Purdey

If the cases are delayed and he loses the presidency run-off, those cases could hardly be dropped, which is something he must be very afraid of. If he wins, he will pardon himself. But should he commit more offences while in office, will this mean he will continue issuing himself pardons (he could otherwise be impeached) or just write a big, beautiful blanket pardon at the end (if he doesn't declare himself president-for-life)?

Let's avoid mentioning the possibility of raising the educational level of Thais. God forbid they could be given skills.

As the world's defenestration hub, I wonder if the government has ever considered a law to force a safe minimum height for balcony railings to at least prevent accidental falls?

Yes, credit is a drug from which consumers and governments cannot go cold turkey.

A relatively non-violent protest that should not be compared to the murders of MPs Jo Cox and David Amess.

Interesting that an online betting company believes he will not be jailed but doesn't say why. https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-drugs-guns-trial-betting-odds-1908753

Once they find the taxman stepping on the toes of Thais with money overseas this will probably be adjusted. Thaksin lived abroad for 17 years and must have money that was not taxed by Thailand.

Not sure how the law works in Indonesia but I'm sure demanding the Thai police do anything in return for a criminal is not the best approach.

No but it is necessary to read thoroughly and not just opine while knowing nothing. Republicans have done this before when interviewing Mark Zuckerberg and showing they had no clue about how social media works. https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/some-senators-in-congress-capitol-hill-just-dont-get-facebook-and-mark-zuckerberg/ Imagine how they sound discussing science.

On Monday, Dr. Fauci said, "it's possible the virus had leaked from a lab — he said that, given that the pandemic's origins remain unknown, he personally keeps an open mind." “I did not try to steer the discussion in any direction,” Fauci told the committee, pointing to an email he sent the same day urging evolutionary scientists to further examine the lab-leak theory. “It is inconceivable that anyone who reads this email could conclude that I was trying to cover up the possibility of a lab leak,” Fauci said. “I always kept an open mind.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/fauci-testifies-before-congress-for-first-time-since-leaving-government-5-takeaways-from-the-hearing-183418709.html Regarding emails uncovered by the committee sent by David Morens, a former senior adviser at the agency who, in April 2021, seemed to indicate that Fauci used his private email address to avoid having potentially sensitive information about government business disclosed to the public. "In his opening statement, Fauci distanced himself from Morens, saying he knew nothing about Fauci's actions and that Morens “was not an adviser to me on institute policy or other substantive issues.” “To the best of my knowledge, I have never conducted official business via my personal email.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/fauci-testifies-before-congress-for-first-time-since-leaving-government-5-takeaways-from-the-hearing-183418709.html He seems to be wiping the floor with the Republicans.

Yes, and they show they were paying attention. Fauci said he participated in a conference call with several international virologists to discuss manipulation in the lab or possible spillover from animals to humans. He characterized the discussion as “lively,” with arguments on both sides. Fauci said he did not try to steer the discussion in any direction. https://nypost.com/2021/06/02/fauci-was-warned-that-covid-may-have-been-engineered-emails/

They cannot ask if the vaccine was effective. They can ask about Wuhan. He was America’s top infectious disease expert and testified that, contrary to allegations made by Republicans on the panel, he never sought to suppress the theory that COVID-19 came from a laboratory — and has always kept an open mind about the virus’s origins.

Cool - refer to a gated website so everyone is locked out except you. I was hoping to read a real scientific research paper but never mind... Fraud or faked results are common but the difference is that if said research cannot be replicated, it is ignored. You should not think scientists accept it without replication.

He is not an expert on vaccines, which is why he wouldn't know a lie if it fell on him. I notice you still don't have any scientific evidence, just a proven liar entertainment channel and a fake doctor. "In the spring of 2010 stories first swirled around Sen. Rand Paul’s certification as an ophthalmologist by an outfit called the “National Ophthalmology Board,” an entity he founded." This board "has been out of business since 2011, and in any event, does not under Kentucky law permit him to advertise as “board certified.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/11/08/rand-paul-has-another-problem/

You are quoting an entertainment channel that lost a lot of money when it was proven in court that they lie? P.S. Rand Paul is an eye doctor. He specializes in cataract and glaucoma surgeries, LASIK procedures, and corneal transplants, not vaccines.

I have looked at professional analyses of scientific data that would count as fake but the amount is not 50% - Martinson et al. (2005), which is one of the largest and most frequently cited surveys on misconduct published to date. This study appears to be rather conservative, because without it the pooled average frequency with which scientists admit they have committed misconduct would jump to nearly 3%. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685008/ Moreover, no one appears to agree with you about Covid vaccine being the problem created using fake information. Scientific research shows it is misinformation on Facebook and Twitter that causes people to believe "they are out to get us." It is just not proven by the scientific community. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk3451 (2024) Perhaps you should provide a link to the research proving the vaccine data was faked (NOT Facebook) so I and others can see for ourselves.

People confusing Jewish as a religion and Israeli as the nationality of a country again. Irish Jews are Irish, not Israeli.

Firstly, farmers don't compete with forests. If a land shortage constrains the production of food, it should mean that food prices go up. This same argument is being used in Brazil to decimate rain-forests for farmland. Population growth should be a better area to look at. Offsetting cows' farts is important because methane is something like (if memory serves) 25 times stronger that CO2 in terms of both being greenhouse gases, thus well worth looking into.

While I dislike censorship in a free society, I understand that every side has their own point of view. I would therefore encourage more fact check organizations that can prove their independence and base their comments on hard evidence.

My guess is that as the country sinks further into economic chaos, more young men will see the monk hood as a form of social security rather than for any religious reason.

One scenario I have envisaged (for a novel) is to make up as many lies as possible so the torturer cannot know which version is true.

It isn't that surprising when the people running the economy know nothing about economics and a lot about jailing people.

And you know that because you are a top scientist?

Biden or Trump - it doesn't matter. If the majority vote for one or the other, that's fine. Accept the majority.

I love that people without a PhD in science always know more than the guy who studied science for decades. Ho hum.