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Now wait for them to do the exact same thing to get Yingluck back into Thailand. Money is power. Power puts you above the law. With money you can paid others to take the fall.

Yeah - just like they'll half the traffic deaths.

Vietnam Tourism Threat Looms: Could It Overtake Thailand? Probably... Let's see. The Thai cops descends on a hotel where Indian vacationers and having drug-free pool-side fun and enjoying music and beer - and they bust it as though everyone there are hardened criminals. Why? Why not - foreigners were having fun and foreigner tourist having fun just can't be allowed. If they aren't doing anything wrong, make up excuses and try to find reasons to bust them. I guess if Thailand wants to keep this behavior up, they'll continue to lose tourist to venues where tourist are actually welcomed by their host country. Here in Thailand, all tourists are pretty much assumed to be criminals and a national security risk, all of whom must be closely watched by the police. Thailand may not understand it, but they are losing their luster. If I was at a hotel listening to the music and drinking a few beers by the poolside and the cops came rushing in rounding up all of the vacationers and subjected them to pee tests and questioning? I'd never come back - ever. And I'd tell all of my friends and family as well. It was noisy! Ffs - who controls the volume level on the outdoor speakers at a hotel? The hotel staff does. Who controls the occupany numbers in the lounge and pool area. The hotel staff does. But "raid" the hotel because the (dark-skinned) hotel guests were having fun like people on vacation do. Beyond belief. Thailand needs only to look at itself in a mirror to ascertain where the problem with tourism loss lies. It's an "own goal."

Can't wait until the Lawfare genie used to make Trump a "felon" is used on those who released the Lawfare genie out of its bottle. My guess is there will be a lot more felons convicted of fabricated felonies over the next few years, except this time it will be that the shoes will be on the other's feet. In 2028 both sides can point and laugh at the "convicted felons" on the other side of the fence. Yep - the Lawfare Genie should have been left corked into it's bottle and never opened.

@Red Phoenix The article is still mainstream and they are still pushing fear-porn. "Gotta watch it - Covid kills people and it may kill you. Masking may seem irrational, but hey - Covid may get 'cha if you're not vigilant." They also insinuate that anything but shots are snake-oil and that Ivermectin is still "only for horses." Essentially they ignore the thousands of studies that have been conducted and the meta-data analysis of those studies that have been conducted for over 5 years now. But the article does highlight that people are, in fact, psychologically damaged and irrationally fearful of what is essentially now a mild flu. I've had it - it was a mild flu. Unlike the "Ever-Maskers" I doubt I'll get Covid again. There's nothing like a functional immune system which has been exposed naturally to a pathogen. I get the article. The same people who caused the problem in the first place now are faced with a workforce of "worker bees" who are no longer as productive as they use to be due to "fear of Covid." Good - it serves them right. Article like this are an attempt to nudge those psychologically damaged by the Covid fear-porn back to a semblance of normality. My guess it will take a generation or so. Congratulations mulitinational corporations and the WEF/WHO elites who wanted their masked, compliant worker-bees, but have found that the worker bees are now damaged to the point of not being productive and therefore hurts their profits. At the end of the day it's about power and greed.

This link is not behind a paywall: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-evermaskers/ar-AA1C66Vl

That's probably close to 25% or more of the population here in Thailand based on what I see when I'm out at Big C or Marko. And out of those, I still see individuals driving in cars with no one else in the car with a mask on. And even now there are corporations who force their employees to wear masks - that's gotta suck. "Don the face diaper of compliance or find a different job." It's irrational and it's nothing except projecting power. I doubt the the executives of these companies wear masks that they require their employees to wear all day. At our local Amphur hospital, the masking rate of patients and staff is probably close to 95%. What I find interesting is that one of the guys who works there and is the liaison between the nurses and the doctors and who takes patients to their seats at the room they are assigned to, takes their paperwork, and literally is in physical contact with all patients - the guy never gets sick. And I know the head doctor at the hospital as he's a personal friend of our family. If staff want to mask up, it's up to them. I think he personally masks up to make the "terminally fearful" less frightened. When my wife and I come for appointments he takes his mask off. However, in our Amphur I'd estimate that 20% to 30% of the residents are perpetual maskers. In our own village the percentage is lower - maybe 10 to 15%. But I find it interesting as I consider these people to be psychologically damaged. Those on AN that are supporters of perpetual masking will say that the locals are wearing them because of the bad air or due to a spike in Covid (8000 people out of 70 million), which actually in many cases true (bad air), as when the air quality goes to sh*t more people wear masks, but lately it's been raining almost daily and the winds and rain have cleared the air, so the air quality hasn't been bad at all. So those wearing masks - alone in cars, alone on motorcycles, alone walking down the street, alone at home - these people have been damaged psychologically. Imho, the damage done to these people was deliberate and criminal

Make Fruit Expensive Again Only in totally broken capitalistic systems would decreasing prices be viewed as a bad thing.

That's essentially how it is right now defacto.

This will mirror the Red Bull case: Everyone and there brother is a target for criminal action - except the perp.

bob smith

You're being an ass, you know exactly what that table means. Or are you really that ignorant regarding the history of the WWII conflict. Did they stop teaching it to you kiddies back in the nanny-state schools. Or are you willfully stupid. By your response, I'm judging the latter. Just stop - don't be an ass.

Hey honey, Come get some Uzbek lovin' baby.

Under a coconut tree?

Still can't have a beer on the beach between 2pm to 5pm. Freaking stupid rules. And as people get fed up and figure there are other places to go, it will be... GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!! And then the weeping..."We don't understand. Why does Vietnam get so many tourist who used to come to Thailand." 😢 I'll take a shot at that - They can have a beer on the beach between 2pm and 5pm and the entire Thai cultural isn't "SHOCKED, SHOCKED I SAY BY BAD TOURISTS" whom they now want to be kicked out of their country. Headline News: "Foreigner Sits On Sacred Wall." Confused Tourist: "It's just a bunch of bricks." Thais: "WE'RE SHOCKED! SHOCKED!!!! KICK ALL FOREIGNER OUT!!!" Headline News: "Foreigner Leans Against Sacred Tree." Confused Tourist: "The tree out in the middle of nowhere has a ribbon around it. I leaned against to get out of the heat." Thais: "WE'RE SHOCKED! SHOCKED!!!! BAD BAD FARANGS. KICK THEM OUT!" Headline News: "Foreigner Drinks Beer On Beach At 3PM. Arrested By Police!" Confused Tourist: "I was drinking beer in Vietnam on the beach at 3PM last week. What's this stupid Thai law? I didn't even know there was a law!" Thais: "WE'RE SHOCKED! SHOCKED!!!! BAD DRUNK FARANGS DISRESPECT THAI SACRED BEACH WITH AFTERNOON BEER. GET RID OF THEM!"

They'll never convict her. The whole judicial system will cover for her.

Biden is as sharp as a tack. Probably has a 150 IQ and speaks more eloquently than a Shakespearean actor.

Well, then you picked the wrong Thai woman. Pick another - there are hundreds of thousand available Thai women out there. If you actually hit the "End of the Rainbow" then the family doesn't need help - they are already well to do. If you hit the end of the Rainbow Flag 🏳️‍🌈 - and your girl-friend has a "Johnson," look out. Discard that one. You've got about 1 chance out of a 100,000 that that relationship won't end in tears. Find one who is a profession (no - not THAT kind of professional) who has a career with a multinational corporation, or with the Thai government. If she is "used goods" and has been married before, even better. No dowry will be required. If she has never been married, plan to shell out a considerable amount of cash (gold) up-front, but it should be a one-time investment - you're buying into the family and you have a wife with a solid career and benefits (social security, health care, a pension) that go with it. She'll be a keeper! Set the hook and reel her in slowly. Get involved with the other type of "Professional" (as in The Oldest Profession) you'll be paying out the nose until she rips you off one final time and disappears. Or her boyfriend or actual husband kills you. However, some of those relationships actually work once you get the girl away from their profession. Sometimes. Don't bet on it, but don't discount it either. You will be the "breadwinner" unless you have the cajones to allow her to keep working. But she won't be around for long. Guaranteed she has a stable of potential "boyfriends" sending her money. Don't do it!

Today, on both May 8th and May 9th depending on the region, we reflect and mourn the losses caused by the German Nazis who attempted to establish a Third Reich in Europe and beyond. Prayer for those lost, killed, injured, and traumatized by those who sought to conquer the world eighty years ago. As always in war in the past, and war in the future - civilians bear the brunt force of wars. As a US Anti-war Veteran - I call for an end to all war. If we don't end war soon, as Einstein so aptly pointed out, "World War 4 will be fought with rocks and sticks." ✝️☦️✡️🙏🙏🙏

As my avatar is getting a lot of salacious attention from the MAGA crowd on AN should I try to cash in on this by opening an OnlyFans account? Only if you can give Bonnie Blue and run for her money.

💰💰💰 💰💰💰💰 What will happen? 💰 💰 💰 💰 💰💰💰💰💰 Not a da*m thing.

Translated: If you attempt to migrate legally, such a with a UK husband, you'll be weeded out with language tests and rejected. If you cross the channel in a rubber dingy, you'll be welcomed with open arms, receive benefits which even UK citizen don't have, and can continue to speak your foreign language and maintain your foreign customs.

They should require that all foreigners speak with a snobby RP Oxbridge accent.

"Experts!" "Experts" were saying that. If an "Expert" says something, you're to turn you brain and analytical capacities off and bow at their feet. And if they lie to you, well, "mistakes were made."