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Caldera

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  1. 1 hour ago, Phillip9 said:

    The keeping hold of his passport part is a bit strange.  I think maybe he misunderstood and nobody should need to keep his passport.  In my case, I paid this extra fee and nobody ever kept my passport.  

    So what was the procedure like? You paid the fee, went to immigration to apply for the visa, then you had to go back to immigration after a few weeks to get your visa stamped into your passport? Did they give you an "under consideration" stamp first?

     

  2. 57 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

    Would love to hear your remarks had you been in his place.  It's always easy to project your bravado in the face of dangerous circumstances as you type away on your keyboard in the safety of your home.  LOL  You ain't foolin' nobody.

    Nonsense. Politicians who anger the masses take a risk, it comes with their job and I don't feel sorry for them. Being a US senator also comes with perks, after all. They could have chosen a different career path, as I did.

     

    That this idiot is thinking that he's important enough for someone to pay for an attack on him is delusional, maybe he should go easy on the coke.

     

  3. 1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

    I was happy when they took over and stopped the nightly killings. At the beginning it looked like they were really going to clean up the house - uproot corruption, mainly. And there were signs they were doing it.

     

    But then it all stopped and junta started behaving like politicians. Then overstayed their welcome.

    That's a very naive view, ignorant of the long and inglorious history of military coups in Thailand.

     

    Each new government, military and civilian alike, sees the need to purge personnel affiliated with its opposition from the public service once taking office. What better way to do that than a (selective) anti corruption crackdown? As they are all corrupt, it's like shooting sitting ducks. The gullible public sees some action, the public service gets stacked with cronies of the new government, it's the perfect smoke screen.

     

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