https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around Thailandennot yet, still on waiting for 2 more months. 42 is not a bad number, I will let you know when we get it with a decent review.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:48:05 +0000I don't think anyone is arguing that "technology changed" is, by itself, sufficient reason to narrow a constitutional right. The argument is that technology changed, society changed, population density changed, policing changed, and the observable outcomes changed. The First Amendment is actually a poor analogy because it does not routinely produce tens of thousands of deaths per year. When speech causes direct harm - threats, fraud, libel, incitement - we regulate the misuse. We don't simply shrug and say "it's a right". Likewise, nobody is proposing abolishing the Second Amendment because technology advanced. The discussion is whether a right written in 1791 should be interpreted without regard to the consequences it produces in 2026. And this is where the argument often becomes circular. - The Second Amendment exists because it exists. - The right should remain unchanged because it's a right. - The outcomes don't matter because it's a right. At some point constitutional principles have to be weighed against real-world results, otherwise no amendment could ever be questioned, modified or reinterpreted. The uncomfortable reality is that every other developed democracy has access to the same modern technology, the same internet, the same social media, the same mental health challenges and the same human failings. What they generally don't have is America's firearm mortality rate. That's why the outcomes keep coming back into the discussion. Not because rights don't matter, but because outcomes matter too.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:46:05 +0000Interesting. Do you recall the Presidential debate. AI Overview During the September 2024 presidential debate, ABC News moderators faced heavy criticism for live fact-checking President Donald Trump multiple times while not directly issuing any real-time fact checks for Vice President Kamala Harris. However, independent and journalistic fact-checkers quickly reviewed Harris's remarks following the broadcast. They found several of her claims needed context or were misleading: Fracking: Harris denied she would ban fracking, but did not address her earlier 2019 statements where she explicitly said she favored a ban before later reversing her position. Military Combat Zones: Harris claimed there were no U.S. military service members in active combat zones. Fact-checkers noted this was false, pointing out that U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria are operating in active threat areas and have been targets of deadly fire. National Abortion Ban: Harris asserted that if elected, Trump would sign a national abortion ban. Fact-checkers rated this misleading, as Trump has repeatedly promised not to sign a federal ban and stated the issue should be left to the states. Unemployment: Harris claimed Trump left office "with the worst unemployment rate since the Great Depression." CNN fact-checkers identified this as false, noting that the COVID-19 pandemic caused record-high unemployment at the end of his term. Many viewers felt the moderators' on-stage approach favored Harris, while Trump's campaign and other conservative figures heavily criticized the network for not being balanced in their interjections.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:45:59 +0000High school dropout. You're a joke.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:45:06 +0000Which country's Royal Thai Embassy has the best reputation for being the easiest, quickest, and most lenient when it comes to issuing Non-O retirement visas? I'm American but I want to apply for a Non-O in a neighbor country, without having to go all the way back to the US. Possible? Difficult? Easy? I heard something about Savannakhet but then others said go to Vietnam and do it. Hoping for some experienced opinions here. TIA.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:39:02 +0000But they do that because Trump is lying all the time. If the interviewee lies, he gets fact checked. I don't remember Dem interviewees telling fake numbers such as fake inflation rates, lying about imaginary election fraud, etc.. like Trump always does. 😂Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:35:42 +0000Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:35:40 +0000A low value post has been removed: Low-Value Posts - Posts that add no written contribution are not allowed. This includes emoji-only replies, very short comments, memes, GIFs, screenshots, or embedded social media posts without explanation or opinion.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:35:38 +0000You have no idea. A lot of the strays are very aggressive, and do bite. I got bitten 4 times in Thailand, 3 of them were strays. They hate bicycles for some reason.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:35:27 +0000Good questions that will be answered in time. The attacker is Sudanese, not Somali. I guess it's because of social media, but the desire for instant 'facts' is ridiculous. Why can't people wait until the facts become clear.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:34:38 +0000Of course it's a bigger problem. Nobody is arguing that guns create the desire to commit mass murder. The issue is that deeply troubled, violent or unstable people exist in every developed country. What differs is their access to highly effective means of carrying out that violence. The UK has mentally ill teenagers. France has mentally ill teenagers. Australia has mentally ill teenagers. Yet school shootings remain extraordinarily rare in those countries. So yes, the person is the root cause. But access to firearms has a significant influence on the scale of the outcome.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:31:23 +0000A low value post has been removed: Low-Value Posts - Posts that add no written contribution are not allowed. This includes emoji-only replies, very short comments, memes, GIFs, screenshots, or embedded social media posts without explanation or opinion.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:31:03 +0000The ref who was denied entry to the US is Somali. The attacker in Belfast is Sudanese.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:30:57 +0000Nothing new about a penalty/fee for not promptly removing your EV after charging has completed....it's just PTT EV Station was late to the game in implementing such...and since PTT EV Station is the biggest EV charging network in Thailand it naturally garnered a lot of media attention.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:30:30 +0000Agree. Also the usual suspects have been trying to stay in Thailand ongoing using visa exempt + tourist visas. Even if other options available such as Non Of with extensionsTue, 09 Jun 2026 13:29:38 +0000The future is bright..the future is Orange. Yes the AI panopticon is quite terrifying..but my point is not about selfish people who think they will 'save the earth' in their EV's its about the ever tightening control over everyone's life, of course those with 'nothing to hide' also have nothing to say about this as its all so convenient to be dictated to via an app...just remember 'you will own nothing and be happy'Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:27:20 +0000did they ask you to stand on some scales ?Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:26:52 +0000Neat! I made a slightly different setup, yours is definitely the easy method. I have a similar dumb motor on my gate. I bought a AliExpress Tuya Zigbee circuit breaker (I had the Wifi version originally but have since switched everything over to Zigbee). I connected the device onto the same two points on the circuit board where the wall push-button connects to - thus the Tuya device functions identically to the push-button. Then I added a magnetic contact sensor at each end of the gate, also zigbee. I use Home Assistant, so with some simple logic using the contact sensors open and closed states, I could determine whether the gate is open, closed, opening, or closing. This actually got tricky because the gate doesn't always close exactly at the same spot every time, and the magnet sometimes wouldn't make contact, making it seem like the gate had not physically closed, when it actually had. So I bought one of those small magnetic spring-loaded plungers you put inside a cabinet door and attached it to the gate. This gave me nearly 3cm to play with - more than enough to cover any gate inconsistencies. Then I made a template cover gate entity in Home Assistant so I could add the gate control to my dashboard. Next, I used the zone feature in Home Assistant to detect when my phone (which is with me in my car) is arriving and appx 50m from home. It will begin opening the gate so that by the time I arrive home the gate has completely opened. Likewise, once I am appx 20m away from home, the gate will begin to close. I also built a ESP32 bluetooth relay which I connected to my car USB port to determine when my car has started, and it will open the gate immediately. And when the car is turned off, the power is cut and bluetooth is no longer detected, so the gate will shut. I did all this with the wife's car and phone too. Home Assistant knows who is coming and will make a TTS announcement on our ipod minis throughout the house.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:26:47 +000018K tickets issued as drivers pass Stopped School buses. Common sense rules of the road being ignored, it makes one wonder where the drivers come from in Sanctuary NY. Unbelievable': 18,000 tickets issued as drivers pass stopped school buses in Monroe CountyTue, 09 Jun 2026 13:26:13 +0000I think he was being sarcastic.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:20:08 +0000I went to Blackpool once. It is very very different to Pattaya. I’m not even going to start listing the ways.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:19:20 +0000The thing about FOX is they're one conservative news outlet in a sea of MSM which anyone who says isn't biased towards the progressive left has lost the plot. As for Karoline Leavitt she IS gorgeous.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:19:11 +0000On the other side of the pond a World Cup Sudanese football ref' has been denied entry, whilst the UK's population are being raped blown up and hacked to death in the name of diversity. Sure Belfast will answer tonight prison placement may well be overwhelmed 🤔Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:18:41 +0000It might be a case of ye olde English.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:17:40 +0000They're rats. There's nothing especially barbaric about wanting them gone. The objective is simply to evict them, and some methods are undoubtedly preferable to others. Our place has very limited ceiling space, and we'd been away for about a month. On returning, we discovered that "something" had thoughtfully chewed through plastic packaging to gain access to a stash of biscuits. The following day we heard scraping noises overhead. Damn it. A rat had somehow taken up residence in the ceiling void and, judging by the evidence, had also enjoyed unrestricted access to the kitchen and the rest of the house while we were away. Fortunately, the droppings were surprisingly minimal. Out came the phone - a lazada order sticky plates on the way. The rat, however, seemed unimpressed by our efforts and managed to avoid them for several days. Then one evening my wife and I arrived home and heard movement behind the fridge. We quickly positioned the sticky plates in front of the fridge, and I grabbed a stick and gave the area behind the fridge a vigorous rattling (not the wife). The rat made a break for freedom, sprinted straight across the plates, and that was the end of its adventure. My wife called the security guards because we're both a pair of city pussies who didn't fancy getting bitten by a rat, security came and took the rat. What happened next is a mystery, but given that it was a rat, I can't claim to have lost any sleep over it. Unfortunately, a few days later we started hearing a lighter scraping sound overhead. Another rat. This one sounds smaller. The plates are back out, and we've tried various tactics, all with limited success. One complication is that this rat absolutely cannot be allowed to die somewhere inaccessible in the roof and spend the next few weeks decomposing above our heads. The plates have been in place for a week now, and the little blighter continues to avoid them with impressive determination. So..... the campaign continues. For now we're sticking with the plates rather than using a conventional trap, although we may need to upgrade the bait. Peanut butter is next on the list. So far we've tried cheese, bread, and seeds, none of which seem to hold much appeal for our elusive tenant. At this point I'm beginning to suspect the rat this forums and knows our tactics - I've nick named it Harrisfan.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:17:33 +0000