Purdey

I have to wonder whether the price will rise over the next few years. At least 12 countries make parts for Boeing, and all of them have to pay Trumptax.

It was probably gearing down, surely? Usually, the crew does not allow you to stand up and go to the lavatory during takeoff and landing.

I doubt there will be a long jail term. Just put him on the next plane back to bananaville.

Does this mean any survivors will be crushed by this behemoth? Or aren't they expecting to find more?

Aliens once again needed for their money only.

So, he says the country is in the mud and sinking. Not one idea for how to help get the country out of the hole or mitigate the effects of the crisis. Create a skilled populace. Diversify manufacturing. Make things that other countries want. Investigate mining potential. Not a single idea.

Marry American and everything goes to hell in a handbasket. Can't say I have any sympathy for him. Get a real job.

More cunning stunts from the White House. I wonder who made a buck on the stock market.

Fox is not a news channel. They already admitted it in court. It is strictly entertainment.

Thailand should spread its wings and instead of selling goods to the USA, seek out new and growing markets elsewhere. Africa is the next Asia and selling cheap automobiles there will be better than an unreliable trade partner.

The professional soldiers in Thailand I have met tend to be very hard men. I wouldn't get on their bad side. Conscripts are much softer and are not people you would worry about meeting in a dark alley. Better to go with a fully professional military.

Whether it was suicide or murder, don't play with guns.

Everyone write this in your diaries as an aide memoire.

Not a complete plan but a start: using taxation is not unusual when needed. Roosevelt raised taxes on the rich, with top marginal tax rates reaching 79% by 1936. Eisenhower - a conservative Republican if ever there was one - maintained a top marginal tax rate of 92% for the highest earners, a rate he inherited from the Truman administration. Yes, 92%. Although Reagan is known for tax cuts, the highest marginal rate during his presidency was 70% in 1981, which he later reduced to 50% then 28%. Guess when the national debt started to rise dramatically? Why, in the 1980s of course. The increase was largely driven by substantial tax cuts and increased defense spending under President Reagan. By the end of Reagan's presidency in 1989, the national debt had grown to approximately $2.7 trillion. So, raise taxes on the rich and cut defense spending are two ways to help the economy.

Why no tariffs on Russia, North Korea, Belarus and Cuba? Despite rumormongering that they are Trump's friends, the facts are more mundane. They are not subject to the Reciprocal Tariff Executive Order because they are already facing extremely high tariffs, and previously imposed sanctions preclude any meaningful trade with those countries.

Had a dirt bike here 20 years ago and went everywhere on it, including Bangkok to Aranyaprathet. Besides a full-face helmet, keeping a sensible speed is important and defensive driving is also a key. It is too easy when you are young to feel invulnerable.

I wonder whether the Chinese are simply aiding an ally or getting some experience for invading Taiwan?

Taking the piss of Thai names is incredible childish, like telling people Dawson means small dick in Thai.

I believe it will get progressively more expensive to fly on American made planes as their manufacturing costs rise. Modern planes use a lot of foreign parts, which is going to cause rising ticket prices.

There a lot of chimneys in the northeast. Shove them up those and that will give them more experience as cheap labor. Abs build character. Cotton picking in the southern states. Bring back flogging if they are lazy. Really, who needs education?

Canada about to cancel 80 F35s from USA and buy the Swedish Grippen. Lots of winning.

You will find two items that conflict on Google: 1. Tiger Woods was granted Thai citizenship, 2. Tiger Woods does not hold dual citizenship. The government offered and he refused.

It was even in Asean Now at the time! https://aseannow.com/topic/8980-dual-citizen-tiger-woods/ I was here at the time and remember it clearly.

Withdraw the money they have in American bonds/treasuries? Transfer to the EU.

Mass killing of children seems to be a thing in some, well at least one, western country, so rather dangerous. It would be wrong to say Thais are snow white when it comes to prejudice or mumbling under the breath. When Tiger Woods was offered a free Thai passport, he turned it down because of how his mother was treated when she had a black husband.