https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenI agree that mobile Apps tend to be much more accessible than desktop systems. I have to use both for work and personal finance, but the mobile versions tend to be more user friendly, and whenever I use the desktop version of my banking App, I get auto messages recommending I use the mobile App. But I also agree that the desktop programs that also require use of a mobile App for authorisation are a nuisance. MS and Google Authenticator Apps stress me out, and the government systems that require you to juggle your phone and passport whilst on a desktop website are not user friendly.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:22:14 +0000The usual incisive backlash from MAGA supporters: "Go to hell, Judas Pence," Mike Engleman, a MAGA political commentator, posted on X. "Nobody cares what that POS loser thinks," Phillip Buchanan, a MAGA personality who goes by "Catturd" on social media, posted on X. "Who cares what Mike Pence thinks?" Amy Curtis, a writer at Townhall, posted on X. MAGA melts down after Mike Pence breaks with Trump over his 'slush fund': 'Go to hell' Nobody should forget the insurrectionists calling for the hanging of Mike Pence. Jan 6 mob threatens to hang Mike Pence during hearingsMon, 01 Jun 2026 09:19:55 +0000Personally, I could handle getting caught and having to repay anything that I wasn't entitled to, no big deal..........But I wouldn't want my estate to be a mess for my beneficiaries, couldn't live with that..excuse pun....Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:18:53 +0000Same questions from me, same inability to answer from you.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:18:21 +0000Same tiresome questions every time, on repeat. Looking for enemies.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:16:11 +0000Legal tools and structures exist to achieve 0% (estate) tax, including moving to a more favorable tax environment. There is no perfect system. Practically, the more money you have the more you spend (except for the stingiest ones). Everybody makes mistakes. But again there are ways to plan and structure your finance and wealth transmission in order to substantially mitigate the tax impact.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:15:46 +0000I thought Iran, Russia and China are what's painted as the problem. Do you support NATO and or EU members that denies the US to use their airspace and military bases? Do you think Iran should be allowed to further develop their intercontinental ballistic missile, military drone, and nuclear programs?Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:12:59 +0000That was gullible!Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:12:42 +0000Same here. Do you primarily use web apps or does your company require desktop apps?Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:11:30 +0000First question would be can any of the new councilors speak English or be identified without robes🤔Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:11:16 +0000Do mad people know they are mad?Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:10:47 +0000So this is kind of a long story, but true. The ending is funny. Nothing tragic. I grew up in a small town in the mountains. Every year at hunting season we would get inundated with city folks coming up, hoping to bag a deer. A deer that would probably not get eaten, at least not by most of those hunters. We generally knew to stay out of the woods at that time of year, especially on the weekends. One year on the first weekend of hunting season I was sitting on the front porch of the village general store chatting with 'Spudz'. Spudz was a bit of an alcoholic and the unofficial mayor of main street, what little there was of it. We're just sitting there chatting about nothing in particular. Car after car, with license plates proclaiming that they are from the city, pull up in front of the store. First car empties out. Four hopeful hunters walk by us and go into the store to buy provisions (mostly coffee and beer). Each one is dressed in orange. Orange pants, orange jacket, orange mittens, orange hats. Spudz shakes his head. Another car pulls up. Four hunters walk by us and go into the store. Each one is again dressed in orange. Orange pants, orange jacket, orange mittens, orange hats. Spudz shakes his head again. A third car pulls up. "Busy this morning" Spudz says to me. The car empties out. Four hunters walk by us. Each one is dressed in orange. Orange pants, orange jacket, orange mittens, orange hats. Spudz shouts at the last guy getting out of the car. "Hey bub! You're taking one hell of a chance with those brown boots aren't you?"Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:10:07 +0000Have a look at the map showing where Trump's support has cratered the most. Very interesting. 'Map Shows States Where Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Has Crashed the Most' https://www.newsweek.com/map-donald-trump-approval-rating-crash-states-11998580 "More than a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, a Newsweek analysis of new state-level polling suggests his standing has weakened across the country, with some of the sharpest drops in places that once backed him most strongly. Net approval has declined in every state since Trump returned to office in January 2025, and the steepest drops are in Republican-leaning states, not just Democratic strongholds. Several battlegrounds, including Florida, Ohio and Nevada, have shifted into net disapproval, while early pro‑Trump advantages have narrowed sharply, even in his strongest states."Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:10:04 +0000Go see a shrink.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:09:41 +0000https://aseannow.com/thailand-news/two-students-injured-by-wild-elephant-in-nakhon-si-thammarat-r2119/Two female university students were injured after being attacked by a wild elephant on the Krung Ching Falls nature trail in Krung Ching subdistrict, Nopphitam district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, on 31 May 2026. The attack prompted authorities to close the Krung Ching Falls nature study trail for 30 days as a safety precaution. Get today's headlines by email According to Nopphitam district chief Apiwat Meethum, park officials patrolling the trail heard elephant noises and moved to investigate. They discovered four tourists encountering three wild elephants, including two adults and one calf, between the first and second rest shelters, approximately two kilometres from the trail entrance. Officials found two tourists injured on the ground while two others were hiding behind trees. The injured visitors reported that they had been walking along the nature study trail when the elephants attacked. They said one of the elephants used its trunk to throw them to the ground before kicking and trampling them. National park staff successfully distracted the elephants and moved them away from the area, allowing rescue personnel to reach the victims. Emergency responders from Krung Ching National Park, rescue teams from the Krung Ching Subdistrict Administrative Organisation and local residents worked together to evacuate the injured students from the trail. Pictures courtesy of Amarin The injured students were identified as 20-year-old Switta, who suffered a broken collarbone and was later released from hospital, to recover at home, and 21-year-old Phatcharaporn, who complained of abdominal pain and was transferred to Tha Sala Hospital for observation. Both students attend a university in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Amarin reported that the students had been visiting Krung Ching Falls with a larger group as part of a nature study trip when they unexpectedly came face to face with the elephants at close range. University representatives have since sent staff to monitor the welfare of the injured students and provide assistance. Join the discussion? Already a member? Adapted by ASEAN Now Amarin 1 June 2026Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:09:36 +0000Two female university students were injured after being attacked by a wild elephant on the Krung Ching Falls nature trail in Krung Ching subdistrict, Nopphitam district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, on 31 May 2026. The attack prompted authorities to close the Krung Ching Falls nature study trail for 30 days as a safety precaution. Get today's headlines by email According to Nopphitam district chief Apiwat Meethum, park officials patrolling the trail heard elephant noises and moved to investigate. They discovered four tourists encountering three wild elephants, including two adults and one calf, between the first and second rest shelters, approximately two kilometres from the trail entrance. Officials found two tourists injured on the ground while two others were hiding behind trees. The injured visitors reported that they had been walking along the nature study trail when the elephants attacked. They said one of the elephants used its trunk to throw them to the ground before kicking and trampling them. National park staff successfully distracted the elephants and moved them away from the area, allowing rescue personnel to reach the victims. Emergency responders from Krung Ching National Park, rescue teams from the Krung Ching Subdistrict Administrative Organisation and local residents worked together to evacuate the injured students from the trail. Pictures courtesy of Amarin The injured students were identified as 20-year-old Switta, who suffered a broken collarbone and was later released from hospital, to recover at home, and 21-year-old Phatcharaporn, who complained of abdominal pain and was transferred to Tha Sala Hospital for observation. Both students attend a university in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Amarin reported that the students had been visiting Krung Ching Falls with a larger group as part of a nature study trip when they unexpectedly came face to face with the elephants at close range. University representatives have since sent staff to monitor the welfare of the injured students and provide assistance. Join the discussion? Already a member? Adapted by ASEAN Now Amarin 1 June 2026 View full articleMon, 01 Jun 2026 09:09:36 +0000Extracts below from an amusing article by John Crace: You know how it is. You wake up and look out the bedroom window. You see a brand new Jaguar worth £81,000 parked in the driveway. You smile to yourself. That’s what you love about your husband. Always nipping out to the shops to buy himself treats. And where’s the harm in that? No one can say he isn’t worth it. And a new car is only a trifle compared with a motor home. That’s just Pete being Pete. You get dressed and go downstairs. Your husband is already in the kitchen making you breakfast. “Fancy a coffee?” he asks. You nod. You’re busy not reading the SNP accounts. “Which machine would you like me to make it from?” he asks. “The basic Jura? The Jura Z8? Or the Miele? I always think the Z8 makes the best flat white. And what milk would you like?” You open the back door and look at the Galloway and friesian cows he bought the previous week. Both are grazing on the lawn. You reckon you will try the Galloway today. You smile. You count yourself lucky that you are married to such an amazing man. Someone who can still surprise you after all these years you’ve lived together. Never change, darling man. Never change. Nicola’s only crime was to love too much. And to not notice the Jaguar on the driveMon, 01 Jun 2026 09:08:46 +0000I can. You cannot. Even though Bolton is not on the Left, you come up with some other tactic in defence of your Dear Leader. For you, it's a fight, not a discussion. You must appear to win. Just like your Dear Leader. You are lost. There's no point in trying to have a normal discussion with you. Your mind is twisted. Bent. You are overriding normal and decent humanity and replacing it with nationalism. That's your excuse. I cannot make it any more plain than that..Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:08:39 +0000I despair at the level of intelligence of the MAGA cultists and the reason is that the money that the USA gave to Iran was as follows (from AI).............. The Obama administration transferred $1.7 billion in cash to Iran in 2016 to settle a pre-1979 arbitration claim over a failed military equipment purchase. [1, 2] The settlement was comprised of two parts: [1] $400 million: The return of an original trust fund Iran used to purchase military equipment before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. $1.3 billion: Interest agreed upon by the The Hague tribunal to resolve the decades-old dispute. [1, 2, 3, 4] The funds were paid out in foreign currency (euros and Swiss francs) and shipped via airplane. Because U.S. law prohibits direct dollar transactions with Iran, the unusual cash delivery was required to bypass international financial sanctions that blocked Iran from accessing standard banking systems. [1, 2, 3] This has been stated so many times before and is entirely provable, BUT the MAGA dipsticks simply cannot grasp it.......poor souls. And in reality they are not going to get any smarter!!!!Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:06:44 +0000sure, let them drink all day! why not? and don't cry when alcohol related traffic accidents rise...Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:06:02 +0000If Reform don't win Makerfield at least it will lead to the end of Starmer, but what's next could be worseMon, 01 Jun 2026 09:05:26 +0000It's better than drunken old men in a soi Buakhou bar drinking together. Lots of swearing, flatulence and belching.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:05:16 +0000Got a few Gmail accounts as secondary mail and never had any issues. If I was OP I would delete all, absolutely all, related to Gmail and start from scratch OFC follow instructions to the dot and dont try to "personalize" account in any way (if even possible)Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:04:44 +0000And here is yet another that is unable to discuss the topic and it only able to attack those he disagrees with. How predictable that you are weighing in here. And none of you US citizens yet still obsessed with Trump.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:04:30 +0000You take the high road I'll take the low and I'll be in London before you🤔Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:04:08 +0000