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Why Motorcycles Are Better Than Women

Motorcycles only need their fluids changed every 2000 miles.

Motorcycles' curves never sag.

Motorcycles last longer.

Motorcycles don't get pregnant.

You can ride a Motorcycles any time of the month.

Motorcycles don't have parents.

Motorcycles don't whine unless something is really wrong.

You can kick your Motorcycle to wake it up.

You can share your Motorcycle with your friends.

If your Motorcycle makes too much noise, you can buy a muffler.

You only need to get a new chain or belt for your Motorcycle when the old one is really worn.

If your Motorcycle smokes, you can do something about it.

Motorcycles don't care about how many other Motorcycles you have ridden.

When riding, you and your Motorcycle both arrive at the same time.

Motorcycles don't care about how many other Motorcycles you have.

Motorcycles don't mind if you look at other Motorcycles, or if you buy Motorcycle magazines.

New Motorcycles must be asked for, and if you don't want to pay for them, you don't get them.

If your Motorcycle goes flat, you can fix it.

If your Motorcycle is too loose, you can tighten it.

If your Motorcycle is too soft, you can get different shocks.

If your Motorcycle is misaligned, you don't have to discuss politics to correct it.

You can have a beer while riding your Motorcycle.

You don't have to be jealous of the guy that works on your Motorcycle.

You don't have to deal with priests or blood-tests to register your Motorcycle.

You don't have to convince your Motorcycle that you're a motorcyclist and that you think that Motorcycles are equals.

If you say bad things to your Motorcycles, you don't have to apologize before you can ride it again.

You can ride a Motorcycle as long as you want and it won't get sore.

Your parents don't remain in touch with your old Motorcycle after you dump it.

Motorcycles always feel like going for a ride.

Motorcycles don't insult you if you are a bad rider.

Your Motorcycle never wants a night out alone with the other Motorcycles.

Motorcycles don't care if you are late.

You don't have to take a shower before riding your Motorcycle.

It's always ok to use tie downs on your Motorcycle.

If your Motorcycle doesn't look good, you can paint it or get better parts.

You can't get diseases from a Motorcycle you don't know very well.

I was just laughing at this, the missus looked over and huffed. I laughed harder and now I'm in trouble.

My moto, on the other hand, is waiting patiently outside until it's next needed.

Many a true word...

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Traders should be careful, no corruption = no fake goods.
Next thing the ping pong shows will complain that they have to pay bribes to keep doing their shows. BTW, will someone please close them down, talk about disgusting.
I guess they think as long as they pay someone off, they're doing nothing wrong, and feel justified to cry for help if the bribes are too much. Same same.


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Thaksin is not responsible. That part of the headline is undeniable.
In the meantime, his son would kindly ask if the military could return the country to his family, so that they can restore their version of democracy. If it's not too much trouble.
Back in the real world Thaksin would have slapped some law suits on the author/publisher of this book if he wasn't aware of it/didn't think it would benefit him. Quicker than you could say "dictator".


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Seems they are above the 5% threshold:

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/rice-missing-warehouses/

Earlier Wednesday the permanent secretary of PM’s Office ML Panadda Dissakul has said rice checking at all provinces so far showed more than 5% of rice went missing from warehouses.

According to that article, 66% of that rice went missing.

Let's hope that's not the average, although it doesn't surprise; they probably shot for 50% but just couldn't help themselves, so to speak!

Seems they are above the 5% threshold:

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/rice-missing-warehouses/

Earlier Wednesday the permanent secretary of PM’s Office ML Panadda Dissakul has said rice checking at all provinces so far showed more than 5% of rice went missing from warehouses.

According to that article, 66% of that rice went missing.

Let's hope that's not the average.

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"family is everything"
In their case I would have to ask at what cost?


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I wonder if they'll consider where the demand is for sex workers.

They only tackle the suppliers, ie poor countries, but forget that many of these women and children are exported to America itself.

But then that would put US on their own list, which wouldn't work for them.

Except that "they" do not forget, and the US has put the US on its own list.

Please have a read of the report. It really is a gold standard. It really does tell things the way they are, including in the United States. As someone said in this or another thread, if someone finds a case of trafficking or slavery in the United States (as happens very, very frequently), the one reaction that does not and will NOT occur from Washington or other state/local authorities is, "Well it's worse in Thailand." In this specific case, there is absolutely no hypocrisy.

I suggest you also drop that particular defence. The moral equivalence thing is usually silly but in this case it simply doesn't work. If you must defend slavery and human rights abuses in Thailand, do that, instead of comparing it to other places.

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Thanks, I will try to find time to read the report. Of course human trafficking is nasty and I would never try to defend it, my post was merely a reaction to the headline and a quick read of the article which is all I had time for (not much time for TV nowadays).

I got bored a long time ago of trawling through the usual bickering which this forum is famous for.

I'm glad that the US acknowledges it's own part in the monstrous business of slavery.

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I wonder if they'll consider where the demand is for sex workers.

They only tackle the suppliers, ie poor countries, but forget that many of these women and children are exported to America itself.

But then that would put US on their own list, which wouldn't work for them.

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OK, right here on this site over the past year or so, in posting newspaper articles at various points in the process, we have read:

That the "revolving fund" at tha BAAC of 500 bil. bt was used up and 200 bil more was needed.

We have been told that the additional 200 bil was added by the BAAC.

We have been told that the BAAC had 200 bil of its own capital, and that it used 150 bil to additionally fund tghe rice scheme.

Now we are at 850 bil, and that's before the latest harvest.

We have been told so may times that government sales such as to China and The Phils were happening but they never did. That is, unless someone other than the bank got paid.

We have been told that a very large amount of rice was smuggled in from Cambodia and sold as Thai rice at the pledging price.

We have been told that a large amount of rice is rotten or missing.

We have been told that the amount the government, using loans from the BAAC paid was about 3x today's market price for good fresh rice.

Now the new government is somehow raising billions more to actually pay the farmers, or so it appears. But this isn't money from the sale of rice.

Rice isn't being sold.

Is it 1+ trillion baht plus what is being paid out now, less the actual value of whatever could be sold? We have been told that if they release the rice stockpiles onto the world market the price of rice will really crash.

Someone has his work cut out for him in spades.

And we are told that Thaksin's visible fortune as reported by Forbes increased a whopping $1.1 billion dollars just last year almost tripling, and Forbes said that Thaksin said the government owed him the money. Why?

I'd be disgusted and yet not surprised if he hadn't offered anyone an explanation of what the money was for.

He can simply take $1.1 billion from the government without any explanation?

And some would say that the Constitution is just fine as it is.

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Don't need to say Suthep planted it. Just say it is fake wood, or pretend it didn't happen. Maybe doubt the source or demand written unattainable proof in the form of police reports on TVF until they believe it. Maybe ignore this and google something Suthep or Ahbisit did to defend these actions. Maybe…….

Oh, they have a plethitude of excuses.

When people say the thaksins are criminals there is a "grain" of truth in that.

I am glad all of these Shin's crimes are coming out of the wood work though!

They should arrests Thaksins sister for Treezun.

I wonder if thaksins son, "Oak", needs to be investigated too?

He can only aspire to organized crime. Still working on FB posts.

Anyway, they have a solid defense: the evidence was 'planted'.

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Only a matter of time before they get 'ample' amounts of evidence against whoever it is who funds the red shirts.

Playing out like a James Bond movie, with a bit of luck we're into the last 10 mins

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I think that Khun Suthep and the other Anti-Demonstration leaders should get a metal for sticking their necks out and peacefully leading demonstrations for six month, even so fellow demonstrators kept getting attacked, injured and killed.

If it was not for Khun Suthep and all the faithful demonstrators out there, Thaksin would be back with full Amnesty and the would continue raping the Country.

Agree. He's a hero of the people and it will be widely regarded as such in the history books, if not now.

He has risked his life to stop Thaksin.

What he's achieved is amazing, especially considering the tactics employed by Thaksin and his red shirts.

Just my opinion of course and I know there are other perspectives (however deluded, again IMHO).

In fact I reckon this headline has probably drawn out every farang Thaksin supporter in Thailand. Stick together guys, your numbers are dwindling never too late to change sides

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propaganda .... i find it amusing the general ( i use that word lightly) shuts down the media but allows this type of reporting to get coverage ... we are in an interesting stage here , do not think for one minute all is well ....never forget the dictators of the past ..now we are in the hands of one old mans ego driven crusade ...Mugabe , Hitler , Pol pot , Mussolini , Franco , ..get the picture ? early signs are scary ..Martial law then Coup ? ( nice forward planning) pay the rice farmers from general revenue ? detaining people with no public news of the safety of these individuals ...curfew across the whole of Thailand( why) ....meanwhile the Armies priority of resolving the problems in the Sth just get worse daily ( more deaths last night) ... time to think about leaving imo

Thailand's not for everyone... Don't forget to close the door on your way out. Good luck to you and to wherever you may sail.

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e7a9600-e3ec-11e3-a73a-00144feabdc0.html

Human Rights Watch, the New York-based campaign group, accused the junta of playing a power game to destroy Mr Thaksin, a former premier who outflanked the old urban elite and won power thanks to the support of millions of rural Thais grateful for his subsidised healthcare, crop-growing and microcredit schemes.

“The military and others in Thailand are so desperate to rid the country of Thaksin and his allies that they are now holding the entire country hostage to their whims,” said Brad Adams, Human Rights Watch Asia director.

The military says it took over because it was clear there would be no agreement to end the debilitating political crisis . The country has been without a functioning government or parliament since December, and the economy has started to shrink.

Gen Prayuth has pledged to repay rice farmers owed an estimated $3bn under a financially disastrous rice subsidy scheme run by the ousted government.

The junta has said the detentions of Ms Yingluck and others are only temporary measures to help damp the turmoil and give those involved in it “time to think”.

Is this the same Human Rights Watch who called Thaksin a "human rights abuser of the worst kind" a few years back???

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No one knows yet what General Prayuth's real intentions are. He has good reason to worry about resistance. The pro-government Red-Shirt movement is far better organised than eight years ago, and could still be financed by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's deep pockets.

Johnathan Head on the bbc website. Seems to be rather a change of heart from him.[/size]

Yes, I've been appalled at the BBC's coverage of the whole affair, saying how T is a man of the people, poor vs elite, etc, same old lines, copy and paste.

Amongst the channels blocked is BBC (can't find it anyway), maybe this doesn't sit too well with them. Aljazeera, etc are still on, rewarded for providing more objective reports?

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Where are the 2 RS's in question?

Me thinks they have some answers

Considering the nature of the attacks using exactly the type of weapons found here, I hope they're found and that the truth will come out, it's about time.

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Shocking news from such an impeccable family.

Let's hope this news doesn't tarnish the family name in any way or damage their reputation as law abiding citizens, or they may be forced to sue someone

Maybe it was politically motivated. The thought of it.

Poor things.

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Good to see him involved. He plays by the rules and wins elections fair and square. 100 years from now his statue will be everywhere, and noone will remember, Prayuth, Abhisit, Suthep, and the rest of the democracy destroyers.

In a parallel universe, maybe.

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Red shirt supporters: let's not forget what triggered this latest round of protests...

Yingluck tried to push through the amnesty bill at 3am (?), which would have annulled Thaksin's conviction.

Very democratic.

Oh, in an related debate on democracy the other day, someone pointed out that Hitler was democratically elected, so let's try to think deeper than "we need an election now", and set the scene with a proper constitution first, to protect the people, maybe a debate or 2, so that something a little closer to a true democracy can be achieved.

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Jatuporn... "Never mind my red shirt, fetch me my BROWN SHORTS!!!"

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Easier to disperse the red shirts, they're not paid enough to do anything but clap when prompted.

Some red shirts even complained at a police station recently that they hadn't been paid, and the police had to act as middle men between the red shirts and their leaders... Too funny!

The govt claim to still be in control, even though they admit that the army hadn't told them about martial law. In which reality can that be true?

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So what is the count of resigned ministers so far?

One day down & six to go before Suthep reneges on his latest promise. What a tosser!

Well there are only 26 left out of how many ?

And all of them have been appointed by the convicted criminal in Dubai.

A really good point. Is there something illegal about that? Just asking.

Then again their entire election campaign to get YL in was based on taking commands from Thaksin ("...thinks, PT does").

Anyway, the BBC's choice of description "self-imposed exile", sounds much more credible, what is it with them?

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One of the reasons why democracy has been such a disaster in Thailand; people don't understand what they're voting for.

During a recent vote in BKK, my missus and family didn't vote because of the lack of info, didn't know who or what they were voting for. No info available.

Govt will make damn sure things are as muddy as possible whilst pushing the 'democracy' "we just want our vote" story.

Of course the BBC will sell this line also, as deep as they need to go.

If politics wasn't so lucrative, that may help, which is why reform is needed, but that's just too much for millions of people to understand, apparently. Or maybe they're just hoping that they'll 'benefit from corruption', even with a few scraps.

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