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While not published in western news media, an interview with Putin yesterday in Pravda was worth reading. He was quoted as saying that it was time for Russia to take back Alaska, a country it had sold to the USA in the 19th century for "a ridiculously low price." "The price we got was not serious. It was a joke. Today it remains underdeveloped, which we could change. It does not even touch the continental United States! Russia is closer to Alaska than any part of continental USA. Russia was the first to send a satellite into space. With our advanced technology we could develop Alaska. Canada is a possible security barrier and will ensure safety for Americans. All we want is some space to breathe."

Why have egg prices come down? The US has been panic buying eggs from Austria, Norway, Spain and Denmark. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it secured new egg commitments from Turkey and South Korea. America needs to spend more of it's budget on eggs than expected.

Three years ago Putin said it would all be over in weeks. Ukraine still has fight in it.

So many tourists from a country supposed to be almost bankrupt.

It is interesting that the Atlantic is totally free to release the transcript and reveal state secrets to the public because the government chat group insist there were no state secrets discussed. How can Trump take the Atlantic to court if it never happened?

Talk about bad timing. First the government is criticized by the West for sending Uyghyrs to China, supposedly at the whim of Xi. Then pointing at Chinese tourists and cutting the visa limit for its citizens. The timing makes the two events look linked.

Are gangbangers fun? Anyone who can initiate a gangbang is ok.

Thailand has to agree that, just as it is its own and no one else's decision to send Uyghurs back to China, The EU has the right to decide whether or not to trade with Thailand.

Those gangbangers are just nasty. People with tattoos should be assumed to be terrorists and sent to El Salvador without evidence and without a trial. That will be the end of it.

Ignoring pollution has long term effects on people but I guess most of the people responsible whether factory owners or EPA officers will be retired or dead by then. In Thailand we have PM2.5 pollution but no one cares.

This is Thailand. There will be ways that Thais will get in. Famous gamblers like "Chat Taopoon" who owns his own casinos, will not be banned. This is great for skimming off licenses and construction contracts.

I have a petrol engineered roadster. No way I am giving that up. Over my cold, dead hands.

When tears of sadness turn to tears of joy I can't help but feel good for their change of fortune.

I have never considered using an app to transfer money until staff at SCB said they wouldn't transfer money to my sister. Then I downloaded the SCB app which transferred the money direct to her bank in less than 60 minutes. Now I have to worry about AI transferring my money? This is not a case of being cautious but of theft going on in the background and being unaware.

It is a draft guideline. It doesn't mean it definitely will be implemented. After discussion, I hope it will be either rejected or adjusted.

Neither she nor her parents complained to the police. They're must be a reason but the court should put the parents in the stand and find out.

The media is a strong bolster against the lies and misdirection we get these days from oligarchs and fake information. We need two sides to every story.

Is education that poor that the words Marxist, Communist and Socialist have all the same meaning today?

Unfortunately, many Thais are imprisoned for drug offences and are given 30-40 years in prison without decent legal representatives to fight for them. Several I have spoken to are dazed. "My brother stored drugs in my house without me knowing but the police arrested me, not him." is a typically pathetic story I have heard when talking to prisoners. Many could be released after 10 years but aren't. I spoke to some foreign shoplifters, and they were less than well-educated but got 10 years. Non-violent criminals should be getting parole, but they aren't.

I don't suppose Moscow has all these leaks and listens in to these open discussions? Nah.

Hardly worth discussing Thai education if Westerners use loose instead of lose, their instead of they're in the forum.

“We are in favour of using up all of the country’s resources.” Thats better.

I agree with Trump. Destroy the American automobile industry before rather than later. Don't want Republicans denying their role when the administration changes.

A good beating never hurt anyone.

Did they negotiate via Scout or Line? In that case, all will be shared soon.