Cat Boy

That truth is lost on no one, least of all the yellow shirt pro-coup sycophants and the coup leaders themselves within the military

I see a counter-suit for defamation brewing, very Thai

Follow the money

Ask USA? Rather learn from the example of the United States of America everything that doesn't work. Police and security guards in schools are used to discipline or even arrest students, creating a hostile atmosphere between students and police, and statistically increase, not decrease, the liklihood of mass shootings where they are deployed. Mass shootings have become a weekly event in the US, with absolutely NOTHING being done. After the now routine "Thoughts and prayers" drivek, it's all forgotten with 2nd Ammendment pep rallies, except by the victims who remain dead, paralysed and traumatised as are their families and friends for life

True love of one's country means calling out when you see abuse, corruption, cruelty and extremism, it takes love to want the best for your country and its people. Robotic chanting "USA! USA!" while you are being stollen from and lied to by the Koch brothers and Rupert Murdock, is just being their mindless drone, that's both the opposite of patriotism and your duty as an American, no matter where you live

No one is saying "Take away ALL the guns" Just as you are NOT SAYING "arm the 2 year olds and give them bracelets that remind them 'shoot to kill'" Don't be absurd. Extreme misinterpretation exacerbates polatizatiin and prevents any meaningful dialogue and preventative measures from being implimented

Cut to the chase, and just get rid of the guns. Australia and countless other countries did it and have all but eliminate these senseless mass killings of innocents. America did, and hasn't, and look what an ongoing travesty of lawlessness that country has become.

No, not at all. The motorist behind lightly tapped his horn after the light had turned green. Entirely appropriate. Yes, the motorcyclist "should" have looked both ways in a country as with roadways and intersections as lethal as Thailand, but in any normal country, would not have any reason to do so. What I do find bizarre, though it may have been outside of the dashcam viewing frame, is that NO ONE stopped to run to the motorcyclist who had been hit to his assistance or acertain his level of injury or mortality - not the pedestrian, not the driver of the dashcam car (who simply proceeded on his way forward), not other cars passing through the intersection. Is that how mundane traffic accidents and death has become in Thailand? ????

A history of armed robbery break-in won't do much for the resale value though, unfortunately

And sidewalks complete blocked by stairways, utility poles, etc., forcing pedestrians to walk out into the street just to continue forward Its ludicrous obstruction for a fully abled pedestrian For someone in a wheelchair it not just impossible, it's nearly suicidal

Thus dual pricing

Detained Arab and Indian tourists, oh my ???? The PM and TAT will not be pleased at all by this. Perhaps the whole thing can be made to quietly go away.

Xiam

Amnesia goes mainstream

Kindly clarify/reconcile the title to the article, "Mild, asymptomatic COVID-19 cases not entitled to claim under new insurance rules" with the line in the first paragraph, "Patients who are symptomatic or who have mild symptoms being treated in hospital or in home isolation .....will not be covered by the medical care or compensation scheme." I presume that the article should read, in both cases, as the title, asymptomatic, that is no symptoms evident whatsoever.

They count double

Tsar Nicholas II daughter, returned as a man, a hundred years later after the assassination of he and the entire family, save her. I'm sure he has a fascinating story to tell.

I fully expect over a billion people to visit Thailand by years end. TAT is being far and away too conservative. Fully one in seven humans on earth with visit Thailand over the coming months, all of them Hi-So, none of them backpackers.

You are correct. I don't know the original source I quoted. Yes, I should have double checked first. I'll update edit if possible the original post. As of 2018, 67.4 million Americans spoke a second language other than English, out of a then population of 327 million that would make just over 20% or 1 in 5. Apparently it was 1 in 10 as of 1980. Still, one wonders how that would compare to Thailand, with a strong proviso that many who would claim to speak English in Thailand and even have a university degree in English, cannot hold a simple conversation. And part of the earlier point made was that many Thai do speak Chinese, though admittedly, as with English, it may well be broken Mandarin or Cantonese, barely learned from a parent and long forgotten.

Or perhaps Americans should learn a second language. I recently read that the number of Americans able to speak a second non-English language has risen over the past 10 years from around 8 million to just over 20 million in a population of nearly 350 million. Seems questionable that Americans speaking a second non-English language would rank higher than Thai speaking English (or any other second language, especially with many Thai of Chinese decent, or at home speaking a local dialect of Thai) in a side-by-side comparison. Though, not to exclude other seemingly many other mono-lingual countries, a comedian recently quipped that while being fluent in 3 languages is tri-lingual, two-languages is bi-lingual, knowing just one language is British (with all due respect to the UK).

Consider the source and the polling methods along with confirmation bias, I see the no validity in these findings nor independent verification, whereas there is a definite political agenda

It's a tragic comedy, not intended to be taken seriously in any way. Purely staged for theatrical effect

Yes, exactly. This was a Thaksin administration era mandate that every Thai student would have a tablet. Best way not to admit abject failure is to proclaim and entirely "new" proposal, forgetting the past while radically lowering the bar, and immediately declare success.

Wow, I'd expected several flip flops, doubling-down, denials and complete reversals by now. Certainly more to come. Tour group organizers and travel agents domestically and abroad, you can go back to sleep now, nothing to see, no cause for, well,.... anything

Parliament serves no independent function in a military dictatorship. Why does it exist. Threatening MPs who are already unelected, docile and compliant with criminal action if they vote differently than the executive demands is a loss of face for the MP, for Parliament and what's more a humiliation for the Thai people