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  1. There may be nothing wrong with her but she would not really come anywhere near a 'Miss' type of body that usually would cut the cake at such events. The picture above is gross!
  2. As an affiliate with Agoda I make an interesting amount of money on my blogs and websites. Also use them for my own booking and never had a problem with them. As Mekong already pointed out, read the small print.
  3. A good thing to happen and it gives hope that for instance on Koh Samui the situation also may approve. Consistent non-use of the meters is more than just annoying on Samui; Charges against them included conspiracy to extort, criminal association, uttering threats and putting people in fear of danger to life, freedom, reputation and possession. The Mayor of Karon, Tawee Thongcham, also surrendered to police to answer charges of collusion with the “mafia†taxi drivers. The 73 were among 108 for whom arrest warrants were issued. The warrants were based on complaints that the taxi drivers had threatened businesses, extorted money from tour company drivers and threatened them with weapons such as pieces of wood or guns, blocked hotel entrances, and forced tourists to get out of minibuses that arrived to collect them for tours. At Phuket Police HQ today Pol Lt Gen Panya Mamen, Commissioner of Police Region 8 in Surat Thani, together with his deputy, Pol Maj Gen Paween Pongsirin, Maj Gen Peerapol Wiriyakul from Royal Thai Army Region 4 in Nakhon Sri Thammarat and Governor Maitri Inthusut explained to journalists why the crackdown had been carried out. Gen Panya explained, “Realising the problem about mafia taxi drivers disgracing the image of Phuket, I set up a team led by Gen Paween and Pol Maj Gen Weerasak Meenawanich from Region 8 to investigate and collect evidences. “More than a thousand police officers, soldiers and local authority officials have been working on this. “The plan was launched on January 30 this year; we have spent about three months now working on this problem.†It was explained that, of the 287 taxi stands in Phuket, 70 were found to be involved in “mafia†behaviour. “We have issued 111 arrest warrants to those people and now we have arrested 73 of them on 76 allegations,†Gen Panya said. It was explained that the targeted taxi drivers would always claim that they were working legally, that they were they were just local people who were losing businesses to others, and claiming that they could act the way they did because they had permission from local authorities such as Tambon Administration Organisations and municipalities – and that this local authority support made it impossible for police to act effectively against them. Whenever the “mafia†taxi drivers had a problem, they would always do three things: block roads, including hotel and police stations entrances; demand that the local police commander be transferred; and demand that they not be prosecuted for blocking roads. “From now on, the police will not let this happen. No police officer will be transferred and anyone who blocks roads will be prosecuted,†he said. Gov Maitri said, “The mafia taxi issue is an old one. Strong power must be applied to eradicate it. There must be a new administration to do this. There must be suppression, education and strengthening of local authorities to get rid of the problem. “Our problem is the local authorities are not strong enough to enforce the law seriously.†Gen Paween told reporters that the mafia taxi drivers occupy public salas as their “officesâ€, and use public power and water supplies paid for by local authorities. The majority have no licences to operate as taxi drivers, so the way they work is illegal. “Mr Tawee was charged with supporting mafia taxi activities in the Karon area, abusing his position to allow these mafia men to use a public sala as a taxi station, and allowing them to use, free, electricity and water that are paid for from national coffers.†Mr Tawee’s activities will also be reported to the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC). Gen Paween highlighted the fear the taxi drivers have instilled over the years. “We could have arrested more people if businesses were not afraid to point out the wrongdoers. Of 150 businesses on our list, only 51 of them would talk about it.†Gen Panya said that attitudes would have to change. “In future, local authorities who know what is going on but fail to correct the problem will be regarded as supporting it. We will accept no excuses. We have lost a lot billions of baht because of these people.†Today’s drive covered mafia activities in Karon, Kamala, Cherng Talay and Tah Chat Chai. In Karon, the police targeted taxi drivers at six stands, at Club Med, Avista Resort & Spa, Peach Hill Resort, Casa Del Sol Hotel, The Old Hotel, and Centara Grand Beach Resort. In Kamala the focus was on Cape Sienna Hotel & Villas while in Cherng Talay, three taxi stands were targeted, at Double Tree by Hilton, Best Western Bangtao, and Arinara Bangtao Beach Resort. At Tah Chat Chai, the target was the Holiday Inn Mai Khao. Phuket News
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    Curfew Update Please

    New curfew times have just been broadcasted on Thai TV
  5. A good slide show with pix from all over Thailand in the 70-tees and Bangkok between 1960-1980
  6. In what way does Thaksin help the 'US interests' in keeping the US happy with money flows or help them in any other way? Isn't the US pouring more money into Thailand than taking out?
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    Coup Declared

    Be careful Coss, Nong Khai may be the hot spot of the coup, you never know :-)
  8. Remind me again Mekong, in what European League is your ManU playing next season?
  9. Thai people know Suthep's history and they still prefer him over the Shinawatra clan. That says something as well. Not condoning him, not at all actually, and I agree that the end of this is unfortunately not in sight yet!
  10. Putting ice cream in a bun
  11. Apparently the numbers of fatal accidents and injuries approximately doubles over Songkran. Read that in one of the reports the last couple of days.
  12. The Air Asia one was supposedly taken in Brisbane. That's a great sign though!
  13. This seems to put some sense in this nonsense!
  14. Suthep clearly lost it now, right? Suthep To Seek Royal Approval For His 'People Coup' (6 April) Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has vowed to ask His Majesty the King to approve his effort to seize power from government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Mr. Suthep delivered the comment yesterday at the People's Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) rally stage in Bangkok's Lumpini Park. At the rally, which was billed as a "big fight" against the government, Mr. Suthep outlined strategies for PCAD supporters in their campaign to remove Ms. Yingluck from her caretaker position, explaining that all PCAD local networks should gather list of their members across the country and "wait for the day of battle". "When I blow the whistle, all of these members must be present," Mr. Suthep told the crowd, "Bring out all the healthy persons, so we can embark on a prolonged fight, for at least 15 days". Mr. Suthep said two events would be critical to the PCAD's ultimate fight against Ms. Yingluck: the conclusion of the corruption case conducted by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Ms. Yingluck, and the verdict by the Constitutional Court which would determine whether she violated the 2007 Constitution by removing a hostile official from the seat of National Security Council director. If the NACC ruled that Ms. Yingluck ran afoul of corruption laws, Mr. Suthep said, the PCAD supporters should stay in their position and wait for his future orders; however, a guilty verdict by the Constitutional Court - which will automatically remove Ms Yingluck from her position - would be met by an instant mobilisation from Mr. Suthep's nationwide network. "We will immediately march on that day!" Mr. Suthep, "We will occupy Thailand so the sovereign power shall truly belong to the people" Mr. Suthep elaborated further that he would then install himself as the "Sovereign Body" who will wield absolute power via numerous "Revolutionary Decrees" and adoption of a single charter provision as a legislative blank cheque - in the same manner of military dictators in 1960s, such as the notorious Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat. "We will have something like Article 17 [of 1959 Administrative Charter] as the highest law," Mr. Suthep said, referring to the charter article which allowed Field Marshal Sarit to fight suspected Communist threats by all means, " will be able to order anyone to be executed by firing squad, but I will only freeze assets". He continued, "As a Sovereign Body who has seized power, I will have the power to appoint Prime Minister and Cabinet members at my own discretion. Then I will present this list to His Majesty the King, so that he can approve them as the People's Government". Once His Majesty the King signed his approval for the "people's coup", Mr. Suthep said, the PCAD will proceed to appoint National Legislative Assemby and "People's Council" as two unelected legislative bodies to engage in "reforms" for Thailand. He promises to return the power to the people once the "reforms" are completed, but warned that he would mobilise his supporters onto the streets if the government he had appointed "failed to perform its duties" as assigned by the PCAD. Mr. Suthep's speech, which drew loud and long cheers from his supporters, is the first instance in which he clearly outlined the procedures to achieve his dubious goals of installing "People's Council" and "reforming Thailand"; Mr. Suthep and his core supporters have refused to elaborate on those terms in previous media appearances and interviews. The remark also attracts concerns from a number of observers who fear that Mr. Suthep's plan would require His Majesty the King, who had remained largely silent on the current round of political crisis, to visibly take side and even violate the national constitution in the process. Furthermore, it is highly unlikely that millions of pro-government supporters in the north and northeast will quietly accept Mr. Suthep's effort to remove their elected government. In a separate mass rally in Nakorn Pathom province yesterday, Redshirts leader Jatupon Prompan insisted that the Redshirts are willing to fight for Ms. Yingluck, and ominously warned that a "civil war" could break out of Ms. Yingluck is removed by undemocratic ways. Mr. Suthep might have already prepared for such a scenario, however. In his speech yesterday, he also urged his supporters to be ready for prolonged rally in Bangkok for over 2 weeks in order to "deter" any opponents who would march into Bangkok and challenge his status as the Sovereign Body. Khaosod English
  15. Something along the lines of: All Scotsmen are tight arses and can't be trusted, now listen to the voice of experience you young lasses. That is, if my ears don't deceive me
  16. Words fail me, a gas fueled cutter, great job Somchai!
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