Emdog

You may have noticed that Western Europeans are very much involved in supporting Ukraine. It is not just the half way effort US has made since Putin's hand puppet returned to the White House that is in the fight. People should be aware that Russias GDP is about the size of Canada's. Should not be that hard of an effort I do agree that Mr Trump (not USA: polls show voters are against almost all of his foreign screw ups) has skillfully painted us into this corner that thanks to him, US support is at an all time low. But other countries have their own interests to watch out for, so not a "1 on 3" match....

Thailand seems to worry about decline in tourist numbers. If guides spoke visitors languages with some level of fluidity and could actually give informative tours, maybe the numbers might inch up

In some sensible western countries, defamation is a civil matter with no possibility of a jail sentence

Did hubby have a permit to own those bullets?

Anyone playing bridge in that den of iniquity?

I wonder if anyone has translated into Korean the old adage "You don't lose your girlfriend in Pattaya, you just lose your turn"?

Yeah, I was thinking that line of thought too, but then wondered about the sort of ailments the two groups have. I would guess much (or at least more) of the foreign biz is elective plastic surgery and does that have a higher profit margin? I would guess they are ripping off the locals proportionately similar to foreigners... 5 star hotel with medical concessions. No thanks

No. Just no.

lovely building... can some other use be found for it rather than tear down and put up rabbit warrens?

"Although there is currently no evidence that the group directly incited the violence ..."

Because it is in USA, not Scandinavia....

Won't make that mistake again

Finally some good news

"President of the Thai Hotels Association, cautions that allowing individual condo units or residential homes to register as accommodations without converting the whole building into a hotel could infringe on residents' rights." Spot on there "..local governments would benefit from retaining licensing fees, reinvesting them into infrastructure improvements in Pattaya, and enhancing its allure as a global destination." Oh, that does have a smell of foulness and BS. The money would go to local government officers..... infrastructure improvements would only happen to officials homes or villas I would guess

"...allowing potential tourists to witness the local atmosphere firsthand and feel reassured." Seems self contradictory.... 🙂

I would suggest the powers that be in FIFA ought to consider holding the world cup outside of USA as long as Trump & xenophobes are running the show. Same goes for Olympics. for fun looked up Nazi policies for 1936 Olympics... "Lithuania was officially expelled from the 1936 Berlin Olympics due to Germany's stance on Lithuanian anti-Nazi policies" If a countries athletes are allowed to participate, it's citizens should be allowed to attend. And one would hope perhaps do some sightseeing before or after.

Why just USA? How about countries that have war aircraft, tanks, infrastructure that is vulnerable.... in other words, all countries?

Good luck. Double good luck with food carts...

Good question, so I looked up as best I could. USA had 201 deaths week of May 11... here's more info FWIW https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-covid-deaths

It's none of the US business where China has an embassy in London. Last time I looked, England was a sovereign nation of some standing in the world that is grown up enough to make its own decisions.

Do they have a witness protection program here in Thailand?

"Hey, we can crash single decker buses just as well as the double deckers!"

“This incident should serve as a reminder of the importance of regular maintenance,” or any sort of maintenance, for that matter...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but headline should be more like "Thailand and US firm...."?

Once more we are approaching possible milestone answer to "How stupid can you be?"