Purdey

Read an article today about how it is still not certain who bombed the hospital, as both sides quickly tried to blame the other side. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/18/what-is-israels-narrative-on-the-gaza-hospital-explosion?traffic_source=rss

According to the lawyer the succession was "not in accordance with constitutional law and is also contrary to the Royal Thai Police Act to nominate a new commissioner general regardless of seniority and profile." I am surprise that Big Joke was expecting the post knowing this..

Well, the complete article states, is going ahead in "blatant defiance of legal regulations" so I would not be too quick to condemn the local people. Such a pity the journalist couldn't be bothered to state, or summarize, the regulations referred to though.

Yesterday it was weed, today it is games. Blamers got to blame.

Interesting, as I don't use the rail service much and never noticed these guy when I did.

Isn't/wasn't the Amanpuri in Phuket the place for celebrities to stay? Here's a more current list. https://online-phuket.com/celebreties-in-phuket

Also noticed the same thing some time ago and desperately looked around to see whether anybody stood. Was dragged back down by a friend who whispered, "No one stands these days." When in Rome etc....

Sometimes, I would like to read the educational level of these violent people.

Interesting. Thanks.

1976 was a period of atrocities. Students raped, hung on Thamasart university trees and bayoneted. I just don't want students to use violence to overthrow any government. Why aren't people power politicians willing to gain power without showing their hand until it is too late and then change things quickly?

Yes I imagine the insurance companies are clapping their hands in joy.

I suppose the advantage of rising to the top job is that good pension is based on his final salary.

What's the point in knowing even further ahead that you're going to die? Useless unless there is a cure.

This type of announcement occurs every time the market takes a bath. There is a spreadsheet in the SET website that states how many companies have historically delisted. While the majority voluntarily delisted the number delisted forcibly are few. The SET is just too easy on criminals.

You are essentially restating that the Jewish people took the land of the Palestinians by force. Thanks.

Please excuse my sarcasm, but it is difficult for many people to understand what the Palestinians have against the Israelis. In 1948, David Ben-Gurion, born in Płońsk in Poland, and thus not a Palestinian, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. Note that the British, who held Palestine until May 1948, opposed both the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state in Palestine as well as unlimited immigration of Jewish refugees to the region. It's almost as if Britain knew something would happen. Now imagine that a member of the Manhattan tribe of native Americans declared New York was their spiritual land of Manhattan and they were taking it as their own. Would Americans have peacefully handed it over? Or if Saxons of Northern Germany declared that London was their spiritual home and moved there en masse? They did try. When their descendants wanted to take Britain, they were met with: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." Sounds ominous. It seems that the locals would have been a little upset.

Anyone who has been here a while knows not to defame someone in writing or verbally in front of witnesses.

A lot of people turning green on AN today...

It looks like the Thai press has been ordered to blame all violent acts on weed. It doesn't matter that its usual effect is to make people lie back and take it easy and be less stressed. To get paranoid you'd have to smoke a lot more than most people. Which implies some serious mental health issues.

I guess the Russians here can be friendly with Ukrainian tourists. The Israeli tourists can get on with - I was going to say Palestinian tourists but I guess there aren't many. Thailand, a non-aligned country, could benefit from the input of foreign money.

Thanks. Been trying to Google the answer but everyone keeps saying he can't divert it. Seems like his hands are tied.

This is what I wanted to understand. So it isn't a "use it or lose it" situation? POTUS can actually be forced to use the funds as intended it seems. Thanks for trying to clarify.

Sex toys are considered obscene here, as is prostitution. Both officially don't exist. Clearly, there are thousands of people willing to pay for sex toys and prostitutes. Normally, the police ignore it, except if a foreigner is involved.

I can imagine what the cabinet is thinking. ”We need more money from foreigners.” “A couple of dirty foreigners were killed by a Thai with rich parents.” ”Give them money then tax foreigners to get it back again.” ”But shouldn’t we just hide the tax in hotel prices like other countries?” ”Foreigners need to know they are paying for the compensation. It will make them feel we are a caring country.”

Israel is being cautious as it receives billions from the USA, which doesn’t want to support killing civilians. Bad PR.