[The Georgia Trump election investigation keeps getting bigger]

Trying to get all of his crimes looked into is like trying to get to the end of a line forming for some concert... line grows faster than you can walk... there seems to be no end to the laws and standards that treasonous grifter broke

[Marjorie Taylor Greene Dismisses White Supremacist Group as 'Fed Operation']

Detective Marge on the case "looks like a fed operation trying to create racism, white supremacy, and racial division where none exist." Yep, "looks like" is about the best evidence ever. She is insane, and her apologists lack basic thinking skills

[The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare (Part I)]

On 6/4/2023 at 7:55 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

There is also a giant myth called... "criminals obey the law"... if no guns for everyone is the law, why are there still shootings in countries with strict gun laws or cities like New York City or Chicago which have very strict gun laws... guns aren't as big a problem as criminals... used to be if someone stole your horse he got hanged... 

"...strict gun laws or cities like New York City or Chicago which have very strict gun laws..." really? are you that lacking in imagination or critcal thinking skills? Let me help: people can carry guns across state lines... US has "open borders" between states and cities... many countries restrict who may have guns (yes, some laws broken, but shooting rates far, far below USA).... others strict laws on training, possession, storage etc with high ownership rates but negligible shootings (Swiss, for example). In US we have Republican governors loosening ownership laws, repealing law against those with mental illness from owning guns, for example

[Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors also limits access for trans adults]

The Republicans don't want anyone to have gov sponsored health care. Remember "repeal then replace" lie head of the party spouted? He had nothing to replace.

Republicans will chip away anywhere and everywhere they can to cut health services in Florida. Woke up and smell the coffee

[Bangkok police relocate officers amid probe into illegal Chinese club drug operation]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Suspended without pay might be a deterrent,  

suspend without bribes would really be painful.... pay is just chump change

[One-legged UK crime boss on the run for five years extradited from Thailand and jailed]

can't say the shoe is on the other foot with this case!

[Scoop: Hunter Biden lawyer deposes laptop shop owner]

This could be quite entertaining.... perhaps shop owner could have reason to keep computer but just who and how the contents got spread about is what I wanna know. A responsible business owner would have wiped the hard drive.....

[Legal Experts Predict Dire Outcome For Donald Trump After Tape Report]

Trump is a classic massive narccissist. Their downfall is belief they are smarter than anyone and everyone else, that all they do is perfect, that they alone can fix things.

When someone calls them on their behavior etc they become enraged and lose whatever sense they may have once had. Time to cash in the Donald's chips.

 

[Robert F Kennedy Jr says he has ‘conversations with dead people’]

Lots of people pray to Jesus, various saints and they aren't alive

[How gun violence is reshaping American lives]

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

IMHO ... gun violence is simply a symptom, the result of deeper causes.   Treating the symptoms isn't working.

 

Poor parenting the #1 cause ... IMHO

Rampant drug use, sales turf war, pissing people off is #2 cause, and account for most of the shootings ... IMHO

 

Nutters, you'll never stop them.  Thankfully there are few, though they dominate the news.

 

FBI stats, and most murders are committed by know assailants:

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4

 

Most murders (firearms) committed with handguns:

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8

 

Yet, with that info, nutters & rifles dominate the news.  

News is obviously pushing an agenda, instead of addressing the true issues ... ... IMHO

Other countries have 'nutters, poor parenting, drug abuse, pissed off people"... right? If not, then why is USA so insane and out of control?

Easy access to guns for the poor parents (leading to poor children... shoot teachers, etc), drugs abusers, etc increases likelyhood that guns will be in the mix of outcomes. That is a "true issue". Many like to say it is a "mental health" issue, but mental health issues cross all countries and cultures. On top of that, the pro gun lobby also cuts funds for mental health. In Texas they repealed a law that banned mentally ill from owning a gun...

It's very simple: if you don't have a gun, you can't shoot someone

Gun deaths are number 1 cause of children's deaths in USA. Why there and no where else?

[Luxury Chinese Club Raided in Bangkok: Private VIP Rooms Found Charging High Fees for Karaoke]

If someone wants to pay 100k for a room, where is the problem? You can always pay too much for something, be it a coke or female companionship.... and if market forces help determine prices, the tab may be a bit low: "..However, reservations had to be made in advance due to the exclusivity of the VIP rooms".

[Thai rubber industry gets 2 billion baht boost to increase global competitiveness]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And the 2 billion baht is used how?

To purchase new technology, buy new manufacturing machines or just subsidise?

exactly. If it is just a reward for inefficiency, then it will make Thailand even less competitive..... no one in gov seems to ever have even a basic econ 101 understanding of market forces

[EXCLUSIVE: Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving the White House]

C'mon Trump lovers, we're waiting. How ya gonna explain away this latest admission of espionage by the great narcissist?

[UN increases sentence on two Serbian war criminals]

drop the phrase "ethnic cleansing". Call it what it is: mass murder.

[Chinese couple arrested in Bangkok as part of a crackdown on crypto money trading scams]

all crypto is scam material. There is no "there" there, there is nothing of inherent value. It's a ponzi scheme without a central figure raking in the dough is the only difference.

[South Korean Man Arrested in Sattahip for Allegedly Being Involved with Illegal Drug Networks]

"illegal drug networks" one of those "protected professions"? Can someone check the list?

[Thai police and Interpol unite to combat human trafficking in Southeast Asia]

I seem to recall Thai navy selling Rohingya who washed up on southern shores into slavery in Malaysia story some years back..... investigate them?

[E-cigarette use linked to lung disease, concerns over misdiagnosis in Thailand]

Let's get down to the real core problem and stop beating around the bush!

The core problem is Breathing!!!

The air here is so often rotten that vaping must seem like some sort of respite.

Just checked AQI site: Bangkok is (relatively) low today: 61 ("moderate") so what if far over UN guidelines

The site extrapolates that 5,900 could die this year from this pollution level

Put that in your pipe and smoke it

Bangkok air quaity index site link

[Thailand urged to prioritise accessible tourism for disabled and elderly]

All for accessibility for tourists, but the fact that powers that be are clueless about even considering their own citizens with mobility issues shows how unreality based those in power are here

[South Africa plans law change over Putin ICC arrest warrant]

"...change its law so that it has the power to decide whether or not to arrest a leader..."

I have a hunch they will choose not to bust Putin when he visits. Call it intuition...

[Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul]

I seem to recall that once there were laws against profiting from convicted crimes; perhaps originally passed to prevent killers like Manson from getting rich off of killing people

If these seditionists gain income because of their traitorous actions, that money should be taken from them, if for no other purpose than to pay for repairs to capitol: you break it, you pay for it

[Move Forward opposes any plan to allow a US base in Thailand and commits to uphold its sovereignty]

On 5/29/2023 at 12:35 PM, Srikcir said:

Thailand buys from whoever offers advanced weapon systems.

How exactly does US make Thailand buy weapons from them?

Frankly, the problem for Thailand is that it's weapons inventory is a "Mish Mash" of foreign weapons (Soviet, Chinese, NATO, EU, etc.) that has to make maintenance a nightmare, not to mention having competent military to do maintenance.  

Simple solution to "maintenance nightmare": do as they do in other areas, like lifts, etc:

Don't perform maintenance.... just run (or fly) into the ground and buy some new ones. Kickbacks an added bonus! ????

[Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn]

so what is the downside? Asking for a local planet....

[Move Forward opposes any plan to allow a US base in Thailand and commits to uphold its sovereignty]

20 hours ago, billd766 said:

Proof?

"In 2002, Haspel was in charge of a secret “black site” prison in Thailand where detainees were subject to abusive interrogation techniques. In a 6,700-page classified report on the CIA’s interrogation programs, the Senate Intelligence Committee documented among other things what agency contractors and personnel did at the site to Abu Zubaydah..." (she became head of the CIA, fwiw). https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/gina-haspel-black-site-torture-cia/555539/

[Christian curriculum using textbooks that deny climate change and say evolution is impossible]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

As posted previously Evolution and creation are both just theories.

There is no evidence to support either.

Here is a neat little video about evolving to overcome antibiotics.... you are aware that many antibiotics from years ago that were 100% effective now are not potent. Evolution.... not shelf life!

Harvard med school demo of evolution of bacteria to overcome antibiotics