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I believe a royal pardon is only available to those in jail and can't be given without jail time. Someone here might know more.

I read these harvesters are collecting lungs in the north of Thailand. The tourism sector there doesn't seem too active though.

The number of people who vote for someone is neither here nor there in US Presidential elections. Democrats keep winning the majority of voters (the "popular vote") while the Republicans have fewer people voting for their candidate but win the all-important electoral college. Nothing to do with how the majority of people vote for someone. Just saying. But the Orange guy is unlikely to win this time.

Japan and the EU populations declining so there won't be enough people to work. Could AI make up the difference?

Thai banks will always so no problem, right up until they collapse.

Why is Singapore's Changi airport so good at handling visitors? They sit at their counters and process passports swiftly. It seems that staff appear just as the contents of a plane is unloading and then disappear until the next plane. Why is the system so different and efficient?

Yes, the one called Fox News.

Beside drugs, any legitimate use of this acid?

Reporting on how Trump met Jun was notably biased I thought.

Don't mention the smog. I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.

Why would Pheu That hook up with any other party if they win the vast majority of seats? Do the Republicans make deals with other parties to form a coalition when they win the House outright? Do the Conservatives? Parties that win everything don't make deals unless they have proportional representation or a minority government.

It seems like this thread got hijacked by drugs. Thaksin was popular with common people for introducing universal healthcare and halving the poverty rate. That's why they liked him.

Several years ago I was talking to the mayor of one coastal town and asked why do you have bins on the road, 100 meters from the beach? Why not put them on the beach? He informed that the municipality owns the road area while the beach is owned by the state and controlled by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, which doesn't allow waste bins on the beach. Neither side could work together. Sad.

It did seem odd that while i tested positive, but without symptoms, her indoors was fit as a fiddle. I can't figure it out.

The way things are going, the government should build a new prison wing at each prison for policemen only because their lives would be in danger in the current jails.

And yet Putin's own government still supports him. Seems like another Nuremberg style of trials will be needed. I bet they will claim they were "just following orders."

Seems like a good way to get people to vote the Dems in.

It looks like the government doesn't care about citizens, let alone the tourists that they so desperately need. Not everyone wants go to Phuket only.

How will this affect the charges Putin faces?

Unfortunately, after three decades here, i know that no matter how serious the cock up, Thais will make it. Who cares what Oz does, I live here.

Pollution ought to be more important in a massive tourism reliant country like Thailand. But it isn't.

Hope Thais will never allow nuclear energy here. It's just asking for trouble.

In Thailand you are guilty until you prove your innocence. The fact that a military junta held a coup implies he would never have been allowed to prove anything and in fact risked military interference in the trial (as they have shown over time they are willing to do). If he is still working to do the time maybe under house arrest, good. The fact that he has been able to visit many countries (Japan for instance) without arrest implicitly implies they have doubts.

I agree that a very good lawyer will be helpful. A judge may feel bias towards a Thai but he will understand that he cannot ignore the wife's lies.

I would like to know if foreigners can park these anywhere without issues with police and land department. There's no land so you would think you could get away with it, but there will always be a catch.