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Ukraine is an existential crisis. Putin's theory as put forward in his "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" is that the state of Ukraine is illegal and is part of Russia. There is no peace with Putin as long as Ukraine exists. Trump either knows this and doesn't care because he has his own interests, or is compromised or avoids difficult, hard decisions or he is too stupid to realise. The Ukrainians are not going to stop defending their land, their houses, their children and their freedom. Trump continues to spin the situation, throw in ridiculous deflections, parrot Russian narratives and defend Putin's warmongering. The remarkable thing is how many of his supporters buy it without even asking the simplest of questions. e.g. How will a peace deal be brokered without the involvement of Ukraine? How will any peace be sustainable? What verifications will be in place to prevent Russia using a pause in the fighting to rearm? How can Putin be trusted having shown himself to be completely untrustworthy on many previous occasions?

I need to find an alternative to Skype for phoning UK landline numbers cheaply. My 92-year-old mum can only use the landline. And phoning government departments in the UK with long wait queues was no problem with Skype as govt. depts. use landlines and Skype gave me unlimited minutes to sit and wait on hold. Will I be able to call UK landlines from Teams?

That area has a lot of people without citizenship / Thai id and is a dodgy border area outside of normal society. The authorities may not have been contacted or a missing person's report may have just been filed in a cabinet.

Yes, this is correct. I provided the details page of my passport blown up to A4 and this was rejected as it missed the page above which has nothing but my photo (again) and my signature. But it is required apparently.

If that debtor is just one of many that owe you money, by making an example of him, the other debtors fear you and make repaying their debts to you a priority.

Might be an idea to give the consulate a phone. You may get some useful information that may allow you to make an informed decision. Or if you wish to take it up with higher authorities, any complaint regarding the behaviour of Thai consular staff can be made to the MFA.

Have you given them a phone, mate?

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Protocol 443 Sri Ayudhya Rd., Bangkok 10400 Tel : (+66) 2643-5166 Fax : (+66) 2643-5167 Royal Thai Consulate-General, Kota Bharu 4426 Jalan Tok Guru, 15400 Kota Bharu, Kelantan ฝ่ายกงสุล (Consular Section) Tel.: +609 743-0640

He does not mention what screening is? Any sort of criminal record check would be very hard to do properly.

Is this the section of the 304 from Wang Nam Khieo that descends to Kabinburi, passing the HQ of Thap Lan NP? If so, there are so many warning signs and police and military there enforcing safety, this bus driver probably thought he knew better.

It is on the backpacker trail. It has the facilities and attractions that backpackers want. If a backpacker steps off the backpacker trail, the straightforward becomes difficult. The majority remain on the trail. It is a genre of mass tourism.

The Wuhan Clan up to no good again.

It is common for the details of sexual assaults to be withheld to protect the victim, avoid copycat attacks and not to encourage "Curse of the Claw" types who get off on reading such intimate details and wish to act as defence barristers picking holes in the victim's story. If you really want to know, you can attend pertinent court cases by sitting in the public gallery. 🍄

So, while Narut was lying at the bottom of the shaft very seriously injured, where was the bag with the loot and what happened to it? There would have been a lot of people milling around.

I knew everything as soon as I read "Bangladeshi boyfriend".

I surprisingly failed to buy a cover for a PCX yesterday as every shop bar one did not sell them and that one that did, did not have the right size in stock. Where can I buy one in the Pattaya area? It doesn't have to be downtown Pattaya. I will travel anywhere.

Not at all. You have completely misunderstood and you are completely wrong. It is very common now for people being arrested to immediately claim some sort of medical distress. You can clearly see that is what is happening in this video. I never mentioned George Floyd. Derek Chauvin has rightfully been sentenced to prison.

So you saw the guy writhing on the floor of the airport. It appeared he was feigning (badly) a seizure.

Prosecuting the army officers perhaps? No, I didn't think you really meant it. Still, a glib, throwaway quarter-apology is better than nothing at all.

Every day, another Chinese criminal gang story.

Did you watch the Tik Tok clip?

Was that a variation of the "I can't breathe" tactic?

I think by doing what you state in the final paragraph, you have an excellent chance of obtaining this visa. I know this is a very long thread but there was somebody earlier on in the thread who obtained a DTV doing pretty much what you are suggesting. Maybe you could find it. Also it is good that the nature of the business is not one which precludes remote working such as construction work, health care or catering services, etc. I worked with PSC owners a lot in the UK. This kind of subcontractor is clearly a target market for the DTV provided the remote working component can be satisfied. Just put all the documents together nicely, clearly and concisely and you will get the visa. Edit : I assume you are applying at the London Embassy. All bets are off if you are applying in Laos or somewhere locally. They may not know what to make of the documents you provide.

I take it Mr Nong Chulsantiya did not have regular employment? The devil makes work for idle hands.

He may well have been trying to say that Elon Musk wanted creativity in his children as an inherent trait.