Sydebolle

Just love how the officials and the mayor painted themselves, once more again into the Stone Age corner of Neanderthal ............ Keep up the good work and the pristine reputation of the area, particularly Walking Street or Soi Buakhao in Pattaya ...... to start with, that is!

As porky pig does not drive herself ..... she might shut up to start with. A slice of our lovely Prawatch?

Beware of Chulalongkorn Day (Sunday, 23 October) which might be substituted on 24 October which might result in having the Mother-of-all-Immigrations ...... closed.

Welcome to Neanderthal's stone age; you need to be either on the boar or have fantastic binocular equipment if checking the horizon of the Gulf of Thailand ..... Good on the mayor to keep peace and order, keep up the good work. Funny is that they see what's happening on boat decks but are absolutely blind on the Walking Street offerings - me thinks ????

"Kindness of Thai Police"???? I salute the Royal Thai Police, if individual police officers chipped into the fund. If it was paid off the budget of the police or some other reptile funds of the government, then please have the politeness and call a turkey a turkey and, in such a case, "Kindness of the Thai Tax Payer". Blowing its own trumpet again - most likely - as I cannot see it a realistic undertaking to canvas that money from the average Somchai at the intersection .........

I don't get it; does anyone in this country believe a word this old generalissimo is babbling in public? The marching order should be: - gun control with extremely stiff jail sentences for unauthorized weapons - drug dealers = death sentence - police officers to be screened psychologically to establish if at all able to handle stress - promotions in accordance with performance and not licking the backside of the superiors OR accrual of "beer money" creamed off roadside during those countless road checks everywhere But all the big wigs wing in, distribute sign boards of 200'000 Baht compensation per child (herewith establish the price list for a shot child) and leaving those lowest on the ladder in absolute pain and confusion. Thailand is far, far away from being a country known for humanity, law enforcement and fairness ......... ???? What a pity but it remains up to the Thais to clean up these issues themselves

Another mark stone of Thailand's bureaucracy; the only purpose is to clearly state "who is who on the banana boat". Wondering how many thousand full-time equivalent government officers are doing nothing but absolutely useless "90 days notification". Welcome to Brainabstaintistan!

Every day is school day; I mixed up Minsk I and Minsk II with the following conference on the subject, herewith quoted from an NSA website: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early

I understand Putin's frustration over an issue which ran for 20+ years already; at the same time I utterly disagree to his gunned foreign policy in making his point. He could have closed the gas valves by 50% to start with but then, he is a Soviet brain and not a Russian. Under these circumstances I understand the Thai position to abstain any many other countries too far away; what I miss is the attempt to put the problem back onto the negotiation tables and, sadly enough, even the Swiss and the Swedes, known for their diplomatic skills and calm approach, failed miserably this time. The US, officially backing Nato's "endeavours", will be fighting this war to the last standing Ukrainian, the bills are issued in the name of Nato in Brussels and, unlike Vietnam, Afghanistan, Korea and all other places they put their nose in, these bills will be signed and paid. The Ukrainians pay this incident with a very, very high price while nobody tries diplomacy; they could have at least tried, possibly over and over again.

Excellent comment and I could not agree more; while I can follow Putin's thinking though I am certainly in the camp of all those who utterly disapproved his military invasion. Turning down the gas tap on a little by little basis would have driven the message home to Brussels and all those NATO/EU huggers without a single life threatened in Ukraine or elsewhere ......

We would have to agree to disagree on this statement .........

Correct, Gorbachev and Shevardnadze operated on behest of the USSR, of which today's Russia was a part ....... This does not invalidate the Treaty of Minsk and the US constitution remains binding despite having quite a few states which joined AFTER 1776 .......

You mix Russia with the Soviet Union ........ We're talking today of Russia being led by a Soviet brain

Those who can read are enjoying the advantage of getting my thoughts ........

Look a little further back into the late 80s, the reunification of Germany and the conference of Minsk with Gorbachev and Shevardnaze on the Soviet side, Kohl and Genscher on the German side and Wörner as Secy General of NATO. NATO stated no expansion to the (collapsing communist east), based on which GDR was leaving the Warsaw Pact, a mere ten years later all Warsaw Pact were gone and NATO inched its way towards the east. Latter was most discomforting to the Russians and, knowing American interests in NATO, understandable. The rest is history as Putin, in power for 20+ years, kept repeating his concern. I am not a Putin friend and he could have made his point by just turning off the gas/oil; but he fell of the trap, went to war and the Ukraineans are the real victims. No endeavour made by the west to put this hot potato onto diplomatic tables in i.e. Geneva; Biden made it clear on 7 February already, that he will ensure that the pipelines will be history .... and he followed suit. The Russians had absolutely no motivation to damage the pipelines and the Ukraineans, well, they have different issues on their plate. I am utterly shattered by Europe's blind following of the American whistle giving NATO the marching orders now; the losers are the Ukraineans and, in second row, the Europeans. Lets hope someone can apply some common sense and a ceasefire to stop this madness but do not expect any support on that from Washington DC ........

Biden will fight this war until the last Ukrainean has landed on the sacrificial altar! It's big business for the Yankees and, unlike i.e. Korea, Vietnam or Afghanistan, Brussels NATO will not only foot but also pay the bills. Billions and billions of dollars flowing westwards across the Atlantic. Not a silver lining of a diplomatic approach from anywhere in the West; if the unlikely nukes fly into West European living rooms, then they can blame themselves.

As if that would make a difference. The CCTVs will be broken, if ever delivered and the problem lies with the law enforcement on drugs, the law enforcement on guns and weapons as well as, first and foremost in such cases, the police recruiting incl. screening of psychologic ability to serve on the force.

Maybe somebody wants to look up the phone number of Rolls-Royce; they had their little music played in regards to aircraft engines. To this day though the Thai party accepting bribes was neither identified nor faced the music nor the slammer and the money went ....... well, which money?

How terrible is this? There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever, by what all these children died. So, why on Earth, does an absolute incompetent - in medical terms - minister "order" autopsies? Do these parents really want the bodies of their lost loved ones checked, which of all those bullets killed their little one? Is there in respect stipulated in Buddhism to avoid this additional psychiatric mega pain? Maybe I am wrong, maybe some Thais are just non-human creatures and then it would answer the minister's "instruction". What a terrifying and terrible man, character and politician ????

Stay factual, there is nothing more to do on this case. As tragic and life shattering it is, the culprit is dead and the survivors will be needing all the assistance to accommodate their terrible, irrevocable losses. How to prevent this in the future - might be the next goal. Why are firearms readily available everywhere including ammo in a country, where it is per se forbidden? Are police cadets professionally screened for their psychological ability to execute their duties? What is trained on weaponry? The scenario is similar to the United States (as in many other things) and there the electorate has still not understood a thing. Here, the police and army should execute their duties according to the laws in the interest and protection of the electorate - regretfully the electorate is here to be srcweed and exploited for the benefit of ....... we all know the script ????

This little brick explains how things really work in this country. A convicted drug dealer (for which he would have looked into the barrels of the execution squad in his home country Thailand) not only sneaked into higher offices of the leadership of this country, no, it gets even better. His crime was dealt with outside Thai jurisdiction and hence does not count. His flour-to-heroin trip started in Bangkok yet Thailand never filed an extradition request to let him face the tunes of home. Indian Rakesh Saxena got airlifted back to Bangkok from Canada for embezzling almost USD 90 million. To me, the latter compares to a choir boy opposite a drug smuggler. But then, the kettle and pot proverb springs to mind once it relates to Thai politics.

500 Baht, an apology for just yet another misunderstanding ........

Unbelievable, the Thai police in BMWs; just wondering who authorized this expense of survival importance. But yeah, those without anything in their undies drive such cars, if paid for by the tax payer it seems ????

"Drinking alcohol at the beach, carrying weapons and prostitution" wraps it up quite nicely; after all Pattaya is being visited for its beauty, butterfly farms and its reputation as a green family resort facility. Keep up the good work - we're all very proud of you!

Good luck to Thailand and its mostly uneducated electorate digging more graves for their future generations ........