billd766

You may have missed the sarcasm in my post.

Don't forget Irgun, the Stern gang or Likud, another unnecessary orgy of bloodshed brought to you by... Israel.

Who appointed you as the Grand Poo Bah to decide who posts what on any forum? Obviously you seem to have no idea of the Israeli ideas for Gaza so here are some links to point you in a sensible direction. They are all freely available on the open internet, IF you choose to look. So run along now and read them though you may have problems as some of them are big words. Have you ever heard of Daniella Weiss? Try looking at and reading this item. It should be safe for you to read as it is an article from The Jewish Chronicle. https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/who-is-daniella-weiss-the-godmother-of-israels-settler-movement-now-calling-for-a-return-to-gaza-j0xq8l8h Or this one https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/g-s1-29726/israel-gaza-jewish-settlers-strategy-netanyahu or 1 from the BBC News website https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68650815 A snip from this post. There are about 700,000 Jewish settlers in these areas now and settler numbers are rising fast. The vast majority of the international community considers settlements illegal under international law, including the United Nations Security Council. Israel disputes this. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza A snip from the link. An Israeli government minister has vowed that “Gaza will be entirely destroyed” as a result of an Israeli military victory, and that its Palestinian population will “leave in great numbers to third countries”, raising fears of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory. The declaration on Tuesday by the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, came a day after Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan for Operation Gideon’s Chariots, which an Israeli official said would entail “the conquest of the Gaza Strip and the holding of the territories”.

Despite Bill Maher at 70 and all the other elders whining and complaining, it IS the younger generations world and they are getting it from the older generation. What kind of a screwed up world are we leaving them to inherit? Minor and major wars all over the place, convicted felons, serial liars and sexual offenders running countries, I am 80 and I have done my tiny bit to try and change the world, and failed. I would like to think that if I were in my late teens or 20's, that I would be marching alongside them and protesting as loudly as they do. After all what have we left them with as our heritage to them, that we can truly be proud of?

Poor woman. What a terrible way to die.

And on Tuesday his mind will be changed, and probably more times later in the week. However, as Trump is not the leader of the world, despite what he believes, I doubt that the prices of drugs worldwide will be affected. Drug prices in the USA may get lowered until the big Pharma lobbyists get going and change his mind, I really don't expect that much will change.

Please explain how so many innocent men and women, children and babies are considered as terrorists, and by which countries?

The Vietcong and the Palestinians were/are fighting for a country of their own. Why are the Israeli's fighting? They have their own country, carved out of Palestine. but the Israeli's want more and more lebensraum and don't care how they get it, or who they kill to get it.

Yet another obscure website you have found?

Common sense 101 says that you take your own translators, otherwise you will only get told what the interpreters have been told to tell you, which may well not be what you need to hear.

And there are far too many posts about Donald Trump.

I agree with you. When I joined back in 2003 it was called Thai Visa (TVF) which was useful and informative, but with each change of ownership, both the quality of posts and posters has got worse (IMHO) and if there are 30 threads on a page, I may find 1 or 2 of interest and worth reading. Before I read any posy nowadays I look to see what forum it is in and who the thread starter is and also I usually can see if any posters on my ignore list have posted. Whilst there are more posters on the forum, usually there are only about 100 or so regular posters and those who don't post anymore are still listed as members.

I am so happy to have all the qualified? doctors and virologists here on AN telling me that it is all a load of rubbish, and that I have no need to worry about Covid, as it is ONLY the flu virus. I sometimes wonder why doctors and the health/hospitals etc are needed at all. The answers to everything can always be found on AN and its current crop of posters.

Most people with arthritis or osteo-arthritis in the knees have difficulty walking in the first place and many have balance problems. At 80 I can get down on the floor, but if I fall down I can't get up without help from at least 2 Thais. I can shuffle around on my ass but to get up I need to turn over onto my knees (which is painful and climb up using the furniture, IF I am lucky.

But the envelope expense are variable depending on how many people contribute and how much each person contributes. Some contributors may donate 20 thb (all they can afford), whilst others may give 100, 500, 1,000 thb or even nothing. Some wats will announce each donation and others may not, but the fixed deductions will still remain. Some villages have an "insurance" contribution which is to be paid each time somebody in the village dies, and some villages don't. Our village does and even I as a farang am insured, as is my wife and son (but at 3 times the cost). There are no hard and fast rules, so the best way to get a price is to send a Thai to each wat and ask the abbot for the price. I doubt that any wat will provide a cremation only but the best way to find out would be to ask around all the wats in the area for a guesstimate before the event happens.