nkg

33 minutes ago, simple1 said:

No. I'm talking to today's reality that members support authoritarian and oppressive political parties who align themselves to Putin's corrupt dictatorship.

But I can think of a very relevant modern example of a left-wing politician who supports Russia. A potential future UK Prime Minister, no less.

Here is Jeremy Corbyn on Twitter, giving his thoughts on Russia's news channel RT:

He's appeared as a guest on RT several times.

8 minutes ago, bomber said:

correct,but a tin of beans has more brains,farage is banks's puppet,whats democratic about that? leave voters always go back to soros who they say was in with the EU,well banks is the present day soros who more than likely has waged huge amounts on the pound crashing like before if brexit were to happen,probably made billions off the 15% crash 3 years ago and fancies even more,hence paying farage huge amounts,iam afraid it has gone above EU immigrants and the NHS,its now a multi billionaires play thing,but its out now and i expect parliament to act on it.

Well, you bring up some issues that I hadn't previously considered. Food for thought.

10 hours ago, simple1 said:

Orban is heading towards a dictatorship. Orban, as with Farage, le Pen and a number of other right of centre populists they admire & support Putin. As we know Russia has an agenda to weaker the EU and other Western democracies.  Why people post the nonsense above I'm unsure, I can only assume trolls or grossly misinformed or sadly supporters of a future world comprised of oppressive authoritarian nationalist States.

I thought Russia had a history of support from left wing politicians, simple1?

Did you intend to point out that politicians from both the left and right wing have shown support towards Russia?

Just now, bomber said:

£450k a year off banks plus his EU salary,not bad money for waving a unionjack in the air and talking BS

I don't think most Brexit party voters are voting for Farage at all. Slagging him off is missing the point.

It is a protest vote against the UK's mainstream political parties. They would happily vote for a tin of baked beans if it represented Brexit.

5 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

You've been reading these Brexit related threads and you can say the above? You need to go over them again ... you'll find the references to "elites", "globalists", "EU Army", "Soros", "run by the Germans", "snowflakes", "remoaners", "traitors", "unpatriotic" ... I could go on. 

 

You are an unbiased observer with no dog in the fight? You remind me of the posts that I see on You Tube which start "I voted Remain but ...". A pretty disingenuous post.

 

Incidentally, the UK's electorate commission believe that Bank's has been engaged with the Russian state ... so it's a little bit more than a conspiracy theory. 

 

 

Have a look at my post history. This is the only occasion I've ever posted about Brexit. So, hardly disingenuous.

Yes, I would expect that kind of language from the far right. Remainers are supposed to hold themselves to a higher standard.

8 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

Straight out of the Brexit Party propaganda machine ... old bloke, ex forces ... lying old sod ... but at least he'll go home with Aaron Bank's roubles stuffed in his back pocket. 

 

 

 

I don't support either "team", but it is interesting to see the kind of language being used by Remain supporters on these threads. Insults, wild accusations and conspiracies. Basically the intellectual equivalent of people snarling and spitting at anybody who disagrees with their opinion.

The Remain team are supposed to be made up of the people who are morally right. People who welcome immigrants and free trade, people who celebrate multi-culturalism.

10 minutes ago, bomber said:

it didnt happen so makes little difference,iam not a lib dem voter anyway,i ask could as you if farage hadnt had a milkshake thrown over him by some geordie the other day would this of appeared today,answer = NO,another one of those mysterious coincidences that keep happening.

Was the geordie paid by Farage too? Is everything that happens part of a conspiracy masterminded by Farage?

I think you are giving him far too much credit.

On 5/5/2019 at 10:31 AM, khunken said:

As far as streaming goes it's the various country FAs & UEFA that sell the rights as a monopoly in each foreign country market. With a monopoly, the rights buyers can pay inflated prices for those rights and pass them on to football fans in their country. That monopolistic system is why the clubs get multi-millions from the TV rights which leads to super-high inflation with player valuation & salaries.

And all that's compounded by fans here in Thailand having to fork out separate fees for the top EU leagues (via True), Champions & Europa league (Goal) and BBC/BT for the FA cup.

Personally I prefer to find my own way of viewing that doesn't involve contributing to $200m for Neymar or GBP300+ a week for Alexie Sanchez.

I don't know, I reckon Sanchez is worth about £300/week.

On 5/5/2019 at 12:35 AM, rooster59 said:

buying fake products is cheating the club you love

Only 10%-15% of shirt sale revenues go to the club. The remaining 85%-90% goes straight into the pocket of Nike or Adidas.

Kit sponsors pay vast sums of money annually to football clubs - Adidas give £75M/year to Man Utd, for example. In return, the kit sponsors keep most of the money from shirt sales. So if you spend £35 on a Man Utd shirt, Man Utd see less than £5 of that money.

Asking Thais to spend a week's wages on lining Nike's pockets is ridiculous.

8 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

You mean that it was not true. Next you will tell me Santa Clause does not live at the North Pole.

It's actually the basis for a real life scam, as shown in the video below. The people running the scam only stick around for an hour or two, though, rather than 25 years.

54 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

How anyone can love a drooling dog stinking the home out is beyond me. Also, how can 'animal lovers' justify eating them?

Yes, thank you for trolling a feel-good story to get some attention for yourself.

On 4/19/2019 at 10:10 PM, nkg said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press release:

"It is I, Poseidon. Ye who calleth themselves Water Lords are nought but false prophets. Your reservoirs will filleth not, for the mastery of all waters is mine and mine alone. And Zeus says it won't raineth any time soon, so ye can stick that in thine pipe and smoke it."

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

 

The largest tankers we have on the road in Phuket are the 10 wheel 12,000 liters tankers. Most use the 6 wheel 6,000 liter truck for ease of access narrow roads

Fair enough. It must be relatively cheap to hire a tanker driver in Thailand, so smaller tankers probably make sense economically.

Those tankers can't be very big. A full-sized tanker can take 40,000 litres per trip.

4 hours ago, Traubert said:

What percentage of the 0.0036% of the population do you think would be most effective?

 

Because that's the proportion of western expats in Thailand's population.

That's nonsense. There are 69,000,000 people living in Thailand.

69,000,000 * 0.0036 / 100 = 2484 expats. I think there are more than 2500 expats living here .....

Maybe you actually meant 0.36% for a total of 250,000 expats?

6 hours ago, mogandave said:

 

I didn’t say it was on the coast, I said it was off the coast, yes?

So it is your position that most anyone should be allowed to construct a habitat twelve miles off the coast of any country they like, correct?

 

Well, they can try .....

Most countries would rapidly get rid of any such habitat, as a show of power and soverignity.

A few countries, like Sweden and the UK, would allow the structure to stand, and pay the legal bills for the people who built the structure.

23 hours ago, nkg said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breaking News:

Poseidon has had his single entry Tourist Visa revoked this morning by the Immigration Office, who stated  that Poseidon's temporary residence off the coast of Phuket violates the law, and poses a navigational hazard.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Poseidon and his suspected accomplice and Greek mythological wife, Amphitrite. Should the deities be apprehended, it is thought that the RTP will deport both suspects to Mount Olympus at their own expense, and blacklist them from Thailand for a period of up to 12 months.

When reached for comment, Poseidon stated: "It is I Poseidon, god of the wine dark sea. You have forfeited for forgetting how I helped you. You forget, a man is nothing without the gods. You will suffer for this offense. For your arrogance, you will drift on my sea for an eternity, never again will you reach the shores of Ithaca."

11 hours ago, Brigand said:

The horror ... a single 500 baht note was found, lol. 

It won't be long before international news picks up on this story. We will have news helicopters hovering over the 7/11 store in question, hoping to get a glimpse of Maimunoh Somsa the brave store manager.

Journalists from around the world are converging on Krabi as we speak - special flights and private jets have been requisitioned in a bid to satisfy the public's desire for news on this incredible breaking story.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Phuket’s water lords

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Provincial Irrigration Office and the Phuket Water Authority

12 hours ago, webfact said:

Sathit's 6 year old son came to ordain at the temple and got involved in some over the top play that hurt the little boy.

Hmm, if a mentally ill man hurt my 6 year old son, I wouldn't be all smiles either.

On 4/5/2019 at 7:43 AM, trainman34014 said:

Were she and her boyfriend wearing helmets ?   If she was so concerned about this Taxi driver did she file a Police Report ?  Probably followed him so far because she had never seen a Porno movie before !

Yes, a purple helmet can be clearly seen in the footage ...