https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenThe Bilderberg Conspiracy:: Inside the World’s Most Powerful Secret Society. By Paul Jeffers. Secret and Suppressed: Banned Ideas and Hidden History. By Jim Keith The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World by John Dickie The "Blue Books" of Freemasonry The Index LibrorumSat, 20 Jun 2026 09:41:59 +0000The human body is complex, a chemical factory with many processes. If you have a flaw in it , you get medicine. Working maybe good for the error, but always has side effects. No clue what kind of medicines you have. A doctor just gives you the candy and never speaks about it, but then you read about it and your mind setting is going down. So I know and try to fight the knowledge I now have, however cant reject all. There are some really troubling issues with my medicines if process go wrong. However you are getting older as wel. And everybody is unique. Not long ago, they find out, women are totally different then men, though we have a lot in common as in organs and working principles. The strongest instrument is your brain ! You can change mindsets. Fi you lie down now in the way you feel. I know all not easy, I also ignore things , I should do but dont. Only if I really put on another mindset, it changes. Just force. You do your 5 km walk ! You force yourself to do it ! Maybe then lie down, ok but instead of all afternoon, short it to an hour and force yourself out and do something else. In Thailand after a cold shower, I stand naked in front of a running fan ! leftover water (filmlayer) evaporates and cools you down. After that I really feel "reborn". Well thats for me personal. Once I tried and made me feel real good, so now do all the time. It works for me. Positive mindset. As advised maybe do 2 times walking and half the distance? As I said, I know, not easy when you are running in a different mode. Your brain can be your friend, but also your enemy.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:41:34 +0000Readily admitting to ethnic cleansing. Way to go, guys.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:40:58 +0000If you look at a Roadrunner's eyes you will see the problem we have with the peripheral vision test. I also cannot pass the depth of field test, I swear that machine is inaccurate. Naturally I also have problems obtaining glasses....... anyone know a good optician in Pattaya?Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:40:13 +0000The "position" you stated was that the people you disagree with were stupid and crazy. That's weak brother, even for you. Incidentally, I have noticed that most all leftists claim they are not leftist, but because leftists lie incessantly, what they say generally means nothing.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:40:10 +0000Hello banderite, did you sharpen your pichforks yet ? 😄Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:38:13 +0000Never heard of them. Just looked them up. One thing they were lobbying for was to prevent conflict between US and Iran. Obviously, that hasn't worked out for them. From AI: NIAC Action PAC raised over $500,000 for various candidates during the 2020 election cycle, but its direct reportable political expenditures are typically much smaller. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] So this indicates to me that lobbying doesn't guarantee anything. All sorts of organizations are making donations to candidates, and the candidates are happy to take their money, but this does not appear to guarantee anything. And maybe their contributions are too small.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:36:58 +0000Sorry if you've mentioned it already, but which Immigration Office?Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:36:51 +0000Troll post removed @t0mt0m Rule 9. You will not post disruptive or inflammatory messages. You will respect other members and post in a civil manner. Personal attacks, insults or hate speech posted on the forum or sent by private message are not allowed. 10. You will not post troll messages. Trolling is the act of purposefully antagonizing forum members by posting controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages with the primary intent of provoking other members into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:35:16 +0000I know we often look at the old days, 20 + years ago through rose colored glasses but this kind of brawl that has now become commonplace, it seems almost nightly, was honestly very rare back then. I can recall being amazed at how few altercations I would see considering the always combustible mixture of alcohol, women, men on the prowl and the wide mix of nationalities and cultures. Once in a while somebody wouldn't want to pay a bar bill and get instant financial counselling or some idiot would try to secretly video inside a bar and watch his phone deconstruct against a wall but for the most part, people just seemed to move on from messy situations. Meth was around then but not even close to the availability of now and the whole combat sports thing has brought in a new demographic of wanna-be tough guys. The digital nomad thing has also brought in a demographic of 30-40 somethings, not really playing Walking Street but fueling a much more aggressive bar scene and perhaps more personal relationship issues spilling into view. A visible criminal element has obviously grown, built around cannabis but expanding in all sorts of directions. The Russians seem to be in their own little world. I've never had any kind of negative interaction with a Russian, they seem to concentrate on their own rivalries and dramas. From trends I see on the news, I wouldn't be surprised to see an even larger Chinese and Korean criminal presence in the next 10 years as their home countries get more skilled at limiting their scams at home.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:34:30 +0000Hilariously, you are clueless about the actual meaning of those not at all surprising poll results.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:33:35 +0000Shades of 85 years ago when another genocidal monster prowled the Earth. “History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” -Mark TwainSat, 20 Jun 2026 09:33:08 +0000I don't appreciate the Jew washing. I agree Israel's reaction went way too far. Sorry to say to you who thinks simplistically and can't imagine being Israeli, I don't think that's the issue of primary focus for the elections. The Israelis are voting for an Israeli government in their interests, not to please pro Palestinian activisits. I know what you THINK Israelis should be focused on. That's not the political reality.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:32:32 +0000A lot of non-Jewish Americans also support AIPAC. It does not receive money from Israel, or any foreign government, or any foreign national, because to do so would be illegal. As I said a number of times, AIPAC lobbies for Israel, which is perfectly legal, just like it is legal for NIAC to lobby for Iran. *As I understand it, NIAC's budget is significantly larger than AIPAC's budget, but no one is howling about that. *From a quick Google search.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:31:06 +0000Do we need a "Sad but true" thread, do you think? 🙄Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:30:11 +0000Interesting polling numbers from Israel. Hopefully this will translate into regime change in the coming election.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:29:11 +0000AIPAC is very unique. There's a large group of wealthy Jewish people in the US, and Israel is obviously an important enough cause for them to join their resources together. But how many other situations can you think of where a group of like-minded ordinary group of citizens would be able to pool enough resources together to have influence in the govt? 3 million annually. How deep are your pockets? And how many other people would you need to scrape up 3.3 million a year? And this has probably gone on for decades now. Otherwise, it's only very large organizations like Big Pharma that can lobby, and I don't think they are usually lobbying for betterment of the average citizen most of the time. It seems like crony capitalism, for the most part.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:28:33 +0000Isn't that the aim of the tourist industry in ALL countries? Spend your money, enjoy yourself and then leave.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:27:58 +0000I will be there, shortly..... Thank you for the advice.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:25:56 +0000Thais seem to sing it to themSat, 20 Jun 2026 09:25:54 +0000What’s this. Somebody within ‘the authorities’ designed this news story with nefarious intent afterthought?Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:25:35 +0000You're a sad man Mr Yellow and beyond redemption...so enuff for today. Take care.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:25:04 +0000You say you have 10kg too many. Think about it like going around with a carry-on luggage on your back all the time. Shedding that would be ideal. Easier said than done I agree.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:24:43 +0000Ahh yes, Vietnam has that easy to acquire Retirement visa /s I don't go to Vietnam because it's a PITA to get there with visas. Maybe that's what Thailand's aim is ? make it more of a PITA and more people will arrive ah la Vietnam ? I'm currently in Thailand on the last of the 60 day visa exempt visas, (at Day 8) and next years 8 months abroad trip looks to be Malaysia (90 days visa exempt) and Cambodia, unless I opt for elsewhere completely. Why ? Most countries don't want "poor people". The current "retirement" visa will surely be phased out eventually, or have much higher cost hurdles, like Malaysia's MM2H was a few years back. You can get the Thailand "Elite" visa now so perhaps they'll phase out the retirement visa and if you cant afford "Elite" (or whatever it's called now) they'll just say, oh well, so sad, go home ? The current "retirement" visa is an annual visa, not a residency permit (unlike The Philippines, which at least has residency) The only SE Asian country currently that seems ok with poor immigrants is Cambodia (and they do have there new CM2H). Vietnam doesn't and their system is ascendant, so why not emulate that ? Even The Philippines has made it harder. Maybe many tourists are bored of Thailand ? they've been 3 - 5 times and are looking for something else, everyone I know has been to Thailand multiple times, only about 1/3 of them have been to Vietnam. Xenophobia is rampant, be it in the UK, EU, US, Aus or Thailand.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:24:14 +0000There you go with the sex trade thing again. I specifically said I was not talking about that. Pointless in continuing this conversation. Have a good evening.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:23:27 +0000