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16 minutes ago, John Drake said:
Enjoy your Gripens RTAF.
Bad idea to sell any of these countries jets used by Nato , as likely they/information will be passed on for reverse engineering to Beijing to gain favour. Luckily for the UK that India and Beijing hate eachother, otherwise its recently stranded F-35B that got stuck at an Indian airport would be a disaster waiting to happen... even though, wonder if anyone tried to get a good look at it, even the Indians.
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Thailand has a hard job on this front, as the US is obviously rightly wary of Thailand's closeness to China and its usual fence sitting trying to play both sides. Also, Thailand slaps tariffs on every imported item, it varies wildly from product to product regarding how much, but clearly Thailand will have to accept reciprical tariffs at the very least... canit have it both ways. The real thing they have to convince the US of is the origin-washing/transshipping issue, as trust is minimal on this one and much sneakiness will be employed by the Chinese to get around it... probably with the help of ASEAN countries, hence why the tariffs will be higher here, just to make sure.
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No point keep posting these scare stories as the the public's trust and respect for the WHO, big pharma, and the medical industry in general has seriously erroded in the last five years. For example, who listens to what the CCP stooge Ted Dross of the WHO says anymore?
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1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:
A lot of foreign men move to Thailand at least partly because the only women that they have a chance of being with back home are women their own age. Why would you want to be with a bossy, nosy, difficult 65 or 70 year old woman, if you do not have to? No thanks. Life is too short for that.
There is absolutely some truth in that comment SM... even if other stuff caps it off.
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Anutin clearly saying who is the boss here.
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Okay, the women are a big positive, but there's more to it than that. Many guys just want to leave their past behind and reinvent themselves or try to build an alternative or new life, try again... which I don't see why that is wrong, fair play.
There is also the stretching your money more in a place that is generally safe with a great climate that pretty much leaves you alone as long as you are not a Richard (although Thailand is becoming increasingly expsensive).
Also, many western countries are becoming increasingly, well, problematic to live in with all the immigration, sky-high taxes, lack of social cohesion etc., and quite frankly anti-older people sentiment... the young are slowly starting to dislike older people because they worked, saved, and control everything, with the kiddies wanting everything now without working for it.
I got out long ago as I saw the writing on the wall, but I totally agree with anyone who has had enough and wants to reinvent their life somewhere else like this... just have to realise that nowhere is perfect and Thailand has its caveats too, plus you need a mindset that has latitude and tolerance, but also a little suspicious as scams are everywhere. Horses for courses obviously, but the petty bureaucracy and anal paperwork is annoying as Thailand moves on a sea of paper and information, which is a big turn-off imo.
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The UK needs to stop digging and put the spade down as the hole is getting too big to climb out of. You want diversity, well, good luck with all the intolerance and lack of intergration that brings... you reap what you sow and the UK is becoming a disfunctional benefits system country with a weak economy, that rewards uselessness and work-shy people at the expence of people who graft and save. That is a dangerous situation to be in, as the pushback will eventually be strong... or everyone useful will just flee/riot.
The far-left in Europe will facilitate the rise of their opposite as the rot will continue to go so far due to the liberal elite's failure to address problems people really care about, that a new generation plus the disillusioned will opt for the opposite instead, always like this... which is why the answers are to be found in the middle, not too hot and not too cold as the extrtemes on both sides only offer failure. You would have thought politicians and the public would have worked this out by now, instead of this mindset that everyone who came before them were stupid and we can get it right this time by doing the same thing... reminds me of Einstein's definition of Insanity.
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Looks more like to me that the taxis mafia has got its way and these new rules look like doing its bidding... seems intentionally complicated now for both drivers and passangers.
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The South Africa guy at 1255 days is an average effort on the overstay front.
Although, pretty noob job from the Myanmar dude at only 510 days.
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Best way for the cops to send a message is to have a mobile square mechanical crushing machine that you find at scrap yards at a check point, and just cube errant vehicles on the side of the road strainght away along with letting racing boy walk home and explain it all to mummy.
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Thailand, and a few other Asian countries, are the type of places that you just have do the "whatever" response, or you will end up nuts... a good anology is "It's like lying down in a stream and just letting the water flow over you". That doesn't mean you have to like everything or can't be critical, but it means you have to just let it go.... many people are wrapped far too tight for here, and probably too tight for where they came from for that matter, but had expectations it would be different.
One thing many people struggle with is unrealistic expectations and a difficulty to accept difference in culture... some can hack it, some can't. To have longevity here, you need open mindedness, tolerance, acceptance, willingness to learn and latitude on a whole bunch of stuff, and many people simply don't have that, as they are a product of the western self-centered "Me" culture and my rights etc. South East Asia is great for many, but not all, and it all depends on you and your mindset. However, nothing new here for those that have resided here a long time and endured.
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I don't seek them out but also don't avoid them... however, some pretty fruity folks around now and need to be careful about getting too pally.
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Well, just the intolerance of the left... just remember how all far-left socialist governments end up in death, oppession, and famine throughout history... even existong ones are a mess (think Cuba/Venezuela etc.). There is no difference between the far-left and the far-right... Stalin's communist Russia killed even more than Hilter, and then you have Mao, who managed more than anyone ever. The answers are to be found in the middle... scientists call it "the Goldilocks zone", which is not too hot and not too cold, just right.
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Musk is clearly super clever and successful... but with that comes caveats, same for all great inventors/artists/thinkers/boundry pushing types, and those caveats are often personal flaws, like ego/drunkeness/delusions of grandeur etc.
Musk, like many in the modern world, should stick to what they are good at and not fall into the trap of because you are good at one thing means you should be listened to on all topics. Another example of this is musicians that get political, people aren't interested in your politics, they like your music... so stand down, as most people find it irritating when someone who has no experience in something starts mouthing off or lectures everyone on something they are unqualified to do so. Yes, people on forums etc. give there opinion but that on a tiny scale, but these types use their platform they got for something else to spout off about something they know no more about than "Bob" down the pub. We don't ask nurses about soldiering or plumbers about gardening... we ask those who know about it. Muppets up their own backsides everywhere now.
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One of the most cynical and arse-covering cover-ups in history with just moutains of freshly-laid steaming brown stuff present at every turn... just to protect an elite that needs bringing to justice.
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What have you been smoking? Good luck with that idea.
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Islam and Islamic influence should be cut out of western culture because of the incompatibilty of it and the danger it pose to all, as it is diametrically opposed to all our values and holds nothing but contempt for us. Don't like it or our culture? Then you know where the airports are, and there are plenty of ways to get to the Middle East etc. where you'll be happier... good riddance.
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And they allow completely deluded morons like him to teach on a university campus... ridiculous political bias should not be part of young peoples' education. They should be teaching critical thinking and soft skills... not this nonsense. Idiot should be fired and put out to pasture where he can't do any damage... only rant to himself.
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The Thais want to get the same deal as Vietnam... and Vietnam basically dropped all tariffs on US goods to zero, agreed to 40% on any goods deemed to be from elsewhere by the US at 40%, and still 20% on all Vietnamese goods. Thailand is going to have to take a deep breath and swallow hard to emulate that... and Thailand is nowhere near as strategicly important to the US as Vietnam is.
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I hope this awful foreigner-hating person does not have any power soon.... will be a disaster for all people not Thai.
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2 minutes ago, still kicking said:I saved the life of a young child by donating
Zzzzzzzzz... any more virtue signalling you want to do?
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Well, Thailand can hardly complain about this as it puts tariffs on all foreign goods to silly extents and it's not just cars, it's everything... can't have it both ways. Maybe some introspection is needed Thailand.
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8 minutes ago, still kicking said:It didn't take long complaining about GoFundMe
Supercillious response... subjective topic, like so many others.
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Sad story... but there's always a Go Fund Me or there's always a book.
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Overstayers
in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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Looks like yet another trolling anti-white westerner thread zeroing in on the US and Europe. No mention of scamming Chinese hoards or penniless Indians that camp on the beach at night instead of having a hotel room and bring electric rice cookers with batteries so the can cook outside... not even a mention of dodgy Russians evading the draft and trying anything and everything to stay, legally or not.
Nice try at trolling though, give you that... but ultimately a fail.