jaywalker2

So a government survey that finds 84 percent of the respondents are satisfied with the government's performance. I guess they must have mainly asked other members of the government.

Thanks for the tip. I had to download it from FM movies but so far it's been worth it.

I believe they waited 10 years because if they had sold it in 2015, say, after the coup and recouped much of the projected losses, they would have had a much weakened case against Yingluck. But now with Thaksin back in the country, it doesn't matter, and they'll sell the crap rice to their own people.

I disagree. I'd rather just hand over the application and have them check it on the spot. You can then pay by credit or debit card and buy the return envelope at the Thailand Post kiosk on the premises. If you live close to the embassy, it's certainly more convenient.

Same here. I just go to the photo shop and ask for US passport sized photos, then submit what they give me. I've never measured them and never had a problem.

Comprehension problems with simple English. What is your native language?

Why did they wait 10 years to sell the rice?

Oh, man, I'd really like to know what drugs you're on

He's negotiating. That's why Srettha brought that weasal Wissanu on as an advisor.

He was also in Bangkok supposedly, torturing the vendors

Because we're at the mercy of our biology, reproductive machines that think we have free will

He hasn't finished it yet

you can never have enough these days

I don't blame Ian Rankin. The guy's 64, he probably needs to fund his retirement. Did you watch Game of Thrones? One of the best series in the history of TV because it followed the books faithfully (until that disasterous final season)

Here's a quote from George Martin: George R.R. Martin calls out producers and screenwriters who change things from the books "Everywhere you look, there are more screenwriters and producers eager to take great stories and “make them their own.” It does not seem to matter whether the source material was written by Stan Lee ... Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Ursula K. Le Guin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain ... Jane Austen, or… well, anyone. No matter how major a writer it is, no matter how great the book, there always seems to be someone on hand who thinks he can do better, eager to take the story and “improve” on it. “The book is the book, the film is the film,” they will tell you, as if they were saying something profound. Then they make the story their own. They never make it better, though. Nine hundred ninety-nine times out of a thousand, they make it worse"

Well, I'm happy for you then. If you were a loyal fan of the books this series would be equivalent to a remake of the Bible with Moses as a feisty drag queen leading his people to the Promised Land of Woke.

Apparently, this version of Siobhan Clarke is also a lesbian. Well, why not? Honestly, why make a film version of an iconic book series if you don't care about portrying it at least somewhat accurately.

So we really never did go to the moon

Heart attack. It runs in the family and my blood pressure is too high so it's more or less inevitable. I just hope I go quickly. Fortunately, there isn't any cancer in my family.

I just started Rebus. While I have like the first two episodes, and can accept Richard Rankin (no relation to Ian, he plays Roget in Outlander by the way) as Rebus, even though he doesn't really fit the character portrayed in the books, is no one going to mention the elephant in the room: The character of Siobahn Clarke? This is one of the most fundamental relationships in the later books and I just wish that had found an actor who better embodied her character. I guess Ian Rankin must have signed off on it though since he is an executive producer.

How can anybody stand this lying hypocrite? Why is he popular? He's betrayed his supporters over and over again.

You obviously don't get out enough. The government was setting up makeshift quarantine facilities to house all the patients. We had one right next door in a hotel that had closed because of your non-pandemic. 7 million people have died worldwide so far, including over 34,000 in Thailand. At one point, there were so many deaths the government arranged special train cars to ship the bodies back to the provinces. On the other hand, government invariably take advantage of crises such as this to try to implement an agenda they know they can't get in any other way. That's a conspiracy theory that's probably true. Read "Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein.

The Victory Monument area has a lot of cheap places.

They've been dialing down the wokeness though and transitioning to a more collaborative approach, in the classic Star Trek syle, rather than focusing so much on Burnham. They did bring Ensign Tilly back in Season 5 which, IMHO, was a mistake. Ironically, although this is supposed to be set 1000 years in the future, nothing much has changed in the human condition.

I'm sort of a Star Trek fan. The recent offerings have been lackluster at best. Picard was unnecessary (to be kind), Star Trek Strange New Worlds was a little better, had much of the original Star Trek feel, but it doesn't really seem to know what it wants to do with itself. Discovery was the biggest disappointment. I found the first two seasons unwatchable. But they managed to right the ship and the last two seasons, particularly the one now ongoing, have been quite entertaining.