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Oh! I was told that the word gullible had been removed from the dictionary. I believed them! Was that a conspiracy? 😬

How come they got a Police escort? I assume that was paid for.

Okay, that's Day 1. How many therapies on day 2? 😜😇

The timing of the release of this book, right in the middle of the Presidential campaign, is absolutely stunning to me. I guess she'll be voting for Kamala?

I wonder... Many of you may not have heard of a certain UK politician who caused a bit of a stir during an outbreak of what was called 'Mad Cow Disease'? This is him - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gummer. What he did, in 1990, was to try to feed a burger to his 4 year old daughter to try to reassure the British public that British beef was safe. Of course it was not. What it led to is people dying of Creutz-feldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The sad thing is that John Gummer daughter subsequently died of this - article here - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/oct/12/uk.bse. The point of this is I'm wondering whether all Thai politicians and their families should made to travel round Thailand on these types of buses, rather than private helicopters or modern and well maintained vehicles, so that they can feel what's it's like? Take the same risks that the majority of the Thai population? Think that might help focus minds?

Yeah, get that. But I still add N Korea, China and Iran into the Russian side of this, and of course UK, Germany and a plethora of others on the US side.

Not about to disagree with you. But I live in hope. “It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand”. Apparently a quote by Peter Ustinov, or might have been Ted Lasso.

I live in hope. “It's not the despair. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand”. Apparently a quote by Peter Ustinov, or might have been Ted Lasso.

Fair question. It is weapon supply, similar to how some western countries are supporting Ukraine. Could have mentioned China too (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/04/29/who-is-supplying-russias-arms-industry - full story behind a pay-wall but hope you'll get the drift). Some links to stories below, including some from Al Jazeera for balance. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3901774/iran-gives-russia-short-range-missiles-while-us-partners-expect-to-keep-bolster/#:~:text=Cooperation Services Launch-,Iran Gives Russia Short-Range Missiles%2C While U.S.%2C Partners,Keep Bolstering Ukrainian Air Defense&text=The United States has confirmed,range ballistic missiles to Russia. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1944801589321570 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/11/is-iran-supplying-ballistic-missiles-to-russia-for-the-ukraine-war https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/9/russia-brands-iran-important-partner-amid-reports-of-missile-supplies https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-ballistic-missiles-supply-ukraine/33112977.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/28/n-korea-sent-russia-millions-of-munitions-in-exchange-for-food-says-seoul

Same all over the world. I'm British; had Conservative broken promises and hypocrisy for 14 years. Now we've had Labour for 3 months, the hypocrisy has already started and promises already looking doomed.

No matter what happens, the sex industry will continue. Legal, decriminalised or illegal. For me, I'd have thought the Government might like the extra tax revenue.

Dang, and I was going to apply. Not sure I could live on a weekly income of 101 Baht though. Who would give me that odd 1 Baht? All of them!

The Wiki article on Santika is hard reading. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santika_Club_fire

Horrendous obviously. I hope that there is decent psychological support for everyone affected by this.

Well said. The culture of a country comes from its leadership. I hope she is able to get this implemented and hold to account those who stop or delay this happening. But, of course, TIT, but maybe this time some change might actually happen?

This isn't wholly true. All of this has been bubbling since the late 1940s, with peaks and troughs of craziness since then. Yeah, Hammas triggered the latest Israeli retaliation in Gaza, no doubting that. There are people on both sides of this latest flare up who have committed war crimes and should be held to account. I don't even know whose fault all of this is. That debate would like just go round in circles, so I'm not going there. To slightly echo an earlier post, as a child my parents told me 2 wrings don't make a right. With the Israelis and their neighbours it is more like tens of thousands of wrongs, and I don't know when that cycle will ever end. I'm just sad for the vast majority of people in that whole region who just want to live their lives in safety.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing

I wonder if elsewhere in BJ's memoir he'll come clean about his gross negligence in his handling of COVID that directly led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people? Or about all of the obscene corruption that happened during that time? Or how many illegal parties he actually had during that time? I won't be bothering to buy the memoir to find out of course.

Really? Iran? North Korea? Seems you are unaware of all the proxies in this. Yes, you are aware of some. Just not all.

I can't quite see why any political comments are needed in this thread. Weird.

Guess you don't work in construction then.

Not sure Safety was strong enough to finish last.

How could the driver possibly know that the ground was unstable and may collapse? The driver should reasonably expect the site to be safe for him to deliver, and clearly it was not. In many countries the person accountable for the site may face manslaughter or other criminal charges for this, with the main contractor banned from bidding on any further construction contracts for a period of time. The driver would not be blamed at all (based on the info provided in the article).

Well done!!

Not sure any of this is wholly true. Just one example is that Ukraine's usage of some NATO weapons remains restricted, so it's hardly the 'full force of NATO', or indeed even close to being so.