spidermike007

Fortunately you are not correct in that assessment, the population of the planet will decline, it's already declining in many countries and if it weren't for the Muslim nations it would be declining dramatically. Many people who possess wisdom realize that this is just not a good time to be bringing babies into this world, more of them are just not necessary. If you look at the curves birth rates are falling all over the world, except in Africa, the forlorn continent. Falling in China, Thailand, Japan, etc. Some are predicting China's population to fall to 650 million within 50 years, the crisis is that bad. I don't call it a crisis. I think it's a huge blessing. There is nothing that could possibly be more positive for the future of Thailand, and the world, than a seriously declining birth rate. It's something that we need drastically. The last thing in the world this planet needs right now is an expanding population. Of course there will be challenges that will accompany a declining population, and those that support an ever expanding GDP will argue that a declining population is not sustainable. I would argue the exact opposite. https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-51/20220121-global-decline-in-birth-rates-should-we-worry Japan's population is projected to fall from a peak of 128 million in 2017 to less than 53 million by the end of the century. Italy is expected to see an equally dramatic population crash from 61 million to 28 million over the same timeframe. They are two of 23 countries - which also include Spain, Portugal, Thailand and South Korea - expected to see their population more than halve. Hooray!!! https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53409521

They're your post is admirable for its level of idealism, I can't help but wonder what is the connection between not having a military and not having cancer nor pain? Could you please explain that to us? I'm sure many of us are mystified by that comment. It would truly be an extraordinary thing if armies were not needed, there are certain countries where you could make an argument they're more needed than in others. It's very easy to make an argument that they're not needed in Thailand, nor are they wanted, or desired, nor do they do anything whatsoever for the general well-being of the public. They just suck huge amounts of gold from the treasury and offer very little in return. I think the appropriate term would be dead weight.

I think if nothing else human beings on earth are proof that there is a lot of intelligent life out there in the universe. If we were the only relatively advanced species think of how pathetic the universe would be, think of how incredible a waste of space it would be. We prove that there are countless intelligent civilizations out there far more advanced than we are. It can't be otherwise. I also believe that we are devolving as a species, I think we are no longer advancing and perhaps over the last 20 years we have started to move backwards. Social media is a large part of that, and it is perhaps the most toxic force in contemporary culture today.

Let us hope they find him track him down and charge him with something very serious like reckless endangerment or perhaps even attempted murder. It was certainly not premeditated, but a fast moving motorcycle is very similar to a missile and one needs to exercise great caution when driving. Which this absolute imbecile very obviously wasn't doing.

These tourists do have a good point, it is sometimes very difficult to find a public urinal and it doesn't make sense to have to buy a cup of coffee just to use the bathroom. The same applies to garbage bins. Thailand instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on their ridiculous advertising campaigns needs to invest just a few million in some public urinals and garbage bins. You can't have too many garbage bins! There are likely fewer garbage bins per capita in Thailand than most African nations.

They do it in India, I've been in Delhi where I've seen kids pooping on the sidewalk and total view of the public.

People forget, as they rebuild his legacy, forget his criminal past, and continue to glorify this creep. 17 of his businesses have failed in the past few decades. Some at huge losses. Trump Steaks, Trump Shuttle Airline ($120 million in losses between 1988 and 1990), GoTrump, Trump Vodka, Trump Mortgage, Trump University, Trump Ice, The New Jersey Generals, Tour de Trump, Trump Network, Trump Magazine, Trumped!. Many businesses that licensed his name went bankrupt, or went out of business. And he had between four and six major bankruptcies (depending on the source), including the Trump Taj Mahal (which he spent $1.2 billion building, and was $3 billion in debt within a year of opening), Trump's Castle, Trump Place Hotel (which was very successful prior to Trump buying it in 1988, and he managed to put it into $550 million in debt by 1992!), Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts ($1.8 billion in debt by 2004, bankrupt in 2009) , and Trump Entertainment Resorts. There are likely others. And this does not take into account the 3,600 lawsuits he was involved in as of the time he took office last time around, the vast majority of which were filed by small contractors against his companies for non payment, or total default. Many of these contractors were crushed. It is part of his M.O.

Maher is absolutely correct to describe China as an evil empire, there is no doubt that they have nothing but heinous intentions. What has China done for the world in the past 20 years, sure they've lent a lot of money to make sure that nations with resources become indebted to them, but what have they really done to make the world a better place?

Will we ever know the real facts? She likely has little claim on his UK assets.

Mine looks great after 19 years. She has good genes no doubt, but is making an effort to take care of herself too.

No Bob, it doesn't bother me. I've never really felt the need to belong. The ability to get a longer-term visa would help to make life here a little simpler and easier, but I don't need permanent residency.

Even those of us who are Democrats agree this was the right thing to do, the entire politically correct agenda, the progressives and extremists on the left have thrust upon us was not needed and not wanted by 99% of the population.

This non elected official has really accomplished very little. She was however successful at helping to turn a democratically elected man, who would have been potentially great at helping Thailand move toward a promising future, into a scapegoat, allowing her party to assume power. She was not elected. Never forget. Never forgive her family and their malicious and greedy power grab.

Let us hope something this dreadful never happens to this country, the man is severely incompetent, and he's the last person in the world that should be leading this nation. If he did assume power he would set Thailand back two decades, as he is a major dinosaur and he knows nothing about progress or what's good for the nation or the Thai people. This terrible man worships only the golden calf of the Thai baht.

They're certainly could be more to the story there's really no way to know at this point, it is all entirely plausible though not probable. The part about the police is totally possible, especially in Pattaya. They are some of the most greedy cops in the country. The part of the landlord sounds extreme but it also sounds possible, he certainly should have had all his valuables locked up, if nothing else locked up in his suitcase, in which case either the police or the landlord would have had a steal or destroy his suitcase to get to any of his valuables. if it were me and this actually happened I would be looking for major retribution against the Airbnb host, and would be looking to raise as much stink as possible online and in the media at home, as he has done.

I would have voted for Miley Cyrus or Pauly Shore over Trump, anyone but Trump. My lifetime of dislike of a criminal scam artist seems to offend you. You just can't help it you're absolutely compelled to reply every time I say something negative about him. I think you have Democrat derangement syndrome.

Have you become the new Bob Smith? Too much time on your hands? Are you trying to create the most posts every day? If you do so, can I suggest some actual content?

I like the idea of punishing the Chinese government just as much as the next guy but I don't like the idea of punishing American consumers in the process, and devastating the US economy, which is exactly what big boy is doing. The problem is he's just simply not smart enough to understand that, and he's appointed bottom of the barrel, garbage advisors, so nobody in the room is bright enough to figure any of this stuff out.

As usual you are jumping to a lot of conclusions. I don't support DEI, I don't support the rights of trans, especially when it comes to sports and locker rooms, and I don't support an unlimited number of illegals coming across the border. You somehow think that Trump is the only one capable of stopping these things I do not believe that for a nanosecond.

Well number one I don't do Woke and PC which you are asking me to do, and that will never happen. Number two statistics don't lie. Thailand has the second highest fatality rate per capita of any country in the world when it comes to road accidents, so you can ignore that statistic all you want, and try to play professor on us, but it doesn't mean anything.

That is exactly why those companies moved production out of the US to begin with, costs have skyrocketed in the US to the point where it is likely that 90% of these products that Trump is imposing tariffs on would be prohibitively expensive to manufacture in the US, and still generate a profit on the sale. Trump is too simple minded to understand something like this, it takes a degree of intelligence to comprehend complex problems, which he definitely is not equipped with. There is a terrible price to pay for an IQ of 89, when you are in his position.

It is changing already, America has a lot less influence than it used to, and countries like China are a lot less dependent on America than they used to be. So Trump as usual is dramatically overestimating the importance and influence of the US, and this will come back and bite him on his huge butt.

So many of these products that Trump is attempting to level tariffs in, are made by American companies overseas, so who suffers in all of this and who benefits? As is typical of Trump this is just another plan that was very poorly thought out and the implementation seems to be just as poor. Canada will suffer but China is infinitely less dependent on the US than they were 10 years ago.

In the US they seem to have this way of teaching women to deny every nanogram of their femininity, in an attempt to be more masculine than men. It's a very unappealing quality, it's one that I ran away from and never looked back. Leaving America, and ignoring American women was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

When sloth meets lethargy, and a lack of creativity, combined with no enforcement, the result is ridiculously polluted air like we're seeing now. Congratulations to the young new PM, on doing absolutely nothing for your people. Ever.