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Pierre57

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  1. On 11/20/2021 at 1:36 PM, Walker88 said:

    And you know that how?

     

    I'm guessing you have no clue what the agency has done over the last 40 or so years, but are convinced you're an expert, because you read something online.

     

    One of the 'jobs' of the agency has always been to be the sitting Administration's fallguy. In a way that serves the agency, as it keeps adversaries confused as to whether the agency is omnipotent or incompetent. The reality is in the middle, closer to omnipotent.

     

    I always laugh when I see folks say the agency got WMD in Iraq wrong. Not true. Because a negative cannot be proven, the agency had WMD at a low probability, but not zero. Cheney decided he wanted war, so ignored what the agency said, and got Tenet on board, against the advice of the agency folks who do the actual work.

    Did you read that online  ?

  2. 2 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

    The first driver slowing down or stopping whether lizard dog or person is completely in his rights to do so....

     

    the accountable drivers are all others who follow behind...as a driver up to you to follow the 3-4 sec rule to allow breaking distance...

     

    fault with PU and maybe even motorcyclist if he made contact with first driver....not sure on details

    The motorcyclist done nothing wrong and was slowing down behind the car ..... The PU driver didn't slow at all ... he needs locking up

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  3. 16 hours ago, harada said:

    After nearly being mown down by a Tuk Tuk driver who took aim at me whilst attempting to cross a zebra crossing in Chiang Mai, I now make a point of warning tourists who are about to cross at pedestrian crossings with or without lights not to take it for granted that the traffic will stop, hopefully I may have saved a few lives. :thumbsup:

    Chiang Mai is crazy now .... nobody wants to stop ... 

  4. 22 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

     

     

    Can't wait for the reply...

     

     

    Do we need to define "innocent" ??............

    But with Thailand's foreign debts dwindling and money from exports and investors pouring in, the battle to keep the baht from rising is getting more difficult, economists say. The central bank has bought so many dollars, they say, that Thailand's foreign reserves have swollen to nearly $40 billion.

    With the baht thus pinned down, foreign investors have been pouring money into Thai stocks, to the consternation of Mr. Thaksin and other officials who condemn the influx of what they call hot money. In the first eight months of this year, foreigners pumped more than $400 million into Bangkok's stock market.

  5. 8 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

     

     

    Can't wait for the reply...

     

     

    Do we need to define "innocent" ??............

    ''You have to credit him,'' said Supavud Saicheua, an economist at Merrill Lynch in Bangkok. ''He's willing to take risks and I think his bet is paying off.''

    Continue reading the main story
     
     

    But Thaksinomics has little room for free-market theories, economists say. Had Mr. Bush been in Bangkok on Aug. 1, he could have seen Mr. Thaksin go on national television to declare Thailand's independence from the International Monetary Fund and its free-market gospel after Thailand made the last payment on the $3.4 billion the fund lent it during the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and 1998.

    ''Today we paid off the last batch of I.M.F. loans, lifting the commitment to the I.M.F. from our shoulders,'' Mr. Thaksin told the nation. Mr. Thaksin's office did not respond to requests for an interview.

  6. 9 minutes ago, scorecard said:

     

    Please share why you think he's innocent.

     

     

    ''You have to credit him,'' said Supavud Saicheua, an economist at Merrill Lynch in Bangkok. ''He's willing to take risks and I think his bet is paying off.''

     
     

    But Thaksinomics has little room for free-market theories, economists say. Had Mr. Bush been in Bangkok on Aug. 1, he could have seen Mr. Thaksin go on national television to declare Thailand's independence from the International Monetary Fund and its free-market gospel after Thailand made the last payment on the $3.4 billion the fund lent it during the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and 1998.

    ''Today we paid off the last batch of I.M.F. loans, lifting the commitment to the I.M.F. from our shoulders,'' Mr. Thaksin told the nation. Mr. Thaksin's office did not respond to requests for an interview.

  7. 7 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

     

    Why would he when he legged it and has always been to scared to come back because of the very serious cases waiting for him, in addition to the 2 year jail sentence?

     

    He'll only come back if he can wangle a whitewash and guarantee of being untouchable. And he saw how large sections of the public reacted to that last time.

     

    Does anyone really believe he's actually innocent?

     

    Anyone?

    Yes ......

  8. 10 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

    I thought almost everywhere in the world people can be tried in absentia.

    In 1993, the Supreme Court revisited Rule 43 in the case of Crosby v. United States.[28] The Court unanimously held, in an opinion written by Justice Harry Blackmun, that Rule 43 does not permit the trial in absentia of a defendant who is absent at the beginning of trial.

    Trials in absentia are banned in some member states of the EU and permitted in others

     

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