lucjoker

Just looking for a place to tie my rope.

Tie it to the "bell" in your bar ,

so other people can drink one free !

If you do it good ,you dont have to pay !

Poisoned Pork is the best bet. What if you where a lil girl? Or any child or elderly person who may have been seriously torn to peices by the pack. I would killem on that General Principle

Wach out with poison plz .

If somebody (a kid,thai lady) picks up the "pork chop" before the dog does.........

verry dangerous ! They can get verry ill or worse ......

If somebody accusses you .......you were bitten......they saw you ........

Mega-problems can comme to you !

Where are Shinawatra kids today?

By The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The three children of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra and his ex-wife Khunying Pojaman na Pombejra are not attending the much-awaited reading of the verdict today on their Bt76-billion frozen assets.

None of them is travelling overseas or making any statements after the Supreme Court's verdict has been read out, their publicists say, adding: "They are at a safe house in Bangkok."

The reading of the verdict is expected to begin at 2pm today, once the judges convene at 1.30pm.

Meanwhile, Thaksin will be addressing MPs and Pheu Thai Party members via a phone-link at the party headquarters. Leading figures expected to be there include former premiers Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and Somchai Wongsawat - Thaksin's brother-in-law - along with his wife Yaowapa, Thaksin's brother Payap and sister Yingluck.

Thakin's live messages will also be broadcast from 9am on a satellite channel and the website run by his two children.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's whereabouts are being kept confidential due to security concerns.

A war room has been set up at the Democrat Party's headquarters, where the situation will be monitored all day and daily meetings will continue "until the situation is eased". Most Democrats and party MPs are advised not to go to the courtroom, except for former leader Banyat Banthadthan, who is a lawyer. The war room's operations and the Democrat Party's daily meetings will be coordinated with a situation-monitoring committee set up by the government.

Army chief General Anupong Paochinda is on standby at the Army Headquarters, as are commanders of the Navy and the Air Force.

The three core red-shirt leaders - Veera Musigapong, Nattawut Saikua and Jatuporn Promphan - are at the People Channel TV station at a shopping mall on Lat Phrao Road and are expected to make statements after the verdict is read out.

-- The Nation 2010-02-26

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His ex-wife is in a safe house in BKK ????????

What about her jailtime ?

Is it allready forgotten?

I saw her "entre' " on the thai news,she was treated as a queen !

Everyone bowing as slaves (also police and military)

Is this normal?

they are preparing to kill the last bit left of thai tourism ... shot in the footh once again

i expect they also will close the airports, of course

If tourism is killed,it will only hurt som small thai middle class.(and some expads)

The upper class do not need it and dont give a sh*t for it.

The rich try to steel where they can,even from themselves.

if it comes to a clash of powers,Both rich-clans look for poor people

to fight for them.Since the poor are kept stupid,it's easy to make theM kill

for you,give them a few bath and a lot of promisses and they will do

wahtever you want !

This is the way EVERY war was and is and will be fought !

Quiete simple !

nice try but no

King Harold 1066 @ Hastings

Richard III @ Bosworth

and probably countless others from Europe and Asia( King Naresuan) I dont think they were poor

Did i say The rich are poor?

Did i say the winner is poor?The poor NEVER win,there is always some rich guy behind the curtain !Who will

collect the profit,the poor can get a free tombstone ,if they are lucky !

Only those who risk their lives are poor (in money and brains)

The rich knights are well protected and the first to flee.(unless their ego made them stupid and die for it)

"William ordered his archers to fire over the shield wall so that the arrows landed in the clustered rear ranks of the English army. The archers did this with great success. Legend states that it was at this point that Harold was hit(he was in the REAR ranks ! Hiding ! There goes your hero! ) in the eye by an arrow.

Believe it ! The rich are only accidentely killed,or because there ego made them stupid!

Normaly it are thousants and thousants of poor stupid idiots who are killed ,fighting for the good of their masters!

End of story:The northern earls, Edwin and Morcar, Esegar the sheriff of London, and Edgar the Atheling, who had been elected king in the wake of Harold's death, all came out and submitted to the Norman duke before he reached London. So ,when the smart noble realizes he can't win ,he submits cowardly !

By this time their troops were dead ! lesson to learn,never fight for a rich guy !

This left right paradigm is just the fighting arena for the public, you need some fake gladiators or as I call them:

Mr. T = kamoi ti nueng (robber #1)

Mr. A = gohok ti nueng (liar #1)

red shirts vs. yellow shirts

democracts vs. republicans

It's made up to take the focus away from things that really matter.

Just wondering when politicians start to use lesse majeste laws for their protection... like lex Berlusconi

The end of the day all these 'representative puppies' are put there by the money people and the military

Maybe one day there will be a new movement that really want the good of the public, welfare, social security

and not just bumboozle the people with their games. In the end it all comes down to money.

You saw them democrats take 236m Baht from a petrochemical firm, well what ya think how much

some party individuals have received and not reported about? Bribes from the industry run politics!

If you really love Thailand you gotta think about that...

Just one for Mr. T - if you can 'amass' 1.600.000.000 BILLION !!!EURO!!! in Thailand

- then the fish stinks from the head!

Verry true !!!!!!

But nevertheless ,small brained people can be easily influenced to fight other innocents without

understanding the point.Just the promise off a little money,some "pep-talk" and the mass ,makes them feel

glorius !

The poor will do the fighting and die ,the politicians will take the money !

And maby later 'the farang" can be blamed ?

The rich try to steel where they can,even from themselves.

if it comes to a clash of powers,Both rich-clans look for poor people

to fight for them.Since the poor are kept stupid,it's easy to make theM kill

for you,give them a few bath and a lot of promisses and they will do

wahtever you want !

This is the way EVERY war was and is and will be fought !

Quiete simple !

nice try but no

King Harold 1066 @ Hastings

Richard III @ Bosworth

and probably countless others from Europe and Asia( King Naresuan) I dont think they were poor

Did i say The rich are poor?

Did i say the winner is poor?The poor NEVER win,there is always some rich guy behind the curtain !Who will

collect the profit,the poor can get a free tombstone ,if they are lucky !

Only those who risk their lives are poor (in money and brains)

The rich knights are well protected and the first to flee.(unless their ego made them stupid and die for it)

"William ordered his archers to fire over the shield wall so that the arrows landed in the clustered rear ranks of the English army. The archers did this with great success. Legend states that it was at this point that Harold was hit(he was in the REAR ranks ! Hiding ! There goes your hero! ) in the eye by an arrow.

Believe it ! The rich are only accidentely killed,or because there ego made them stupid!

Normaly it are thousants and thousants of poor stupid idiots who are killed ,fighting for the good of their masters!

The rich try to steel where they can,even from themselves.

if it comes to a clash of powers,Both rich-clans look for poor people

to fight for them.Since the poor are kept stupid,it's easy to make theM kill

for you,give them a few bath and a lot of promisses and they will do

wahtever you want !

This is the way EVERY war was and is and will be fought !

Quiete simple !

nice try but no

King Harold 1066 @ Hastings

Richard III @ Bosworth

and probably countless others from Europe and Asia( King Naresuan) I dont think they were poor

Did i say The rich are poor?

Did i say the winner is poor?The poor NEVER win,there is always some rich guy behind the curtain !Who will

collect the profit,the poor can get a free tombstone ,if they are lucky !

Only those who risk their lives are poor (in money and brains)

The rich knights are well protected and the first to flee.(unless their ego made them stupid and die for it)

Epilogue: when the battle is over,neither the winner nor the loser

wants to loose face ! So they have to look for a scapegoat ,a thirt party

to blame !

Guess who will be the thirt party ?!

The ones who bring in the bad influence,the guys who steel their nice daughters,

who live in the nice houses,who dont ever work ,pays for cars cash ,calls them stupid,

.................Yes ,"they" will pay for it .

Be prepared.

The rich try to steel where they can,even from themselves.

if it comes to a clash of powers,Both rich-clans look for poor people

to fight for them.Since the poor are kept stupid,it's easy to make the kill

for you,give them a few bath and a lot of promisses and they will do

wahtever you want !

This is the way EVERY war was and is and will be fought !

Quiete simple !

Let them start building ...............it will take probably 100 years and

still not finished ?

Just tell them your baby is "9.5" kilos,nobody is going to check the weight !

Then go on internet,and order a ticket on e-bookers !

The best prices !They give you a 7 days quote,choose the cheapest flight (can be any company:exmp :

Bangkok-frankfurt- brussels with Lufthansa: 400 eu for an adult+50eu for an infant under 2 year !

You have to take the baby on your lap,but there is a big chanse there are empty seats in the low period (mei,june -sept okt)

I had payed for 2 seats and got a row of 4 seats on alle the flights .

Have a nice flight !

I don't know who is crazier. The bloke, the girl, the Thaivisa admin who thought this was exciting enough to send an email or the coppers who seem set waste their time with these oddballs. Or me, first for clicking the link and then for posting in the thread.

Probably the guy. After all, he's Belgian.

Haha. Your message is certainly making a LOT of sense. I totally agree. ( And I clicked too )

Is that a joke,Mumble-don ?

you must be english?

What..? i can't understand you ...speak english plz.

I don't know who is crazier. The bloke, the girl, the Thaivisa admin who thought this was exciting enough to send an email or the coppers who seem set waste their time with these oddballs. Or me, first for clicking the link and then for posting in the thread.

Probably the guy.

After all, he's Belgian.

this belgian can be crazy,but he surly speaks at least 5 languages and he's english is probably

better understandable than 99% off the english ,wich can only mumble some slang !

and that's the truth !

Keep it simple !

Whoever wins a new election committed fraude !

There is NO serious un-corrupt party nor politician in Thailand !

So whatever is the result,there will be trouble !

So lets keep it simple !

Elections,YES !

But no parties !

Anyone who feels capable can enlist for a job,let's say prime minister.

The job will be UNPAID !

It will be an honour job !

Those on this list and not elected,can check out if the "elected"is doing

his job seriously .If not he (and his accomplices)will be ^hanged and all his welth and that from his familywill

go to the poor.

Every elected politician,will have a list to accomplish,he knows this before he applies for the job.

After 1 year we see if he did what he promised.If he didn'f : he will be hanged.............

You understand that the list of candidates will be not so long !

Only true honnest people will aply ,becouse there is notting to steal !

please react

Hi ,

on 24 feb 2009,

working on my pc for about 15 min,

suddenly the image on my screen started shaking,trembling?

i could work on my pc ,even go on internet,but the screen looked

like shaking.

After 20 min,everything was normal again.

Next day ,same thing!

Anyone knows more about it?

(extra problem,for more than 3 weeks: a 7.2MB email starts down loading in my

outlook express,after 6.2MB the connection stops.

Every time i open my outlook express,this e-mail starts downloading,in the end

some small e-mail comes true,but the large7.2MB- one ,keeps comming back)

In the end of the month i had to pay 1500 bht,because i was over my limit!

I tryed to contact my provider,they say they can not help me .

my e-mail is [email protected]

Thanks for reading

Help needed

Luc

I am a belgian,and lived there 50 years,

i can tell you the belgian politicians are the worst

in the world,after the elections 1 year ago,

they still didn't form a decent goverment!

They are all too bussy pulling strings to come as

close as possible to the honney-pot !

Every year 80% of the honny is stolen by them !!!!

And than they can't run the country with only 20%,

and they raise the taxes!!!!!

Now i here they say the courts have too much power????

Imagine:you work whole your life to become a politician,

you use all the corruption and dirty tricks in the book to

achieve your goal,and then ,when you finally are close to the

big money,THE COURT IS ALLOWED TO INVESTIGATE YOU ???

THAT IS NOT FAIR! THE belgian- theft -tank says !!!!WHOA HO HO HA HA!!!!

did you see the base ball bat-armed demonstrators in BKK?

Pictures in todays newspapers!

If this leads to a bloody coup,war between the two political groups,than all the shops

will be closed exept the noodle-shops.

Since the banks will close one of the first,you will not be able to

take your money out !

So i got all my money out of my bank ,this is no worry any more.

if the situation becomes stable ,real stable,than i will put it back in the bank.

half of my money i changed in eu.So no matter what the bath does,i will not loose

a lot?

I was in Belgium last sept,

since my pasport was allmost full ,

i got a new pasport at the mayors office.

since i live in thailand for 5 years on a

non-imm o visum and i'm over 50 years,

i had a 1 year extension(800 000 on the bank......)

I went to the Thai consulate in Berchem ,Belgium.

To ask if they could put my stamps in the new pasport.

Well they say its "impossible !" to have a 1 year extension,

it does not exist for them ! I have to come to Belgium

every year to get a new non-imm o visum !

When i said that everybody over 50 y are doing this,

they laught at me ,they thought i was joking !!!

So i paid 250 eu and they gave me a new non-imm o visum,

after proving with bank reciepts an monthly income of 1000 eu,

a dokters paper ! and a paper of good behaviour !

So who has comment on this?

i pay 3.9 bath a unit,i live in a bungalow on Maprachan Lake (15 km east Pattaya)

In the hot seison i run 1 aircon (13000btu daikin) 8 hrs in the night

i have 2 big fridges,2 fans all day,15 outdoor lights all night (energy saving bulbs)

lcd-tv 10 hrs a day,pc 10 hrs a day

1 pump of the pool (1.5 HP) for 10 hrs a day.

my bill is about 5000 baht a month

seems ok ?

how manny farangs own land and house through a company-nominee structure ?

Lets say arround Pattaya, 100 ? 500 ? 1000 ? 5000 ?...... I have no idee.

Which percentage of farangs living here,bought their house in the ladies name ?

50% 80 % ???I think about 80 % for 1-2 million bht houses

The 7 or up milj bht houses ,i think , are mostly on companies system .

What's your idee on this?

If it's realy a small group (with companies) i would worry.

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Pridiyathorn tries to ease fears, but foreigners wary

Joint chambers warn of blow to investment

CHATRUDEE THEPARAT & DARANA CHUDASRI

The government is prepared to extend the transition period for foreign-owned companies to comply with the Foreign Business Act if necessary, according to M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, the finance minister and deputy prime minister. Authorities would also annually review the business sectors set out under the so-called List 3 of the FBA to determine what sectors are ready for full liberalisation.

M.R. Pridiyathorn and other policymakers yesterday sought to ease investor concerns about the FBA reforms and insisted that Thailand remained open to foreign investment.

M.R. Pridiyathorn: Intention of changes is "not to impede foreign investment or create new obstacles" — SAROT MEKSOPHAWANNAKUL

''The intention of the changes is not to impede foreign investment or to create new obstacles to foreigners,'' M.R. Pridiyathorn said. ''We are actually relaxing the rules in some areas, and clarifying what the law actually is for those companies that don't know right now if they are in the right or the wrong.''

M.R. Pridiyathorn said reports that up to 40,000 foreign firms would be affected by the FBA changes were overblown.

''In reality, only 2,428 companies will potentially be affected. And of these firms, many are exempt due to Board of Investment privileges or because they operate under the [uS-Thai] Treaty of Amity,'' he said. ''Overall, only 1,337 companies are expected to have to restructure, with only 15 being companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.''

On Tuesday, the cabinet approved a plan to reform the 1999 FBA to address the widespread practice of nominee shareholdings long used to evade the 49% shareholding limit set under the law.

The definition of foreign companies will now be expanded to include either majority shareholdings, both direct and indirect, as well as firms where foreigners hold a majority in terms of voting rights.

Companies in breach of the majority shareholding limit must report to the Commerce Ministry within 90 days and restructure their operations within one year.

Firms in violation in terms of voting rights will be treated differently. Those operating under List 1 and List 2 of the FBA, which includes 22 sectors overall ranging from media, rice farming, transport and mining, would have two years to reduce foreign voting rights to a minority.

Companies currently operating under List 3, which includes 21 sectors, including services, would be ''grandfathered'' with no need to change their voting structures but would have to report their status to the Commerce Ministry within one year.

M.R. Pridiyathorn, who met with representatives of 28 foreign chambers of commerce yesterday, said the government was prepared to extend the transition period for firms to restructure if needed.

''To help reassure the foreign chambers, we will consider in the National Legislative Assembly extending the transition period for companies,'' he said.

''But one must be fair to the government as well. If [foreign chambers] ask for a 10-year period, we can't do this.''

Sectors on List 3 would also be reviewed on an annual basis, he added.

''We have not increased the number of sectors that remain under protection. And exporters and manufacturing companies are completely not involved,'' he said.

M.R. Pridiyathorn said telecommunications companies would also have to restructure if their foreign shareholdings were in violation of the limit. But in terms of voting rights, existing firms such as Advanced Info Service or DTAC would be grandfathered along with other companies operating in sectors under List 3.

The FBA reforms follow last year's investigation into the takeover of Shin Corp by Singapore's Temasek Holdings. The government has said Temasek used nominees to skirt the 49% shareholding limit.

Satit Chanjavanakul, the secretary-general of the Board of Investment, said projects that received privileges from the board would be unaffected by the changes.

Promoted projects were allowed to have up to 100% foreign ownership, and most were operating in manufacturing sectors excluded from the FBA, he said. Even after promotional privileges expired, the companies would continue to be exempt from the FBA rules, Mr Satit said.

But despite the official clarifications, analysts and foreign business leaders said the FBA reforms would continue to weigh on sentiment for the near future.

Peter Van Haren, the chairman of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce (JFCC), said that while foreign investors better understood the government's intentions, few were comfortable with the reforms.

''We will submit new suggestions to the government within two weeks. The position of the JFCC continues to be to scrap List 3 altogether,'' he said. ''Frankly, an extension on the time for compliance does not help much, as foreign shareholders would still have to cut their stakes.''

Mr Van Haren warned that the reforms would definitely impact future investment in Thailand and increase the burden on companies to seek local partners.

But Dusit Nontanakorn, the secretary-general of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, doubted that many foreign firms would cut back their investments.

''They can do so if they want. We can't prevent that. But I'm confident that not many will do so,'' he said.

Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the president of Kasikornbank, said a review of the principles of restraining business competition from foreigners was long overdue.

But given the sensitivity of the issue, the authorities should consider the appropriate timing of any regulatory change.

''The time given for foreign companies to restructure their shareholdings and voting-right privileges isn't too short. But personally, what I believe is even more important is to consider the suitability of the FBA, the appropriateness of the timing and whether the foreign business community genuinely understands the changes or not,'' Dr Prasarn said.

Banluasak Pussarungsri, the manager of Bangkok Bank's macroeconomic analysis centre, agreed that the principles of the FBA should be reviewed.

He added that the vehement opposition to the changes voiced by the foreign business community deserved attention.

''I've never seen foreign investors come together on any one issue quite like this one,'' he said. ''We should listen to what they are saying.''

Bangkok Post 11 jan 2007

list 3 is exempt ,thai shares have to be more than 50%

The votes are not important,this is "grandfathered"

So no real changes

Foreign investors who hold more than 50 per cent of voting rights must also reduce their voting rights within two years,"he added

If this is the case,the Thai share holders rule the company,they can even kick you out,or sell your proporty ?

So,lets forget the company thing ?

Put your property on a thai lady ,is this the only (also unsafe) thing to do?