Emdog

Like the advice here (and most places) "Don't make yourself worth more dead than alive"

India is buying energy in the form of oil from Russia & that is said to be a bad thing by Trump et al USA is buying energy in the form of uranium from Russia & that is glossed over, avoided mentioning the hypocrisy by the Maga & Trump crowd. "Do as we say. Not as we do."

Start a "go fund me" account. The contributions would flow in at such a rate as to overload the system

A true great American hero... but I wouldn't say his career was 'stellar' and we haven't quite reached the stars yet Maybe we could say his career was 'over the moon'?

14th amendment to Constitution, supreme law of the land: "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." so you are flat out wrong about "all the due diligence they're entitled to", chapter and verse. Hope you can understand the plain English. Your being pulled over in S Texas has nothing to do with "any person" getting due process... unless you wanted to make a case of it and take it to the courts... I assume it has something to do with probable cause, the why they pulled you over not stated. IF they had no cause you could have won your case which could change the law and get you maybe a tidy sum. "Not happy with it's been that way for decades" indicates you don't grasp the importance of courts and the Constitution. Slavery was legal & had been that way since 1619 which is basis for amendments. It is typical for those in power to overstep their bounds trying to get more power... the original concept was that if one branch (executive... Trump) broke the law, failed to abide by Supreme Court rulings (another branch) then Congress would rein him in, by impeaching & removing from office if need be. But he has shown the flaws: stacking the courts, weaponizing the justice department and turning the Republican party members in Congress into a group of cowering sycophants.

and if they broke the law getting into US, they should be deported AFTER due process aka getting in front of a judge and having a decision made... the is part of the Constitution "all persons" entitled to due process, citizen or not. If you don't agree, at least admit you don't support the Constitution and framework for US democracy.

Can't fix stupid

China says "jump" and Thailand says "How high?"

Should have no impact on tourists coming for world cup and olympics.... NOT

I would prefer them drinking and consorting with prostitutes: better for local economy and usually not quite as noisy. None of this 'fixed period' bs. Teach them the hard way to be considerate of their surroundings and not arrogant little spoiled _______. Idiotic to suggest "move for a few weeks".

"...the fear of losing the 8 billion baht deposit ultimately swayed their decision." Like redwood1 said about siphoning... if you make a deposit for something, say a 427 Corvette and the dealer tries to give you one with a 283, business law says you get your deposit back.... but the dealer would probably want those envelopes returned and there is the rub... Should get some discount if this 'deal' is going to take 3 more years... maybe 'buy one, get one'? Thais love those deals, can't resist

I personally know of a case where father knocked up daughter.. and was given the choice of monkhood or prison. He picked monkhood.

Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed... my informal survey from living here for a couple of decades is that it is Thais who do most of the dumping.

file this in the "man bites dog" slot. as for " Is you life so miserable, that you have to look down on Thai women again?" well... fairly common for some farang being hoodwinked by some young lovely here. If you don't know one, you must have a small circle of acquaintances... Not all Thai women. Just more than enough.

Maybe that will encourage N Korea to finally sign a peace agreement with the S Korea.... it's been a while, ya think?