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19 minutes ago, torturedsole said:

An earlier poster mentioned six months imprisonment and in the grand scheme of things, I reckon six months would be a maximum. However, he might get lucky and merely be deported on conviction given such a small amount. 

All dependes when and if it goes to court. A case like this can take long time before come up

1 minute ago, saintdomingo said:

Agree, how many years can he expect.?

2 years then deported to uk, or a heavy fine, sent back 6 - 12 months. 

1 hour ago, smew said:

wow;; a frequent user who forgot he placed his supply in his passport....  guy looks a lot older than 29.. 

Most likely kept passport in same space as the bag, and after a fresh up at the plane toilet, he dropped it in to his passport! Have done it with my credit card once. The immigration just smiled at me

If not same shop, yes

Christ sake, stay home

After many years in Thailand, or elsewhere, I have an understanding why some poeple always meet trouble wherever they go, and it is not about Thailand or thai culture! 

Never experienced one incident in Thailand for 20 years, and very few any other places

11 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

 

As mentioned in the article below, it calls for:

 

 

What Moscow truly wants from Kyiv: Total submission

Historically it is a understandable tactical and important move for Russia, meaning Ukraine have a strategic important role and also important resources for their stability and growt. 

Loosing the control of the neighborhoods is a defeat for russias position in the world. 

2 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

Actually, I don’t care about making Putin look good or whether he is good or bad. What I believe (and you can have your own beliefs as well, that’s fine with me) is that this conflict could have been easily avoided but was instigated by America to weaken Russia. It is well documented that NATO expansion eastwards was a red line for Russia and previous European leaders had been against it. But as America holds sway in NATO, the expansion continued right up to the borders of Russia. 
 

You surely can’t be so blind as to see that Russia won’t consider it a threat. How do you think any country would react if an adversary were to station troops and weapons next to their borders? Try not to be hypocritical when answering, although I doubt you would as it would show your narrative to be flawed.

Were you in Russia to see how the sanctions are affecting normal Russian people? Or are you relying on western media reports? Surely you are not that naive and gullible to accept everything you read as the gospel truth?

 

Let’s revisit this claim that Russia will run out of money by the end of this summer. I doubt it very much, especially coming from you as you don’t even seem to know what proper nouns are, much less world economics.

One good thing about Putin, if you can say it is a positive thing thats up to each and one to decide.

He have awakening up all the allies from the glasnost sleep, where everyone thought the whole world could be friends, and we all would manage to live side by side and continue to fight poverty and share all resources equally at the same time manage to grow a fear economy for each and one world wide! 

The world doesnt function that way, and finally each and one Nato member striving to reach 2% mark of GDP for their defense spending.

Still a long way for Sweeden and Finland, both training and equipment, but it is a start. 

So I have to give Trump right in one thing, even it was for him  just business, to push hard on Nato members, to implementing Us made weapon systems and technology. 

Empires falls because of internal conflicts, and Putin maybe saves us from internal destruction by showing himselves as the true enemy he is.

22 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

 

Strange how is it, for one side, everything that Russia says, true or false, is propaganda whereas everything their side says is the undisputed truth. 
 

Biden tripped going upstairs- Russian propaganda 

Putin does not have cancer - Russian propaganda

Bolshoi Ballet Academy is one of the oldest and most prestigious ballet academies in the world - Russian propaganda

Russian are fighting with shovels invented in the 19th century- absolute truth.

It reminds me of a cult, like EV-angelists

 

If the situation wasn’t so tragic for Ukraine, it would be funny.

Im aware of both sides propaganda.

Do you claim Putin have almost 88% backing from his own people in the election? Only tyrans and dicttors have such numbers

3 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

Indeed, regime change in the Ukraine would be a way out for the USA to save face and pin everything on Vladimir Zelensky.

 

A new president in Russia? Another 'color revolution' by the CIA? But that failed already and the Russians are behind their president as seen by the recent 88% election.

We really do not know the real numbers behind Putin, or are you just full of propaganda as well?

5 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

It's not only in this subforum! 🤣 I am telling my boomer parents since 2 years that's logically impossible for Russia to lose and if, putting all logic aside, Russia was about to lose, they'd start launching 'tactical nukes'.

 

They (my parents, or more broadly, the boomers) were hilarious fanatic - hyped up by the lying media - about 'Ukrainians biggest counter offensive' while I was telling them that Russia is allowing them to waste their entire army in those small pockets like Robotyne. Well, facts don't lie and the results are obvious now but the media just dropped this war and replaced it with the next hoax, as always.

 

It also boggles my mind that people still spreading the lie about Russia wanting to take over the entire Ukraine and/or genocide them while their real demands are even publicly on a Wikipedia page. And then, even more hilarious, they claim Russia wants to attack EU and NATO countries. For what specific goal. Absolute non-sense.

 

In the end Russia will get even more than they demanded initially and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian men died for nothing.

There will always be natural strategic boarders, and useally rivers, mountains, and lack of that, forest

We will see where this ends. Regime change in Russia, or new president in Ukraine. 

20 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

It may not be just a question of hesitation. It could also be a problem of availability.

Thats also a bottle neck, but there is no doubt cia and other intelligence agencies have warned about giving high tech weapons, therefor Obama was criticized for not delivering weapons to Ukraine. 

Still the missiles have only a reach of 300km only which is the latest delivery of Himars 

4 minutes ago, jvs said:

There is lots of information about this,russia had a lot of money in the beginning of this war but they are running out.

At the moment there are big transports of material and ammo being sent to the front,what russia is doing right now is throwing a lot of bodies into the fight.

The frontline is littered with dead Russians in places.

Zelensky has no plans to enter Russia at all,he just wants the Russian army to go home.

 

It is all depending on China, and what they choose to do now facing new Embargoes from Usa.

A turning point is if Usa and Britain continue to deliver more of the long distance missiles such as Himars, and can strike supply lines and training bases in Russia. 

Still Nato countries hesitate to deliver enough high tech weapons, and weapons fast enough. Trust have been the problem since the start of the conflict to deliver high tech that could land in hands of russia.

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I have a few friends who lacking energy, motivation and see no future continously drinking themself to death. Slow suicide. What is worst? One extreme in change for another?

The major sex tourism prostitution in tourism areas is based on a dream of a better future finding a man, and relocate. Then you have the grey marked who is freelancing, and really do not ask for money, but in good tradition accept any gifts.

Prostitution in Thailand have many layers, from a handjob at a massage parlors to forced prostitution.

Difficult to set a number on whats prostitution or not, but some here claim married women should be recognized as prostitutes as well, mostly from men who see all ladies as prostitutes. Sad really

17 minutes ago, Wobblybob said:

Norwegian. 

Thank you, new I could trust you wobblybob. 

26 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

 

You can't formulate your own argument, so you call me names, typical. 

 

What is your primary language anyway? 

 

Yank on this...

I was not the one starting out aggressive, look back on your posts

Yank is short for Yankee if you did not know. 

Cia was afraid of the internal problems in Ukraine, and advised Obama to not send high tech weapons. If you remember the boarders had private rebellion armies fighting russians.

This is just a weak excuse after Trumps scandal denying aid and now the republicans halted the weapon deliveries in congress. 

F political deleted bull pie politics

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

To what? Is there anything I've said that you think is not true? 

Why Obama did not  prioritized high tech weapons to Ukraine, because of corruption and the risk of handing technology to the russians. 

So, 

4 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

That's why Obama refused to sell Ukraine weapons, Trump sold Ukraine weapons, and Biden canceled the arms sales to Ukrain when he got into office, got it. 

 

And what did Biden say when Putin had forces on the boarder, and he was asked what he would do in Putin invaded? Remember? 

 

And remember Obama on a hot-mike promising Putin to be flexible on missile defense if Putin would give him some space until after the election?

 

You guys crack me up. 

I see no credible links

13 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Did you not understand the question? Does anyone understand why Putin invaded Ukraine during the Obama-Biden administration, and during the Biden-Harris administration, but did not invade during the Trump-Pence administration?

 

It seems like it would have been a lot easier if Putin had his puppet Trump in the Whitehouse. 

 

No idea huh? I thought not. 

Some reading for you

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Ukraine_scandal

6 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Did you not understand the question? Does anyone understand why Putin invaded Ukraine during the Obama-Biden administration, and during the Biden-Harris administration, but did not invade during the Trump-Pence administration?

 

It seems like it would have been a lot easier if Putin had his puppet Trump in the Whitehouse. 

 

No idea huh? I thought not. 

Maybe Obama and Biden had more interest in Ukraine Than Trump? 

Thats what I tried to imply.

World politics where one move leads to another, 

8 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And then there is that land of the free, where politicians from the left and the right want to censor what all those bad people, the others, say... 

The call it cancel culture. 

Right now shooting rubber bullits at demostrants btw as we speak