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I want to know what they used the loan for. Booze? Food? Motorcycle?

Western father: So, where shall we go for our family holidays this year? Everybody: Thailand! The alcoholic hub of the world! That's a really family destination.

They probably thought the junta had gone so no need to worry.

It sounds very fatalistic to say they will die for each other, doesn’t it?

I agree. They must be daft.

It looks like the Canadski Feenstras family expected Russians to speak English and for everything to be exactly like Canada in every respect except without the ‘wokeness’ and LGBTQ+. Why didn't they google Russia, I wonder?

A lot of the problem arises from the lack of knowledge today. Many people think plastic is an homologous material, all the same composition etc. People can differentiate a Masarati and BYD, even though they are both "cars". They can differentiate between Windows and Android, though they are both operating systems. The only type of plastic that is ready to recycle today remains polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers, like water bottles. Waste collectors do separate PET bottles to send to be recycled. Her indoors has a large oil drum that she fills with PET bottles and gives the bottles (not sells) to an old waste picker. These days recycling bottles into new bottles is legal. Some companies, like H&M use recycled bottles to make clothing. The EU is fine with recycled bottles but some countries just don't understand the differences among plastic. Kevlar is a plastic, but not many know that. It doesn't get recycled. I attended a fashion show of clothing made from old recycled bottles recently. Couldn't tell what they were made of. Separate your plastic bottles and they will be recycled. (Sorry for the poor photos)

Seems it could force people to use a lot of electricity for fans and air conditioning, leading to the government saying they can’t keep up with supply as they weren’t expecting this uptick in energy use.

If only there was evidence the sales ban cut alcoholism...

Not sure why they use the word woke with inverted commas. According to Wikipedia: "Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination" 1. It is an American word. Why is the Telegraph using it? 2. It was created by African-Americans. Nothing to do with transgender art.

Confusing. Should he be declaring war and sending boys to die in countries they can't point to on a map? America's batting average hasn't been that great overseas. The concept of never ending wars to keep the arms manufacturers in business needs to take a break.

Gary Clark Jr. Come Together. Better than the Beatles.

Interesting to see a prime minister telling a listed company how to do its job

Thanks.

Thanks. I hadn't seen this mentioned in news items.

I don't understand one thing. If he inflated the value of his assets to borrow money, and deflated them to pay less tax, is the taxman now allowed to go after him for unpaid taxes based on his own highest assessments?

If only the government could prove their policy works, using a figure that shows fewer alcoholics.

https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/2.23.Thailand-1.pdf

No misinterpretation. It is all reported. All the things you say are mentioned by the police but under the line that states driving faster than the speed limit.

In most countries there is a retirement age for workers but rarely politicians. Congress could easily create a retirement age for politicians, but they won't.

Of course there are reasons but speeding comes top of the list, whether it be speeding due to drunkenness, speeding and hitting a tree, speeding and losing control of the vehicle. But the Police put speeding at the top of the list. This is a capture of a Thai police presentation. The long blue line at the top of the graph says "Driving faster than the speed limit".

Please do go back to the publicly release police reports on road accidents. Speeding is given as the main reason each time. In 80 km.hr limits, I have seen Maserati and Porsches do 160. Egg on the face much?

Then all 85 year olds too?

Who passes more laws that immediately affect ordinary people, representatives and senators or the president? Is the president allowed to enter the nuclear codes without supervision or is it just a hoary old myth?

Do others get the same publicity when they have a senior moment, or isn't mentioned because people understand it happens?