HuskerDo2

"Thailand's sex workers hope election will change their lives"....... My bad. When I first saw the subject I thought it said erections instead of elections. I guess both are changing their lives.

This sounds like the most likely reason. If you are drinking loads of water then peeing 4 - 6 times a day is normal. Twice a day is not.

"since many of the Thai ladies involved had gone to Finland where they were married or been in a relationship and then when it went belly up well they turned to sex work."....... I don't feel bad for them. They weren't being forced. They could have returned to their home country at any time.

If the victim was your mother or sister you'd most likely agree with me. It's always easy to dismiss these types of things when it's someone else it happens to.

He's SUCH an embarrassment to his country but not as much as his VP. Absolutely saddening. There will be an election and new leadership in 18 months... thank goodness.

Well, certainly not Trump (tongue in cheek).

"Thai army chief says “coup” should be removed from media’s vocabulary"...... well then how will anyone be able to write a story about the new chicken coup I recently built?

The only reasonable punishment is to find a guy that is twice his size as was the case with him and the lady and let the guy punch this jackass in the face 29 times along with a few kicks to the head. If his jaw gets broken or his skull cracked... oh well. Also, take a hammer and bust both of his hand as a reminder not to strike a woman again. After that the only thing left to do is castrate him so he'll be less likely to be this violent again. Not too much to ask.

He said it perfectly. SO MANY televangelists on TV these days wearing fancy suits, living in million dollar homes, enjoying their private jets all while telling the TV audience to send "them" more money. They might live a life of luxury now by fleecing the people that trust them but judgement day will come for them eventually.

Your hatred for farang is immense. Maybe one of them stole your girlfriend. You are wrong in just about every way. Western men move there to get away from Western women who are mostly overweight and bitchy. Asian woman are petite, sweet and appreciate Western men. Maybe that's what has you so riled up. The fact that so many women there are with Western men for good reasons. They are better providers, have more money and treat the women better most of the time.

"I am not here to bash Chinese, Indian, and Thais".... but bashing farangs that contribute so much to Thailand with their bank deposits and spending is ok in your mind? Hmmmm, can't quite wrap my mind around that. Regardless of the reason farangs come to Thailand you shouldn't bash them. Most of them have more money than you anyway.

The US is has a bill in Congress blocking the sale of land to Chinese nationals. Florida just passed its own law doing the same.

I agree. It was a choice he made (as far as we know). Maybe he was forced into it or threatened. We can't pass judgement on someone for a situation we will never know the entire story about. Either way he was indeed gone too soon.

"Incontinence an impotence being the 2 usual side effects of all the treatments."..... be careful in the statements you make. While Incontinence an impotence "may" be a side effect for some it surely isn't a side effect for all. I haven't had an issue with either.

One day.

It's probably best to stay away from dating sites and meet women the old fashioned way. Through friends, at work, in a mall, etc. Dating sites are full of scammers and a lot of the "women" are really ladyboys or scammers that will ask for money. I know two guys that got swindled out of thousands of dollars. One told me exactly how much he sent them and the other said he was too embarrassed to say. One found out that the "woman" he was supposedly chatting with was actually a group of people that would work in shifts so one of them was always available when he was logged on. He found out as at any given time the person he was chatting with had no idea about things he apparently told one of the others. It took him a few weeks (and thousands of dollars) but he figured it out. Unfortunate.

Incredibly brave thing to do. I hope he recovers, especially his eyes. As for the ex...... life in prison is probably the least that should happen to him.

I believe you can buy diatomaceous earth on Amazon. Here is something interesting.... Lysol does kill roaches! It does this by suffocating them. Roaches breathe through openings on their back called spiracles. The Lysol penetrates the spiracles, causing them to choke and die.

Vocational groups? I wonder what the vocations were. Maybe gangs would be a better description.

Really? It comes out to $433,000 (dollars not baht) per year after 10 people and 12 years. I wouldn't refer to such an amount as "not all that much".

You need a prescription in the US. Not sure about Thailand.

Exactly my point.

Such a silly situation over such a small amount of money. Split the difference and call it a misunderstanding and move on.

Note to self.... Do NOT eat at any hotels in Cherng Talay for at least 5 years.

"Montree Thetkhan led a team to arrest the suspect wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ".... why not a bigger photo shoot for such an accomplishment? They usually line up 7 - 10 "officials" to get their picture taken for arrests for minor offenses. Since they helped the FBI there should be at least 50 people in the photo.