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zaphod reborn
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Maybe they should focus on their border immigration officers who gladly wave foreigners through without passports for a small donation of THB 10,000.
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5 hours ago, Esso49 said:
Actually they are not taught to celebrate Hitler or any other mass murderer. That is a slur against the Thai's and you should apologise.
I didn't say they were taught to celebrate Hitler, so obviously you are the one who needs to apologize. I wrote that they are not taught world history at all, so it is natural that they think the symbols and logos of nazism are cool.
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The Thai education system is to blame. Students are indoctrinated with up to 4 hous a day with Thai and Buddhist culture classes while world history is completely ignored and never taught. Thai students learn that offenses to Buddha, like sexy selfies at temples, are a great offense, but it is cool to celebrate mass murderers like Hitler.
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2 hours ago, blazes said:
Since all the Dem senators, immediately the nomination was announced in July, vowed they would not vote for Judge K, it is quite clear that the whole thing was to be political from beginning to end. This woman who testified about her false memory is just a pawn flung to the rabid #Metoo tribe to satisfy their lust for blood.
It has all been about abortion and (of course) hatred of Trump.
I think a lot of the political opposition (maybe more on the male voter side) is due to his partisanship and expressed opinions on presidential immunity to subpoena and indictment. The partisanship issue held up his confirmation for the DC circuit for 3 years, and his most recent testimony provided more support of opposition based on partisanship, in addition to inappropriate temperament and being dishonest with respect to alcohol abuse, a barroom fight, and partying at Georgetown Prep and Yale.
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7 hours ago, mcambl61 said:?
you mean like the federal judges appointed that want to legislate from the bench instead of interpreting it based on the constitution, law as it is written and precedents?
you mean like when Harry Reid changed the rules of the senate to 51 votes so they could pack the courts with federal courts with liberal judges, like that kind of political operatives?
be honest about what you are saying
A political operatve is someone who has worked directly for a candidate for public office or a political party. Harry Reid was never a judge. so I don't understand why you brought him up. If you knew anything about constitutional law, you would know that the Constitution is a living document. When it was drafted 221 years ago, the drafters knew it would need to be flexible to deal with unseen future events. I'm sure the drafters would be jaw-droppingly shocked that it was still in existence over 200 years later.
By way of example, in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), SCOTUS struck down a ban on contraceptive devices sold to married couples based on a right of privacy. The Court created a right of privacy based on "penumbras" and "emanations" of other constitutional protections (5th, 9th and 14th amendments). I think most Americans strongly believe in a right of privacy free from governmental intrusion, and it just wasn't a right the founding fathers specifically set forth in writing.
Kavanaugh worked directly for Bush. He also worked directly for Ken Starr, who resigned from Baylor Univ. for covering up the NCAA's largest sexual assault scandal. Kavanaugh testified about a Clinton conspiracy to defame him and derail his entitlement to promotion to SCOTUS.
When it comes to judges, we can allow federal district judges to have stronger political views. It took 3 years for Kavanaugh to get Senate confirmation when Bush nominated him to the DC Circuit. He was considered too partisan for the federal bench and his rating was downgraded by the ABA during the confirmation process. SCOTUS should not have political operatives because we want the High Court to be free of politics.
The only major political operative to be elevated to SCOTUS was Abe Fortas. Abe Fortas was nominated by LBJ as a political favor and his Senate confirmation was highly contested due to an ethics violation. Hoover came to an agreement that Fortas would resign in exchange for an agreement not to prosecute 4 years later.
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1 hour ago, happy chappie said:
As they say good guys in and bad guys out.
It doesn't say how long he has been in Thailand, but the article does say that the perp is being detained at immigration, pending immigration. It looks like another case of bad guys in, good guys (like a certain Chinese tourist) beaten up.
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8 hours ago, The manic said:
Kennedy, Clinton Bush and more would have failed these tests.
They aren't Supreme Court Justices. Completely different standard for politicians. BTW, how did the FBI with 6 background checks miss that Kavanaugh was involved in a bar fight while at Yale which resulted in severe injuries and an assault arrest of Kavanaugh's drinking buddy? Seems like some sort of cover-up. Kavanaugh is a political operative so no surprise there.
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21 minutes ago, Lacessit said:IMHO it's virtually impossible for anyone to be as pure as the driven snow. Most people have skeletons in their cupboards.
Having said that, the position Kavanaugh is aspiring to does demand a higher standard of probity.
His high school and college days would be irrelevant if he didn't testify that he can't recall the party at which Dr. Ford claims she was attacked by him, and wasn't a black-out drunk. In a court of law, the testimony would be admitted under the rules of evidence.
1) evidence of heavy drinking is probative of whether he doesn't recall the party, because he has a history of black-out drinking which impairs his memory; and,
2) evidence of being aggressive, belligerant and imposing himself on women while being drunk is probative of whether he had a tendency to act in the same manner as Dr. Ford testified about the party where she was attacked.
Senate confirmation hearings have no evidentiary standards other than relevance. Therefore, the investigation is proper to vet both his history of imposing himself on women without consent, his honesty and his temperament for serving as a Supreme Court Justice.
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I don't think the GOP wants to lift this old rock. Underneath, is a slew of testimony how they were pressuring the FBI to prosecute Clinton for her email server when it was a big nothing burger. Comey, unfortunately, succumbed to GOP pressure and began making public statements about an ongoing investigation in order to respond to that pressure which was a big no-no. That was his fatal flaw, but it does absolutely nothing to help the GOP and only goes to show their efforts to politicize the FBI.
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49 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:
She may have been referring to the hypocrisy of the Democrats as in the case of Bill Clinton and Keith Ellison.
But rather than making snide jokes about the President and her looks, shouldnt we just be giving her our support? Commending her bravery in coming forward? Admiring her for her ability to separate the issue of sexual assault from politics?
Conway is entitled to support and being heard. Politicization and weaponization of her disclosure isn't appropriate and deserves condemnation. But I wouldn't expect that from her Russian bot base. of support.
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What's incredibly ironic is that Kavanaugh's nomination is going to fail for the same reason that he tried to take down Clinton for a BJ when he was Ken Starr's tool - perjury. The lies were about small details which didn't directly relate to Ford's allegations, but will be easily verifiable by the FBI's interview of Kavanaugh's high school classmates. He didn't need to lie about the meaning of devil's triangle, beach party ralph, boofing and Renate alumnius. But he did, just like Trump lies about easily verifiable small and irrelevant facts, and that will be enough to keep Kavanaugh off the court.
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4 hours ago, webfact said:
Conway suggested on Sunday that the ire of many victims was improperly pointed at Republican supporters of Kavanaugh, as opposed to the perpetrators of the assaults.
You mean like Kavanaugh, Trump and Roy Moore. Yeah, they're not at fault.
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6 hours ago, webfact said:
Improper and unsafe storage of explosives. In Thailand always Safety First!
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Reality check - despite these results, most administrators just want their foreign teachers to play games and be entertainers. The best hope is to play communicative English games with the students and act like a clown.
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7 hours ago, dundee48 said:
Stop being logical,it doesn`t fit the libtard narrative.
I'm more concerned that if Kavanaugh gets on the Court, he could decide Gamble v. U.S.
QuoteThe case has been analyzed in the context of the Special Counsel investigation into the Trump campaign; if the separate sovereigns doctrine is overturned, a pardon of federal charges from Donald Trump may prevent state prosecution. United States Senator Orrin Hatch filed an amicus brief in the case, arguing against the separate sovereigns doctrine; a spokesperson for him denied any relation of the brief to the investigation, saying that Hatch wants the doctrine to be overturned due to "the rapid expansion of both the scope and substance of modern federal criminal law."
NY has a law in place which prohibits dual federal-state prosecutions for the same act. I'm hopeful that this law will be repealed next year so that Trump can't pardon his despicable spawn. https://observer.com/2018/06/new-york-trump-pardon-double-jeopardy-loophole/
QuoteNew York City Public Advocate and state attorney general Letitia James called on Monday for the state Legislature to hold a special session to reform state law so that President Donald Trump’s associates can be held accountable for crimes they may have committed, even if they’re pardoned by the president.
James and Attorney General Barbara Underwood have both previously said the Legislature should, in Underwood’s words, “close New York’s double-jeopardy loophole.” On Thursday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined them, issuing a statement that read, in part, “New York must have the ability to stand up against the abuse of power. I call on the State Legislature to amend current State law to close the double jeopardy loophole and ensure that these wrongdoers cannot escape justice.”
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56 minutes ago, alfalfa19 said:He'll never end up in the slammer. His buddy Trump would be there to pardon him if the unthinkable happened.
Crimes like rape and sexual offense (Maryland sex crimes) are state crimes, unless they occur on federal property. Trump has no power to pardon state crimes, only the state governors do. Doubtful that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who is not a Trump supporter, would pardon Kavanaugh.
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2 hours ago, Boon Mee said:This Kangaroo Court that poor Kav and his family are going through shouldn't happen to your worst enemy.
What a travesty!
White privilege rage EXPOSED!!! This guy thought he was entitled to promotion to SCOTUS. He's a political hack, which was previously revealed in his confirmation hearing for DC Circuit, and he showed why he lacks judicial temperament to be promoted. So much like Trump and the other white supremacists.
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2 hours ago, Redline said:
I thought they just passed a law 6 months ago?
With respect to security deposits, if the landlord has 5 or more rental contracts in his name, he can only charge 1 month's rent as a security deposit, and it established a deadline for return of the deposit. It did nothing to enact penalties for unreasonably withholding return of the deposit, or unreasonably deducting repair/replacement costs from the deposit. Another Thailand legislative fail!
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1 hour ago, Kieran00001 said:
Are you trying to say that if I feel my tennent should pay to replace something that they have damaged, but they don't want to, and then we go to court and they win, then not only should I lose the deposit money but I should also be fined? I think you will find that that goes against basic civil rights, you can't intimidate people out of making a claim by imposing fines on them should they lose.
Ummm . . . I know you are a layperson, but did you not read the word "unreasonable"? If you, as a landlord, have a basis to withhold a deposit, and the withholding is reasonable for the replacement/repair cost, then there's no penalty. Most landlords refuse to refund any part of the deposit, because there is an inadequate remedy at law in Thailand, as they only recently enacted a tenant-landlord code (amendment to the Consumer Protection Act), but it failed to add any kind of penalty for unreasonably withholding a tenant's deposit.
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Landlords will continue to do this until they impose stiff penalties (10x damages) for unreasonably withholding security deposits. As it stands, there is absolutely zero incentive for a landlord to return a deposit as the tenant's only remedy is to file a lawsuit, which only provides for return of the deposit and court costs as damages.
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2 hours ago, Boon Mee said:
IMO she won't make it to Thursday. None of her alibi witnesses have her back and her story is falling apart as we speak.
You mean Kavanaugh won't make it to Thursday. With 3 sexual abuse allegations, this nomination will be pulled on Wednesday.
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4 hours ago, SuperTed said:
Communist propaganda from China
Sent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile appRight. Tens of thousands of fake Turkish passports found in Thailand and Malaysia. Given the facts behind the Erawan bombing, you would have to be stupid or blind not to see the connection.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/turkeys-passport-scandal-and-settlements-in-syria/
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2 hours ago, dallen52 said:
So what are the indemnity agreements in place?
Apart from 3 years warranty.
This transmission problem re wrote the global policy on extended warranties.
My experience still stands that the technical levels of expertise and support are not in place in Thailand.
They talk the talk, but can't walk the walk.
Pure guess work.
Try this, try that, your cost of course.
Need car three days.
Becomes five days.
No loan car available.
Customer service is agency staff with little tech savvy.
Expensive replacement parts compared to other countries.
Indenification has nothing to do with service warranties. Products liability claims from design and manufacturing defects were indemnified by Ford, but warranty service issues were not. I don't think you understand the underlying claims. Ford designed a powershift that gave the performance of manual transmission but ease of use of an automatic transmission which employed a double clutch. The transmission required frequent maintenance and software adjustment. Failure to do so resulted in stall outs, lurching, over-revving, and slippage. So, you're correct about poorly trained local service staff, but replacement parts were not an issue.
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2 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:
I know a bit about global legal disputes. I would be surprised if judgements like this are not paid from global legal budgets- funds originating outside Thailand.
That aside, if you think any class action suit against a large Thai company will go to verdict or even be accepted for hearing, I must disagree. I won't even name some of the Thai companies involved in recent misgivings.
Mining companies
Food production companies
Construction
No reasonly clued up person living in Thailand could ignore the systemic corruption and unethical business practices that are ritually practiced here.
Let's see who is right - me or you. I am waiting...
I worked directly for Ford, and know the indemnification agreements with the Thai dealerships. Most of the issues raised in the litigation related to poor warranty service. Believe what you want about the litigation, but I had direct involvement. BTW, most of the environmental claims against mining companies, involve foreign companies, but have not been filed. The class actions for environmental claims that have been filed are against recyclers, waste disposal companies and refineries, all Thai-owned.
Isaan needs more water to sustain farming activities next summer
in Isaan News
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Water management is not Thailand's long suit. The kickbacks pale in comparison to high tech choo-choo trains.