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Srikcir

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  1. ...chart a reverse course with Watch Maker Prawitt.
  2. Recently at my local 7/11 I filled a wheeled grocery cart of foods, milks and sodas, bill about 1,000 baht. The cashier took a photo of the cart, apparently overcome by the large purchase. To me a bargain purchase.
  3. Plenty of time to leave Israel for a nuclear safe country.
  4. One certainty with this Thai government is that it will do great as a comedy club
  5. In one year the Big Island added almost 900 acres of volcanic land. If this were to continue every year, Oahu might relocate as it goes under water.
  6. "Ongoing" - Any different than Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion/occupation of Ukraine in 2022? Domestic insurgency against occupation of a prior sovereign nation doesn't require an investigation to understand the resulting violence.
  7. Except when it doesn't. Six Uyghurs Caught Escaping From a Thai Jail Could be Sent Back to China, 2017.11.23 https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/thailand-uyghurs-11232017172012.html; "Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress exile group, said he has doubts over whether Bangkok will do as it promises." Thailand forcibly sends nearly 100 Uighur Muslims back to China. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/09/thailand-forcibly-sends-nearly-100-uighur-muslims-back-to-china ; [In 2015, rights groups condemned Bangkok’s decision to deport 109 Uyghurs to China, which branded them "terrorists" and broadcast photos of them being flown back with hoods over their heads] . Volker Türk, UNHCR’s assistant high commissioner for protection, who was currently in the region said: “I strongly urge the Thai authorities to investigate this matter.”
  8. No peace plans yet. It's been decades. Beyond PM Yingluck's peace talks does the Thai government care? "After deadly attacks, activists criticize Thai govt for stalled southern peace talks," Mar. 10, 2025 https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/thai/deep-south-violence-ramadan-peace-03102025142055.html “Now new violence affecting people has begun. Part of this may be due to operational shortcomings, but the government cannot deny responsibility for not showing clear intentions regarding the peace dialogue process, Since Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s government took office last August [2024], there have been no signs of Malaysia-brokered peace talks restarting."
  9. History provides a clue: "How many times has Vladimir Putin broken ceasefire agreements with Ukraine?," 12 March 2025, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-trump-ceasefire-ukraine-russia-war-b2713910.html Vladimir Putin has broken 25 peace agreements in the past decade
  10. Sooner if Canada places a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota. The new fee will add as much as $400,000 Canadian dollars ($277,000) in daily costs for 1.5 million U.S. homes and businesses.
  11. Then why did Thailand want to become a member of the UN Human Rights Commission whose mission is to ensure that all human rights are respected and upheld, focusing on both civil and political rights, as well as economic, social, and cultural rights? What the UNHRC learned is that Thailand's membership goal was not authentic. That Thailand's position on human rights is compromised by Thailand's political security with China.
  12. Credibility lies with the Thai government. Questioning whether all insurgent groups are being on board with peace talks is a diversion. "After deadly attacks, activists criticize Thai govt for stalled southern peace talks," March 10, 2025 https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/thai/deep-south-violence-ramadan-peace-03102025142055.html NGOs and opposition politicians blamed a spike in violence in Thailand’s Deep South on unclear governmental peace policies and stalled negotiations with rebels the government cannot deny responsibility for not showing clear intentions regarding the peace dialogue process
  13. If only NATO could put troops in Washington D.C. to stop the American monarchy.
  14. For less there are a number of countries where you can get permanent residency and possibly citizenship. Skip the visa nuisance. ttps://www.goldenvisas.com/country?utm_source=GoogleAdwords&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=CampaignTracker&utm_term=Buy property get citizenship&gclid=Cj0KCQiAz6q-BhCfARIsAOezPxnDtyUhHx5wTmXicdHuf7uJRSJsliB1UB7F7fU2AxEyHF2TCv7dZ_EaApYNEALw_wcB
  15. You don't have to be an American citizen to have rights in the US. If they reside legally in the US they have Constitutional Rights to Due Process of Law as well as ALL the Constitutional Amendments. "We the People" is not limited by creed, race, nationality, gender, etc.
  16. Seeing is not believing. Remember the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act in 2022 which came into force on 22 February 2023, criminalized torture, ill-treatment, and enforced disappearance, and the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) in 2024? "Thailand: Two years into the adoption of the Anti-Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, justice for victims and survivors remains unattainable" (my bold emphasis) Feb. 21, 2025 https://www.icj.org/thailand-two-years-into-the-adoption-of-the-anti-torture-and-enforced-disappearance-act-justice-for-victims-and-survivors-remains-unattainable/ As Thailand marks the second anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act (the Act) on 22 February 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Thai authorities to take immediate measures to ensure its effective enforcement. Add the recent secret deportation by Thailand of dozens of Uyghurs to China and one finds a pattern in Thailand that human dignity is MIA.
  17. Under the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA), China can export electric vehicles (EVs) to Thailand duty-free
  18. Sorry about half Thailand at about 40 million. But that still presents a challenge to Thailand to even reach trade parity with California alone much less with the whole of the US. Note the following: "Why the US Dollar is Crashing" that demonstrates the increasing volatility of the USD in the international currency market compared to the Thai baht.
  19. This is not possible so long as the value of Thai exports and services to the US exceeds the value of US exports and services to Thailand. There will never be trade parity between the US and Thailand because of the physical and GPD per Capita disparity between the two nations. Fact: the size of Thailand is about the same as Texas. Thailand's population is about the same as California. For trade parity America's cumulative 50 States will always need more imports and services than Thailand. If California were a country it have have the fifth largest economy in the world. There are no economic concessions that Thailand can make to the US to reach trade parity value (albeit too late that Thailand is buying Swedish jet fighters instead of US jet fighters thst could have soften the trade imbalance with the US). Thailand is not a member or partner in BRIC that Trump wants to tariff. Serendipity luck. In all likelihood within the next 2-3 months the USD will devalue in the international market as Trump's import tariffs, factory closures and higher unemployment impact the economy into a recession-like market while the baht remains fairly stable.
  20. People die from sunstone (aka heatstroke). So live in darkness. People die from ants and peanuts. So live in isolation. With 8+ billion people in the world in 2024, there can never be a zero statistical chance of dying from something.
  21. Calling Doctor ISOC, there's an evolving freedom virus.
  22. 'suggests protective adjustments' so government seems to have solutions.
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