https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenYou've written a long post full of insults, assumptions about my motives, and speculation about whom I supposedly listen to, but you've largely ignored what I actually said. I questioned the reliability of a specific figure because evidence matters. Challenging an unsupported statistic is not the same as excusing the crimes. Those crimes were horrific, and those responsible should face the full force of the law, regardless of their ethnicity or religion. Where we differ is that you seem determined to argue against positions I haven't taken. I haven't blamed every Pakistani or every Muslim, just as I wouldn't blame every white person for the crimes of the KKK or every Catholic for the actions of abusive priests. Individuals are responsible for their crimes. At the same time, acknowledging that there have been cases where offenders from particular backgrounds were disproportionately represented in certain local grooming gang cases. Examining whether authorities failed to act because they feared accusations of racism is a legitimate subject of public debate. It is possible to discuss those issues without descending into collective blame. The irony is that your post condemns stereotyping while stereotyping anyone who disagrees with you as racist, Islamophobic, a Tommy Robinson supporter, an Elon Musk follower, unintelligent, poor, and a "Boomer." That's a remarkable amount of prejudice packed into one comment. If we're going to have this discussion, let's stick to evidence instead of caricatures. Insults don't strengthen an argument. Facts do. Anyway, I'll leave it at that because you do what all ridiculous lefties do when they are losing a debate. That is to rant, throw the baby out with the bathwater, resort to attacks such as Nazi, Bigot, Straw man etc. You need to grow up.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:44:44 +0000I can't believe anyone travels international without a wad of cash in case of emergencies. I've had my ATM card eaten, and even had my bank account (back home in the USA) closed while I was overseas. Ask yourself how you'd get by if your wallet got stolen? Or if your bank flagged your account for suspicious activities online? You can get real hungry in the week or so it takes to straighten something like that out. I always keep a few thousand $$ in hard cash (USD, GBP, EU, CA$). In 28 years of living and working overseas, it has saved my bacon more than once. Not often, but enough that I always keep some around, and separate from my wallet.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:44:33 +0000Weeks of chest thumping and pompous display of power, boast and agression to annihilate and destroy Iran if they do not surrender to his demand. Extreme rhetoric threatening to " civilisation will die "and "wipe off the face of Iran" now seem like outbursts from an insecured lunatic. He referred the Iranian leadership as thugs and animals and it rebounded so badly on him now as he is seen as nothing but a chicken. America capitulate and surrender to the sheep herders. This must be the lowest point in America military history after Vietnam.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:44:00 +0000Only 1 mafia 8n thailand and we all know who they are lolThu, 18 Jun 2026 02:42:57 +0000Following on from the above photo; Surgeons in South Africa have been doing pioneering work on transplants, in which joints from gorillas can be used in humans. There is less chance of rejection, and the range of mobility is greater than that of humans. The research is funded by the Bill Gates Foundation, which picks up all the costs for patients, who only have to pay a token fee. In effect, they get two ape knees for a penny.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:42:23 +0000This should be an interesting stock to watch. Its about 100 years (?) ahead of its time in terms of being a space transportation company stock? While the idea of investing in this is appealing to me on one hand, on the other hand they are still in development with their rockets, and their test philosophy is to push their test rockets to the limit (and deliberately risk blowing the rocket up) so to better understand the test rocket limitations. I think many investors/speculators may not understand such, and hence we could see a fair amount of volatility each time they blow up a test rocket. I also do not like airline stocks, as fuel prices and flying incidents (not to mention competition) make such airline transportation stocks too risky for me. With Space-X being a transportation company in many ways (albeit space transportation), I decided to stay out, and just watch. My best wishes and good luck to all who invested in Space-X.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:42:16 +0000Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:41:45 +0000Technological advances do not scare me. Thailand banks scare me.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:41:16 +0000But it encourages people to be doped up every day. I'm not a big fan of that.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:41:05 +0000I guess your blinders make counterarguments invisible.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:39:46 +0000No I didn't actually say it!! Plus I was replying to ........ No mention of the word rape!Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:38:36 +0000Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:38:33 +0000Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:37:25 +0000It's not a totally crappy phone... for most part. But terribly unpolished... This guy did some pretty deep review:Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:37:14 +0000A Yorkshire city vanished without a trace last night. The police are baffled, and are looking for Leeds.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:36:06 +0000Old oneThu, 18 Jun 2026 02:35:52 +0000Not sure what medication you are on but I suggest you stop taking it.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:35:44 +0000Since the introduction of TDAC, soon to be replaced by THIM, the immigration officer will see most of the information he needs when he/she swipes your passport through their scanner. They always insist that you show your boarding pass from the flight you arrived on into Bangkok.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:35:42 +0000No hidden meaning here. I like listening to Dope Lemon. For some reason it calms and soothes my mind. It feels like therapy without actually taking drugs. But I also have memories of drugs and their effect, so maybe that is part of the real effect of the songs. They bring back that feeling without needing anything else.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:35:07 +0000No wonder Trump is already "joking" that if this deal goes **** up he's going to blame Vance.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:34:03 +0000Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:33:56 +0000So I have my early tax assessment back from Revenue Canada, and based on the Revenue Canada early assessment they agreed with me. I filed 2 tax returns to them: (1) an Old Age Security Recovery Income (OASRI) form, where i calculated they paid me too much Old Age Security. I thought they overpaid me by $3,900 CAD$. They agreed they overpaid me but they calculated they overpaid me by only $1,550. So that worked out in my favour as I had to pay back less (ie only payback $1,550 and not pay back the $3,900 that I calculated ) to them. (2) a T1 tax return form, where based on Canada Tax Law and based on the Thailand-Canada Double tax agreement, i calculated I owned them no more money than the withholding tax they already had from my Canadian incomes. They agreed owed no more tax on the T1. No more tax money owed. So I was not tax free. I did pay 15% Canadian withholding tax on my Canada interest and 15% Canadian withholding tax on my Canadian dividends. And I did pay 25% Canadian withholding tax on my Canadian Pension plan payments (CPP) and i did pay 25% Canadian withholding tax on my Canadian Old Age Security (OAS) and I did pay 25% Canadian withholding tax on my Canadian Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) income. Per Thai-Canada Double Tax Agreement i paid no tax on my Canadian Capital Gains. The Revenue Canada OASRI assessment document is very useful for me, as it states on it my Global Income. I need that proof for my Thailand Long Term Resident-Wealthy Pensioner (LTR-WP) Visa proof of income. Possibly, in hindsight, I might not have to submit a T1 in future years - except ,as noted earlier in this thread, Revenue Canada has chased after me before for a tax return, despite my being a non-resident to Canada, so i prefer to be 100% open to them, as I want to fully comply with tax law. Having the confirmation thou, via the Revenue Canada T1 assessment, that the withholding tax totally met my Canadian tax obligations, was good news. I put a lot of effort into this to ensure I did not over pay my taxes, and I also put a lot of effort in this to ensure I was fully compliant with tax law.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:33:53 +0000The fact that the name Howell is mentioned, links it firmly in the same corner. My take on this, is that you are actually serving to bolster Mr Drummond's reputation. Demonstrating that his methods were effective in taking down certain types of criminal. He seems to be channelling one Roger Cook. I'm sure many of those types hated him too. Goes with the territory. This kind of vendetta just makes him look effective. Are you working for him? 😊 Is this a PR campaign? ☺️Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:33:26 +0000Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:33:19 +0000The FBI. 2019.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:32:22 +0000