https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenI agree with you that a lot of the vax fanatics are /were unhealthy individuals, as evidenced by their posts in the health section and the information they disseminate(d) here and there. However, I have very good reason to believe Tall Guy John left the forum because he was warned and he couldn't stand it. Myself and a couple of other people formally complained about his attitude and we were told measures would be taken… and poof! Just like that, he was gone. I doubt he was banned… but I have no trouble believing his ego was irremediably injured and he reacted by quitting.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:48:13 +0000Impulse knows the vax did it, not you, not I. There is a plethora of documented cases of vax-injured people being gaslit in that way. Impulse has no idea. He has a guess. And people like you fossilise that guess into certainty, ensuring he never looks further. He might 'feel' the vaccine caused his issues - its impossible for him to know - Feelings aren't evidence. Collapsing that distinction is exactly why antivaxx communities are epistemically useless. Post hoc ergo propter hoc - "after this, therefore because of this"... A fallacy so basic the Romans named What did Impulse eat that day? Air quality? Stress? A virus already incubating? Every single one carries identical "proof" by your standard. You just picked the answer that fits and stopped asking questions. That's not knowledge. That's superstition with a timestamp. "Gaslit" - once meaning deliberate psychological manipulation - now apparently means "asked to think carefully"... ... a stunningly weak argument - I'd expect better from the intellectual depths of mediocrity Stiddle calls home...Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:47:06 +0000Not when its prostitution . 18 is when prostitution becomes legalSat, 27 Jun 2026 16:44:12 +0000Wow, congratulations! The Zeekr X is a fine fine car. Streets ahead of a Mazda CX30 in every imaginable way. I look forward to reports of ownership after a while. I am yet to move over to EV land but I can't wait for the day I do - they are just better.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:43:47 +0000Dear Folks, I want to be CRYSTAL CLEAR: Just like Larry David, I have absolutely NOTHING against Black Americans. In fact, just like Larry, I would be happy to invite a Black American Family into my home, any day. Unfortunately, where I live in Thailand, there seems to be, fortunately, a death of Black Americans. Nothing I can do about this, reality. But, as I say, if there WERE a Black American Family, here in my village, then they would be welcome at my home, 24-7-365. I am a liberal, for sure. Just call me Jew, like....Larry Jew.... Larry, we miss you. Only in HOLLYWOOD or BOLLYWOOD....but.... NEVER in Thailand....we hope.... And....FOR SURE....NEVER in China. You can count on it.....!!!!!Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:39:16 +0000She is, actually.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:38:33 +0000Sadly one day we'll read about riclag shooting up some "dem" party conference, or a pride march, or a protest against the government, and everyone will look at his history on the internet and say "it was so obvious, why did no one intervene?" I honestly think it's that bad and the mods should have a word - in fact I can't believe they allow these threads of hate. Nearly 1,000 posts of his in this thread alone railing against foreigners and "the left" that he is convinced are the cause of his country's ills. And he has multiple threads running. And he blocks every single person that posts against him as he doesn't want to know. He needs an intervention.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:38:31 +0000The Goat Trump effect: Even the Dutch PM at the time Mark Rutte eventually apologized for his country failing its Jews during the Holocaust ,acknowledging how the wartime government and institutions (police, railways) were complicit in the deportation of 75% of Dutch Jews to their deaths. It's good to see leaders own up to history like that. The "Trump effect" (calling out radicalism and standing strong) seems to be bringing out the best in some of these guys, like Rutte now as NATO chief. https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-pm-apologizes-for-his-country-failing-its-jews-during-the-holocaust/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:35:48 +0000Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:35:34 +0000Heavily abridged. URL in title. [Opinion. And they haven’t even done anything yet. Nothing like ruling Gaza from Washington by nobody but Trump’s cabal. Those other nations figured there were better ways to spend a billion. This is a real estate deal in cahoots with Tricky Bibi.] Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show Draft resolution seeks to shield board members and security forces from potential prosecution for work in Gaza Cate Brown and Aram Roston The Guardian: 27 Jun 2026 The UN-sanctioned Board of Peace announced by Donald Trump earlier this year to rule Gaza is planning a sweeping grant of legal immunity for itself. The draft language would also let the organization obtain public property in Gaza “free of charge”. It is unclear if the document is attempting to relieve the Board of Peace and its affiliates from prosecution in international courts, in addition to potential claims in Gaza. The seven-member “executive board” that leads the Board of Peace includes Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner; special envoy Steve Witkoff; the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles; and his national security adviser, Marco Rubio. Though countries have pledged billions, most have not yet transferred funds to support its work in Gaza and no major contracts have been issued. Nickolay Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat serving as the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, has been meeting in Cairo this week with Palestinian administrators selected by the Board of Peace to govern Gaza. Israeli officials don’t want to negotiate a status of forces agreement in Gaza because Israel doesn’t want to recognize Gaza as a state. The final section of the Board of Peace’s draft resolution, entitled “Premises of the Board of Peace, OHR, and ISF”, says that the group “shall be provided, free of charge, public premises and facilities needed for the accomplishment of the missions in Gaza”. Legal experts said that this singular phrase could open the door to illegal confiscation of Palestinian property. It’s not clear which group – Israel, Hamas or the Palestinian Authority – would be responsible for “providing” the Board of Peace with facilities, and under what terms. The Board of Peace plans to build a base for an international military force, as well as logistics hubs to power its operations there, according to contractors involved in the process. The international force is intended to assist with disarming Hamas, which is a crucial step in Trump’s peace plan. “By unilaterally declaring the power to seize Palestinian land, property and buildings for their own use without consent, compensation or readdress, the Board of Peace is taking a page out of Israel’s repressive playbook,” said Omar Shakir, executive director at Dawn, a non-profit dedicated to investigating the impacts of US foreign policy in the Middle East. “Far from signaling an end to genocide, apartheid and occupation, this document suggests entrenching some of its ugliest signature characteristics. This risks not only complicity, but direct perpetration of grave abuses.” The UN security council authorized the Board of Peace to oversee the administration of Gaza until 31 December 2027. The UN charter affords its diplomats and organizations specific legal protections for work conducted on behalf of UN missions abroad. Language in the Board of Peace’s draft resolution appears to draw on those existing frameworks, which include protections against the arrest or detention of UN diplomats during official work, as well as the seizure of UN property. It’s unclear if the Board of Peace could draw on the UN immunities for its own protection.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:34:14 +0000First ask, why is a "ministry" with associated bureaucracy required solely for sports? Besides kickboxing and cockfighting, what is there to administer? Better use of funds would be to announce a dozen new hubs.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:33:47 +0000I wonder if you would be so openly racist if you had to give your real name. Of course not, because racists are cowards.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:30:07 +0000Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:28:42 +0000Then you better stop commenting then. Live up to your advice now, FredSat, 27 Jun 2026 16:27:33 +0000It's not that I have no empathy for people who are suffering. But you are expecting us to believe the vaccine is linked to every conceivable illness in the medical dictionary. So it numbs your face and makes you lose balance and prevents you from climbing stairs? Sorry, are you sure you guys are ok psychologically and it all isn't psychosomatic? It's impossible that a vaccine can be linked to all these different medical conditions. I do appreciate the real-time confirmation.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:22:32 +0000What happened to the visa rule change? As usual nothingSat, 27 Jun 2026 16:21:40 +0000Impulse knows the vax did it, not you, not I. There is a plethora of documented cases of vax-injured people being gaslit in that way.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:20:30 +0000What concerns me is the fact that the push for "higher quality" (big spenders) is going to have a negative impact on the low end of the market. I have stayed in a guesthouse and a budget hotel. They were clean, comfortable and safe, but they were not shiny new highrise hotels. I ate at ordinary restaurants such as Cheap Charlies, Nikki's, Hungry Hippo and other similar places. The food was always good and very affordable. I went to ordinary small bars, not the fancy rooftop bars. My budget is 100,000 baht per month, but Thailand doesn't seem to want people like me.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:14:16 +0000The GOAT/Trump Effect,not only has he exposed them as Communist(one party rule. confiscating property) , their hatred of jews chants, from the river to the sea is a kin to the 1930's hitler regime. https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/new-york-democrats-misrule-paved-the-dsas-way/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/us-news/mamdani-has-tepid-non-response-to-nyc-coffee-shop-publicly-ripping-rep-dan-goldman-for-pro-israel-views/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:14:02 +0000Russia's long-range drone campaign against Ukraine could be facing a significant setback after relay stations in Belarus were reportedly switched off, depriving Moscow of key battlefield capabilities even as attacks continue. Ukrainian officials say the move will not stop Shahed drone strikes altogether, but it could sharply reduce their effectiveness by stripping away real-time control and reconnaissance functions. Attacks Continue – But With New Limits According to Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister, Russia will still be able to launch Shahed drones using pre-programmed GPS coordinates. What it will lose, he argues, is the ability to guide drones in flight through relay networks. Without those communications links, operators can no longer adapt attacks to changing battlefield conditions or redirect drones towards emerging targets. Reconnaissance Capability Hit The bigger loss, Ukrainian officials say, is intelligence gathering. Relay stations allowed Russian forces to use drones not only as strike weapons but also as reconnaissance platforms capable of identifying military positions, infrastructure and air defence systems. Without that network, drones become significantly less flexible. Beskrestnov also claims Russia will no longer be able to engage moving targets such as locomotives or mobile air defence units, missions that require continuous radio control rather than fixed coordinates. Ukraine Claims Tactical Advantage Ukrainian officials further argue that Russia has lost the ability to identify gaps in Ukraine's air defence network. According to Beskrestnov, some Russian drones carry upward-facing cameras that help operators identify areas where interceptors are absent, allowing future attacks to be routed through weaker sections of Ukraine's defences. If relay stations are no longer operational, that tactic becomes far more difficult to execute. Pressure on Minsk Pays Off? The reported shutdown follows a public warning from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who gave Belarus one week to dismantle four relay stations in the Gomel and Brest regions or face Ukrainian action. Belarusian media subsequently reported that Shahed drones had stopped flying along the border for several days, while Zelenskyy later announced the relay stations were no longer operating. If confirmed over the longer term, the development would mark another shift in the evolving technological contest that has become central to the war, with both sides racing to gain an edge in drone warfare. How Belarus' relay stations shutdown could impact Russia's strikes on UkraineSat, 27 Jun 2026 16:12:53 +0000StartSat, 27 Jun 2026 16:09:00 +0000Anyone with just an OUNCE of empathy must have great empathy for what you (and she) endured. I, TOO, wish I had not heard this, actually. These choices that children make are not choices due to willfully choosing some undesirable path. They make these choices since they are drawn to them. We do not blame children, in the story, for following the Pied Piper. Very hopefully, all is well.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:08:03 +0000Anybody remember Richie Newton (German rock singer) performed as Elvis for many years on Samui, from '99 on in fact.................Miss him,was good friend, I believe he's in Cambodia or at least was last time I looked him up...Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:05:36 +0000And utterly savage nation disguised as civilized, and highly regarded simply due to its prosperity. Yikes.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:04:55 +0000Yeah, it's kind of strange. She trusts me with all kinds of stuff I doubt other kids tell their parents. I've gotta say, I wish I hadn't heard some of it. But it's a good thing she trusts me that much, eh. She's been like that since she was a little girl.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:03:46 +0000