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Back in 1954 there used to be an alliance in the Region called SEATO. South East Asia Treaty Organisation.

Sadly it was dissolved in 1977.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization

58 minutes ago, proton said:

Maybe the voters will triumph one day and get what they voted for, which was not her.

But not enough voters put their mark to vote that party into power.

Unless ANY political party either on its own or with other parties can form a government or a coalition then they cannot run the country.

What is so difficult to understand about that?

You may not like that but it is a simple fact of life as is the fact that unless you have Thai nationality you have no voice or vote in any Thai election, which is how it should be.

You can howl at the moon, moan all you like but Thailand is unlikely to change.

So you have the choice of accepting or not accepting the rules as they are, or trying to change the rules, which won't be changed in your favour anyway.

3 hours ago, rough diamond said:

You would probably have to do it yourself as most Thai vets will not put an animal down in my experience.

I understand that.

I put our last 2 dogs down and I was not happy about having to do it either. They are still up in the back where I buried them.

I put them down as they were stealing and eating other peoples chickens and ducks, which is not a good thing to do in rural Thailand. I would do it differently if I had to do it again, but it wouldn't stop the sadness I felt back then.

55 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

I see, you're not living in Thailand😳

I DO live in Thailand and if it were my dog, I would have it put down or put if down myself.

BTW where a person lives has nothing to do with the thread.

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

All issues' have now been resolved revolver🤔

How sad. One person has been murdered, another is seriously wounded and yet you think that is amusing.

13 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Are you really this foolish?

Where in the law does it state "Unlawful"?

Improper Entry is defined.  Where is it declared a criminal offence?

As per the Pew study I cited, an estimated 43% of unauthorized immigrants are violators of their visa. They entered the USA in a lawful manner.   You are now backtracking from labeling all unauthorized  immigrants as criminals to  trying to squirm out of your embarrassment  by referring to "unlawful entrants".

 

Yes, some  very bad people have entered the USA, and in some cases have been deported previously. Unfortunately, the immigration enforcement actions are not  specifically targeting these people. Instead they seem to be going after anyone  who is assumed to be an "illegal". Hence the increased reports of  hispanics being stopped and harassed. Too much of the activity is for show, and not for  a real impact. 

He will never believe anything that you say. He is a Trump supporter and will only believe anything that comes from Trump.

IMHO you are better off putting him on ignore and starve him of a response.

He has been on my ignore list for several months now.

14 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 

You really  are devoid of cognitive ability rendering your reading comprehension below that of a high school student. There is no law making it a crime to live in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant. Instead, the law treats it as a civil violation. If the undocumented immigrant has lied, or misrepresented on legal forms to enter the USA, then that act may be criminal if a court so rules.    Undocumented presence alone is not a violation of federal criminal law. 

 

You can't have it both ways. The Trump administration has been relying on the  current civil laws to carry out its campaign. Federal immigration laws are principally enforced through civil proceedings administered by the Department of Homeland Security. Because these are civil proceedings, the accused immigration offenders do not have the same protections  that apply when someone is charged with a crime. 

He doesn't want it both ways.

The Trump version is the only version that he will accept. Facts have no effect on him, only what his supreme leader spouts is the true version.

On 3/21/2025 at 6:32 PM, spidermike007 said:

Don't be so sure of that. I saw dozens of entries about Trump dalliances with underage gals and articles about sexual assault related to him prior to 2015, in addition to countless articles about the lawsuits he was involved in with small contractors, once he announced his candidacy most of those just disappeared from Google.

 

Was that just some sort of magic or voodoo, or the power of the deep state? Those villains are neither Democrat nor Republican, they choose a candidate, back him, and all sorts of magic and shenanigans happen. 

Well to delete anything on my pc, they would have to identify it  from the millions of other pc around the world, hack into it and then delete the contents. And then they would have to do the same for every other pc in the world, followed by every tablet, smartphone and storage device, on or offline, cloud based or not.

25 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Here goes nothing.

 

A good poll and a very interesting thread.

Thank you.

I read an Ebook for about an hour a night.

I have read the first 4 books of Spike Milligan's war memoirs and I started a book called "The Sugar Queen" by Sarah Addison Allen.

Some authors books I have read 2 or 3 times as I enjoy them.

I used to listen to Audio books but I have run out of the authors I like and haven't found a better source yet.

I am 80 now and I first started reading properly when I got my junior library card at about 10 years old.

I prefer Ebooks as I can read them on most digital stuff and it is so easy to adjust the size of the text and the fact that I can carry hundreds or more at the same time.

8 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

I tell you what why don't you take in an illegal in to live with you and your family assuming you don't live alone? People talk a lot but want everyone else to take the responsibility. Enter a country without the proper paperwork and you should be deported. What Bush did along with Blair in the UK does nont justify letting anyone into your country.

Nice comment.

Exactly how many illegal immigrants have you taken in to your home to live with your family?

7 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

If you enter a country without the proper documentation you are illegal and have no right to remain in that country. They were on trail for many things including murder. Look the data up on the internet.

So you should be deported to yor country of origin, and not to a third country.

18 hours ago, proton said:

 

Unless less you an MP knocking out one of your constituents on the street, then you get 2 days

Different judge, different court, different crime.

If you object to the sentence that the MP got, start an appeal against it.

There is no point in whining about it on AN. Nobody here can do anything about it.

17 hours ago, PomPolo said:

BS

Not so.

More like stupidity on his part.

And there is no known cure for stupidity.

18 hours ago, transam said:

Daft comment............🤕

I agree with you 100%.

However, it is the sort of comment to be expected from the poster.

5 hours ago, mrwebb8825 said:

He canceled it because it was being enforced worse that "Prohibition" was. Especially when Biden released them from sanctions. A couple of interesting reads if you care to. Makes one wonder how deep this stuff went for money.

 

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/blog/5-times-obama-admin-insisted-cash-way-pay-iran/

 

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/posts-misrepresent-unfreezing-of-16-billion-in-iranian-funds/

 

What a difference a few yrs has made to today. 🤔

snip from your post.

"What a difference a few yrs has made to today".

That is probably the truest thing you have said.

In those few years, the USA has lost, and is still losing under Trump, friends and allies that it cannot afford to lose, along with the respect of many countries, and the trust that it used to have as the leader of the free world.

The rest of the world will probably get along without the USA though sadly IMHO the USA won't be able to get along without the rest of the world.

5 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Many of the MS13 gang have gone on trial

But how many were on trial and for for what?

Being an illegal immigrant?

Being a gangster?

Being a terrorist?

On 3/20/2025 at 12:05 PM, Photoguy21 said:

Do you know better and are sure they are not terrorists? If not maybe your comment is out of place. The South American gangs are a form of terrorism

One easy to know if they were terrorists or not would be to collate the results of the trials. That will be difficult to prove, as they never went to trial in the first place. 

13 hours ago, jas007 said:

Assume all that's true.  What's the remedy? What's the remedy that will actually work?  

Why assume that it is all true?

23 hours ago, steven100 said:

Zelensky was positive that Trump was telling him lies.  

And he was most probably correct.

20 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Unfortunately the smiles are long gone in Thailand.. surely after 20 years management by military junta. And still no progress to enter the 21st century...and the poor daily wages and rising prices

 

Real smiles depend a lot on you, your attitude and your location.

If you out of the tourist areas, have a good polite and friendly attitude and are NOT a misery guys, then the smiles you get, are genuine.