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Yet, Lopburi isn't considered Isaan. Try again.

Or.....the more appropriate [and terribly ignorant/disconnected] Eurocentric manner: why can't they be like us?

Some [too many] are extraordinarily sensitive regarding things they clearly don't comprehend. This thread is perfectly reflective.

Expecting all this to be rescinded in short order. Full pardon along the way. The way the game is being played.

To date: the most influential partisan advisors. Thaksin Prayut Who would've thought.

Most astounding that most don't know of the real Thai markets - daily. Largely dependent on the lifeless mix that is Western style supermarkets. Pathetic.

Uh-huh. Same as it ever was. You were expecting something else?

Political ideologies and movements are quite akin to cult-like behaviour.

Yet, the second time around was highly questionable - and the manipulated/corrupted mechanics, thereof - as to if it was real. Recent historic perspectives will be quite variable as to the legitimacy of it all.

On the contrary, the talent pool is far from being shallow or limited. Plenty of qualified and competent folks afield, but the systems are purposely designed to align with the oligarchical elite and prevent anything "different" to be present - a is the case everywhere. Ever notice that it's the same circle [the world over] holding reigns of power cycle in and cycle out?

Distraction and misdirection.

Appears to me that all these surface rhetorical calculations were a pre-planned show for media, the public sphere and particular political circles. The hospital stays, supposed illness and surgeries, protected custody, two official sentence commutes which led to a partial pardon which will lead to the expected full amnesty before one can blink again. You don't have to be too much of a genius to understand all this and the arrangement agreed upon long before he reset foot upon Thai soil. Expecting the less than vulnerable Yingluck to follow suit before the year is out. It is what it is. Let's get over everything Shinawatra.......get back to our lives and much more important issues.

Just a sit in guised in misdirection. The real puppet master doesn't show his cards. .....and still most don't comprehend how things are done here, going on and on with such surface nonsense.

Possible that he and his ilk are still pulling influential strings in one capacity or another. Remembering that the players might appear to be slightly adjusted, but the overall theatre remain the same.

His deluded 15 minutes.

One of numerous mind numbing, draconian and homogenous platforms that exist for the exclusively dumbed down.

Mindlessly consume, accumulate, waste and destroy. The only things that truly matter.

Uh-huh. Still missing the picture. Which shouldn't surprise.

Reality. Whatever that is. Reality could easily be akin to the creation of Som Tum. For everyone that makes a Som Tum, there's a different way of making it. An infinite number of realities guarantees there's no singular standard for what passes as a reality. No such entity as an absolute. ....with the exception if one is deeply conditioned and indoctrinated to reason that there is one defined reality - you've lost already and cannot recover. From simple observations, more commonplace than not [especially amongst this platform]. Persuasive dumbing down is a prime tenet.

Surin Loei NKP Sukhothai Satun

Always seek the wise advice of Farang regarding everything Thai. We're so blessed...

An extended parole followed by a full pardon. Couldn't have written this predictable script any better. Perhaps we can rest our everything Thaksin obsessions for now.

Might be a lesson for private contractors who wish to pursue joint business with the always shady Thai government circles. Reminding that this is not the first instance of such shenanigans and betrayal by Thai govt and their business dealings/projects with foreign or domestic contractor types. Why, in their right minds, would anyone want to conduct business [in this gargantuan manner] with the ever present uncertainty and unethical character that exist with government - especially this one.