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Some stories just leave you speechless. What a moron... and evil to boot.

Gotta hope he gets an appropriate welcome at his new all-expenses paid accommodation.

Wow. All the old guys woke up...

This is now an election issue..

The present government hopes that "progressive social policies" will enable their repackaged successor to successfully contend the upcoming election.

But whether they win or lose the election, there will be a new approach to cannabis in Thailand in the very near future.

11 minutes ago, boonrawdcnx said:

Wonder why this suddenly seems such an urgent issue to deal with?

 

One would think this country has more important things to deal with?

 

I can see already the traffic accident statistics climbing to new heights in addition to the drunks , the ones high on meth we will have the rest driving around stoned.

 

If there is money to be made - like with cigarettes - governments don’t seem to care if their citizens become addicted or not.

 

I can see already a huge black market developing not for “medical use” another great tea money earner for the police.

 

Wonder what their neighbors to the south have to say about that?

 

Malaysia and Singapore still have the death penalty - even for cannabis.

 

 

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You wonder why you are seeing reports like this in the news lately? Really?

The bill to re-schedule cannabis in Thailand is sponsored by the present government. It's a done deal.. These articles are what is necessary to prepare the people for an about-face after 40 years of suppression.

You are one of the opponents with outdated beliefs. This is understandable given the amount of "reefer madness" propaganda that people have been subjected to, in order to justify the drug war. Which, by the way, has been won..by drugs.

It's a new dawn.

After 2 days of reading the associated threads on this issue, I want to comment...

First of all, I want to state that my faith in humanity and basic decency has been re-affirmed.. not. I'm talking about several posters in these threads, not the British Embassy or Thai Immigration

All of the smug posters decrying "poor" expats as people who don't belong  here make me nauseous.. People old enough to be discussing retirement issues should be old enough and have enough life experience to know that nothing in this world is conveniently black or white. Some people may have been abusing this method, while others are simply using one of the 3 options available to satisfy Thai Immigration. Consider the expat who has purchased a condominium, a motorcycle and or a car. This is certainly an example of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment). As such, and for however long they have been here, they are injecting, as a group and as individuals, "new" offshore funds.  Having made relatively large investments that significantly reduce their monthly expenses, they are now being, at this point, forced to come up with a significant additional financial surety.

Secondly, none of the affected individuals is costing the Thai Government money in the form of State-funded assistance. Not possible..because there is no such assistance. They are all self-funded, no matter the source of such funds. No harm, no foul.

Thirdly, the British Embassy should be ashamed of themselves for sitting on this information for approximately 4 months before dropping this "oh, by the way" bombshell without announcing well in advance the change in policy. A complete fail, but not a surprising one, given the official attitude to Brits in Europe affected by the pending Brexit.

Fourthly, this is a Thai "story" on a grand scale. Makes all those posts we have read over the years of Westerners being shown the door in their personal relationships after their period of maximum usefulness has expired, seem like merely an appetizer.

Out with the old, In with the new.

Nihao...

1 minute ago, giddyup said:

Again, according to her (my partner) 63.7% is "pasteurised milk".

Hold on.. you are  asking a Thai about parmesan cheese? 555

What do you think cheese is made of?

oh oh.. it absolutely is parmesan but not Reggiano.. maybe the next valley over.

This is that regional label business, as if a product can not be produced elsewhere.

But I know what you meant.  ?

no.. I think you have misread the label.

It's an American product and by law the largest ingredient is listed first.

Despite all the hoo-haa,  I'm still hopeful that Trump will serve 2 terms..

One term in office and one term in prison...  ?

Hopefully the Mid-Terms will neuter him...at least politically. About pussy-grabbing, I don't know

Meanwhile the Trumpistas are getting antsy..

Can't watch the NFL.

Can't enjoy their Harleys.

Have to burn all their Nike stuff.

No Netflix or Starbucks.

Have to love Putin but hate the FBI.

More to come...

37 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

His sexual orientation is irrelevant. The real problem is that he is an idiot. Hopefully he will let some of the older kids in his cabinet make the decisions about NAFTA. He is better off prancing about in costumes and virtue signalling to humankind about his socialist vision. Trudeau is way over his head in negotiating with Trump.

Is this the same Trump that numerous high-profile aides have described as an idiot, with a schoolchild's grasp of international affairs?

Canada's negotiating team is comprised of professionals, as are the American and Mexican teams. We'll get the best deal we can, and we have ammunition.

Please support our country better than this. The results affect every Canadian, not just the ones you politically disagree with...

Ah guys... I guess I am surprised,  that I'm going to be the first to give a thumbs-up to the Thai man who jumped into Pattaya Bay and saved the senseless Slav....

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