https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenThis is what vance is saying A proposed $300 billion fund under consideration by the Trump administration for Iran would be financed by private companies looking to invest in the country, not American taxpayers. sounds like i have heard this before oh yes Ballroom !!!!!!! you yanks are so gullibleTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:26:09 +0000yeah sure didnt have explosive drones did theyTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:24:59 +0000I was riding a dual sport about 10 years ago and made U-turn in a parking lot and grabbed to much brake and face planted into in the asphalt. My Shoei ADV helmet saved the day. My only injury was my pride.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:24:08 +0000he never took any oath, hes not even american.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:24:08 +0000I too love caviar. We have much in common.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:23:29 +0000https://wnbrlondon.uk/ better photosTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:23:25 +0000So Starmers UKRAINIAN Rent boy trial has finished and SURPRISE SURPRISE it's a total cover up. It was those big bad RUSSIANS again What a load of **** No-one has explained why the accused had profiles on GRindr. Why would Russia pay inexperienced rent boys to hurt our PM when they have agents that can do it? Makes no sense. I reckon Starmer didn't pay up. UTTER ********Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:22:15 +0000In your opinion onlyTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:21:25 +0000quotes please.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:20:13 +0000the monthly savings from not sending billions to the EU is consuderableTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:19:11 +0000i dont watch social media videos. i have enough reading to do. beef is stupid priced in my opinion. pork is fair, chicken cheap, veggies very cheap now. whats expensive are value added foods, gourmet foods, imported foods and luxury foods. id like to see the individual categories, but if folks are whinging about food prices, its because their own choices. think of millionaire bernie sanders screaming no kings because the gourmet shop kicked up a tin of beluga by 30 percent. i love caviar btw. ikura tooTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:18:16 +0000Totally agree with what you say except that that “in London no car driver does a U Turn unless it’s safe and clear”. Plenty of TV shows showing the even more stupid things drivers do in the UK, just less than in Thailand. From my own experience when I was a teenager riding a motorbike in London, a driver did exactly the same thing to me, U turn from stationary and took me out. His explanation of “sorry, didn’t see you” did nothing to ease the road rash and pain.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:17:23 +0000do we really have to put up with another 3 yrs of the old boring fool. Im sick of his voice alreadyTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:17:11 +0000Oh, No....!!! Not again...!!! Is this the sequel?Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:13:08 +0000TedG put a disagree on my answer to Fred, and he is correctTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:12:55 +0000"Another fine mess you've got me into..."Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:12:01 +0000This MoU will not last 5min Bibi has already said he will not withdraw from Lebanon which has already upset IranTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:11:32 +0000Let's all sing Kumbaya now!Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:10:43 +0000Come on you know that is BS. Why do you say such crazy things. Yep - the helmets at Big C these days are slightly better than the the plastic 'only' ones we saw 10 years ago - my response about no protection from a cheap 350 baht BigC helmet (such as Index) is exaggerated - there is some protection. But what level of protection do you 'think' this 350 baht helmet (i.e. Index) really offers you ? Assuming something like an open face Index helmet (you mentioned open face) - here is the comparison Two identical riders fall from their motorcycles at 50 km/h and strike the road. The rider wearing the INDEX half-face helmet might avoid a fatal head injury. The helmet could theoretically absorb enough energy to prevent a skull fracture or severe brain trauma if the impact occurs on the specific area actually covered fully by the helmet. In that respect, it has done its job - IF the helmet is tight and well fitting. However, crashes are rarely neat laboratory tests. For example - at 50 km/h, the rider's body is still travelling at almost 14 metres per second. IF the chin, jaw, cheekbone or face contacts the road first - a very common occurrence in motorcycle accidents - the INDEX offers essentially no protection whatsoever (the face shield protects you from bugs). The rider may survive the crash only to face broken teeth, a fractured jaw, facial lacerations, reconstructive surgery, permanent scarring, or all of the above. A decent higher range Helmet, for example Shoei; changes that equation significantly. The chin bar, face shield, shell construction and energy-absorbing liner all become part of the impact-management system. The same crash may still result in concussion, bruising, fractures elsewhere on the body, but the rider has a substantially better chance of walking away with their face still intact and brain undamaged. The uncomfortable reality is that a 350-baht INDEX helmet does not offer a great deal of protection - That said, it is better than no helmet by a significant margin. A Shoei helmet is designed around surviving real-world crashes with as much of the rider's anatomy preserved as possible. If both riders strike the crown of the head on smooth asphalt, the difference may be measured in percentages - 20-30% better protection with a Shoei. If both riders hit the road face-first, the difference can be measured in dental implants, titanium plates, skin grafts, months of surgery and decades of living with the outcome. In simple terms: At 50 km/h, the INDEX might protect your brain. At 50 km/h, the Neotec II is protecting your brain, your face, your jaw, your teeth, your eyes and your future quality of life. --- --- --- --- I think I'll be using my full face helmet a lot more after going through all of that.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:10:33 +0000Iran is completely "DEFENSELESS" Robert Greenway, architect of the Abraham Accords, said on Watters Primetime. 'For the first time since 2006, the infrastructure that the Obama and Bidens paid for have been destroyed by President Trump… the military now has created a situation which Iran is completely defenseless." Thanks to Obama’s disastrous Iran deal that funneled billions and empowered the regime, the state sponsor of terror built up their nuclear and terror capabilities only to see it destroyed.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:10:08 +0000This guy usually films in Miami and environs. Then, when the weather gets too hot for him, he decamps for California during the next few months. It is always important to seek the most unbiased reports of anything of interest to one. Mostly, this guy talks about real estate prices, etc. I think he does a good job promoting whatever it is that he is communicating. However, I just questioned his figures about the skyrocketing food prices. Now, it seems that he was fairly on target.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:09:49 +0000Regardless of all of the above, you know full well that you will be paying if you injure or kill someone here..........It makes absolutely no difference to the family of the injured or deceased whether their loved one was wearing a helmet or not, nor will it make any difference to the amount that one would have to pay. In their eyes you injured or killed their loved one. In fact the more one tried to squirm out of it or paying less, the more likelyhood others will become involved and the bill will just keep getting higher and higher, not forgetting you are also a foreigner, so the compensation by default, will be higher anyway.. I would advise that you forget the premise of thinking that you would be able to mitigate away any responsibility as that is tantamount to having a false sense of security, and the more likelyhood there is that you will be less careful and less rational when encountering a local without a helmet on...............Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:09:30 +0000I have identified PMs with a star: 8 out of 14. Those not starred are identified by influential entity, roughly by era.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:08:29 +0000Your logic is sound except for maybe 10% of farangs who are careless. Overall Thais are far more dangerous.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:08:24 +0000I understand foreign tour operator can lead a tour if they employ a local tour guide to lead the tour with the foreign guide acting as an interpreter or liaison .Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:08:09 +0000