spidermike007

No. Exactly like the Hamas attacks, which did not happen in a vacuum either. I do not condone them. Just saying that Israel gives them a very comfortable and easy excuse to operate and conduct their terror.

Motorcycle lessons should be discouraged, at all costs. They are a terrible thing. Nobody should be allowed to gain skills that might save their lives. The RTP. Doing everything within their power to make the nation safer.

This will most likely effect the lower end buildings, which are way over built. They are utterly desperate. The economy is in tatters. None of the simple minded economic proposals are working. It won't make much difference and it won't drive up prices much. The market is very soft. More liberal ownership laws for foreigners is more in keeping with the 21st century. Foreigners should also be able to buy small amounts of land.

He is likely not that wealthy, nor influential. The super rich and those well connected, do not get expatriated. Period. They are above any and all laws.

When I was in Phuket last year I was shocked at the high volume of Arab tourists, they are not high wealthy Arabs, are not high spenders, and the trend continues with Thailand attracting relatively low end Malaysians, Chinese, Indians, Russians, and Arabs. A small percent of Russians seems to be the exception, as many of their gangsters are buying up property in Phuket. Quantity over quality only works if you are seliing $2 items at a swap meet. Way to go Srettha. Your genius is on constant display.

Just keep ignoring the will of the people, and denying democracy. It likely rankles him that he is no longer that popular, and the people prefer progressive minds like Pita, over his outdated, backwards, corrupt, non visionary, dinosaur ways.

Everywhere. Every neighborhood. Brokers will lie, that is just what they do. But, there is desperation out there. Make lowball offers. Offer 60% of asking price.

Nope. He will get slaughtered in the debate. And will lose by 9 million votes this time around. And then you will claim it was a rigged election. No creativity. A broken record. A convicted felon.

Outstanding news. We need relief from the heat and the drought. Let us hope for massive rainfall.

You can tell how desperate they are now that the economy is in a downward skid. They have no policy, so they are just throwing ideas into a hat. This administration seems even worse than Prayuth. Who could have thought? Srettha was a true bottom of the barrel pick. As are all the cabinet ministers.

Very true. They have contributed very little. They take and take and give very little back. And they are major antagonists. Not in a good way, at all. Their leaders are among the most corrupt in the world, and serial killing seems to be a hobby. For a nation that used to have very rich culture, their decline has been truly sad.

Some camps will do anything to prevent an alternative point of view from being heard. Israel is very undemocratic, in that regard. The US too, to a lesser extent. Of course they are pro Muslim. Nothing wrong with that. Most other outlets are pro Western.

He has given all those disenfranchised folks permission to hate. He has created tremendous amounts of division. That is who he is. He is a hater, and he creates chaos.

He will be slaughtered in the debate. If he has the courage to participate. He may chicken out. He does not read, so he will be woefully unprepped on the issues. His lies are so tired. And the mics will be closed, so his major tool of interruption and disruption will not be available to him. He is going down in flames, and this next election loss will be the end of him. Thankfully.

Meteorology is similar to baseball in that you can be wrong 3/4 of the time and still make a pretty good living at it. We need rain, we desperately need rain, this has been the hottest year I can remember, and the rain and the cloud cover is a very welcome relief.

Where I was raised we were taught that communication was incredibly helpful when it came to diffusing a hot situation. Unfortunately this is not something that the vast majority of locals have much skill at, and in addition to the incredible weakness borne of the fear of losing face, this can produce quite volatile situations.

He was an absolutely brilliant actor and brought a tremendous level of authenticity to his performances, such a delight to watch the films that he's done. He will be missed. 30s is too soon. Dying in your 30's is tragic. As is the 40s Sympathy dissapates from there. 50s is such a shame 60s is too soon 70s a good run 80s a life well lived 90s - a fricking hell of a ride

You invite in any and all dregs, and this is what you get. Descendents of Cossack thieves.

I don't think so. Pattaya is #1 for crime in Thailand. No doubt. Hua Hin is a peaceful town. Quite nice. This kind of thing is super rare. Let us hope the psycho has been apprehended and will spend his remaining days making friends with Thai prisoners. He won't be so tough in a Thai jail.

Beer Lao is the only good beer available here, unless you want to pay the premium for a decent import. Carabao is better than Chang, Singha and Tiger, but that is not saying much. You asked for it, so here goes: Thai beer is only rivaled by Serbian beer, and the mass produced American beers, in terms of the very low quality. Poor grade of hops, barely, and the production process seems to be entirely lacking in pride. Typical of the big monopolies. Even a large production beer, like Beer Laos blows away any Thai beer, hands down. Thailand desperately needs a vital craft beer movement, and the youth are ready to mount it. If only the dinosaurs would stop protecting their "bankers" and move out of the way. In other words, allow some progress, you mindless simpletons! Boon Rawd Brewery, which makes Singha, and ThaiBev, which brews Chang, the country’s best-selling beer, are owned and run by two of the wealthiest families in Thailand. Through longevity and political influence, these two breweries have dominated Thai beer for nearly a century, forcing out or crushing any competition, foreign or domestic. And we all know how they easily accomplish this. Thaopipob Linjittkorn, or Thao as he is more popularly known, a lawyer and homebrewer, was very publicly arrested in 2017 for making beer. He used that publicity to win an election to Parliament in 2019, along with 80 other members of the Future Forward Party. This progressive, pro-democracy party included in its platform a detailed plan to deregulate the beer industry, as well as a proposal for the legalization of marijuana, citing both as ways of putting money into the pockets of small businesses and local farmers. The opposition that Future Forward was up against is a military-backed, hardline government that supports the duopoly with strict regulations that allow it to control over 99% of Thailand’s estimated 180 billion baht ($5.8 billion) beer industry. The duopoly was originally made untouchable with the first Thai Liquor Control Act in 1950, a law which has been amended several times since to push legality even further out of reach of any small brewer. Prayuth's administration has done much to reinforce the isolationist and nationalistic policies that Phibul established in the 1940s and ’50s, and has called again and again for citizens to display a certain level of “Thainess,” which the PM defines in part as unquestioning loyalty to the government. Do not be disobedient! For small breweries, it requires production of at least 100,000 liters (852 barrels) but no greater than 1,000,000 liters (8,520 BBLs), and stipulates that all beer must be sold on the premises. At the same time, the minimum amount for an industrial license was increased from one million liters to 10 million liters (85,200 BBLs) per year, as well as requiring that the brewer demonstrate available capital of at least 10 million baht ($320,000). Just to make sure small brewers were thoroughly intimidated, the rewrite also increased inflated penalties. Fines were increased from their original, almost quaint 200 baht ($6) for possession of bootleg alcohol to 10,000 ($300). For actually brewing without a license, fines were increased from 5,000 baht ($150) to a range of 50,000–100,000 baht ($1,600–$3,200), plus jail time. Reporting in 2017, The Bangkok Post estimated that in order to meet the new regulations, a brewer would need to have a billion baht—around $30 million—in start-up capital. For some, craft beer is associated with anti-establishment politics. “It’s very similar to the French Revolution, which started from a cafe in Paris, where people drank coffee,” says Taopiphop. “The fuel of the revolution is not coffee any more, it’s craft beer.” Taopiphop adds that, after the 2014 coup in Thailand, many pro-democracy activists chose to meet in Bangkok’s craft beer bars. If only the younger Thais were allowed to express themselves, be inventive, be creative, be industrious, and use their smarts and ambition, Thailand could have a future. Craft beer is needed here, and so are the young entrepreneurs. But, that future appears to be suppressed at every turn by dinosaurs, who only answer to money, money, and even more money. Money is the God of lesser men. The money first attitude is holding back Thailand on so many levels.

You are amusing. I will grant you that. Keep it up. Keep us amused, please.

I agree. More division than ever before. America has not been a paragon of virtue with its leadership position. But, they have accomplished alot of good around the world. What has China done for the world, that did not have a loan attached to it? And Russia? One can only imagine the absolute hellhole the earth would be, with either of the two despots, Putin or Xi, leading the world.

It takes a very powerful and knowledgeable swimmer to deal with the riptides and strong currents. Most are not. And it also takes a very high level of ignorance to venture away from the shore when the weather is stormy, and the seas are rough. Life is a gamble and Darwin was right.

You are likely referring to a police force that engaged in real law enforcement. Things are a bit different here, and the entire pyramid seems to be one big franchise opportunity. We all know why Torsak was reinstated, but we cannot discuss it.

For a serious massage, I usually pick an older women, who is not attractive, deliberately. And the towel, and underwear stay on. Now, if it is a young and hot gal, that might be a different story!