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The bulk of the criticism (95 %)of the government's "policy statements" as presented yesterday was mostly about it's unprofessional, slap-dash nature. With vague "plans" and very little detail on timelines and metrics. And very little criticism (5 %) was about the breaking of campaign promises. Most of his plans were just bullet points, representing "ideas". Srettha earned a failing grade, but as is the custom here, he was given a Thai "C", because, well, no one can be failed. Srettha appears to be lazy, unprofessional and unable to forge, let alone lead this alliance. He's doomed, and the powers that be will ride him into the ground. It will get much much uglier.

Confirmed dead. Meanwhile senior Police have been transferred to inactive duty. Police Major General Chakkrit Khruesunthornwanich, the Provincial Police Commander of Nakhon Pathom, and Police Colonel Phuphon Thapcharoen, the Superintendent of Nakhon Pathom Provincial Police Station, have been transferred to inactive duty pending an investigation into the murder of Pol Maj Sivakorn "Inspector Bank" Saibua. Pol Maj Gen Chakkrit and Pol Col Phuphon were at the birthday party of subdistrict headman Praween "Kamnan Nok" Chankhlai where the shooting took place.

Reminiscent of the famous Chinese-American menu style. https://wordhistories.net/2020/08/04/column-a-column-b/ Fertilizer must be Column A, while Surface Ships are in Column B No Substitutions Please.

Yeah, looks just like the famous 1952 film, not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swloMVFALXw

Pol. Col. Wachira Yaothaisong, Superintendent of Highway Police Division 2, used a gun to shoot himself on Monday inside a house in the Khu Khot area of Pathum Thani Province, whose condition is currently unknown. The cause is not yet known for certain, but initially it was thought to be from stress after being accused of calling Pol.Lt.Col. Sivakorn Saibua, a 32-year-old lieutenant of the highway patrol, and ordering him to go to the sub-district headman's house in Nakhon Pathom Province on September 6. The gunman, who was close to the sub-district headman, shot and killed Pol.Lt.Col. Sivakorn that night. Khaosod English Facebook This one will last a few weeks I think, but it does highlight the vast spread of corruption at the provincial level. Interesting that the press refers to them as "Influential People".

The graft on this must be staggering. This event runs for 4 1/2 months. EXPO LOCATION: Nong Dae Wetland, Kut Sa Sub-district, Mueang Udon Thani District, Udon Thani Province PARK SIZE: 1,650,000 m² (165 hectares) https://aiph.org/upcomingexpos/udon-thani-international-horticultural-expo-2026/

Is he still in the Police Hospital at Ratchadamri/Rama I? I assumed he'd move to his own hospital Praram 9?

Meh. He could sack-up and cancel the order. But he/they won't and this fiasco will remain unresolved for decades.

"So far..." Yes, it's been a brilliant six days since he was sworn into office last Tuesday. Based on video and news reports he doesn't seem very open-minded (other than telling anyone exactly what they want to hear), and he is far from "approachable", again based on reports and video. "Intelligent"? I'll take your word on that one. In just six days he's already walked back two MAJOR campaign promises: 10,000 Baht Digital Wallet, which he banished to the back seat of a Thai TAxi-cab hoping the driver doesn't return it, and the 20 baht electric train fare. So maybe not so "fine"?

Already purchased...

Methamphetamine precursors.

I shall, once they explode and make the news. Obviously this latest submarine engine fiasco has been brewing for some time, but only became an issue this week when the new government was saddle with it. Next may be they requirement for the government to bail out the Village Fund and many of the Savings Cooperatives. Just watch Srettha scurry from one crisis to another and you'll see the explosions. IMO MFP was lucky to have been denied the opportunity to lead this government given the shambles it was left in.

Given the effort various senior government officials are putting in to keeping this story somewhat contained, some suspect this may lead to one of the bigger corruption schemes ever in Thailand. What started as personal feud, expanded to encompass the truck sticker scheme, which in turn has unveiled epic levels of corruption in many provinces surrounding governors and the letting of construction contracts, which have been pilfered at historic rates.

Corruption is at an all time high in the RTP, and while Big Joke has done his best to cover it up, he certainly hasn't done much to clean it up during his tenure as deputy police commissioner. He's said to have loftier goals, political. That won't end well for the country.

The Prayuth regime, after eight years of rule pillaging the country's coffers, have left this government with nothing but problems, many of which are hidden. The corruption they've allowed to grow will make solving any problem much more challenging. Unexploded mines everywhere. Can't see Srettha lasting what, six months?

This sort of quote should result in immediate resignation. Just when we thought that this sub purchase couldn't get any worse, voila, this moron shows that it can. "Fertilizer"? Smells like the new Agriculture Minister is sniffing around for some extra graft.

It should also be noted that the new Education Minister was just this week implicated, with fourteen others, in the Boss/Red Bull heir hit and run cover up.

Check his name. Part of the Chidchob clan. They don't have to pay for anything. The end result is exactly what the powers that be want. An uneducated populace who will not ask questions.

Go to the post office. 32 baht for up to 20 grams 37 baht for for 21 grams and up

How much worse could it get?

You can get a 32 baht EMS return sticker for your return envelope at the post office then seal that into your mail-in package. Or affix at least 32 baht in stamps and write EMS on the envelope. If you end up having to go make an appointment. On Thursday, with one it took ~ two minutes. Appointments are always available even the day before. Go to the front counter A4, then desk B66.

Even if they are "clean", and that's highly unlikely as people obtain these "appointments" through a network of family, nepotism and corruption, they are quickly corrupted by the local mafia. Anutin should just admit that corruption is pervasive and that nothing can really be done about it as it is part of the Thai national psyche. I think Anupong was a hands-off Minister of the Interior for the past nine years, a payoff for leading the 2006 coup, so Anutin has inherited a morass of out-of-control corruption. Clean up on aisle three.

Given the swift response to this incident my guess is that there is a lot more to it. It sounds like the Royal Thai Police, in some provinces, are merely enforcers for the local mafia. And that provincial governors, in some cases, may have succumbed to the influence of the Mafia.

So this is a Tourist Visa Exemption? Just China? Or is India included? What is the stay length? 15 days? 30 days? Can these be extended in country? Does this program expire after some number of months or years?

Love, or Money, or both? Another case of an expected promotion not coming through?