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Brings to mind Scientology whack job "sea org" outfits

The consensus diplomatic stance seems to be the time honored "Your guess is as good as mine"

If I had to bet on who did this, I'd bet it was some disaffected right wing neo Nazi white guy. Let's see if I'd collect on that virtual bet.

"...poorly produced *ya dong* or white spirits that do not meet safety standards." Maybe a mistranslation? Instead of "ya dong" should be "ya done".

The most fun one was some years back when BIB busted some seniors in Pats for playing bridge. Said must be gambling; assume totally unfamiliar with the card game. Head of Thai bridge association, some hiso lady came to Pats and read them the riot act. Seems an international bridge event was going to happen in Bangkok not long after this bust. To save face, the cops hit them with some charge about not having tax paid on decks of cards. Maybe they were free ones like I've gotten from EVA air. Will they must down my door?

65 year old expats with memory and other health problems: just the sort of criminals the cops crack down on with maximal effort

Masks? Hoods would be too hot

Keep Thailand chaotic, ungovernable, uneducated ....run by oligarchs & no one would want to invade, to say nothing of trying to rule here

Seems in same ill informed stream that HIV was floating in when it first appeared: "gay men's problem" Viruses evolve and adapt. Rationalizations such as yours give carte blanche for spread and variations to appear

"closing after 20 successful years". I dunno, usually restaurants close because they are not successful.... maybe like Yogi Berra quipped "Nobody goes there anymore. It's always too crowded". or... "I've been happily married for 15 years!" "Gee that is great" "Except we got married 20 years ago..."

time to get the old mugging gangs back together and scope out where the cash will be handed out.

Handing out cash would seem to attract low life thieves, groups or individuals, that would hang about the locations the cash is handed out, and proceed to rob those who seem weaker and vulnerable. Like moose steaks for packs of wolves.

Just when you thought (hoped?) they couldn't do anything more stupid, they do

biologically there may be no race, but in the minds of people there are artificial categories which they believe and act upon... yes DJT is racist & from long line of racists: DOJ suit against his dad over non rental to black people in NYC properties. That BS birther slander against Obama. The full page ad to bring back death penalty for Central Park 5 (later exonerated after decades in jail), "Good people on both sides" re "Jews will not replace us" Tiki march, too similar to KKK and Nazi marches & woman runover and killed by one of those fine people, His referring to inner city people as animals.... his racist insult of Harris by pretending not to be able to pronounce her name... This could go on for pages. There is no such thing as God (no proof), yet people believe in God and act on those beliefs

Make sure the other inmates know of his crimes. The most despised prisoners are pedophiles... with step daughter puts this even more over the edge. "Short eyes" should be removed from the gene pool imo

"Another populist policy"... really? There is a wing of the political beast that believes nothing of benefit should be done for the people, as it is "populist". Maybe I am old school, but government is there to implement what individuals cannot do on their own. The 30 baht plan is popular beyond words. You dinos would prefer people to die in poverty, unable to afford medical care? And meanwhile support porkbarrel projects like submarines, fighter planes, high speed rail when normal rail doesn't work.... that is all good, but something that can directly impact people in a positive is a no no. "Give the people something that greatly improves their lives and they'll want more. Next thing you know they will want good schools. Nip this in the bud"

Vigilant is good.... can we hear what they plan to do if and when a case crops up?

The less than intelligent crowd here that carps indirectly about "racial purity" needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Humans are mixes of all sorts of traits... thinking of that white racist that went on Brit show if he gave up some for DNA test. He had black relatives in his past. It can be argued there is no such thing as race: it was created in order to enslave and exploit those in a lesser power position. There are "traits" and they overlap. I want to see a follow up article on Trump and his German background, and their connection with fascist rallies there and in New York. Fair is fair. Trumps roots are in racism and plenty to share about that

And we thought the battles between technical schools was bad... at least those were "intermural". Uni students gotta top them, attacking their own... intramural spirit building exercises.

Trump made the rotten agreement and Biden implemented it. A "bi-partisan" screw up. None of the big cheese leadership thought the afghan army would collapse overnight... but considering we backed the wrong horses (typical), corrupt elections, etc.... there just wasn't enough pluses to make it worthwhile to risk your life defending warlords who were roughly equal to the Taliban thugs. Also, orderly safe retreats are extremely hard to pull off... if US had done air strikes, defensive retreat battles... just how many evacuation flights do you think would have made it out of the country? A total cock up with blame enough for everyone

Wonder if myth busters or someone has done a simulation. Always wondered if that would actually work. Of course the main concern of jumping to early or too late (tho probably couldn't jump or move if too late...) "...she recounted how the lift unexpectedly dropped several floors." 17 seems like a larger quantity than "several" so did a little google: "Generally speaking, several is used to refer to quantities above two or so but not so much that it's a lot or many. Perhaps the most common interpretation or intended sense of several is around three to five, but this can vary greatly depending on the context."

I suppose one of them might need to come to collect any worthwhile personal effects,, maybe end a lease or dispose of real estate, vehicles, etc.... Funeral already happened it sounds like... well, cremation.... maybe buy a few rounds a pub he visited and call it even...

Didn't some survey say she has 4% popular approval? Those supporters are probably political patronage employees...

I just hope he lets the lady in the photo be on top....

How about bathroom cabinet? Aspirin for those who catch covid or perhaps for those who catch measles and waiting to die (like the 83 in Samoa after he visited and urged people not to be vaccinated...) RFK's endorsement would be a net loss to dems in my opinion: you might pick up some of RFK's fans, but you'd turn off more of the mainstream demos... "I thought we were supposed to be the sane party...." as they turn back on election