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Thaksin Accused of Using Money to Secure Power and Privilege
spidermike007 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
How would this come as a surprise to anyone and how would anyone expect things to be different? It would be truly a shock as if he didn't his wealth to secure power -
You have all the presidents and recent memory he is perhaps the one who can most easily be bought and paid for after all it only requires the proper kind of compliment.
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We are dealing with the most incompetent and indifferent officials to be found panywhere in the world. They just don't care. They're not interested in doing anything, they won't get the highway patrol to pull anyone over nor the police. And nothing is ever going to change. Unless the authorities start taking this seriously.
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People don't realize that anytime you take this junk, anytime you imbibe this junk in your system all bets are off. You really don't know what you're taking, you don't know what the potency is, you don't know what it's mixed with and it's best just to enjoy sobriety or smoke some ganja.
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New Thai Police Chief Sets Bold Crime-Fighting Agenda
spidermike007 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It's just too late, nothing short of dismantling the entire police department apparatus, and rebuilding it from scratch would suffice to improve its status from the largest pyramid scheme in Thailand to a legitimate organization. These guys are not policeman, they're not law enforcement, they are individual franchisees. -
Neither one would be appropriate, she's not qualified for either office she would be a terrible governor, she failed at district attorney and she failed at attorney general in California. Why does anyone think she'd be a good governor and why does anyone think she'd be a good president? She was picked out of desperation because there was virtually nobody else at that late moment In time, she needs to be banished and the Democratic party needs to be frank and truthful with themselves and admit the reality. The alternative is long-term banishment from the political scene.
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There was so much about the covid narrative that appeared to be inaccurate or just downright fake, and the extent to which we were discouraged to even question the narrative was quite shocking and said a lot about what was going on, on its own. Even my family didn't want to discuss it if you questioned the official narrative you were considered some kind of freak or conspiracy theorist. There were so many aspects of covid where mankind revealed its lower nature, from the narrative to the economic shutdown, to the highly selective shutdowns, it was all a bizarre hot mess. The mandatory vaccines the mandatory quarantines, never has this been done in the history of mankind.
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The UAE is a truly despotic place. I hope I never need to go there. Their regime is horrific. Go there at your own risk.
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Young Girlfriend from Udon Thani wants to get married.
spidermike007 replied to Jerry777's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
You are definitely NOT in love. You are in lust. You are emotionally vulnerable. I always advocate really taking your time here. Time is ALWAYS our ally, and never theirs. So take you time, get to know who they really are, and how they act under duress. The vast majority of Thai people are way immature for their age. And many women and men are emotionally undeveloped, and really just 13 year olds, who look like adults. There is something about this society that does not allow most people to grow up with an understanding of themselves. I think face has something to do with it. The utter refusal to take responsibility for one's actions and the unwillingness to "own" a situation, and man up when you screw up. That and the inability to question people, and situations. And the subsequent lack of curiosity. It is all a perfect storm, when it comes to preventing alot of people from becoming well developed human beings, with communication skills, and the tools needed to conduct meaningful relationships, beyond the surface. So you need at least 3 years, before investing any money, to get to know her and her family. Otherwise, the chances of this ending well as very slim. -
I will only believe it, when I see it happen. Air Asia has been interested in using Hua Hin as a regional hub, for years now, and all they have ever gotten is neanderthal style foot dragging from the officials here. Hua Hin Airport is one of the least utilized airports in Thailand, possibly even in the world. Shame on these guys. They can do so much better. Thailand desperately needs more regional airports, especially within a few hours of Bangkok. Anything to ease congestion, and save souls from the nightmare of getting in and out of Bangkok has to be a good thing for the nation and it's people. Shame. Shame.
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First of all I would address your exercise regimen, without exercise I find it impossible to keep my head clear. The second thing I would look at is some type of very powerful superfood such as a green drink, with blue green spirulina, barley grass, wheat grass powder, broccoli powder, beetroot powder, kale powder, spinach powder, things like that. You can mix your own or you can buy them pre-made, they are all very powerful brain foods, and you'll notice a difference within days in terms of clarity. If you give into inertia and do absolutely nothing you will go downhill fast.
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ABC & G.Stephanopoulis made to pay & apology to Trump
spidermike007 replied to riclag's topic in Political Soapbox
For all of the historical revisionists out there, who are trying desperately to elevate Trump to the status of a saint, here are a few links. Though I doubt you care about truth. Donald Trump’s Lewd Comments About Women https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004698018/donald-trumps-lewd-comments-about-women.html -
No, absolutely not. Sharing opens the heart and shows a sense of compassion and humanity. Keeping it all for ourselves is only for those with a tight fist and a closed heart. Life is short, make it count for something, eating, sleeping, and self gratification just isn't enough.
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British Man Arrested for Jewellery Theft from Tourists in Pattaya
spidermike007 replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
To my eyes they look good on young and very sexy women, and they don't look the slightest bit interesting on most men, but that's just me. -
A lot of us are not very fond of immigration at all, and to be able to save a day of our life not having to deal with those people is certainly worth a price, that price may be different to everyone but it does have some value.
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There comes a time and a place where a man has to make a stand and just say NO! This is not happening, if you want it bad enough that door over there has many functions, one of them is to pack your bags and walk out through it. No skin off my back, you're getting a little bit out of control, perhaps it's time for us to move on. Have you ever even heard of a concept called contentment? Have you ever heard of a concept called high self esteem? See you. Get as many operations as you, but get them on your dime, after we say our goodbyes.
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British Man Arrested for Jewellery Theft from Tourists in Pattaya
spidermike007 replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
You often times like the make an effort to simplify things this particular situation is not one that is deserving of oversimplification. The large growth of the United States’ criminal legal system in the late 20th century brought a widening racial gap in incarceration. By the year 2000, Black people made up almost half of the state prison population but only about 13% of the U.S.2 population. And although a wave of changes to sentencing and corrections policies over the past two decades has helped lessen disparities in federal and state prisons, black adults still were imprisoned in 2020 at five times the rate for white adults. In 2022, Black people made up 12% of the local populations but 26% of the jail populations on average across the 595 jails from the JDI sample for which race data was available for the entire year. Of these jails, in almost 71% (421), the share of the jail population that was Black was at least twice that of the locality as a whole. (See Figure 1.) And the disparity was much greater in some jurisdictions: In more than 2 in 5 of those 421 jails (41%), Black people made up at least four times as much of the jail population as of the local general population. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2023/05/racial-disparities-persist-in-many-us-jails So one must ask do black people commit more crimes than white people? I don't think so but I sure think that white judges are much more likely to lock up black men than they are white men, there's no doubt that there's still a significant amount of systemic racism in the US. I have black friends and Hispanic friends in the US, and I've driven with them and I've seen how they're treated differently by the police that I am. -
British Man Arrested for Jewellery Theft from Tourists in Pattaya
spidermike007 replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
For some of us when we look at somebody with a remarkable number of tattoos it looks like one of two things. Either a "paint by numbers desperation" to be hip and to fit in, or a rather significant lack of self-esteem. It doesn't look like anything else. Back in the day a tattoo was a symbol of something, gang membership, being in a biker club, being a sailor, or being in the armed forces. Now what does it symbolize? It used to be an act of rebellion, now it seems like an act of conformity. -
Disgusting cigarette smell from ur neighbour
spidermike007 replied to villageidiotY2K's topic in General Topics
No. While I also despise secondhand smoke if there are no regulations against smoking in these units, then no the neighbor has no obligation whatsoever to accommodate the sensitivities of the people around him. It is incumbent upon you to choose a unit carefully. How you avoid problems like these, I don't know. But one of the issues with a condo is potential problems with neighbors. I honestly believe that humans were not made to live in such close proximity, so living in a condo or an apartment building in and of itself, could potentially be against the natural laws of the universe. -
While not showing any sympathy for the perpetrator, we all know that some wives mothers can be quite difficult to deal with. When asked for advice I suggest taking a long time to get to know the woman, and to make sure that you really get along with, and you really like and respect her parents and her siblings. Otherwise it's nothing but trouble, maybe not this kind of trouble, but trouble nonetheless.
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Crackdown on Sukhumvit Beggars Reveals Hidden Wealth
spidermike007 replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
When I was living and working in India I realized that many of the beggars were doing this professionally or working for professionals who were collecting a significant amount of money from their work. So I started carrying around a daypack with fruit inside it, and when I would be approached by a beggar I would offer them a banana or an orange. The professionals would look at me with a great deal of disdain, whereas the real beggars would accept the fruit with gratitude as they were truly hungry. It worked!- 39 replies
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British Man Arrested for Jewellery Theft from Tourists in Pattaya
spidermike007 replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
That appears to be at least partly due to a completely broken judiciary. Same applies in the US. This applies most especially to white folks. People of color are locked up, if they don't have good counsel.- 198 replies
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Are Thais taught basic arithmetic?
spidermike007 replied to Lacessit's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
When I was in school, I remember being encouraged to use tricks and shortcuts (drop two zeros, add them at the end) and that made a huge difference for basic math. I taught my woman how to do that for currency conversion and she was shocked at how easy it was. She told me that kind of thing was not only not taught, but it was discouraged in school. Very dull and conventional teachers is perhaps one of the issues here.