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What a pity that neither the USA nor Israel are members of the ICC. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/house-icc-sanctions-bill-israel/index.html#:~:text=The ICC does not have,its actions in the conflict. The ICC does not have its own enforcement mechanism and has relied on countries’ support for arrests. Israel, like the United States, is not a member of the ICC and has challenged the court’s jurisdiction over its actions in the conflict. Neither country seems to have as many friends and/or allies as they used to have and they never will again, as long as in Israel's case, Netanyahu and his murderous war cabinet are in power. In the case of the USA the Jewish lobbyists need to be removed from influencing the US government. Sadly for the world this is unlikely ever to happen. This is MY personal opinion only. Anybody is more than welcome to disagree.

An interesting thought. If Trump cannot buy Greenland and invades Greenland then an an attack on ANY NATO country is an attack on all NATO countries and is to be repelled by all NATO countries. I suspect when NATO was set up nobody thought about one NATO member attacking another NATO country. As the USA is still a NATO member (at least at the moment) I wonder what the NATO troops will do. At the very least they can kick all the US bases out of their respective countries, but will they retaliate against the US mainland? Also if the US tries to annex Greenland, I wonder what the US troops would do if they are ordered to attack that country? As an additional item, I wonder what the US based troops would do if they are ordered to attack Panama?

According to Forbes 2024, the Shinawatra family are not even in the top 10 billionaires in Thailand. https://www.forbes.com/lists/thailand-billionaires/ Why are you not complaining about the greed of the much richer families, the richest of which is worth 17 or 18 times richer than Thaksin?

If the number calling me is not recognised by my mobile, it flashes red and warns me that it is an unknown number and be careful in answering it. It also allows me to delete the call and block it. Fortunately I haven't had one for a couple of months now.

So prove him wrong.

You keep repeating the same old jargon. Of course if you actually provided any proof, some people may even believe you. You do have that proof, don't you?

Perhaps the generals have low friends in high places. Perhaps the unspoken and unwritten agreement between the generals is blocking both sides. I really have no idea and I think that very few other people know for certain either.

That won't stop people being ignored though. AFAICS ignoring a poster generally, at least to me, means that I don't see any of their posts, unless somebody else responds to that poster. Generally I get a notice that I have ignored that poster, but gives me the option of reading that particular post or taking the poster off my ignore list, plus something else. What I have been doing in the last few weeks, even before I read the posts, is checking who the OP is and what the topic is. Many times before I have opened the post to find that I have no interest in the topic or the responses, so I then dump the topic and move on to something else.

Snipped from your post. Is the decline in this forum a result of: 1 - changes in ownership? 2 - changes in the character of expats in Thailand? 3 - changes in Western culture that are merely reflected here? IMHO I think that it is 1 and 2 with 3 as an outsider. So why are so many on this forum spending so much time trying to pollute a perfectly suitable channel like this? Unless ... unless ... unless they are paid or otherwise compensated to ruin it? IMO there are posters on the forum with nothing better to do so threads are opened just for the sake of something to do. There are only a limited number of topics that can be discussed, after which they get repeated ad nauseum I don't think that anybody is paid or compensated to ruin the forum but I think that the last2 owners see it as a money making machine judging by the number of ads that seem to be posted. I don't know anybody who actually buys things that are advertised. I also think that advertisers are given the latest number of posters rather than the actual number of regular posters, which is probably not the same thing/ People quit or die off and TBH I think that it would be nice to know how many people do post regularly against the overall head count.

Perhaps he has low friends in high places.

Well I have read the article, and unless I missed it I couldn't find any reference to the number of people that apparently this growing movement to have old sleepy Joe Biden's name removed from public property such as roads and other government property seems to have compared to the population of the USA. Do you have a number or a percentage of the population? AI Overview Learn more As of January 7, 2025, the population of the United States is 346,386,627. The U.S. is the third most populated country in the world, making up 4.22% of the global population. The population density is 98 people per square mile, and the median age is 38.5 years.

Can you back it up?

Did changing down the gearbox not work or was it not even tried? In my old Ford Ranger pickup, I always double declutch and go down through the gearbox to use engine braking before using the footbrake I double declutch and change up the gearbox as I accelerate. I learnt that method 60 odd years ago on an old truck with a 5 speed gearbox and a 2 speed rear axle.

I agree with you 100%, I joined TVF back in 2003 and way back then it didn't matter if your opinion was different as you could have a discussion and at the end you both agreed to disagree, and that was the end of the matter. There were no insults or bad feelings. What I have seen over the years is that with every change of ownership the quality of posters has got poorer, the insults started and got worse and my poster on ignore list got bigger. Like you I am reading less and less posts as the quality of posts get poorer, many of them seem to be nothing but click bait and are not, IMHO, worth opening, let alone reading.

Nor would it be too difficult for the military to pull yet another coup, or would it?

Rubbish from you.

Yet the military leaders of that illegitimate government were NEVER punished or executed for treason against the state. In fact not 1 general or leader of a military coup has ever been punished.

Once again, people generalise. NOT all teenagers are in gangs and not all teenagers are irresponsible. I agree that many are, but they are not the majority. That is saying that all the problem farangs in no particular order are Russian, Swiss, Americans, Brits, Germans etc. Again some of them are, but not the majority. Are they all tourists or longer term expats? How about Cambodians, Lao, Cambodians or Thais?

I used Thai visa Express to renew my UK passport last year. and I found them very reliable, efficient and not that expensive. They were even able to pay my fee to the passport office in the UK. Back in March 2024 the passport took about 3 weeks to be replaced. Paul Aslett was the person I dealt with and he kept me informed all the way. I am afraid that I cannot help you with the second part of your request as I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet and I use a completely different office. The only comment that I can offer is that most likely his new visa will expire on the date that his old passport expires, as mine did. I have no idea if Thai.visa.express could or would act as an agent for your husband. though they may be able to do so, or perhaps refer you to an agent who can do it. I hope that you are successful.

So the government wants to lower the voting age to 16 or 17, Yet at the same time the minimum age to drive a car is 17 and the legal age to drink alcohol is 18. However you can join the military at 16, but ONLY with your parents consent. Currently in England you must be 18 to be on the electoral roll.

And what are you supposed to do when a country attacks and invades your country? Do you turn the other cheek or do you fight back? Israel has not only invaded Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran and now Syria.

Really? And on what charges?

Hopefully I will make a simple traditional lunch. Welsh Rarebit in 2 slices.

Very true. Mine waits for me to feed her in the morning and the ignores me for the rest of the day.

More whataboutery. If he was not in Thailand it would not have happened. If it was in a different place it would not have happened. Perhaps if it was a different joke it would not have happened. If he was a different nationality it would not have happened. More pointless whatabouteries from me. You have no idea WHY it happened, so why bother to post in the first place?