DrTuner

Cruise ships? I think they mean the CCP aircraft carrier popping by to check the military base the usurpers will hand to China after the debt trap triggers.

The measures didn't do anything anyway. Was funny seeing the cops move away from blocking the protestors when they walked to the government house on Wednesday. Could almost see one younger BiB flash the three finger sign, he was smiling at the people.

The end is nigh. Only a question of style now on how the usurpers will leave the stage.

13 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Could we just round them all up, then put them on the

Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B

That's how they got here ????

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesperson for CCSA, said the centre met on Wednesday to discuss seven matters, namely:

 

• The successful trip of a government delegation from China

CCP advance troops.

24 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Hopefully tour groups from China will be banned forever.

Would be excellent. Tour groups and cruises are destructive to the communities they attack. Worst kind of form of mass tourism.

20 hours ago, quake said:

Go one step more, bin all religions,  they will all go the same way as the dinosaurs at some point in time.  very soon i hope

The antidote to religions is education. And education is poison to autocrats. England with it's history of kings and religion working in tandem to oppress the people is one good example of the dynamics at work.

So .. get rid of dictators first and then proceed to educate. Religions will fade into the background automatically. Unfortunately getting rid of dictators and keeping them away requires an educated crowd. It's a hard circle to break.

Not applying to CCP cadres coming to Thailand to advice on matters, of course.

7 minutes ago, TheFreqFlyer said:

corruption, lack of enforcement of laws and being a developing country explain things a lot better than culture alone. 

Corruption, lack of enforcement and being a developing country is the culture here. It's embedded in the values Thais promulgate from generation to generation. The current crop of students does show promise, though. Probably due to access to the internet and outside world.

Not much demand for illegal Chinese hotels, eh?

Sure, if you like water cannons and blue paint.

16 minutes ago, J Town said:

Na Jomtien, just past the end of Jomtien Beach Road.

Ok, probably another subnet, IIRC the darkside center is in Khao Talo. Could well be repairs. On the other hand, last time we had trouble here, it was an ant nest inside the local switch box. Had to harass 3BB three times before they found it. Maybe somebody in the same area as you can give more info.

None, been solid here on southern darkside. What area are you in?

CNN's food critics have a strange palate. Even panang tastes better.

I wonder how much they are paying them to participate in the PR stunt.

Immigration law is fairly clear, if you're on temporary stay and not PR, report every 90 days. Regardless of the basis of permission to stay.

https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/thai-immigration-act-temporary-stay-in-the-kingdom-sections-34-39/

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If the alien stays in the Kingdom longer than ninety days, such alien must notify the competent official at the Immigration Division, in writing, concerning his place of stay, as soon as possible upon expiration of ninety days. The alien is required to do so every ninety days. Where there is an Immigration Office, the alien may notify a competent Immigration Official of that office.

EDIT: I see Ubonjoe mentioned there was some notice waiving it. Got a link?

32 minutes ago, varun said:

Most digital nomads contribute nothing to the local economy, do not lead to job creation etc. - 

so no, not good for Thailand in that regard.

That could change if they were allowed to start as one-man-bands. Some could lead to start-ups, then incubators, then to lucrative businesses hiring Thais. It's a real opportunity to bring some entrepeneurship into the country. Look at Singapore and the start-up scene there (although lately the Singapore Core has put a damper on that).

8 minutes ago, fangless said:

What do you think the "virgin" rabbit is for?

Lunch.

5 hours ago, quake said:

that's way past it's sell by date.

Maibpenrai is ok when you have nothing important to do. It's when you do have something that needs to be done when it becomes toxic. 

44 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Why don't we hear from other expats on the positives of living in other tourist areas Pattaya Hua Hin  Phuket Koh Samui ect

seems to be a lot of posative  feedback coming in from people living  in Chang Mai for instance 

We're too busy living in them.

3 hours ago, canopy said:

I find it strange anyone could be against digital nomads and yet the poll shows 1/3rd are against them. 

There's a saying in my native Finland: "Envy takes even the fish from the water". As long as nobody else can have anything, those that got nothing are happy. Socialism is great.