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You just can't make this up. It's like they have a desperate need for the status quo to remain the same. Can not, will not, must not change. Change is bad. And the statements they make to justify their inactivity are simply inane. On top of that, I'm pretty sure they even believe themselves the nonsense du jour they are spouting. Of course, due to Short Attention Span Syndrome, they could very well come out with the exact opposite tomorrow, and believe it, too.

It must be something in the water...God bless them...

My former neighbour, a taxi driver with a son (maybe 2) at BIS - not seen him for 2-3 weeks..........

the French Riviera is nice this time of year

Root cause need to be taken care of !

The mean reason is is very simple, there are no factories, there is not enough work for the amount of young people living over there.

They mention Khon Kaen, good example, Khon Kaen has a very good university, however, people who graduate need to migrate internal to find job.

Until there was still a difference in salary between the provinces, there would still have been investors to invest in the North east, but right now, there is no reason to do so.

The government (when there will be one) have to grant tax benefit to companies who invest in employment there where it is most necessary , that could solve a big part of this problem.

I think the root cause is having children when parents aren't yet financially self-sufficient.

It feels like they are bullying working people. I’m stressed. I have a family to take care of, a car and a house that I must make payments on, and other expenses

...I also have an I-Pad and a Rolex and a moped and a dog and a sunburn I have to take care of!

Thai police upset by US human trafficking report

The police is upset...not the Ministry for Foreign Affairs...not the Labor Ministry...not the Commerce Ministry...not the Thai government...

No, it's the Thai Police that is upset. Why?

Because they were found out not to have enforced Thai laws and international laws signed by Thai government.

And because they couldn't find a single farang to blame for this whole trafficking thing, darn it!

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is determined to solve lingering labour problems in Thailand

Then it's a good thing that they have the expertise of former Labor Minister Dr. Police Captain Chalerm at their disposal...

Iraq crisis: ISIS rebels hunting for wives in Baiji

the rebels are imposing their puritanical social norms in the towns they have captured

That's just great, they've been told to go forth and propagate...playing with stones and goats is just not enough, now they're gonna have offspring...

North Korea "will never pardon but resolutely punish anyone who dares slander the dignity of its supreme leadership"

Your "Supreme Leader" is a supreme example of an overweight, immature psychopath with a bad haircut. I blame this on his upbringing and father, the haircut also...

There, now I have dared to slander your dude, publicly...whatchagonnadoaboudid, huh?

You know, Mr Kraus, that is not a chicken sandwich you are eating...........

Kind regards,

Kim Jong Un.

do you mean it's a "Your Uncle" sandwich?

eternally yours,

Kraus

Police and medics were called to the front of a Family Mart Convenience Store in Soi Yensabai in South Pattaya just after 4am on Sunday and were confronted with a scene of chaos.

I love the smell of chaos in the morning...

they applied electricity to my shins," Assange was quoted as saying

static electricity from the feather "they" tickled him with?

Thai Post mysteriously loses 42,800 lottery tickets

New TAT motto: Mysterious Thailand

Of course there are no cases of ''human trafficking and illegals in working as cheap slave labour in the U.S or elsewhere for that matter are there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback

Over the years so many leading Americans have said " the US isn't the world's policeman " yet the country keeps on acting as if it is.

I believe your statement is wrong in this particular case as the US is rather acting as an educated consumer and not like a policeman:

if Thailand were moved to Tier 3, the US would boycott Thai products, mainly fishery products.

Thailand incurred a fresh wave of criticsim from human rights groups after it was the only country to vote against a U.N. treaty requiring countries to punish perpetrators of forced labor.

Before reversing its decision, the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the country voted against the protocol because “Thailand has to seriously consider her own readiness to implement such an instrument, in conformity with relevant Thai laws.”

Oh Thailand, always ready to punish those who tarnish your image, always ready to prosecute those who criticize the way you do things, always ready to cry and shout "foul" to the world for a perceived wrong....but also always ready to step with gusto onto every available pile of poop on your way to a respectable nation...

Fantasy Pharma

Users are advised to stop imagination of bigger breasts but take the supplement and it will become a reality.

Once again the usually crisp border between fantasy and reality has become all Thai'ed up...

The Labour Ministry estimates that there may be as many as two million foreign workers currently employed in the country and are not registered.

Does this include the slaves? ...and whatcha gonna do about it?

Ahhh, wait, you're gonna count them again, right?

These fake fortune tellers (and I haven't met one single person yet that truly could predict the future, even though I believed very much in fortune telling in the past) should all be made legally responsible for the damage they cause with their poking around in the dark... One of these idiots causing mass panic and slumps in business/tourist revenue due to his/her "warning" but with no disaster actually happening, should pay for the losses. We'll then see how many of them still dare to make any of those "the world as we know it is coming to an end" statements. There will be none!

I almost got killed in the 2004 Tsunami, lost home and both parents, friends and neighbors, and (apart from the expert who got booted for stating that there is a big possibility for a Tsunami on Thailand's Westcoast many years before 2004) no fortune teller ever mentioned any tsunami back then. After 2004 all of a sudden, several of those "Wannabe Nostradami" came out the closet and predicted tsunamis all over the place - if all predictions would have become reality, there would have been over 20 subsequent tsunamis by now. Beware of the false prophets! Best throw them in a dungeon and let them lay the Tarot to the sewer rats!

While I agree with the spirit of your post, I don't believe the problem lies with these parasites. It's about gullibility, not being able/willing to think for themselves, critical thinking, etc... Imagine a world where the average human critical thinking factor was raised, how many con artists, investment bankers, politicians, religious freaks would actually have to get a real job...manual labor, ugh!

"We still don't know whether the US will upgrade or downgrade us," said the Foreign Ministry's director-general of American and South Pacific Affairs, Songsak Saicheua.

"We are prepared for both scenarios; whatever tier they put us in, we will still continue with our future work and key action plans.

"We will also plan ahead to make more efforts,"

We will continue doing what we do, no matter what....

We will plan to make more efforts in the future, and the planning alone is a huge effort, so we can't say for sure that there will be more efforts according to plans...

Discussion held on securing Veera's release

Nothing to discuss, really

just another parasite exploiting Thai mentality/culture...and the talk show host giving credence to her...(same thing in other countries)

of course this will all stop when people start thinking for themselves, no forget it - too much work!

Schumi, Schumi, ...!!!