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As if the roads aren't dangerous enough we have people driving around convinced their amulets will protect them.

What about the rest of us, will your amulets save us from your  ' no need to worry ' driving ?

I'm never sure about things here so when is it the Cold Season is due to start again ?    

Great, more fine words more jobs for some people, promotions for those who don't deserve them etc. etc. BUT any chance there will be something positive done to restructure and improve education ?

No ?, Didn't think so.

43 minutes ago, harada said:

Give it a couple of hours and there will be a statement form the top, no, no it's not the BRA, it's not terrorism, it's not Uyghurs it's just very naughty boys.

This story has got to go as the end of Oct is dangerously close to the start of tourism's high season and nothing can be allowed to interfere with visitors arriving.

The good minister has been quiet for a while so this is an ideal opportunity for her to step and announce advance bookings are going through the roof and there are no, absolutely no, cancellations and none are expected.

1 hour ago, Thechook said:

No favours for his girlfriend either, just an all expenses taxpayer paid international holiday.   The guy has to learn to keep his mouth shut because it pours every time he opens it.  What imbecile would appoint a clown like this as Deputy P.M.  

Birds of a Feather.

Another statement of fact from an absolute witness of truth and another episode of ' All In The Family '.

1 minute ago, landslide said:

Do you think Rouhani will visit a Buddhist Temple for a photo op?

Maybe not but he will issue a statement saying how he understands what the junta's doing and fully supports the road map.

It might actually be true this time but no matter if he doesn't say anything as Thai officials will say it for him.

3 hours ago, NeilSA1 said:

“It’s not real,” Maj. Gen. Thammanoon Traithippayapong said” yet

“…national police Deputy Commissioner Srivara Ransibrahmanakul told reporters the memo is genuine”

 

Disrespect for the populace, lies are not even co-ordinated.

It must be reassuring for the public to know they have the best police force in the world protecting them.

It's not a question of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing, it hasn't reached that level yet as the right hand doesn't even know what it is doing.

5 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I love this and would like to see more of it.  Let's get the dopers off the streets. If one has nothing to hide why worry?  

When dealing with the BIB people have every right to worry given their reputation and what they get up to.

I wish you well in your belief there's nothing to worry about, having nothing to hide doesn't come into it.

Just now, trogers said:

 

We only see what we want to see...

I don't suppose that ever applies to you !

1 minute ago, halloween said:

Well you chose to make a political point over B20 million, which was probably twice what it should have cost. I repeat, why make a point over such a small sum when there are far larger examples of waste and corruption?

I made a point and a valid one as an example it's you that calls it political because it suits your own needs.

All unnecessary waste and corruption is wrong but so much here is acted on selectively irrespective of who is in power.

10 hours ago, halloween said:

Work it out for yourself. If there were a milion recipients, they could have a B20 increase for ONE month, or B2/m for 10 months. In other words very little, just BS to make apolitical point, ignoring that B400 is considerably more than the <deleted? they received under the benevolent Shinawatras.

Why don't you ask how much social security could be provided by the B600 billion wasted on the rice scam?

It doesn't matter what scheme we discuss it's all down to priorities and they're all skewed here and far too often skewed in favour of the few over the majority.

6 minutes ago, halloween said:

 

You will never understand how much B400 can be until you don't have that much. Those that NEED it will be grateful.

How much of an increase could be made if, for example. all that money hadn't been wasted on a select bunch going on a jolly to Hawaii ?

1 minute ago, AGareth2 said:

tried to rush the lights

seen it so often

if a maned gate they often close the barriers at the last minute

There's a controlled crossing near my home and I haven't heard of any deaths or injuries, thankfully, but that's not to say there hasn't been.

However I have seen smashed barriers caused by drivers drying to beat them as all the warning gear starts, there's ' rear end shunts ' as drivers wrongly assume the driver ahead will race the barriers and don't expect them to brake and stop and there's always motor cyclists swerving around the barriers right up to the last very last minute when there's no room for error.

18 minutes ago, Alive said:

Just more abuse, endless abuse by the oppressors. If you haven't checked out Prachatai English you should. It has a lot from the other side of stories. The world stays silent on Thailand's abuse these days because of too much investment here. It's not like in the past. You can't just shut these giant car companies and move so easily. Globalization empowers the abusive leaders in nations by causing the countries whose factories are there to be more submissive. Thailand and its people and human rights are screwed. The only way to change this is for the people to take back their nation. At this point, many of those reporters from other newspapers like the nation who supported the overthrow now are turning their tune. They too risk the wrath of the pro-regime system that is in place.

Checked Prachatai as you suggested and have bookmarked it, some interesting stuff indeed.

What caught my eye was an article on how a senior prosecutor was removed from his post for supporting the call to investigate the PM's brother and is now being investigated himself for his Facebook entry on the matter. 

If and when PTP get back into power I suppose  the calculators will be out to tot up all the money wasted etc by the junta and there's plenty ammunition available, the last couple of weeks being a case in point.

The Thai political merry-go-round and internecine dog fight stops for nothing but at least it's all in the name of and the interests of the people.

1 minute ago, aussieinthailand said:

10 years gaol for having vote no stickers.

Some could say that the junta operate with fear and intimidation against "selected" people.

Quote:  'Let them hate, as long as they fear.' 

Caligula. 

The PM seems to have the best of both worlds as no doubt what he does and can do is feared BUT the opinion polls show how much he's loved and respected too !      

20 minutes ago, JAG said:

The reality of democracy in Thailand. 

And they are going to "work with " Amnesty International!

 

I suppose that the word "Amnesty " caught their attention, 

They'll meet the Amnesty people, maybe get a photo taken then issue a statement that Amnesty understands and supports all that's being done.

Only problem is that Amnesty isn't known for holding back and are unlikely to remain silent about a statement made on their behalf especially one that's not exactly accurate.

10 hours ago, Artisi said:

with or without loaded hand gun?

Yes that's why I wrote " I wonder ? "

He always said that if anything goes wrong " all the tools needed are in the car. "

Maybe I should have checked.

Rule of Law, democracy etc, the pretence that such exists was never very compelling and is being eroded completely.

The junta's message is loud and clear that they're in charge and no one should forget it.

Wait until the junta starts to feel really threatened, the screws will really start to turn.

Not the first senior monk prepared to face legal consequences but then comes the excuses, the delays and no one actually in a hurry to get on with it.

Anyone heard what's happening to the case involving another senior monk these days ?

NO, it's all gone quiet over there !

On Skype with my daughter last week she mentioned seeing a report on a domestic television station in Britain about the SIM card for foreigners issue and one of the throwaway lines was that for  a country which supposedly needs tourism they're not exactly making people feel welcome !

Now there's this and a lot more to come I'm sure.

3 minutes ago, bridge2bridge said:

What about all the TRASH Tourists that come here and cause problems for ALL of us.

Good to see the crack down IMHO.

If you don't do wrong you have no reason to worry.

 

Your last sentence contains a theory I wouldn't care to test here.

Worth trying the ' didn't intend to ' defence, it works for school teachers.