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Posted February 24, 2022 Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital as Putin launches all-out invasion from north, south and east, with cruise missiles hitting airports and military bases, tanks rolling in and scores killed. That's a bit dated.

My "Thai Family" would go without me. But they aren't incorrect. My stepson is there now. I prefer Cha-am.

You need to get statement. A bank book alone hasn't worked for quite a while.

Top Thai virologist says 2023 is game over for COVID-19... ...until Top Thai virologist says it isn't game over for Covid-19 in 2023.

If women have the right to decide what they do with their own bodies, then... ...they have the right to decide to take a Covid shot or not. Their bodies, there choice. It can't work both ways as it becomes illogical tripe and utter nonsense. You can't include one instance of "my body, my choice" and in the same breathe dismiss the other instance of "my body, my choice." But the argument will shape up like this (even though it's flawed as Covid vaccines don't impart sterilizing immunity): "You need the Covid shot or you'll infect others." (Sorry, the CDC wolked that statement back. It it original form the CDC director stated that those who have had Covid shots don't harbor the SARS-Cov-2 virus and can't infect others) Attribution: CDC reverses statement by director that vaccinated people are no longer contagious by Joseph Guzman | April 2, 2021 | Apr. 02, 2021 So what was accepted as a fact (those who have had Covid shots don't harbor the SARS-Cov-2 virus and can't infect others) was in fact....not factual or based in fact - and yet - the statement was presented as fact! Which is why I don't trust so-called fact checkers or for that matter 'experts.' And if women have the right to decide what they do with their own bodies, then... ...men do also. Just saying.

It depends on your definition of "free" and "freedom," especially as more so-called "free" countries are rolling into totalitarianism. And what's one of the first things a totalitarian regime accomplish? They outlaw all views except the established, status-quo, orthodoxy of the state. There are plenty of examples of that happening in the 20th Century, and now again is so-called "free" countries. Example: legislation happening is some Western countries where speech may be deemed "legal" but that speech will be censored because it may possibly offend someone. From the word I grew up in: "Sticks and stones may break my bones but name will never hurt me." We had thicker skin back when I was a kid.

Another term for a 'fact checker' is 'censor.' I grew up in a day and age where censorship was frowned upon, and as a US citizens, the concept of censoring all but what one group who have been blessed by the status quo have to say and dismiss all other sides of the argument as 'false' really runs counter to 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech. We're censoring you for your own safety! Tosh. I wonder if there are "Debate Clubs" in High School like there were when I attended. It's sort of difficult to debate an issue that you are told only has "one and only one" factual basis and all other views are fake. Using that logic, the stars, moon, and sun revolves around a flat earth.

You can find them on The World Economic Forum as well.

What you wrote is pretty accurate. The local dogs in my neighborhood get more love, affection, and care (I dole out pain meds for injured dogs and bug meds for flea/tick infested dogs). And I'll pet and play with these village dogs as well. But you are right. I've never seen any Thai show any affection to their dogs, at least not what I consider affection. Talking to the dogs, petting them, giving them a scratch on the head and kind words. How's this benefit me? More guard dogs around my property. We have people who we know to be involved in yaba trade walk by our house. They don't stop. My seven dogs care for the perimeter of the fenced area inside around our houses and three village dogs were taking care of the outside perimeter during their last encounter. Lots of barking when those people walk by.

One of my biggest complaints about Thailand is that they have no Highway Patrol who do "hot-pursuit" in order to stop and ticket drivers for moving violations. However - a single cop on a motorcycle in hot-pursuit of a car? Not very wise.

Boy howdy, does that look familiar 'eh? I bet the results are different for a 'driving instructor' as opposed to a billionaire's heir.

Fact checkers provide only one view of what may be a multifaceted issue. And that view is the view held by the status quo. As my signature states: The difference between 'conspiracy theory' and fact is just a matter of time. Too often we are told by so-called "fact checkers" (people paid to promote only the view of the status quo) only to find out weeks, months, years later that the narratives the fact checkers where promoting were inaccurate at best and outright lies at worse. So do I trust anyone who calls themselves a "fact checker?" Nope. Based on this poll, I'm really surprised at how many people are happy to be led down the primrose path via overt propaganda.

"You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations." "If you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized, you’re not going to be in the ICU unit, and you’re not going to die." - US President Joe Biden, CNN Townhall, June 2021 “Our data from the CDC today suggests that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t get sick.” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky in CNN interview, April 2021

I've been querying most people I talk to lately. Two simple questions: 1) did you take the Covid vaccinations, and 2) have you had Covid. To date, everyone I've asked answered yes to both questions. Neither myself or my wife have had the shots and we have been taking Ivermectin weekly since 2020. We have been around people with active cases of Covid, as well as colds and other upper respiratory infections. Neither myself or my wife have had Covid. And although my wife wears a mask outside the house, I don't. So I'll run with our own anecdotal evidence as I haven't had Covid and for that matter I haven't even had a regular cold since taking it as a prophylaxis. What other people chose to believe is up to them. I just remember all of the quotes from various government officials and Big Pharma experts that "if you get the shots you won't get Covid." Once I'm lied to, you'll never regain my trust. So the wife and I (and a significant number of my own friends and acquaintances) will continue to take the treatment we consider to be safe and effective - Ivermectin as a prophylaxis. For those who wish to take Covid shots the rest of their lives every time a now booster is released? Go for it. Your body; your choice. I wish you well.

Yeah true - Political prisoners are not a homogeneous lot from a single party or affiliation. They are sent there by those who are currently in power regardless of their long-term party affiliation over time.

When your husband leaves - book your own tour. Female sex tourism destination: Greece, Italy, Spain and Croatia in Southern Europe to various Caribbean Islands such as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba, it is something that occurs in various pockets of the world. Costa Rica, Thailand, Fiji, the Gambia, Kenya

Vijitra - exactly how many Russians have you personally interviewed out of the total number staying in Thailand in order to draw your conclusions? That will separate your own opinion from fact. By the way - foreigners can not buy all forms of "property." What are they buying; whom; what? Be accurate and back your assertions with verifiable facts - like Thai government issued data. Try again but more accurately the next time.

Thailand has a jail cell waiting.

Buddhism. Birth-ageing-sickness-death. Thais are brought up to have a healthier understanding that death is just part of life - unlike Westerners.

With you not living with your wife? It will probably be denied. But - at a minumum she will need to show up every years to attend your annual visa renewal based on marriage. She has to be there - in person. Why not just remain in the US. It's usually the Thai wife who wants to return and live in Thailand, not the farang husband. If they get wind of it Immigration will just consider that you're gaming the system.

Obviously not Thailand.

Again - enforceablity and fines. The fines are so low nobody worries about enforcement. Heck, a large segment of the population just don't pay the fines. "You'll lose your license!" What license? ???? To get to "the big cities", i.e., Lamphun and Chiang Mai, I do most of my driving on Highway 11. And Boy Howdy, do I see the worst of "kon Thai" driving every time I'm on that road. Now regarding the right-hand fast lane. I had to pass a large truck driving down the right hand "passing lane" along with everyone else on the road who were driving over 80 kph. The truck driver was just poking along at maybe 60 kph. As we came to a U-Turn-Of-Death I figured the truck was in the right lane to make a U-turn. Nope! He passes the U-Turn and keeps poking along in the right-hand lane. Why? Who knows. But it is not uncommon. I see that kind of selfish behavior often enough. I just want to get around people like that as they tend to be unpredictable.

Guess what type of railing "end" is the most prevalent in Thailand? ???? "Ahhhh, the first one maybe?" Yeah, we call that one, "The Spear!" Or how to send undertakers to the undertaker.

Not to worry. It's unenforceable.