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1 hour ago, RickG16 said:

But unfortunately, Biden looks completely incapable of taking advantage of it.

 

It does not matter. Biden has a pulse. And he is liked by millions. Nobody likes Trump. Not even his supporters. Most of my conservative friends tell me they just hold their nose and vote. 

Brittany Spears could beat Trump, at this point. He is finished. He is looking lazy, lethargic, stressed, fearful, sickly, and is lying even more than usual. He is going down in flames. 

4 hours ago, Tug said:

Ahhh nooo it’s not the left that’s trying to end democracy lol it must be hard to constantly try to justify this New York conman 

I had lunch with a very conservative friend the other day who actually tried to push an argument that all democrats hate America. Partly because some of us support the protests. 

Where do the machinations of a democracy fit into that picture? No room for dissent? Or simply no room to criticize the Master? 

Such tired and juvenile nonsense. Time to return to civility. Let us get rid of the divider in chief. It cannot happen soon enough. 

Right now, Trump is Biden's top ally. 

3 hours ago, bluesea said:

Signs of a desperate Government with no Money, Now they want the Expats to be there best friend,IO think they will have to go back to the Drawing Board and think again, Equality will never happen in Thailand you will always have 2 tier Pricing.

TOT do something absolutely Amazing to bring in those Dollars like offer all expats Permanent Residence now that Equality.

Neither the TAT nor this heinous and toxic administration has ever done anything beneficial for ex-pats here. Ever. We are completely taken for granted, no matter how much we spend. Forgive my skepticism on this proposal. My guess is that it will be about as hard to access, as the 5,000 baht subsidy that 84% of Thais were turned down for. 

And if it is accessible, it will be something like Bangkok Airways resident card program. You jump through hoops to pay a fee for a card. Then, you get a discount on the highest price the airline charges for a sector. 

Immigration has all of our residence info. If they are serious, just send us cards and instructions on where they can be used. And if not, stop playing games and feeding us poor and inaccurate information constantly. I truly wish the ministries here were run by competent adults. 

1 hour ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Inconvenient truths or misinformation? Is Zuckerberg a medical doctor? No. Do children tend to suffer less from corona virus? I think we all realize the answer is yes. Fact is corona virus is more serious for old, obese, diabetics, the chronically ill. I see nothing inflammatory in Trump trying to stop the fear mongering. Children must be terrified, and keeping them away from their education, early socializing and character building will lead to another lost generation. Get the kids back to school Trump. 

Would you be willing to risk the lives of your children? It is true, that they are less susceptible. But, that does not mean kids are immune. And in the US, kids are generally considerably less healthy, than in other developed nations, just like the adult populations. A lost generation? A bit alarmist, are we? We are not talking about closing schools permanent. Again, politically motivated manipulation and deflection of the facts. 

One explanation for these low numbers is that, because children often experience milder symptoms than adults, they are less likely to be tested (see below). However, data from countries that have conducted widespread community testing for the virus suggest that children may also be less likely to be infected in the first place. In South Korea, children younger than nine years accounted for just 1% of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, whereas children aged between ten and 19 accounted for 5.2% of cases.

https://coronavirusexplained.ukri.org/en/article/und0008/

23 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Reading this off topic rant, I realize the left will again not accept the election results when Trump wins. Refusing to accept the results twice in a row, and considering how close a full on civil war is thanks to how divisive the hysterical reaction to his victory was, I suggest Facebook ignore Trump's well meant posts. Instead it is vital to crack down with an iron fist on people trying to end democracy because they are so overcome with hatred for Trump.

And who is the hysterical party in this rant? True, I do despise Trump. Well meaning posts on FB? Do you honestly think he cares about the masses? The children he refers to in the post, and reasonable sacrificial lambs, in his quest for re-election. Except the parents are not willing to make those sacrifices. 

The real question for people of your pursuasion is, will your Master be willing to accept defeat, in November? Because it is coming just as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow morning. 

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Dream on. He has lost 20% of his super loyal base in the last few months. His "recent performances" have been horrendously bad, and he looks feeble, stressed, and in decline. His physical and mental health appears poor. This latest Axios interview was an utter disaster. 

He is completely out of touch, and is a dinosaur. The world has changed and evolved, and that is something he is incapable of. He is cascading toward the most humiliating defeat of his lifetime, and he will likely take a portion of the GOP with him. And that is deserved. He, McConnell, Graham and others are overdue for retirement. The American people will speak in November. Gone, baby gone. The planet will rejoice. 

His shtick is no longer working. The BS, and insincerity is now costing him dearly. Trump will say or do anything for a vote. But, over 66% of the public does not trust want he says, for good reason. He is a pathological liar.

He has lost 20% of his super loyal base in the last few months. His "recent performances" have been horrendously bad, and he looks feeble, stressed, and in decline. His physical and mental health appears poor. This latest Axios interview was an utter disaster. 

He is completely out of touch, and is a dinosaur. The world has changed and evolved, and that is something he is incapable of. He is cascading toward the most humiliating defeat of his lifetime, and he will likely take a portion of the GOP with him. And that is deserved. He, McConnell, Graham and others are overdue for retirement. The American people will speak in November. Gone, baby gone. The planet will rejoice. 

What do your recommend we do? 

Admit you are despised by the masses.

Admit how toxic your army is.

How about resigning within the next 24 hours? And withdrawing the extremely incompetent army from government?

And giving the nation an assurance that there will never be another coup.

And reforming the fixed senate. 

Allow the nation to move forward. That is all we want. Give Thailand a fair chance. 

The army's current bunker mentality is not helping. Something must be done to resuscitate the economy and bring millions back into the work force. A cautious approach. But some approach. Something. Anything. 

Chinese or otherwise Thailand must open itself up to at least limited International tourism which can be very done very safely with the Chula test kits administered at the airport or another form of instant or quick testing, Sure there is some risk, but it's a much bigger risk to allow millions of Thai people to remain unemployed for the long-term especially for the Army, which is teetering on the brink of maintaining power considering how despised they are by the masses. Not that I care, I'd love to see them go, but I'm more concerned about the Thai people. Doing nothing is tragic and dumb. 

22 hours ago, Sumarianson said:

It just means that Thailand have not been lying their hats off like other countries. In fact there has not been a single patient that died in Thailand whose death can be solely attributed to the Coronavirus Covid 19! They all had underlying problems. In other countries, every patient that appeared in the hospital or even died at home of known causes was logged as having COVID 19, whether tested or not. Oc course this attributed to the exaggerated figures. While I admire the Thai authorities for collating truthful information I do believe that the danger was and still is overstated. I do not believe we should be wearing masks and creating fear in the population

(which is the main theme here)! I further believe that the lockdown with the restrictions it imposed has done unnecessary long lasting damage to the Thai economy, its businesses and people a majority of which will never recover. 

There is a fine line between what is necessary to control such a virus and creating unwarranted fear and damage to an economy. I honestly believe (with a great deal of research I might add) that the world overreacted, politicians, doctors and officials of hospitals and government were complicit in exaggerating the danger, the figures, the lockdown they said was required and much more. To add to that they have now introduced draconian unrealistic measures on travel which will destroy tourism. The previous measures that were in place in airports, lining up, invasive searches, bottles of liquid no more than 100ml, no water? These measures had already convinced me not to travel unless absolutely necessary. Your holiday from your stressful year at work became even more stressful, so much so, that you were glad to be back home. I just don't go and stay home now or travel locally by car. These newest measures will not encourage travellers. Thai people may say now that they don't want foreigners, but when their pockets are squeesed and the prices of items go up they may have a change of heart. I fear it will be all too late then as foreigners just like most, don't want to go where they are told they are not wanted ( thanks to leaders like Anutin the mouth with his racist dirty Farang rant) unless of course you are a millionaire for whom there is always a false smile and a Sawatdee Ka.

Good points. And the part about Thai people not wanting foreigners is total BS. A fake army survey, no doubt. They want us, and need us.

The economy here is on its knees. Millions are out of work. The restrictions on travel are based on extreme paranoia. 

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. 

Those are still abusive and ridiculous rates. Considering what the banks are paying for the money they are using.

This should be considered a felony. Lock up the bankers!