RichardColeman

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The department also warns of a heavy to very heavy rain forecast for the southern region today.

If they do not get some serious rain soon then the water chucking idiocy will have to be cancelled

If anyone can explain to me why so many 'mentally ill' defined people are attracted to this religion I am happy to hear it. The fact this cult has so many mentally ill people must show something

3 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

She didn't want to be the target of Trump and his crazy and dangerous cult/mob/hitmen/lunatics. Living in fear, receiving death threat and possible bodily harm to herself and family would have been the outcome...so she left it up to the Supreme Court, which "manned up" and did the right thing. 

1. Are you seriously suggesting that the current polls showing  a large swing for Trump is now due to people becoming cult members and lunatics ?  And not just normal people fed up with 'Bidenonmic' failures and border invasions ? 

2. Hopefully the NATIONAL supreme court - not the Colorado democrat state supreme court - will man up and shove the decision right down Colorado's 

Either way, 2024 is sure going to be a fun year in USA politics for an outsider - like me !

36 minutes ago, BKKKevin said:

Well, he'll certainly win the Florida primary being the only one on the ballot for the supposedly democratic democrats

What a surprise ! A democrat state, with a democrat court and a democrat state supreme court - what a total joke ! 

I see 3 possible outcomes of this : 

1. The supreme court over-rules it - I think is correct - it is a right wing leaning 6-3 supreme court anyway.  Trump has not been 'criminally' convicted of insurrection. The law was initiated originally I believe to stop confederates that fought against the union from running for president.

2. Supreme court agrees - I think unlikely, as it will lead to every state doing the same for each runner of both parties in every future election. There will be fighting on the streets if this happens. Biden/the democrats taking out the person ahead of them in the polls is ridiculous - America is becoming a banana republic if this happens and will be laughed at if they try and intercede in any world conflict

3. The total break up of the United States - the right leaning ones and the left leaning - say 25 states each - it may sound crazy but we are at a point where the judicial system has been politicised and each state is now going against the next. Personally, I think this is the best idea - the far left are far to radical now for any right leaning person to live with. 

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

He looks like a dodgy character...senator?....yeah right! 

I think the photo makes him looks like he will be attending many falang weddings dressed in orange soon

14 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

More absurdity... useless people.

Maybe if he said Pretty Please ? 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

CCTV footage captured the man escaping in an SUV, heading towards the Talaysor district in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

If not understanding CCTV is part of the mentality of the average thai soldier, then it will not matter how much the military buys from China, it will be operated by idiots

Imagine the judge getting (and laughing) a extradition request in my UK and Thailand demanding the return of a UK national for having sex with a 17 year old , a year older than the legal age for sex in the UK.

Thai police are laughable sometimes.

17 year old in the UK these days is probably up the duff with her 2nd kid and on the council lists already

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Between 2-16 baht... and they expect people to help with boosting the economy?

Be fair , you know it will just go on 1-2 extra bottle of Chang a week

2 hours ago, VBF said:

@RichardColeman I quite agree with what you say, especially your first sentence!

 

There is a "however" though. I have NOT looked this up to confirm, but there used to be an alternative for those, like yourself, who are not earning but are financially "comfortable".  

That was the option to show one's savings instead of income. So if you have, as you say, minimal outgoings, but own a property outright, have savings and basically "do not need hand-outs"  that may, or rather should be, a route.

I am fully aware of this and would have been using the combined method anyhow, I think under the old law I would need to have only about £5,000 in the bank as my income would have been near to the 18k, all that will happen now is having to show about 70k and my income. It's a pain but doable.

The whole thing is wrong. I can actually agree somewhat with the 38k BUT, it needs to be split into deductible income and spare income. As said if I am spending 20k on rent - quite low in the SE - then I only have £18 to live on - but still enough. The amount for people owning their own (paid) homes should be reduced to by 20k to cover the non payment of rent or mortgage. I would say that if you have an reasonable income and can show you have equity in your house (my case 360-380k) then that asset should count towards the amount required - hell, even asking people to put up their house as collateral would be OK for most !

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The regular screening of both Thai and foreign tourists to prevent illegal activities.

Ah, tourist harrassing then

Pretty sure the prices of Thai's airline tickets now is more shocking than drink burn

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

A Khu Khot police station team and forensic officers inspected the scene of the shooting and found that gunshots were fired outside the football field where  spectators had brought chairs to sit and watch the match

Probably shooting the local 711 sleeping wildlife for the half time barbecue 

So, I guess the TAT response will be promoting an Indian tourist buy 3 hotel weeks get one week free later this month.