connda

My guess at the upcoming fiasco. It's the contractor's fault. It's the architect's fault. It's the structural engineer's fault. It's the cement contractor's fault. It's the rebar manufacturer's fault. It's the fault of all the Myanmar laborers. Thanks! I would have missed that one: It's the Chinese fault!

Yep.

The quick answer: This Is Thailand - Home to those whose lives are defined by status, and status defined by unnecessary opulence. Hence, every Thai government big wig needs a grand, ostentatious, palatial domain over which to govern. Thailand should hire DOGE to cut out the fat.

The "warning" will most likely be interpreted by international corporations as "think twice before bidding on construction jobs and agreeing to contractual obligations in Thailand," and "beware - this is earthquake prone territories."

The builder's will claim Force Majeure. If that doesn't work - bankruptcy. Fyi. Sometimes the lowest bid isn't the best course of action. I seriously doubt that the Italian/Thai partnership will be rebuilding that structure. The deepest pockets will end up covering the cost (hello Thai government)! 🇹🇭

Safe and Effective!

You can buy a three bed, two bath cement reinforced with rebar house in CM for 2.5M. I wouldn't pay that much money to live like a sardine stacked next to and on top of other people. Quality construction there. This is an earthquake zone. Builders, architect, and structural engineers know that. That would be a class action suit in the US. Here. Owners are probably SOL.

I'll continue to live in Thailand and could give a da*m. Btw - there isn't going to be a war between the two counties as much as the OP and a majority of AN members probably wants one to break out. What the hell is with people in this day and age: everyone but a minority of us wants global war. The problem being, most of those who are itching for war - don't want to fight in one - they want to send other people to get killed. You people are sick.

Good idea. UN peace-keeper are the closest thing to neutral. That is sanity. If the UK/EU try to put NATO troops in Ukraine and call them "peacekeepers" Russian will call them "enemy-combatants" and they'll be targets. That in insanity and a deliberate provocation to start WWIII.

And you yourself as a far-Left ideologue do the absolute same - blindly follow your "leaders" on the far-Left. Trump bad. Biden good. Vance bad. Harris good. MTG bad. AOC good. AOC bad. MTG good. Harris bad. Vance good. Biden bad. Trump good. Ya'll are truly beyond hypocritical. You're laughable. You're patently insane! "Trump supporters all march in lockstep." Christ - you radical Lefties all march in lockstep. You're the pot calling the kettle black. Sanity is in the middle kids.

Good - biological males competing against biological females is an abomination. I'm all for those with gender dysphoria having their own athletic competition class where they can compete against others with gender dysphoria.

Go figure.

They should be.

Which is unenforcable. "Soy ciudadano americano, honesto!" The only way to rein in non-Citizens from voting is to require proof of citizenship. I have no problem submitting my birth certificate to obtain my voting card.

Using the same rationale, poor and ethnic minorities should be allow to drive a car without a driver's license because a driver's license is a barriers keeping them for their right to drive? No, they need a license. So requiring proof of citizenship (a birth certificate) is a "burden." So for everything else that requires a birth certificate, your OK, except for requiring a birth certificate to obtain a voter's card and being required to show it when you vote. Really - ya'll are insane. What you really want is people to be able to vote without any form of ID so that illegal aliens can vote because they primarily vote Democrat. And now? That's illegal. As it should be. You people who believe gaming the system are both anti-American, dishonest, and willing to engage in criminal acts to get your way. I have no doubt that Democrats will break the law to obtain fake IDs for illegals and others who are by law, not allowed to vote. And in doing so you'll become a felon. Just like you love to accuse Trump of being. Amazing! You people lack basic morality.

Trump’s Order Mandating Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration Sparks Legal Concerns i agree 100% percent. I really don't understand. If I were to say that Farangs should be able to vote in Thailand elections - why not? We're here. We live here. Legally. So we should be able to vote without being a citizen, right? No! It's stupid. All countries have the right to limit voting to their citizen. So please - school me. If you think non-ciizens should vote in the US, don't you think we should be able to vote in Thailand. Or do those of you who are 100% for non-US citizens voting in US elections hypocritical enough to actually hold a double-standard? If so, I just gotta hear you twisted rationale.

I support some of Trump's policies. I don't support some of Trump's policies. So - does that make me a "Trump supporter?" Personally I don't understand ideologues. I assume you were a "Biden supporter." So did you support all of Biden's policies? My guess? Probably not. However, ideologues tend to see the world in binaries: black and white; good and bad; left or right. Which is too bad because the world isn't binary - but - some people are. A Trump ideologue would support all of Trump's policies. A Biden ideologue would support all of Biden's policies. A Republican ideologue would support all Republican policies. A Democrat ideologue would support all Democrat policies. In my humble opinion: Ideologues are a danger to a functioning society. All of them.

It's more than that. 10K for bone graft. Cheap implants start at about 35K and go parabolic from there. Ain't cheap. You're lucky to get it done for under 50K.

Getting smacked on the butt at school was a rite of passage for most kids in my generation. Most of us laughed it off. It built character.

Saying it's ended doesn't end it. Just saying...

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/breaking-7-7-magnitude-earthquake-hits-sagaing-and-mandalay/

🙏

Mandalay is probably a wreak.

My first though - "Dang, I'm I having a stroke?" Well, until I saw stuff moving. Man that was a long shake!