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I believe that any future attempts on the part of the army to wage a coup will be alot more difficult than in the past. Let us not forget that there was a moral authority who blessed the coups and the polulation went along with it. That is no longer the case. Future coups could end up being quite bloody. Could be part of the reason why Little P. Is hanging onto power so desperately.
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16 minutes ago, Vacuum said:
Why is this? Different tarmac, more blind curves, enormous potholes in the roads or what?
Many reasons. Alot of tourists visiting and harboring the illusion that driving a scooter for the first time on a tropical island would be a cool thing to do. Incredibly aggressive and careless local drivers. Mini van drivers and jeep safari drivers that are certifiably insane. Police who are as apathetic and incompetent as they could possibly be.
I could go on and on and on. The number of bike riders who die or get seriously injured on Samui is astonishing. Ask any nurse who works at any of the private hospitals there. It is quite an industry.
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4 hours ago, Morch said:
"The fact is without oil the Saudis would be one of the most irrelevant nations on earth. Only because of their oil is their nonsense tolerated."
Not expecting much of a coherent, or reasoned response, but pray tell - what makes a nation "relevant", and who gets to judge this? The latter part of your comment seems to exactly point to SA's "relevance".
"They have been doing this sort of thing for a century or more."
Not to question the historical knowledge exemplified by this comment - but could you possibly support it with something resembling fact?
There is alot of evidence pointing toward alot of misbehavior on the part of the Saudis for a long time now. Both internally and externally.
Relevance can mean alot of things. It starts with a culture which has something to contribute to the world, artistically, socially, through drama, the arts, dance, science, medicine and such. What has Saudi contributed lately?
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/03/saudi-arabia-in-ten-brutal-facts/
They continue to maintain a zero tolerance policy. The reformer is not any such thing. A gangster is more like it.
The rights group Prisoners of Conscience, which is an independent non-governmental organization advocating human rights in Saudi Arabia, announced in a post on its official Twitter page last month that Saudi authorities were reportedly keeping more than 2,500 anti-regime activists behind bars as part of a widening crackdown led by bin Salman against Muslim preachers.
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6 hours ago, boonrawdcnx said:Wonder why this suddenly seems such an urgent issue to deal with?
One would think this country has more important things to deal with?
I can see already the traffic accident statistics climbing to new heights in addition to the drunks , the ones high on meth we will have the rest driving around stoned.
If there is money to be made - like with cigarettes - governments don’t seem to care if their citizens become addicted or not.
I can see already a huge black market developing not for “medical use” another great tea money earner for the police.
Wonder what their neighbors to the south have to say about that?
Malaysia and Singapore still have the death penalty - even for cannabis.
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Sorry to say but your post shows that you have little understanding of the situation here. Currently, the revenue collection agents (police) make a fortune on the pot trade. They arrest tourists for as little as one joint and extort tens of thousands baht out of them. Legalizing it recreationally would deprive them of that income stream. All good right?
Addicted? To pot? It is infinitely less harmful than alcohol. And far fewer traffic accidents than with alcohol. Read up on this.
Malaysia and Singapore are lost in space when it comes to sentencing for pot convictions. They are living in the middle ages with bizarre notions about it.
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This time, they appointed the most incompetent man, they could possibly find, anywhere in the nation, to head the immigration. Congrats to Little P. He exceeded even his own typical level of incompetence this time.
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It is obvious the foreigners had no driving skill whatsoever. Sure the guy stopped hard. Who knows what was in front of him? The bottom line, is that they are two of many tens of thousands who come to Samui (sure looks like the Ring Road) and get in accidents. Looked pretty minor. Thousands have never made it home, unless you call an arrival in a wooden box a return home.
Samui remains the most dangerous place on earth to drive a motorbike, bar none. Signs should be posted, and basic competency tests should be given for anyone wanting to ride a motorbike. And embassies should warn their citizens not to rent motorbikes, on Samui, or Phuket, unless the riders are very experienced.
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There appears to be little doubt this is true, little doubt that MBS is a thug, a serial killer and a charlatan and little doubt that Tiny Don wants to cover for him. Many of the worlds nations have been covering for the House of Said for decades. They are up to no good. They fund the extremist madrasas. They support terror. The fact is without oil the Saudis would be one of the most irrelevant nations on earth. Only because of their oil is their nonsense tolerated.
Down with Wahhabism. Down with the House of Saud.
Trump will cover their butts. Doing the right thing is not in his DNA.
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Absolutely anything to avoid taking responsibility. Do anything, say anything, but do not take responsibility for your own actions. Blame others, deflect, create a fake narrative, but do not fess up. Of course the foreigners are to blame. That means it is not us.
The reality is that very few Thais are environmentally aware, and few clean up after themselves. In the US we have fines of 32,000 baht for throwing a cigarette butt out the window of a car. Only when Thais are penalized or humiliated will they learn how demeaning and reckless the act of throwing trash is. You can talk all you want about how much you love your nation. Action is far louder than words. Show me. Do not tell me.
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14 hours ago, Naam said:
don't hold your breath. none of your wishes are realistic. and so are your personal assumptions pertaining to "nation of violence and hatred". it just documents that you possess a wealth of no idea about the country and wahhabism.
however, i fully agree with your assessment that Mohamad bin Salman is a thug.
Are you suggestinf that Wahhabism is a teaching of tolerance, love, compassion and forgiveness? And Sharia? Also the same level of beauty and love? Just what are you saying?
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When was the last time you saw a Thai man fight with another Thai man without his buddies or a weapon? Barely ever happens. Big men when armed or with five others.
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Of course. Piset is the same as Prayuth, Prawit, Biggest Joke and the rest. Goons. Goombahs. Gangsters. As corrupt as they come. But the shame is in the name. The title. The game. The illicit nature of it all. The money being earned by these heathens is staggering. And all of them are above the law. Nothing changes. Nothing at all. A few people buy into it. But is there an iota of earnestness anywhere to be seen?
Hey Little P. Ever heard the expression actions speak louder than words?
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Can anyone on this forum even begin to imagine Swampy with 150 million annual people using that airport? Nine hour lines at immigration? What are they thinking? Is there no limit to the nonsense? What about an alternative airport? What about starting flights again at Hua Hin? Where is the creative juice?
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One wonders if the biggest joke will accelerate this kind of foolish nonsense. It reeks of a fascist mentality. So typical of anything Little P. touches.
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5 hours ago, pegman said:
Now that the Saudis look like they are going to admit to the murder the King needs to let MBS loose. Extradite him to the World Criminal Court or to Turkey to face charges.
When was the last time a royal family sacrificed an offspring because it was the right thing to do?
Or even a super wealthy family? They always have others do the dirty work for them, and as is the case with the Red Bull worm, and never, ever take responsibility for the actions of their putrid children.
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As many of us know by now, Trump will say or do anything to achieve an end. When a man is totally devoid of ethics or morality, he has no compass. It is all about the end for him. The means are irrelevant. And as president, he harbors the delusion that no matter what he says, we will believe him. How wrong he is!
As far as the Saudis go, finally they were caught. We are talking about one of the filthiest, and most heinous governments on the planet. Prince Bin Salman is a thug and a gangster. Down with Wahhabism.
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If there is one thing for certain, it is that anything the biggest joke says, is totally lacking in credibility. He has none. None earned. None given. You are a collection agent, pure and simple.
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He is unchanged. He is still the same nasty piece of work he was before the hearings!
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The biggest joke was promoted from a high ranking collection officer, to a high ranking immigration officer. Without any experience in the latter. Rather typical of this administration, where talent and merit are never, ever a consideration for an appointment. Way to go little P. Moving Thailand backwards at a breath taking and staggering pace.
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Regardless of what percent of Native American Warren is, one thing is certain. Trump never keeps his word, and the man does not have one nanogram of honor, in his entire body. The second thing that is certain is that he has more of an aversion to charity, than he does people of color. Anything to avoid fulfilling a promise, or helping those in need. Anything.
Tiny Don. Making America less great by the day. The art of I cannot make a deal to save my life.
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6 minutes ago, underlordcthulhu said:
One would have to make some effort to define that are charity. Also, it does appear to be a publicity stunt, thought up by a good PR firm. The world knows Trump needs some good PR, at this stage of the game. His name is mud, worldwide, he is losing one franchising and merchandising deal after another, and his hotels are taking a real hit. At the moment, units in his buildings are barely salable or rentable, as few want to be associated with the name.
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I think perhaps a few decades from now, they will have tourism classes at university, where they will discuss how Thailand lost the golden egg of Western tourism. Those tourists, unlike most Chinese tourists, spent anywhere from $100 a day, to over $2,000 a day. They brought real money into the country, and in exchange, were treated with utter and complete disregard, scammed, disrespected, and abused. Eventually, most said no more. Thailand thought the country was something very special, and that nobody would ever say no, or find alternative places to visit. The fact is that there are countless other spots, many in this region, that offer better service, more expertise in food and beverage (especially wine service and selection at fair prices, which rich tourists demand), reasonable import duties to sustain a luxury goods market, better training, and far better english skills. Thailand simply lost sight of the big picture, and had very little vision, with regard to big spending tourists, who need to be catered to, instead of scorned.
So, what happened? The Western tourists started to decline in number, and the genius minds at the TAT decided it was time to "lure" the Chinese. They came. They came in droves. But, they did not spend much money. Hotels, restaurants, gift shops, jewelers, galleries, spas, massage shops, bars, and countless other businesses suffered, and will continue to suffer from this extreme myopia, on the part of the officials in charge of tourism. Oh well. Can't say they were not warned. Zero baht tourists are perhaps the majority who visit Thailand now. Sure, they spend some money in restaurants, and in 7/11. But, that is about it, for some of the super low budget Chinese tours. Not many rich Chinese are not visiting Thailand, for a dozen good reasons. They have too many other options.
There are countless things the government could be doing, if they wanted to attract the high quality tourists. The very first thing would be to repeal the anti faring wine bill, that was passed by a few very corrupt senators way back when, to protect an anemic local wine industry. They are losing billions of dollars a year in revenue, that would be had from a 100% wine duty, instead of over 300%. The five star hotels would have major wine events, and the entire industry would flourish here.
I was recently with a group of friends, and we wanted to order a bottle of wine, at of one of those high end restaurants in the EmQuartier complex. It was Bella Rocca Restaurant. I asked about a 2011 Chianti they had on the list. I was told they were out of stock. I asked about a Barbaresco, at 2,600 baht. Again, out of stock. How about this Nebbiolo? Do you have the 2010, as stated on the list? No, we only have the 2015. OK, what is that wine like? Is it drinking well now? I do not know. Is there anyone here that is familiar with this wine list? No. Sorry sir. Wait a minute. You have 100 bottles on this list, ranging from 1200 baht to 10,000 baht per bottle, and NOBODY who works here knows anything about the wine? Are you serious? We all just looked at each other, and got up and walked out. We realized the restaurant was a pretender. And more than likely the food was marginal at best. It was all dressed up to look like a very nice Italian restaurant. But, it appeared to be only window dressing. High end tourists have little patience for that lack of quality and lack of service.
No doubt the wine duty was about a small lobby, that paid a senator to pass anti fareng wine legislation, to promote a handful of very inferior domestic wineries. A myopic policy, that staggers the imagination. To think of the hundreds of billions of baht the country is losing every year. If the duty was only 100%, the wine industry here would explode. It would benefit tourism, but attracting a far higher level of tourist, the hotel industry, restaurants, and the people, and ex-pats, who could choose from good wine, at fair prices. As it stands now, a decent bottle here costs in excess of 1,000 baht. And at the restaurants, the prices of good wine is downright silly. I have seen house wines, that cost 1,500 baht, that are available in Los Angeles for $4. Good wines that I pay $30-40 for in LA, cost 6,000 baht here, if you can find them. And who is going to pay that kind of money for a wine that is 80% less overseas? It is a bit like an ignorant hi-so guy paying 15,000,000 baht for a Porsche 911 here, that cost $120,000 in the US.
But again, the lack of vision, combined with a naive, surly, silly, churlish, and ignorant sense of nationalism, bites the country in the butt. And again, who is the loser? The Thai people.
The entire country is suffering from a declining tourism industry. And that will not change. It is a permanent declining trend. For a hundred valid reasons.
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The House of Saud is a heinous family of despots. Prince Bin Salman is a gangster. A thug. A violent creton in sheeps clothing, disguising himself as a reformer. He is anything but. One can only hope the world comes down on this nation of violence and hatred. Wahhabism must be eliminated from the face of the earth. It is a scourge. A disease. Without oil Saudi Arabia would be a world pariah.
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What has the biggest joke ever done to benefit the people of Thailand? What has he ever done to benefit ex-pats? What does he know about immigration, and what qualifies him for this important position?
What has he ever done to prove he is not another corrupt policeman? Not much in my opinion. The world knows how corrupt the Dark Tao investigation was. And his complicity suggests he is bought and paid for.
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If Warren can prove she is even a fraction American Indian, I will donate one million dollars to the charity of her choice. Now, that she has proven it, what was his reaction? I never said that. Well, sucker we have you on tape! You said it, and now you are trying to weasel out of another promise. He is a man that has more than likely never donated more than $500 to charity in any given year. One of the most uncharitable men, to ever occupy that office. What, help people? Why would I do that?
He has grown very comfortable, with his stock in trade, as president. Lie, cheat, deceive, break promises, make America less great, and coddle dictators, while spurning allies.
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Trump says not satisfied with Saudi handling of Khashoggi death
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Trump is looking more ridiculous by the day. He has absolutely no idea how to handle this one. His typical deflection and fake news narrative is not working this time. His buddy MBS has been outed as a gangster and has embarrassed him, as Trumps constant defense of the House of Saud has emboldened this thug. Thankfully the world now knows who and what MBS is. Egg on the face all around.
Usually a fight does not end in beheading or dismemberment. Where is the body, if it was only a "fight" as the corrupt, dishonest, dangerous and vile Saudis say?