spidermike007

They keep saying they want more tourism, after Prayuth, Phiphat and Anutin nearly destroyed the entire industry with their extreme cowardice. Not the SOITF (shoot ourselves in the foot) gang continues to get it wrong. Hope they are ousted asap. Woe is Thailand with the goons in charge.

I disagree. I think the acceptance of, and practice of face weakens Thai society to an astonishing degree.

It is incumbent upon us to demonstrate survival skills at all times. Crossing any road without looking is just the most egregious and negligent sort of mistake. In Los Angeles they have strong pedestrian laws. Drivers are ticketed for not allowing a pedestrian to cross. Yet, I see people walking right into flowing traffic at crosswalks without so much as a glance. Some of them die. Oh well. It is a bit like taking fentanyl. You have to know it can kill you. At least have a glance. Geez.

Very suspicious timing for these fake numbers to come out. I don't see anything dropping in price. Do you? Not in Thailand, not in the US. Fake army sponsored news. Total malarkey as they say in NY.

Sorry. Not buying it. I don't care how high one gets. Stabbing oneself in the chest is crazy rare. Not impossible, but unlikely. He might have fallen on a sharp object, or?

Which one? Don't drink, or don't cross the street with greet care?

1. How was she able to get away with staying without paying? I don't think I have ever stayed at a hotel, without paying in advance. 2. Why are the owners of the hotel behaving so poorly? Making the staff pay for new sheets? Most foul, indeed. Very toxic people. 3. What does her beauty have to do with anything?

Crossing the road is very serious business in Thailand. No regard is given to pedestrians. One must do so without extreme care. Especially if one has been drinking.

It would be an enormous risk for the little guy to attempt to cling to power if he lost the election, and there is little doubt a loss will happen. He is despised for a dozen good reasons.

Yes. It is very well known that most Japanese products are far superior to most Chinese products. This is not a secret. When given a choice between made in Japan and made in China, which do most of us pick? Nothing has changed. China makes some quality products, like the iphones, some computers, etc. But, they also make an enormous amount of junk. I would definitely not trust my life with one of their cars. No thanks.

I was referring to the countless people I knew. I did know some who died of heroine, but never hallucinogenics. But, that was a good one. Keep up your humor. We enjoy it!

Wait. Hold on. Don't rush to judgment. I have a new and unique defense. I honestly thought she was my wife Marla. Believe me. I am very trustworthy, as you may know. She did not smell like Marla. But, I thought it was her. And the resistance I got was way more than usual. Maybe I was confused. Anyway, my genius defense should help. I never get caught, because of my brilliance.

Thailand and renewables in the same sentence seems oxymoronic. Is progress really bring made? That would be beyond amazing and wonderful.

Another example of a once in a generation opportunity to engage in savage profiteering, with Covid being the catalyst for unheard of corporate greed and massive gouging. Gas prices remain stubbornly high, yet oil prices continue to drop, and these goons are making record profits.

If he were really high on weed, he would likely have been watching TV, abs snacking with a bag of chips, or some chocolate. It is more likely a result of getting off his meds, not smoking some weed. An example of the powerful investigative skills of the RTP. If a refrigerator or TV lands on you, it can cause alot of problems. Glad nobody was injured. Just another nutter having a bad day.

Alot more fast food, alot more junk food, and very few work out or exercise. It is a recipe for both obesity and disaster. Survival is a skill. One has to be able to educate themselves, figure out what is healthy food, and what the body needs, or suffer the consequences. Nothing about life is automatic, unless you are unconscious enough to make it so. These are personal choices. Everyone has the right to wreck their own lives and their own bodies.

I believe if he tried to steal the election, the response would be overwhelming. It could be the last thing he ever does. He and the army are despised like never before. And any moral authority is gone. Everything has changed. See ya, Prayuth. Nobody is going to miss you.

Imagine an American corporation, or any corporation, considering moral responsibility? Look at CP. Though they know they are choking the nation, and likely killing thousands of people by encouraging the burning of crops, and they know it is both harmful and illegal, it continues. That represents a pathological disregard for humanity. That is the way most corporations roll. Profits over anything or anyone. Biden is being naive to even ask such a thing.

Not to sound unsympathetic, but people die from overdosing drugs all over the world every day. This is just not a big surprise. In 2021, over 100,000 died in the US, from over dosing drugs. Granted, we are talking about a very, very broken nation. Same can be said of the UK. Most would not consider ecstacy to be of a high risk nature. Oxy, Fentanyl, yes. Almost a death wish, in my opinion. When I was younger I did alot of LSD, mescaline, peyote, speed, etc. Never considered for a moment, it could be fatal, and it rarely was. Who knows what she mixed it with, could have been a bad batch, she could have had a weak heart, etc., etc. Many variables.

Oh please. Such purile sanctimony. How does one even take it seriously, for even a nanosecond? She is cute, she has a rather nice pair, and she is using her available resources. Nothing wrong with any of it. There are alot of netizens who seem to have nothing better to do, than give people a hard time. It is not an expression of their better nature. Get a life.

Yes. A location like that would immediately disqualify the unit. Is there not already enough dust and bad air here? And the noise. I get it, if there was a huge discount for the bad environment. When I make major trips, I often notice nice homes, developments, and condos built in horrific locations. Right off the interstate in the US. Right off the highway in Thailand. Noisy, dusty, nasty. No privacy. Yikes. Some people either have very very poor judgment, or noise and excessive dust and pollution does not seem to bother them. Or, they just did not consider it sufficiently, when buying. Or renting. I don't get it.

Yes. An emphatic yes. 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 despised bunch of dinosaurs! 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.

It depends on the person. My Thai wife comes from a very good family. Solid, hard working, honest folks. Have lent money her sister, brother and folks money, over the years. Always been paid back. Not always on time, but always paid in full. Honest is honest. A crook is a crook, no matter the nationality.

He is a completely ridiculous man, and he loses far more than he wins. If only people knew the full extent of what he has done in his career of swindles, grifting, taking small contractors for the ride of their careers, and cheating people out of money. Thankfully, he does not have much hope of becoming president again. It is likely another way to "raise cash" for this anti social misfit.

This man is very misguided. He simply picked the wrong pony. Move Thailand forwards, not backward.