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Another "pull it out of my a$$" poll or one where they only polled the coup backers.

What a joke. This "Govt" becomes more ridiculous every day.

By the time elections come around it will have been the same length of time (hopefully) as the Trump presidency, yet with much less achieved.

Put big bull bars on the ambulances and if these inconsiderate self-centered <deleted> don't move, move them out of the way.

4 hours ago, thequietman said:

Daddy should have moved his truck to the hard shoulder. Daddy has a wife and a child in that truck in the fast lane. Daddy did stop, well done, but daddy should think of his family first. 

Yes, I'd agree in the "west", here tho the hard shoulder is simply an extra lane where they drive even faster so not much safer in my eyes.

You're also not supposed to "move" any vehicles that have been involved in any accident until Police and insurance have seen their positions I think.

If you want to know why things are banned here, it's simple, follow the money/taxes (or lack thereof).

3 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Isn't it amazing the approach to tourism when it suits ?

Sometimes it's all important but when there's any complaints the chest gets puffed out and the ' we don't rely on tourism ' response is trotted out.

Again, that's for domestic consumption, can't be beholden to those pesky foreigners after all.

Those numbers (as always) are for domestic consumption to reassure the locals that life in Juntaland is all smiles and happiness and that they'll all be rich soon, just like the top cats are.

Are they still claiming tourism only contributes (roughly) 5-6% to GDP too?

48 minutes ago, JAG said:

As ever, the reality will depend on the definition used.

 

Will "using power to topple the constitutional monarchy" include simply opposing or not agreeing with the military? 

As always, it will mean whatever they deem it to mean at the time.

On the plus side, the Supreme Court did Andy a solid today and now he can legally go back after everyone that tried to smear him, perjured themselves and tampered with evidence and claim damages.

Hopefully the same will happen for the Burmese boys.

This is targeted directly at one faction and one faction only.

and this "using power to topple constitutional monarchy", is again targeted at only one group, announced now as a deterrent for (soon) future events.

Interesting ... stating "facts" is now a defense that's acceptable. That's a big change.

15 minutes ago, gdgbb said:

 

Another one with the bizarre "2 months" idea.  It's not even 2 months since the attack and there has to be time for a court case, what are you talking about?

 

You are correct, my mistake on the dates and I'll edit that portion.

1 hour ago, wirat69 said:

It is called the Peter Principle. People rise to one position above their capability, then go back one step!!!

That makes sense, although I think it's a little more than "one" step in some instances ...

So, if he has "failed" in his "job", why isn't he sacked? Why does he get to go back to his previous job?

More hot air. Let's see actual independent verifiable results rather than what one person "believes" to be true, especially when that "belief" flies in the face of what people actually see or experience.

9 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

"The department expects most of the new companies will be in the construction, property-development, restaurant, consultancy, and machinery businesses. "

 

It lacks a bit of detail.  Restaurants come and go in every country.  Is there not a surplus of housing, factory and business space ?   Consultancy ?   That is a tad vague.  Machinery sounds interesting.  Too bad they did not go into more details about that.

They can't go into detail, they haven't had time to make it up yet.

And TAT will be announcing within a week record numbers of arrivals also, and a 2 zillion % increase of bookings for Xmas and New Year.

4 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

Everything makes sense when you understand that this country is run by children, for children.............bless.

You are giving them FAR too much credit with that statement ...

19 minutes ago, topt said:

 

Can someone tell me what these are in relation to water retention in the OP?

They are simply water retention areas the King named as monkey cheeks by the way they hold/store food (water) in their cheeks.

http://kanchanapisek.or.th/kp2/m_stage/activities_e/ling_e/ling2_e.html

Dumb and dumber.

Stop wasting huge amounts of cash on stupid projects and purchases and trips and commit to a fully integrated countrywide water management system a la Korea or other similar projects.

Would cost a lot initially but would recoup costs relatively quickly plus provide mass employment, provide limitless electric power, give investors confidence that the flooding situation has been resolved once and for all and move the country forwards.

But it's Thailand, not sure looking further ahead than the ends of their noses deep deep in the trough will ever happen.

19 minutes ago, jamesbrock said:

Did he decide to stop handing over the brown envelopes?

No, but he's not handing them over to the new people in charge, so they don't count.

It's just more "messages" being sent. Same as with the cult people and others.

16 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Or, the government would like these illegal hotels to pay taxes rather than the police with brown envelopes?  Also could be in response to China's meeting asking for better safety for their record number of tourists??

Or it's the continuing shifting of payments away from the Police and into the pockets of the Military ...

48 minutes ago, futsukayoi said:

 

Would also be good if they clamped down on the AirBnB renters who in most cases pay no taxes and don't need to conform to regulations. 

Wasnt their an announcement a little while back in Phuket(?) saying that AirBnB type renting wasn't against the law and wasn't taxable?

I hope they go after the "lawyer", but somehow that seems like it's gonna be too much hard work for them.

12 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:

So how did he get that one ? I was borne in Germany had to surrender 

my passport when I migrated to Australia (long time ago)

Have only the Aussie one now if I want to move back to Germany 

I have to wait for many years (I think  it is 10 ) to get a 

German passport so how do this people get a citizenship to obtain

a passport   so easy ?

Thats where a very big wadge of cash comes in handy and being well known doesn't hurt either.

Flooding is also caused by rubbish in the pipes clogging them up and blocking them and then backing up and flooding areas upstream.

Had personal experience of that one recently.

1 hour ago, chrisinth said:

 

Ooops, sorry, my bad.

 

I should have related properly between Bangkok events and Chiang Mai's Karaoke establishments.

 

I didn't want to be accused of turning the thread into a Red/Yellow debate about which colour is controlling underage girls in karaokes.

Problem is, it is a (mostly) red/yellow debate, no matter how you look at it (although you could throw in the argument about the word that ends in "chy" too which would be equally valid).

From my viewpoint though, no matter who runs it, both are as equally bad, contemptible, thieving, corrupt, cutthroat, and despicable as the other, the lies are the same.