Tropicalevo

I guess that I need to get out more but what the heck is a Tomboy bar?

The PM has lost the plot. It is only fake news if it is not true. However, photographs would indicate that this story is true.

He became a monk for a while https://bnn.network/world/thailand/thai-police-deputy-commissioner-temporarily-ordains-as-monk/

Yes - we ban all smoking. We only have a problem with weed smokers.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/09/asia/thailand-cannabis-legal-minister-interview-intl-hnk/index.html Not according to Anutin

I too am happy that legal cannabis is successful. It is the non legal, recreational use that I object to. (Yes - smoking it is illegal.) Getting totally stoned guests out of the beds and onto their scooters, cleaning all of the makings and junk out of the villas and getting rid of the smell, repairing the toke burns in the furniture etc are what I object too. Alcohol drinkers do not create as much mess and trouble in the villas.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=drugs+grown+in+myanmar&t=ffab&atb=v352-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images Home made. Google may give better results.

But if they stop the drugs from crossing the border, how will the military generals get their payroll?

That will keep the anti-scam police even more busy

Technically yes, but some years ago the police officially announced that a photocopy was acceptable but the original must be available. Later, some government department somewhere (sorry - I have a very poor memory) said that photos on a mobile phone were also acceptable. But a photo or copy of just the details page may not be enough. One also needs photos of the visa/immigration stamp given on arrival as per the TM 30 system. Only the police can take your passport. All of the dodgy scooter rental folk (and others) demanding that you hand over your passport as deposit - definitely illegal. The passport is a government document, not the individual's private property.

Does anyone really 'jump' in front of a moving car?

Not a good starting point. I never bothered with a bus pass as I retired long after I left the UK. I told the pension people that I lived overseas and I also gave them a UK address for banking etc. I receive only the basic OAP. My government and private pensions are the only monies being paid into my bank account and the revenue people know about all of them.

Not true in UK Banking. I had an account with Nat West in Jersey (Tax free. I have lived overseas for years). I was connected to a friend (business connection) who was murdered by a wanted scammer in the USA. Because the scammer was wanted for money laundering, my bank account was frozen until I could prove that all monies were obtained legally. That took nine months to prove as it covered multiple countries. I had to live on loans and a credit card during that time. Once I proved my innocence, the money was released and the account was closed.

I do not know your nationality, but my Thai id is no good for domestic flights either. The name on the document that you use, has to exactly match the name on the boarding pass. My passport is UK with the English spelling of my name, but the name on my pink is is a phonetic version.

And this is what is sad about the whole mess. Many young, underage girls are sold off for money. Usually by a close family member. (My good friend's daughter was offered for sale by her grandmother.)

Any photo id is valid for an internal flight in Thailand. I mistakenly once used my Taronga Zoo (Sydney) membership card.

Very well done that lad.

Maybe this excerpt from a report in The Thaiger will help to explain it.

Maybe care is needed on what we write here. Section 112 applies to all Kings. Present and past. From wiki

Thailand has banned the video, but with a VPN........

And the anti Thaksin hate campaign continues. I do not remember reading any complaints when Prayut's brother was promoted in the police force during Prayut's reign. Again, this type of thing happens all of the time - since Noah was a lad. But it is only news when 'Thaksin' is in the headline. Strange eh? BJ was another popular press headline grabber. All quiet now since he became a monk for a year. Also Chuwit was 100% certain to grab headlines. Sadly he is about to 'shed his mortal coil'. https://bnn.network/breaking-news/health/chuwit-kamolvisit-an-unyielding-spirit-in-the-face-of-terminal-illness/

The 'poor' Thai people do care a lot about Thaksin. As explained to me by some Thais when he was in power 'Yes, he may be corrupt. ALL, in every government are corrupt, but Thaksin is the first person to help the poor. For the first time, people in the villages are receiving some benefits from a politician'. It is the rich and the military that are after Thaksin's blood.

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/thailand/ Not a 'no alcohol' day. Those are only on the major Buddhist holidays and during elections.

Yes - yesterday. The message was on a WhatsApp number that only 3 people know so I knew that it was a scam. I blocked it straight away so I cannot find the number now but it wasn't the USA.

The alcohol laws re hours, were in place well before Thaksin's time.