pegman

Well on the bright side maybe this will discourage another coup d' etat. 

Plenty of irony in this move.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Vivek, another Trumpist sleazeball.

The idea that Biden supports  Ukraine's fight for survival against genocidal Putin is related to his son's issues is truly ridiculous,

I agree. It seems to me that the American Neo-Con's control of USA foreign policy is the root of what has taken place. How else can Vicky Nuland of the infamous Kagan Clan being placed into the #2 spot at the State Dept be explained? These are the same bunch that convinced so many about WMD in Iraq. 

33 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

The PTP could not accept their loss, although they hoped to be the winners of the last elections. They wanted to have the House Speaker, but failed again too, as MFP had the right for that position. They were very happy that MFP did not manage to get a government as now they did not know how quickly they had to start new talks and negotiations with other parties. They should have styed together with MFP as long as it would take. Than they showed balls. But the people voted for PTP because they hoped for changes, not to be betrayed by this party. I am also for MFP.. They were the best for Thailand, but it is impossible to get a civil government as the military will never get rid of their power. The PTP try to government but because this party Thailand has faced already several coups, and still they don't get it. It is the hunger of power of the PTP that brings everything down. Shameful...   

Your preference would keep the junta parties governing. I think that is a worse situation than what is about to take place. I come from a country where 2\3's of voters are ctr\left. Thailand is the opposite.  MF needs to make inroads in more cities to get to majority territory. 

16 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Pheu Thai has said they want to govern.. Let them do so and see that it probably will cost them a lot of voters next time, although they hope the people will have forgotten this scandal.. And of course they first do and than think and they will be put aside by the old dinosaurs.... they have the senators already at hand..

What nonsense. Do you actually think people voted for PTP  because they wanted another party to govern? I strongly support Move Forward but they were given the opportunity to form a coalition government but failed by reason of a rigged system. The best that can be hoped for under the circumstances is PTP forming a minority gov to get to next May. Once the relics in the senate are gone then reshuffle the deck. Any better ideas out there?

9 hours ago, mania said:

This raising the financial requirement is not a surprise if it does come true.

 Malaysia did a big increase awhile back

 

What does not help is all the Go Fund Me pages that constantly pop up

We do not actually hear about all of them but they are out there

Yes even among the so called self insured "I have money" folks ????

 

There is a new one right now with a popular Youtuber  from the USA who brought his mom over to live. He bought her a small Chinese electric tuktuk style cart which promptly flipped over on her & now they have a  Go Fund Me to pay her 15k bill for a new hip. ????

 

These do not go unnoticed by Thailand & truthfully seems most of this kind of talk started back when another YouTuber did a go fund me for a heart bypass & later died

 

These folks tell Immigration in not so many words that they cannot in fact afford to live in Thailand

I know who you are writing about. The guy is a complete air-head. What person in their right mind buys a heavy vehicle that needs to be manually reversed for an over weight woman in her 70's with mobility problems?

Him and the wife live rent and board free with the in-laws up in Issan. Convinces mom to sell everything she owns then moves her to Asia. Sets her up 15 hours away next to friends that will in essence act as her free caregivers. His bragging about how great it was to retire early by getting others to pay for his major expenses drove me to stop watching. The worse was when Chucky outed his friend's wife out as a former Pattaya bargirl. The couple have 2 teenage sons going to school in the states. Saw right then what despicable character the goof has. I got the sense that mom and wifey are not on great terms. 

Could and will

Keep digging Donald

4 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

.....and where does this exist and practiced - anywhere?

Canada for one

6 hours ago, Seppius said:

UKRANIANS ARE ADVANCING ON ALL FRONTS, RUSSIAN DEFENSE IS CRUMBLING || 2023

 

 

 Yes things are looking very positive on American intelligence community YouTube propaganda channels. Here is a British Air Marshal predicting  the Russians will be done by Christmas. Last Christmas, 555! 

11 hours ago, heybruce said:

What is your source for your claim that Ukraine is out of air defense munitions and 155mm shells?  If that is true, why isn't Russia taking advantage and using more of its air power?

 

Another explanation of the lack of dramatic action is that Russia is exhausted and Ukraine is hoarding munitions while testing Russian defenses.  Once enough munitions have been stockpiled Ukraine may unleash a massive push on one or more points of Russia's defensive lines.  The cluster munitions could be very useful when that happens.

 Obviously this old codger is for from being reliable but he supposedly has some sway. He gets into  this subject matter @4:30mins. Sec State Blinken  repeated the same thing on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell 

The Ukraine military is pretty much out of air defence munitions and 155mm shells. There has been little direct contact fighting between the sides from the start. They have been bombing the hell out of each other instead. A couple days ago the German English language service DW had a report from a hospital near the front. The Ukrainian doctor interviewed stated 2% of casualties were gunshot wounds. All the rest, 98%, caused by sharapnel. Ukraine is about done. Little wonder their leader tried so hard to get NATO directly involved. It was clearly out of desperation. Will Putin be satisfied with the Russian gains or continue on to Odesa and Kharkiv? 

6 hours ago, placeholder said:

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead or in prison’ after Putin meeting

Russia’s top mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin has probably been murdered after leading a failed rebellion against the Kremlin regime, a former senior US military leader has suggested.

Prigozhin, the Wagner Group chief, ordered his soldiers to march on Moscow last month amid an ongoing feud with Russia’s top military brass about its strategy in the Ukraine war.

“I personally don’t think he is, and if he is, he’s in a prison somewhere,” Robert Abrams, a retired general, told ABC News when asked if he thought the warlord was alive.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/prigozhin-dead-jail-us-commander-b2374514.html

There has been no images nor video of Prigozhin since his "coup" happened. My bet is he is long dead. Putin plays for keeps. 

5 hours ago, still kicking said:

Agree but it won't help I am afraid. 

Yeah, I was living there in May, 2014. People seemed to take it I stride. Might be about time to turn the response up a notch or two

The Election Commission is appointed on the advice of the Senate so no surprise in this appalling decision. It will soon be time for the fight for democracy to be taken to the streets. 

My gut feeling is a sufficient number of senators will abstain so Pita will be elected as Prime Minister. 

Let's see if he. becomes the Prime Minister before calling Thailand a full democracy shall we 

56 minutes ago, h90 said:

yes, but the PM must have a majority of MPs as well, else he can't govern at all. So the Senators can't try to get someone who doesn't has a robust coalition supporting him/her.

MFP has 151 MP of 500. So there are plenty of coalitions possible without them if they are too radical

So getting rid of 112 would be radical would it? 

48 minutes ago, h90 said:

Why? people elect parties and a majority of the MPs agree on a prime minister. It will not be democratic Pita, but it will be a other democratic elected person.

You're not paying attention. It is not solely M.P.'s that select the Prime Minister. It is them plus 250. appointed Senators.