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The farms are too small and disjointed, the production methods unchanged for decades, still using water buffaloes and manual planting and harvesting.

The farms should be modernised and formed into cooperatives to take advantage of machinery costs.

Farmers should be educated via the coop's to change their farming methods, but that is unlikely as the government cannot even stop them from the seasonal burn off threatening the environment.

Lastly, the real problem is greed from the man in Dubai and PTP, they have all gotten rich at the expense of the poor farmer, by attempting to manipulate market forces. Then they buried their heads in the sand and hoped the mess would go away while still pocketing their ill gotten gains.

Until Thailand recognises and deals with entrenched corruption, nothing will change, it will be the rubber farmers or another group next in line.

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You have not been any where close to Thai rice farming have you, Still using water buffalo, give me a break!

Most farming famiiies in our area own a new tractor i million baht per tractor, when the farmers came to Bangkok, those are the tractor used in the field, that is why they are hurting for money, to make on lump sum payment per year on the payments for the tractors.at harvest time.

The only problem is the greed of the middle man, there is a market for that rice now! at great prices!

Cheers

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Just the type of response one would expect from those that realize it is the truth, The price of the rice is being manipulated not by the international rice market but the millers and exporters in Thailand.

If there is such a surplus of rice do as the Indian government does it subsidizes it grains to the tune of $14 billion dollars in 2011-2012, they have given free rice and other grains to 20 million of their poorest citizens and supplies low cost rice to another 65 million citizen that fall below the poverty level at 74 to 86% below procurement levels.

Thailand could do that also the government purchase the rice and give it to the poorest in the country and offer low price rice to all citizens of Thailand, much the same as fuel rich Venezuela sell gas in the country for pennies a gallon.

If anyone should take advantage of low prices it should be the citizens of Thailand not the millers or the exporters!

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I agree with only one point you made if you repeat a falsehood often enough you would come to believe it.

Rice has been piling up since the 9 december 2013, when the government could no longer sell it, after the Ammart instigated run on the banks, on protesters doing every thing possible to prolong the farmers suffering.

But the EC is the only agency under the constitution that has the final ok on any loans to pay farmers had refused to do so thinking they had the upper hand and Yingluck would step down and no one in the new government would question their actions, Well it did not work out that way!.

When things look the darkest for Yingluck something always happens to make thing right again, Now greed of the Millers and Exporters will come to her rescue and the farmer will be brought back to the conclusion, that "if" Yingluck and the PTP did anything wrong it was done by trying to improve the condition of Thailand's rice farmers.

The cause for right will prevail!

Cheers

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What was a UDD security guard doing hanging out at a PDRC rally?

I'm not condoning the violence but he was either being malicious, or was incredibly stupid.

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"Why after the 2006 coup the Democrats did not promote better health care and education for all (in special to farmers and peasants), open public libraries to anyone seeking more knowledge and thus educate the farmers, the humble people in the hinterlands?

Because an Ammart is an Ammart and to them, Bangkok IS Thailand."

One day these Ammart? Rich /Military/courts/elite, maybe they will learn in the end that Bankok is NOT Thaliand

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I LOLd

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Will he go in disguise?

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New army camo.

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The army are making a lot of noise about this...

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Scamper, on 06 Mar 2014 - 12:36, said:

" The banner which coves almost the full length of the pedestrian reads “ If this country has no justice, Gu and Mung…better separate the country. "

This is the UDD. Call for separation, threaten the kidnapping of army personnel on red shirt radio, instigate violence on the streets of Bangkok, and then retreat to Cambodia. Then return, deny involvement in all those things, say you were not serious, go back to red shirt radio, and then start all over again and erect a banner of secession. Now that Yingluck and Chalerm are private citizens, do they have any revisionist thoughts on the presence of this movement ?

"This is the UDD"

Oh dear, another one with reading difficulties.

Was the banner signed " this banner is brought to you on behalf of the entire UDD " ?

No, it doesn't, it reads, and I quote

The banner was signed by “Kotee of the red shirt guard of Pathumthan”.

the *United* Front for Democracy against Dictatorship are separated? ironic given the OP.

There wouldn't even be an 'Australia' if we hadn't sent our losers over there.

Only the skilled convicts got exported, most of the dumbf@@k crooks stayed in England. Only the smart entrepreneurial English at the time saw the prospect of the new land and emigrated.

What remained after?

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Another drunken Aussie comes to grief when removed from the nanny state.

I find it amusing poms love calling Aussies softies when you've been getting owned at sport in recent months

Convicts vs The Poms! Bring it on

We finally let them win an Ashes series so they don't cry or take their bat and ball home and this is the thanks we get.

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Another drunken Aussie comes to grief when removed from the nanny state.

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I hope they didn't arrest the air conditioning, because as it begins to warm up, that becomes the most attractive part of drinking in that establishment.

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Terrorism is the systematic use of violence (terror) as a means of coercion for political purposes. In the international community, terrorism has no legally binding, criminal law definition.[1][2] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts that are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious, political, or ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians). Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence and war. The use of similar tactics by criminal organizations for protection rackets or to enforce a code of silence is usually not labeled terrorism, though these same actions may be labeled terrorism when done by a politically motivated group. Usage of the term has also been criticized for its frequent undue equating with Islamism or jihadism, while ignoring non-Islamic organizations or individuals.[3][4]

wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism

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A group of 50 people attempt to enter a bank, for security reasons they would be denied entry.

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"She said she had always been committed to serving Thais with honesty, integrity and her utmost efforts."

Please give the lady 10 points for effort.

The rice scheme is still a flop.

They are a controller only, midi and usb, so you need at least to connect a midi sound module (midi) or computer (usb) to make noise.

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I forgot, there is another place a bit further south on Chang klan called maximum sound. I think I got my axiom 25 there.

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Btw they have midi/usb keyboards, but if your after something a bit more advanced, you might be better looking at going to Bangkok.

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There is a guitar shop with a companion audio production shop on Chang klan road a few Kms south of the night bazzar on the east side of the road.

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Anyone know a good place for these ?? Not the el cheapo boxes of chinese made junk for 50b that bend and twist !!

I have a few sets of cheap bits, for fiddling with electronics, mobiles, and the like.. that usually work but have the internals of a digital camera that refuse to budge and a 1mm flathead isnt right.

I need either a 1mm crosshead (phillips / posidrive) with sharp 'spines' or a 0.75mm flathead made from VERY hardened steel or I will simply grind all of the screw heads away before they budge.

As the thing is in bits now ASAP is good.

Look for these. I have bought 2 sets in Thailand over the years and both still working well. One set I keep in Thailand and the other at my work place in the Middle East. Use them on electronics and my watches. Seem very durable and robust for my use. uploadfromtaptalk1391625908360.jpg

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Every building I've seen built in the past 5 or so years have 3 pin sockets. MEN also when I checked with the dmm. You'll usually find the copper rod if you look for it also.

Rcd's still appear to be optional.

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