Jump to content

Srikcir

Advanced Member
  • Posts

    21,534
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Srikcir

  1. Eight lanes 2km long. Another gateway to highway pollution. ICE vehicles generate the greatest amount of pollution in the world. Don't expect Thailand innovation here. Fir Bangkok part of the solution to reduction of pollution is decentralization and remote work. Make this new highway one-way. Leaving Bangkok.
  2. "brothers" as in military "Band of Brothers." One of the three most powerful groups in Thailand.
  3. All very true. But unnecessary. At this time neither Ukraine nor the US has standing before the ICC as both have not ratified such authority of the ICC to prosecute their own citizens for alleged war crimes. As such Biden shouldn't have offered evidence and the Pentagon shouldn't have to "remind" Biden of the US lack of recognition of the ICC. In the end....a nothing burger.
  4. If a school name is so sanctimonious, why are the clothes with school names being sold in open market places specifically targeting tourists? RTP should sweep in and remove these potential sources for crime from vendors. In reality RTP is likely aware of these sales.
  5. "Indian?" There's North American Indians with many diverse tribes, languages and cultures; and there's Asian Indian. Heritage of each is widely different. "US heritage" is even most diverse as so many foreign nationalities of immigrants over 250 years became part of the American "melting pot." Minor points but it would have been professional of the editorials to discern what exactly was meant.
  6. Except for the "signs of progress" and does not correctly cover how the Kingdom of Patani went from a Kingdom of Siam Royal Court recognized sovereign nation to Thailand provinces. Long story short, KOP people had no say in the annexation and loss of sovereignty. Very similar to present day Russian annexation of Crimea. Regarding the "signs of progress", the Yingluck regime made the most progress towards peace by considering semi-autonomy for the former KOP. But coincidently the Thai military led by Gen, Prayut, when it appeared that Yingluck would be re-elected as PM in 2014, overthrew her regime in a coup in May 2014 just before the national election scheduled later in May 2014. The subsequent Prayut regime refuses any kind of semi-autonomy, calling it a security breach of Thailand's sovereignty. Instead Prayut has imposed a State of Emergency on the three provinces from 2014 to the present to tightly control/subjugate the Patani provinces.
  7. I can't help but to think, " Four Indians and a Cambodian enter a bar and...."
  8. Many of their weapons tech was stolen from the Russians. Not quite the innovators found in the West.
  9. Maybe the House GOP can return Majorie Greene and Ron DeSantis without shame.
  10. Hasn't it been a security boost that ever since the Prayut military coup in 2014 that he has imposed a State of Emergency in these southern provinces. But now there is a need for another boost? Ironically in conjunction with peace talks?
  11. "wasted management" sounds more like the last eight years of Prayut's regime.
  12. European democratic countries.
  13. Thailand 2023 population 70 million. Red Cross raises 10 million baht.
  14. Are military coups and military majority control of government, constitution and courts on par with international rules? Prayut does the Dance of the Seven Veils prior to the next election.
  15. My experience using Bangkok private hospitals in general, about 30% of US costs. In fact my US healthcare insurance will cover a higher percentage of overseas medical costs than in the US because of how much more US costs are even with Medicare which doesn't apply overseas (except for US territories).
  16. If you qualify and can spend 50,000THB, get a 10-year LTR Visa, extension every 5 years, residence report every 1 year, no CW, no bank statements, etc.
  17. Yingluck rice subsidies criminal. Prayut rice, rubber, eggs, sugar cane, etc, subsidies are gifts to the people (who support military regimes). Is there an election coming soon?
  18. So a delay needed to establish new "black sites" to continue practice without record? This might be a good business venture with the Cambodia or Myanmar authorities.
  19. Who knows all the facts? The exclusion to the healthcare insurance might be paying extra for the ambulatory flight to the UK. It might have required a separate expensive insurance rider that was not taken. But leaves me wondering, Thailand hospitals are not capable of doing the required surgery/repairs and it must be done in the UK? As medical procedures in Thailand are about 1/3 of the cost in developed nations like US, UK, going back home instead becomes an unnecessary cost to the insurance company. If the foreign insurance is acceptable to a Thai hospital (as mine is), getting it done in Thailand makes sense.
  20. Unless you're in an absolute hurry to order from Lazada, using their Android app you can get free or reduced delivery, cash back, discount coupons (coins), etc. that come from Lazada. Create an e-wallet and purchases might also earn discounts for future purchases. So there are ways to save costs. As far as multiple item orders, I like the individual deliveries as you get vendor updates as to likely date for delivery through Lazada. Used to be that Lazada bundled all the orders into one delivery. But where an item is foreign sourced (China), it may take up to a week or longer getting to and clearing Thai customs.
  21. Same purchase freedom in the USA unless it can be proven in court that funds used came from illegal sources., ie. money laundering. With current sanctions on Russia, scrutiny of real estate purchases in the US by Russian oligarchs is likely. But otherwise no seller can discriminate according to nationality.
×
×
  • Create New...