spidermike007

I am often on the highway, and I see a buffoon making a u-turn, or entering the highway in front of vehicles going high speed, when they could have waited 4 seconds and had a clear path. It is almost as if their reasoning would not allow that cautious path of action. The only way to survive here on the road, is to be patient, have eyes in the back of your head, drive with caution, and always, and I mean always watch out of the other guy. Chances are, he does not have much driving skill, nor patience, nor reason, nor common sense. You cannot be too careful on the road here. Especially considering that the toy police offer no traffic safety, prevention, enforcement of the law, or concern toward the prosecution of very reckless drivers. Those of us with driving skill, and a strong desire for not only survival, but the avoidance of terrible injury, are constantly scanning the road, in front of us, beside us, and behind us. There are an exceptionally high number of reckless fools on these roads, and it is the only way to preserve our lives, and those of our families, and friends, who may be driving with us, and depending on us.

No way. This has to be fake news. I doubt 3% of the population would support this man. He is about the worst choice possible, and lacks any leadership ability.

Sounds like fun to me. Retaliation and defamation mean nothing to me. Some social trends are designed to be ignored.

China's denial means very little. The intentions of the CCP are heinous, at best. Organ harvesting, slavery, and concentration camps, are the tip of the iceberg.

He certainly appears to be a heroic figure, and psssesses the kind of sincerity and willingness to reveal ugliness and corruption that the big joke can only dream about.

We were referring to Anutin. See the previous post on the thread. Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul graduated from Hofstra University, United States with Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering. He has also received Honorary Doctorate Degree in several fields, including Civil Engineering, Management, Public Administration, and Economics. A minor level of expertise in cement does not qualify one to be the health minister of a nation during a pandemic.

Always good to set high aspirations. But, the issue with plastic is that a high percentage of it simply cannot be reused. It is very hard to sort and there are too many grades of it. Best to avoid as much use of it as possible. 1. I bring re-usable bags with me every time I go shopping. I use the larger shopping bags I buy in the US, which are made of recycled materials. Most of the clerks have to be dealt with. Even when they see my bag, they still start putting the stuff in plastic. I always mai sai toom. No plastic! Then they start loading up my bag. Most look at me like I am from Mars. Do I care? Not one iota. About 1% thank me, and get it. Not many do. My Thai wife does not like bringing the bags to the store. I compel her to. By now, she expects it, and sometimes even asks if I have any bags in the car, or on the motorbike. Same with the water bottles. It used to embarrass her. Now, it is second nature, as I have been doing this for so long, she expects it. So, if a Thai can be conditioned to follow these simple principals, then anyone can. 2. I bring a bottle of water with me, every time I go to a restaurant. I refill my plastic bottles from the 20 liter bottles at home. It is easy. I never buy bottled water at a restaurant. This saves 300-600 bottles a year. I use a plastic bottle dozens of times. I never get any flack from the restaurants. Only once did someone say something to me. She said you cannot bring your own water. My response was if you serve the water in a glass bottle, and I do not have to consume a plastic bottle, I am happy to pay for that. She was lost. I told her to leave and get me my food. She went away. We simply cannot say we are concerned about the environment, and then do nothing about it. Action demonstrates commitment. Lack of action demonstrates nothing. Lastly, restaurants can demonstrate their commitment, by serving drinking water from the 20 liter bottles. Alot of local places do this. But, the tourist places don't. It saves alot of plastic. They lose a small amount of revenue, by not selling thousands of bottles of water. But, their operation is still profitable, and they are making a real difference. There really is not need to be consuming water in plastic bottles. At least not often. There are alternatives. Those damn bottles are a real culprit, when it comes to fouling the environment. What can we do, if we say we care?

Anutin providing leadership. That is a bizarre concept. He, like Prayuth and Prawit do not have a nanogram of leadership ability, within their entire bodies

You mean his engineering degree? He never had any qualifications to be health minister and his appointment had nothing to do with merit or ability.

Speaking truth in the face of deception, obfuscation, deflection, and cover ups can be a terrible thing.

True. But, they appear just as willing to shake down their own. Anything for a buck.

I am fairly certain who runs the show. Greedy corporations and Big Pharma used to have influence. Now, it appears they OWN the government. And I agree on Harris. She is dreadful.

Maybe he thought the RTP was an actual law enforcement agency when he joined. How disappointing that would be.

He likely struck a deal with the RTP. They need to continue their lucrative franchises, so better for them to keep this illegal. Convenient to fine unsuspecting foreigners. This has never been about health.

Both the victim and the spectacularly stupid kid who shot the gun were very light on survival instincts. Dumb and dumber. Not much to say, really.

Emotionally, I am only 13 years old. I know I look and smell like a man, but I stopped maturing at a very young age. Therefore, I do things outside of my control. Like killing the wife. Didn't mean it. Oops. And she had no reason to cheat on me even though I am a serial bed destroyer. I am a really good guy other than my extreme immaturity, lack of emotional development and lack of self control. Guess I might have to go to prison now. And I guess the fellow inmates might be harder to beat up than my wife.

He is a very good man. And I have long thought he was way, way too noble for the office of president. Perhaps that was his downfall. Not tough enough.

I rarely have these problems with cabs. Only near Nana. And only late at night. Sometimes takes a few cabs to get one that will use the meter. Usually, not an issue. And normally the cabbies are pretty nice, if you treat them kindly. It is a tough job.

Really? Prayuth is so indifferent to the problems crop burning causes, that he won't even mention it, and deliberately obfuscates by calling it wildfires. How disingenuous. But, that is just who he is. There is a very simple solution to this problem. If the authorities were interested in solutions. The burning has to stop. There are alternatives, to this 19th century technique of burning after the sugar cane harvest. Either the government starts to encourage farmers to switch to more environmentally friendly crops, or they start to penalize farmers for burning. This heinous burning, is leading to a tremendous degree of environmental degradation, and alot of lung disease. So here is what I propose- 1. Fine the farmers 5,000 baht for a first offense, and give them a stern warning, that burning is now prohibited, and the second fine will be very harsh. 2. For a second offense, fine the farmer 100,000 baht, and warn them that if the burning continues, their land will be confiscated. 3. On the 3rd offense, confiscate their land. Period. No questions. No legal proceeding or appeals on the part of the farmers. Allow others to come in and purchase the land at a fair price, with the caveat that sugar is prohibited as a crop to be grown on that land. The news would travel faster than the toxic smoke, and farmers would change their ways overnight, and move into the 21st century. Then they can move on to tackle the sale of diesel vehicles, and the government's enthusiastic support of such. It is inane in this day and age. Most nations are moving away from diesel for good reasons. When they are not well maintained, they foul the air, with large, nasty particles. And who properly maintains their vehicle here? Lastly they can convert all of the 10 remaining diesel and coal fired power plants. Thailand has already done a very admirable job with renewable power plants. There are over 50 powered by hydro, geothermal, wind, solar and biomass. That is impressive. The government should offer incentives, for the farmers to switch crops. This is 2021. Rice and sugar worked in previous centuries. Now, they do not make any sense. Too labor intensive, too much degradation of the land, water, air, and resources. Let's get with the times. Let us move forward.

Hopefully enough people are just sick of old farts running the show. Here, there, everywhere. Who are the viable alternatives, one wonders? Are there any? Gabbard, Scott, who?

He simply cannot get enough of the power, money, butt kissing and adulation. If he had a shred of decency and compassion prior to becoming PM, it is all gone now. He was and is a terrible choice, without a nanogram of leadership ability.

Trump is not even a factor anymore. He has erased himself from contention, and continues to shoot himself in the foot by demonstrating his 13 year old juvenile maturity. Most previous Trump supporters I know despise the man. It would be old man Joe, vs. a much younger GOP frontrunner.

There is an abundance of 5,000 baht beds in Thailand. Way, way too many! A cigarette butt placed in an ashtray does not cause a fire. One dropped on a floor or furniture does.

I believe there would be a zero percent chance of Biden being re-elected. He is not a bad president. Just not remarkable and way, way too old. Harris is a disaster. Few like her and she seems to have been in way over her head, from the beginning.

As a centrist democrat, I do not think he is fit to run for a 2nd term, and should step aside to allow more youthful candidates to emerge. The sooner the better. De Santis cannot be allowed to win the next election. He is a borderline extremist.