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39 minutes ago, Khun Han said:

Like I have said, this is a wake up call to Europe: A far right candidate getting to the run-off and getting about 11 million votes is just plain wrong. But it's happened for a reason, the reason being that the centre ground has hoisted it's petard to the uncaring globalist mast which treats the masses of the world as 'product', with no local sensitivities. The centre ground and their globalist financiers will almost certainly ignore this wake up call, as is their wont, and Le Pen will be elected the next time around. It will be as big a disaster for France (and a lesser extent for Europe) as Trump is for the world. But the globalists will have got what they deserved.

The FN has been going strong for a long time now, so your explanation is just not sufficient.

That whole "Globalism" discussion is extremely hypocritical because especially those with a lower income have profited from Globalism bringing them cheap and decent stuff for decades now. It's technology that is eating jobs (and creating too) and not per se the fact that companies now operate globally and that there are trade agreements. That some of these companies then pay peanuts in taxes is very wrong, of course.

Is it perhaps neo-liberalism that you mean? That, of course, is an entirely different matter and I would agree.

Well, I'm very much relieved.

That last minute disinformation campaign was just laughable. Funny, how that tends to happen to those who don't schmooze up to Putin and agree with him on Crimea and demand that sanctions be removed.

Next stop isn't Britain, it's the German elections in September but the right wing AFD is a lightweight compared toLle Pen's FN.

19 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

I am saying that the Word Fascist it self is still allowed to be used,  unlike a bunch of other words that are considered to

be  unspeakable. And if Le Pen is being called Fascist,  and that is allowed,  Oh  Well,  I guess she is not the only Fascist that

is in Politics.

Geezer

A bit of a weird response, almost like you are sidestepping the counter question to your original (rhetorical) question. Yes, of course the word is allowed to be used, why wouldn't it? Whether it's accurate in a particular case is another matter, of course.

To answer your question, first the definition of fascism: "A political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition."

So, yes, fascists are on the wrong side of ethics by definition all the time in our enlightened times because putting race first is always wrong (and rather ignorant really), as is suppressing the opposition.

When clips like these go "viral" ( I will always hate this term in this context) it's like legal porn with some getting a rise out of it. Quite hypocritical.

Great news.

BTW, I can see why basically no tourist takes the bus from PP airport into town (a bit of a trek to the bus stop;  heading left and towards the exit seems to take you to the closer one) but I now prefer to sit in the air-conditioned relative calm and safety compared to a tuk tuk.

For us continental Europeans, this is the BIG ONE, bigger than Brexit and Trump.

And Macron's performance - should he win - will then determine the future for France. Let's face it, there will be future attacks somewhere that will further frighten the population. Glad I'm not in his shoes.

I can't wait for Monday to arrive with the final tally.

Just once I'd like to see those speaking out against the EU and "Globalism" to reject all the good stuff and $$$ it has brought them.

These fools think they can dismantle the EU, reject all the agreements they don't want to be in anymore, change their currency, kick out all the foreigners (while they travel to and retire wherever they want - after all they are white & wealthy enough) and everything will not only continue as before, no, they claim it will even be better! And a significant % of the population is so willfully ignorant that they believe them.

37 minutes ago, colinneil said:

The Swedish man was detained, they should have shot the stupid ba....d.

The world you project is truly frightening.

What the guy did was unbelievably stupid but the death penalty for that??!! ONLY ON THAI VISA!

Still, a significant number of his voters like what he's doing and don't regret their vote.

https://morningconsult.com/2017/03/15/poll-trump-approval-voter-optimism-rise/

Clearly, that's saying a lot more about them than Trump's performance.

woulda coulda shoulda

What a disgrace to the office of the POTUS he is.

Even worse, this game show host is causing permanent damage on a global scale.

7 hours ago, Bonefish said:

Who is the other "swollen leg" guy on the picture? Where do they sell those fake swollen legs?

It's the same person photographed in different countries at different times.

The legs aren't fake: Mr Holst, who suffers from macrodystrophia lipomatosa, a rare form of localised gigantism ..."

To be fair, the "scamming" would only start if another collection is taken up to get him home and it is spent on something else. Prior to that, he's just a beggar that most will ignore.

Beggars are rare in Japan but I did see one once in Osaka.

Still, weird country pick this time, Herr Holst.

The Russians sure like to "help", don't they? [The Chinese too, of course and yes, it beats bombing a neutral country just because you think you can get away with it - to be fair here]

We can only hope that this will never see completion or even get off the ground.

Herr Holst has itchy feet it seems.

17 hours ago, Farang hunter said:

I want to see united airlines pay a lot so overbooking stops period.

No, overbooking won't stop as across all potentially full flights day by day, leaving seats empty would add up fast to a huge sum of lost revenue.

I'm happy they are now upping the amount offered and rethinking how they transport crews on short notice , which caused this problem in the first place.

However, I am also concerned that if they want to get a non-cooperative passenger off, they will from now on order everyone to get off the plane and then address the issue "in private", as has already happened (not so much concerned for the passenger but for everyone else being inconvenienced).

ts ts ts colinneil - we certainly have your number now.

Not ridiculous at all and if you are honest, what you are saying can't be right unless you stayed with them, followed them everywhere around the clock.

You are simply being unfair on Thailand here. Accidents with little kids happen all over the world as the little ones are faster than their parents and sometimes getting in serious trouble due to that.

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

Parental supervision, sorry i forgot where it happened.

Parental supervision is nonexistent here.

Doesn't sound like you have little kids.

There will be hell to pay on a global scale eventually.

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CCTV showed that the victim had not used the taxi rank but got in a taxi not registered at the airport that had just delivered other passengers.

If there was ever a strong argument against doing this, this is it.

5 hours ago, NickJ said:

Light the whole area up. Get rid of this. Cameras. And patrols ... 

Also, this sort of thing has been going on in almost all cities outside the permafrost zone since the beginning of time. You close one area, the "outside fans" will find another.

Of course, it's not just the gays who engage in this sort of thing. Going to work in La Linea, Spain one early morning, I happened to come upon a straight couple going at it in full intercourse in a public area - quite the surprise in the morning.

3 hours ago, NickJ said:

Light the whole area up. Get rid of this. Cameras. And patrols with fleshlights. 

You do know that a "flesh light" is a masturbation device for men, right?

Freud sends his regards.

So, the 2nd comment points to an error in communication.

So far no denial that FA behaved improperly and did indeed try to hit her with the buggy/stroller, leading to the confrontation with the male passenger as seen in the clip.

A reminder how life can be over from one moment to the next.

On 4/22/2017 at 6:22 AM, ubonr1971 said:

My wife is a dentist and treats many cambodian patients visiting thailand with dental problems caused by work originally done in cambo. She is shocked by the number of problems that she has to fix on a weekly basis. OP if you move to cambodia you are strongly recommended to return to thailand for any routine or emergency dental treatment!

Funnily enough - and echoing Sheryl's comments - I found the best dentist I've ever had in Phnom Penh (Dr. Chou Nee on Sisowath (42, I think - just a few houses up from Chinese House restaurant, X-street is # 84). My teeth are in fine shape though, so no major problems needed fixing.

In general, I would not go to a doctor in Cambodia without getting other ex-pat's opinion's who have seen her/him.