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And people were wondering what the effects of 'farang be evil' two month plus media special feature is?! The guards know they can get away with this. The police come up with a ... we can't do anything until charges are filed malarky. They certainly can when they want to, they just do not want to. No surprise there. Only hope is that Brit Tabloids push it hard and tourism suffers a bit. It is the only thing that will get results. Otherwise .... all smiles from the beatdown crew. Only thing missing from this OP our resident Thai apologists. I hope some post up before I finish my coffee.

"Feted" right. The US had a laugh about it. They did give Iraq pictures from satellites of Iranian defensive positions. That is it. They certainly did not "fete" him. It was not in the US interests to have Iran win. Saddam, who started the war, was teetering on the brink of losing. Tin pot dictators are never good military commanders. Kuwait, The Gulf States and Saudi all loaned truckloads a money to Saddam so he could buy Soviet equipment & parts. Things only got ugly when they wanted the loans paid back. And Saddam started another war. As for this OP. Thailand and the US went their separate ways after the 97 meltdown. Thailand somehow thought the US should come riding to the rescue, when they didn't. It took awhile but Thailand eventually found another sugar daddy. Thai media or shills bring it up, that there is a struggle going on, to stir the pot. Ten years ago, when they were doing the judicial coup against Yingluck and bearing down on the real one it came up, again only to distract. With the ongoing economic problems China is facing, yes we are living in dangerous times. Authoritarian states like nothing better to fan the flames of nationalism or conflict, to distract their own population from internal or economic problems. Exactly what they are doing with Taiwan. In a situation like that no one knows what could happen.

Thailand was Japans ally. The only reason there were a couple fire fights during the Japanese invasion was because Pibul had gone missing in the moment of crisis so no one could tell the army to stand down. Pibul had a habit of getting lost in moments like this. There was never a surrender, there was five hours of fighting & then a stand down order issued. Japan & Thailand then had an alliance which made Thailand a member of the Axis Alliance. BTW Thailand had initiated a couple border skirmishes with the french in 1940, which Japan then helped negotiate and got back some Cambodian provinces. They already had a working relationship prior to December 8 1941. Likely Thailand thought they could get something for nothing, Japan had other ideas.

You are saying Thai Prime Minister Chan-Ocha DID NOT, bring back the blue & assorted other gems when he visited Saudi Arabia in early 2022 to normalize relations after thirty years in the freezer?? Experts claim relations could not be normalized by any other method, than the return of those items & the Thai Prime Minister had to do so in person.

Murder in the First.

Good to see all is forgiven. 14 February 2012 bomb explosions; a botched attempt by Iranian Nationals to kill Israeli Embassy people. Lets face it excrement can happen when you do terror attacks. Things can go wrong. It is not all hacking apart foreign workers in Gaza with farm implements while chanting allah akbar, and what fun that (!) No, somedays the bombs just go off when you are running from the police in Bangkok and there go your legs too. Good to know that is all water under the bridge as far as Thailand is concerned.

If they ddin't GFM, it would be one less thing for AN to whinge about. We need all the whinge material we can get.

An opinion piece by John Bolton.

This is not about the [COVID] vaccinations. My state, as most (all?) other states never had a mandatory public school [COVID] vaccination policy. Just Trump trying to scrounge votes & playing the great divider again; If I am elected I promise four more years of Culture Wars ... I promise to divide ... I promise chaos & what fun 😐 Good deal you are living in The Land Of The Long White Cloud.

Amazing what returning the Blue Stone will get you.

Friday. Live long and prosper, scooter people.

And feed it to dear brother.. As I recall Yingluck was unable to sell the rice because the judicial coup froze her government for six months prior to the real thing. Don't get me wrong, their rice scheme was as hairbrained as the Hunt brothers trying to corner silver, in the early 80's. Still they could sell it and at least cut their losses. That had to be stopped. After, gangrene had ten years to sell the rice. That is the last thing they cared about. Stuff those upcountry rice farmers who vote the wrong way. Let it rot.

Chinese gangsters operating in Thailand; Shock, Gasp, Horror. Who knew?!

The weekend is almost here and we have OUTRAGE. Thai Netizens hooked on righteous anger, rejoice!

Impressive storage, & you can really stuff it.

The story so far ... ‘I was Looking at a small scooter for city & market, around town, with occasional local trips. Not going to be putting major KM's on it, Basically a morning market, morning gym & swim, around town, put put. However want to look stylish doing it.’ No real scooter tales to tell. It’s the current lifestyle. Use them everyday. The car & big bike stay wrapped, protected from pigeon poo, in the car park. And that likely for longer chunks of time as months & years go by, unless we move. Day to day living, it is the scooter. Threading through inner city Traffic, ease of parking at markets. We like to go to Thai morning markets. I do a morning gym & swim, both places I go to are on the other side of town. Nothing better that a scooter for quick & convenient travel. This morning, out early to the gym, back, then we were off to CM gate morning market. That done needed to thread through little sois behind the market to the kanom Jen shack. (Proper care and feeding of a Kone Mueng girl is important for a stable relationship) Had a dental appointment right off Thapae square at noon. It is so much simpler on a scooter. The only place I could take the car would have been the gym. It is next to a hospital and has parking, early. However returning to the condo I would have to use the moat road as traffic is building and of course the moat roads are all tore up with holes. The current bury cable progect. Far simpler to navigate on the scooter. Morning market - Fleece coat so, 4 months back? Just oldsters doing what oldsters do.

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Did a month long vacation down south, escape from the smoke. I cannot recall a trip where I interacted less with Thai people. It is not like I have great language skills, but I do have them and I enjoy talking with people. I chalk this up to recent events on Phuket, and the Thai media, which has got the ok from the powers that be, to go after farangs westerners. In fact my wife got asked (in thai) point blank if I was Swiss (!) I am not joking. I was less than diplomatic. I got in their face, and told them exactly where I was from, loudly. Not proud of that moment, BTW, but yab to my wife, like I have no clue what pucky you are spilling, you are not going to get a positive response. As stated, I put this on the current media circus. As I have done a couple road trips up north, both early this year and last, which was about the same as years before in terms of interacting with locals. Up here it is about the same. However I am talking with people who for the most part know me. Still, I reckon the longer it goes the more long term damage will be done. Obviously the government is ok with that, which should give you a good idea how much they think of you.

Nanny states .. who doesn't hate em! However when death by non nanny state rears its head, as it does repeatedly in LOS, we seem not to like it. Interesting.

Netizens outraged! They are living the high life. Feeling that righteous anger yet again and what fun! A fascinating & at the same time, disturbing, Thai cultural trait. Oh. no! Oh my.

It's Friday . Get your scooter running head out on the highway

Comprehension issues or trying to re write my post, make a straw man, & do a little soap box preaching? Nowhere do I advocate breaking the law, no matter how trivial & ridiculous. My post concerns the blockheaded & ignorant westerners on Phuket who are oblivious to the fact the plod are looking for any and every transgression they do. It does not matter if the locals do the same every day. More to the point these brick thick westerners have had two months to catch on, but they don't. Pitiful little critters. Perhaps you can help them next time you are down there. Our hopes & prayers are with you.

Mike you are a great shop talker & bravo but really, they need to get that new tax form out which you have stated they are doing ... until then ... I need more ice & lime juice, and need to get that before noon. Aloha

Brits find the mericans constant use of the F--- word upsetting & abhorrent. Mericans find the Brits constant use of the C--- word upsetting & abhorrent. There is more but I can't be a-sed.

Everybody love to shop talk about this. Still waiting for the Thai government confirmation on what the heck they want. For all those who say the laws are already on the books. OK, If that is the case, and I have looked at them. I would be submitting a tax based on the capital gains for this year, which would be an extremely SMALL percentage of the non pension, money I bring in after exemptions. I can prove all that BTW, but the Thai tax system as it now stands would not be able to deal with or process my information. Which leaves it up to the Thai government to clarify what they want or are doing. I am not expecting any answers to those questions any time soon. As for the shop talkers ... eight more months of shop talk to go. Best to pace yourself.