thaibeachlovers

Didn't someone say something like "justice delayed is justice denied"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_delayed_is_justice_denied

Clutching, and straws comes to mind.

Absolutely! Off topic attacks on a family member.

We've already been there, done that with muldoon's Think Big that IMO ruined the country. We don't need any more Big of any sort. What we need are houses, the end of loony education gimmicks, a decent public health service and a strong police force that's not emasculated by politicians. Oh, and a real defence force would not go amiss.

Credibility with whom? I don't know anyone that doesn't want her gone next year.

I've not, to my knowledge, claimed that Thailand is the "best" place in the world to live ( that accolade would go to Antarctica ), but it's certainly the best place out of the many that I've lived in. I suspect that if she is re elected, one might be injured in the ruck to leave the country.

Attacking me personally only shows that you have nothing constructive to say about the topic.

Is the Washington Post a reliable source? Trump did and was mocked for doing so. That sound is the chickens coming home to roost. Trump must be having a good laugh now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/25/trump-accused-germany-becoming-totally-dependent-russian-energy-un-germans-just-smirked/ One of them captured the amused reactions of the German delegation as Trump said: “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course. Here in the Western Hemisphere, we are committed to maintaining our independence from the encroachment of expansionist foreign powers.” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas could be seen smirking alongside his colleagues.

Yes, they seem to think Trump's family are fair game for their vile accusations. Could be because no charges have yet occurred, despite being quite some time. Surely it can't be another "nothing there burger"? LOL.

Your side is always pretty quick to demand a link for proof. Does that not apply to anything Trump related? Accusing someone of being a hooker without proof surely comes under the following forum rule? 7. You will not post defamatory or libelous comments. Defamation is the issuance of a statement about another person or business which causes that person or business to suffer harm or loss. A statement does not have to be false to be defamatory. Libel is when the defamatory statement is published either as a drawing, picture, painting, motion picture, film, or letters made visible by any means or by broadcasting, dissemination or propagation by any other means. Defamation is both a civil and criminal charge in Thailand and elsewhere in ASEAN.

and yet...... we wait, we wait. How long does it take before they find something, anything to charge him with? Wild guess, but I'm pickin' early November for charges to be laid.

Prostitution exists in most countries, so that's not really a good question, IMO. I would still have gone to LOS for the beaches in the 90s, before the good ones were ruined, but having an attractive, and active girl with me was also an incentive. I certainly gave up on all western women long before I ever discovered Thailand. Couldn't see the point of bothering with them in a romantic sense. Most of the Thai prostitutes I met were nicer people than many of the western women I worked with. Don't make the mistake of thinking Thai prostitutes are bad people- most are only doing it to make some money for a while, not as a career. The reason Thai prostitutes are so popular is that unlike with western prostitutes, it's more like a girlfriend experience. Some go with the same customer for years. How many goes on prostitutes did you have this week ? Probably more than western men have with their wives in a week.

I have no disagreement that renewable is the future, but that future is not yet with us. IMO they should have stuck with nuclear, as France has done, till that future is a reality. Don't knock fossil fuel- it was the means by which we all live better lives than pre combustion engines, and the whales certainly benefited.

Perhaps, when it comes down to it, they decided that renewables were never going to be enough, and they had to keep using fossil fuel. As I see it, the real problem was the IMO misguided decision to stop using nuclear, the currently ( IMO ) only means of providing non carbon producing electrical power in sufficient amounts to satisfy multi million populations in countries without sufficient hydro resources.

So, arrest him then, but be prepared for the consequences of doing so. If I was of a conspiratorial mind, I'd think they are waiting till early November to do so. After all, as has been so often claimed on this forum, "they knew what was there before they went in". Surely they wouldn't have gone in if they didn't have the "smoking gun"? Just do it already!

That I can believe. Insulting millions of Americans is not a good way to unite the country or sooth angry hearts. I put the speech in the same basket as Clinton's referral to Trump supporters as deplorables, which did her chances no good at all, IMO. We'll have to wait a couple of months to see if it had the desirable effect.

"Fiery"; sure, if one thinks a damp squid is "fiery".

I did listen to the entire speech. I thought at the beginning he was going to declare something important, like sending troops to Ukraine, so I kept watching, then I thought he was going to announce that he'd ordered the mass arrest of Trump and his supporters, so I kept watching. Neither happened and when it turned out to be just another pre election speech it was a total anticlimax. IMO it just goes to show how terrified the Democrats are of the coming elections to roll him out to make a speech like that, but I doubt any minds are going to be changed by his little rant speech against Trump and MAGA. It's certainly, IMO, not going to "unite" people.

Certainly looked like that when I lived there for a year prior to covid.

IMO since 2000.

My jaw hit the floor at that. At first I thought it was cheaper long time prices, till I read it again.

One can only hope that is true. 40 million a year were ruining the country ( look what happened to Maya Bay ).

I agree, and that would be my first option in the event of having to do such, provided the airline would agree to carry her. Once in LOS I understand it doesn't take long to renew a passport.

That's correct, but most probably don't know that, and I doubt they care. To the new generation, meat is something that comes from a supermarket, not farms.

NZ is considering taxing farting and belching from farm animals- why not humans as well? After all, they have to pay for all that social election bribe spending.