GroveHillWanderer

Posting a picture of boxes in an insecure location as part of an indictment that provides details of the highly sensitive nature of some of the documents found in those boxes, on the other hand, does mean something.

I did read that and it's not true. Here's her daily limit.

You don't seem to have read my posts. I clearly stated that I am not required to go through facial recognition and was able to do a 50,000 baht transfer without any such requirement, and that it is my wife (who is Thai) who is required to go through facial recognition for transfers of 50,000 or above.

You keep ignoring the fact (which has been pointed out to you multiple times already) that since none of the charges relate to the documents being classified, it makes not a single iota of difference, whether they were classified or not.

Except that no other former president or former vice president (which is what you're obviously referring to) has ever done what Trump has been charged with doing. None of them ever wilfully retained national defence documents or refused to hand the documents back when requested to do so, or lied about having handed back all the documents in their possession.

That wasn't the issue being dealt with in my post, but as I pointed out in two other posts, the requirement is already in effect for Thai customers at certain banks, including Kasikorn bank.

The trouble with his claims is that there is absolutely no evidence that he ever declassified the documents. Even his own lawyers have never claimed, in any legal submission, media interview or statement, that he did so. More importantly though, it doesn't even matter whether they were declassified or not. Because (and again, according to his own lawyers) he has not been charged with keeping or mishandling classified documents. Rather, he has been charged with "wilful retention of national defence information." Also, there are charges of obstruction of justice (that are both more serious and carry longer sentences). He is further charged with making false statements. So basically, none of the charges rely on the documents being classified. See info on the BBC article below. Trump indicted I should point out that although the BBC article's headline uses the words "classified documents," if you read the article, it becomes clear that none of the charges actually revolve around questions of their classification.

I already stated in an earlier post that I (as a foreigner) did not have to do a facial recognition check to make 50,000 baht + transfers and that it is my wife (who is Thai) who has to do it.

Also, even the very article that is the OP in this thread, says that: "Financial institutions in Thailand have begun mandating facial recognition for customers conducting high-value transactions." (Emphasis mine). It doesn't say they're going to start mandating this as of July 1, it says quite clearly that they have begun doing it already.

What, so you think I've just decided to lie about something as trivial and inconsequential as this? I can absolutely guarantee you that for Kasikorn bank transactions, this is already in effect. I just got her to try another 50,000 baht transfer, to double check. After putting the account details and amount, and hitting "Confirm" this is the screen that appeared.

The photo accompanying the article shows two US flags and one Pride flag. There's also no photo showing what was there beforehand. Do we know that a US flag was actually taken down, or was a Pride flag just added to what was already there?

It is for some banks. My wife tried to do a 50,000 baht transfer from her Kasikorn account the other day and it wouldn't let her do it until she provided a face scan.

If you're just going to indulge in sealioning, there's not much point in continuing the discussion.

Finland already trialled this over a two year period. As the McKinsey & Company analysis of this says, the results were intriguing. For instance, despite fears that people would just take the money and not bother working, the opposite was true. In addition, the basic income scheme: An experiment to inform universal basic income

Maybe some people are slow to pay electronically but not everyone. I always have whatever app I'm using (usually True Money) ready before the teller has even finished ringing up the items. Then there are some people who are really slow when paying with cash. My wife for instance, never seems to think about getting her purse out until after the amount has already been rung up by the teller. I stopped bothering to remind her about it years ago as she just gets all defensive if I do.

There's plenty of ways to steal money electronically. In fact, most banks lose much more money to cybercrime these days than they ever did to physical bank robberies. According to statistics, the average bank robbery nowadays nets less than $100,000.* Cybercrime can run into the millions, if not billions. For instance, according to the Reuters article below: Cybercrime ring steals up to $1 billion from banks *Edit: That was based on an older article I found. 2023 statistics actually puts the average bank robbery in the US at less than $10,000. The Most Surprising Bank Robbery Statistics And Trends in 2023

Not sure if I'd want to do 500 km without stopping - I know my family (who I always travel with) certainly wouldn't. In any event, EV ranges are constantly improving. For instance the Neta S, which was mentioned just above, has one fully electric version with a 715 km range - plus a couple of extended range versions with a 1,100 km range. Neta S previewed in Malaysia – EV sedan with gullwing doors; up to 715 km range

It doesn't mean "caught sleeping" it was a typo. It's been corrected to, "taken aback."

Just a typo, apparently. Since corrected to, "taken aback."

Don't forget that this is a measure aimed mainly at Thai customers. I can assure you that for the average Thai, these would definitely be considered high value transactions. Some banks don't even include foreigners in this. For instance, I made a transfer of over 50,000 baht from a Kasikorn bank account two days ago and there was no facial id required.

Now I know you're just having a laugh. Even Asian people admit that they can't always tell which country a specific Asian person is from. In Thailand for instance, the entire ethnic origins of the Thai people are a matter of scholarly debate. For a start, you have a mixture of people of Chinese, Khmer, Malayan or other Asian country origin, along with the various hill tribes. The history of South-East Asia is full of population migrations, invasions, subjugation of adjoining territories, shifting borders etc, leading to various amounts of mixing of the populations. How many times for instance, has Thailand invaded or been invaded by Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam etc? The answer is many, many times, stretching back over centuries. And every time one country invades another or the borders change, there is a mixing of the gene pool.

I think you're the one who's delusional. For instance, many people of white Southern European (Mediterranean) origin are almost indistinguishable from some Indian people. As an example, here are pictures of two men taken at random from the internet. I can tell you that one at the top is Indian and the one at the bottom is Italian. I would defy anyone (who didn't already know that) to say that they could distinguish their respective ethnic origins with 100% certainty.

I said she was the only witness to the altercation. I stand by that. None of the other people you mention were witnesses to the actual fight between the two men. Also, being related to a murder victim does not make someone an unreliable witness. She may not be totally unbiased but that doesn't mean she's unreliable. Bullman's testimony that he was acting in self defence is the account that I would say is unreliable - especially given that it's contradicted by the physical evidence. So I would say her testimony would be pivotal to the case and given the corroborating factors, will probably be extremely compelling to any judge or jury.

The only witness to the altercation as far as I'm aware, is the dead man's wife (the son was only two at the time, so too young to give testimony). I'd have thought she would readily give witness testimony in Norway. It's not as if it's that far from London, where they live, according to reports. She would no doubt reiterate the account she already gave. As stated in the following BBC article: Thailand hotel fight: Briton Amitpal Singh Bajaj killed

Sorry, but that's untrue. Sometimes, physical characteristics can be suggestive of an ethnic origin but they are by no means always "clear" or definitive. Do you honestly think that if you looked at a hundred photos of random people, you could definitively identify the ethnicity of all of them? Genetics simply aren't that uniform and predictable.