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5 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Biden - decent - 55555555555555555555555!

 

Oh, sorry I forgot. It's ok for left politicians to be totally corrupt, line their pockets and those of family and friends. Do as we say not as we do and all that.

You are forgetting one important fact. ALL politicians are corrupt. Left, right, center, green. All of them. 

No. I want to travel back to the US, for work and a family visit. But, a two week prison sentence at my cost is not worth it, upon return. And having to beg the consulate to let me return is not appealing either.

But, Thailand should open itself to anyone, from anywhere, if they are willing to deal with quarantine. To not do so is timid, insane, overly cautious and sadistic. 

17 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

".....Meanwhile in other tourism news Manager and its sources hinted that the tourism minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan is preparing for talks with the PM and the new finance ministry chief over a 100 billion baht aid package for tourism.......

 

.......On the minus side, Pipat has admitted that accessing that kind of money at this time may prove "somewhat limited"......."

 

 

Translation:    Ain't no way.

The army has trillions at its disposal. This is all about a total indifference toward the masses. Their hardship means nothing to them. 

Yeah, I agree. $1.5 million for 1,800 sf in a low rise bldg in a not special area? That is nuts. Insanity. Makes no sense on any level, or by any standard. 

If those numbers are correct, that is around $900 per sf. You can get condos in very nice, new buildings off Sukhumvit on the 40th floor for less than that. 

You could buy a mansion in Spain, in the hills, with a view of the sea, on several hectares of land for that. 

18 minutes ago, ukrules said:

They said the same thing in New Zealand yet it's back.

 

I suspect it leaked out of state quarantine but who knows.

 

I came across something that amazed and kind of alarmed me earlier today - it was a page from an old book about McMurdo base in Antarctica.

 

After several months of isolation over a winter season there was an unexplained outbreak of 'cold'.....nobody knows what it was or where it came from, the book was written back in the 70's.

 

They tried using everything available at the time to determine what it was but found nothing. Food for thought.

 

A cold can be a terrible thing!

Covid is just a virus. The morbidity rate of the general population is not high. It is being blown altogether out of proportion. Especially with regard to the economic shutdowns, which in my opinion is absolute insanity. It is gone here. Not saying it could not be re-introdiced. But it would come from outside.

And with a quarantine, the risk is very low. Everyone should be welcome starting tomorrow. If they are willing to subject themselves to quarantine and pay the excessive rates for such. No down side for Thailand. Only fear, paranoia, and loathing, at this stage.

Dalton over Moore and Craig? Must be alot of Covid zombie brains at work. 

Connery was amazing. A genius of an actor. A one of a kind for sure. 

However, I loved Roger Moore. His dry humor was outstanding. For me, he is second. Craig third. Brosnan fourth. Who next? There will never be another Sean Connery. 

Now, that he is met with utter humiliation, international scorn, and much opposition from the people of Thailand, he decides that law and order are important. For six years now, Prayuth could not possibly have been more indifferent to law and order, the stunning incompetence and corruption plaguing the nation's cops, and the inequity within the system. 

It seems, the only way for any progress to take place, with this toxic army, is through shame and the public unmasking of their objective to protect the rich and those that are connected, and in power, at all costs. 

Now he acts. Will anything come of this besides some lower ranked guys getting transferred at full pay? Nobody in power ever gets prosecuted under his watch. 

NMWYDIWPY. No matter what you do, I will protect you. The army code of dishonor.

PTBAAC - Protect the "Boss" at all costs. 

Always remember two things here.

1. The police are about revenue, and not law enforcement. They are franchisees. 

2. Prayuth and the army will always do that which benefits their patrons. It is never about the people. 

Both groups represent the utter absence of nobility, concern for the public good, or a desire to do the right thing, and move the nation forward. 

On 8/10/2020 at 10:30 AM, KhunKenAP said:

He is currently at the same address as the "Boss" that they could never find.

The little boss is likely hanging out in an 80ft (frontage) townhouse in Kensington, Knightsbridge, or Chelsea. Since no interpol notice was ever filed (why would they pursue someone they are doing their best to protect?), he roams the streets looking for ways to spend his fortune. Totally unconcerned about the previously pending case.

Prayuth will take care of it. That is his job. 

It is your misunderstanding, not his. There have been few cases in two months now. No domestic cases. This virus does not incubate forever. Countless tests have shown that when asymptomatic, it is gone within a week or two. Very few exceptions, and most of those exceptions pertain to those who have symptoms. 

Covid IS GONE from Thailand. Deal with it. Accept it. Embrace it. Rejoice. The Zombie Apocalypse is not going to happen. 

A completely independent, non partisan group of legal and forensic experts, without any affiliations or allegiances to the toxic army is required. Anything less is both an insult and a huge show of dispespect and dishonor to the policeman who was slain, and his family, not to mention the Thai people. 

Is Prayuth taking something pertaining to the massive corruption within the RTP seriously, for a change, or not? I vote not. 

3 minutes ago, hobobo said:

You seem to be implying that Thailand is the only country exercising extreme caution. Name me two or three SE Asian countries that don't, or in fact anywhere in the world. The only attempts at "tourism as we knew it" is among some EU countries, and only amongst themselves.

All of that is besides the point. A tourist arriving and going into two week quarantine at his or her cost reduces the risk to near zero. The risk will never be zero. That is the point. The army are cowards. 

2 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

And the virus came from......

Inane. You are being ideological. Only Trump supporters dwell on where it started, and refuse to take responsibility for how it spread, and the dozens of things that could have and should have been done to prevent that spread. Do people blame Spain for the 1918 epidemic? 

While it's unlikely that the “Spanish Flu” originated in Spain, scientists are still unsure of its source. France, China and 

Britain have all been suggested as the potential birthplace of the virus, as has the United States, where the first known case was reported at a military base in Kansas on March 11, 1918