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13 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:
Do not generalize such rules;
Only a few retirees of 3 countries need to bring 65k monthly.
About the news, interesting to know who will be the new Immigration Chief and what he will do with existing rules...?
I doubt if he will do anything. Whoever inherits the post will have no real interest in the actual function of the department, it is merely his seat at a top table.
The rules and practices introduced by the departed BJ ( largely to bolster what now seems evidently a somewhat shaky route to that top table) will, like so many such rules in this country, be filed, forgotten about and ignored, and business will resume as normal.
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14 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:
The front of his trousers is now though
11 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:and the back a filthy brown......
I suspect that the patina of his trousers is the least of his worries. I just hope for his sake he was not wearing long socks when he was arrested...
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It's a devilish problem, when you are the poster boy protogie of a faction which is struggling, isn't it.
In other news, shares in the company which manufactures large vinyl photo backdrops at short notice, have collapsed...
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10 minutes ago, SammyT said:
Sigh. The point clearly went over your head. I'm implying that the same people who would rather group purchase a hooker presumably arent big spenders. But in any case you also forgot the tax on condoms and lube
And at the risk of being accused of posting in bad taste, given their - umh, reputed propensity for "four, one after each other" they probably spend a goodly amount on those two commodities!
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9 hours ago, naboo said:
A convenient get out of jail free card for someone there.
We night need an election cancelled should there be an issue over these votes. Convenient.
Yes, is an idea being floated, I wonder?
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Goodness me man, you are the National Police Deputy Commissioner, a full Police General, and you have totally missed the point, the biggest threat to safety, morals and life as we know it during the annual Sonkran festivities!
Spaghetti strap tops, spaghetti strap tops, what about the spaghetti strap tops?
Come on, get a grip!
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37 minutes ago, rkidlad said:Are some posters on here beginning to connect the dots yet?
Yes, the constituency seat results, which are essentially more difficult to "fix" mean that notwithstanding the fact that they gained fewer seats, the junta party, with the senates input, are going to form the government. The thorny problem of ensuring that Prayut has a majority in parliament will be resolved by some "constructive formula" for allocating the seats from the party lists.
In simplest of terms, the electorate failed to select the government desired by the establishment, in all it's forms. The EC will put that right.
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2 hours ago, webfact said:Worse still, the rules say the party that manages to gather the most parliamentary seats is the winner. There are a few problems with that.
Yes, the problem is that the party which has managed to gather the most seats is the party which the Junta will not allow into power. That is why the Electoral Commission is yet to decide the process for "allocating" those seats governed by proportional representation!
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49 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:Looking back to early Brexit threads here on TVF, dozens of Brexit supporters have seemingly evaporated leaving only a handful of Brexiteers doggedly posting in support of their failing Brexit.
It’s human nature, when people get conned a small minority will double down on the con they bought into, the majority will simply stop talking about their foolish choice and hope it goes away.
My reasons for leaving the EU remain as valid and important (to me) as they were when I voted. The current fiasco is a result of pathetic incompetence within government and opposition and a refusal to heed the opinions of the people they represent by our parliamentarians.
I rarely post on the matter because it will achieve little. I have explained my position in the past several times, so regular followers of the topic will know exactly here I stand. Unless or until my views change, or a fresh argument against them emerges, I shan't put them forward again.
Your analysis smacks more of glee at watching that incompetence and refusal to pay heed to both the referendum and general election votes lead to, possibly, an outcome for which you wish, and will frustrate those you describe, rather than any change in opinion nationally.
That is perhaps a trait of human nature
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2 hours ago, lamyai3 said:In spite of The Sun's main motivation being a saucy story involving ladyboys and some pictures of man boobs, they're doing a good job in highlighting Thailand's ridiculously outdated conscription rules. There hasn't been a ladyboy in the British army since Gloria in "It Ain't Half Hot Mum".
Have you ever encountered The Royal Marines on a "run ashore"?
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Well the Electoral Commission has fairly obviously decided that the pro junta coalition has already "won", judging by the speed with which they announced, and the importance which they attach, to the specious and rather unverifiable concept of " winning the popular vote".
The Senate can be relied upon to put Prayut in the Prime Ministers office. The focus for the EC, in the next two months, must be to manipulate the results to ensure that he has a working majority.
The process is in fact remarkably transparent, in as much as everybody, down to and including my Chihuahuas, cannot fail to be aware of what is going on, even if the mechanics are secret. It has the cubed root of b*gg*r all to do with electoral fairness or representative democracy. The election has been stolen, the Thai electorate have again been robbed.
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1 hour ago, Father Fintan Stack said:DRUNK DRIVING is seen as a major cause for fatalities after 323 people were killed and 3,140 others were injured in 3,001 crashes during the first five days of the Songkran seven-day accident-monitoring period (April 11-17), the Road Safety Centre announced yesterday.
On Sunday alone, drunk driving was the cause of 42 per cent of 552 road accidents in which 69 people were killed and 589 injured, Damrong Limaphirak, the Education Ministry adviser on policy and strategy, said at the centre’s press conference.
https://news.thaivisa.com/article/19252/drunk-driving-a-major-cause-of-road-accidents
You made the cardinal error of disagreeing with one of his pronouncements elsewhere today. You will get this for a few days until someone else becomes the duty target. But then I'm sure you know this.
Look at it as like interference on the telly, you just have to put up with it!????
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It is relatively low key here in Chiang Rai. I returned home last week, and went into Immigration to submit a TM30. The girl at the question ticket desk took my passport, looked at the receipt from last time, ran off an updated one and I was out a couple of minutes later.
Yes, they have my name in the computer as living at this address, but no one has ever checked or bothered me. It is like having your name on the electoral register in the UK, except here they don't sell the information to any other Tom, Dick or Harry who wants to know where you live.
I think you just have to accept that the beaurocracy here loves their records; they are an end in themselves, they don't really use them for anything else.
I don't think it is unreasonable that immigration should know where foreigners are living. The rest of the "Operation X-ray"business is just hype for one individual's profile - it hasn't really achieved anything. With the exception of him, his immediate mates, and the firms that make those giant vinyl posters, no-one else really takes any notice.
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6 hours ago, dick dasterdly said:
Something missing from this report?
How did three teenagers manage to hijack a tanker that had rescued them?
1 hour ago, puipuitom said:So, three youngsters, 15, 16 and 19, got such a ship in their power.
OR... was it an agreement? Captain told, I cannot land you in Malta / Italy so MUST bring you back !
Then, a new idea came up: we highjack the ship, 3 take up the responsability, and.. all 105 others can get landed in EU..
Get awake… what YOU would have done to escape out of missery ! !
Many modern merchant ships, particularly in the coastal trade, have very small crews, quite possibly only two on the bridge at any one time, one in the engine room, if that is not automated. The days of having lots of burly deckhands are over. Not that hard to "hijack" the ship.
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3 hours ago, stanleycoin said:Surprised he didn't threaten them with a smack in the mouth.
, Whilst he is not exactly the subtlest of communicators, this pronouncement conveys exactly that (and worse).
Everybody, Thai and foreigners living here, who knows anything of the modern history of the country, can hardly fail to be aware of the continuing threat, and the parts played (or anticipated) by many of those prominent in and associated with the current regime.
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1 hour ago, jayboy said:
The straightest ????
Well, it is a pretty low bar - my Chihuahua could jump over it!
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I made a long (18+ hours each way) journey from Chiang Rai to Mukhadan and back this week. 16 hours on a bus ( operated by a reputable outfit) and the last/first leg of the trip - Nakon Pathon to Mukdaharn - by white van of death, there was no alternative. On both trips I made sure to sit in the middle of the vehicle, seat belts worn.
The bus drivers were fine, and the vehicles clearly had speed limiters fitted; the van drivers obviously had ambitions to be cast in a remake of "Mad Max"!
I choose to sit in the middle because I reckon that is the safest place to be in the event of a collision. I may he wrong - the more knowledgeable will no doubt tell me.
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1 hour ago, webfact said:Townspeople often gather near a large lake in the city centre to feed fish that swim up to the banks or sit in cafes - and, after the election...
Extraordinary! I've been there several times - it's a nice day out from where I live, but I've never noticed any fish sitting in cafes!
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They have announced the (a) result.
The Junta party won the "popular vote".
That is the "fix" which will allow the Senate to swing into action.
The EC have done their job.
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7 minutes ago, DrTuner said:
I submit the following evidence to support your claim:
a) Few if any at immigration can speak, much less write fluent English (just see their posters)
b) Immigration wouldn't hire foreign trolls, they'd use their own
Hence, unless it's the equivalent of tourist police, i.e. a groupie, I call troll. A good one, gets a thumbs up from me.
If a troll, he was aware that there would be an announcement which would lead to this thread - not impossible of course.
I rather suspect he/she is a native speaker posting on behalf of the Immigration Bureau, along the lines of your "Tourist Police volunteer" suggestion, although more likely a simple commercial arrangement - as a spokesman.
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Well now, with the sudden interest and focus on the popular vote, I suppose that the Senate will feel duty bound to follow the will of the people.
Quite a clever fix really.
Best let sleeping dogs (spoilt ballots) lie. If they are looked at too closely they might not support the popular vote pronouncement...
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7 hours ago, freedomnow said:
I'm sure they will nail the regional exeption way of 'no show money' method for marriage visas that is known soon as well. That consulate seems to be getting deluged by applicants of all sorts now as a side effect of Vientiane's online booking system being tied up by those consulate agents. Queues ere cleared there after the first hour before, just walk up to the window....not now by the looks of things.
I've just this week been there. Queues much the same as the last couple of times. As far as I could tell (from observation) the vast majority of those queing were tourist visa applicants ( young backpackers - they may have been displaced by the new Vientiane appointment syste) or newly hired teachers. Vientiane never did multiple entry O visas based on marriage anyway as I recall.
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24 minutes ago, Artisi said:
Unfortunately for the green pretenders, the trump cards seem to be missing.
No, they are all in racks in the arms kote. Freshly cleaned and lightly oiled.
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7 minutes ago, sjaak327 said:
If he does block this coalition using the senate, he would indeed have more than enough senators to become PM, but to what purpose, those senators might be able to help him to become a PM, they will not be able to help him pass laws in the lower house, with a 255 MP majority in the lower house, he could and probably will be rendered teethless.
At which point, I suspect, Article 44 will be reintroduced in some form or another.
I don't think that he will be able to resist the temptation to use the senate to put himself into power. Once in power he will be a unable to resist a mechanism to allow him to have his own way. And so the clown car will continue to trundle along, until that point (near or distant) when there is a loud bang and the wheels fall off...
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BREAKING: Rumors abound! Has Big Joke been transferred to RTP headquarters?
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My knowledge of Mark Anthony in contemporary drama is confined to his depiction in British classical cinema of the 1960s.
Somehow, although perhaps reminiscent of some aspects of the current Thai political scene, I doubt if it really fits the bill...