BobBKK

Jim "I am not a leaker" Comey leaks classified documents to a mate who then gives them to the newspapers. You could not make that up and hope he is in Court soon. 

I travel many times on the 121 and 118 and have never seen a serious traffic problem at the junction there. Why do it?  anyway it might improve things a bit but now 3/4 years of Hell.

4 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

On what basis do you make the claim that "Palestinians" have as much claim to the land as do the  "jews"?  Your foreign based bias is on full display with the erroneous assumption that all arabs are the same. News flash; they are not. Palestinians is a  construct to  take in a diverse group of arabs; some from Egypt, others from Jordan and Lebanon and some from Bedouin nomadic peoples. The only people with an actual claim to any land in Israel proper are the arabs associated with the Bedouin. One cannot discuss arab" claims to land in Israel without including the lands that arab jews lost in Arab controlled countries. The jewish arabs lost far more than the non jewish arabs. How do you propose to address the  financial and physical losses  suffered by almost 1 million arabs of the jewish faith?  Why aren't you including this issue? Those arabs thrown out of arab countries or forced to flee for their lives had to go somewhere.

 

You are clueless to the history of the jews and their connection to israel, It was their historical lands regularly occupied by foreign invaders whether African, Persian, Greek, Roman, Arab, Turk or European. The history of the foreign occupation of Israel  mirrors that of modern Arab countries.  Israel  was a bonafide and legitimate nation  centuries before  countries like the UK, Australia,  Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Qatar,  Botswana, the USA ever existed, and yet you call into question the legitimacy of Israel and its right to exist.  Brilliant.

 

 

The USA does not have a military  base in Israel, although it is allowed access to a radar station in Dimona for ATC purposes. The USA  has bases in the UAE and Qatar. The reality is that Israel doesn't have military bases from  any foreign countries on its soil.

The Russians have military bases in Syria. The Iranians have military bases in Syria. Iran through its proxy  army  Hizbollah occupies and controls a large part of Lebanon. Iran also has a proxy army occupying part of Yemen. 

Are you even aware that there are far more foreign military bases in arab countries and not one in Israel? By your logic, the arab countries are puppets of foreigners.

 

France has a military presence in Lebanon,  the UAE, Djibouti, and Chad 

Italy has a military presence in the UAE and Djibouti

Turkey occupies a part of Syria now and has military personnel stationed in Iraq, Qatar and Somalia.

UK - Military bases in Qatar and Bahrain.

 

Why do you have one rule for Israel, but another for the arab countries in the region? 

 

 

Nonsense post twisting historical facts to suit your bias. Israel expands, in the modern era, and steals land regularly. Look at the map over the last 80 years and desist in spin and obfuscation you won't fool most of us.

5 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

Some Republican congress people and other dirty tricksters could be caught up in this dragnet - Nunes in particular.   It's actually similar to the Mueller investigation.   I think Dems filed it as a sort of fall-back strategy - in case Trump fires Mueller and/or Rosenstein.  There are other fall-back options.  

 

Unfortunately, not much will be done until January next year - that's when Dems will take a majority in the House of Reps and possibly also the Senate.  Until then, it will be biz-as-usual foot-dragging, lying, obfuscating by the Republicans - which harms the US.

 

As for 'no evidence.'  That's ludicrous.  That's like looking at a burned-down house and saying, "there's no evidence of fire."  

No it's like receiving a phone call to tell you your house is on fire and arriving there, breathless with worry, to find the house is perfectly ok and there's a little boy in the phone box giggling after he made the call. 

33 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Perhaps he meant the laws and procedures the PTP regime regularly ignored, were caught ignoring, and simply carried on ignoring and being caught.

 

That was before the Junta.

What has that to do with the new party?  a big fat NOTHING right

Tipping is expected because the wages are very low. If a restaurant has a service charge then I don't tip unless the waitress really helped me somehow. Taxis I tip 100 for a long journey but not for a short journey but I do tip my condo security and staff because it's in my interest to do so.

Don't be a jerk you will know when to tip and when not too and saving 100 baht as some sort of 'victory' over the 300 baht a day waitress is not cool. 

3 hours ago, JSixpack said:

 

Maybe that's your family, so now you're forewarned. Go conventional, but in public, so that your demise thread won't degenerate into a kind of Ninoy Aquino International Airport of bashfests. What about your friends and relatives then? Emulate that guy who choked on his noodle soup at a resto in Jomtien.

 

His, if he had one, might have been really cool about it for all you know.

 

Most important is that he doesn't care what his family thinks. Probably continuing the fun up there in the heavenly Soi Cowboy. You on the other hand might continue eating your noodle soup.

 

Very sad post. I happen to have some empathy for his close family who will be told the news he died while in a go-go ok?  this can't be helped and nothing can be done but it's not going to make his grand kids glow with pride ok? I go to go-go's, bars and the rest but I very much hope I'll pass away close to home and family. Thank you for your big heart and understanding.

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

 

On the other hand if they abided by the written laws and the underlying spirit of the laws and if they seriously followed democratic principles and built and practiced and protected  the pillars of real democracy then they wouldn't need to regularly change their name.

 

 

You do mean abide by the Juntas made up laws under 44. Don't obfuscate please.

40 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Is 'just sayin' the same as "know what I'm talkin' about'?

It's a term used when you say something that could be unpleasant to the listener but you still feel it needed to be said.

Example :  "I think that green shirt really doesn't suit you. Just Sayin' "

4 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I was referring to those countries who have abolished capital punishment.

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Yes I got that but that assumes they are 'civilized' and the largest countries in the entire world are not (was my point). Taking a child rapist murderers life (and a pipe bombers) is civilized in many peoples book .

Good luck getting a resolution but making them lose 'face' will delay things forever.  Just sayin'

Our proposal will be forwarded to the Chiang Mai governor and the chief of the 33rd Military Circle, then to the chief of the |Third Army Area, and finally to the prime minister,”

Too many Chiefs and not enough non-Army

We never know when we are going to go but spare a thought for his family?  Dad or Husband died while in a BKK go-go?  it might sound sort of amusing 'smile on his face' etc. but I don't think his family will see it that way.

10 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Hopefully, one day, the U.S. will join the civilised world.

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What is the 'civilized world'?  China, the worlds most populated country or Russia the largest country in the world? I strongly believe that if legal process is gone through and their is DNA evidence that a persons life should be forfeit. 

It's not about 'does it deter' I could not give a **** if it 'deters' it is payment and justice. Just don't do it and you have nothing to fear.  Let's be honest the vast majority live their lives without raping and/or murdering.   

The money should be returned and not doing so might be a “flaw”, but it was not necessarily an intention to cheat or embezzle because the end result benefited the religion too, he said.

whaaaaaaaaaaat???

Scapegoats. Still this is a good thing as Thais, even at that level, have had enough of this government and stuff like this just increases the momentum.