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the relationship is that both drive clicks and result in advertising revenue

I thought it was 800k?

This vague language is hard to understand. Are they trying to arrest speed freaks? Biker gangs? Crack down on weed shops? Mushroom pizza? I don't really understand what this is all supposed to be about. But I understand TIT!

Right, we can't have workers working 5 minutes less than their maximum before they die. While we're at it, let's have a national wage cut!

Is it really that hard to get weed in the UK? Sheesh.

It is certainly true that temples in Thailand really serve the purpose intended by many people when they give to people on the street. But man those teenagers with flutes or whatever, come on. I think making stigmatizing generosity in your society is a mistake. People aren't stray cats. If they are breaking a law, then arrest them, otherwise leave them alone, I say.

See how gambling is good and fun, and everyone should do it, especially poor people! Look how happy she is. Let's see a followup story in a year to see how they spent the windfall.

Better be careful or else we're going to have an epidemic of properly functioning kitchens!

Are you seriously equating smoking a joint with raping someone? i think you better hold off on pointing the finger on making dumb remarks!

yes, the first thing I thought of as well, easier to control digital. Color me paranoid!

In my opinion, this US "help with crime" is not about fighting organized crime, this is about spying on China and gaining favor with Thai government to try to pivot it away from a China alliance or friendship. The US CIA in fact works regularly with organized crime and terrorists groups to further its aims. It seemingly has no interest nor ability to reduce either of those things, despite claims to the contrary.

The equation would be: revenue increase = (new tax revenues collected) - (number of people who leave because of taxes) * (amount of fees and taxes, especially VAT collected per person leaving). So if enough people stay, income outweighs the leavers. Furthermore, one might argue it probably improves Thailand by reducing the number of fat white bellies on beaches. LOL

Well, this does not stabilize the cannablis industry, it protects the hemp industry and destroys the cannabis industry. It's fun to watch them try to put the genie back in the bottle here. The fact is this will gore a lot of oxen, so politically it will be a fun fight. Not over yet I think.

Sheesh, you get convicted for just one lousy bribery offense and people act like they can't trust you any more! What's the world coming to?

OK now that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of in my life. Reminds me of a couple once that killed the woman's husband so they could run off together, and took pictures of the body dismemberment. They had the pics developed at Walgreens. Derp derp.

As a person with no religion, I don't see much difference between this boy and any other religious claims.

How about the mental health issues from alcohol and the societal effects of it? We should start by banning alcohol, which kills so many people on the roads each year in Thailand among other problems. Blaming marijuana for mental health issues and ignoring alcohol is just ignorant.

If you are implying it's because great due diligence is done in order to evaluate the effects, I disagree. The delay is in order to line up the profits of all the corporate stakeholders. Rarely are there representatives of the working class or average citizen in the process. I'd rather have a poorly crafted bill that then gets canceled because it's a shipwreck than the finely crafted PATRIOT Act in the USA.

Ya think? Captain Obvious strikes again.

Also expect low to zero increase in fatalities and a renewed call for authoritarian measures to "save the elderly" or whatever they can do to prop up booster sales.

exactly. I'm in the middle of trying to figure out how to get FedEx to deliver my vitamins I ordered from Amazon. I have to submit a passport, give someone power of attorney, and fill in some forms. Bureaucracy here can be maddening! LOL

A dowry is not paid by the groom, it is paid TO the groom by the bride's family, as a thank you for taking the burden of the woman from her family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry

Is there any evidence that poor airport screening has anything to do with these bad actors? Wouldn't the rampant police corruption and bribery be a more logical place to start looking than slowing everyone down at the airport? Smells like security theatre.

Something tell me this is not just a moment, but part of a pattern. You don't do this kind of thing just once in a while. As long as there is clear evidence, then let's just throw him off a fishing boat in deep water, and let the sharks have him.

I think it's because it's cheap and easy to live here, and people of the type you mention (some are female btw) are unable to hold a job or get up in the morning or interact with their own cultures so they take refuge here.