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17 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I was told that Yank was a derogatory term. I never know what to call people from the US.

I don't consider it an insult. I like to be insulted on basis of more personal attributes. haha

I did read somewhere long ago term came from inhabitants of New York, as it was once a Dutch colony til the big swap with Britain. Plausible story was some called New Yorkers (New Amsterdam) "Jan Kees (or Klees)" like we might call generic Brit "John Smith". Haven't done more research on that, but like the story so I'll stick to it.

It might be considered an insult to call someone Yank that is from failed rebel Confederate States. I'm a Northerner and my family fought on Union side...

16 hours ago, brain150 said:

Obviously the "stupid genes" were passed onto you by your parents.

Or how else would anybody read such a completely stupid post ?

So driver was 1. drunk 2. riding without helmet 3. unfamiliar with road 4. night time (not mentioned) 5. riding in Thailand 6. he hit a power pole, so all his fault

That ticks the stupid boxes in most peoples list I would hope.

I've been living here 18 years, started comin in 82. I have plenty of empathy for those killed by others stupidity.

When you're dead you are dead. No valid evidence to the contrary. It is no "rest".

When you accuse me of being stupid, please back it up with some sort of reasoning rather than just a cheap insult

I'm a Yank and pay US taxes on my pension & social security. As they are US based, I would still be required to pay taxes regardless of citizenship.

Medicare is useless here. Expats don't have political power, so easy to cut us out of coverage. I suppose they think we wouldn't ever need health care once we moved out of USA.... still get to pay into it or get dinged.

Article said he spent his first 2 years in US, so probably is more Thai than Yank. Doesn't seem to consider future very well.... hmmm

My "Tarzan's first law of the jungle: don't let go of one vine til you have hold of another"

" The military junta, however, has been keen to improve standards of living..."

For whom? (we already know...)

Put thousands out of work, force common person to pay more for food, lose major tourist draw.... not sharpest pencils in the box.

I live in Ramkhamhaeng half the time and frequent those vendors. It's good, inexpensive and far greater choice than any food court. And my Thai wife also loves it, along with carts down Soi 22.

Far greater and less useful are the lottery ticket sellers who make sidewalk near impassable with their tables etc when it is near drawing time.

I will be most happy when and if Thailand has a government that considers average Thai and stops trying to be another Singapore (in the dreams of the hiso imperious bloodsuckers).

Hope he considers this as personal lessons of the First Noble Truth: "All life is suffering" and #2 "Suffering comes from attachment"

How to make a simple transaction complex. Wife won't even give you change? How is the driver to know which person is paying with these sort of absurd apps if several get off at the same time? Like they say "keep it simple, stupid" (KISS)

How about making some real merit, like enforcing laws and having common sense on weather conditions? Nah, too hard. Okay, merit made: now back to business as usual.

"... should only postpone cases in removal proceedings "for good cause shown." "

I suppose outmoded concepts like rule of law, due process, etc just doesn't show up on these clowns radar.

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

On leaving the prison Issra was overheard singing.... Come fly with me lets fly fly fly away.

I was thinking of first Moody Blues hit line "If ya gotta go, oh, you'd better go now... go now.... go now...."

Seems he did his job professionally and without bias. BUT he was stupid to use an FBI phone to exercise his freedom  of speech rights.

Stupid.

I have warned friends do not use your work email accounts for personal emails. They have no right to privacy if it is company owned.  Same goes for texts.

I would prefer if FBI had announced he was fired for being so stupid.

"..ratifying the C188 could very well destroy the country’s fishing industry."

Besides basic human decency, it's also "leveling the playing field".  If you need slave labor, horrible conditions, etc to run business, then it is time to get out of business. Other countries seem to be able to function within these rules, and pay higher wages. Prices will no doubt go up, but I for one am willing to pay more for a product that has not been produced with slave labor. Call me a liberal, if you must. 

And just what makes up group labeled as Harley owners? As diverse as any other group. I have US Harley riding friends. Common behaviors they don't approve of include blow hards, liars, cowards and draft dodgers. Pretty good fit for Trumps characteristics