books for someone to open shop beside you and not following the law by getting the proper paper work, permits, visas and so on. I came here a long time ago also... really so what does it give me or you some special status well the answer is no bud. I will be waiting for a response from the first sentence if you have one.

You're asking a hypothetical question, so I'll give you a hypothetical answer.

If the farang working without a permit, or selling things near me was obnoxious, loud, or disturbing my life in some way, then yes, I'd grass him.

If he was no problem for me, I wouldn't become a problem for him.

All sweet case closed let the loon back out on the streets

Let's hope not.

Good job by the Thai cops who caught him so quickly.

But will they keep him in detention?

That's the question.

Looks like a another phone call is in order yet again I love it. Why do people not understand the law of a country they want to call home is mind boggling to say the least. What are the chances of this German guy have a work permit about the same as pigs can fly so you could say.

Why don't you just mind your own business?

Let the authorities who make the laws enforce them.

Many of us came here a long time ago to get away from people like you.

Live and let live.

Unfortunately, Americans will be prohibited by law from eating there.

Me and most of the other Americans I know eat where we damn well feel like it.

We're not in Kansas anymore.

What are examples of Cuban food? My experience is limited to the Cuban sandwich served at the Dukes (good) and Mojitos (also good).

Hey, don't forget the Cuba Libre... rum and Coke.

It's called "Thai-time."

Live with it... or bag out.

Just be thankful that it wasn't Thaksin Shinawatra that was a friend of the bride's father.

Party on...

Atrocities are being committed by both Israelis and Palestinians in this conflict.

To blame one side while overlooking the guilt of the other is either naïve or calculated propaganda.

Radical Zionists promoting the expansion of illegal settlements and Palestinians who want to destroy Israel should be seen as the devils that they are.

The big difference is while radical Jews try, government does not allow it, where on the other side government encourages it

Israeli governments prevent expansion of illegal settlements? Perhaps under pending international pressure, or when local legal constraints are applied.

As for the Palestinian governments, while neither is sympathetic to Israel, the Fatah controlled one is not actively calling for the destruction of Israel, and the Gaza based Hamas, is.

Good fair-minded post.

But are you sure of Hamas' current position vis-a-vis Israel?

Atrocities are being committed by both Israelis and Palestinians in this conflict.

To blame one side while overlooking the guilt of the other is either naïve or calculated propaganda.

Radical Zionists promoting the expansion of illegal settlements and Palestinians who want to destroy Israel should be seen as the devils that they are.

The big difference is while radical Jews try, government does not allow it, where on the other side government encourages it

Nonsense.

I'm not naive. This is politics. The vast majority of Hillary Clinton's base are going to support her stance on this. It was disgusting how nothing was changed after the elementary school massacre. She needs to do everything she can to fire up her base as she lacks the charisma of someone like Obama. Of course, what she will actually be able to do when elected, that's another story. Oh well!

It's not so much that she lacks charisma... it's more that so many people see her as a transparent liar, opportunist, and cheat.

Atrocities are being committed by both Israelis and Palestinians in this conflict.

To blame one side while overlooking the guilt of the other is either naïve or calculated propaganda.

Radical Zionists promoting the expansion of illegal settlements and Palestinians who want to destroy Israel should be seen as the devils that they are.

I smelled it yesterday already that this guy was killed because someone can't wait for him to expire. As someone said yesterday in the other post which young chick wants to ride a 80 year ++ c..k.

Correct many of those large age gap relations are not love. Its about money and if they find a way to get the money faster (death) it will happen.

Though of course there are relations with a large age gap that do work. Its just not the norm.

My one works perfectly well and already almost 5 years. I am 50 and my Mrs is 21.

You were a 45 year old man who married a 16 year old girl?

Did I get that right?

"The only thing that will help is to end the occupation in East Jerusalem and give something to the Palestinian Authority."

In a nutshell.

Why is this so hard for the apologists to understand?

Mr Stallion. It's easy to understand. Quite another to agree with. I wonder why u don't mention what the Ps would offer in return... Is it that obvious? And can they just fifer it with assurances? You make it sound like an easy negotiation. Perhaps you can offer other instances where Ps or other ME Muslims have been offered an olive branch and how that turned out. Or maybe you could explain why olive branches are in order with someone who denies your right to exist? Perhaps that's too difficult to understand - Mr Stallion!!!

Mr G, Why do the "Ps" have to offer anything for the return of their stolen property? They have offered peace, but this is rejected by the Zionists who want to grab more land and water. You make out that Muslims are untrustworthy as a whole....rather racist. The PA do not deny the right of Israel to exist...stop with the old diversion. Is that easy to understand, Mr G!!!?

Good response.

Concise, civil, and factual.

Mr G sounds confused. His quote "...someone who denies your right to exist..." sounds more like the pervasive Zionist attitude toward Palestinians.

People who are being evicted from their homes and land by the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements are the target of Zionist propaganda.

Many would say Bernie Sanders is close to your dream but the U.S. isn't going to elect anyone who labels themselves as a socialist.

And why would that be?

Maybe because anyone with even half a brain knows that "socialist" is often just a euphemism for an old Marxist knucklehead.