billd766

But he is no longer an active general, and his faction is not the flavour of the month with the army.

They have NEVER won fairly and squarely, nor could they. This is the reason for the military coups.

But they still have friends in Myanmar, Russia, China and perhaps N Korea.

Equally the same could be said about Russia and China.

And in the same period look how many military coups there have been and for how many years the generals have been in power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Thailand

What did you expect the USA to do? Invade Thailand and install a government which would favour the USA? Do you remember who was POTUS at the time? A person who favoured the leaders and governments of Russia, China and his BFF, Kim of N Korea. That person IMHO hates the USA and is doing his best to destroy the USA from within.

Yet the US abides by the results of the elections (apart from Trump who is little but an overblown windbag (just my personal opinion),

But it is NOT the chosen path of the Thai people and those people who voted for Pita and the MFP, did NOT vote to retain the junta government in power.

But they ARE unwanted which is why they are strays and running wild. There are few if any rehoming centres in Thailand, and very few people will rehome stray animals whether they have been CNVR or not.

IIRC 27 million Thai voters want Pita as their PM, but 250 UNELECTED senators don't. Why should they have the last word?

Yes I cheered them on in 2014 and, yes it took a couple of years to change my mind, BUT the embassy letters had nothing to do with my change of mind. I believed what was pumped out in 2014 but after reading different links and websites, that was what changed my mind.

Same old same old "Yes we do know" post from somebody who assumes that they speak for everybody when in truth they are only speaking for themselves, but use the term to make themselves "appear" important.

Even bigger than I thought. I admit to being lazy and not doing my research. IF they spent 5 days a week or 20 days a month at the senate the would reap 2,562,720 thb per year before tax and over a 5 year period they would turn over 12,813,600 thb before tax plus of course the Free car Health insurance Travel allowance. So the 250 senators would cost the Thai people 3.203,400,000 thb over 5 years IF they all bothered to turn up for work. That does not of course take into account the normal salaries that they get as well. Money for old rope and the saddest thing is that the Thai people are forced to tay them without being represented by them. Are they good value for money? Personally, I wouldn't give 25 satang for the whole lot of them.

Have you interviewed the majority of Americans to know what you are talking about? Now I doubt that so we are left with your word and your opinion only, which is like saying "everybody knows" and is meaningless.

I agree 100%, and then I scrolled down the OP to be greeted by the "Fox News" logo. I just scrolled past that post as I do with anything from "Fox News", as I know it will be BS and not worth wasting my time reading.

Perhaps when you are appointed to a well paid job you do as you are told to do. That does not mean that what you are told to do. is the rightful thing to do. IIRC the senators are paid 100,000 monthly (and probably expenses and perks are freebie extras), 6,000,000 thb (++) is a nice little earner over 5 years, simply for doing as you are told. No thinking involved.

A second, third and ad infinitum vote might just get it their thick skulls and oh so thin skins, that they are irrelevant, unwanted and detested by the majority of the Thai people.

And I am so glad of that. I have used that avatar for many years and his was the first comment. The little boy in the avatar, Mowgli, is really my son and he will be 19 next month.

When I used to live and work in Bangkok back in the 1990s, I used to give to the beggars everyday and be thankful that I was not one of them. Usually my small change or perhaps a 20 baht note.

If only the Office app disappears and not the files associated with it the OP should be OK as the app can be reloaded again. Hopefully the OP has moved all those files to a separate external HDD.

I thought it was a back problem, similar to a backache when trying to get out of the mia noi's bed in the morning. ????

No. I did not know this either, so I did a Google search. I learned more about sausages today than I ever needed to know. https://study.com/academy/lesson/history-sausages-overview-types-invented.html#:~:text=Sausages are thought to have,and various herbs and spices. Sausages are thought to have originated in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago, in at least 3,100 BCE, with the earliest evidence being discovered in Sumeria. Since then, many different kinds of sausage have been invented as a way of preserving meat by mixing it with salt and various herbs and spices. https://sausagehouse.in/history-of-sausages/

Sausage and mashed potato with gravy Sausage, bacon and eggs Liver and onions with mashed potato and gravy Yorkshire puddings Cod or Haddock and chips Roast Beef, Pork and Lamb Pork pies Apple pie with Rhubarb and Custard All good rib sticking stuff Nowadays also curries

20 years is temporary? Why did the the SRT not ask them to leave at the start, some 20 years ago? After all the SRT have had decades to do so.

A grammar nazi as well. Should I hang my head in shame, wear sackcloth and ashes, or perhaps treat your post with the contempt that it deserves. AFAIR Baloo was a bear, hence my words.