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Shameless Buriram school insists janitor pays 25,000 baht pickup bill
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Monies to maintain the vehicle have - over many years, I suspect - disappeared in to certain pockets. Whence they can only with great difficulty be extracted. -
UAE Tourists Attacked by Motorcycle Taxi Driver in Patong
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Phuket News
The UAE pair probably assumed (incorrectly) that the footpath is for pedestrians. -
Big Joke changes name for better luck amid gambling scandal
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
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Fake Prosecutor Arrested While Lecturing Students in Full Uniform
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Uniforms are very important in a society uniformly obsessed with status and therefore rank. -
Just Trump boasting as usual, and managing to shoot himself in the foot this time.
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Bhumjaithai Party allies dominate new Thai Senate
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
A matter that clearly outweighs all others. -
Bhumjaithai Party allies dominate new Thai Senate
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
No, voters don't get to vote for the Senate. Only would-be senators get to vote, for themselves. -
House approves 122 billion baht digital wallet scheme budget
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Well, I'm generalizing from my personal experience here in south Surin. Many people have 'been to school' for 1 year or 3 or 4 or more, but learned nothing. I have a MIL 6 years older than me who signs documents with her thumb print, a PIL 3 years older than me who can sign his name ("Taught by the monks") and that's all, a BIL in his mid-40s who 'went to school' but is 100% illiterate, a SIL late 30s who's 'been to university' and is indeed literate (including for legal documents) but not a single book in the house for the children (just the mandatory mobile phones). My b/f (age 35) went to school for 1 year only (in between minding the buffalos) and can barely read more than 3 words at a time of Thai. In Canberra I sent him to technical college to learn to read English but he dropped out after 6 months. He speaks OK English to get by. My observation here is these mixed - but mostly negative - outcomes are common. The problem is in social attitudes ('Why bother?') and the appalling standards of rural schools. Some teachers OK at a low level, some (one female cousin) appalling and should be sacked for criminal negligence and inappropriate behaviours ... I suspect that all of this is common throughout rural Thailand. Until fixed, the nation as a whole cannot move forward. -
Elderly woman killed at zebra crossing in Pathum Thani
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
When we first arrived back in TH and bought our first car here and settled in in Surin province I used to slow & stop for pedestrians crossing or wishing to cross. But my b/f would always shout at me: Don't stop! The cars behind will crash in to us! So now I'm extra alert but can't remember the last time I actually stopped for a pedestrian. Here in the land of poor peasants most of them are too savvy to use a pedestrian crossing and just run across anywhere where they can see the traffic clearly. -
The irony of current debates in Usofa is that what counts as 'Leftist' or 'extreme Left' in Usofa would be considered as rightwing or extreme right in just about every other democratic Western nation. In Oz for instance I'm a right-of-centre kind of person and I vote for the Liberal(!) Party, which alternates in government with the Labor Party. If I lived in Usofa I guess I would be voting for Bernie Sanders.
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I noticed that Michelle Obama in the phonecall called her 'kæmila (not ka'maala as I have been calling her). What does she call herself?
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And quite a few decideds may change their decision ...
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Yes. So far so good. Still plenty of room for stuffups, but that applies to Trump as well ... and as others have noted his clever choice of Vance at the beginning has turned (probably) into a disaster in different circumstances just after the beginning. Still much entertainment to be had over the next few weeks, and many cringe moments no doubt.
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Move Forward submits three constitutional amendment bills
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It may - probably will - take another 2 decades, by which time today's disillusioned youth will have become cautious parents & greedy careerists ... -
Move Forward submits three constitutional amendment bills
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It was the ALLIANCE of MFP & PT that had a majority of votes and (more important) of seats in the Lower House. It was not (unfortunately) MFP on its own. -
Move Forward submits three constitutional amendment bills
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
For the umpteenth time (and sadly), they didn't 'win the election'. They won more votes (just) than any other party but did not win a majority of votes or of seats in the Lower House. To 'win an election' when there are multiple parties competing, you need 50% +1 of the votes and of the seats in the Lower House. -
Move Forward submits three constitutional amendment bills
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Bold move. Certain to fail.