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Early Check-In Coming to Suvarnabhumi Airport by February
Will we also be able to clear immigration online? No, didn't think so, we'll still have to queue for hours. -
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Republicans win control of the US House of Representatives
A New Day In America ! A Day for all Patriots to Celebrate… No more majorities by the defeated malign Woke Dems , just crying and resisting! -
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Anutin Reaffirms Koh Kood's Sovereignty Amid Disputed Reports
He's down there looking if the land is suitable for the mass production of cannabis. -
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Thai man leaves apology note & cash after laundrette knicker theft
You mean like Bras and soiled knickers? -
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Thai Man in Drink Driving Custody Dies; Foul Play Ruled Out
That would be a bit extreme for a drink driving charge. -
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Israeli fans violently attacked after Amsterdam soccer match
It's particularly disturbing that on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Jews were once again hunted on the streets of a European city. Historians say Kristallnacht marked the start of the Holocaust. Let's hope things don't get any worse, but I'm not optimistic. Manifestations of antisemitism, including physical attacks on Jews, have reached the highest point in Europe and North America since WWII. What does give me some encouragement is the strong condemnation of Amsterdam's "Jew hunt" by leaders and organizations in the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. The statements by Dutch King Willem-Alexander were especially insightful. He said the attacks were reminiscent of “dark and grim times for the Jewish people.” He went on to note: “We failed the Jewish community of the Netherlands during World War II, and last night we failed again.” On the flip side, what's extremely worrying is the attitude expressed by some posters in this thread- that Jews deserved to be chased and assaulted because of chanting and a torn-down flag. Chanting, even offensive chanting, is part of European football culture. Pulling an unauthorized Palestinian flag off the side of a building is a very minor offense that should have been left to the police. Same-same with harassment of a taxi driver. Minor transgressions by a few Maccabi Tel Aviv fans a day or hours before the match by no means justify a massive hunt for Jews by gangs of attackers on scooters after the match. The response is totally out of proportion to the so-called provocation. How many hundreds of times in the past 13 months have pro-Palestinian protestors chanted for the destruction of Israel and its citizens? Many anti-Israel demonstrations have involved pulling down or burning Israeli flags. Other than Jewish supporters of Israel, no one seemed very put out by such actions. Even when pro-Palestinian protestors caused millions of dollars of damage through campus occupations in Europe and North America, the response was very muted. In truth, the hunt for Jews in Amsterdam had nothing to do with football hooliganism. It was just one more example of the wave of hatred of Jews that's swept across the world. It's the rawest form of Jew hatred and anyone who fails to recognize that is deep in the ranks of antisemitism. -
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