https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenIt is possible of course that the French have a prurient and incomprehensible prurient objection to bare chested drunken swaggering English young men - they are not very culturally diverse anyway our Gallic cousins!Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:03:41 +0000https://www.warcosts.org/analysis/presidents-war-record He is ranked 8th lol The way people talk on here you would think he is no 1.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:01:00 +0000I don't much like the Guardian's political stance on many political issues, less it's tiresome "bien pensant" banging of a drum on many issues; but it is something of an International newspaper, with worldwide resources. The good citizens of the United States should care, because it is here calling out the inherent reluctance of many of it's political establishment to enable the voting rights of citizens who they suspect may not support their political stance. Their is, it does seem, within the US a deep mistrust of the democratic process, (perhaps a fear?) and a desire to further practices which will further weaken it. It stems from the corrosive and corrupt involvement of "big money" perhaps? That is a process which, if it continues down the route it has chosen will do great harm to American democracy, it's Republic and possibly end up dramatically, messily and even bloodily.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:59:29 +0000I called peak trump months ago.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:58:16 +0000I feel sorry for you. No life outside Trump.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:57:25 +0000Just what we want, more crime.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:54:47 +0000There are things in this world that even someone of your Online IQ of 137 (LOL) are incapable of understanding. The most significant single individual on this planet right now, for good or bad, is Trump. If a product you buy costs more today than it did 27 February 2026, it is because of Trump. That alone makes him significant. The parents of 168 elementary school girls in Minab, Iran also consider him significant in a bad way, as do decent human beings who have that quaint old human trait of empathy. Then there are those of us who served the nation Trump currently is destroying. Never in the US' 250 years has a more corrupt and anti-American President held the reins of power. Perhaps you've read the Bill of Rights, which constitute the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution? The first item notes and guarantees the basic human right of free speech, which means we are entitled to be as critical of leadership as we wish. The US has no anachronistic lese majeste laws. Other nations are welcome to have those, but the Founders of the US knew the potential dangers inherent in such laws. That is why they wrote the 1st Amendment, rather than just borrow the Magna Carta. The US also was founded to have a free press and allow its citizens the right of peaceful assembly. Trump has repeatedly shown evidence of being against all of those. He accuses critics of "treason", himself being ignorant of the legal definition of that term. He pushes to muzzle the voices of critics in media, even comedians who host late night TV shows. IN Trump 1.0 he ordered "stormtroopers" to beat and tear gas people peacefully protesting in Lafayette Park, across PA Ave from the White House, just so he could wobble up for a photo op holding a Bible upside down in front of a church. Recent reports claim Trump, along with the vile mutant Stephen Miller, want to suspend habeas corpus, too. Everything Trump does points to a person hellbent on being an autocrat, and trying to get around the checks and balances of shared leadership and control established by the Founding Fathers. Personally, I remain outraged that the scumball stole highly classified documents that included those classified as HCS, which means Human Clandestine Sources. As a former agency case officer, I both recruited and handled such assets, and was obliged to put my own life on the line for them, if need be. Since you never served anything, you have no idea what that commitment means. Because of the damage control necessary owing to Trump's theft, some foreign assets had to be ex-filled from their nation, lest they be rounded up and possibly executed. (Putin has a habit of feeding suspected spies live into a furnace while the person's family is forced to watch and hear the screams.) The US thus lost assets who, inter alia, reported on plans and intentions of hostile foreign nations as well as terrorist groups. Trump already was responsible for the beheading of an Israeli penetration of an Islamic terror group when he mouthed off to FM Lavrov and Amb Kislyak in the Oval Office during Trump 1.0, right after he fired FBI Director Comey. The only possible explanation for Trump's theft after his first term ended is that he intended to monetize the stolen documents, as he was financially strapped at that time. In fact, the corrupt Trump only regained his financial footing after entering office for his second term, as he has spent the last 18 months grifting off his position. Now some of us, for right or wrong, consider the damage Trump has done and continues to do to be much more important that visiting all 66 or however many Thai provinces there are. Sure, on an obscure Forum it's pretty pointless, but our patriotism and belief in both justice and American ideals drive our actions. We vent. You are welcome to ignore any posts related to Trump on this side, but apparently you are incapable of doing that. I have spent a few paragraphs here explaining my obsession. I wonder what drives your obsession, since just ignoring any post related to Trump would be pretty easy to do. You, however, cannot do that, and constantly post the same silly comment about "getting a life". Perhaps you should take your own advice about getting a life, as you seem to lack one of any substance or merit?Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:52:17 +0000Jesus could never be elected POTUS, the Americans are not going to vote for a Jew. I think reminding people of JC's origin is a good thing, maybe it will give some hateful people pause next time they consider coming out with a bigoted rant. How some of these pious personal saviour -types are anti-Semites is just beyond me. I suspect the double-think of this is sort of the same stuff that they're president plays on. Another good thing is not repeating the name of the orange in the title of this thread.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:51:14 +0000Looking at his previous topics, I'd suggest he is trolling.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:51:13 +0000As has been stated, Thais use a fork to push food onto the spoon, so flimsy forks don't matter. If you eat with the spoon less rice will spill from your utensil making it practical for a rice-based diet, not so much for meat and potatoes.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:49:53 +0000We have Ukraine security guarantees in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons. We welched on that. There are NO guarantees at state level.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:49:24 +0000I don't reckon Pattaya has changed over the decades, it's always had its issues and I can remember a couple of similar stories. Quite some time ago a foreigner dumped a suitcase containing a girls body behind the temple (Wat Chai), off the Avenue (soi 15). Lots of bushland there back in the day.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:49:07 +0000Id be looking for a farmer with at least 8 very hungry pigs that need feeding! then tell him to explain it to them.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:48:03 +0000Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:47:54 +0000So powerful that he couldn't get the migrant Burmese workers to get rid of their chickens - 555Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:47:37 +0000You are having quite the morning rant. Here he is a drug user. Later he was likely having a "few schooners". Either way, just another pathetic, filthy sex tourist coming to Thailand to molest young girls. Nothing to do with visas. Those scumbag perverts are part of the landscape. Let's hope money doesn't get him off a prison sentence, where her brothers can remind him of what he did.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:45:47 +0000No justice can bring back a life. Patts is now a total cesspit.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:44:23 +0000Have you been to a Macs here? They are usually pretty slow!Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:39:06 +0000WorldFri, 26 Jun 2026 23:37:55 +0000Make sure you thank him for his service.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:37:28 +0000I went to visit someone once in B.K. There was a celebrity monk in the first cell with a fan club outside ...mostly women! Seems he was inside for some hanky panky !Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:36:58 +0000Disgusting POS.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:36:16 +0000Peacocks are pretty noisy and exceptionally attractive!Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:34:40 +0000Yeah it's crazy. Trump trump trump. 3 more.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:34:23 +0000HelloFri, 26 Jun 2026 23:33:24 +0000