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candide

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  1. On top of it, Russian tanks have a 'jack-in-the-box' design flaw! ???? https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/27/europe/russia-tanks-blown-turrets-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
  2. They did not have 10 years. Thaksin first 5 years, plus à few short episodes of one year one year and half. These few episodes, such as Yingluck's government were a bit short to change education.
  3. And what you don't like to see is that these new clean politicians will be banned by the yellow/green network if they don't submit to them I.e. Future/Move Forward.
  4. On the same subject, another difference is that the military-linked autocracy was rather competent in SK.
  5. Hmmm... Let me guess. Because South Korean is no longer ruled by a military autocracy since the mid-80s?
  6. We all know he would never do that! ???? The fairy tale is that he made a coup in order to stop corruption!
  7. And guess what would happen anyway? I.e. what has happened to Future Forward and what will likely happen to Move Forward...
  8. There was not much integrity during the previous elections. It did not seem to bother them.
  9. It comes from Latin and derived languages. The black colour (in general, not particularly about people) is niger in Latin and negro in Spanish. In the U.S. it was probably originally borrowed from Spanish.
  10. I don't know. That's what the author stated. It could be that the Portuguese presence was not as intense. Did they call Portuguese farangs at that time?
  11. You are right. Probably dating from the Narai reign in the 17th century. https://books.google.co.th/books?id=HzTHaIEduwYC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=origin+of+name+farang+farangse&source=bl&ots=pvKnqxAt48&sig=ACfU3U378TF2OwGWpZoaJu4bWi_OIwQH5g&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtmLewvqT3AhUnzDgGHZkLDjAQ6AF6BAhBEAI#v=onepage&q=origin of name farang farangse&f=false So no reason to feel offended to be called farang! ????
  12. And the source of those Russian media is? ???? (probably the same source you use) Fox News! (subjected to 'Draconian' censorship ????) https://news.yahoo.com/russia-media-uses-fox-news-144924686.html
  13. Technically, you are right. The coup only prevented her to be re-elected. However, the removal, the coup and other events which occurred during a rather short period of time were not unrelated. They were parts of a set of orchestrated events which culminated with the mil8tary coup.
  14. Do you mean she could expect the courts not to be politically selective (and selected)?
  15. Yhe People’s Lawyers Foundation. Have been quite active against people linked to the government. We can expect them to be in trouble soon.
  16. Not sure he's really ultra-royalist. More like ultra-opportunist or ultra-gravy train follower.
  17. Actually, the number may well be in the 300s. In other countries, the number of Covid deaths and the number of excess deaths are similar, in the +/- 10% range. In Thailand, the number of excess deaths has been every month around 3 times higher than the official number of Covid deaths, which raises obvious questions. For example, in March, the average number of excess deaths compared to the highest of the previous year (2020) was 209 per day.
  18. This war on drugs was horrible! It should have been investigated and the culprits severely punished! Wait! Why did the different governments linked to the old elite and the military never finished any investigation, if the obvious culprit was Thaksin? Could it be that other people who could not be investigated were involved?
  19. That's completely illogic. There were no red shirts in the streets when Thaksin or his party (= the only democratically elected governments since 2000) were governing the country. It would be accurate to say: I did not see any yellow-shirt in the street for years!
  20. It's exactly what happened, and is happening, to Thanatorn and Future/Move Forward., despite them (for the time being) not corrupt. Actually these honest politicians are even more threatening for the yellow/green network that they get votes from the Bangkok middle class who used to support them. in the past. The yellow courts will find any reason, to ban o remove an opponent, corrupt or not. And some people still (pretend to) believe the fairy tale that Thaksin would have not been removed if he were not corrupt!
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