NongKhaiKid

3 minutes ago, tbthailand said:

So everyone but ThaiPBS and the NLA knows... Funny, that.

Will THE announcement include a special Public Holiday to celebrate ?

18 hours ago, TEFLKrabi said:

Reading the first two comments I doubt if you've ever been to the circuit. It's very well organised and the roads are monitored for safety. Please, don't embarrass yourself commenting about these things.  

Do you mean all the roads or just around the venue ?

10 hours ago, MJP said:

 

They are if you're from Devon.

Try the north of England

49 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Is he sending the election through the mail???

No just the result.

As a former British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe once commented about elections in China he couldn't say the govt fixed them but they did like to know the outcome in advance.

Everything like this gets a little too close to home and no one with any authority is keen to approve, pass such legislation although heavy penalties can be useful to have to deal with troublesome opponents.

The elite, VIPs, politicians, the military etc don't hammer each other in case one day they need the favour returned.

Gifts to the people ? Is that anything like trying to be popular ?

Well NO, that's when other people or parties do it because it's for self-serving purposes whereas the junta serve the nation so that makes it completely different .

2 minutes ago, JAG said:

 

They will have a specially trained "NongKhaiKid Squad", clad in nifty Tesco logo jump suits with lots of Velcro pads for badges and flags, on permanent standby somewhere out the back. When you leave the store a siren sounds, and the squad rush out and switch everything around.

Big C here have a similar "JAG squad". One day when I have nothing better to do I'm going to turn round, rush back in and catch them at it!
:D

 

Just now, Eligius said:

Yes, he might need a 'coup' to save a coup!

Mercy By Coup  ? 

2 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Well done dpm, keep striving for perfection, you're almost there!

Would perfection for him involve another coup by any chance and taking over to save the country ?

29 minutes ago, z42 said:

A wonderful, morally rich, and incredibly brave woman. I wish her every success and have the utmost admiration for her cause, and for the fact that she is willing to delve into a real snake pit which could do her untold harm. The media have a duty to keep this story in the spotlight, I hope they don't cut her adrift down the line if it gets even uglier (which i dare say it will)

Sad thought isn't it but the media will likely be too afraid, or warned off, to give this the sort of attention it deserves.

Just now, Eligius said:

Yes, Prawit beautifully embodies in his very person and being the nature of the current Thai regime. A living symbol of ..... you fill in the blank!

I was trying to think if he's the Before or After man but I'll stick with the Beatles Nowhere Man !

Prawit's looking good on it,  must be all this healthy compulsory exercise !     

Just now, z42 said:

Balls to that, they're obviously not real monks if they're protecting a guy with multiple arrest warrants out for him, and if they are wilfully breaking the laws of the land by resisting law enforcement agents in the execution of their duty. Get in there and arrest this muppet, and don't give a second thought about panicking anyone, they'll surely get over it in time

All building up nicely to a tailor made excuse for inaction as the authorities will claim that in order to prevent injury, bloodshed and possibly worse they'll not force entry.

There will be some BS about resolving it by negotiation which will drag on and on but no one will lose face and likely no arrests either.

I've no real complaints with my local Tesco except sometimes favourite items  disappear and are never replaced plus the fact I seem to spend more but have less in my trolley.

The staff don't seem to change too often so I've got to know some of them and all are friendly.

My main complaint however is the amount of times they change the layout in the aisles and as soon as I've worked out where everything is again it's time for another change.     

2 minutes ago, simon43 said:

 

 

 

Sorry?  Does that mean that those holding honorific titles have more sway to get into the Throne Hall than the common herd?

Status, real or presumed is everything.

There's special arrangements for civil servants too.

6 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

It is one thing pretending to have such status, but you have to seriously question the people who believe it ?

Possibly the brainwashing from birth has something to do with it ?

3 minutes ago, trogers said:

Let's see how many would survive the ride to the competition grounds first...

Then having seen the racing all the fired up boy racers will be back on the highways to go home.

Another event taking place on Dec 05 ?

Until the end of the month gives more time to work out the next set of excuses for inaction and why things can't proceed.

Pointless for the media to question the PM or Minister of Justice as they'll only produce their stock ' not interfering / meddling ' reply.

20 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

No details released to the press. Only "organised crime offences, joint money laundering and illegally running tourist operations without permission". Very vague.

 

Hard to truly understand what is really going on. Is it a genuine attempt to stop tourists being extorted? Is it an attempt to divert income streams? Is it just to appease the Chinese Embassy?

 

Not transparent.

 

You'd like to think things would be clearer when people appear in court and charges are made public but court reporting here is well, hardly extensive and often restricted.

issues like this can be dealt with or otherwise and no one would ever know what if anything actually happened.

If necessary a vague statement can be made later to say the charges were dealt with and that's that.

1 hour ago, hdkane said:

Do you think this attitude will ultimately blow up in their faces?  The Taliban blew up temples and statues in Afghanistan, so no religious icon is safe or honored...so far, IS has shown restraint in SE Asia...perhaps that will change soon...

I'll content myself with assurances there's no terrorism in LoS .    

It's a frightening thought otherwise because all they have is denial.

32 minutes ago, sharecropper said:

 

 

But remember how astonishingly fast they counted them in the crooked Constitution vote?

I think the ' counting ' started before the polls were even open.

I'm somewhat surprised in the current situation the tournament is to straddle Dec 05 so will play be suspended on the day ?

Of course not, can't imagine the junta doing anything duplicitous. 

Didn't they promise from the off to be totally transparent ?   

10 minutes ago, dotpoom said:

 

If they were worried about loosing face, why tell us about the report?                                                                     " Deputy police chief Pol-General Srivara Ransibrahamakul revealed on Tuesday that the Australian Federal Police’s terrorism assessment unit reported to the Bangkok Regional Cooperation Team’s annual meeting that an unidentified number of Thai nationals had visited IS Facebook pages, using nearly 100,000 usernames, over the past year. "

 

If it came up at a regional meeting it could have become public knowledge from several sources so why not admit the report then downplay it ? 

Time soon for the PM, Minister of Justice et al to state they won't meddle and will leave it to the relevant agencies who have already proved how impotent they are.