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Might be the best thing for Thailand if the Chinese pause their visits. China is in the middle of multiple respiratory illness epidemics that include Covid, seasonal influenza, hMPV, RSV and a potentially unknown virus. The last thing Thailand needs is the Chinese to bring in their infections.

Instead of looking for a convenient excuse, for someone to blame, listen to what he said. It was logical. The water system is not built for this type of event. It would have been imnpossible to have a water supply system that would respond as it would have required a water reservoir on every block with pumping infrastructure. Where would you get the. billions of $$ to pay for that when the lcoals are already compaining about tax levels. Yes, the local CalFire chiefs are going to have to come up with a plan to supplement the water supply. The Governor is not an engineer, nor is he a trained fire suppression professional. The fire department will tell the state what it needs and how they think they can solve the problem. This is called letting people do their job without getting in the way. The California fires are a human tragedy. Pointing your finger and trying to score political points serves no purpose.

For reference sake; Passengers who opt to use the biometric system at Thailand airports can register themselves at the check-in through these two methods: Self-check-in kiosks: Passengers can select a kiosk to check-in. After using the machine in the kiosk, they can select their airline, choose the ‘Enrollment’ option, and scan the boarding pass barcode. Next, they must insert a passport or ID card and finish the process with a facial scan. The system stores the facial scan and other data as a Token. Check-in at counters: Passengers opting to check in via airport counters at these Thailand airports can request airline staff to register their facial data via the CUTE boarding pass reader. The reader can securely capture information related to facial scans and travel documents as a Token within the system. Once enrolled, the passengers’ facial biometrics are securely stored, eliminating the need for repeated identity checks throughout their journey. This means faster and smoother passage through baggage drop, security checkpoints, and boarding gates. However, passengers will have to repeat the process for their next journey. Source: Travel & Leisure Magazine

Most modernized armoured units, including the Russians use Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA).

Oh come on. This isn't a Hardy Boys adventure story.

I sympathize and understand, but it is time to move on. Focus on the big picture, the midterms in 2 years. Focus on addressing the reasons why voters moved to Trump. There is nothing you can do to reverse the undemocratic actions of trump. You can however vote. You can legally resist. If you are opposed to trump and his enablers, concentrate on taking back the House and Senate in 2 years so that Trump will be held in check and impeached if need be,

Not to worry. The defenders of Hamas will be along to remind us all that Hamas are freedom fighters and that the Thais are guests doing their part against colonial aggressors.

Same applies to de Niro. The difference though is that the child will inherit a sizeable fortune and will have an extended family who will be able to support the child. De Niro has 6 other kids some of whom are parents themselves and are available to help raise the child, if the mother needs assistance. In the case of the typical elderly farang in Pattaya, they do not have the wealth of a De Niro, nor the immediate local educated family members who can assist. Most of the elderly farangs who father kids do so with local prostitutes, so the child already is starting out disadvantaged.

The budget change reflects the funds available in a state that had an increased deficit. The reality though is that the Governor did present a budget for 2023-24 that included a total of $4 billion from various funds to support CalFire, including $2.9 billion from the General Fund. This was an increase of about $150 million (roughly 4 percent) compared to the estimated expenditure level for 2022-23. Funding had been significantly increased over the years and the small budget adjustment has to be considered within that context. Because one line entry of the state budget reduced an allocation, does not mean that the state was imperiled. Please refer to how the billions were spent. The 2024-2025 budget just spreads some of the spending over 5 years instead of 4. https://wildfiretaskforce.org/governor-newsom-introduces-2024-2025-budget/ The state has a $38 billion deficit. Savings have to be spread across the budget. Unfortunately, California has to care for a lot of homeless and mentally ill people who are from out of state. These people flock to California because services are not available in their home states. The easiest solution would be to deport the hundreds of thousands of people back to Alabama, Mississippi. Idaho etc. or to ask their home states to provide the hundreds of millions of $$ it takes to. care for them. Additional reservoirs would not have helped. The south has a long term drought so that means there is reduced water available to fill any reservoirs. The fact is that the firefighters have more than enough water to supply their vehicles. The hydrants in the Palisades fire had a shortfall because all of the hydrants were open and the water pressure combined with the available water piping and supply lines could not service the demand. It wasn't because the total available water supply ran out. This fact has not been reported by FOX and others because it is an inconvenient truth.

More lies and dishonesty from Trump. Maintaining an aquatic ecosystem was also about replenishing the aquifer and responding to the demands of homeowners and recreational uses. The water was being used to meet the basic needs of citizens. NYPost offered its biased interpretation. You left out the most ignorant part of the article; Trump has long supported diverting supply from California’s main water hub, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, to farmers who have sturggled with repeated droughts. The farmers have wasted the water on crops unsuitable for the region. They have been told for decades that the crops need to be changed to vegetation appropriate for drought prone regions. The agricultural corporations have fought against that and instead want water diverted from millions of residents to support their profit making enterprises.P hey refuse to cover water routes which see large amounts of the water lost to evaporation. The large companies profits benefit large multinationals and not the millions of people who live in California.

Surplus equipment that was replaced by more efficient and more effective apparatus. What's your issue? Would youlike the state tokeep obsolete equipment that can't do the job as effectively as the new equipment that requires fewer personnel to operate? It is called an effective use of resources.

Let's make it about you then. What are you wearing today? What did you eat today. When you have a bowel movement do you use a spray gun or toilet tissue or a combination? Do you ever frequent Thai beer bars and have carnal relations with the workers? Have you ever had relations with a Kathoey? Do you ever ride a sangthaew? Do you ever make fun of other farangs to their face? Do you sometimes peee in the ocean? What's your favourite Thai meal? Do you like Ketchup? Do you ever eat hotdogs? Do you eat white bread? Do youe consume Kewpie products? Do you use palm oil? Do ladies ever call you hansum and ask to make boom boom with you? Ever seen a Thai ping pong show?

Aneurysm, stroke, Sudden cardiac death, and many others. I give him credit for trying to have been present in his son's life, but now that child is going to be a defacto orphan. Let that be a lesson to the geriatric crowd here who procreate after age 45. You most likely won't be around when your child needs you the most. Don't make babies if you can't be a good father and be there when your child needs you. Being a good father never stops no matter the age.

Did you read the story? Why was he being chased? Strong likelihood that he was assaulted.

You are speaking as an elderly white bigoted male who is clueless to what people under the age of 40 believe. The "French" have no control over Canadian politics, except in their capacity as being a sizeable ethnic population in some regions. The "French" cannot elect the provincial or territorial governments in 12 of 13 jurisdictions. Nor do they have the votes to form a national government. As per the recent minority government representing a majority of the electorate, that government was a Liberal government dominated by Ontario seats and kept in power by the NDP. Yes, Quebec speaks out. It was the reason why the federal government finally reduced the number of temporary Canadians allowed in. It was Quebec that highlighted the problem of the swollen refugee numbers and it was Quebec that built the coalition with Ontario to change the refugee numbers allowed in. To date, the only people who seem to have bene taking a stand to defend the Canadian identity were the "French". The Western governments and BC certainly were not vocal on the issue.

I believe that the Homepro staff stalking is an import of practice from USA/Canada at some of the home furnishing retailers. The staff are compensated in large part by commission. They get berated if they have poor sales results. The bow and flowers on the vehicle is an attempt to copy the Chinese , Korean and Japanese sales custom, except the Japanese are far more classy about it. As for the mobilephone sales, they do that because some consumers who have buyers remorse will come back and claim the phone is not working or accessories were missing. Some consumers do not read instructions or are not able to do so and require assistance to turn on a phone. This is also SOP at western retailers

Not exactly The Biden administration had a 1% budget increase in the military budget. The cost constraints were the result of a bipartisan effort to control spending increases that increased the federal deficit because of the previous Trump tax reductions for the wealthy. The Department of Energy nuclear energy budget took one of the largest reductions as part of the defense cost controls. Conventional military was relatively untouched.

That is an unsubstantiated claim. You can bring the evidence. She carried out her duties as a Congressional Representative.

I doubt that most US voters voted for Trump because they wanted to see him harass Dr. Fauci or to carry on a vendetta against patriot Liz Cheney who put the US Constitution first. The continuation of the Trump vendetta will lead to his downfall. I suggest you look at the results of the recent state open seats election in Virginia. A day after Trump's election was certified, the Democrats held the seats despite the shift to Trump and now control the state house and state senate. You will be seeing a lot more results like that as US voters return to wanting a system of checks and balances that force bipartisan actions.

If UK citizens want action takenon these convicted sex crimes offenders, and even on the bogus refugees, they must understand and agree that there will be a reduction of their own civil liberties and protections guaranteed under the judicial system. The accused have successfully argued against deportation using various human rights statutes and due process rules. It is impossible to carve out an exception for such cases. It is an all or nothing scenario. This is why so many groups, who one would expect to be on the side of the victims, have supported these evil criminals and other law breakers. The same laws that protect the rapists also protect the UK people from stop and search or detention without charge etc. Make up your minds and follow through. And no, I don't make up the. legal interpretations. That's what the judicial experts, and judges have stated.

When you have experience of managing corporate litigation and experience with derivative class action suits, you can come back and be dismissive. The fact of the matter is that 3 of the 5 most common D&O litigation actions are what I referenced. Your position is that Zuckerberg as a majority shareholder has absolute control of Meta and can do as he wishes. The reality is that Zuckerberg does not and is subject to a board that must approve all of his grand initiatives. The board also includes independent directors. There are 18+ major lawsuits ongoing against Meta, some of them involve regulatory agencies in different jurisdictions that will have an impact on Meta operations. My original point is that any number of the major minority investors can block Zuckerberg if they can show his actions will harm them as per the reasons listed above. You disagree, Fine. Tell me what is factually incorrect. I suspect that you just don't like me pointing out that Zuckerberg is not some diabolical evil man operating in isolation and doing as he pleases. He is either enabled or blocked by the Meta board. You people always have to push some deranged claim of conspiracy or subversive world plot.

Yes, on paper Mark Zuckerberg's voting power in Meta Platforms (Facebook) is 56.9%. And yes, he has influence. However, the USA has three popular types of litigation that interfere with Zuckerberg's grand designs; 1. Oppression Remedies and request for relief: These include actions arising from allegations of of fraud, or unfairness, or illegitimacy. These actions relate to claims by minority shareholders where the majority shareholder(s); -redirected the company’s net profits to their own advantage - took actions that diluted shares - denied access to information or restricted or blocked minority participation - made unfair dividend distribution 2. Derivative action litigation where minority shareholders will file a lawsuit against the majority shareholder(s) alleging management wrong doing or breach of fiduciary duty. 3. Employees who have a retirement plan that includes shares or deferred profit sharing can file fiduciary liability actions. And the fact is, the minority shareholders have been making Zuckerberg's life difficult. For example; - Nov 22, 2024: US Supreme Court allows shareholder lawsuit against Facebook to go forward. The lawsuit was brought by investors who claim they were misled by the social media giant about risks from a massive data breach. The suit was brought by investors, led by Amalgamated Bank, after Facebook’s stock price plunged in 2018 following news that the Republican-aligned political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had improperly obtained the personal information of 30 million Facebook users. -22 Oct. 2022: Shareholder Lawsuit Charges Meta Platforms with Prioritizing Profits over Shareholders, Class action on behalf of diversified shareholders says insiders willfully ignored costs the Company imposes on society and diversified investors to boost traffic on its platform and generate more ad revenue.

It is not acceptable. On the contrary, it is offensive, as is any other vulgar insult based on someone's heritage. And no, the vast majority of males in western Canada do not use that term. Maybe bigoted ignorant old white men do, but young people do not. Western Canadians are not the right wing extremists of the 1970's. Your out of date mindset suggests you probably come from one of the inland small towns like Kamloops where the old folks panic when they see a "darkie".

Thank you for your honesty.

Ever since Brexit, British people differentiate themselves as not being part of Europe, and consider themselves as a separate entity. I was merely being respectful of that differentiation.