spidermike007

I know this might sound narrow minded or old fashioned. But I have always felt that the true test to being a ladyboy, is having the entire procedure. That takes some real commitment and guts. And money. There is no halfway, there. It is all the way in.

It is really all about education. The Thai government is essentially doing the same thing the British government did in India back in the days of the East India Trading Company. Back then, they just simply closed 1,000s of schools, to keep the people uneducated, in order to maintain power, and stifle resistance to change. Before that, Indian education was examplary. Here, they seem to be deliberately maintaining a highly inferior system, which is not open to change, improvement, or reform, in order to maintain cheap labor. https://vedictribe.com/indian-history/how-the-education-system-in-india-was-systematically-destroyed/ Destruction of our education began with the English Education Act 1835, where the East India Company was to fund and support any institution that would teach the western curriculum with English as the language of instruction. https://www.immortalbharat.in/2020/07/how-british-destroyed-indian-education.html?m=1 The law now said that any Gurukul that teaches in Sanskrit or regional languages is illegal and running such a Gurukul (educational institute) is a punishable offense. This resulted in the closure of tens of thousands of gurukuls across the country with many Acharyas (teachers) and disciples even being imprisoned or killed for disobeying the law.

False. Near monopolies are never a good thing for the consumer. Just look at True Visions. It is an unmitigated disaster for the user. The programming is inferior, they have made very little progress in increasing the number of HD channels, it is grossly over priced, and the selection of channels is terrible, and has barely improved in the past several years. Monopolies only benefit the company, not the consumer. This is pure whitewashing.

It is likely that every minister here would be fired, if they investigated them. The stench is obscene. If not for corruption, than for malfeasance or inability to perform the job effectively, like in the case of Anutin, Prayuth, Prawit, Phiphat, or the Big Joke.

A step in the right direction. Making this profession illegal, while turning a blind eye is nonsense. Just make it legal and regulate it. Most women who are in the trade don't have alot of alternatives. The pay scale here is so low, it is hard to support a family, for all but those with a specialized degree, or entrepreneurs. Making it legal benefits everyone.

I am a wolfatarian. I speak wolf only, but I can still type. I hunt with wolf packs, and I wear only wolf type clothes. In reality, this is now recognized by some school districts in the US. There was a time when men in white coats would come around and put someone dressed as a cat into a straitjacket. Halloween is the exception. Or the threat of a trip to the asylum would’ve modified behavior. As China threatens to invade neighbors, we’re cringing when someone tells us he’s an antelope and we better acknowledge he’s got hooves whether or not visible. How could we possibly win a war with an army filled with dogs and cats? Do School Kids Identify As Animals? I recently heard someone say that there are students in the Twin Falls city school system identifying as animals. They didn’t get a trip to see the school psychologist. Instead, I heard the kids are getting away with their claims because administrators and staff are too timid to lay down the law and that students who claim to be animals can get away with skipping homework. After all, paws and hooves can’t grip a pencil and struggle with a keyboard. https://newsradio1310.com/twin-falls-schools-said-to-allow-students-to-identify-as-animals/

Oh, let us hope this happens. If any nation on earth deserves bankruptcy, it is Russia. They are already morally bankrupt, and are being led into the abyss by a serial killing madman dictator, who seems to think nothing of inflicting massive pain and death upon women and children.

I tend to agree. As a Democrat I see the party being weakened by the progressive left. It is a horrendous thing to witness. I still think most dems in the US are centrist, and are offended by woke ideology.

No. They just don't seem to care. They have no pride. There are a hundred things they could be doing, starting with incentives to prevent the toxic and nasty act of sugar cane burning. If there are laws against it, they are rarely enforced. Never forget. This is the do nothing administration, and Prayuth is the do nothing PM.

Correct. PC is making us weak. It is a horrendous narrative, and will likely burn itself out over time. Let us hope. I wonder if this article was written by an American? PC and woke are at their apex there.

This would be a classic. For a follow up, he can challenge Anutin, who would likely go down within a minute of the first round. Millions would watch anyone in government get knocked out. Fun stuff. Let's bring real entertainment to the people!

Why wasn't the chief admiral of the Thai navy relieved of his watch, along with the ship captain? Who has taken responsibility for this calamity which could have likely been avoided?

Does Hua Hin even have a marina for boats? One of the reasons the Gulf is of so little interest to yachtsmen is the lack of marinas, service facilities and ports of interest. Is this another case of the Thai officials grossly over estimating their attraction to the outside world? Putting the cart before the horse? In most nations, you build the marinas and facilities, then the yachts come.

Are we no longer able to use the term ladyboy, or katoey? Is the term transgender something that applies to only post op people, or anyone who identifies as a woman? Just wondering.

I think the consensus is that the shiny tile looks a little like marble. And it is cheap to install, and easy to clean. So, it appears to be a false appearance of luxury, over safety. I dislike the shiny tile. It is beyond dangerous.

One wonders if Prasansuk is attempting to pick up the mantle of the big joke, left vacated when he was fired as immigration boss, some time ago. Will he become the new foreigner hating guy at immigration? This seems an extreme thing to do. I would understand red cards for known felons, or people committing serious acts of malfeasance. However, no one knows where the bar will be set, and this program would be ripe for abuse, and just more corruption. Same old, same old. Just new opportunities.

Excellent work, Charles. Those ingrates should have been ousted already. Talk about a lack of dignity. One wonders how much prodding Harry has succumbed to by his boss, the wife.

Seems rather arbitrary. Is breaking the law jaywalking? Urinating behind a bush in a park? There should be some established threshold.

By charging tourists and expats 10 to 20 times what the locals pay, one could easily argue you qualify for status as a mafia chieftain.

They seem to use a poor grade of hops, barley, 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.

Let us hope this was an accident. They do happen in bathrooms, with the highly slippery tile.

This would only be surprising if one is expecting actual law enforcement work from these guys. I sure don't. They are franchisees.

It does seem bizarre that one can die from snorkeling. But, apparently there are quite a few related deaths per year worldwide. It is often caused by a pre-existing condition. Swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) will initially cause shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, or extreme coughing when in the water. It can rapidly cause fluid to build up in the lungs stopping oxygen from entering the body. https://www.watersportgeek.com/drown-snorkeling/

Might be best to just shut down the pub. One less pub on Khao San road won't be missed. For that matter, all of Khao San road would likely not be missed by many.

So, this has firmly been established about netizens: 1. They are some of the most petty people on earth. 2. They have way, way too much time on their hands and do not appear to be working hard enough. 3. Their skin is thinner than tissue paper. 4. These so called netizens find the most ridiculous things to fume about. Perhaps they should get a life?