oneday

R.I.P young man.

Two years is still not much for the offense, but it's nice to see relatives/siblings of powerful people actually going to jail.

I can't believe the military left them alone.

Way to go Abhisit!

Oh, many outsiders understand perfectly well Mr. P.

I think it is someone else who doesn't understand.

The kid had choices................he made the wrong choice!

...and you have always made correct choices your whole life? What a cold-blooded prince you are.

"destroy their phones voluntarily,"

Voluntary my a#s.

The driver only pulled over because he managed to finally get into the tuk-tuk. The driver would have been perfectly happy to see him fall off onto the road.

No question he's drunk as a skunk.

8.3 quake with no injuries or damage. That's quite a feat.

"We should expect that there will be occasional setbacks (total failure) along the way, particularly in the early stages," he said. "And our partners, not us (excuses), are in the lead. It is taking a bit (much, much) longer to get things done, but it must be this way if we are to (keep the money rolling in) achieve lasting and positive effects."

Sounds like the platitudes and crap a politician would vomit up. Get out of the military general and run for office. You are perfectly suited.

"Linda Moreno, an attorney representing Ahmed, said the family is considering taking legal action against police after officers interrogated, handcuffed, searched, booked and fingerprinted the teen. She would not give details on questions he was asked by police."

Go for it Linda...sue their asses off.

Why are people and most especially police so dumb. All the police had to do was have an expert inspect the clock and once it was found to be exactly what it was purported to be they should have let him go with apologies. From that picture there is nothing threatening about that device. It is just an electronic circuit hooked up to a really large LED display. The police had zero right to interrogate, handcuff, search, book and fingerprint him.

"...redshirt leaders launching hot speeches attacking Gen Prem from their loudspeaker truck..."

Yeah, that sounds like real hard core violence there. I hate it when someone pelts me with a "hot speech".

The real reason, in my opinion, to drag out the time until the next election is so they can trump up enough charges on enough red shirts so there will be no opposition left to run in the next election. The word "purge" comes to mind.

"...the error was because of a mix-up in the president's secretarial office..."

Somebodies head is going to roll.

"...but critics in all countries are questioning the point of widening a campaign that has failed to stem advances by the extremist organization..."

It's harder to kill cockroaches than you would think. They hide in all manner of dark places when the light shines on them and they multiply faster than rabbits.

Any charter that is not fully Democratic or very close will not be accepted.

Someone in the government up there is going to make a lot of money off this deal. They have a vested interest in ignoring citizen's concerns.

Artists aren't much different from spoiled children.

"...The controversial National Strategic Reform and Reconciliation Committee (NSRCC) is needed to keep peace in the country, the premier said.."

Stubborn!

Wonderful Thai road engineering...no adequate drainage. No adequate response by the appropriate authorities to setup signs and/or barricades...typical.

"We follow orders..."

That's what they said in Nazi Germany.

It is sickening to see the military colluding with a large corporation to suck gas and oil out of the ground and be damned about the consequences to the poor Thai people. I am shocked this kind of thing is happening in this country, but this is what happens when you have an absolute ruler in charge.

They later told Police Colonel Sukthat at Pattaya Police Station that they were not aware that urinating in a public place would cause so much offense.

...and they were presumably not drunk when they said this. When you piss in a VERY public place and flaunt it then that is a hell of a lot different than a motorbike taxi guy pissing on the side of the road in some trees or bushes.

If you can openly write an article like this one and not get 7 days AA the situation can't be all bad!

Just wait. I expect an AA call from the NCPO to be given very soon to the author of this fantastically and bravely written EDITORIAL.

...and anyone challenging him in public will be quietly invited to a private "attitude adjustment" in his penthouse hotel suite.

This is not a statement of fact, it is simple sarcasm...a little levity, humor, tension relief.

"...the broker paid to smuggle him from Turkey..."

So according to the full article he was just passing through on his way to Malaysia...and I supposed he never saw any suspicious bomb making material.

"oneday" warns foreign men against Thai women.

OMG, what ridiculous articles or maybe just ridiculous headlines.