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EC to comply with court ruling on Senate candidate profiles
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News Headlines
And what an astonishingly complex process the whole farce is! We Thais do love complexity. -
Cracking news: Egg prices to soar due to extreme weather
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Goodness me. I have 2 eggs every day. What am I going to do? -
Senate Votes to Proceed Amid Election District Drama
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Well, if you believe all the bla bla bla above, you'll believe anything. -
48,000-Plus People Nationwide Running For Senator
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Yes, 47700 riff-raff. That will never do. We'll have to get the CC to reinterpret the rules appropriately ... -
Thaksin Says He Is Too Old To Fight Back
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Entertaining as ever. Thaksin running rings around and the haters hating. -
Thaksin's Homecoming Sparks Thousands in Korat Rally
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Real loyalty to a leader who actually - for the first time just about ever in Thailand - did some good things for poor people. Funny that. -
I was quoted 100k to remove a hemorrhoid. Outrageous.
mfd101 replied to advancebooking's topic in Health and Medicine
More like 10 a day or equivalent Yes, it's the equivalent that counts. If people pour nothing but rubbish down their throat, they get every sickness known to man. -
I was quoted 100k to remove a hemorrhoid. Outrageous.
mfd101 replied to advancebooking's topic in Health and Medicine
An apple a day ... -
The ICJ Ordered Israel to Halt its Rafah Military Offensive
mfd101 replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
Have the Hamas terrorists released all their hostages (dead or alive as they may already be) as directed by the ICJ on 26 January & 28 March? No, didn't think so. -
Thailand’s Aging Population Challenges Economic Growth
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Long live the day! 😀 -
Thailand’s Aging Population Challenges Economic Growth
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
But coming down, I think, the black African countries and the Muslim countries. Still some way to go till they're below reproduction rate (which for poor countries in Africa is 2.3, not 2.2 as in rich countries). The important point is that the turn downwards has already taken place and can only strengthen from now on. As the Chinese have discovered, once the turn is made, it's almost impossible to reverse it. Which doesn't mean that the total world population won't reach 9 billion in the meantime ... before it too starts downward late in the century. -
Thailand’s Aging Population Challenges Economic Growth
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Yes, the obsession with 'economic growth' continues worldwide, despite the apparent concern about environmental devastation and despite the well-known fact that the whole world is entering a century or more of population decline which makes ever-larger economic goals both stupid and unachievable. -
Europeans taking a LONG time to start adjusting to current nasty realities ... The good times are over, at least for the time being.
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Yingluck’s hope for a democratic revival with new charter
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Well she's at least right in saying that Thailand could do with a new charter. The notion of building a real democracy under the fascist-written constitution run by the fascists' flunky judges is too ridiculous for words. The democrats, the people, the true reformers have to get the balls to defy the CC and the EC and the generals. And noone should assume that the entire Army is against democracy. Far from it. The main problem is the general passivity of the people, well inculcated with Buddhist despair. -
Hope the Hungarian and Slovak and Serbian governments are paying attention ...
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US Embassy Refuses to Pay £14.6m London Congestion Charge Bill
mfd101 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
If that's the US Embassy in the top photo, it should have to pay a huge fine for ugliness. Completely unsuited to its built environment. -
Scandal rocks PM Srettha: Ethics violation accusation
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Well, certainly optimism helps us get through the day. -
Ex-Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat Surprises with Senate Candidacy
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Chiang Mai News
The voting system has 2 cultural aspects that Thais love: complexity beyond imagining and endless possibilities for intrigue and disputation. Fun for all the family. -
Over 31,000 apply for Thai Senate as 5-year term ends
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
So how do 31000 people - MOST of whom don't know each other - know who to vote for (other than for themselves)? Probable answer: Organised - non-political of course - groups get together quietly in advance and agree to vote for each other in the various categories. The other 30000-odd are left with 1 vote each.