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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
Today I dropped by a BYD Dealership to charge-up with some free electrons. While my Atto was sucking in those free electrons I went into the dealership showroom to part-take of free snacks, look at the varies models, etc., The showroom had 1 Sealion, 1 Seal, 1 Atto, 2 Dolphins, and 2 M6 on display. The Sealion and Seal were side-by-side and the Sealion looked like a significantly larger car than the Seal. Now that was more of a visual illusion since the Seal is not really that much smaller per specs. For about 30 minutes I watched customers and it was obvious the Sealion was getting the most attention by the customers. And two sets of customers were at sales tables with sales people doing serious talk/paperwork in buying a Sealion. Yeap, for right now the Sealion is the new girl in the club and getting a lot of attention....I'm sure the Sealion is going to have good sales/registrations over the coming months. -
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Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family
I would say the opposite, the Yanks wanted to get rid of Assad since 2011,it was part of their 5/7 country war plan under obama. Putins support stopped them in 2015, but I guess now he is occupied so they seized the opportunity. <deleted> the USA -
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Russia Doomed .. Just a Wetdream
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/07/how-russian-economy-reached-breaking-point/ stagflation looms comrades -
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Cost to Send a Pea: How much to send a pea from NYC to Thailand via UPS?
a. Sometimes serious b. Sometimes seemingly not serious, but still serious -
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Cost to Send a Pea: How much to send a pea from NYC to Thailand via UPS?
Yes. And, YES...a pea is a seed: -
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I know a 14 yr old thai girl who was recently pregnant and had an abortion.
"Want to be a hero. Join the UN." I don't think so. There's never been a more corrupt or inefficient organization. But I do get your point. -
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Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
The money, bizarrely, comes from those very same Trumpets! Anyway, enough of perjorative commentary about far right supporters, I'm sure that there were some jolly fine people present! Interesting that they were chanting, acclaiming victory in German. "Sieg Heil" perhaps? -
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American arrested for alleged sexual assault of Chinese woman
A black widow mentality. Chinese-American accuses American of forced sex in Thailand. Questions abound. Is this rape accuser looking for a payout? Could she be fabricating? Can the accused get a fair trial in a court system unused to such charges and with limited investigative capability? In the age of #MeToo, who’s getting treated more unfairly: men or women? Even US President-elect Donald Trump avers, “It’s a very scary situation where you’re guilty until proven innocent,” Trump said about sex assault claims against men, including against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In the somewhat provincial city of Hat Yai, Thailand two foreigners – an American and a dual US/Chinese citizen - are engaged in a court battle to determine whether charges of rape have merit. An international political/diplomatic firestorm appears to be developing in this small Thailand community just north of the Malaysian border. Evidence is being presented to police and the court, as the accused - first jailed, now released with an ankle GPS tracking device – attempts to prove he is not guilty of charges, and that the accuser is fabricating evidence out of vengeance – and perhaps a desire for monetary compensation. Much is as yet unanswered. The accuser provides only her Chinese passport ID. The accused feels entitled to view her US identification, as she lived and worked in America and is a US citizen. Furthermore, the accuser only alleged rape after the accused decided to end their relationship. She invited him to her hotel room, where they became sexually intimate by mutual consent. Over several days subsequent to this initial encounter, she initiated communication with the accused asking when he would be able to return to her hotel room, specifically mentioning her interest in forwarding their sexual relationship. And the accused did go to her hotel room about three more times, and by his account this sex also was consensual. On November 7 the accused left her hotel room to buy cigarettes. The accuser’s apparent urgency to fully consummate their relationship left the accused with an uncertain sense of her intentions. Doubts arose in his mind that she was now being forthright in answering his questions about her past, leaving him with a nagging feeling that she had a lot to hide and perhaps ulterior motives. He returned home rather than go back to her hotel room. And, ultimately, he decided that he did not wish to continue the relationship. He came to realize that there were red flags, she was too inconsistent, and her behavior in ways, contrived, even cunning. Importantly, Ms. Zhang did not notify authorities until much later – on November 9th - to allege that Beasley had raped her. And so, she precluded police from obtaining a rape kit, which could have provided convincing evidence of sperm - implicating Beasley - as well as other contemporaneous evidence. In response to her allegations Mr. Beasley is adamant that he did not force sex - that she was a willingly proactive participant. He cites her calls and texts sent him repeatedly over a period of a week, mentioning her sexual desire and asking him to return to her hotel room for more sexual intimacy. Furthermore, five days following her allegations Ms. Zhang claims she has contracted a sexually transmitted disease and has medical evidence of such. Mr. Beasley presented himself for a test – and the results were negative. That Zhang does have such an infection – and that Beasley does not present with evidence of this sexually transmitted disease - suggests that she could have had other sexual partners since her relationship with Beasley. Ms. Zhang visits the Hat Yai courthouse daily, accosting police and court officials, alleging repeatedly that Beasley is guilty of the offence and demanding that he be locked up in Hat Yai’s jail. She approaches local hospital staff regarding the procedures they follow, claiming that they are failing to perform their testing and other tasks correctly. Notwithstanding Ms. Zhang’s accusations, the court has agreed to release Beasley, detained at first for a weekend pending trial next February. Beasley asserts he has never had reports or instances of sexual or other violence made against him in any country. And that Ms. Zhang’s allegations are totally without merit. Ms. Zhang appears instead to have successfully weaponized the threat of negative media. She reports Thai officials when they don’t do her bidding and warns Thailand by means of threats to the country’s tourism. Can Beasley avoid wrongful detention? Time will tell. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2796204/lawyer-arm-faces-rape-charges May, 2024 https://thai.news/news/thailand/lawyer-arms-fall-from-grace-phongsathon-suwannaraksa-accused-of-rape-and-blackmail-in-legal-thriller-unfold https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1692424/ruling-on-rape Who makes false rape allegations? Skeptics — including many police officers — tend to assume that false rape claims are made by women who had consensual sex but later regretted it, or who are trying to get back at a consensual sexual partner. According to the research, many police officers look for "red flags" that might reveal accusers' true motivation — cases where the accuser knew the accused, was intoxicated when the assault happened, waited several days (or longer) to report the assault, or wasn't injured or distressed. https://www.vox.com/2015/6/1/8687479/lie-rape-statistics But the reasons the skeptics give are the same reasons that police have given, since time immemorial, not to believe rape allegations: that rape is easily claimed and difficult to disprove, and that there are all too many possible motives to lie. And those affect their opinions of all victims: as one officer told the researchers who conducted the Los Angeles study, "We see so many women who aren‘t telling the truth that it affects our attitudes toward victims who are telling the truth. It makes us suspicious of all victims." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01847-z https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/False-rape-allegations-Kanin/58ffcbe00d92dbf65770aa4b8148d6bcd6e56c19 https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/perverting-course-justice-and-wasting-police-time-cases-involving-allegedly-false
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