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8 minutes ago, nglodnig said:

This has been predicted to happen over the last thirty years - it's always "next decade" but like tomorrow it never comes

No , not the same ... look at the facts ...

Time is running out now ... the change is happening , just follow the news ...

In Nature , everything is connected , every action provokes a reaction .

It once was a perfectly balanced ecosystem , that enabled species to survive and evolve .

In a second on the planetary time scale ( Planet is about 5 billion years old , the ' industrial revolution ' about 150 years old ) , mankind has managed to disturb that natural , life creating balance , up to a point that it cannot be repaired anymore .

Greed , violence and stupidity without the ability to foresee the consequences of its own actions has brought humanity to a point where everything suffers , people as well ...

It could have been done in a more responsible way , without the massive destruction that we witness today .

Too late now .

Intelligence was lacking , Ignorance and arrogance of the dominant species on this planet led straight to the point where we are now .

A pity ... it could have been so much better , if only there would have been a little empathy for every living thing , a respect for the balanced biosphere that finally created us , mankind .

A species bound for extinction ...

17 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Would you, as an expat, sympathize with these Thais? Could you understand and accept why they have reacted in this manner?

No .

One sick individual who commits horrible crimes , does not mean that all of them are like that .

Generalization at its worst .

Mob rules like that would make me rethink my stay .

21 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Would you be furious that you, along with other totally innocent farangs, are being targeted and threatened in this fashion?

Yes , of course .

Iran is hesitant for a full scale war .

They are busy to finish the full scale enrichment of uranium that they need for the islamic nuclear bomb .

Once the have that bomb , they might be crazy enough to use it ...

If they do not use it , it will strengthen their position for negotiating .

Too many crazies already in this world that like to play around with nukes .

4 hours ago, webfact said:

a corporal and a sergeant, allegedly drunk, ordered the privates to strip naked and stand in the rain and cold for six hours in the middle of the night. During this ordeal, they were slapped, kicked, and stomped.

Forced to undergo humiliating treatment , they will not have the pariotism

to go and fight for Thailand ...

Sadists should have no place in an army .

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s third bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for 2025-27, slated for October, could be in jeopardy if it decides to dissolve the opposition Move Forward party on August 7th.

 

This warning comes from Chamnan Chanruang, a core member of the Progressive movement

I don't think that they give much importance to becoming a member of the Human Right's Council .

May be some will think that it could harm Thailand's sacred reputation a bit ...

4 hours ago, webfact said:

If the court opts to dissolve the party, Chamnan asserted that its members and MPs would join a new party, which would not be bound by the court’s earlier ruling. This new entity would continue the campaign for amendments to the controversial law.

Of course . That's the way to go ... only a pity that the leaders of MFP will probably be banned from politics for some years ...

But new leaders will emerge , the current leaders will become counselors , and the problem for the current rulers will persist , at least until the next coup .

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“If the Move Forward Party is dissolved, this decision will effectively disenfranchise millions of voters who called for progressive change and democratic reform,” stated Cardin.

And it will show that Thailand is not really a country where democratic principles are valued and respected .

It still is more an autocracy where election results are ignored if they do not please the ruling elite .

It is a pseudo-democracy that has been put up just for the reputation of being democratic .

In reality , it is always the same group of people who design everything here .

They control the army and are not shy to use it for another military coup , if they sense a danger to their position .

The only way to definitely rid this country of the corrupt elite , would be a revolution . French style .

Nobody died , that's good already .

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

Russian state media were among the entities that wrongly identified the suspect in the Southport stabbings as an asylum seeker who arrived in the United Kingdom on a small boat. This misinformation played a role in inciting violence in Hartlepool, London, and Southport, resulting in injuries to dozens of police officers in clashes with far-right protesters.

To incite hatred against immigrants is a tool to destabilize a country .

Today's wars are fought on many fronts ...

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

back to Judge Chutkan. She will need to address several key questions: which alleged acts by Trump fall under the executive branch’s exclusive constitutional authority and are thus immune from prosecution, which are official acts but still prosecutable because they pose no danger to presidential powers, and which acts involve private conduct and are prosecutable. 

Trump is a worried man .

His popularity is declining , If he does not win the election to consequently pardon himself after , he will face criminal prosecution , that might earn him jail time .

I do not think that he will accept a defeat ... more probable that he will try to unite his supporters to start a civil war .

21 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

no family members around and a limited circle of friends so a low-key/low cost cremation is the objective.

May he RIP .

3 hours ago, webfact said:

the film’s sepia-toned scenes, likely intended to add a vintage feel, were perceived as an outdated depiction of Thailand, ostensibly portraying the country as it was decades ago

The power of ' enraged netizens ' ...

I liked the ad .