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More than 20 years of heavy air pollution 4-6 months every year, and people actually get sick from that? Gee, what a shocker. Anyone want to bet the Thai authorities are going to spring into action immediately now? I’m not holding my breath.

You should try reading the garbage he keeps spouting on his Truth Social. Which he claims is doing great, but of course that’s a huge lie, because it’s hemorrhaging money, and probably going to be the next in a long line of Trump business failures. The Trump brand is going down in flames.

I may have to spend 3 months in Hua Hin, from around June 15 until September 10. I have never spent a rainy season in Hua Hin, so I was wondering if someone could enlighten me. How hot and humid is it really? When I was younger I could tolerate the heat pretty well, but I’m getting a little older (am 65 now) and I’m finding out that I’m beginning to lose that tolerance. So it would be good to know what I can expect in Hua Hin from June until September.

If you had read my post, you would have seen that I wasn’t disputing that it’s 34 counts of falsifying business records. I was just adding that even though it’s 34 counts of falsifying business records, each count is punishable by up to four years in jail. There, was that so hard?

No, you responded to my post, where I said ‘That may be’, which you turned into ‘maybe’.

I didn’t say maybe. I said ‘that may be’. Can you see the difference?

That may be, but each count of falsifying business records, a felony, is punishable by up to four years in prison. You do the math.

Maybe this will jog your memory: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arraignment-hush-money-81225510ef7638494852816878f612f0

Just one of the many (many!!) scams people in a position of power in Thailand play on their fellow Thai. My girlfriend has told me plenty of stories (which I won’t/can’t repeat here) of the things she’s had to do to keep her children in school, or to get certain permits, or to get certain things done. The upside is that there’s a lot possible when you have money. The downside is that it creates and sustains an increasingly corrupt society, where those who can’t pay the bribes get left behind. It also looks to me like the people demanding bribes are becoming greedier and greedier.

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to how much ‘black money’ is being laundered this way? I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it’s a huge percentage.

I think Dolf, I mean Yellowtail, sometimes has trouble keeping track of all the (false) claims and other assorted hogwash he posts.

Instead of playing that xenophobia card over and over again, why not urge officials in the north to get off their backsides and get tougher on the arsonists who are responsible for a quite notable drop in number of tourists because of the suffocating smog they are causing?

He provided an extremely reliable, trustworthy and unbiased source: Fox News (sarcasm alert). I remember their slogan from years back: ‘fair and balanced’. Didn’t believe it then, believe it even less now. Nothing but (ultra) right wing crap and the most insane conspiracy theories. How those ‘anchors’ keep a straight face is beyond me.

That doesn’t take away from the fact that Donald Trump keeps whining like a little *****, and keeps making outrageous statements about people (the daughter of the judge in question, in this case) that could put them at risk, because it puts them in the crosshairs of his deranged followers.

More like Ground hog day.

Maybe if the police started doing their job, and start hunting down the arsonists and handing down 10,000 baht (or 20,000 baht) fines. And increasing fines for repeat offenders. I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon (or ever), but if it did, I’m sure lots of people would start thinking twice before starting a fire.

Jeez dude, way to drag in a totally unrelated topic, i.e. that idiotic conspiracy theory that the globalist billionaire elite would want the commoners to stop eating meat. No doubt there is a globalist billionaire elite, but they have absolutely no interest in people eating less meat. The vast majority of millionaires and billionaires is only interested in one thing: mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money. They actually profit from people continuing to eat meat, and would profit even more if people would start eating even more meat. But anyone with half a brain can see that eating less meat would be a lot better for the environment and the planet as a whole.

Will is right. Several European airlines, like KLM, Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian have introduced this. You book a ticket, but you’re only allowed one carry-on and you have to pay extra for checked luggage. It’s a real rip-off, because they charge like 50-60 euro (one way) for one suitcase.

Wow, snappy comeback! I really didn’t see that one coming. Troll.

Wrong again. Not the Democrats (plural), but a Democrat (singular). And not to put too fine a point on it: Kathy Griffin did this, as a person, it was not “the Democrats”. For someone who keeps accusing liberals (or anyone who disagrees with you, for that matter) of TDS, I see a definite pattern of DDS with you. And in case you couldn’t figure that one out: DDS = Democrat Derangement Syndrome.

Sometimes you really do sound like a whiny little ******.

Your world really is completely black and white, isn’t it, nothing in between. But there is a slight issue of status here, and of actions and consequences. Kathy Griffin was (and is) a second-string comedian at best. No one in their right mind takes anything she says seriously. And for the record: I did not approve of or enjoy her showing that picture. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is the former president of the USA. No one in their right mind should take anything he says seriously either, but unfortunately there are dozens of millions of Americans who do take everything he says extremely seriously, and very literally as well.

If this were a picture of Trump hogtied I’m sure your reaction would be quite different.

I assume that many women in Thailand are totally financially dependent on their farang husband/boyfriend and have nowhere to go, even if the guy is abusive. The dependency increases, I suspect, when the women reach a certain age. This would explain why a 53-year-old Thai woman keeps going back to her abusive husband. And to those posters who think it’s okay to beat up a woman: shame on you. Of course you can defend yourself, but there is almost always the option of just walking (or running) away. This Austrian guy seems to take pleasure in beating up his wife. Despicable excuse for a man. I would hope the Thai woman has some male relatives who can sort that a-hole out, so that it will never happen again.

There is indeed one very easy solution: fire the whole lot and start building it from the ground up with non-corrupt people. Although finding non-corrupt people in Thailand who are willing to do the job may be a bit difficult. One more tip: increase their wages so they can live on it, and don’t have to resort to illegal measures to supplement their meager income.