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It would be preferrable to read this before further comments on the Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/who-is-bishop-mar-mari-emmanuel-wakeley-church-attack/103728808 The service was being live streamed - hence the immediate response of people rushing to the church. However, the numbers in the news.com.au appear to be exaggerated. Also there were women & youths there as well, but the males were the main violent attackers. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/violent-attack-crowd-sydney-church-stabbing-terrorist-incident/103728308 What is sad is that it gives fuel to anti-arab/muslim groups in Australia & around the world.

I wonder if they would have the same mentality if one of the deaths was a family member of any of the authorities deciding the fatality goal?

Not sure if my translation is correct but the bottom RHS has the Thai word ไหวัสวย = beautiful & a laughing emoji Not very "beautiful" at all!

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/474027-biden-indicates-he-will-only-serve-one-term-as-president-report/ https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2019-12-11/joe-biden-suggests-he-would-only-serve-one-term-if-elected-president https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-29/what-a-one-term-for-joe-biden-could-mean-for-kamala-harris/12819788 BUT . . . https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-campaign-refutes-speculation-one-term-pledge-n1099766 So who believes what politicians or the media say - in other words, who really knows??

That is an old photo. Julie Bishop (2nd from Right) was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013-18 & Marise Payne (4th from Right) took over from 2018-22. Penny Wong is the current one. All they had to do was Google - this is the first image that came up. But really, with the current housing & rental crisis in Australia & exhorbitant rents, allowing "former" resident pensioners to retire gracefully (hopefully not otherwise) in Thailand like pensioners from many other countries would benefit both countries. Then again, stupid regulations are sometimes the hardest to change. After all, the Dept of Social Services is responsible for the Robodebt debacle that went from 2016 to 2020 even though the Dept & Govt knew it to be illegal & with 470,000 wrongly-issued debts which had to be repaid in full. And who was held accountable - not one politician. Only a few public servants. So no, there will be no change, & Chinese vegetables will continue to fill the supermarkets of both countries. But maybe Australia could sell Thailand some of their old submarines, soon to be replaced under the AU$368billion AUKUS agreement (1st subs available 2040 - maybe). This may help recover some of the AU$2.4billion it cost to break the submarine deal with France. Emmanuel Macron famously said when asked if he thought the then Prime Minister Scott Morrison had lied to him (Macron) replied "I don't think, I know." So no, no ex-Australian submarines for Thailand either. Think that covers about all the threads in the above comments. :-)

Phetchabun is north of Bangkok, Phetchaburi is south of Bangkok

But that was only 3 Liberals. The forth, according to another web-site, said - Warragul-based Liberal MP Wayne Farnham flew to Phuket in July to see the impact of Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis. He claimed $3,340 for the trip. "Given [Phuket's] popularity with tourists, I knew I would get a very good gauge how it has affected the local communities and tourism and tourists' attitude towards the legalisation of cannabis," Mr Farnham's travel report said. Mr Farnham met with local police, two Australian bar owners in the tourist town, as well as having conversations with locals and tourists. "Nearly all the locals I had spoken to are against it as they have already seen the negative it has had for their communities and I believe their experiences can be directly related to what could occur here in Victoria if such a change was to be proposed,'' his report said. (My emphasis.) I wonder if he spoke to any Russians, other bar owners (2 Aussie bar owners isn't a representative sample), stoned & straight tourists or stoned & straight locals to form a balanced opinion of the community & tourist feelings on the subject?

Wonder if there will be any follow-up visits from the Victorian State MPs who "investigated" Four Liberals flew to Phuket to investigate after Thailand relaxed its cannabis laws. Nick McGowan paid for his own flights, while Renee Health and Bev McArthur did not. Heath told reporters she thought cannabis was a "huge deal", while McArthur said she thought it was a good use of taxpayer money. But did the Victorian taxpayers get any bang for their bucks? What will they do if Thailand changes it's laws? Would have to vist again? https://www.9news.com.au/national/victorian-news-victorian-taxpayers-fork-out-hundreds-of-thousands-to-fund-mps-international-travel/d19f4493-515b-4504-8a59-c7b1fbbce7e2

Maybe some Thai official should request Worldometer to correct their obviously incorrect Thai figures, as it looks like it increased to me. The web site says - The current population of Thailand is 71,852,424 as of Wednesday, February 7, 2024, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data 1. https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/thailand-population/ So it looks like more BS from the mouths of government officials . . .

From the above, it would appear that bias appears to be a matter of opinion. Here is a web site that specialises in examining media bias (although it might be biased as well)! https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/bbc/

Not sure if retarius was serious about tattoos. Those are the marks made by the jellyfish tentacles. For more information, see - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_jellyfish https://boxjellyfish.org/box-jellyfish-habitat/ In Australia, people swim in netted enclosures & very rarely wear body stockings for rerceational swimming. As far as only spawning in Australia, no. There are different species that are found in other parts of the world. The Wikipedia article says in part . . . At least 51 species of box jellyfish were known as of 2018. Then further on . . . Recently, in 2023, a new genus and species of box jellyfish was discovered in the Indo-Pacific region, specifically the Gulf of Thailand. So that makes it at least 52 species. And by the way, the Gulf Stream is in the Atlantic not the Pacific or Indian Oceans. But you are right, the sting is painful. They are considered the most the most venemous sea creature, with more than 170 toxins identified in their venom.

According to the PBS link, they basically allowed other MPs to vote on their behalf, although they denied that they allowed it. Pretty much a misdemeanor compared the the graft & corruption that goes on in government. How about banning all politicians who cannot explain their huge increases in wealth of them & their families whilst in office - better still, put them in jail for graft & corruption.

Maybe seafood vendor ought to read this - https://says.com/my/news/experts-warn-public-not-to-eat-this-octopus-as-its-poison-can-kill-a-person-within-minutes

Reading the Full Story, the first story is set in Surat Thani and does not mention the gun being homemade. The 2nd story set in Phitsanulok about a completely separate incident mentions a homemade gun.

I think he left a couple of 000's off - or maybe he just doesn't remember what assets he has.