MisterTee

Condolences to this hapless man's family and friends. As someone working for a living he is likely to have had dependents as well. A posthumous "Darwin Award" is richly deserved in this case.

She will last as long as her father Thaksin lasts and not a moment longer.

They try to copy everything. You've heard of the "missionary position" haven't you?

The ackee fruit never falls far from the tree in Jamaica. The prospect of having a family member in the White House must have them all singing the Internationale with wild exuberance.

Spot on. I was going to ask why he didn't mention China. Just an oversight on his part, I'm sure. He's wired this morning.

My take on this - and I may be wrong - is that the OP is anticipating some sort of domestic calamity rather than a worldwide apocalypse.

Sohm nahm nah to all of them. Anybody who would go to work in a warzone needs a check-up from the neck up.

This obvious vote-buying scheme has Thaksin's dirty fingerprints all over it,

Spot on. There seems to be a cutoff point in most people's lives after which they are incapable of learning a foreign language - if they ever could to begin with. The level of Thai language proficiency among expats who have settled here late in life is quite low. That can be clearly seen wherever they congregate in groups and clubs. They don't give the impression of being stupid... unlike the tatted-up sexpats who love it here also. I think the main issue is age-related memory loss, but other factors no doubt play a part. Lack of interest perhaps in their adopted "homeland". Some do make an attempt at learning the language, but the results are comical more often than not and bring to mind Samuel Johnson's observation comparing women who preach with dogs who can walk on their hind legs, "...it is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."

Chicken-hearted "leaders" afraid they would have to answer some inconvenient questions.

In the broader sense as it relates to racial and ethnic groups I would say it is the ability to govern themselves. That is how it used to be. In increasingly multi-cultural and multi-racial countries all bets are off.

That reminds me... On a road trip to Chiang Khong years ago when Thaksin was in power, not far past Thoeng we passed one of those larger-than-life roadside portraits with flowers and insense before it. In full royal regalia with big hat and gold embroidered vestments was Thaksin himself. The ambition of this Dragonhead and his corrupt clan knows no bounds.

Just another vote buying scheme with Thaksin's dirty fingerprints all over it.

Befixed. Mee Chok Plaza. Khun Oh, an honest and capable man fixes just about anything. I'm not sure about microwaves. Give him a call.

We're talking about the best of the best... but hey, Thai spuds when done up properly can be excellent.

*1 For sure.

From my own experience the brands that credibly reference "USA" or "Idaho" on the packaging are the best tasting. But to each his own.

This document-dump is probably meant to damage Trump. If so, I hope there is collateral damage and other slimebags get stiffed as well. Slick Willy and that loathsome Dershowitz come to mind among many others.

Cui Bono... financially, that is?

Arlington Cemetery.

So true. It applies to farangs who settle down here to raise a family as it does to the drifters who come and go.

TIT...keep 'em dry if you can.

So true. People held against their will at call-centres are totally different than freelance scammers. To equate the two is ludicrous. This smells like another attempt by social engineers to excuse and normalize deviant, and sometimes criminal behaviour.

My PE teacher years ago was a tall athletic type. I once said to him - in jest - "The bigger they come the harder they fall". His immediate response was a good one... "Who first said that, some little guy who couldn't do anything?"

You've come to roost in the wrong country. Do everybody a favour and move on.