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It’s not only that $8. It’s $5 more here, and $7 more there, and so on and so forth. It all adds up to having to pay a lot more money for everything, and I’m pretty sure a lot of companies are using this crisis to jack up their prices more than necessary, they see it as an opportunity to squeeze a little more money out of us consumers. This billionaire’s plan to have to pay an extra 300 baht per room falls in that category, in my opinion, and I’m sick of being taken advantage of. Many (big) companies are making record profits, and it all goes to ridiculously high bonuses for CEO’s and managers, and to shareholders. And the average Joe gets screwed.

What with the high inflation and prices skyrocketing, some of us do need to be a little careful how and where we spend our money. So when a billionaire suggests raising hotel prices with 300 baht, with all the price gouging I see going on around me already, I tend to get somewhat suspicious about the motives of said billionaire.

The question from Russia should not be “why do we need hungry, cold, dirty, poor Europe”? Which in itself is a dead giveaway of the arrogance and ignorance of the guy posing the question, since (most of) Europe is neither hungry, cold, dirty nor poor. The question the Russians should ask themselves is why Europe would need hungry, cold, dirty and poor Russia? Because that is what is going to happen soon to Russia. So far about 100,000 men killed, wounded or missing in the war, and probably many more casualties before this is all over. Millions of Russians have fled their country already, many more will follow. This alone is enough to cripple their economy. The western sanctions are probably not helping either. Russia has shot itself in the foot big time, and it will be many years before they recover.

Russia being sore losers, as usual.

Ukrainian troops liberated coastal town of Stanislav, just west of Cherson.

American military and intelligence agencies are supplying Ukraine with intel as we speak, so they probably know the lay of the land, and that’s why they’re being so cautious. And they have been quite successful scoping out the Russians and their positions with drones as well.

As I understand it, there will still be plenty of restrictions. Buying land will only be possible for rich foreigners (who have substantial investments in Thailand, among other things), it will not be possible for your ‘average Joe’. And they will only be able to buy one whole rai. So why everyone is getting so worked up is beyond me.

I would suggest donating all your money to charity and refrain from making ridiculous suggestions in the future.

More than 400 Russian reservists died after their commanders ran away during a Ukrainian artillery bombardment, Russian soldier says. “I saw men being ripped apart in front of me, most of our unit is gone, destroyed. It was hell,” said Aleksei Agofonov. “When it all started, the officers immediately ran away.” https://www.businessinsider.nl/more-than-400-russian-reservists-died-after-their-commanders-ran-away-during-a-ukrainian-artillery-bombardment-russian-soldier-says/

I don’t watch Russian TV, but I’m curious: do they have this kind of thing every night on TV there? I mean with the host and the three or four guests, discussing the war and launching all kinds of crazy ideas and conspiracy theories?

I was just going to post exactly the same video. It looks like more and more soldiers/conscripts are becoming more and more unhappy with how their ‘superiors’ are running things. But I was quite amazed to see how they openly confronted a general. Hope there’s much more of this to come.

This may not be the right thread to post this, but it gives a clear picture of Russia’s MO and how they (try to) meddle and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries: Russia’s Prigozhin admits interfering in U.S. elections. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/russias-prigozhin-admits-interfering-us-elections-2022-11-07/ “We have interfered in US elections, we are interfering and we will continue to interfere”. They have obviously been interfering in Ukraine’s internal affairs for a long time already.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/11/05/the-soviet-army-once-shot-its-own-troops-for-retreating--the-russian-army-could-do-the-same/ Maybe you should read up on the history of your beloved Russia (or Soviet Union) a bit.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all, the Russian army has a long history of this kind of madness, dating back to (at least) WWII, when soldiers without weapons were ordered to advance and when they didn’t they were shot. That pretty much tells you how little the Russian army has evolved since then.

I have no idea, the odds are probably hugely against them, but they’re going to have to try something to get rid of that fascist regime, otherwise a lot more lives are going to be lost or ruined.

The cannon fodder revolting can also be called ‘revolution’ or ‘uprising’ and can (and hopefully will) end very badly for those in power who are sending all these men to the slaughter.

I think Putin is a tiny little narcissist with a huge inferiority complex. I feel sorry for Russia that such a psychopath and the clique around him can screw up a country like they’re doing. So many lives devastated, both literally and figuratively. Russia could have been a completely different country, open and democratic and prospering, but instead the selfish elite chose to rob the country blind, tell the people nothing but lies and brutally suppress any kind of opposition. I really wonder what’s to become of such a sick country. But then again, I wonder the same about the USA, the way things are going there.

They’re getting crazier by the day. But by all means, send the young to die and wipe out an entire generation. And feel the results for years to come as Russia tries to rebuild the economy and there are not nearly enough young people to fill all the vacancies. Do these pundits ever think things through? Or do they just utter every brain fart that pops up in their minds? My money is on the latter.

Spot on. It’s always the ‘expendables’ who get caught, never the big fish.

So much easier to go after all those dirty farangs than their own domestic thugs and mafia.

How Russian soldiers ran a cleansing operation in Bucha. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-russian-soldiers-ran-a-cleansing-operation-in-bucha-ukraine This proves that what happened in Bucha was not ‘random’, but planned and strategic. All the more reason to have a war tribunal when this is over, to identify and punish those responsible for all the atrocities committed by the Russians.

Don’t hold your breath. And if they do provide evidence it should be examined very thoroughly, because it will most likely be fabricated.

It is public knowledge that many officials, all the way up to the top, make millions, if not billions of baht with their involvement in all kinds of trafficking, be it human, drugs or wildlife. There will be token arrests and ‘crackdowns’, but nothing will really change, because there is simply too much easy money at stake.

The same Russia that said it only attacks military targets, that the hundreds of executed people found in Bucha were a ‘hoax’, that Ukraine was fighting with genetically modified super-soldiers, that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb, and so on and so forth. The list of lies, misinformation and deceit grows by the day and Russia is proving more and more that it simply can not be trusted in any way. That anyone continues to defend the despicable actions of this fascist state is beyond me.

The Russian army can get the hell out of there by leaving all their sh*t behind and heading for the Russian border as fast as they can. I’m betting most of them wouldn’t hesitate one second. Just go east and you’ll get there soon enough, it can’t get any simpler than that. Job done.