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"Judge Jerry Smith ruled: "At no point in the 18th or 19th Century did the government disarm individuals who used drugs or alcohol at one time from possessing guns at another."Other cases involving the same prohibition against drug users possessing firearms - 18 USC 922 - have gone in favour of defendants after judges questioned whether the charges were constitutionally valid." Interviews with 25-30 years experience as fed prosecutors for SDNY say they have never seen those charges made unless the person was already a convicted felon. And Republican/Trump backers forgot that Trump revoked law aimed at preventing some mentally ill from getting guns (Drug abuse qualifies as a form of mental illness in my book...). The push of NRA and most Republicans is to make gun ownership possible for as many as possible. Some Republicans even want mandatory ownership. Hunter got a gun. For 11 days. Never fired it. Hard core, eh?

Yes, the 14 yr old has mental problems... can you try to get some understanding of that? Not like when you were 14 and couldn't get a date, but serious mental problems. Hopefully the kid can get some effective treatment, but Thailand is not known for its mental health programs

Hogwash. Let's take US & Japan. Murder rate in US is 26 times higher than Japan. Japan has .6 guns per 100 people, USA has 88.8. Are people in USA 26 times more crazy (may be...) than Japan or is it access to easy and quick way to kill someone that plays a large part. Using knives, hammers, strangling, etc takes more effort that pulling a trigger... perhaps that puts a bit of a brake on homicides? I taught teen gangsters in USA. Several times they had guns in classroom (lucky I didn't know at the time). On average, one out of 18 caseload died per year or killed someone due to gun violence: killings, being killed or killing self. Never pills or any other method. Always guns. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Japan/United-States/Crime/Violent-crime

Always make it a rule to only sniff glue on ground floors or in open areas.

Reading comprehension work needed here, Richard: I was writing about the erroneous use of "law of averages".... nothing about effectiveness (or lack of) regarding time spent on English ("teaching" may be a bit too charitable). Go back and read my post.

If they really wanted to improve tourist experience, they'd skip the "easy to skim" projects like airports, etc and get down to street level: Sidewalks that are level, without iron bars sticking up, or low hanging wires Deal with the trash everywhere. Implement an effective foreign language program. Heck, bar girls speak better English than those with degrees from unis. Police: need I say more? But you all know that, and perhaps even wonder why I waste my fingers typing the obvious. Coffee

Clearly the didn't learn their skills very well, as being caught demonstrates

agree.. plus no "law of averages" applies because the numbers cited are from a statistically insignificant sized sample (5? did author study any math?) and even that miniscule group was not a randomly chosen group.... just people he knew in one geographic area.

Please tell the when and how of it being a benefit for Taiwan to give up democracy and dependence for dictatorship and gross mismanagement? When heck freezes over? Maybe if "one government" meant mainland adopted Taiwan's government, not other way around. What is this about American guns and bombs? Absurd. Have you ever been to Taiwan? Do you know any Taiwanese? They want to be part of mainland China about as much as Ukraine wants to be part of Russia. Wake up and smell the coffee

"Whoa, the servants they're so helpful, dear The cook she is a whore Yes, the butler has a place for her Behind the pantry door The maid, she's French, she's got no sense She's from the Crazy Horse And when she strips, the chauffeur flips The footman's eyes get crossed"

"Can't fix stupid" your post offers a fine example of that

"Of particular concern is that the equipment and internal facilities within the building have been damaged due to a lack of maintenance and security." Seems those concerns would be there regardless of stadium is completed or not.....

Sign her up right away!!!! ????

"..mandating the avoidance of potential conflicts of interest." In other words, make sure everyone in the food chain shares the spoils (except students, of course) Like working out a deal between vultures, hyenas, and lions over recently killed zebra

"...concerns have been raised about the funding source for the scheme, which requires 560 billion baht. " Just have everyone in government above junior filing clerk donate contents of brown envelopes for 2 weeks. That ought to fill the coffers.

Any numbers on how many licensed Thai guides speak at least one of the 22 official languages of India. Yeah, I thought so....

"....come in the form of loans from the Government Savings Bank (GSB)." More proof, top to bottom, that perhaps in Thai language "loan" and "gift" are synonymous. No mention on regarding how or even if those loans might be repaid

Seems it might be a good condiment to go with edible panties... what cha think?

Gives a new spin on what it means to be a "commissioned" officer. Need to buy 2 so Thai people can be entertained with submarine races broadcast live

"I was just helping them with their vows of poverty, officer!"

"How would it be to report it directly, take a rape kit and jail the perp?" Are you new here? Do you have any idea how the police here spend their time? (I won't say work). Rape kits? Do you think they'd be processed? Huge number in USA aren't, fwiw I personally know a woman who was raped by her father, had to give birth due to Texas type laws against abortion. Passed child off as her brother Father was given choice of prison or becoming a monk. which may explain why there are so many deviant monks

Perhaps if the editors of these bits put more useful summaries of salient points, we wouldn't have to go to original story to figure out what went down. Thinking of times articles include 2-3 lines taking up addresses, chang wats, all sorts of tosh that doesn't matter unless you want to go rob a house

And when I awoke I was alone This Nok had flown So I lit a fire Isn't it good Norwegian wood

"...the constitution says that opposition leader must be an MP and a party leader,..." hmmm okay, "the leader must be a leader..." makes sense after a fashion.. but why does opposition have to be an MP? Shouldn't that be up to the opposition who they choose? Look at the USA: loser Donald Trump is head of Republican party, and....uh... um... er." Okay, never mind. should have to be an MP.

Don't heads of state usually stay at some form of gov housing? 10 Downing Street for UK, White House for USA? Trump stayed there even tho he called it a "dump". Sacrifice for his nation. Or he can stay at his joint, but no motorcades: the leaders should have to face what the average Thai faces in traffic. That would get government attention real quick!