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The only strategy most any government in Thailand has (or had) is for every cabinet member and  PM to become as rich as possible as quickly as possible, by any means possible, i.e. bribes, kickbacks, fraud, extortion, embezzlement, or simply stealing.

“PM Srettha to submit PM2.5 dust plan within court’s 90-day deadline”

Of course he will!! (sarcasm alert)

But even if he does, if it’s going to be enforced like all the other laws and regulations in Thailand (i.e.: not), we’re still no closer to a solution to this problem.
They’ve been going at it for over 20 years, but have achieved nothing. On the contrary, the smog just gets worse and worse. I am now in Hua Hin, and until just a few years ago the air quality here hasn’t been too bad, but lately it’s just as bad as up north.

I’m quite sure there have been laws in place for quite some time now, which will allow the authorities to go after those who burn and/or pollute and fine the culprits. But they just sit on their thumbs.

It’s such a shame, because large parts of the country are becoming unlivable for 5-6 months a year. 

7 hours ago, freeworld said:

Nimarata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa)

 

There is something untrustworthy and unlikeable about her. She would probably never win.

 

From wikipedia and her time at the UN

"Capital punishment resolution

In October 2017, the U.S., along with 13 other nations, voted against a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution that condemned the use of capital punishment when "applied arbitrarily or in a discriminatory manner" and specifically condemned "the imposition of the death penalty as a sanction for specific forms of conduct, such as apostasy, blasphemy, adultery and consensual same-sex relations". LGBTQ rights advocates in the U.S., including the Human Rights Campaign, were critical of the vote. After the vote, a State Department spokeswoman said that the U.S. voted against the resolution "because of broader concerns with the resolution's approach in condemning the death penalty in all circumstances" and said that the U.S. "unequivocally condemns the application of the death penalty for conduct such as homosexuality, blasphemy, adultery, and apostasy. We do not consider such conduct appropriate for criminalization."[165]"

There is something untrustworthy and unlikeable about her.

This coming from someone who supports a two-bit con man snake oil salesman, the most untrustworthy and unlikeable presidential candidate (and ex-president) ever. Not to mention the most racist and misogynist. 

7 minutes ago, CharlieKo said:

Lets forget about the Russia Russia hoax the Democrats perpetrated!

No hoax. Just read the unredacted Mueller report. 
It’s more than three years later now, and Trump is still milking the “rigged 2020 election” for all it’s worth, without ever providing a single shred of evidence. I wonder how many hundreds of millions of dollars he bilked out of his followers with that myth.

6 minutes ago, candide said:

For the time being, it's Trump crying!

 

I won the election! 

I did nothing wrong! 

Expect Trump to start covering his @ss months before the November election, just like he did in 2016 and even more so in 2020:

“If I don’t win, the election will be rigged!”

“Massive voter fraud!”

“Hugo Chavez will interfere from his grave!”

“The Chinese did it!”

Every excuse in the book, and then some, will be used, and his mindless MAGA base will eat it up and probably storm the Capitol again, or even start another civil war.

17 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I was just thinking that it has to be beyond ironic that we even have Trump standing as a candidate, let alone doing well. IMO it's all down to the Dems trying to get rid of him with 90 odd court cases that only served to make him popular again. Talk about shooting oneself in the foot!

IMO, Trump doing so well is much more a testament to the arrogance, ignorance and plain stupidity of the average Republican voter. No offense. Just the fact that they call the Biden family the Biden crime family and totally overlook the elephant in the room (the Trump family, which is the real crime family) speaks volumes.
But hey, it’s like Trump said, he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and most Republicans would still kiss his ample behind. 

29 minutes ago, pomchop said:

So a gang of bible beaters that have bought the entire christian religious fairy tales hook line and sinker also believe that trump is ordained by god to be president.  Doesn't surprise me at all that delusional bible beaters line up for trump.  Most likely trump will build them a nice ark, part the seas, turn the water to wine and then come back from the dead...meantime ok to lie repeatedly sexually assault women, fantasize openly about having sex with your daughter, screw hookers, cheat on various wives over and over, constantly brag about everything, say u never have to ask forgiveness as u have never done anything wrong, guilty of fraud for decades of financial lies, run fraudulent university programs to cheat people, cozy up to cold killers like putin and his romance buddy in north korea, encourage violence, encourage hate your opponents, encourage hate any and all who are not white americans, try and foment a coup, lie about election fraud over and over and over with zero proof...yeah boy sure reminds me of the jesus that they tried to shove down my throat when i was a kid...it's called a cult. 

 

Anyone who has ever even remotely studied the bible and Christianity knows that trumps actions and words are about as far from christian as possible.

Remember the seven deadly sins? I’m sure Trump is guilty of them all, repeatedly.

Pride: he constantly brags about his achievements and makes everything about himself

Greed: self explanatory

Wrath: can you think of someone more vengeful and thin-skinned than Trump?

Envy: again, self explanatory 

Lust: he cheated on all his wives, many, many times.

Gluttony: he’s kind of fat, to say the least. Claims he weighs 220, when we all know that’s a big fat lie.

Sloth: Trump spent 285 days playing golf during his presidency. That’s almost a whole year. 

3 minutes ago, riclag said:

It only gets better ,onto New Hampshire, the Live free or die state.

Tons of red necks up there as the radical left would call them .

Trump’s base consisting of

anti establishment, anti DC, anti globalization',anti socialism,anti communism, anti Marxism , America First  Gop voters will carry the Republic toward another landslide victory, despite all of the reported political election interference .

 

imop

You forgot a few anti’s:

* anti democracy

* anti constitution 

* anti tolerance

* anti social

* anti anything they can’t wrap their tiny little brains around

The born again evangelical hypocrites leading the way to a Trump dictatorship. How can anyone who claims to be a christian even consider voting for Trump? It beggars belief. 

3 hours ago, ozimoron said:

 

It's been demonstrated that if Trump had put the money in a blind trust at the beginning he'd be much richer than he is now.

He managed to run a casino into the ground. Nuff said.

23 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

Not if these trials are really being conducted to prove guilt, it won't.

So when Trump gets acquitted in a trial, the system works, but when he gets convicted, the trial was just being conducted to prove guilt? Is that how you see it?

Kind of like how MAGA looks at elections: if the Republicans win, everything is hunky dory. But if they loose, the elections must have been rigged.

Like I said already: the minds of the MAGA cult members work in mysterious ways….

2 hours ago, LosLobo said:

I agree, many will be tuning into Truth Social for instructions.

Have you considered buying some NFT's?

I am sure the $370M plus 9% compound interest will promote more crowdfunding requests from the proven grifter.
 

 will promote more crowdfunding requests from the proven grifter

The goobers have been donating hundreds of millions of dollars of their hard earned money to the proven grifter already, so why stop now? Trump is their messiah and savior, so all he needs to do is ask for more money and they will obey. The minds of the cult members work in mysterious ways….

23 minutes ago, novacova said:

It’s remarkable how the Sun is responsible for the long term climate fluctuations.

Equally remarkable how co2 propaganda throws the populace in delusional hysterics.

16 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Global warming .It will get hotter and than it will cool down again .

It may take 50/100 years maybe longer But don't worry but it will happen.

Too much Scare mongering going on .

Too much climate denying going on. This is not a religion that you can choose to believe in or not. This is science, hard facts. 
You must all really not like your (grand)children very much, by sticking your head in the sand, denying the obvious and keep ruining the world for the next generations.

If we keep going like this, it will get a lot hotter before it’s going to cool down again, and mankind will very probably not be around to witness it, apart from maybe a few isolated pockets.

This is the kind of stand up patriot that Donald Trump is: he wants the economy to crash, he wants the USA to fail economically so he can succeed politically. What a great guy!

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-i-hope-the-economy-crashes-in-the-next-12-months

4 hours ago, earlinclaifornia said:

Sort of a low bar I think.

Better keep them entertained or they will go and storm the Capitol again or something, so it’s a small price to pay.

3 hours ago, JulesMad said:

I am hoping (thoughts and many prayers!) for the worst possible 'big trouble' for this complete fake individual who poses as a human being.
To the civilized and uncivilized world it is completely unbelievable/unimaginable that usa is even contemplating to have this excuse of a human being president again...

The Economist, in November 2023, said Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024. They’re not wrong. If Trump becomes president again, the consequences for the USA in particular and the world in general would be catastrophic. And not just economically.

https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2023-11-18

This is how astonishingly delusional Trump really is, and gives you an insight into his delusions of grandeur:

Trump Posts Video Calling Himself a God-Given “Caretaker“ and “Shepherd to Mankind”

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-posts-video-calling-himself-a-god-given-caretaker-and-shepherd-to-mankind

19 minutes ago, IAMHERE said:

If you can't rig the election then make sure the other guy isn't on the ballot at all.

So the conspiracy theory is being changed from ‘the Dems stole the election’ to ‘the Dems want Trump off the ballot’? So what happens when Trump is on the ballot (which is expect he will be) and he loses (again) in November? I wonder what conspiracy theory MAGA will come up with then.

9 hours ago, illisdean said:

No, but who cares when 100,000 deaths caused by the fentanyl smuggled across the porous SW border area thanks to Biden and soon to be impeached Mayorkas for their failure to secure the border and to protect Americans. 

So you’re accusing Biden of a failure to protect Americans. Double standard much? I mean, Trump made a huge mess of the covid pandemic and kept downplaying the risks and dangers, which caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths.

45 minutes ago, illisdean said:

No, but who cares when 100,000 deaths caused by the fentanyl smuggled across the porous SW border area thanks to Biden and soon to be impeached Mayorkas for their failure to secure the border and to protect Americans. 

Kind of the chicken and egg story here. True, there are copious amounts of fentanyl and coke and crystal meth and what have you being smuggled across the border, in various ways. Not just under the Biden administration, by the way, but also under Trump.

But do you think all those drugs would still come flooding in if there was no huge demand in the USA? How about trying to fix that? 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't think Biden has done well on anything. IMO the southern border is a disaster ( wasn't Harris supposed to fix that? ), IMO the Afghan withdrawal was a fiasco, inflation isn't solved, I understand, IMO he is supporting a vile regime in the Middle East, IMO he is threatening to expand the war in the Middle East, apparently the national debt increases by leaps and bounds, IMO his policy on Ukraine is failing, despite wasting billions on it. If he's achieved anything, I'm not aware of it.

IMO you’re not aware if a lot of things:

* the southern border was a disaster under Trump. Didn’t he promise to fix that?

* inflation is not something one country can solve on its own, it’s a world wide phenomenon (this time at least). America has done a lot better than other countries in keeping it down.

* Trump had his idiot son-in-law ‘making peace’ in the Middle East. Didn’t work out so well.

* the ‘peace treaty’ with the Taliban and the plan to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan was made by Trump.

* the national debt exploded under Trump. He promised to fix that as well, but the third-biggest deficit increase of any president happened on his watch.

Maybe you should spend a little more time checking your ‘facts’ next time, before you post anything.