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I have a great idea. Let's tax all foreign funds inflows to Thailand!

So they had encephalitis, which is deadly, than contracted influenza which together with the comorbidity ended their lives. Therefore all children need flu shots, to mask up, and heck - let's close the schools again and use Zoom instead! In the meanwhile, how many kids have got killed on Thai road in the last week? Shouldn't cars be banned or at least children should no longer be allowed to be passengers in cars or no motorcycles. "For the safety of the children!" "Well that's ridiculous!" Exactly.

Sounds like the Thai cops had an Uvalde mind-set. Sit on the sidelines and look cop-like until one brave off-duty Border Patrol agent armed with a borrowed shotgun and some cajones ends the standoff. So - there are similarities it seems. The questions should be, if they are not trained - why? And if they are trained - why? And like Uvalde, where the hell was the leadership?

What's a Laurence Fox?

Thai PM vows enhanced security after deadly Siam Paragon shooting He'll accomplish the exact opposite if he makes Thailand into a banana-republic police state. This is really a knee-jerk reaction. If his plans are to focus on gun crimes while overlooking the much more frequent murders accomplished with machetes, rebar, knives, or gangs of Thais beating a foreigner half to death over a loss of face or a disputed bill or for asking to for the taxi meter to be used - well - he's not going to actually stop the exact crime that affects most foreign tourists. Yes - shooting in malls are horrific, but they are a 'one-off' events. The average tourist is about 1000 times more likely to get killed or injured on the Thai roads than get shot in a mall by some nut-job with psychological issues. Or getting macheted to death over a 30 THB taxi fare by a taxi drive with normal Thai "Face" issues. Want to change something Srettha? Work on changing the mass-psychological disconnect that causes Thais to attack and injure foreign tourists. TAT should promote a "Jai Yen" campaign: "Stop Killing And Injuring Our Foreign Guests"

That's not a "plummet." That's fluctuation.

No complaints here.

A handgun costs 5x what it costs in the West. The process to obtain a legal registration can take upwards of weeks to months. That is for registering a "legal firearm." Trust me - Thailand's gun laws makes legal gun ownership very difficult. Firearms dealer are highly regulated and controlled. The kid, from what I understand, was not using an legal firearm. The government can take all firearms away from citizens. The vast majority have them for home invasion protection. Most are middle and upper class. Trust me. Somchai Average can't afford a 90K to 120K handgun. They don't carry them around loaded unless they plan on doing prison time. Concealed carry permits are as rare as hen's teeth. This isn't the US. Gun regulations are extremely tough here. Black-market firearms are a different story. Thailand should point their law enforcement at slowing and stopping the trade of illegal weapons use by criminals to commit crimes. And as well, try cracking down on criminals. But - those law-abiding citizens with legal, register firearms are low-hanging fruit. Watch!

I bought a soft-plastic mouth guard from Lazada. You can get them from 20 to 50 THB. It works fine. The dentists here will charge you a small fortune from a custom mouth piece. I had one once in the US. This cheap plastic guard works better and is more comfortable than the over-priced custom job made by my US dentist. Buy one and try it. You're out 57 THB if you don't like it. If it works - I just saved you about 10,000 THB.

Not anymore. You can direct deposit your Social Security to any commercial bank in Thailand.

No - But the women he 'coached' were definitely pole vaulters.

"There's a sucker born every minute" — P.T. Barnum

I remember a short time back when there was an article here about the Chinese being fearful to come to Thailand due to people on Social Media saying it wasn't safe. This event should hammer the last nail into that particular coffin.

This should round out that outfit by golly!

Govt Launches First Soft Power Strategy Meeting to Boost Economy Let see, call foreign who must register they address and renew their 'privilege' to stay in Thailand as "Residents" - for tax purposes only of course - and then devise ways to take a cut of any funds that they bring into the country before they even have a chance to use it to purchase goods in Thailand where another 7% is taken off the top. That strategy?

You pay taxes in Thailand. It's called VAT.

And for the majority of us, that's all that counts. My Social Security is deposited directly into a Thai bank, so I don't see an issue there. I transfer my pension using Transferwise (Wise). If they begin to deduct tax out of foreign funds transfers, then it's simple. I'll leave the money in the US. At the way T-Bill rates are going, we'll be getting in excess of 5%+ soon on short-term T-Bill, so there is incentive to not transfer those funds to Thailand. Who loses? Thailand. The nit-wits in the current administration completely fail to grasp the economic ramification of the impact of a decrease of foreign currencies entering the Thai economy. They are about to turn off the faucet to Foreign Direct Investments and foreign capital inflows at their own peril. Morons.

Is he a real estate salesman?

Not my type. But most gals who gravitate toward "beauty pageants" aren't.

You're obviously not living in it. Those who 'live in the present' understand what it means. In the meanwhile, try some Adderall. Or Lithum. Maybe then you'll grasp it once that internal dialogue calms down. Maybe.

You must be wealthy and well-to-do, correct? The fickle winds of fate will never blow in your direction and your ???? smells like ???? In the meanwhile it is soooo much fun and entertaining watching the suffering of other humans on Youtube as you congratulate yourself for living in the rarefied air of your own perceived status. Jesus - have some freaking humility.

Better than driving while on a drinking binge. Then you wake up the next morning and can't remember a thing. Yeah - much better!

PM Srettha aims to lift Thailand to upper-income status in four-year soar. That needs a rewrite: PM Srettha aims to lift Thailand to those with upper-income status to mega-wealthy in four-years as soaring inflation decimates average Thais. Much better!

I hope we get more rain. The ponds and irrigation catch-basins where literally only half full three weeks ago in our area of Lamphun province. On the positive side, these water reservoirs are now close to being full. Another couple of good rains will hopefully fill these aquifers and hopefully raise the water table in the area before we go into Cool and Hot seasons. So for me it's like, "Bring It On!" Let's see some more monsoon rains!

Again - any argument used to justify the criminalization of marijuana can also be used to justify the criminalization of alcohol. So I find the anti-ganja temperance union who bash recreational marijuana on one hand while downing whiskey in the other. The hypocrisy is astounding. If you want to see the type of power freaks you are dealing with, look no further than Orwell and Huxley. In Orwell's 1984 the plods were rationed a small amount of alcohol to keep them compliant; and Huxley's Brave New World everyone was offered "Soma" which were numerous classes of drugs to take the plods drudgery away when they were not working. Obviously, we have Orwell's brand of power-freaks seeking to recriminalize marijuana. If they are going to do that, criminalize alcohol too. Pathetic.