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Is it just me or are some higher-ups stirring the s"*ç%t? Anutin declared some time ago that he's ready to serve as PM, sugar loaf Thammanat also reconfirmed his political sacrifice for the Land while Somkit is being named as well. On the other hand there is some massive bashing on the Democrats going on. While Prinn certainly has a lot of explanation to render - provided this is at all possible and Jurin could be accused for not having done his homework properly when getting Prinn onto the boat ........ Politics is dirty business and not only since yesterday and certainly in Thailand. So, separate the dirt of politics from individual screenings of backgrounds. If Prinn is indeed a rapist, then lock him up for good and throw away the key; his raping has noting to do with (Democrats) politics nor his pristine exemplary father, who had served Thailand domestically as well as internationally sharing the WTO chair in Geneva back in the day!

Well, mysterious are the ways of the East: - locally grown tobacco = very cheap - local cigarettes = cheap - imported cigarettes = tax higher than the sales price of local cigarettes - vaps = to be banned alltogether - marijuana = to be promoted If you're serious - and you're not - then you would do it like the Kingdom of Bhutan = no tobacco whatsoever, full stop!

The dinosaurian musical chair in full operation already? Let me get the popcorn, this better be good ????

While TG is sitting around complaining and have not been flying for two years, others managed a black zero = Thai Vietjet Air. A professional Low Cost Carrier (LCC) operation which works. The customer has the choice and they chose NOT to use TG for its arrogant, snobbish and elitarian market approach - not talking about the air fares. Good luck with their catering idea by being ever so gracious and "willingness" to accept bids from interested agencies.

The dam will break anytime soon, just wait!

The minimum Covid-19 insurance coverage for all foreign arrivals will be US$10,000. Quite obviously, the deadly disease got cheaper by the week - lets wait and see until we see some money flowing the other way round. Almost all residents of Thailand meanwhile know of one, two or more "positive" cases. In my family, all double vaccinated and gone for boosters, three people tested "positive"; in one case he was negative the next day already. My question is; who is taking who for a ride on Thailand's - sofar - biggest ride on the governmental Merry-Go-Round? Just asking ...........

"unable to form a government due to a restriction in the Constitution" - and what has changed since? The longer the pressure is building up, the bigger the explosive bang will be and the bigger the collateral damage will be felt by ...... also those sitting snugly in their pre-assigned seats. The writing is on the wall, in big capital letters, waiting to be read by one and all.

Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin is quite apparently not aware of the fact, that Thailand lacks human resources. Now, instead of sending Khon Thai overseas (and while you can take a Thai out of Thailand you cannot take Thailand out of a Thai) the labour department would rather ensure, together with the education ministry, that Thais would find adequate jobs in their own country. All of those workers leaving for nasty places like North Africa or the Middle East, where they are usually treated like second or third class people, would rather work and earn a living at home. But home is where nobody wants them to be educated as only uneducated legislative can be fooled! Meanwhile many Thai employers are looking, with poor success, for employees and will - as previous habits prove - resort to illegal employment without protection, insurance and ....... income tax for the divine Thai government - Catch 22!

Well, if Prawit is in charge - then there is "no plomplem"; those longer in the realm will recall Chatchai Choonhavan, also a general with "no plemplem" nor "no palimpalim" ????

If the umpteenth constitution is still valid, then there will be a PM change within the next few months. They may not be overworking for more than eight years and he grabbed the PM sedan chair in spring 2014 and subsequently put into power and approval - see the Royal Gazette. So, lean back, enjoy the ride and let's see who is taking over the baton. Meanwhile lets all give the kid in California a standing ovation for her good work by eating mango sticky rice, which will help to promote the Thai dessert internationally. The export of sticky rice all over Southern Argentine, the North Pole and Angola will fix Thailand's export worries, keep shipping lines busy like hell while Thai Airways will avoid bankruptcy by flying all those mangoes in all the corners of this planet. Any other pending issue on the PM's plate?

Another outing of a Thai minister having the 15 minutes of fame. Next please!

I second that - being a PR since 1988 (at arguably much smaller fee) but would do it anytime again - even at 200K to 300K; in real money it is nothing compared to the peace of really everything.

Official CCTV never works, layman's electricity job always works - there is a lesson somewhere! If they want it to work = it works! Sorry for the pachyderm, maybe you get the farmer to responsibility for seriously hotwiring his orchard which could have been done with a fraction of the voltage!

In a normal, civilized country the cameras would work and the pictures recorded would be "distinct". The bike's owner could and would be questioned; if guilty - see bottom - if a third party did a runner then (s)he would have to be named and fined for the medical costs and a juicy fine of say 50K up and two weeks in jail. No money for the fine = then sit it off in the jail at the government's minimum salary of 300+ Baht/day! If the pictures are not distinct, then bill the municipality Beung Kork in Phitsanulok as they purchased the indistinct equipment and put responsibility eventually internally onto the purchasing office. In case of purchase irregularities = see above! It is high noon to take all those to responsibility doing an incomplete job, be it faulty equipment which is not serviced properly, be it due to poor quality of the purchased equipment (= see corruption/commissioning). Once you have the culprit, take away his bike and destroy it beyond repair in front of his eyes and put the whole show onto a TV programme prior to the nightly soap operas for educational purposes! Trust me, things would change over night - literally!

Hanuman Task Force? Hanuman? I understood this as a Hindu issue and looked it up on Wikipedia which states under "Hanuman" that he is "generally known as the God of wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline. In Thailand though Hanuman is known as a promiscuous and flirtatious character. " No further questions ........

How can you be offended with this, if even ministers use more detailed descriptions for "farang" which read "dirty" and "alien"? The same society calls un-white skinned "khaek" or even "neegloh" (good luck with tourism promotion in the Middle East and Southasia), the slit-eyed brethren in the North are known as "jek" (equally unliked by Khon Thai) and so on and so fort. There are even differences within their own country, namely three-quarter-divine Bangkokians, the semi-divine Northerners (guess Chiang Mai?) and then the rest upon they can look down to; the quarter-divine crowd - except the Southerners. The latter are called "moosleem" and - by lack of education - are of course not of noble Thai breed but rather "moosleem". It has to do with education; it's written in the bible "forgive them for they do not know what they are doing". Should one get excited over it - certainly not ????

They can review the submarine budget as they apparently will be delivered without engines which should have a positive impact on the budget item "new toys for the boys" - or am I getting this wrong again?

Mysterious are the ways of the East!

And if the <deleted> h1ts the fan .... do like other countries and just lift the ceiling to 75%, 80% or even higher. And, as we all know Thailand, they might go even over 100%. So, what's the problem?

Had the same, back in the day of my restaurant, when nine (9) government officials steamrollered in apparently checking on something. They all ordered some soft drinks while I got the permits for playing music in public places, selling alcohol, selling tobacco products, selling food as well as the staff attendance records. They then wanted to see the company registration papers etc. As all was ok and above the radar, they had nothing else to do and wanted to leave without payment. I stopped the second one and told him, that they would own nine soft drinks at 50 Baht each, totally 450 Baht. The senior group leader then remarked, that they would be "government officers on duty" and hence usually they never had to pay. I reverted that I have to pay for all those licenses and who, if not customers eating and drinking at my place, would pay for it. So, if they would give me free licenses then they could benefit of a freebie in return. They had to go Dutch, put the money together with an extremely unhappy face and left - never to be seen again! Based on what do these crooks and highway robbers think that they are beyond everything here?

Call Dr Thaksin or his sister for advice ....... and then the driver can get arrested again!

After reading how the Koh Tao issue was handled by the authorities ........... wonders never seize!

As the saying goes "hope dies last"!

Well, the number of cheques is increasing and so does the "handling" fee at Lumpini's finest. Meanwhile others rot in Bangkok Hilton's branch somewhere for having helped themselves with mushrooms in a National park somewhere .........

Blame the Burmese or Cambodian workers - as the record goes, Thais are superior and this f"*k-up was certainly not on a Thai script! On a more sombre note I guess that the construction order was awarded to a company in Don Meuang, which subcontracted someone in Buriram who, in turn, subcontracted another fellow in Mae Hong Son. The work ultimately was done by some illegal alien workers and that contractor got something like 50% of the original total payment - that's how things normally work!