spidermike007

Very true. I find most Thais to be pleasant, yet most government workers are toxic and difficult. A crash course in manners and making someone feel welcome, could work for some government workers who possess an open mind. After all, they do drone on and on about needing tourists. I totally blame Prayuth, the biggest joke and Anutin. They are bad for tourism. Immigration has gotten worse under their tutelage and their arrogance, and their insufferable xenophobia knows no bounds. This whole thing leaves a bitter, sour, nasty, foul taste in one's mouth, and the stench can be smelled for kilometers. Thailand is moving backwards on so many levels, I do not even know where to begin. I believe at this point, that if Brittany Spears were to declare her candidacy, she would beat Prayuth, hands down. That is how much he and the army are despised, at this point.

Maybe we could chip in and hire her for a group event. Support topless lawlessness!!

Why would this story be of any interest to anyone? Talk about a nothing burger. Someone is bent in the head. Someone is following someone. Someone is obsessed with someone. So what?

Even though the video was blurry, she looked really hot. She should be given an award, rather than being fined.

Utterly clueless. The lack of talent, vision, understanding and humility is astonishing, on the part of the officials here. Can they ever learn anything?

The constant threats and declarations are surely enhancing tourism. Some of these officials are not only clueless, they have exceptionally big heads, accompanied by very small brains. The Thai army is nothing if not predictable. Without exception, they always pick from the bottom of the barrel, and consistently choose ministers with the least amount of talent possible.

Why? Who would want to suffer like that, if you have a choice? I am no martyr. I don't like pain and suffering.

Always keep your air con clean. Clean the filters at least once every two weeks, and have the entire unit broken down and deep cleaned every six months, and have them check the coolant every time. Also, always buy a bigger unit than the room needs. Keeps the rooms cooler with less power. And lastly, get some ceiling insulation and ceiling exhaust fans, if practical. Both make a big difference.

Not anything you don't see at Soi Cowboy. What is the big deal? Why so much fake purity? It is a very ugly thing to witness a fake level of devotion and it says alot about the folks who love to pretend.

Alot has changed since the days of women walking the streets here topless. That was before Phinun and the successive mob of goons, who absolutely love preaching fake purity. These infantile acts keep the very effective police force from the real duty of policing and keeping the faithful public safe.

As usual, the RTP is doing everything in their power to avoid real crime fighting. The RTP and this foolish administration should be focusing their efforts on traffic and public safety, easing import tariffs, making visa policy simpler, and more friendly, boosting Western tourism (if that is even possible at this late stage, after spending ten years sabotaging the industry), real crackdowns on slavery, illegal fishing (instead of nonsensical hyperbole), and police corruption, cleaning up the water, the air, the rivers, and the beaches, and other things that actually improve lives.

This is a step in the right direction. I don't drink garbage soda products. But, I give them credit for this move.

One can only imagine the horror of watching this creep dance. Lock him up!

The fact that he has a harem of dolls is wierd. The fact that he has a girlfriend, and she is ok with all that is truly wierd. They are meant for each other. Finally, he found several women who really understand him!

If course it is not OK. And with many priests, I tend to believe it. However, this guy seems above that kind of nonsense and some might have an ax to grind. Sometimes, rushing to judgment is not wise.

Of course this is a personal decision, but I would feel like a fool, for buying a car that is 100-150% higher than the cost in the US. The luxury taxes here are downright stupid.

Again, I disagree. If anything regulations have become weaker, and lawmakers are more beholden to corrupt lobbyists than ever before.

Are you saying the insurance industry has become cleaner, more honest and now has more integrity than it did 15 years ago? How do you figure? Are you basing that on anything specific, or some studies? I think, if anything they have gotten worse. Like most corporations.

I can't help but think this whole thing was taken out of context. If he was interested in the cheap thrill of having boy suck his tongue, surely he would have done it is private. And I doubt that would be the case. Some things can't be taken at face value. According to a 2014 BBC article, sticking out your tongue can be considered as rude, but in Tibet, it's a way of greeting. It has been a tradition followed by the Tibetan people since the ninth century, when the region was ruled by Lang Drama, who was known for a black tongue, said the outlet. The Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, also mentions this in its 2014 piece. The institute said on its website that sticking out one's tongue is a sign of respect or agreement and was often used as a greeting in traditional Tibetan culture.

You make a very good point. If people just said NO, I do not think so, little of these ridiculous price hikes would have occurred.

Just another example of the Thai army sucking the blood of society, and giving nearly nothing back. Why are they tolerated? Such malfeasance, such a poor record of caretaking. Such moral rot and bankruptcy.

Yes. Completely and utterly false. USA Today provided the conventional assessment of those challenges: “Out of the 62 lawsuits filed challenging the presidential election, 61 have failed,” and “decisions have came [sic] from both Democratic-appointed and Republican-appointed judges.” (In fact, most of the judges were elected state judges.) One victory out of 62 cases is about a 1.5% win rate. Looked at differently, as I do in this post, Trump performed slightly better. This post examines all judicial decisions in the cases, not just the cases’ ultimate outcomes. A case might produce an initial decision in a trial court, another set of votes on appeal to a multi-judge intermediate appellate court, and a final set of votes on appeal to the jurisdiction’s multi-judge supreme court—one case, but perhaps over 10 separate judicial votes. By that measure, 14% of judges’ individual decisions or votes—18% in state cases only—were favorable to Trump. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/11/30/trumps-judicial-campaign-to-upend-the-2020-election-a-failure-but-not-a-wipe-out/

People who care about life and limb, learn from the mistakes of others. Some are so resistant to change, so dense, so stubborn, so lacking in survival instincts, that they are utterly incapable of learning, progressing, moving forward, or improving as human beings. What can one say?

Computer crime seems to range from posting something this heinous, draconian administration of Prayuth does not like, to online fraud. So, who knows if there was any real crime committed. Sometimes, a crime is a crime. And sometimes, it is blame from a desperado.

I see this all the time. Let us risk life and limb to save 3 minutes. Dumb and dumber. Darwin insisted that some species and some members of those species were more fit for survival than others. It would appear the roads here, and especially motorbike riders, are a perfect example of his theories in action. It takes certain qualities to survive on the roads here. Patience, being very conscious of your surroundings, driving defensively, avoiding excessive speed, especially in town, following basic traffic rules and laws and avoiding being overly stupid, at all times. 70% of the time someone on a motorbike crashes here, it is due to a lack of attention, to the very serious, and very dangerous task at hand. The rest is due to the other person doing something incredibly dumb, like riding on the wrong side of the road, in a bike lane which is flowing in the opposite direction. It really does not get dumber and more ignorant than that. Many Thais are extremely casual about driving, and seem to have little understanding of the dangers involved, and the need to be 100% focused, at all times. Especially on a motorbike.