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The F35A variant comes with guns. The F35B & F35C can carry external 25mm guns underneath. US Navy I believe uses the B/C without guns. It's a matter of lighter weight, stealth and in the case of the B VTOL. The F35 was designed as a stealth ground attack aircraft Navy. Thailand would do better to buy Gripens.

"give up your passport" There are at least 24 countries that recognize dual citizenship. I suspect Jack77 is from one of them.

No, not in the current case. Amber wrote the op-ed and The Post published it. An op-ed is a personal opinion that is not normally affiliated (like related parties) with the publication's editorial board. The Post can simply say that the op-ed was newsworthy regardless of any accuracy so long as The Post had no malice or collusion in the op-ed. Albeit, the Post might have invited a written counter-response from Depp. According to court testimony the ACLU reviewed Amber's op-ed in advance of publication and supported its publication. As such it might have had shared responsibility for the op-ed.

I believe Depp could appeal the $2 million. Typically, the appeals cannot contest facts in the Lower Court but only issues of law. The jury held that Depp's former attorney acted as Depp's agent, thereby making Depp responsible for the attorney's public statements regardless whether Depp knew of the statements in advance. Depp's counsel argued in rebuttal that the attorney was a contractor and under state law Depp was not responsible for his attorney's private statements. So the jury's decision might have been illegal. Albeit Amber in the alternative could have sued the former attorney directly but when asking for $100 million, it would be senseless. Depp might also sue his former attorney and friend 8h turn for the $2 million if his attorneys were correct on the law. But Depp netted $13 million in his award, his former personality made whole.

She was supposed to donate the $7 million between the ACLU and a children's hospital. Instead she only donated less than half of the $7 million. This was well covered in the trial in a cross-examine of Amber. So she breached the settlement agreement. Likely she planned on using the undonated portion to pay attorney fees in her Depp defamation lawsuit. She had purchased a $5 million estate after divorce so some of those funds may have been used as collateral.

"only voters in the capital are permitted to elect their governor" Not always true. When the Thai government has been overthrown by the military (13 times now), it's the junta that can appoint the governor. Asawin Kwanmuang was the military-appointed governor in 2016 and served until this March to contest the election.

Roman's didn't use zero (0) in their numbering system.

There is a claim that the number "zero" (0) and its mathematical operation possibly came oroginally from India in 628 AD, then adopted by Arabs of Baghdad by 773 AD for complex mathematics. Logically, the number zero hen spread to Asia by traders.

So then we have the "mouse that roared" democratic Ukraine assisted by democratic Tigers (USA, UK, EU, etc.) that is resisting conquest by fascist-led Russia. Then there are the sheep like Thailand with their Heads in the ground claiming business neutrality for fear of losing economic benefits from their undemocratic partners.

I would place former President Duerte as number one in that aspect.

Who you going to call? Siam Bioscience

The political model for democracy is meaningless without decentralization (ie., within political power to the electorate) of the national police and judicial system.

If you have been vaccinated with smallpox, you might be immune.

MP is non-gender.

There's a foot path on the roadway? Whereas there's a wide open adjacent walkway where you can see motorcyclists riding by in the background.

When you've already tweaked the constitutional court, the literal language of any constitution and previous related rulings matter little.

Note that some Ukrainians currently out of their country may not have a home to return to, nor private vehicle, commercial support enterprises, health & welfare support, functioning infrastructure or local government, school, family & friend connections, etc, means that remaining in Thailand as long as possible would provide serious relief and keep them out of harm's way.

"female intoxicated" Despite what anyone says, it's hearsay. With the female dead at the scene with sever head injury, only a toxicity analysis can determine her level, if any, of intoxication.

Wouldn't be the opposite - relatively slower moving? The force from impact is based in part on mass. The 10-wheeler might have 5x (unloaded?) - 10x (loaded?) the mass of the pickup with passengers. As such, the 10-wheeler driver should have had very little forward momentum in the crash. Especially if he was buckled up and traveling at a high rate of speed. The fact that the 10-wheeler driver had enough momentum to push the windshield down and outward (not crashing through it) suggests that maybe he was not buckled up and perhaps even a defective windshield installation. His death might be the result of a broken neck than something like a skull fracture.

As Thai Buddhism is state-sponsored, yes.

There is no retirement age in the US Constitution for POTUS. That would violate the Constitution as age discrimination. Thus, it is the electorate who decides whether age is a factor in election of government and congressional officials. Not that there has been national interest in term limitations that would require an amendment of the Constitution. What constitutes "normal retirement age" for public officials? There's no standard. But credit goes to Thailand to place some age limitations for some crucial public offices. But the problem has been more to who gets appointed to make the rules, who approves the rules and who enforces the rules. In a "Thai democracy," those processes have not been the exclusivity of the Thai electorate.

Thailand is, according to the former junta appointed CDC that wrote the 2019 Constitution approved in a public referendum, a "Thai Democracy" and not a "Western Democracy" in order to allegedly reflect the nation's unique history of governance, ie., kingdom, junta and pro-authoratiarian/elite society. It has "Thainess." While Prayut was elected by a majority of the combined members of the House and the junta-Senate, a majority of Parlianent ministers (selected by public in a general election) specifically voted in favor of of the Senate participating in such an election through the 2019 Constitution referendum. But what was essentially a rigged referendum and general election makes it difficult, if not improbable, that a new election will be free and fair as the electorate majority evolves towards more liberal politics.

Anutin "confirmed there are no laws forcing people to wear masks, but he also sought cooperation from all parties, including Thai citizens and overseas tourists" But... Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration warns "that people might be fined for not wearing a face mask" Feb. 2, 2022 www.thephuketnews.com Situation normal. It's an election year.

Does the BMA/Governor even have authority to impose any tax outside of national taxes, particularly with respect being applicable to only a specific group of people, ie., foreign tourists?

Except for hotels and restaurants, foreign tourists who leave the country within 60 days can claim a VAT refund, subject to maximum refund amounts and minimum payment for purchases and services. Thai citizens and expat residents cannot claim VAT refunds. A foreign tourist city tax might effectively neutralize any qualified VAT refund.