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Freedom flotilla will not be allowed to dock in Gaza.
Reminds of what I used to say (to myself): I really want to fjork Bjork. -
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Driver's License Procedures Chiang Mai - 2020
Update. Renewal of five year license. Went about 1PM; adequate parking; took about 1.5 hrs. Documents required are as previously described in this thread. Remember, the Medical Certificate (yes, required for 5 yr renewal) and Certificate of Residence must be no older than 30 days. Copy of TM30 not required, as CofR covers this avenue. What's not mentioned previously in this thread is, if your expired license was obtained with a now expired passport -- you need a copy of the Immigration stamp transfer pages found in your new passport. I didn't know this, and had to queue up at the copy machine - which, in some circumstances, might be long. There's no having to sit thru a driving movie at DMV. But, yes, watch the prescribed driving movie online (it's not too terrible -- Miss Lime is cute). And if on PC, take a screenshot of the QR code presented at its end. Print out and sign the bottom in blue ink, like all you other copies presented. The place was crowded, but seemed to move along efficiently. And, yes, as earlier mentioned in this thread -- go directly to counter 27 (second floor), the one exclusively for foreigners. They'll sort your paperwork; have you sit until name is called; then they'll give you a color blind test, plus all your paperwork, with a coversheet for your review and signature. And, your queue number, attached to the package -- then go sit in a super hard chair, until they call your number. When called, you'll pay 505 baht for the five year renewal. Advisable to have the correct change -- took me awhile to find a 5 baht coin at my home, but I'm sure this was superior to having them make change. Wear a collared shirt; otherwise, you'll have to put on one of their collared shirts hanging on the wall. They even made me button to the top the Polo shirt I was wearing. And, yeah, license is good for five years, from my birthday next year. -
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Trump Enacts New Travel Ban Affecting 19 Countries, Citing National Security Concerns
The U.S. travel ban, signed by President Trump on June 4, 2025, restricts entry for citizens of 12 countries and partially restricts travel from seven others, citing national security concerns. It's discriminatory and racist, targeting African, Afro-Caribbean, and Muslim-majority countries, and liken it to exclusionary policies like apartheid due to its blanket application to entire nationalities. The administration defends it as a necessary security measure, addressing deficiencies in the listed countries' vetting systems but it seems more like a deficiency in common human decency by the US with its treating people of all races unequally. -
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US Tourist's Temple Graffiti Sparks Outrage in Chiang Mai
Thank you. I honestly thought it was. It was. -
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Health Covid Cases Spike in Thailand: 28,000 New Cases in Just Two Days
Where has the Thai MoPH been "emphasising vaccination" to protect against COVID? I haven't seen the current MoPH hardly mention COVID vaccination at all ever since the current Thaksin-aligned health minister (Somsak Thepsuthin) took over back in April 2024 -- even though vaccination clearly been shown as the best measure to protect against serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID. And when they have mentioned vaccination in another news report on COVID posted here the other day, it was inexplicably recommending flu vaccines, with no mention of COVID vaccines. There's also some considerable nonsense in the above report sourced to The Nation. The report has public health officials blaming the current COVID outbreak on "late summer's rain-triggered illnesses and school openings." In fact, the Thai MoPH own COVID case tracking data showed Thailand's COVID cases at very low levels thru all of 2025 right up until just before the Song Kran holidays and tourist influx in mid April, and then the cases started rising rapidly and peaked at almost 87,000 for the third week in May, before declining somewhat to almost 72,000 for the last week in May. Thailand had previously seen similar COVID spikes starting with Song Kran periods in the past several years, so the Song Kran seasonal spike shouldn't have been much of a surprise. As for COVID vaccination, I don't know what Somsak's personal / political views are on the subject, since I've almost never seen / heard him mention the topic in any of his reported public comments that I can recall. But if I were a guessing man, I'd guess that the current Thai government, relatively strapped for funding and finances, has basically decided they don't want to spend the considerable expense to buy imported COVID vaccines to protect their own people -- especially since their once much-ballyhooed plans to develop and use a local COVID vaccine here appear to have vanished into thin air. But nonetheless, here's what the Thai MOPH should be telling the Thai public about COVID and vaccinations, as reflected in the current advice from the U.S. CDC: How to Protect Yourself and Others March 10, 2025 "These actions can help you lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission (spreading or catching COVID-19) and lower the risk of severe illness if you get sick. Core Prevention Strategies CDC recommends that all people use core prevention strategies to protect themselves and others from COVID-19: Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. Although vaccinated people sometimes get infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccines significantly lowers the risk of getting very sick, being hospitalized, or dying from COVID-19. [emphasis added] Practice good hygiene (practices that improve cleanliness) Take steps for cleaner air" https://www.cdc.gov/covid/prevention/index.html -
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US Tourist's Temple Graffiti Sparks Outrage in Chiang Mai
Yes it is, apart from the one showing the abbot.
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