JAG

An old score settled?

54 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

No I don't see that, unless it is from an army faction. There will be increased disillusion from the young who have grown up with social media taking the blinkers off. Civil disobedience and demos more likely than civil war.

The latter may come as a reaction to the.killings which the former will probably lead to.

You see, at the end of the day, shooting people is all the dinosaurs know...

4 hours ago, kevvy said:

South of Chiang Rai city , no rain , maybe will come in 7 days.Can see the blue sky this morning

9 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

So far at nearly 11 am north of Chiang Rai , all is still and hot and for once very clear , storm with rain ...oh yes please.

Well I am east of Chiang Rai and we got 5 minutes of rain at about 4pm. Just enough to get me a bollocking for not getting the washing in in time!

Now in the interest of geographical thoroughness, is there anyone west of Chiang Rai who can report in?

????

45 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Does re-arranging the Titanic deck chairs come to mind? 

Yes, bit I would say that at present we are just weighing the anchor of Queenstown ,(Cobh). No reason to suspect impending doom but the iceberg is out there lying in wait!

Full steam ahead, remember nothing can sink us. Besides, the first mate is keeping a "watch" out...

I do so enjoy expanding on metaphors!

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

9 hours ago, JAG said:

I make a big jug of tea (1 liter) first thing in the morning. 2 Tea bags ("Heladiv" from Sri Lanka - much cheaper than "Liptons") and when it cools put it in the fridge. Come the afternoon/ evening a lovely refreshing drink.

Who sells the Heladiv?

Big C have it - it is in a yellow box, easily mistaken for Lipton's.

7 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Maybe an acting PM is more appropriate. However his resume does give hope of some unity and acceptance by all parties. Will hope so it will happen in this very uncertain economic environment. I am sure the rich will not want a lame government for their wealth self preservation. 

I think perhaps we are thinking about different Mr "A"s.!

The western educated politician or the soldier?

Just now, Spidey said:

Is he bothered? Is his little face bothered?

Not at all.

A bloody mess.

29 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

May be too late as all the senators have been selected and awaiting royal endorsement. Well unless he use 44 and thrust himself into the fray. Rumor mill has it that he will leave politics and someone with the initial A will be the unity PM. That will give the man a lot of goodwill in his new official role. 

I'm not sure that "unity" would be the hallmark of such a premiership.

27 minutes ago, dcnx said:

Does a bear defecate rurally?

arborealy perchance?????

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

If Prayut isn't elected PM, can he have a senate seat instead?

If so he might become the President of the senate - and the ex-officio Vice President of the National Assembly of Thailand?

Now that would be a tangled parliament.

The only post which I think really matters to him is the top job on the privy council - bound to fall vacant soon.

That brings all the de facto power and influence one could wish for, for a very long time...

I make a big jug of tea (1 liter) first thing in the morning. 2 Tea bags ("Heladiv" from Sri Lanka - much cheaper than "Liptons") and when it cools put it in the fridge. Come the afternoon/ evening a lovely refreshing drink.

8 minutes ago, Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere said:

So many arrested but show the Cameroon guy only. ????LOL! 

Probably because, despite some of the ranting (sorry, I meant exuberant posting) in the last couple of pages, all the rest were from Laos, Burma or Cambodia and have probably made (or their employers) have made the appropriate arrangements to allow them to be back at work tomorrow. Such "arrangements" will presumably be deducted from their meager salaries over the next couple of months.

Those big swivel chairs and vinyl signs don't come cheap you know. I expect the flowers cost a few bob too....

6 minutes ago, donim said:

He then commuter on line 8 on a regular base.

Used to that, any other busses are snails.

 

People who are living in Bangkok,

they know what I am talking about.

 

 

Well I'm glad that people living in Bangkok do (understand what you are talking about), because I don't have the beginnings of a clue!

2 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Thats OTT and cheapens the real thing

Really? I said such comparisons were overblown, didn't I - but I warned that, in my opinion, if the "demonization, blame-casting, on certain ethnic groups", continues then it will begin to stand comparison and raise parallels.

In other words, there is no comparison at present, but if this sort of talk and policies continue they may arise.

The OP photograph rather says it all. Mr Trump is preaching to his "fanbase", a collection who are not in the slightest bit concerned with the rights and wrongs of asylum claims, or the very real threats and fears to many of those unfortunates who are seeking asylum. They are putting it bluntly, opposed to Hispanic brown people coming to live in the USA.

In one respect perhaps Mr Trump is right. The drug cartels and their warlords and gangs who have made life in the Central American countries, and produce these asylum seekers exist to control and facilitate the flow of drugs into the USA. The most effective way of stopping that flow is to remove the market which it feeds, either by effectively preventing the consumption of drugs (probably a lost cause given how thoroughly drugs use seems to have penetrated all levels of society) or by decriminalizing and regulating their use, and thus removing the need for illegal importation.

Either way, "clamping down on asylum seekers" is not the solution, even if a popular move in some circles.

And yes, direct comparisons with Nazi Germany are overblown, however, the demonization, blame-casting, on certain ethnic groups, does stand comparison and raise parallels.

11 hours ago, BestB said:

The bs of this surveys is when you read workers are afraid of changing jobs when staff turnover in reality is incredibly high. 

 

I wonder how much of this turnover is due to people "doing a runner" from their debts?

2 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

And look how the foreigners are disrespecting the Thais in numerous ways. Think there might be a connection? I think so. Been here going on nineteen years. Never had much of any problems with the Thais. Treat the Thais like shit. Dress like a pig, walk around drunk half naked expect for the worst

I think that rather depends where you are; at the risks of upsetting some Pattaya and Lower Sukhumwit in Bangkok?

I can't speak for Phuket as I have never been there.

When it comes down to the possibility of repercussions against "foreigners" I suspect that it would (if it happens) be simmilarly geographically concentrated on the more ostentatiously wealthy enclaves.

4 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

99% of the people have less than a third of the nations wealth, the largest disparity in the world, what are they doing about it? not a lot.

 

 

 

I would say that the 1% are ensuring that this proportion is maintained, if not improved (in their benefit).

8 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I believe it's pretty much inevitable.

 

I don't stand alone in this belief.

Yes. I think that the last chance to avert it was the hope that the election would produce a government broadly representative of the peoples' desire, even if handicapped by the restrictions imposed by the constitution.

That hope has been removed by the shenanigans surrounding the count and results. You are right. It will end badly.