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Bring it on. I love it. Heck, let it snow!!!

Biden beats his lips; the Russians beat on ISIS (ISIL, Daesh).

Why should Europe have to house these people when other Arab countries either will not take them or the refugees do not want to go to other Arab countries because they are not compatible i.e. Sunni or Shia, if they are not compatible with other Arabs, how is it they are expected to be compatible with Europeans..??

Is Saudi Arabia, The UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar lining up to take a couple of million refugees? Nope. Then why should Europe, UK, US, or any other non-Muslim country be expected to if oil-rich Muslim counties can't even extend Zakat, or Muslim charity that is dictated by Islam and is Sunna, or the emulation of acts of the Prophet Mohammad, to those 'refugees' fleeing 'war-torn' countries.

"More than 4 million Syrian refugees have fled their war-torn country, but the six wealthy Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have officially resettled none of them.

Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have instead allowed the refugee burden to fall mainly on Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan and, to a lesser degree, on Iraq and Egypt."

--Gulf countries face pressure to take in more Syrian refugees,

Not to worry. Only three skyscrapers have collapsed due to fire: WTC1, WTC2, and WTC7 - all on the same day, the only steel framed buildings every to collapse. Doubt that will ever happen again, any time, any where.

I'm sure he melted like the Wicked Witch of the West leaving naught but a shemagh and a dull knife and has now resumed his day job at GCHQ.

There is one positive in this whole mess. It has focused a brilliant spotlight on something that would otherwise prefer to stay hidden in the dark recesses of a floor crevice under an equally dark shadow of a sofa. It's now been pulled out into the light of day, even as it struggles to scurry back to it's hiding place.

You'll have to pull the meaning out the the metaphor. Unfortunately we can't just say want we really want to say here in the LOS.

Viagra lowers blood pressure. One pill should satisfy both you and the wife.

What do you need a wife for? And I thought people get married that they have food on the table and their clothes washed?

They did. Back in the 1950s.

Mom did back in the 50's. Wife does now. Golly, I've come full circle, and my BP is 126/72 and HR at 72.

I must be reading Thai Visa. Resting HR usually is about 60 bpm.

Your teerak was probably giving off massive amounts of electro-magnetic distortion hence altering the reading. That's the story I'd use to maintain marital bliss in the household.

"No sweetie, it's just your magnetic personality effecting the reading of the machine."

Once he pulled a knife all bets are off.

No assets, no guarantees, no deposits equals to...no loans.

Perhaps government and PM could be guarantors for all willing SME's?

No? That's what I thought...

The average Thai household is extended close to 250k THB in personal debt, but it's risky to lend money to small business startups. Small business generate income; heavily indebted households do not.

Sourced from the Thai Chamber of Commerce (avg Thai household debt at 248,004 THB per household)

Great, now we will be able to get hypothermia and vertigo in the same place.

I wonder if they'll had out barf bags?

I wonder when they will be opening the Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy considering that soma will be illegal for some time to come, and yet they have now come within striking distance of opening Feelies. Gotta keep the masses distracted.

"Chidchanok Paensuwan, who was seen yelling and throwing a plastic water bottle at civil servants in a now-viral video, has a mental disorder and is therefore protected by law from public humiliation, spokesman Suebpong Sripongkul said."

"Suebpong cited Article 16 of the 2008 Mental Health Act, which stated that “No person shall disclose information relating to the health of a patient in a manner that may cause damage to them.”

oops...

So I now assume that Chidchanok Paensuwan will now be charged under Article 16 of the 2008 Mental Health Act, along with all individuals in Mr. Chidchanok's chain of command who authorized the disclosure of this sensitive and lawfully protected information to the general public.

Don't you love the circular logic presented here. I find it somewhat...fascinating.

"........along with all individuals in Mr. Chidchanok's chain of command............"

She, the errant ex-judge, may be further offended by the fact that you referred to her as a Mr. However you could be forgiven for that had you only viewed her photos posted on the internet.

Dooooh! Darn, I can't blame that on a mental disorder, just pathetically bad eyesight. Lol.

Re-edit:

So I now assume that spokesman Suebpong Sripongkul will now be charged under Article 16 of the 2008 Mental Health Act, along with all individuals in Mr. Suebpong's chain of command who authorized the disclosure of this sensitive and lawfully protected information to the general public.

Don't you love the circular logic presented here. I find it somewhat...fascinating.

I'm going to have to hire an editor in the future.

"Chidchanok Paensuwan, who was seen yelling and throwing a plastic water bottle at civil servants in a now-viral video, has a mental disorder and is therefore protected by law from public humiliation, spokesman Suebpong Sripongkul said."

"Suebpong cited Article 16 of the 2008 Mental Health Act, which stated that “No person shall disclose information relating to the health of a patient in a manner that may cause damage to them.”

oops...

So I now assume that Chidchanok Paensuwan will now be charged under Article 16 of the 2008 Mental Health Act, along with all individuals in Mr. Chidchanok's chain of command who authorized the disclosure of this sensitive and lawfully protected information to the general public.

Don't you love the circular logic presented here. I find it somewhat...fascinating.

And to add to the level of stupidity that has been displayed up to now. The reason the judge was acting so disgracefully was that she reportedly did not take her medication.

I guess the only (potential) silver lining here is that her days as a judge are surely over now

"I guess the only (potential) silver lining here is that her days as a judge are surely over now"

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Having all your mental faculties in order does not seem to be a prerequisite for obtaining senior public positions in this country.

Actually, personality disorders such as narcissism and psychopathy seem to be a prerequisite to obtaining leadership roles world-wide. Nothing unique to the Land of Smiles.

Then I'm assuming that the idiot in the white Honda blocking traffic in BKK and then attempting to deck a cop would have valid cause to sue all individuals sharing videos of the incident because it may hurt his reputation. What's wrong with this picture?

If Thailand plans to go down this road, she better start building more jails.

1. got too greedy and priced yourselves out of the market, same happened in walking street Pattaya

2. as above - price fixing cartels not allowing bars to drop their prices as they want too using threats and intimidation

3. The Chinese don't do bars, they might walk around looking but spend FA

Greed is destroying these places and the same patterns can be seen in Bangkok and Pattaya, as western visitors decline you will typically see the same destructive business pratice of increasing prices instead of rescueing tourism and the bar scene with reduced realistic pricing, supermarkets 7/11 and familymart are a good guide and a silid stake in the ground - if they didn't exist this country would be in ruins

fair pricing and your business will boom again

Thais just don't get the market strategy of under-cutting the prices of competition, investing in advertising, providing top-notch customer service which advertises itself, a go for volume.

But then again, I've never seen five stores selling the same services pop up around one successful business all essentially selling the same thing at the same prices either in the West. What mindset thinks that diluting the market is going to be successful instead of standing out as unique. <head shake>

Even as we speak, prices are going up in Soi Cowboy. Yet, I hear the girls complaining that it is quiet. My personal response to the higher prices is to go less often.

When the mamasan tells me I have not been in much, I say too expensive now. I doubt she got my point.

I too vote with my feet. Things I use to routinely purchase, I now seldom if ever buy. Places I used to frequent regularly I now visit seldom. My barber for 7 year decided to raise her haircut prices by 50%. I was a regular customer until then. I now have a different barber who does a great job for a reasonable price. The restaurants I frequent have raised prices, but have not gouged. They have simply kept pace with inflation. I remain a loyal customer. In a way they all have done me a favor. I'm quite content.

This is the second incident within the last month. I wonder when the BIB say, 'Enough' and start policing for real?

Props to the citizens who again show that they will come to the aid of a uniformed policeman who is assaulted.

1.1 million refugees, 80 million inhabitants in Germany = 1.375 pct. Not really many if you compare it to the immigrants that UK or France took. Time for Germany to take their share.

Gotta put this into perspective: How many rich, Islamic countries are opening their arms to Islamic refugees? Lebanon and Jordan, both small countries have about 1m each. So why isn't Wahabist Saudi Arabia opening it's arms to a million or more displaced Muslims? What about the UAE? Kuwait? Bahrain? Oman?

"A Kuwaiti official has cleared up the mystery floating why none of the oil-rich Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia, have yet allowed the Syrian refugees fleeding the savage civil war in their land to set foot on their shores.

Kuwaiti official Fahad Al Shalami told France24 television in a broadcast interview on Sept. 2 that in fact, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) should never accept Syrian refugees."

That's why. Google it. You can source the quote.

Frankly, I am horrified (if not surprised) by the racist, xenophobic votes and posts here. We were all privileged to be born in well-off countries with world access, male, and English speakers. We've never had the threat of bombs dropping, levelling our houses, schools, and hospitals and drone attacks of our weddings and funerals.

Sure there may be a few fanatics among the refugees who perhaps could be revved up to become terrorists. But 99.999999999% are just people like you trying to make the best life for their families in a safe place.

Honestly, your lack of compassion for a problem our well-off countries, particularly the US, have created is appalling. If it were your family & community which was so threatened, you, too, would trek thousands of miles to safety. Show some respect for your fellow humans!

The average 'refugee' is a single male Mulsim between the age of 18 to 35 traveling without families. This isn't a refugee crisis, it's an invasion.

Again, why aren't the oil rich counties of Saudia Arabia, The UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman taking a million+ refugees each is a show of Muslim charity?

"A Kuwaiti official has cleared up the mystery floating why none of the oil-rich Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia, have yet allowed the Syrian refugees fleeding the savage civil war in their land to set foot on their shores.

Kuwaiti official Fahad Al Shalami told France24 television in a broadcast interview on Sept. 2 that in fact, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) should never accept Syrian refugees."

That's why. Google it. You can source the quote.

Merkel has made another speech in which she says deep down she know the crisis can only be solved by EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER to stop the root causes of migration as it's bigger than a national issue.

Pity she didn't think about everyone else when without consultation she opened hr mouth and invited migrants to Germany increasing and accelerating the problem. Now without batting an eyelid calls on Europe to bail her out.

Merkel did think of everyone else when she facilitated this crisis. Create crisis, provide solution is the dialectic of the Left. The synthesis is the continued evolution of Western governments that are a leftist caricature of their former selves= Progressivism- incrementalism. Welcome to the world of the Fabians.

All recent governing in the Western world follows this model exactly. Every step, the crisis and the solution, are crafted toward the same end. (Obama is a master without equal at this. Merkel is a close second). The solution always employs the "will" of the people by promising to fix things, address problems with the solutions of government, etc. What the solutions always do, in every case, is loan legitimacy to the crisis created; recent current events are a long train of fraudulent pretexts. This is on display in Switzerland with their take migrant possessions sleight of hand and equally in the UK with their English learning initiative. Always build upon the fiction and make the citizenry complicit in outcomes by providing the solution that only pacifies the moment.

Gotta admit the dialectic of 'Problem, Crisis, Solution' works well for those pulling the strings in the West. Good analysis.

If they didn't want media attention, then why parade the body publicly. Gotta call BS on the hype. If it was my Super-star family member, I'm sure the deceased estate could afford having the body moved anonymously to an undisclosed location, and with no fanfare. But parade in front of the media? Like swimming in a pool of sharks while oozing blood from a cut leg. Really, what does a rational person think is going to happen.

I have no sympathy for lakorn or the media, nor the followers of both. Absolutely tragic what happen to Mr. Por, and his death should be publicized as a public awareness campaign regarding the dangers of dengue and a call to action for the government to fund attempts to find a vaccine for the disease, and eradicate breeding locations. But in this day and age, you can hire security specialist to make the process of moving his body, his funeral, and cremation a strictly private affair. But the family chose a public display. Only the family is to blame. The family are not victims. They have enough money to assure privacy if that's what they wanted.

Most Western countries: "We can't turn our backs on political or economic refugees, but we can turn our backs on the poverty-stricken and unemployed citizenry in our own country while 'fast-tracking' refugees for government assistance and jobs."

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, what's wrong with this picture.

"We do not condone this sort of behavior with the tigers and this situation is being dealt with. This incident is not a frequent occurrence.

Imho, where there is smoke, there is fire.

The unfortunate problem with animal 'sanctuaries' are that animals are kept out of their natural habitat. Why are they kept out of their habitat? How many 'wild animals' have you seen in Thai forests outside of reserves? If allowed to roam, they would be hunted to extinction within a few years like every other animal that use to be plentiful in the once vast expanse of Thai forests that use to exist within the memories of some of the oldest citizens of Thailand. Within reserves, they are never the same. What's the solution? The UN and elites want to bottle up the human population in densely packed cities under the moniker of 'sustainable development', move most of the populace out of rural areas, corporatize farming, allow the rural infrastructure to crumble, allow the forests and wild areas to become 'wild' again, and decrease the population of humans to a manageable 500 million souls.

In an absurd way, I can understand their logic: the greater good of the planet and other wild species other than man; on the other hand, that "Georgia Guide Stones' model simply puts the animals in the sanctuaries back into the wild, and takes the humans out of the wild and puts them in sanctuaries. So instead of animal handlers punching the animals they care for, the elites become, as Orwell aptly put, "[A] boot stamping on a human face - forever."

I don't see a solution. Well, shy of letting the nuclear genie out of the bottle, an X-50 class solar flare, or a large comet/asteroid hit. Back to square one and let God reconsider his grand plan for a human species, some whom are the epitome of good, some whom are the epitome of bad, and most whom are mired in an existence of hedonistic, apathetic mediocrity."

"The UN and elites want to bottle up the human population in densely packed cities under the moniker of 'sustainable development', move most of the populace out of rural areas, corporatize farming, allow the rural infrastructure to crumble, allow the forests and wild areas to become 'wild' again, and decrease the population of humans to a manageable 500 million souls."

this is quite simply not true.

The aim of conservationists is to create SUSTAINABLE eco-systems that will enable the planet to keep hold of its natural resources that are essential to all life including humans

For instance there are various categories of national p[arks and nature reserves throughout the world that are defined by their designated usage, some re for wildlife only but others acknowledge that humans have existed in that particular eco-system and are included, others are using agriculture and other human usage (e.g.tourism) to make the system sustainable. There are in fact many, many ways to achieve a workable and sustainable eco-=systems; simply turning the cock back or excluding humans is seldom, if ever, the aim.

Time will tell.