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Leaders who don't drive on the roads but are chauffeured in kilometer long caravans which block traffic so they are unimpeded obviously should know best!

"The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation’s largest wartime veterans service organization"

And as such they completely ignore those of us who served our country faithfully during the limited periods of time that the US was not at war.  Ask the US government the status of US vets who served between the Vietnam War and the First Gulf War.  "Thank you for your service! Now go away."  Other than that?  We're not even considered to be 'real' veterans.  More like Cold War vets who aren't 'really' vets.  I'll bet you Russia treats their Cold War vets with more respect.

A 'central barrier' like pictured by the OP  will cause a few tens of thousand more injures and multiple thousand deaths as the average aggressive Thai will not give way and would prefer to split their vehicle in two and kill everyone aboard rather than yield and millimeter to allow another car to merge safely.
Now this measure would help, but TIT.  I've come to the conclusion that Thai leaders actually want to cull their citizens through horrendous accidents.  The big-wigs don't drive themselves and are transported in multi-vehicle caravans with cops blocking the roads 5 kilometers in advance of a VIP motorcade - so why would they care?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Big Joke arrests Korean on 13 year "overstay"

Now, what about the tens of thousand of Thai nationals illegally staying and working in South Korea? America?   Personally, I'd sort of like to know what the Big Jokester thinks about his own country-men (and women) flaunting the immigration laws of other countries.  Actually I already know the answer.

There will no doubt come a time when the Headline:
"Big Joke <verb> <number> <nationality> for <crime> at <location>....." simply becomes so common as to invoke naught but a yawn.    I'm already there.

More exotic animals for wealthy Thai CEOs to shoot.

I wonder what law they can quickly manufacture to make a Shin calendar an illegal publication?  It boggles the mind.  ????

New government edict for Loi Krathong

"Anyone caught celebrating Loi Krathong will be subject to 10 days in jail and a 5000 THB fine - you have been warned!"

Propose Thai personal air filtration units

 

Given the reaction to the edict, it seems that corruption is far more pervasive that even the most conservative estimates. 

If they don't allow foreign observers  then they will draw universal condemnation from the exact country they seek at appease.

Regardless of his official titles, he's the poster boy for Thailand police department.  He gets credit for everything that his underling accomplish down to the smallest bust.

One word:
(non)enforcement

Thailand has all sorts of laws on the books. Take a look at traffic laws.  The laws mean nothing. Why?
(non)enforcement

Actually, when the cop need to make money, it will become selective enforcement.  Everything else is a bad joke.

To solve a problem, you first have to face the problem.  When a termite infested tree finally is so weak that it blows over in the wind, the wind was not the cause of the tree's structural failure. But the UK authorities will blame the wind every time. 

11 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The education ministry does not need big data. They need big brains. They need creative juice and they need humility! They need to be rebuilt from scratch. 

 

They are the laughing stock of the planet. 

I thought they needed big words, big headlines, and big photo-ops, followed by big awards and big cash handouts to big-wigs. 

Time to bid it out to foreign interests who can accomplish the task.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Cabinet is today considering a proposal from the Immigration Department to waive visa on arrival fees for tourists from 21 countries, including China, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said.

More appropriately, "The Cabinet is today considering a proposal from the Immigration Department to waive visa on arrival fees for tourists from China, including 21 other countries, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said." --slide whistle, cymbal crash--

Sometime I wonder if there are any adults in charge at all given the number of social issue that need to be addressed as opposed to what they choose to focus their limited resources on investigating.

15 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Will Thai immigration recognize these unions the same as marriage? Assuming not but it should be so.

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Good question.  If the marriage is legally binding in Thailand, then any legal marriage should be recognized by all Thai ministries.
But the tricky question becomes "who is the wife and who is the husband" as the immigration laws governing a foreign woman married to a Thai man are different than the immigration laws for a foreign man married to a Thai woman.