spidermike007

Yes. I go back a minimum of twice per year and virtually every one of my staples has gone up 10 to 15% every 6 months. All of my family is back there and I have dozens of friends and they all report the same thing, inflation has not slowed down, and prices continue to soar to the point where it is an out of control economy. It is totally unsustainable. It will implode and it is going to be very, very ugly when it does. I'm not going to give you citations because it's a useless task arguing with you. I'm just telling you my experience on the ground. 20% minimum.

Well you have absolutely no credibility on this forum, so what you say doesn't really mean anything to anybody. And I would expect you to be a follow the narrative kind of bloke.

Of course. You have to experience India to know what it's all about, it's truly one of the most unique countries in the world, and it's not a place for easy travel nor easy living. I lived and worked there for 18 months in New Delhi. I would much rather have preferred Mumbai (Bombay), which I think is a fantastic city. Delhi is quite dull. It was a great experience and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I would go back for another visit in a nanosecond, and we are planning a visit next year. But I would never choose to live in India. There are so many reasons why so few expats choose India for retirement.

After pausing his “Liberation Day” tariffs that sent levies surging for dozens of countries’ exports to the United States, Trump has sought to make a number of bilateral trade deals that would open American businesses’ access to foreign markets and boost US manufacturing. The deadline is July 9. Trump has just two deals to show for his efforts over the past two months. Trump and other world leaders had hoped to use the G7 meeting in Canada this week to hammer out more. The announcement of new deals could have solidified confidence that the US and global economies could avoid a recession this year – a major question mark that most economists believed was a distinct possibility just a few weeks ago. Then he abruptly left early. Trump and his economic team have long promised deals that have been “coming soon” for weeks. So far, only the United Kingdom and China have agreed to frameworks for US trade negotiations. The UK signed its agreement at the G7 this week. And China met US trade representatives in the United Kingdom last week and agreed to the terms of a previous arrangement after tensions escalated in recent weeks. Well, at least sort of. But Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick once again promised last week that new trade deals are right around the corner. “There are so many coming,” Lutnick told CNBC last Wednesday. “You’re going to see deal after deal, they’re going to start coming next week and the week after and the week after. We’ve got them in the hopper.” At the G7, the US and Canada agreed to a 30-day timeline for a bilateral agreement, but a Canadian proposal privately broached with Trump that exchanged defense spending increases for a reprieve from Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs didn’t appear to gain any traction, two officials said. A pull aside between Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba didn’t yield the agreement that Japanese officials had hoped for weeks could be finalized at the summit. Meanwhile, Trump left behind in Canada a number of world leaders with frayed nerves but no new trade deals at the clock ticks down to zero. “So we’re beginning to see some effects. We expect to see more,” Fed Chairman Powell said during his post-meeting press conference. “We’ve had goods inflation just moving up a bit, and, of course, we do expect to see more of that over the course of the summer.” So where does this leave us with the "world's greatest negotiator" having only negotiated one deal and a very abstract framework for a second? Are things not going according to plan? Did Trump overestimate the influence of America in 2025? Is the world shunning the US?

Ramathibodi hospital in Bangkok on Rama VI in Ratchathewi. It came very highly recommended by a friend of mine and I was very satisfied with their level professionalism, their expertise and reasonable pricing. Like most public hospitals it's not easy to get an appointment with a specialist, but it can be done if one is patient. It is very likely the best public hospital in Thailand.

Well I think it's good news that this kind of report is being released and is getting attention, it certainly goes against the covid narrative, and it certainly defies what Big Pharma, the CDC, and the WHO has been trying to convince us of all along. I was always a bit of a vaccine skeptic and thankfully information like this confirms what many of us thought might be the case.

Unless he took his eyes off the road to look at his phone, to determine where his next pickup was, instead of doing that before he started driving. That would be where the negligence came in.

Well the one possibility that you didn't mention is using the best public hospital that you can find. I have one in Bangkok that I use for things that are of a serious nature and the treatment is outstanding and world-class, and the cost is affordable. Even for things that were of a fairly serious nature, they never even approached the amount that you're looking at, as an annual premium. And then there is a great deal of satisfaction in just saying no to the insurance mafia.

Forgive me, your highness. I did not realize there was a video link. You are correct. Looks like he was distracted and was not looking at the road?

I think what your interpreting as a moral decline is actually an awakening on the part of the youth, and the realization that the authorities and institutions that they may have once respected, no longer deserve any of that respect.

Obama is absolutely correct Trump wants nothing more than to be a dictator, and to have absolute power. His actions recently have shown a total overreaction to the Los Angeles riots, the bringing in of the National Guard, and the Marines, and countless other actions that this goon has taken, that show his autocratic tendencies. This is a very dangerous time in America and Trump is only helping to precipitate the decline that has already been happening for a long time now.

While changes need to be made and the young PM should likely be removed, so should Prawit, who is an aging dinosaur and who has caused untold problems for the country over the past decade or so.

One can only imagine how drunk this guy must have been to fall to the ground and be in such a vulnerable position that his head got run over by a car. It's an absolute miracle this guy survived. I wonder if he'll consider cutting down on the drinking once he recovers? And that's assuming he fully recovers, having your head run over by a car could result in all kinds of issues. Kudos did the Bolt driver for being man enough to stay at the scene, and show responsibility for his actions, even though they appear to be accidental. If the guy's head was right in front of his tires there would have been no way for him to have seen or been aware of the fact that there was a drunk guy that had fallen under his car.

The people will not tolerate these goons much longer. My theory is that the army brass already knows this, and are now forming an escape plan. Hopefully into exile, but far better, into prison. They can fight a few tens of thousands. They cannot possibly beat many millions. And that is what we will see when this army created debacle is over with. They are utterly desperate to hang onto power, and access to the trillions of baht that likely generates for them. Using the LM and sedition laws shows how utterly intolerant of criticism these very small, very weak men are, that they need to hide behind and utilize these laws, to attempt crush the will of the people. The time is coming, when this will no longer be tolerated. Just wait. The army is on it's way out. It could take awhile, and it could get ugly, though it will never get to the hellish level of Burma, as the Thai parents would never, ever permit that kind of genocidal behavior from their sons. You take out one Thai, and you are forever disowned by this family. That is all it would take to bring about mass defections from the army ranks. That would sure be fun to witness. Are the pompous generals going to put themselves into harms way? Never. They do not have it in them, they are cowards.

The Thai army has never been an ally of the people.