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Purdey

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  1. Fortune Town is on the MRT near Rama 9. At least 2 music shops. Imusic #3065 has strings.
  2. If he steps down and is not put behind bars for 20 years he can return after the next election with a landslide. Very happy he chooses to avoid violence. I doubt his intentions was to stop Chinese tourism, just perhaps not to give away the country to China. Let's not forget it was China that funded the local communist insurgency here to overthrow the government in the 60-70s.
  3. Interesting that every FBI director since the start has been a registered Republican.
  4. Personally, I don't see much happening as many Thais are disillusioned by the fiasco, They will stay home and feel they tried but the powers that be put an end to that dream. I am hoping that the armchair warriors promoting armed conflict will wheel their armchairs out to parliament.
  5. So the magic wasn't needed as the son was sitting in a daze behind the house - which they had not checked. It was bizarre, astounding, shocking, almost tragic, and many other adjectival words that the Thaiger often resorts to to make you read the article.
  6. No kid wants to be told anything by his parents and don't explain where they will be and with whom. I guess the parents just gave up on teaching him to be a good son.
  7. Misread the heading as Anyone else have an irritable wife this morning after erection result. My partner kept telling me she just felt exhausted after all the effort put into it and has lost hope.
  8. I was wondering why only royal defamation and not defamation as a whole. I understand that the highest institution is revered here, and many countries have a lese majeste law, but for a member of parliament to say no one should be jailed for defamation opens up a much larger debate. The penalty for defamation in general constitutes imprisonment ranging from one year (Section 326) to two years (Section 328). Journalists are particularly prone to custodial sentences if they "defame" anyone with reporting that damages someone's reputation. A Thai court sentenced a reporter to two years behind bars for criminal libel for a Twitter post about exploitative working conditions at a poultry farm. Remember - it is about making the victim look bad. If only MF had found it interesting that defamation is a criminal offence here, unlike other countries where it is a civil offence.
  9. Better for MF to push for another election but this time win all the voters they need for a landslide and don't depend on anyone
  10. There will be an inspection after it collapses though.
  11. Better for Move Forward to go into opposition and a minority government take the reigns. Then do their best to force a re-election and win more votes so they don't need to rely on the Senate.
  12. Well if he had paid the case would have ended 10 years ago, wouldn't it?
  13. I am back in the Twilight Zone.
  14. Tactically, with Pita out of the way, the junta will be looking to dissolve Move Forward Party next. Supporting a change to 112 has made this a death match. Recordings of their rallies in which they discussed changing 112 could be used to show lese majeste. The People(tm) may demonstrate. The army will shrug its (well-armed) shoulders..
  15. Peta has been very disappointing. Couldn't plan his way out of a paper bag. Best thing to hope for is a minority government then and early election where MF win an overwhelming number of votes.
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  17. Absolutely. In fact I wonder why his lawyers have not given him better legal advice from the beginning, such as return the shares or give them to the relative his father had instructed him to give them in the will.
  18. Yes, I see your point but I think they can do so only if it were against the law. For instance, the question was raised whether Pita's books were media. This would make Stephen King/Tomayanti journalists so i don't believe it can be used. Having said that, what else could they find?
  19. Somehow, not surprised. Having worked with and known personally several government officers, they are frankly afraid of being sued if they don't follow the law, no matter how petty it seems to foreigners. The law states that MPs are not allowed to hold shares in a media company. It doesn't differentiate between 2 shares or 42,000 shares. * Thanathorn ignored this. Banned. * Peta ignored it - off to court. Peta held the shares for many years as an executor. Years during which he could have disbursed them to someone at any time. Finally, he disbursed them this year. As if somehow he just realized the sh*t he was in. If the constitutional court finds him innocent of holding media shares, the court could be in trouble. As many here want to ignore the illegality, perhaps the court will too and everyone will be happy. Personally, I think Peta has been too naive by not understanding that the old guard would check everything about him to find a tool with which to remove him. Footnote: Wikipedia says: There were recent (from 2022) attempts to revive ITV with the aim of attacking Pita. ITV's description was changed from “a holding company principally engaged in the non-financial business” to “television media” in 2022, despite the company being unable to carry out television broadcasts. The description was changed again in 2023 to “advertising media and returns from investments”.
  20. So, tough on staff in private, sweet and polite in public. Typical politician. He should run for president. Um... wait...

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