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I find the whole thing puzzling as I didn't follow it in much detail. Did a court find that Thaksin and Yingluck both signed the deal by their own hand knowing it was corrupt or did commerce minister Boonsong sign it and they were held responsible? Is it possible that two prime ministers signed the same deal? It reminds me of the American TV comedy Soap and the catchphrase "Confused? You will be..."

The Chinese are clever. Send their people to Thailand and elsewhere and let Thai hospitals handle the problem.

The inability of ministers to accept advice from underlings is exceptional. Just keep making policy without planning.

Everyone in the USA believes the words "Bring me your..." etc., means their grandparents only.

Looking at what happened in Spain, foreigners were told they should register to get residence but a lot of people didn't and were asked to leave. Make same same but different.

News on page 4 on Wednesday: Thai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob and Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakar have COVID-19 and will not be conducting their duties for 10 days.

They will be fully enforced... Until the tea money is paid.

There's a lot in many western countries. Personally i don't feel strongly about incest but very strongly about rape, as most others do.

Absolutely correct.

Not the first I've read of kids shooting people with daddy's gun. (Side bar; Rhode Island had no age limit on trying kids as adults but others have a limit of 13 years and higher). Read about the result of taking away guns e.g. Australia and the American reaction is that taking away people's guns just leaves criminals as the only ones with guns. Obviously this is wrong as the decline in TOTAL gun deaths includes murders by criminals. It is pretty effective. The biggest fall in deaths (over 60%) is always suicides as guns kind of make suicide more certain than other forms of ending it. People insist that the constitution guarantees the right to own a gun. But does it? After all, the right was never worked into the original document but was an amendment, implying that it could be amended again if desired. The 18th amendment of 1919 banned alcohol. Then it was repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933 - proving that any part of the constitution can be repealed. People just have to want it.

It seems incest is common especially in the developing world. However, before looking down on Thailand be aware that scientists estimate around 23,000 kids are the result of inbreeding in the UK. US authorities estimate incest occurs in over 10 percent of American families. It isn't even illegal in some states. The horrible part is that rape by family members is detestable because we ought to be able to trust parents. It seems that this monk was upset his daughter had a lesbian lover. No excuse.

Thailand needs tourists due to its inability to develop an educated population and entice foreign manufacturers here. So its economy is always going to be hostage to COVID. The lack of leadership here will see it stumbling from crisis to crisis forever.

I wish they wouldn't spoil Hua Hin and surroundings further. Chopping down the forest or encroaching on the beaches is a terrible idea let it go to Pattaya where everything was destroyed years ago

Well, I understand that the station was given a royally bestowed name so they have to change it. That is a given. My questions to management would be: 1. Why didn't you request the name from the start, before construction? This is called planning. 2. Why request renaming after the station had been built and the giant letters placed on two ends? 3. Why ask for a royally given name after construction at all? It really looks like management incompetence from the start. It isn't as if a royally bestowed name is a surprise - someone has to request it. Knowing they were going to make a formal request, surely they could have held off on naming it Bangsue Central Station? However much is costs they can hardly back out at this stage. Just a bit of forethought could have saved the country a lot of money.

There are lots of fact checkers/analysts and these things are not fact checked by the drug companies. Organizations like the US FDA and UK NHS busted the myths you mentioned years ago. Moreover, COVID is a coronavirus and work on coronaviruses has been undertaken for years before COVID-19 emerged. It is comparable to the development of airplanes years before war breaks out. Not believing scientists is fine, but no one believes non scientists. I linked to an article written by scientists. Here are a few more by reputable agencies. https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/covid-19-vaccines/is-it-true/is-it-true-were-covid-19-vaccines-rushed-through-approvals-or-given-emergency-use-authorisations-in-australia https://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-2020/covid-vaccine-myths.html?cmp=KNC-DSO-HEALTH-Health_COVID-NonBrand-Phrase-36909-GOOG-COVID-DrugsSupplement-VaccineMyths-COVID-Phrase-NonBrand&gclid=Cj0KCQiAzeSdBhC4ARIsACj36uGVVl-howQsYg2Tb9WeNOJMPPm5HseULtdI7oZef7MsUtJBnZTypyMaArh9EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html

After all these years of reading news articles about murder, I doubt that there are many truly, purely, evil people in the world. There are many who are mentally ill for sure. A psychopath is mentally ill for instance. I read that many CEOs are psychopaths. Not evil unless treating people like sh*t is evil. This murderer is probably unbalanced, wouldn't say evil.

Clearly you didn't read the fact check article I included.

Seems that punters could buy US dollars and wait for the baht to weaken again. However, the continued reliance by Thailand on tourism is not the way forward.

As the last census was in 2010, the Thai authorities are wonderful at juggling statistics.

With 7 participants, and only 5 empty chambers, someone had to die. They made ît sound like a game.

The naming convention was interesting to know. The fact that Thailand does rely on the military for disaster relief is also good. I just feel being rescued by the navy might go either way

Not sure this is absolutely true as this is a new variant. Viruses like the flu still kill people.

The vaccine was tested as normal with clinical trials etc. It passed all the usual tests. Scientists had spent years developing vaccines against coronaviruses before COVID. Fauci (you can't even spell his name right) is a scientist with decades of experience but you, with zero experience, make this stuff up and expect to look impressive. Try reading. https://www.umms.org/coronavirus/covid-vaccine/facts/testing

Well, there are plenty of people here who seem oblivious to the risk of infection. I understand that vaccinated people can get it but their risk of death is low. They can, however, pass it on to the unvaccinated. I suspect the airports will have their temperature scanners on and pull people over if they are suspect. Thailand needs tourists because they cannot invest in manufacturing without an educated population.

Those sunlit uplands are calling. A good opportunity to invest in energy independence.