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Mastermind? Wonder who this could be?

No "White Elephant" then?

from the linked article... In an interview with Reuters last week, the central bank’s governor admitted that growth had underperformed expectations but denied that the economy was in crisis. Pichai, however, challenged this outlook, questioning whether a decade-long trend of underperformance could be dismissed as non-crisis. "Decade-long"? Hmm. Tell us again who was "in charge". Pichai further highlighted that since Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput assumed the role of central bank governor in 2020, the Thai economy had failed to bounce back from the negative growth experienced that year. Yes. let's blame the BoT for a series of government's mishandling of the economy.

The "government" gets a twofer on this one...economy is in the dumper so they need to give away 10,000 baht...Red Sea shipping concerns so voila, a Land Bridge. I wonder if PTP mentioned the looming economic crisis when pedaling the Digital Wallet scheme in the election run-up.

This should instill confidence.

Interesting nugget.

No. At least not in my experience. Different desk, different queue, different process.

Mahanakhon Skywalk

The NACC said as much after they reviewed this scheme, specifically mentioning "brokers" who would advance recipients 7,000 cash for their 10,000 "wallet", among other potential fraudulent actions. Pheu Thai will use NACC opinion as excuse to abandon digital wallet scheme: Korn “I believe Pheu Thai is looking for a graceful exit. Actually, the Pheu Thai could just say it respects the opinions and concerns of all sides and rush to the tackle economic crisis through other means,” Korn said. https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/politics/40034949

Last seen on a gurney...

It looks like some changes have been made in the past week re: Mint Mobile, international use and UpRoam. Many active threads on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/mintmobile/comments/19fmbxa/bring_back_uproam_please/ You may be able to port out to UltraMobile PAYG ($3/month, 100 SMSes, WiFi Calling).

From September, 2023 The Royal Thai Government Promotes Tourism with a 30-day Tourist VISA Exemption Scheme for Chinese and Kazakhstani Tourists Starting from 25 September 2023 to 29 February 2024 https://www.tourismthailand.org/Articles/tourist-visa-exemption-scheme-en So this "new scheme" simply makes this permanent, 1 March 2024 -->

I read the linked article several times. All of the narrative comes from Hapkarn. The effort to paper over Thailand's lax enforcement of underage prostitution, and police bribes is admirable, I guess.

Thanks for this update. Did you see the sign that the OP mentioned seeing? "Per a sign at the airport, if you hold a re-entry permit, but exit the country through the automated gates, your re-entry permit will be cancelled."

Why does Trump refer to Ms. Haley as "Birdbrain"? It sounds like something he picked up from Fred Sr. referring to his Mom. A 1950's sort of mysoginistic insult?

Given how Monarchs are chosen, one shouldn't be surprised that nepotism is the bedrock of the Thai culture. AKA: Hard Power.

One has to wonder how widespread this sort of rogue, sadistic punishment is within the Thai education system. And where do teachers learn about this type of punishment?

Godfather II.

What a buffoon. This ended about as well as it started (with elon musk on twitter). "Embarrassing": Ron DeSantis mocked for dropping out with fake Winston Churchill quote The falsely attributed quote reportedly actually appeared in a 20th-century beer ad https://www.salon.com/2024/01/22/embarrassing-ron-desantis-mocked-for-dropping-out-with-fake-winston-churchill-quote/ Never Back Down...

Congrats to Sen. Scott, who at age 58 has become engaged. And surprisingly, his finance is NOT Sen. Graham. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/tim-scott-proposed-to-his-real-life-girlfriend-and-she-said-yes "I just love you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZOiw9nK8s

I think they're referring to the spate of AI images this week of various celebrities wearing a Nope T-Shirt.

Alabama, that bastion of equal justice. Amazed they didn't just bring back the Guillotine.

Yes.

Thai people. For meth (yaba). 80% of the people (~210,000) in jail (~230,000) are there for drugs. 90+ % for yaba. Yaba is the gateway drug here, and the drug of choice. But much of the crystal meth, 75% of the meth, and ketamine are destined for other countries. Thailand just provides safe transshipment services.

Where is your Netflix account based? Thailand? Or elsewhere? If you turn off the VPN does Netflix load? Not sure about Nvidea, but if Android-based you should be able to go into the UI/Settings, find Apps, find Netflix, Force Stop, then re-open Netflix. That usually clears up network-related issues.