Kanchanaburi is absolutely dreadful right now. We've all got runny noses and sore throats and our doctor says it's air pollution related. All the local school kids seem to have the same and nobody seems to give a <deleted>. Wifey had a word with a Police friend about all the sugarcane burning going on right now and the answer was 'we can't do anything about it'.
"One of the most wonderful aspects of living in this day and age is that giving birth is now a decision, it's a choice, it's not something that's mandated like it was in the past"
The US seems to be trying it's hardest to change that.
"....with interest rates for the latter often surpassing the 15% legal limit"
That's not even close, rates can be as high as 30-50% a day where we are. Absolute insanity and the reason a relatively small loan balloons into a lifetime burden.
"DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Energy Minister Peeraphan Saleerathaviphak said today (Dec. 21) he does not know where Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit got the idea to hike excise tax on petrol only in Bangkok and surrounding provinces to incentivise people to travel by train and it probably won’t materialize."
Diplomatic way of saying "he's a <deleted> idiot".
"Atthayut Leeyavanich, an employers’ representative....."
Extremely well paid by the rich elites letting the serfs know that they're worth an extra 2 bht a day. How vermin like this sleep easy at night is beyond me.