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Corrupt business practisioners...whether in private industry or government...do not take lightly being exposed to the public...

Whistle-blowers in the US are harassed by several government agencies...leaving their life in shambles...if they manage to avoid jail time...on bogus charges...

Hope she is not killed for her efforts....

I am at loss for words to describe what I am feeling after reading this article...I truly believe I could break this guys neck with my bear hands...hope the little girl's family has a chance to do what I would like to do...sorry bastard...

If women's health really matter...then Texas would have been allowed to regulate abortion doctor's clinics to provide a minimum standard of cleanliness and professionalism...if a Doctor is not vetted in any hospital in the area...where is he supposed to take a woman who has complications as a result of a botched abortion?

The lack of quality clinics...will be the result of this ruling...abortion would not have suffered either way...but woman very well may...

Abortion is a nasty business...this ruling just makes it more so...

Your ignorance is astounding. The question wasn't whether Texas can impose reasonable regulations on abortion clinics. The question was whether the regulations Texas imposed were reasonable. Here's the crucial paragraph from Justice Stephen Breyer:

"We add that, when directly asked at oral argument whether Texas knew of a single instance in which the new requirement would have helped even one woman obtain better treatment, Texas admitted that there was no evidence in the record of such a case."

Your brilliance is shining like a flood light in toilet stall...no doubt you are experienced in oral arguments...

If women's health really matter...then Texas would have been allowed to regulate abortion doctor's clinics to provide a minimum standard of cleanliness and professionalism...if a Doctor is not vetted in any hospital in the area...where is he supposed to take a woman who has complications as a result of a botched abortion?

The lack of quality clinics...will be the result of this ruling...abortion would not have suffered either way...but woman very well may...

Abortion is a nasty business...this ruling just makes it more so...

Targeting Thais or foreigners?

Thai's only, we don't need any falangs up here with their dam bad manners!

Only saw one foreigner who was drunk and another damn near drunk. Nothing to do but go to the two main malls Central and Soni, where you never see Thais buying anything but food and soaking up the air con. Movie theaters rarely have movies in English. They have a park with a giant candle and you can join all the rest of middle-aged Thais fast walking or try to hang with the young Thais trying to look like Arnold. Their biggest attractions are the McDonald's. I stayed there several months. I really enjoyed the 7-Elevens.

Thanks for the post...made me laugh out loud...I love it when a dose of realism is served up on this forum...

I would like to suggest hanging them by their balls from a high tree...but that would obviously not work...these sorry excuses for men have no balls...morons...each and every one...

How many times must the PM warn against any from of criticism...and assembly to discuss the current Thai leadership?...

He loves you...why don't you love him?

You are his children...must he bring out his whip...and beat you into submission?

It is just possible...that there are a few people in Thailand...even the NACC who want the younger generation to take a different path to prosperity from the older generations...actually work and produce for the economy...without falling prey to corrupt practices...

Give them a chance...have to start somewhere...

If you think this is just a Thai humorous moment...insincere and without merit...then put forward your on plan for changing the culture...

That's what I thought...

There is zero potential for a change in Thai culture until the present management departs, and I don't mean humpty and dumpty, they're just the hired muscle, and I don't mean change, I mean departs. Without the option.

The real management prefer to hide in the shadows of their cash mountains, preaching to the people who do the actual work in Thailand about loyalty and the '3 pillars' while putting both hands up to the elbows in the people's pockets. The Thais, always ever-so-slightly dim, mistake this for the blandishments of love and concern, and like most people needing to be loved, respond by saying 'help yourself. here you missed some...".

Every good stand-up comic needs a shill. Morecambe had his Wise, Berine had his Mike, Stan had his Ollie and the current management have theirs, whom they have seduced with promises of fulfilling a wet-dream and a percentage of the profits of their concessions. In return, they get a laying-on of hands and a blessing for laying waste to the Temple and raping the Vestal Virgins.

One day, Thais will wake up. Unless I miss my guess, that day is close, when the shill will exit stage left, I suspect it will happen sooner than the management like (after all, he is already 95) - before all the arrangements to prevent their sand-castles from dissolving back into the sea have been made. Prayuth knows the evil day is close, which is why his brow is furrowed lately, why his temper is grumpy lately, and why, as we speak, he is finalising arrangements for his family to 'travel' overseas.

Thailand, always a touch 'interesting' and never, ever dull. The cleaning of the Augean stables is about to begin. If you listen carefully, you can hear the whistling of the lads with the big shovels as they approach from up the lane.

The NACC don't need essays on corruption, they already know how it's done. They learned well from the management.

Winnie

Your post was both interesting and well written...like reading a mystery novel...where you have to be careful to take it all in or you will miss the point...

Thailand's problem...is SE Asia's problem...generations...centuries...of corrupt business practices...the world will likely come to an end before any real change takes place...

Many Western countries have lost their taste for honesty and integrity...and are following the way of the Orientals..."a fool and his money are soon parted"...

This posting is so filled with ironies, distortions, and out-right bs...one scarcely knows where to begin...

Warren is known for not mincing words...she would compliment Clinton's approach of skirting her service record, criminal activity while in office, and do what Dems do best...attack someone's looks and success while twisting every word they utter to try and make them look bad...

Clinton would be the final straw...of the disaster Obama has created...the final nail in the US economy and world credibility...

As a whinny protest...to losing the vote...this has been a disaster...no one in their right mind thinks that there is going to be a second referendum...because the one's who wanted to stay in the EU lost the vote...

What is this? A new tactic...keep voting until you get the desired outcome of the losers?

Isn't nearly everyone a fake or a flake these days? Even leaders of nations...could not pass the fake and flake test...take the US for instance...largest group of incompetent people ever assembled to run a government...

It is just possible...that there are a few people in Thailand...even the NACC who want the younger generation to take a different path to prosperity from the older generations...actually work and produce for the economy...without falling prey to corrupt practices...

Give them a chance...have to start somewhere...

If you think this is just a Thai humorous moment...insincere and without merit...then put forward your on plan for changing the culture...

That's what I thought...

This is a no brainer...those students who have proven to have a propensity for brawling...will be given a choice...join a moi-thai fight club...train for 3 months and be ready to meet your opponent in the ring...or spend a few weeks in jail...with frequent visits to the morgue...to see where people prone to violence will end up one day...sooner than later...

Thai's violent culture needs to do a reset...discourage solving disputes with violent acts, brawling, knives, guns, and mob beatdowns...

Thailand would become sheer heaven on earth...if they could get a handle on the crime and corruption...

I know...dreaming here...(dreaming is still legal in Thailand at this time...enjoy your freedom)

Little girls can not be left alone with any male in Thailand...freaking animals...women of all ages are subject to abuse, rape, and being killed in the most horrendous manners imaginable...

This is Thailand!

It occurs to me that people from Western countries have a long way to go...a lot more to learn about criminal activity, corruption and deceit...suggest some trial runs instead of trying to learn while attempting on-the-job-training...

supporters of Trump--are older, non-college educated, non-urban, distrustful of elites, xenophobic, and nostalgic.

Blah, blah, blah...do you progressive liberal Clinton peanut-gallery folks just copy and paste your garbage?

Not one of your generalizations of Trump supporters can be verified...

What Trump supporters do distrust...is the bought and paid-for liberal press demonetization of Donald Trump...

This is you liberals standard mode of operation...do not engage in any meaningful discussion of issues...use spiteful terms to demean your competition...

Your message is old and tiring...try actually speaking to the issues...this will require one actually having more than a cursory knowledge and use of over used one-liners...

HOw about this for some facts. The big difference between America and the UK is the whiteness of the population. You might say the Democrats have a firewall in that African Americans, Asian AMericans and Latino Americans make up about 35% of the population and they vote very strongly democratic. And among latino americans and asian americans the percentage of those voting Democratic has been going way up. If it hasn't been going up among African Americans, that's because it's got very little room to grow. Anyway, Trump isn't exactly popular with those groups.

In the UK the nonwhite population is about 14%.

How about this for some facts: In 1776, England sent an envoy over to America and said; "You guys can't run your own country, make your own laws, decide how you want to live or who you want to let in your country" and we shot at you, A LOT. 2016, America sent (cough cough - WE really had no input) a president over to England and said; "You guys can't run your own country, make your own laws, decide how you want to live or who you want to let in your country" ....

Trust me on this ole man...the average American is embarrassed by the past 7+ years of US government antics...hopefully that will change in a few months...dang, you been around since 1776?

It's ok if you can stand the views....just stay out of the water and use your hotel pool.....????

Thanks for the photo...I may download and use this pic as my avatar for my social media sites...lol

I would think the robbing and killing of innocent people...would deserve an apology more...take just one instance...the Spanish Inquisition for example...

Dude, been done already. OLD news.

My point being...without doing a complete history lesson of the disasters perpetrated by the Roman Catholic Church...clean up your own act...there's plenty of more monsters to expose...before chiding the rest of the world...why doesn't the Pope take on the Islamic religion's stance on the gay community?

Let the games begin...

Peaceful demonstrations...whether you agree with their message or not...is the cornerstone of American free speech and freedom of assembly...

From reading the article...I suspect the same group that goes around touting love and inclusion for all...calling everyone who does not agree with their agenda...bigots and haters...are the same people who brought knives to an otherwise peaceful rally...

The new face of politics in America...armed confrontation...this may end badly...police are ill equipped to handle all out mayhem...

Next time...both sides will be armed...one side for protection...they other to incite violence...

I would think the robbing and killing of innocent people...would deserve an apology more...take just one instance...the Spanish Inquisition for example...

they will face no persecution while he is in power!

Therein lies the problem...an ill wind may blow a Christian hater into power without notice...it is best to have a good exit plan in a country with a less than stable and unpredictable government...

Thai do drama...feel sorry for their low self-esteem...watch Thai Soaps daily...to see how to live their miserable lives...sad...

I will get excited about the Drug Testing when unannounced and random drug and alcohol tests are conducted ON the Thai Police...

Bogus cops...stealing bogus products...in a bogus Thai market...doesn't get any better than this...

This is a perfect description of Thailand...IMHO

When I look at the gaggle of utility wires in an impossible tangled mess...I think of Thai politics...same...same...