43 minutes ago, nausea said:

I thought Thailand had negotiated a deal for passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz?

The expensive stuff from Europe you buy in Farang Stores comes through the Suez and Red Sea. Shouldn't impact oil as Anutin negotiated transport through the Straits of Hormuz.

4 hours ago, BilllyGOAT said:

I'm prepping to leave. Will be gone for a few months and off before the Songkran squirting and 40+ degree weather starts. Will be in much nicer environs and where there are unlikely to be shortages.

Are you flying back to Venus?

Is it time to start "prepping" ?

I "prepped" the day after the bombing started. You could see this coming a mile away.

War could trigger US food and supply chain crisis in 6 months

That's called "Make America Great Again." You get what you vote for.

Houthis Threaten Bab el-Mandeb Closure, Impacting Thailand
Thailand leadership should understand that this is a direct reaction to the US bombing of Iran.

@GammaGlobulin

Here is MIT Professor Ted Postol explaining exactly how easy it is for Iran to build a nuclear bomb, in detail, if Israel or the US hits them with a first-strike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtUobr7xGz4

5 hours ago, connda said:

No. They should be in front of an ICC court in the Hague.

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Wait and see.

Some pilot dropped a fragmentation missile on an Iranian school killing the schools volleyball team. It sounds like 20 schools have been hit. Then the University of Tehran was hit. Now all US universities in the region are targets.

6 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:

Translation: "We're losing a war that we have been trying to provoke for the past 40 years".

Translation: "We just provoked all of the wars we have wanted and now that Netanyahu has called up another 450,000 reserves on top of the previous 350,000, we don't want the cannon fodder to escape to teach yoga classes in Pai.

Now I expect Trump to completely FUBAR the entire arrangement by putting troops on the ground and blowing up the entire regions.

47 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Needs his licence removed before his addiction kills someone.

He needs a medical intervention. He definitely has a problem.

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear this. I hope he gets help. Time to quit the bottle - or needle of vape or whatever he's hooked on. Might be a blessing in disguise.

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

Wealthy people do not need to sell when marked go down, they buy,,,

You notice that Berkshire-Hathaway in very heavy in cash? There's a reason. You want to be in cash when the market goes to hell.

Bad News for Trump, bad news for all retirees

Bad News for Trump, bad news for all retirees who are heavily invested in the Stock Market.

There - fixed it.

Ya'll make the assumption that "all retirees" hold their investments in stock. Diversity is your friend. My hedges are keeping my portfolio stable compared to the general market and I'm moving upwards as the war heats up. I find it funny when those guys who brag about themselves being "Rich" compares to all of us lowly "Poor Cheap Charlies." I've always have said, "The winds of fate are fickle." By the time this is over, the "Rich" may be poor and the "Poor" may be rich.

That's life (that's life), that's what all the people say
You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune
When I'm back on top, back on top in June

I said that's life (that's life), and as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down
'cause this fine old world, it keeps spinnin' around

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race

That's life (that's life), I tell you I can't deny it
I thought of quitting, baby, but my heart just ain't gonna buy it
And if I didn't think it was worth one single try
I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing
Each time I find myself layin' flat on my face
I just pick myself up and get back in the race

That's life (that's life), that's life and I can't deny it
Many times I thought of cuttin' out but my heart won't buy it
But if there's nothin' shakin' come this here July
I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball a-and die
My, my!
-That's Life, Frank Sinatra

5 hours ago, Wuvu2 said:

I'd expect that most Asians realize the need for regime change in the USA and are rooting for American citizens to do the right thing 😁

4 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Why would you expect that?

That's been part and parcel of US foreign policy as long as I've been alive: Create as much chaos as possible and wait for regime change. Except when the chaos is global economic chaos which also affects the US 🙄. Aren't the plebs suppose to "rise up and take their country back?" Well, keep you eyes on Australia. It just about to get real in that petrol-free island country of ex-prisoners & ex-gaolers. Taiwan too. Most of the world soon. US included. And when Western politician’s hatred of Russia and Russians meets gas & oil shortages - for the plebs of those countries??? Suddenly austerity trumps global politics. Then the common man is looking at the elites who hate Russia and refuse to buy Russian oil & gas, and yet who themselves suffer no austerity and are still driving and flying in private jets - then Mr. and Mrs. Commoners being to realize that their gas needs are more important than the elites' Geo-political hatreds.

6 hours ago, BLMFem said:

We all do. We all hope we're waking up to that glorious headline. Every day we hope, and one day it will happen, and there will be world wide celebrations not seen since the end of WW2.

And we hope that we don't wake up to the glorious headlines that Israel just did this 👇to Tehran. Although, I've no doubt that many members here probably want it, but they really are too stupid to see the follow on reaction on the rest of the nuclear arm world. If Iran gets nuked, the fallout drifts to (nuclear-armed) Pakistan, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwiat, KSA, Azerbaijan, Armenia, (nuclear-armed) Russia, (nuclear-armed) India.....Thailand....(nuclear-armed) China. You get my drift?

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Even if the hostilities "end" very soon, the oil price shock is expected to persist for well over a year.

More than a year. The damage to South Pars will take 2 year or more to fix.

Filipinos are pretty savvy regarding the United State's colonial past in their country, and my guess? The average Filipino/Filipina are probably not too happy with Trump, and by extension, the average American at the moment.

Here in Thailand? Different. The inhabitants of the LOS just are not that aware of what happens outside of Thailand. The problems that Trump has just created will more likely be blamed on their own government's actions or inactions in response. I'm really not worried about Thais suddenly developing a hatred toward Americans because of Trump. Anyway, I'm just as unhappy with Trump as they are if they actually get around to blaming the affects of Trump's actions in Iran on Trump, no less Americans in general.

Like their Roman counterparts, the United States Empire is very good at creating deserts in foreign lands and then calling it "Peace."

The non-existent tourists who are coming to Thailand in planes without jet-fuel will be charged 300 THB when they land.

Got it!

Every religion: Thou shalt not kill

Except for the Church Of Trump.

All countries whom the United States and its allies call "enemies" are also regularly called "terrorists" by the US and their allies as well.
Interestingly, those same countries who the US and their allies refer to as "terrorists" have now picked up the gauntlet and now refer the US and its allies as themselves "terrorists." Why? The shoe fits.

Gaza 👇

Hiroshima 👉

If any other nation on Earth whom the US calls "enemies" did this, the US would label them as "War Criminals" and "Terrorists."