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Srikcir

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  1. Countered by: Norway as with the highest number of electric vehicles in the early with 81% per 1,000 population in 2020. Iceland that has 36.8% of electric vehicles per 1,000 population. Sweden that has 20.6% of electric vehicles per 1,000 population. https://voi.id/en/economy/215422
  2. Wonder if China offered a submarine for only a down-payment with no installment payments to award salvage to a Chinese contractor ?
  3. Aside, if you're an American you must report certain foreign financial accounts, such as bank accounts to the Treasury Department. For example: The aggregate value of those foreign financial accounts exceeded $10,000 at any time during the calendar year reported Failure to file a Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Report may be subject to civil monetary and/or criminal penalties. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/report-of-foreign-bank-and-financial-accounts-fbar
  4. Maybe first get a handle on the background to low minimum wages before discussions. Good read in the following May 4, 2021 article: "Minimum Wages in ASEAN for 2021, Posted by ASEAN Briefing Written by Ayman Falak Medina https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/minimum-wages-in-asean-for-2021/ "Minimum wage rates across ASEAN countries are rising gradually to match the region’s increased cost of living and boost domestic demand. However, due to the pandemic, many ASEAN members did not raise their minimum wages or did not raise them significantly." "Despite rising salaries, minimum wages in the majority of ASEAN countries remain significantly lower than those in the developed economies of the world."
  5. What is the reason for intrusion? Uncontrolled elephant births, over population, inadequate sanctuary space, etc.? You can't solve a problem without knowing the parameters of the problem. Expand the sanctuary area. Export elephants to foreign sanctuary areas. Culling to reduce elephant population that might not be politically or socially acceptable. Birth control for elephants, immunocontraception, a form of reducing births via vaccination of female elephants using porcine zona pellucida. https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebites/chapter/elephant-contraception-possible-solution-for-south-africas-elephant-problem/
  6. This court order is peculiar on two counts. 1. Courts adjudicate lawsuits with court decisions and can direct the government to enforce its judgements. All we seem to have here is a unilateral court directive that is not apparently related (as none cited) to any prior court ruling in response to a lawsuit. There are three branches of government (aside from the question of the Thai military having extra-constitutional authority): Legislature Branch the Parliament passes/amends/terminates laws, Executive Branch (PM and Cabinet Ministers) that enforces the laws, and Courts that adjudicate complaints arising from filings from the Legislature and Executive Branches. Unlike Western Courts, private individuals in Thailand can bring lawsuits directly to the highest courts (ie., Appeals, Constitutional Court) without passing through lower court adjudication. 2. This court order seems conflcted as on March 30, 2023: "The Chiang Mai Administrative Court on Thursday (March 30) rejected a lawsuit against Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-O-Cha (pic) by a group of Chiang Mai people seeking a court order to declare PM2.5 in the northern province a national disaster. The court ruled that the situation did not warrant such a declaration and the concerned government agencies were already implementing measures to deal with the situation." (my bold emphasis) https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/03/30/chiang-mai-court-rejects-plea-against-prayut-over-pm25-situation Note that the court ruled in response to a lawsuit. Maybe critical information is missing from this story or the court would seemed to have exceeded its authority to order the government, especially contradicting its own previous order. If the latter, the PM conceding to the new court order would amount to concession of Executive authority. Very curious,
  7. Especially if the Thai military (vs Thai government) has title to any of these lands. It is the sole decider as to any environmental impact for developement of its property.
  8. Not 14.8 billion but million. Nov. 2020: Bolivia @ 21 million tons Argentina @ 17 million tons https://www.nsenergybusiness.com
  9. Imagine POTUS Bidden agreeing with Trump on presidential immunity and asks his Secretary of Defense to have a Seal Team Six come immediately to his office.
  10. Sittipunt looks like he is standing up through a sunroof?
  11. Man in black shorts appears to be wearing a wool (?) black and white scarf (?). As beach wear might be related to custom/nationality/religion than to something one would normally wear on a sunny beach like in Thailand. In which case the scarf wearer might be Persian?
  12. And then there is the product MARKUP, aka profit margin. Product is not sold from nonprofit organizations. The price of the product gets higher as it goes up in the supply chain: manufacturer price, distributor price, and retail price. https://www.ecwid.com/blog/retail-price.html It's called "capitalism." Depending on the product there may also be research & development costs prior to manufacturing that requires a profit margin. In some industries such as pharmaceuticals, there may be substantial government licensing costs such as safety and patent costs.
  13. Americans are taxed for worldwide income subject to Tax Treaty limitations and income tax exclusions.
  14. It's an aggregate of 180 or more. The type of visa is irrelevant. (Added) Except for three of four categories related to Long Term Resident visa that specifically tax exempts foreign income.
  15. What if you just registered with the TM30 Online web site whose entries must be approved before accepting registration? Registration requires specific documentation in electronic form for verification, mostly the same as the paper TM30. Why even a need for paperwork for a physical TM30 meet and approval?
  16. If true, figure was rounded to next 100,000 - for example 242,418 entering along the southwest border in November becomes 300,000. Also, the total includes 191 113 people who went to ports of entry so not "illegals. " Furthermore, "illegals" under US law are entitled under the US Constition right of Due Process to claim refugee status that is adjudicated by the courts. But many immigration problems related to entry along the US southwest border stem today from the legacy of the Trump administration and current US Congress GOP. In the former for example, Trump reduced the number of immigration judges handling legal processing of immigrants. In the latter the GOP House consistently rejects additional funding for Homeland Security to enforce border control, yet pursues impeachment of the Secretary of Homeland Security for failing his duties - election year buffoonery. See what I read without having to think what I read: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/22/politics/border-surge-record-amounts/index.html
  17. Approach is backwards: Eliminate the Cause, not the Result. Be Proactive, Not Reactive.
  18. My Thai DL shows my passport number that should be on record with immigration.
  19. Or could have used Facebook developed ML-based suicide risk detection system. PERSPECTIVE article Front. Psychiatry, 24 July 2023 Sec. Digital Mental Health, Volume 14 - 2023 "Suicide risk detection using artificial intelligence: the promise of creating a benchmark dataset for research on the detection of suicide risk" https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1186569
  20. Re-entered last May 2023 at Suvarnabhumi Airport after a month's travel outside of Thailand, not given a TM6 but exited through an immigration Fast Track exit vis a vis LTR visa and not requested to show TM6.
  21. And/or favorable attention from the conservative royalist/military establishment characterized in part by preventing perceived anti-nationalist behavior in order to continue as news media which is supposed to self censor itself?
  22. The economic projections look reasonable, albeit economic growth might be slightly less due to tourism uncertainties. I look forward to the Ministry of Defence 2025 budget. Probably what the public will never see are the revenues derived from the military's independent nongovernmental sources, such as it's ownership of natural resources, military base private contracts, and paid public use of military facilities such as its shooting ranges. In 2023 prior to the election as I recall, the House opposition coalition requested in session that the military identify revenues from all such nongovernmental sources to which the military agreed. However, that request appears to have been shelved at best.
  23. Except the Muslim Kingdom of Patani that Thailand forcibly annexed into the Kingdom of Thailand.
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