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Dr Thaksin is, like all Thais, homesick when out of the country. You can take a Thai out of Thailand but you cannot take Thailand out of Thai. Having said that, it is appalling to see, that - after he left 15 years ago for the last time - he still calls the shots remote control from Montenegro, Dubai and God-only-knows-from-where. It is possibly the last call for Dr Thaksin to reinstate his name and reputation. He proved beyond any doubt, that his intentions are not monetary; he seems to have more than plenty of that. He needs his name cleared and (re-)hailed by his electorate rooted among the North- and Northeasterners. To this day all other parties have not understood the basics of getting voted on the countryside but reign in the capital. Irrespective of all this it might be high time for some changes and sending all those corrupt crooks and dinosaurs into definite retirement. Goons like the present leadership is a congregation of self-pleasing, egoistic crooks or believe in unjustified semi-divineness ...... your call. I wish Thailand and its honest voters the best; let's cross the bridge once we get there and that is in one week!

For those in need, here is what Al Jazeera had to say about the excellent air quality under the guided government of chief-in-clown Prayut and his goons had to say: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/12/how-chiang-mai-became-the-worlds-most-polluted-city

I think it is a repetition of what started approx. 100 years ago in the United States with Italian immigrants and the mafia. Given the present dedication of Thailand's finest with their open purses and highway robbery attitude in most cases, I can only wish "GOOD LUCK". The Chinese, specially the less than legal crowd, is WAY smarter than the resident crooks in the Land of Smiles!

The clowns threw in the next big joke - this time they outdid themselves. Nong Khai saw burgundy brown/red reading above 200 so in all fairness, what kind of excellent weed are these boys in Bangkok smoking to present the general public with such a load of absolute nonsense. As long as laws are only written to be printed and published ......... nothing will happen. Use those hundreds of helicopters and fly over those burning fields and use the GPS navigation details on board. The website https://landsmaps.dol.go.th lists EVERY land title deed in Thailand and, while the afore-mentioned side is open to the public, I am sure that law enforcers can access more details like the owners of the piece of land on fire. Fine these people seriously hurting fines; if not paid up within 14 - 30 days, then auction off the land. The revenue is earmarked for public awareness of airborne pollution, the costs of operating the helicopters and crew and I give it to you in writing, that the Thai burning will come to a screeching halt immediately. The big beneficiaries of the burnt fields will not like this but it is time to call a spade a spade. People here in Nong Khai have seen, twice daily, dust layers literally everywhere, elder folks have been coughing the best part of the last three months and new born babies will reach kindergarten in a rather "cold smoked" condition. It's useless, what I write, I know, as Khon Thai - as semi-divine as they believe they are, still have not understood the tremendous damage to environment, people and economy. But, as long as some Thais are better than the rest of the flock .............

It would help if you would actually READ what is written!

Even if you get one you might be well advised to know, that most government offices do NOT attend to their mailboxes. Some come with free mailer accounts @bigfoot.com, @hotmail.com, @gmail.com or similar. Whatever you concern is, call them or show up in person as emails - in my humble experience - so far almost never worked.

Call it Greenbacks, Quid or North Korean Won - I understand that the service providers are not too fussy about the currency/ies their services are being compensated with 8-)

Look up the Bible; there is a chapter on Mary and Joseph and some three Kings ......

I remember the days in the 80s when convoys of buses would leave Ekamai station filled with "les belles de nuit" heading for Pattaya proper to welcome those completely under nailed sailors. The birds would even run down the seashore to "welcome sexy man" in knee-deep water. 5'000 sailors, not having seen any women without uniform, must have left truckloads of Baht in the watering holes of the family beachside resort with bar fines which are higher today than the entire package 30 years ago. Also noteworthy - but maybe that is me only - is the fact, that you get much more woman today than 30 years ago ..... weight-wise that is ???? As long as everyone is happy and the sick bay is properly stocked with Amoxicillin - so long boys!

Well, glad that this point is sorted - the price tag attached to the victim clocks 179 million ....... and the mother is certainly not weak once it comes to accounting matters! But, as history proved more often already, what you want is one thing and what you get is another.

So the police is checking on the police - or am I getting something wrong here again?

All the more proof that this country is run by complete morons. If I look at the gross misuse of alcohol, the complete disregard to alcohol-related laws as far as sales and consumption is concerned, this "legal case" is taking the biscuit. But yes, keep 'em silly and stupid, fine online comments but disregard the thousands of alcohol-related deaths yearly. Same with prostitution vs. Sutthisarn and Rajadapisek, Patpong or Patong, same as corruption and "no tips please". What a farçe and the next show of jokes is around the corner in less than three weeks when a new set of pigs will be invited to feast on the troughs so nicely kept filled by the uneducated, ill guided taxpayers and voters ....... PS: was that ruling handed down by one of those semi-divine judges who is entitled to rest and recreate in those villas in the National Parks near Chiang Mai .... just asking for a friend ????

The foreign tourism numbers targeted by the government and economic planners this year ........ are generated by real genuine tourists. So, forget smoking the excellent weed in all your offices, stop to play your own trumpet and go out to find out, what actually has happened to the tourism product marketed as "Amazing Thailand". Since its conception of "Amazing Thailand" some 35 years have passed and literally EVERYTHING has changed. Rip Offs left, right and centre, two- and multi-tier pricing policies, visa policy not even understood by some of those semi-divine officers in all those immigration offices (some not even able to speak English .... in an immigration office!), the greed of the service providers, a policy of racism of unseen proportions with "alien", "dirty farang", "khaek", "Jeck" and many more. Back to basics and you're doing OK again, numbers say absolutely nothing as quality and quantity are still two different pairs of shoes!

Well, how many days visa exemption does the US enjoy in North Korea, Bhutan or Mongolia for that matter. The tourism impact in the US might be slightly different to Thailand. Compare apples with apples or revisit Primary Grade 2 for clarification ????

Leaving after 8 days to Vietnam (attending a wedding) and returning on the 10th day leaving 35 days. A single entry visa will be used at the next touch down in Thailand (i.e. for the first eight day stay) - you figure. Nothing to do with being "dumb" or "talking <deleted>", despite your uncalled-for accusations and wrong assumptions ;-)

Interesting move, unclear intention though. An American friend from Nebraska wanted to spend a six-weeks summer vacation with his family of totally five here in Thailand. As things stand, he needs to apply for visas at USD 200/stamp which will add USD 1'000 on the trip costs which he is not willing to pay ........... your call!

Some serious reshuffling of cards it up certain sleeves; get ready for a bumpy after-election period or "the outcry of the dinosaurs" ........... For once thy cannot stick that one on the alien's backs ???? The Titans are getting ready, let's see if verbally only ????

The dinosaurs woke up in between and referred to "no booze on Songkran". Good luck with that one! I'm going to get popcorn to truly enjoy Thailand's latest law enforcement attempt - possibly some limited lining of pockets might take place - stay tuned ????

Tell the air chief marshal to have a look at the royal air force fleet's movement on www.flightradar24.com - absolutely scary, what these clowns are doing with their toys. Among others you can see flights from Bangkok to Kamphaengsaen (that is in Nakorn Pathom), 11 minutes flight time, other movements from Don Meuang to Swampy and the pictured airbus A320 is an absolute luxurious plane, fitted by the best in Hamburg and in service for a very short time. Should the protectors of the sky need civilian services, then the three brand new B777 (HS-TTA, HS-TTB and HS-TTC) are absolute long-range birds in a three class concept so to accomodate the tired bottoms of all these goons in blue. In closing, Airbus is an European plane (with US components) and home based in the French city of Toulouse. Needless to say, how scary this is how they splurge unbelievable amounts of money for all the wrong causes yet the electorate says Zilch even if they know. The air force boys learnt fast from the navy with their little stint on the Chinese submarines without engines. Good luck it is not my money being spent on various "beneficiaries" (remember the Rolls Royce scandal on the "much more open" Thai Airways purchase - nothing ever happened thereafter).

Blame on the hill tribes, like every year - as long as you do not <deleted> into the soup of the industrial agricultural big wigs. Driving from Bangkok to Chiang Mai a few weeks ago was proof enough, that along the entire stretch of +/- 500kms the fields were burning/burnt ...... yet I could not see a single hill tribe person. Either hill tribes are excellent in hiding, have ghosty abilities or the real culprits are sitting on the back seat of an air-conditioned chauffeur-driven limousine. Just wait and see what happens, if a Royal Thai Airforce is unable to land anywhere North outside Bangkok due to haze ...

She had only known him for five days after meeting him on a dating app. There are also suggestions that money changed hands. Nothing to do with being half/half; it is - to my limited knowledge - called a soured up deal with a Hckooer.

Proud to be Thai .......

"Of the 444.3 billion baht spent in the past three years addressing COVID outbreaks, 260.2 billion baht (59%) was spent on medical services, which include screening, treatment and vaccinations." Thoughts: what happened with the tiny difference between 444.3 billion and 260.2 billion, or 184.1 billion Baht if each and every person in this country got treated free of charge on the expense of the tax payer, it results in THB 6,347, irrespective of gender, age, race or shoesize and, before I forget, does Anutin's private airport on his ranch in Khao Yai have a working instrument landing system in place Last question is, of course, not related to the coronaphobian merry-go-round 8-)

Thais are the nicest people money can buy! Even understood so by the red brethren from the North; guess what will happen once the Lao-China Highspeed railway extension is operational into Bangkok ????

Good luck with that one. Many property owners renting out their property to alien flatly refuse this bureaucratic-merry-go-round with ID card, house registration, shoe size and blood type. Those who entered Thailand by air do not even have a TM6 departure card portion anymore. What a farçe; some pass on the phone number of the property owner so the immigration can talk to them directly. Most important (provided the landlord provides all these copies) is, they have to sign with BLUE ink only. The TM6 arrival/departure card can be completed in either blue or black, praise the Lord for this allowance. A bloody joke all this is when knowing, that 60% (at least) of Thais do NOT reside at their registered address but rather somewhere upcountry ........... go figure what all this is about then!