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The endgame will be played out at late one night in the future at an airport near Bangkok...

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Thapanapong Chairangsri, the head of police in the San Sai district outside Chiang Mai, told Reuters that five Myanmar citizens had been arrested for entering the country illegally and would be brought to court on Tuesday.

 

He said they would be deported in accordance with the law,

So, not much point going to court then if the head rozzer has already decided their fate!

1 minute ago, Surelynot said:

Interesting.....the Tory Government, in the UK, is pressing ahead with a bill to restrict voting rights to people in possession of a  photo ID................... this will disenfranchised 100,000's of labour voters..........in the last GE there were six incidents of attempted voter fraud...........I know who the biggest frauds are!

I didn't know so many Labour voters didn't have driving licences!

16 hours ago, Smilermike said:

Well they have an entire army Just practicing . Why not get them to protect the unmanned border areas rather than  staying in barracks.??

No transport to move them or resupply them.

No field rations to feed them.

No comms to control them.

No staff, knowledge, experience or interest in planning it.

No money in it.

18 hours ago, colinneil said:

Seriously confusing, how can they say how many crossed the borders if as they claim the people sneaked in?????

They make it up...

It's just his/their turn to get on the telly - it really doesn't matter what they say.

In a couple of days it will be the turn of whoever is in charge of the department in charge of painting lines on the road at junctions.

1 hour ago, SomchaiCNX said:

Health  workers should know how to protect themselves. Every soldier learns about contamination when he receives biological warfare training. Poor Training, so blame the patients?

But soldiers have respirators, Noddy (NBC) suits, decontamination kits and so on.

The health care workers here have a 7/11 10 Baht mask.

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Seems like once again, we are being blamed for the spike in Covid. Honestly, are we the real culprits here? Or is it an extremely inadequate response, from an administration that seems completely overwhelmed by this emergency, and incapable of handling it? They even messed up the most basic of programs, the vaccination drive, which should have been the top priority.

 

So once again, the people should be asking of the government, not the other way around.

 

1. How can you demonstrate to us, that you are up for the task of leadership?

2. What are you doing to prove that you can and will protect us?

3. Instead of contact tracing us, how about we trace you, and make sure you are doing your job? How about you report to us daily, and let us know how you are handling and containing this epidemic that happened on your watch? Stop talking, and start working, and doing your jobs.

4. Why did you not prevent this? How did you allow these corrupt officials to let infected people in? Why is nobody in a position of power being arrested? Why aren't heads rolling? How did you not anticipate this wave, after the 900 cases in Samut?

5. Why are you not making the vaccines more of a priority? Why isn't the army sacrificing some of its huge budget for the people? 

6. What are you planning on offering the people in the way of assistance, so they can survive this disaster you helped create?

7. Can you demonstrate to us why you think Anutin, who has no background whatsoever in the filed of health, is up for the task of tackling this emergency?

8. And why are you shutting down so many businesses, yet you allowed ground zero to remain open to people coming and going since this latest outbreak happened, only closing the province down days after the outbreak? Why such bad decisions, and such extreme incompetence? How do you justify that? How do you explain that? Thousands of cases emanated from Samut province. You knew that would happen. 

9. How about a compulsory level of competence and experience, for all future administration appointments to key positions?

10. Why have you been so hard on foreigners, making it so incredibly difficult to fly in, yet so lax on the borders?

11. Why should we allow you to remain in power? What have you done lately to deserve that power? 

Questions 1 to 10 will be ignored.

Question 11 will (eventually) be met with force.

On 5/8/2021 at 3:59 PM, RobU said:

One always wears brown shoes old chap its a very old fashioned sign of status, especially by ex army. UK army officers wear brown shoes when in uniform the erks wear black shoes.. He was probably an officer or comes from a 'reputable family' with a history of service. Translated into civilian life it means that he is superior to the common plebs.

Depends on your Regiment - mine wore black shoes, Scottish regiments wear black brogues, the RAF wear black (with plastic soles, I suppose they go well with those extraordinary polyester zip up bomber jackets they affect - remarkable!)

Brown (suede) shoes are acceptable with light coloured suits or slacks and sports jackets. Otherwise black, always , especially if you are going to wear a blue suit - otherwise you may well be mistaken for a postman!

58 minutes ago, kickstart said:

Some years ago they got an award for portraying a character with Alzheimer's ,who had it in real life.

 How does an actor with Alzheimers remember his lines?

3 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

it is obvious they are covering up for an impending failure of Siam Biosciences to produce the AZ on time.

If that is the case there will be some fairly vicious "correctional training" terms flying about!

2 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

 

Classic TATery!

8 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

If they say from October all you need is your UK vaccination card and nothing else I'll be back to the wife and daughter asap. I just fear whatever hoops they get rid of, they'll add a dozen more more awkward ones

I hope that they do, and you can get back. But I expect they will institute some sort of beauracratic obstacle course!

In one office they will be proposing and announcing all sorts of TATery to allow millions to flood in unimpeded, and round the block in a row of government office buildings all sorts of uniforms will be beavering away to devise ever more difficult to achieve requirements, and complex barriers to entry. A steady flow of "influential people" will be presenting themselves to ensure that their various businesses: hotels, quarantine provision, insurance companies, transport undertakings and a mind boggling array of bubble stretchers are incorporated in the new mandatory requirements for visitors.

They can't help it - it is how this dysfunctional regime operates.

Still I hope it works out for you.

5 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

when I used to go short time, I never got groceries too... things have surely changed. 

 

 

Not even the occasional strawberry yoghurt?

You have never lived...

On 5/5/2021 at 5:26 PM, snoop1130 said:

The opposition has proposed an ironic and controversial way to handle COVID-19

Just out of interest, what are the oppositions' "Ironic and controversial" proposals?

12 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

We call Australia a continent.

Well I understand that Tasmania, with an elderly population (20%+) is sometimes regarded as incontinent...

Sorry!

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

Thailand will have to recognize the reality that tourism industry will not be back to normal until at least 2023. The government must have the courage and vision to face that reality, come up with strategy to re-deploy resources and lessen the impact from the losses in foreign tourism. With US, China and Europe opening up and pouring massive amount of stimulus, the manufacturing and export sectors will benefit. Export has been performing well with projection of 6-7% growth and need government help to tackle problems of port congestions & worker deficits. Government must need to work hard to attract more FDI and energized the domestic tourism industry. I honestly doubt Thailand has such visionary leaders in this government. 

 

  

Alternatively, they can just tell them to go back to their farms for a few years...

Just now, WineOh said:

how about all those locals then who shouted at me and my family 'go back your country, farang' for refusing their services?

 

Do they deserve tourists when they treat them like this?

They have a funny way of showing that they 'need' us.

 

They all pee in the same pot. They deserve what they dish out, locals and government officials alike.

I don't know. I've lived here seven years, and been coming here for oh, fifteen or so before that. I've never had a local shout at me like that...

17 minutes ago, seajae said:

this is what they are giving to the doctors/nurses in hospitals, our daughter is training to be a doctor and has just been sent to get her first shot, seems they are using the cheapest,  most unreliable vaccine on their front line medical staff

But then your daughter doesn't even have a uniform! She is only training to be a doctor, (of which you should be immensely proud)!

The very best of luck to her.