Cat Boy

Anything else you'd like to add about how the earth is flat, 9-11 was an inside job, Pizza-gate and the Apollo moon landings were staged in a Hollywood film studio? The world is waiting for your expert knowledge given your close, personal relationship with Q. Somehow, I'm sure you're convinced, George Soros is behind all of this.

Far better to keep infrequent contact with a single person known to relatives rather than disappear. Families can oft go to absurd and intrusive lengths unneeded and unnecessary alerting police and embassies when the person in question simply wants to be left alone, and give space to heal away from the stress of family

The picture posted along with this thread looks just like my brother (it's not), who died suddenly, unexpectedly, 12 years ago, when he had just turned 62. I say ironically, because, he never exercised, but wasn't over-weight, never smoked, nor drank alcohol excessively. And yet, after preparing a lifetime for his security and retirement, saving and investing, he was to retire, his last of work, on the Thursday, which was to be his 62nd birthday, Halloween. However, the lady in HR had recommended that he work on the Friday, which was the 1sst of the month, and that way he'd automatically be covered for the month of November on healthcare. So he did. All plans in place. Yet, on the Monday, he took a shower, followed by his wife, who a few minutes later, came out to find him slumped dead on the floor from a massive heart attack. The actions we take in our 40s, proper nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, sleep and mental engagement, along with preventative healthcare, boost our likelihood of not just long life, but health, physically and mentally. This is in no way controversial, and yet, for the vast majority, denial not only of the inevitability of death, but likelihood of infirmity and loss of independence, and the steps which can be taken to mitigate or delay that likelihood, or impact, is ignored.

.... to hand-over centralize power from corporations to individual oligarchs and away from the 99% of common people, eliminating the checks and balances between the branches of government, and concentrating power in an imperial presidency, read: dictatorship, which exerts power by edict, presidential decree, not due process, and knee-caps all those who disagree or have differing opinions. That's not any definition of democracy I've every heard

There are countless studies over many decades to support the conclusion that exercise supports cardiac health, reduces the risk of cardio-vascular disease, heart attack and stroke, as well as, more recently greatly reduced risk of vascular dementia, and combined with proper sleep and nutrition, Alzheimer's. It's NOT rocket science; ASEAN NOW is NOT a scientific forum, nor Facebook comments or any other banal social media. If you're actually interested in the subject, do your own research. Start with Google and move onto Google Scholar to delve in-depth into the original published studies. For vascular dementia start with the research being conducted by Dean Sherzai and Ayesha Sherzai neurologists, researchers, and codirectors of the Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles I've done my research, and continue to actively. You do yours, that's on you. From there it's all about actually taking action to integrate these findings into a healthy lifestyle. The point has been made, the evidence is profound, degenerative diseases like cardiovascular disease and dementia establish over decades. The actions one takes in one's 40's will in large measure determine one's physical and mental fitness in one's 60s 70s and beyond.

"If sence were common...." Yes, we knew it, but such studies provide further support and justification to hopefully shake off blatant denial, accept fact-based truth, and begin to exercise, eat properly, actively challenge our minds and build health and wellness now, greatly reducing the liklihood of infirmity and dementia in years to come

Why is it vicious attacks by Chihuahua and Pomeranians don't get similar press coverage ?

I'm much more concerned about bullying, violence and school shootings resulting in dead toddlers than normal childhood nookie let alone so-called pornography. Better a safe, healthy live child than some trivial flirtation

Yes, it is. I South Korea it is the #1 chat app, just as Line is in Thailand. But, more to the point, Line is the correct answer to the OPs query, whilst the central issue with Skype's demise is the ability to call land-line phones. (other chat apps like FB Messenger, WhatsApp, etc, connect well for mobile to mobile calls, be it voice or video, but do not connect to land-line phones, such as are still used by banks, credit card companies and government) Viper provides this capability and like Skype offers pre-paid credits either globally or for specific countries or, alter, an ongoing subscription service for those who make more frequent calls.

Since the article never used the words, China nor Chinese, odd that you would implicate that country and those nationals specifically. Are you a Thai construction industry insider? Or just inherently sinophobic; seeing the dreaded "Red Terror" everywhere you look?

Its only been a week, the site investigation remains underway. Substandard rebar has been already been sited. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/substandard-steel-bars-used-in-bangkok-skyscraper-that-collapsed-during-earthquake-says-thai-officials/ar-AA1C7lc6

The ill-fated would-be audit administration building in Chatuchuck collapsed as a direct result of gross negligence in construction, the earthquake merely triggered what would have likely happened in due course anyway, albeit with even greater loss of life and injury. Numerous other ongoing buildings under construction in Bangkok suffered no damage whatsoever. The so-called "Ghost Tower" has survived since construction was halted after the "Asian Tigers" financial crisis of 1997, as a direct result of the presence of preternatural forces within it that have kept both the building, Bangkok, and its inhabitants safe all these years hence - just kidding. The core construction on that building was entirely finished with just the interior work, glass and finishing touches remaining, and there's no reason it would collapse this soon, although if you've seen the documentary "Earth after humans", in a few hundred years unattended, who knows. With that said, now is certainly a time for inspections there and elsewhere, a reassessment of vulnerability, regulation and enforcement. Still, having worked prior to retirement in disaster response, I'm very much impressed with the absence of significant damage from this earthquake and the abundance of caution in the days following. Yes, the emergency notification mechanism was delayed, and this is, similarly, an opportunity to improve on that.

What exactly are these "disconcerting records" and who are these "International experts". One building collapsed catastrophically. Already negligence has been found in the use of sub-standard rebar. Its abundantly clear there was corruption on the part of the contstruction. The irony of the lack of oversight and this being a building intended to house audit administration is lost on no one. Bangkok, a city of 7.5 million people, but realistically 15 million truth be told, survived virtually unscathed. In other cities, in other countries, tens of thousands die, recall the school collapses in Türkiye a few years ago, or in Bangladesh, Rana Plaza that collapsed killing over a thousand and injuring countless many more, and there was no earthquake. Yes, enforcement needs to be improved, and standards upgraded, but the supposition that this building's collapse really owing to faulty construction (probably would have collapsed in time regardless) makes Thailand some kind of pariah state without any building standards just waiting for Armageddon, it the very height of click-bait absurdity.

.... and why must every topic, every policy discussion, be bifurcated into left <-> right politicization. Blaming gets nothing done, and advances no new ideas, as its only mud-slinging devoid of intelligent thought. This is why I loath social media as it thrives, read: metastasises, on anti-intellectualism and opinion rather than facts and citing issues and positive policy correction. I've already deactivated Facebook, and TikTok, Asia Now is unfortunate, perfunctory requisite for updates on visa issues, 90-day reports, TM30, etc.

That's exactly the reason Melania Trump should NOT have hosted this event. A woman who has done nothing for anyone and lacks even a shred of empathy for anyone, see: children separated from their soon to be deported parents she refused to touch, distracts from these worthy recipients who have suffered greatly.