JonnyF

Why didn't they just come out and say "Pita may have an unfortunate accident in the next 28 days, or he may just disappear, or get very sick, or decide to retire from politics."? Or would that have been too obvious?

Don't underestimate the West. Our economies may be struggling and we may depend on others for food, power and goods. But we've got the Pronouns for every situation. We've got BLM. We've got identity politics and we've got politicians who cannot define what a woman is. A heady mix to take us forward.

Why would you do that act? Make yourself look like a complete tool before the highlight of your entire career? What would he have gained from that? It's not like the audience thought it was brilliant and all laughed at the in joke. Maybe the most awkward Oscars moment ever. For what? Nobody is talking about the award now. Just the slap. What a genius move. Detract from your career highlight with a staged assault and subsequent meltdown while reminding everyone about your wife's infidelity. Don't give up the day job for a career in PR Mick.

Totally agree. He's been humiliated publicly by his own wife and various other comedians. Completely emasculated on the world stage. Chris Rock was just the unfortunate one in the way when the straw broke the camel's back. Now the highlight of his career, the Oscar, will be remembered for this. Very sad. I used to be a big fan back in the days of Fresh Prince, Summertime, Jazzy Jeff etc. The dangers of marrying and staying with the wrong woman I guess.

That 'slap' would have KO'd 90% of forum members. Their wigs would have been pushed right back. Shaken to their sandals ????. Watch again. Smith was close to tears of anger as he sat down and yelled expletives at Rock. That was real. 100%.

It's hilarious watching the mainstream media trying to navigate their way through this. Wealthy black man assaults another wealthy black man due to his tasteless joke about wealthy black woman. Hmmmm. That's tough. 50/50? Charges won't be brought. Smith is fabulously rich and famous. He is handsome and black. A celebrity in tinseltown. There would probably be riots if the LAPD tried to arrest him. He can slap who he wants when he wants. The very definition of privilege. Having said that, given the state of his wife and kids, I can sympathise. I'd have anger issues too if my wife shagged my son's best mate and then announced it on national TV. He reminds me of Harry. Ruined and humiliated by a poor choice of woman.

Nothing to do with arrogance. The Thai leaders will make more personal gain by dealing with China than dealing with the West. They both do business the same way, corruptly. Prayut aspires to be "leader for life" like Xi. They both have disdain for human rights and Democracy. They're like 2 peas in a pod. At his point, Thailand (under the current regime) choosing China over the West is a compliment to The West.

Fortunately for Will, he is black. So 5 minutes later he was winning an Oscar for Best Actor. The audience looked on adoringly. Applause all round. That's real privilige.

So, just a few 'negotiations' pending regarding who gets paid what to allow another monopoly to proceed. It must be very profitable being a Thai regulator.

It was an F15 last week. The fields of Issan are becoming a dangerous place with the incompetent police and military playing with their toys (purchased from more advanced countries) above the farms of the peasants. It would appear they fly as well as they drive.

Even with no experience she would be better than the current posse of thugs and charlatans.

Even Caitlyn Jenner has come out and said its unfair. I guess she can now be labelled a far right bigoted transphobe. No doubt racist too lol. The left need to focus on winning arguments instead of throwing out lazy insults.

Hey muppets. Debate the law. Then legislate. Then enforce. It's not that difficult. More advanced countries have been doing it for centuries. Just copy us again and pretend "certain people" invented it if it makes you feel better about yourselves.

It's nothing to do with left wing and right wing. Nothing to do with Bigotry and Intolerance. This is about scientific fact, Human Biology and fundamental fairness in sport. Biological men are stronger than biological women. What is it going to take for people to acknowledge such a simple statement of truth? Maybe when they see a biological man beating a biological woman into unconsciousness in a boxing ring the penny will finally drop? Maybe then they will acknowledge that it is not fair to a biological woman to have to compete in sport against a biological man, no matter how that biological man "feels inside"? The longer this continues, the more trans women will start competing in women's sport and obliterating the opposition with huge margins of victory like Lia Thomas did. Women's sport is fantastic, why ruin it to appease a tiny minority of people who have an unfair advantage over their competitors?

Allowing individuals born male to compete against females is grossly unfair to females. If this continues it will destroy women's sport. Trans Women should be respected 100%. But if they wish to compete in sport they should compete against other biological males. Since scientifically that is what they are. The only solution I can see is a third category for trans. Or maybe create a new category for women who were born women and allow the current "women's" group to continue to be open to trans women and biological women. Let biological women choose which category they wish to compete in. See how that pans out. Destroying women's sport for a small minority of trans people is grossly unfair and in my opinion, deeply misogynistic. It's funny how the people telling us to follow "The Science" for 2 years are now completely ignoring it.

I firmly believe that many of the people that were vaccinated with Sinovac during the first round will now have minimal protection. The authorities are blaming their poor decisions on the populace. Are these Sinovaxed people rushing to get vaccinated again? Probably not. Even people who have been vaccinated with the better vaccines catch it and can have quite bad symptoms. In the company I work for everyone has been triple vaxxed and we still get around 10 positive cases per week. Mask compliance has been very high in Thailand as well. Stop blaming the people, most people have done pretty much everything asked of them.

Sometimes when you know nothing about someone's situation, it's best to keep quiet and not embarrass yourself ????. We have a farm near Korat and the dogs live on the farm. 4 of them we rescued (in very poor condition) from the streets, we took them in, fed them, vaccinated them, spayed them. They never leave the farm and they don't bother anyone who doesn't enter the farm. If taking in starving strays, vaccinating and spaying them and giving them 2 quality meals a day and a very pleasant life snoozing in the shade on a farm is irresponsible, then I guess I am guilty as charged ????. As you can see, it's a terrible environment for dogs to live.

Would you euthanize a cat for torturing a bird for a couple of hours before leaving it twitching to it's slow death? It's instinct - my Thai mutts kill rats, chickens, snakes, squirrels all the time. Anything that moves in fact. They actually quite liked our cat but the feeling wasn't mutual so it decided to go live with the neighbours. That's cat loyalty for you ????. As for the kid, kids that age don't really assess risk well or consider the consequences of their actions. I'm sure the trauma of seeing the cat's demise will have taught him a valuable lesson.

The TV clip is on YouTube. The news station messed around with the order of it a bit, but it looked to me like he placed the cat in the middle of the floor, then opened the glass doors but closed the flyscreen. Then it cuts, and the dogs charge through the fly screen and chase the cat out of the room where they presumably caught it. They don't seem at all interested in the kid. Not sure exactly what the kid was trying to achieve but he was clearly aware of the dogs and was teasing them with the presence of the cat. Unlikely to end well for the cat. A combination of poor dog ownership and a very young kid not really thinking through the consequences of his actions.

2500 Baht to fill my car this morning. And there was still almost a quarter of a tank left. I'd have to check the receipt but I'm pretty sure it was 47.89 per litre. Not to mention the hikes on food etc. People must really be struggling.

Yep it's bad enough when you're able bodied. I was walking down Sukhumvit 33 the other day, stepped on a normal looking paving stone and it rotated about 30 degrees into the hole underneath it and the muddy slush that was under there splashed up covering one shoe completely and most of my shin. If I was elderly I could have easily fallen or broken my ankle. My father also used a mobility scooter for the last 10 years of his life. No way I could have ever contemplated him visiting. The lack of consideration for the disabled is disgraceful.

Dog kills cat. Shocking news. Whatever next? Cat kills mouse? Lizard kills fly? The dogs clearly should have been kept under control. Very irresponsible ownership once again. However, as Will B pointed out the fact that the kid is clearly teasing the dogs by deliberately placing the cat in the middle of the floor where they can see it wouldn't have helped either.

Avoid "justice"? Being tried in a kangaroo court by a Junta that illegally stole power via the barrel of a gun from his democratically elected government is not really my definition of justice. I'm no fan of Thaksin, but Thailand was a much better place when he was in charge. Perfect? No. Better than the current mob? Absolutely. Personally I wish her every success. But the Junta has it's boot firmly on the throat of the Thai people and they're not going to allow a democratically elected leader remove it, irrespective of the surname.

Luckily the plane didn't land on a village or a school. Having said that, it's mainly a peasant area so the military wouldn't be too bothered either way - that's why they choose the area to go practice with their toys.

Excellent news. This should pay for more supercars for the politician's offspring to kill the public with.