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1 hour ago, paulikens said:

cost of living.  cost of lockdowns is the real reason obviously and anyway who says otherwise is deluded.  you cant shut the world down for 2 years and not expect it to have any effect on the world economy. 

There is always hundreds of billions to spend on wars, though. Proxy, or otherwise.

53 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Aren't those countries experiencing economic collapse and actual war?  I would have thought that these were more important issues to show sympathy for. ????

????

Yep, "struggling with inflation" seems a bit nonchalant, tbh.

1 hour ago, Excel said:

Are they suggesting that the fact they mentioned the Porsche that it was a contributary factor to his death ?  As a side note I thought junior doctors were not that well paid in Thailand. Drowning must be a horrible way to die, RIP to him anyway.

I think the "Porsche" reference denotes that if he'd been a poor person, his death might not have made the news..

I was at the next beach (Mae Ramphung) to where this guy drowned on Wednesday (a Thai Buddhist Holiday) with my family.

The waves were pretty strong, and a lot of people came there to surf. There were no flags, warning signs, or lifeguards on the beach at all. Lots of signs with "No alcohol" though. Go figure..

2 hours ago, Phil1975 said:

What a stupid question, of course they are not containable, they never were, and never will be. 

 

Current "vaccines" totally useless while big pharma rakes in billions on a "vaccine" developed nearly 3 years ago. The new MNRA process was supposed to mean modifying the "vaccine" quickly to keep up with the virus, but that has not happened at all. 

 

It will be interesting if they really do modify the "vaccine" for B4 and B5 and release globally by October. I highly doubt it tho...

Let's just hope the "safe" part of the "safe and effective" description of these jabs is accurate at least.

There's another holiday at the end of this month (28th). Given the efficacy of previous jabs, will Anutin be recommending another jab then?

^Yes, Ko Chang has strong riptides even in normal weather. Crazy to ignore the flags (if they were displayed properly).

Very sad for these young people and their families.

1 hour ago, Purdey said:

 

Personally, I believe the country needs to push industry and technology so that tourism becomes a smaller fraction of the economy. For that to happen, education needs to improve.

Tourism in Thailand accounts for only around 10-11% of GDP, but employs a lot of people.

6 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Wait till the Chinese come back. ????

Shrimp buffet mayhem

Just another affirmation of the "quality destination" that tourists should be paying more for. ????

14 hours ago, Eleftheros said:

UK excess deaths at the moment are consistently up about 10% over the long-term average, of which very few are Covid-related. Deaths at home are up by 30%, described by one Prof. Levinson as "horrific numbers".

 

An investigation is expected to focus on a narrow set of possible reasons:

• pandemic response (lockdowns, masks etc, leading to downturns in physical and mental health)
• lack of access to healthcare and delayed referrals
• cost of living crisis, deprivation, stress
• heart problems caused by the Covid virus

The last of those seems improbable, given that the Israeli Ministry of Health has completed a study of 500,000 people and found no link between Covid infection and heart ailments such as pericarditis or myocarditis.

 

So there must be some other reason why people - mostly of working age - are falling off the twig with such regularity.

Yep. Was "SADS" (sudden adult death syndrome) ever a thing before?

11 hours ago, alyx said:

The act of a lunatic 

Another great man biting the dust for no reason

Japan has some of the toughest gun laws in the world. Very difficult for anyone unconnected to obtain a gun there, legally or not.

I doubt this guy is some random lunatic.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Hoteliers are not idiots, they don't stay in business if they are. Unlike TAT staff, who are on the government teat.

The hoteliers can see this moronic proposal will damage Thailand as a tourist destination, and do them no favors with foreigners residing here long-term either.

Exactly. Utterly stupid thinking, and proving just how out of touch these people are with the situation (and reality in general).

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

A few of y'all need to unplug from MSM.

 

Thailand & China together ... how would that ever be a bad thing.

... Make enemies with the worlds #1 manufacturing country ????

... Top tech and producer of alternative energy components for home

and vehicles.  Compare prices here for solar & EVs to your home country.

... Top supplier of raw materials so Taiwan can make all those components, chips that keep the world functioning.

 

Without China the cost of everything would be way beyond what you are all crying about now.

True enough. Think of how much your trainers would cost without Uighur (slave) labor?

Good luck. Most Thai vets won't do this. I live in Banchang, Rayong, and there was only one vet I found that was willing to help when my old dog was in terrible pain. He supplied the syringe and "pentobarbital" (?) solution, and I made the injection. I think this business / shop has since moved premises now, though.

I would inform the vet that you are willing to inject your pet first, I think a few of them have the materials, but won't perform the job.

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This happened 15 years ago. 

Must be a fair old 'back-log' of serious crimes ongoing..?

Couldn't possibly be politically-motivated, then..

Passive-aggressive contradictions. ????