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Not to mention if drug smuggling conviction in a foreign country is not considered a criminal offence/record for serving in the Thai parliament, it would be ripe if they turned around and said anything about Thaksin violating foreign laws..

For a poll, it is actually quite a large sample size in comparison. The average sample size in US polls are between 1,000 and 1,500 and this size will yield about a margin of error of 3% with a confidence level of 95%. Of course I am not privy to their methodology so I cannot comment on if it is a solid poll.

Really? The last poll I saw from NIDA had the People's Party as the most popular party.... though I seem to remember them gathering up steam during the election last time to come out in first position with the percentage of popular vote (it was not the expected result)... In fact so much support that the Pheu Thai and Conservative Parties felt the need to get into bed together... now everyone is being stabbed in the back and there is blood in the matrimonial bed... could end up making the next election even worse... If this is the result, does anyone think that whatever party wins will feel safe getting into a bed with a psycho that is waiting for you to feel comfortable and then cutting off your 'pride' and knifing you to death....

If the court is going to move against all the democratically elected parties (majority of the electorate)... then It might be a smart move, the majority of those voted into the house are running out of qualified PM candidates to take the chair... (this would be 2 Pheu Thai disqualified, 1 medical issues which would make him problematic = 0 from Pheu Thai, 0 from Move Forward now People's party)... That means no PMs to be selected from the parties that got 38% (Move Forward), and 29% Pheu Thai, leaving United Thai Nation with 12.5% - and the rest of the parties receiving less than 3% to select a PM from... that in itself is problematic.

If they jail him from using his influence to escape jail, then they should jail the man who let him escape... with a minimal sentence... which pretty much would put a lot more people in prison than just Thaksin... which includes many members of the outgoing government (from the PM on down)...

Secret Service were primarily negligent (and maybe local police - as well as failure in communications between the two)... not the FBI. I have to say though ... the bloody Trump ear healed faster than I thought humanly possible.

Whole grain rye bread is actually slightly better than whole wheat - as it is more filling and has a more gradual effect on your blood sugar (not a big spike). Rye sourdough bread is also an interesting option. (more popular in germany / and scandinavian countries)

As I said - it is a matter of pluses and minuses, but most people eat bread with fat of some sort (mayo, butter, etc.). However, many people don't have your pluses and it bites them on their big fat *ss. in America 42%+ are considered obese. Oh and those BMI charts, I learned early on how bad they can be - as it does not take into account body type.... When I was not running 10km a day and very low BMI (long time ago - knees won't allow me to do that) the chart itself would tell me that I was 'just under being obese' but the caliper would give me a more reasonable estimation. Obesity is rising around the world... and yet many people are eating or doing the wrong thing and blaming it on slow metabolic issues beyond their control... for the most part it is BS. It is as simple as calories in vs calories out and making sure you have enough of what your body needs so you don't get issues with cravings. Then they decide to lose weight and starve themselves, triggering your body into reacting to sedentary starvation and it starts to conserve and ready their body for bad times by ejecting 'unused' heavy body mass (muscle, muscle is heavier than fat so it is first to go)... which when they return to a normal diet means that they don't require the same calories and the cycle getting worse and worse. Japanese are taught from their early years (lived for many years with a very Japanese woman) to innately know and create meals that are nutritionally balanced and reasonably sized. When you grow older, they switch to a omayagy (forget - vague recollection) diet... what it means is it is 'old persons' diet - which reduces the oils and fats and is more based on things like steaming vegetables etc. In the west we have no such widely understood concepts taught to us when we are young. Being aware of where you get worthless calories, being aware of the tradeoffs... and not just brushing peoples issues off with things that they cannot control... Understanding that will help people not to become big butterball turkeys which in dire times will be great help in the soylent green factories... A good start for most people is waking up and starting with a long walk (hour or two - which I do - usually use the market that is around 4.5km away and back). The largest muscles in your body are your leg muscles and even very light exercise such as walking will use those muscles... and larger muscles burn more calories. Many people are not aware that most western sauces are packed with fat... it is what makes them taste great... other foods that are high in calories and low on nutrition..

'I' do this and are in perfect health... sounds similar to people basing their lifestyle on the guy that smokes to 100 years of age and is fine... There will always be statistical outliers (both good and bad habits etc.). In the end it comes down to pluses and minuses... and good and not so good. Bread is not bad in moderation, but it is high in calories (and is usually served with a fat which is high in calories) with little nutritional value, relatively low in fiber, higher in calories - and is not that filling in itself and spikes your blood sugar... Which leads to people tend to over indulging in bread - which if/and in combination with a relatively sedentary lifestyle -- is definitely on the minus side. Basically, it sounds a lot like desert... empty calories of little nutritional value.

It is safe... until it is not.... you are walking around a city that has a lot of people that have a hard time making a daily wage... and many that are downright desperate at times... and of course your common criminals looking for an opportunity... It is advertising that you might basically be worth the risk...

Sounds like the long pork population is growing... 🤪🤣

I thought that was one of Subway's mystery meats...

G.R. would be banned from Kitchens in Thailand... Cooking Thai food with olive oil 🤪

oh... drool... hamburgers... now those are sandwiches worth making room for .... (when I am back home visiting my parents, my father asks if I want a steak, and I am the one saying ... I prefer mine as a hamburger 🤣 )

what the heck is low fat mayo.... mayo is 95% oil.... what do they use instead of oil? It is literally one egg for each cup of oil... (with maybe a splash of lemon).

I have no problem with vegans and vegetarians to be honest (I tend to eat vegetarians with most meals), but then they should be honest about that and not try to make fake meat out of lots of additives and unknown ingredients - as those are not likely healthy options either. I however, humans are biologically omnivores... and that means we need the nutrition from meat based sources (eggs are unborn children, milk is from animal slavery, etc. 🤣) as well - though it can be worked around by taking things like B12 supplements.

I am but one person eating bread, and I would eat too much of it if I buy a loaf of bread or make it... Making it I would have too much bread, just reasonable quality - which would mean I would tend to eat more of it. I do however make bread when I go back to visit my parents. With dried pasta, I can make sure I only have enough to eat within proper dietary requirements since I weight it rather than guess at it. With rice, I can make portions of rice and freeze them for 'instant rice' - which are also weighed to make sure there is not an over abundance of it. Potatoes I don't have a problem with... since I don't eat them (well unless they are fried and that is rare). But with these starchy foods, we tend to over-eat them since they are not filling based on dietary requirements, which means we eat more of those than we should. Vegetables are not the most filling, but they are more a good source of nutrition and if you don't over indulge in western sauces, butter, or oil (steaming or blanching more often is good).... can be eaten in abundance. Protein is higher in calories, but it also is filling (especially if you don't eat too quickly - but give your digestive system a chance to register that you have eaten it - 20+ minutes)... but should be of reasonable portions. Now, I do love a good sandwich, but I don't make it a part of my regular diet... because sandwiches in volume are not part of a good diet. Simply put, if you are worried about the filling in a sandwich - you probably have a pretty crappy diet. Fat and salt are both flavour enhancers when used appropriately - in a balanced diet.

Now take away one slice of bread... and use real bread... and it will be a more healthy option. (I would make my own bread, but then there is way too much bread - so I rarely eat bread...).

Healthy part - is not eating 2+ sandwiches (or eating sandwiches often)... Havarti - the most 'expensive' part is around 70 calories per slice... A single slice of 'sandwich' 'bread' is 80 calories, tablespoon of butter is 100+ calories.... And a sandwich is not generally the most filling... basically the premise is wrong that somehow only worrying about the filling is going to suddenly make it healthy. Healthy is focusing on the overall diet, not just the filling in a sandwich. Also a good walk after eating the sandwich would not hurt.

Please don't spam these discussion threads...

or pad grapow...

but not overcooked... so steaming, blanching, stir-frying it

If I remember right, the unsalted butter (which was called for in baking) use to be the better quality product (salt being added as a preservative - prior to refrigeration being common)... now a days it is the same quality just with or without salt. Salt of course is a flavour enhancer... so adding salt somewhere along the line was needed to improve taste.

My parents were holdouts for butter - when many were going with margarine as the healthy option... then it turning out that margarine everyone was eating was loaded with trans-fatty-acids (TFA) due to hydrogenating oil to make it. And TFAs turned out to be much much much worse as an option.

Yeah, I bought some Coles butter when it was on sale... not again - I get the feeling they add water to it. (it melts weird). It is funny going back to visit my parents and opening up the freezer that hold's their butter reserve... last time I was there they had close to 50lb of butter in there and they were still adding to it everytime there was a discount on what they buy.