Emster23

" Friends and cousins posting about him have hundreds of thousands of online followers. " Only people who should be following him are the police.

 has he been charged with the crime? I can't recall. Seems if charged, then statute of limitations should not apply. what do I know, that would make sense.....

Hmm 1st half of  Bible comes from Jewish texts, Quran cobbled together in large part from those two, even refer to Jews as "people of the book".... something like giving Beatles fan a copy of "Let It Be- Naked" (all Phil Spector production taken out, if you didn't know). Kicking the door in isn't good, however. 

 I wonder if a conference could be put together with the 3 faiths. "My myth is better than your myth and here's why"

If one can drink beer while practicing yoga in a class, the class is not likely very good. If you want to progress as a yogi, you need to be pushed. If you want to use it as alternative social place, okay, drink beer. I would like to see some of the drinkers practice breath of fire after a bottle. Most likely would be throwing up.

 Ancient practice? Just because it's old doesn't mean it is good. Myself, I'd like to see temple whores brought  back. That is an ancient practice.

" I DO NOT NEED TO BE TOLD WHAT TO SAY"

 Perhaps. But you could use a bit of empathy and/or sense and learn how to say it. Sounds like you have anger issues. Maybe you can use a different insult for those you deem worthy of your wrath. Being retarded, blind, etc is usually not a personal choice. Being a nasty person perhaps is.

 I taught special ed students, mostly behavior, but retarded students also. In my decades of experience, often retarded people are more kind and caring than the general public. Maybe  you could volunteer to work with such people in Thailand. That might spur you on to develop insult vocabulary. Up to you

"...the AHCA health care bill was pulled before a vote, ..." Shows just how toxic voting yes would be. Cowards. Afraid to go on record voting for what been screaming about for last 7 years? Afraid get voted out next election. Now they can invent any spin they want to fool the voters. At least Goldilocks had the courage to same the porridge.

 Not Trumps bill? Oh please. Then why do trumpies call it "Obamacare"? It wasn't his bill either under this definition

Donald is showing once more his severe deficit regarding how politics works.

Of all those in photo who should be clearly identifiable, they pixelate.  I suppose I should be wary of those with some cloud in front of their faces walking about

8 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Can't say the democrats are any better, but right now, they are better than the republicans.  Perhaps staying an independent is the best thing. A new party is desperately needed in the US.

Uh, seems you can say they are better than republicans.... I agree both major parties don't seem to serve the people, but at least demos don't go out of their way to harm and vilify people purposefully. More like collateral damage

Am I to assume this means your average Thai is broke then?

They do have genius level people there.... who would have thought English skills important? I wonder how many conferences at resorts, possible tours to English speaking countries were required to determine this need? OK, I'll be the first (on this post): loosen the odious regs that keep retired teachers from doing some volunteer teaching of Angkrit

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Not being able to get a cold drink, e was in a convenience store.

A place that always sells cold drinks   also exposing himself, bloody moron.

Maybe he wanted a slurpee?

Trump has spent his political capital faster than a drunk in Taj Mahal casino (oh, sorry, that went bankrupt). Like Tip O'Neil observed "All politics is local". Reps are more worried about reaction of those who put them in Congress than bluster from Trump. If they wished to respond to Trump, they might say "We are waiting for plan you promised in election: "Everyone covered, cheaper and better". When you show us that, we will be glad to support it".

Maybe calling out to friend? They do have some rather odd nicknames taken from English language: Bum, Pepsi, etc... Bomb would not be all that unusual

There may be something in Thai DNA regarding "buy 1 get 1" irresistible force they cannot walk away from.  When shopping with the wife, seeing "buy 1 get 1" pulls her in like a black hole. Reasonable me asks such silly questions as "Do we need this stuff?" and "Would you use it?" etc. The answer: "It's buy 1 get 1!!!!"

 Forget vaccines against Ebola, AIDS, dengue. If they could vaccinate against this mental quirk, they'd be doing a great public service

5 hours ago, Morch said:

 

There's always did suspicion, though, that an official might stumble on such a comment and figure it merits an investigation...

Living on the edge, that's me. I laugh in the face of danger.... Don't know about you, but I've said enough here to be locked up over the years for my somewhat lacking in proper respect views on certain government actions....

" All buyers are required to declare what the rice will be used to produce in order to qualify for the bidding."

Will there be any follow up to see if the declarations match reality? I think we can make a pretty good guess as to the answer

I never use Thai mail when shipping my illegal immigrants. Go with FedEx or DHL if you want your package to get there

Headline says "no truth". To cops credit he said "no evidence" (found yet). As we know there is large gap between truth and evidence in justice systems

As they were arrested, I reckon couldn't be all that influential..... " No one was named in the report." influence residual? Makes me think of often times TV and others will print names, addresses etc of victims of crime (easier to rob house if owner in hospital?) but not perps

That answer does sound a bit squirrely, doesn't it? A bit nuts, to say the least. I've seen decent number of those bushy tailed rats on Jomtien Beach.

Trump not doing so well himself... he might find that out if aides allow him to watch something other than Fox News.

Kettles and pots

Last time I checked, NATO meant "North Atlantic Treaty Organization". Last time I checked Somalia was not anywhere near North Atlantic, or any part of Atlantic. Perhaps they should take their case to the African Union?

"They fought side by side as members of the UN-led international forces in the Korean War."

No mention of WWII. Must have slipped authors mind I reckon....  

".. he shares two passions with Thais – protecting the rights of migrant workers, and a drug-free Asean "

Maybe he got idea of death to dealers from Thaksin? Good way to rid self of some opposition members in the process. I must have missed Thailand protecting rights of migrant workers. Maybe they can fill me in on that.

Pico Iyer had good essay on Philippines years back. "300 years in a convent, 100 years in Hollywood"

I've had it twice so far in Thailand. Would this have any benefit to an old geezer like me?

More a case of "won't" rather than "can't". Let's all look forward to the cops who gave selves reward for catching terrorists, er bombers, donating that money to the victims. Get the ball rolling on crowd funding so to speak.

Hey, if the police chief says it's true, then it's true. We should not doubt those who serve and protect. I think this may be international in scope, I hear there is a branch of Ko Tee in Dallas. Goes by name Ko Tex. You could look it up.