jonclark

I love what Rachen had to say about Prayut's cabinets ministers - 

"But I would only support him (prayut). I won’t support any of his minions.”

So there it is officially from a supporter  and party insider- Prawit and Co are minions!!! Which would mean by extension.......Prayut must be Gru??

Good on him for trying to change the status quo. 

And when the options are so dry, stale and similar, he stands a good chance of gettng a decent handful of seat...if..if he can come up with some sound policies and at the moment that is the void in his grand plan. 

So add some substance to the sound bites and spin and he will hopefully be on to something

40 minutes ago, greenchair said:

There was a story right here on thai visa a couple of days ago. 

2 poachers caught. 16 elephants tails and some tusks. The tails are to be sold as keyrings. 

The other poacher caught had a bag full of bear parts, taking to sell to be made into Chinese medicine. But BP so can't do that. The original story had wichian talking about the villagers poaching right here on thai visa. 

I don't know how to link. 

I don't want to know. 

The fact remains this is a high profile case given his position in society and therefore the public are more interested. Which sells more papers or get more clicks.

I am sure poor old premchai being a business man understands that relationship..as the old adage goes all publicity is good publicity. Although he probably disagrees with it now.

And Thai rangers are pretty solid on poachers. Perhaps premchai would have prefered this outcome.

 http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/one-poacher-killed-one-arrested-clash-forest-rangers

or this

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/05/thailands-forest-rangers-step-up-training-in-violent-blood-wood-war

or this

https://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2012/03/09/tiger-poachers-get-stiff-sentences/&ved=2ahUKEwjZ1_CygYDaAhWHPY8KHW_0B0k4FBAWMAF6BAgHEAE&usg=AOvVaw2yMA_Xh19TScRA1zhndGuL

I could go on.

The Thai rangers are a fairly solid bunch.

I would imagine rosters will be next to be registered as the locals are quite fond of an old cock fight. And as for the gambling that goes on every sunday afternoon over a few bottles of Leo while muay thai is on TV.

And the powers that be register dartboards!! 

5 hours ago, JOC said:

The irony here is, that most m-bike rental companies in HH are run by farangs....

And because business is bad, they will cut any corner they can...

How is that ironic? 

12 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

 

 How can it be Thailand's fault when people have accidents?

 

But too many foreigners just rent bikes without even having a license or practice driving on one. 

 

Sorry to paraphrase and take some of your post out of context. 

If it is common knowledge that bikes are being rented out to people (tourists) without licenses then that is an issue that Thailand needs to tackle. The people renting are only interested in the money and take no responsibility for their role. 

The people and companies allowing the renting of motorbikes without licenses need to be brought to book. If AVIS or BUDGET or another vehicle rental company knowingly allowed a person to rent a vehicle without holding a proper license, the local police would throw the book at them. Why? Because they knowingly played a role in the ensuing accident by being negligent and did not check the person renting the vehicle was capable of controlling the vehicle. 

So their is a responsibility on Thailand's part to ensure that people renting the bikes are capable of controlling them. 

7 hours ago, mjnaus said:

This is stuff is rough. On the one hand, this guy a total moron for not taking out travel insurance. On the other hand, you can't help but feel bad this guy's family. I try and imagine something like this happening to one of my brothers. I'd also try and do everything in my power to get them the help they need... I'd use my own money for sure. If that's not enough? Beg for money online maybe?

And as is always the case, hiring a motorbike is often not covered by any travel insurance. 

There is clearly an issue here when the hiring of motorbikes is so completely unregulated and also so widespread. The tourists need to make sure that they are covered in the event of an accident, but as this is (albeit a small part) of the very lucrative tourist industry that drives Thailand's development, there needs to be some provision for medical bills incurred by tourists through local regulation and laws. . 

You cannot take someone's money and then wash your hands of any and all responsibility when things go wrong. Motorbike hires must come with compulsory (local) insurance for all, including medical bills. And if motorbikes are hired without insurance then the owner of the motorbike needs to be liable for any costs in the event of an accident. After all they hire the motorbikes to get profit, so they need to make sure the motorbikes are insured and protect their clients and also property. 

And if people complain that the cost of a daily hire goes from 200 to 400 baht a day, probably best not to hire one then!

15 minutes ago, missoura said:

Interpol's current President is Meng Hongwei, Deputy Minister of Public Security of China.

And what exactly is your point? 

Wonder if the renter will get their damage deposit back?

Judging by the state of the property probably not.  

4 hours ago, robblok said:

So let me get this straight.. he can't run in an election.

 

So he can't be elected as a PM in the normal way (meaning running in an election collecting votes), but can only be appointed a PM by the senate as an outside PM.

 

This is bad, I would have wanted him to run at least then he would see how much people liked him (not that much IMHO).

 

Now it looks like its 100% sure he will return as an appointed PM.

 

 

Surely though policy  need to be voted through in order to be transposed into law.

So an outsider PM (probably quite unpopular with some potentially large factions of the parliament) will need a parliamentary majority to effectively run the country and pass laws, otherwise he will be a lame duck PM whose policy is consistently voted down?? right??

Is this for real? The video - The woman just sits there like she waiting for a waiter to bring her chips!

She doesn't even look bothered that she has been knocked off her bike. 

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

Well said Major General .... however I don't think Khun Prayut is too worried about these comics .... 

Well if he can't take the heat he should get out of the kitchen. 

And of those 200'000 Chinese arrivals most of them will have not filled out their arrivals card when they arrive at the immigration window. 

Hope immigration has a good supply of pens!

3 minutes ago, Lingba said:

People afraid of the truth..which is why we continue to live in societies that continue to lie

My thoughts exactly - what he said was hardly a lie and lets be frank about it, a fair number of those tourist have gone on to marry the lady (or man) who made their eyes pop in the first place!