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Blue Strike-2023: China and Thailand’s joint naval exercise
Callmeishmael replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
Will the Chinese sailors get a brief leave to visit Pattaya? I'm sure that they would enjoy it! -
Royal approval of Thailand’s new Cabinet granted
Callmeishmael replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
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So, many here claim that taxing the rich will lead to less economic benefits for all. Let's take a look at historical US tax rates: Back in the '40s - '80s, most Americans could survive on one income, most Americans could buy a house, most Americans could afford college, most Americans could afford Medical care. AND... the rich were taxed at a higher level than they have been since then. Now let's take a look at the US Gini numbers (the measure of economic inequality): Notice that the two graphs are almost exact reverses of each other!
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PM dines with Thailand’s leading business executives
Callmeishmael replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
This shows the new PM's priority: making the rich even richer. -
What did you have for breakfast?
Callmeishmael replied to BritManToo's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I had a heart attack 3 weeks ago, so no more bacon and eggs for me! ???? Today was mushroom soup (no cream), a piece of multi-grain toast, some grapefruit and a cup of herb tea. -
5-year license renewal- My own experience
Callmeishmael replied to new2here's topic in Teaching in Thailand Forum
I might add: The scans must be submitted as a PDF file that is no bigger an 2 mb. If you have multiple documents in any category, you must make a multi-page PDF file to submit them, otherwise only the first scan submitted will be saved. Also, many of the pull down menus are only in Thai, so you should have a fluent Thai reader sitting with you when you are filling out the forms. (my Thai reading skills were not up to the task) -
Pheu Thai-Led Coalition Govt Now Has 314 MPs
Callmeishmael replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Every Thai voter has two votes: one for a party and one for a candidate. BMJ is a regional party that fielded candidates that were popular in their constituencies, so lots of their candidates won. However, as a party they are not very popular, so they had few party votes. -
They're watching your every move....
Callmeishmael replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
No Bob, it's just you. -
Welcome to Malaysia -- wear a Swatch watch go to jail
Callmeishmael replied to Jingthing's topic in Gay People in Thailand
I always try to respect other's beliefs, now matter how stupid they are. But this is really pushing the limit. -
Chonburi orders strict control over roaming Arab groups in the city
Callmeishmael replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
Big Joke knows how to deal with these hooligans: Just double the income requirements for retirement visas! That will obviously weed out the undesirables! ????- 115 replies
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Pheu Thai breaking with Move Forward to form its own coalition
Callmeishmael replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
It will be interesting to see who is in the 'new' coalition. PT + BMJ + the little parties from the old coalition still only add up to about 225 votes. Even if the Senate votes for Sretta they still need more votes to have a majority in Parliament. I expect that PPP will join them with another 40 votes. -
Pheu Thai breaking with Move Forward to form its own coalition
Callmeishmael replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I don't think that Thaksin is being wily, I think that he is just desperate enough to come home that he will destroy the PT party just to achieve his own ends. -
Here is the person from the OP. If I hadn't been told differently, I'd say that they's a she. Of course, in Thailand there are a lot of he's that look like she's!
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Those of us who were here when Taksin was PM should remember his MO quite well. He frequently made announcements that sounded serious, but never came true. This was just his way of floating an idea to see what the reaction was. If people liked it, it would happen in some form or another, but if it was not popular, it simply disappeared. The August 10 announcement was just a fishing expedition to get a response from the PTB.
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Rickets. Occasionally I see older people with severely bowed legs. It could be osteoporosis, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was rickets from avoiding the sun when they were young.
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Libraries and research in Thailand
Callmeishmael replied to rsskga's topic in Higher Education in Thailand
The Nielson Hayes Library is probably one of the best in Thailand, at least for English language books. https://neilsonhayslibrary.org/ As you are a student at Chula, you should be able to use the libraries there: https://www.car.chula.ac.th/ Also, the FCC doesn't seem to have a library, but they do have a good bookstore. My wife used to go to the National Library of Thailand when she visited her grandparents in Bangkok. I don't know if they have any English books though. https://www.nlt.go.th/