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5 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Why?

 

I live in Isaan; and I love it. Don't think there is a better place to live in the world.

Went there twice at the insistence of the missus sixteen years back, since then have resisted all attempts by her to drag me back there. How farang manage to live there in their little jungle clearing surrounded by noisy nosy neighbours is beyond me. Ok for back to nature types I suppose.

6 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Fat, rude, obnoxious, entitled, chain smoking, beer and vodka swilling reprobates …. and then of course, there are their husbands ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Some of there women are babes though, even if they are as miserable as sin.

6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I don't mind the Russians, they keep to themselves, most don't bother others and you rarely hear them moaning and complaining like some. 

 

We've got a few moaners and complainers here. 

You don't have to hear them whinging, from the look on their faces they're all as miserable as sin. You'd think that being on holiday here in paradise with the hot weather, beaches and friendly people, away from war they'd be happy. Wrong! They all look like they have a severe dose of piles.

7 hours ago, h90 said:

google iTV Thailand annual report...there is 2020, 2021, 2022 the company is active.
And why on earth should I be desperate? I have no dog in this fight

 "I have no dog in this fight"

:):):):):)

Didn't take long when reading through those proposed bills for MFP to lose my approval. Maybe the pro-junta types on here have a point.

6 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Even now those protestors got their own elected party, most of these young gen demands are still fantasy anyway. They all think to get minimum wage to 700 baht right away too, some even say 1000 baht. Yet they work just as slow as always, nothing from their side improved.

 

Imagine for some crazy reason they actually do make it happen, it would make Thailand even more expensive than it already is today (near being over priced for many things).

 

Personally I do not care that much at all, I do know that it was very stable and calm here in general, under the army. That is good if wanting to attract business too.

Still one or two junta supporters on here I see. Probably received all the benefits of being brought up in a democracy. The Thais should be happy with military rule and thankful that the party they voted for was replaced by some military slite of hand with the help of a whistle blowing idiot.

7 hours ago, bogs smith said:

you can say that again! the last 10 years have been horrendous, stagnation, people living in fear, self censoring etc etc etc.

 

no more! the people are no longer afraid to speak their minds.

 

'oh the times they are 'a changin...'

 

you better believe it! ????

I admire an optimist and no, I don't believe it. This morning the navy were doing gunnery practice firing in Sathahip area and several military helicopters passed over my house near Ban Amphur. He who must not be named putting his cards on the table I suspect.

9 hours ago, Flory said:

Unfortunately, the powers that be have these cards remaining to be played:
- Two months of dealmaking and subterfuge to prevent Move Forward from getting the votes needed to elect a PM (Senate is a done deal, BJT will be bought off -- it's what they exist for)
- Judicial intervention, including disqualification of their preferred candidate or even entire parties
- Stirring disarray and rolling the tanks (certainly the last resort but would still happen before allowing their prerogatives to be eroded)

They'll have to be patient too due to the size of the victory and the blowback caused by any of these actions, but none of it will be taken lying down. They are very good at this, and we have already seen these games play out so many times before. A majority of Thais want to be able elect their government, and this has been true for a long time now, but a majority is still not ready to lay their lives down to have the right to do so.

The main silver lining here is the growing group of people who have finally had the wool removed from their eyes (mostly Democrat to Move Forward converts) 

I imagine Suthep is standing by with his whistle.

2 hours ago, neeray said:

" But, with Parliamentary rules written by the military junta, no coalition is certain just yet in Thailand."

While anything is possible in Thai politics, I highly doubt that any skullduggery will take place this time. The people have spoken; they just wouldn't stand for it.

Admire your optimism.

3 minutes ago, h90 said:

And the people voted for it...that is more than in my countries constitution....there noone asked the people.

The people voted for it because it was part of a package. As a supporter of the junta, why are you suddenly interested in the people voting?

1 hour ago, Dan Rayong said:

That surprises me that Prayut accepts the results 

He has something up his sleeve and it ain't his shirt cuff.

4 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

Dual pricing, though annoying, makes sense to me due to the wealth disparity between myself and most Thais. If you don't see value in something don't spend your money on it.

It's racism, purely and simply. As a pensioner, I'm sure a great many Thais are wealthier than me.

4 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

Remind me again how he got into power in the first place? 

Because he wrote an amnesty for himself, that doesn't count, you see.

4 hours ago, h90 said:

If the courts don't cancel the two parties these 250 will have to vote for PTP or MF premier.
But the bigger issue is that PTP and MF maybe broke the election laws with several cases and the parties might be disbanded. But disbanding the two biggest parties is really bad. Let them go away with braking the law is equal bad.

I smell a yellow shirt.

4 hours ago, h90 said:

And than some super corrupt oligarchs take over......instead of incompetent military, you get massive corruption.

The first group you mentioned were fairly elected and can be voted out. At least it's the people's choice of the corrupt.

3 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

All to what end.

Anything other than accepting their election loss leads to either another election in which they would get thumped even harder or a coup which would be met by unrelenting street mobs consisting of the nations youths and rural poor. It's lose-lose for the junta. Time to put the tail between the legs and wander off.

They say that before every coup. I just can't see the military taking this laying down. Good result for Pheu Thai though, gives them a say without having to dodge the incoming hatred of the yellows. Can we anticipate Mr Suthep out with his whistle again? He's been unusually quiet since the military took power.

6 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

Very good. Thaksin will not be happy his hobby horse has stumbled. Hope this guy gets a chance to run the country without being stabbed in the back by someone or other.

Like Thatcher in the UK, it's amazing how Thaksin always gets a mention after being out of power for many years. I would have thought Mr Prayut would be a darned site more peeved than him. Obviously a dyed in the wool yellowshirt.

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Aaaah, we were due for an Indian, stolen gold necklace by ladyboy article. ????

It used to be the old hid under the bed trick. They see these Indians coming.