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There was a very funny (satirical) TV programme in the UK in the early 1980s called "Yes Minister".
In it Bernard Woolley (The Ministers Private Secretary - a Civil Sevice appointment) made the following observation on the (UK) Official Secrets Act and its application:
"That's one of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential security briefings. You leak. He has been charged under section 2a of the Official Secrets Act."Even in a comparatively free liberal democracy, with independent courts and other checks and balances "The Official Secrets Act" is the most abused of laws.
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It simply cannot be.
No Thai of such stature would do such a thing!
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2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:
Sounds like we have an International smorgasbord here of Variants, guess it might be time for the Kentucky Derby to have its own Variant.......
Ah! A smorgasbord eh? ( No I am not Canadian!)
I might have known that Scandinavia was behind it - bloody Vikings, always were trouble!
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Yes OK, whatever...
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2 minutes ago, Proboscis said:
Actually, there may be a problem with this railway, which is that while Thailand and possibly places further south may benefit, as will China, Laos is unlikely to benefit at all despite footing much of the bill (depending on what you read, somewhere between 4 and 7 billion USD). Laos could demand payment for trains travelling over their tracks (a bit like payments for overflights). Something that China and Thailand have not factored into the equation.
"Panzers vorvarts" or whatever the Chinese equivalent is!
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7 hours ago, webfact said:
Meetings will be taking place in June on how the line might cross the border into Laos connecting Nong Khai and Vientiane, the capital of Thailand's neighbor.
You know, given that crossing the Mekong River at Nong Khai is pretty fundamental to the whole project, one imagines that they would have given some thought to the matter from the start!
I reckon that they will have to build some sort of bridge ????????
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They paid the appropriate people to make sure they got on the list of approved quarantine facilities.
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31 minutes ago, nikmar said:
Every baht should be accounted for. it's shocking the amount of money given to an education system that consistently under performs and is so badly equiped. I hate to think what percentage of 332.4 bn goes missing.
Estimates vary, but there seems to be a concensus that somewhere around the 30% mark is at the very least inadequately accounted for.
Of course it must be remembered that the education budget also funds a massively bloated uniformed beaurocracy, that will almost certainly be stuffed full of creative and informal fiscal practices. It is certainly not just the schools or teachers.
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2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:
Most people seem to be misunderstanding this nugget. and Thaiger definitely wet themselves on it.
CRA can source Sinopharm.
That's it.
Unbunch and dry those panties.
Before we get too excited - this "transfer of responsibility" could also have the effect of shutting down any discussion or meaningful news on the vaccination programme.
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4 hours ago, Dustdevil said:The Myanmar army is made up of village idiots. That's why they don't mind shooting their own citizens by the hundreds. How much better is Thailand's?
The difference is that Thailand's rank and file are conscripts who cannot be relied upon to shoot their own citizens.
The village idiots run it...
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20 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:All the people involved in that operation are heroes. Especially the divers. Also we should give respect to that Thai diver that lost his life. Incredibly brave crew.
Can't recall the Thai divers name. He was X military?
Yes he was, ex Navy. A recently retired diver who volunteered to come back for the rescue.
At the entrance to the caves there is rather a touching statue of him, with a dozen wild boar piglets frisking around his feet - the boys' football team was called "The Wild Boars".
A brave man and a good way to be remembered!
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Looking closely at the photographs on the OP, I just love the "Shaun the Sheep" tee shirt!
Has the fellow no idea of dressing respectfully when interacting with Thai officials?????
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10 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:
There's enough Mr Bean characters running the show in Thailand anyway ..
I was going to suggest a suitable cameo role, playing the premier amongst VIP visitors who swung by during the rescue...
A prime candidate for the role!
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2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:"Stumbles".
That's being very, very generous.
A coin-toss would be more accurate and reliable than this regime.
I mean I thought that the trains would run on time with this sort of "government"?
Efficient, no corruption, military-like precision and leadership. Oops.
Another example of the failure of nepotism.
Donkeys years ago ( late 70s I think) there was a very funny cartoon in Punch magazine.
It showed a policeman interviewing witnesses at the scene of a bank robbery.
The witness was saying: "It was like a military operation - a complete cock up from start to finish!"
Somehow 45 years later, in a totally different context, and on the other side of the world, it remains as topical as ever!
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TAT persons.
Government spokespersons.
Imagine having to lie constantly, and live with the fact that everyone knows that you lie constantly...
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Finance Min explains 500 B Baht loan:
We haven't any money, and we need the cash...
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Phew, that bought us about a week. Now lads, what are we going to say when some of them do turn up on the 7th and there aren't enough vaccines?
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The latest spin to disguise the simple fact that, having pushed Mor Prom as the way to go, and registered millions on the app, they simply don't have the vaccinations to give them.
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Yes, right, whatever...
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1 hour ago, fangless said:
Yes of course they did. It was a plan to make a plan on how to start planning a plan.
They had several committees working on it in fact.
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6 hours ago, chalawaan said:
The second largest and second most expensive parliament building in the world, after Ceaucescus "Palace of the People" can be seen in the pic above.
Hopefully the majority of these drongoes will eventually meet a similar fate to the deluded father of Romania for their hubris and crimes.
Oh, wouldn't it be funny to see the look on Ceucescues face ( when the crowd started to boo) multiplied some 500 times!
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9 hours ago, JonnyF said:
My point is that we are not children. Neither are many of us Buddhists. Banning things in the name of one particular religion is not really an intelligent way to run a country in the 21st century.
I'm sorry, I am simply unable to reconcile "an intelligent way to run a country in the 21st century" with the current regime...
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11 hours ago, WineOh said:
I'm not having cornflakes, I'm having a bacon butty...
You are living the dream aren't you!
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Anutin: COVID Vaccines Available on June 7
in Thailand News
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I'd stop there Sammie, before you get yourself into shedloads of trouble!