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That's not a man, that's a boy with a tattoo.

Castration is a proven method to curb violent behavior...and cheaper. Only needs a pair of scissors and iodine.

Yes, various causes. But they are all of natural occurrence, they just happen on their own. No one is a fault of course.

yes, it's genetic, can't blame anyone

it was also reported that no one fell asleep during the session, went to the bathroom for a quick snort, played Chicken Run on their mobile, updated their Facebook page with their umpteenth selfie, ate som tam or durian, gratified themselves with a look at certain websites, did not call each other names or threaten to scratch eyes out. All in all very quiet, but no entertainment value...

I wonder if a voluntary declaration of assets can later be legally scrutinized?

Don't be fooled by 'Thai-style democracy'

Let's rather say: Don't be fooled by anything that can be corrupted by humans, whether forms of government or religions. If it is thought up by humans it will be subverted by humans until such time that humanity evolves built-in ethics..., and that's a long way away.

He is just a misunderstood drug mule tricked by farangs to make a delivery, not knowing what was inside...let him go...

Thai man to Japanese Police: "Don't you know who I am?"

Japanese Police: "Yes, you are farang..."

I can imagine a particular group watching the parade from the sidelines and commenting:

nudge, nudge: "him!", "yes, me too, and the one next to him", "That one, I'm seeing him tomorrow with an envelope", "what's your estimate?", "about 90% positive, give or take", "555, very funny!", "It's nice to see them all together, they should get out more often..."

This is the usual sequence:

book deal - movie deal - leave embassy

Thirteen children aged between one and 12 were among 35 Afghan Sikh immigrants found in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks, Essex Police have said.

They are classified as "immigrants" from the start, not "asylum seekers", or "fugitives". An immigrant Is: a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence (Merriam-Webster). All right UK, time to squeeze just that tiny bit more, no sweat.

He's probably too busy as his daily motto seems to be: CARPE SCROTUM!

seize it and squeeze it

Wow, what did Thaksin do wrong to receive all this negativity?

Seems like a nice airport.

Skytrain is pretty cool.

The 30 baht per visit medical program seems to help many in need.

Everyone benefited from the economic recovery from the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Reducing poverty from 21.3% to 11.3% is a good thing I think.

Balancing the national budget and producing fiscal surpluses for 2003 to 2005 would be considered fiscally responsible.

Foreign exchange reserves doubling seems like a success.

Government Lottery for education would have not only reduced illegal gambling, but provided education for those in need.

Privatizing MCOT and increasing freedom of speech seems like a move in the right direction.

Student Loan Fund (SLF) helping low income students get an education with low interest rates was nice.

Supporting Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was a cool idea.

Wholesale power pool competition in the energy markets lowering these costs would tend to benefit the people.

Introducing Islamic law and making Pattani-Malay (Yawi) an official language in southern region seemed like a start to help reduce conflict there.

Transformation of the government department, ministries, and provincial governors operating style of the traditional bureaucracy into a more results-oriented instrument would have been awesome.

Crackdown on mafia crime was long overdue.

Profit agreements with Cambodia on the huge oil potential in the gulf of Thailand could have made Thailand energy independent.

you have a lot more posts than I do, so you should know that people here just hate him.

Even if he is not the real problem.

The real problem is the hate...

No, the real problem is arrogance, impunity and face,...hate is just the end result.

The Japanese businessman who fathered 13 children

This guy is called a 'businessman' in all the articles, yet I haven't read what kind of business he is running and his company's name. Maybe something for all you journalists to investigate instead of copying from each other.

Build a National Corruption Museum, with life-size wax effigies of famous corruptors in scenes where they were caught red-handed. A special section dedicated to the BiB, with quotes from famous politicians sanctioning corruption as being part of Thainess. Exhibitions of bribe coercing, taking and spending with a thorough explanation of effects on Thai people and culture. Roadshows to bring the museum to all parts of the country and, lastly, mandatory fieldtrips for school kids as part of their graduation.

Dream on

Not much different to the US government televising a young lady talking about Iraqis throwing babies out of their incubators in Kuwait.  That worked well enough to inflame the US citizens when they wanted a war with Iraq.  But the Bush government was never brought to heel over the fact that she was the daughter of a Kuwaiti diplomat and a liar.

reminds me of movie "wag the dog" with Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman

It was supposed to be fireworks, welcoming the Pope. The Dear Leader got the wording wrong in the memo, is all. They found someone to be responsible already and are feeding him to the dogs at this moment.

 

Treasury to cut cost for coin production

...and once they have done that, they will introduce a utterly useless 3-baht coin to complement the utterly useless 2-baht coin, so they can add up to 5 baht. Yeah!

Amulet Fraud - that's a double negative

http://www.herdprotect.com/

it's very good, got rid of a stubborn bitcoin miner which maxed my graphics processor and made it run hot all the time. It's cloud based and uses I think over 70 different Malware and Virus engines. And it's free.

"Extortionist" - pure cow dung - these stooopid accusers on Facebook, all they needed to do is google the meaning of "extortionist" and they would have realized that this man is in fact a "Contortionist" just about to start his routine!

 

Shortly after Sweden was recognized as having the worst record in the European Union for employing foreign non-EU citizens, the country’s Integration Minister Erik Ullenhag announced plans to investigate the process of eliminating the word from all of its legislation.
 

Well, Sweden:

1. someone will have to have the "worst" record on a list of countries, no way around it

2. will the EU sanction you for employing the least amount of non-EU citizens?

3. how do you fight racism, when you can't even define the concept in a law?

you once were Vikings, now you are Weaklings