Everything posted by John Drake
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Chinese man lives Thai life with only Chinese products, sparks social media debate
If their diet consists of that menu, they'll not be living there long.
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Cabinet To Approve Extra Holiday Leading To 6-Day Break
And they run out at the end of the month anyway, as people cash out their paychecks.
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Immigration closed on Friday 28 July (King's Birthday)
People did plan ahead, if they used the online appointment system for Immigration. And many people sometimes need to plan and shift days because of their work schedule in order to do business at other government offices. This is especially true for someone who must make a long commute to Bangkok to do business. BTW, why did you need to shout and insert a hysterical exclamation mark in your post?
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Is Elon Musk right to ditch the Twitter logo?
You can't "own" the letter, x. You can own your graphic design of it. I imagine Musk copyrighted this new logo quite some time ago. It goes along with his SpaceX and Tesla X. For some reason, he has a fixation on X.
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16th retirement extension Non-O but Thai wife has spent my 800k.
I was going to show this topic to my wife. But I then thought the better of it.
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Immigration closed on Friday 28 July (King's Birthday)
And there goes all the online appointments people made for that date. Not to mention the people that rescheduled their work and other matters to clear that day for Immigration or other government offices.
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Cabinet To Approve Extra Holiday Leading To 6-Day Break
From now on you will need to check and see if there is a holiday near a Monday and/or Friday before you schedule anything at immigration. Next up is 14 August. Best not to plan anything for 11 August.
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Mid-air drama: Unruly passenger instigates chaos on Thai Airways flight to Frankfurt
It's worse when you try to claim your luggage. https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/mass-brawl-breaks-out-at-ohare-airport-two-arrested/3148098/
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Cabinet To Approve Extra Holiday Leading To 6-Day Break
Anybody on AN have an appointment at immigration on the 28th? Better be jittery now about Immigration appointments from now on. And how many other people either clear their calendar or rearrange schedules to take care of something at the government offices that will now be closed on three days notice?
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‘Dissatisfaction’ over new tours set up for Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei
Sounds like a cattle dip.
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Bangkok police shut illegal beauty clinic attracting foreign clients
Chinese gangs stealing the country right under the eyes of the police
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Move Forward will support Pheu Thai PM candidate
By remaining "loyal" to their coalition, MPF is forcing PTP to choose to be loyal, too, or opportunist betrayers of their own promises. It's a good move. Actually, the first good move I've seen from MPF that outfoxes PTP.
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5 things you hate most about Thailand
Nothing. Not one damn thing.
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Quick Analysis: With Pita Gone, What Happens Next?
Because that is what made MFP popular and got its victory.
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Pita ordered to suspend doing his duties as an MP
It's probably not a good idea for foreigners on a Thai news forum to call for revolution and blood in the streets. It's not going to happen.
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US ‘concerned’ about developments in legal system after Thailand’s election
The US could help sort out some of its problems, for example, by imposing either higher taxes on Thai imports or flat out bans, especially on "Thai companies" serving as false fronts for Chinese corporations trying to get around sanctions. Maybe the US also needs to solve its problem with imports that don't take proper precautions and perhaps have Thai products spend a couple of extra months in quarantine until passing US inspection? Sounds good to me.
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Pita ordered to suspend doing his duties as an MP
Why didn't he do this much, much earlier?
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Pita ordered to suspend doing his duties as an MP
Compromise candidate needed. Clear the way for Chuwit.
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US ‘concerned’ about developments in legal system after Thailand’s election
Is my memory correct? Didn't Thai Immigration outsource their approval of visas for Chinese citizens to the Chinese embassy? How long before China controls approval for visas of citizens from other countries?
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Pita ordered to suspend doing his duties as an MP
This is the key to any protests. A bunch of high school and college kids standing around in front of a BTS station, waiting to get hit by a water cannon isn't going to do it. When the Red Shirts come to town, that's a different matter. These people are tough, carry studded 2x4s, don't mind the heat, and are willing to pitch camp wherever they're told to.
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Why section 272 is becoming a new focus
Dead and done.
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DSI Cracks Down: US National among Several Arrested in Thailand
Looks like Zuckerberg.
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TAT Promotes Thai Soft Power via Tourism Booster Shot Campaign
Mango and sticky rice. For real. I like it. Ought to get the rest of the world in on durians too.
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Why section 272 is becoming a new focus
This proposal is DOA. The senators are not going to vote to do away with themselves. Looks like an empty gesture.
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Pita ready to step aside if his party fails to win senators’ hearts
I've said all along that PTP was outmaneuvering everybody else.