lordgrinz

That's how slaves are made, as long they continue thinking like that, they will stay slaves.

In the End, the Junta and Elite stay in power, coups trump all.

The MFP would have only been a start in the right direction, it would still take many years to correct the wrongs in Thailand. With the current situation? Things are hopeless, we are decades away from any meaningful change now, it's time for people (Thai & Foreigners) to decide their own personal direction and act on it.

<sarcasm>Yes, because the Pheu Thai party is devoid of corruption.</sarcasm>

The reason I bought a car here was because of the dangerous taxi drivers and bus drivers I encountered while here in my first 3 months. It's bad enough to have every Thai driver driving like laws don't apply to them, and like their life and yours means nothing to them, but being in a taxi or bus driven by one of these lunatics is even more dangerous.

Without a truly democratic government, any expectation of growth from trade or international business ventures is just a pipedream, unless they want to hitch their wagon to only one horse (China).

Soldiers? Just get the lazy police officers sitting in air con rooms, who are doing nothing, back out on the streets enforcing the laws on a regular basis. I would send them out every day, and would expect regular reports of what they were doing all day, then match that up to traffic accident and crime reporting.....if no reduction in those areas and no legitimate use of their time, then fire them. Senior officers should also make regular patrols checking on their officers, traffic rule compliance, taxi rule compliance, and safety within each officers area of assignment. There are plenty of officers, I checked their numbers, they have the same amount per 100,000 citizens that they do in the West.

I see they seem to prey on people less likely to fight back, hopefully they don't make the mistake of attacking the wrong foreigner, some of us are prone to extreme violence on a scale Thai's have never seen before.

Not my wife, she would go to war against them....LOL

The problem is the Constitutional Court, Junta lackeys.

Which is why the only way to move forward, is to declare the last coup illegal, remove all Junta installed cronies, imprison for life all coup leaders and supporters, and revert back to the previous constitution. Then open new elections to replace all the Senators first, then move on to MP's, then a new PM.

Well at least they have decided not to be swayed by the new incompetent PM and his cronies.

If he is going to be registering the marriage here, isn't there also a requirement to prove you are single (not married) back home in the USA beforehand? I believe an affidavit from the US Embassy, which may or may not be required to be translated and legalized at the MFA? The ceremony is just that, nothing more.

Is this only an issue at certain banks? I know I setup an account at an SCB branch located in Bangkok, but do all my documents/etc. through an SCB branch here in Nonthaburi.

That was 8 years ago, and that was before the Nonthaburi Immigration relocated their office. But the interview was setup through a phone call to my wife, we had one of witnesses their when he showed up, wasn't too long after we did the extension though.

Sorry, I have always done my 90 days in person.

That was the whole reason for creating it, do people actually believe Pheu Thai is doing this for the people?!

Went in for my Non-O extension based on marriage yesterday, 8th year now. Pretty uneventful, only a few changes this time, they added 2 new officially printed off documents (one for wife - one for me) that we needed to sign right there, and they added two more documents to sign at the desk where they take my picture (one with my picture they took on it). They also handed back my yellow book copies, not sure why, as they required it every other year. My wife never did update our Kor-Ror 22 document, so we used the old one from 2016 for todays visit, no issues. My wife fought me on it, but then asked the Immigration Officer about this subject, his answer was that since my wife's surname was changed to mine, and reflected on her Thai ID as such, that an updated Kor-Ror 22 is not needed. My wife told me (not sure how true this is), but she says the reason the IO doesn't need the updated Kor-Ror 22 is because if we were divorced, she would be forced to update her Thai ID to go back to her maiden name. So basically if she had not changed her surname when we got married, we would have been required to update our Kor-Ror 22 every year, but in our case it's not needed. Also, the IO said nothing about my bank account balance, no warning on using the funds while under consideration, not a word. We are usually well prepared, so sailed right through the process, there were a few upset foreigners in there though, one of which was actually screaming at one of the Immigration officers, they never learn! LOL

All went as planned, there is nothing happening here that wasn't planned from the beginning, everything comes right from the top.......there will be no change, there will be no MFP, the status quo is the way forward. As far as education? Well, as long as things stay the same, and the sheep are still sheep, then everything is good. Thailand is not going to change in our lifetimes, nothing short of a civil war is going make things change, and Thai's aren't as free willed as Myanmar people, at least they are fighting for their freedom and change.

He was caught helping smuggle 3.2 kilos of Heroin into Australia while a 2nd Lieutenant in the Thai military, after his first stint in jail and deportation, he changed his name and reenlisted back in the Thai military, then again spent 3 years in Thai custody for another crime, quite the colorful character. Why anyone would want to align with him, or have their picture taken with him, is beyond me. this guy is the lowest level of scum to float to the Junta cesspool.

Exactly! "Hey Kettle, it's Pot calling"

I live in Nonthaburi right next to Impact Exhibition Center, I have seen centipedes, scorpions, several Tokays, large monitor lizards, large pythons, cobras, pit vipers, large fruit bats, you name it...its a jungle out there......LOL

"Hey Srettha, we'll get right on that after we finish burning" <wink-wink>

First objective should be to consider anything done after the last illegal coup, as null and void. Then reinstate the previous constitution, arrest and imprison the coup leaders, and give lifetime bans to any coup supporters or Junta installed lackeys in government positions (e.g. Senators/MP's/Courts/Etc.) I know, wishful thinking, but really it's the only solution to move forward.

I woke up this morning and finally stopped hurting, their sting is pretty potent. Just worried about my 7 yr old daughter getting stung, so probably have someone come this weekend to spray the house.