5 hours ago, webfact said:

She had pretended to be a high up official in a financial institution and could get favorable terms on shares and trade deals.

One furniture store owner at the resort said they lost 8 million baht. The con woman actually worked for their company so they believed her stories.

I can't reconcile these two statements. 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Flood woes will ease, if rains cease, says Chatchai

this mental giant deserves another medal

and today's news:

Zuckerberg has no plan to visit Thailand: Facebook

"can't stop by today, my drone is sick."

Bangkok is in danger of everything, because you have put useless people in positions of authority. City planning - useless. Law enforcement - useless. Law making - useless. 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

PRAYUT LAMENTS LONG-STANDING ISSUES AND VOWS TO TAKE CARE OF AFFECTED PEOPLE

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday said it was impossible for Thailand to be completely flood-free as long as there was no comprehensive overhaul of city planning, the water-drainage system or littering solutions. 

to lament: to wail, keen, cry, moan, weep, sob

It's really quite pathetic for a 10-star general to do that kind of thing. Anyway, once he has found his composure, after kissing a frog or two, here is the solution: city planning - fire the whole incompetent lot and hire experts (no, not nephews). Littering - fine for littering 10,000 baht or more. Drainage system - stop the submarine purchase and use the money to improve the drainage. How to implement? Article 44 + cojones.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

"Unlike competitive, confrontational Western politics, the CPC and non-Communist parties cooperate with each other, working together for the advancement of socialism and striving to improve the people's standard of living," it said.

Does the advancement of socialism and the betterment of living standards support the custom of public defecations, or is that just a side-effect?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Anupong urges calm, says authorities in control of northern run-off situation

Authorities in control..., another famous run-off last month was actually assisted by authorities..., just saying 

my experience at lower Sukhumvit:

the Africans want to sell me drugs

the Indians want to sell me shirts

the Thai tuktuk wants to take me to a soapie

it's never, ever the case that the Africans want to sell me a shirt, or take me to a soapie

and vice versa for Indians and Thai.

I think they are profiling me, so now I've profiled them. There. 

23 minutes ago, transam said:

Bet they never thought of a breathaliser test.... 

that's not for officials

5 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

Well put.  Especially considering all the illegal activities their foreign consulates commit worldwide.

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/north-koreas-embassy-fireworks-illegal-business-2017-10

 

Time to kick them out.

I agree. Even biker clubs have stricter vetting for membership.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

PM calls urgent meeting to combat flooding

However, the frog liked it

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Authorities admit shortcomings of system exposed by massive deluge

shortcomings that are ignored facts over many decades, should be called negligence, laziness, unwillingness.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Excuse me sir....what is that you might be smoking?

"Ahem,... Mama Noodles."

How about: Just get used to it.

11 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

“When the floodwater drained out to sea, it brought along garbage. Waves then brought the garbage ashore,” said Santi Thianthong

A good example of causality, well done. Now, just take it that little bit further and enlighten yourself on why there is that much garbage in the first place...

summarizing the police fact-findings:

1. He is a severe breacher of some sort of police code.

2. He is a lesser breacher of another code.

Now, what about the other fact that found him in possession of fake license plates... no mention of that. Maybe because this fact was not found by the fact finding committee, and can therefore not be considered a code breacher?

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Iran carried out a cyber attack on British lawmakers earlier this year, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday, citing an intelligence assessment of the incident.  The hack was initially blamed on Russia.

I'm sure the initial blaming of Russia was also intelligently assessed.

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Prayut says SET rising because of junta’s economic management

I believe him. They have a general in education, a general in health, a general in justice, a general in transportation, a general in culture and morals, a general in economics - frankly, they are experts of everything..., except driving a tank. Can't do that, yet.

I spent my twenties in Paris, my thirties to mid-forties in Hawaii, and now I'm in Bangkok in my fifties... It was a blast, all of it! Look forward to my sixties now.

18 hours ago, Thechook said:

In another topic they are banning expats from having guns.

it is so much easier to amend the law to ban foreign gun ownership and then look like as if they have actually done some gun control, as opposed to restricting everyone (Thais included) from owning guns - now that would be unpopular and that's one thing the government doesn't want to be. 

Now here is a perfectly deserving target for a good Thai head-kicking, already on the floor and bleeding...

Priorities: The police reform is about transfers and appointments, not about abuse of power, protectionism, extortion.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A few minutes later a gunshot was heard and Chusak asked a subordinate to check at the toilet.

brave Sir Robin

Well Peter, you got yourself a Facebook Lawyer, who explains his strategy of your defense publicly on social media... I wonder if he is working undercover for the prosecution. Stranger things have happened.