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Authorities in Chonburi Province successfully dismantled a fake monk gang operating in the picturesque Sriracha mountains. The gang was accused of deceiving villagers and collecting funds by posing as representatives of a specific temple for religious purposes. The operation was initiated following complaints from local residents about the establishment of a counterfeit monastery in the region. Undercover immigration officers closely monitored the suspicious activities of the individuals involved and gathered crucial information before charging the suspects. The investigative team executed a raid on November 30 and apprehended four Cambodian nationals dressed as monks. The first suspect was arrested in the Suphalerk market in Surasak Sub-district, Sriracha District, who led the officers up to the hideaway on the hill where three more were found... https://www.pattayamail.com/news/fake-cambodian-monk-gang-busted-in-sriracha-mountains-446793 I'm off to the Local Temple here in NZ, this morning. The Lao Monks there are not fake, I know, because everyone in attendance gives them heaps of food and money....

...the leader of the Pheu Thai Party, the current Thai government majority, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who is also the daughter of former PM and controversial figure Thaksin Shinawatra, presided over a meeting of the Thailand Soft Power Development Committee on December 1st and later announced on her social media channels that she had proposed to make Songkran 2024 the largest ever and make it a month long celebration across Thailand to encourage tourists from around the world to attend and allow Thais to enjoy the festival and encourage domestic travel... https://thepattayanews.com/2023/12/01/pheu-thai-leader-proposes-month-long-songkran-festival-in-april-of-2024/ Sounds like the political equivalent of "Free Beer".

The monumental seizure was achieved during an operation carried out from November 28 to 30, conducted by the drug suppression police in Laos. Among those apprehended in the methamphetamine crackdown operation were four individuals from Laos and a Thai national. Assistant National Police Chief and acting Secretary-General of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), Phanurat Lakbun, confirmed the news today, December 2. This methamphetamine operation was a direct outcome of the joint efforts in drug suppression between Thailand and Laos, a collaboration that took place on September 25 to 27 in the Krabi province of Thailand... https://thethaiger.com/news/national/massive-14-million-methamphetamine-pill-haul-intercepted-in-laos Burma via Laos to Thailand ? I hear that the Burmese authorities, are standing on the edge of the lily pad, in the pond of crocodiles.

Yer think? And a comment on the English in the headline... Are the standards, that the diesel vehicles, must produce in excess of a certain amount of pollution? Or below a certain amount? https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2023/12/01/bangkok-will-tighten-pollution-standards-for-diesel-vehicles/

more related news - Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1 billion class-action lawsuit for endorsing worthless NFTs Schadenfreude...

More than half of Twitter’s top 1,000 advertisers stopped spending on platform, data shows Elon Musk tells boycotting advertisers to 'go fuck yourself'

Every Bitcoin payment 'uses a swimming pool of water'... BBC The figure is due to the water used to power and cool the millions of computers worldwide Bitcoin relies on. ____ On a related note: I have an acquaintance who is having difficulty retrieving his (real) money from a bit coin exchange.... Oh dear...

Turnip Prize 2023: Spoof arts award finalists announced https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-67546663?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

In order to have a realistic training exercise, there must be explosions and death. Otherwise it's not realistic.

When Queen Victoria sent her Soldiers to New Zealand and "Conquered/Colonised/Came to a Treaty Agreement" all those year ago, she must have done it for some sort of wealth aggregation. I wonder what the financial benefit, to her pile of money was. Even though NZ has since become somewhat independent, I would not be surprised if NZ is still sending some sort of payment or wink wink "royalty" to her descendants. And then I came across the following story: Bona Vacantia. In which people, who die intestate, in some parts of Britain have their assets, given to the Royals. By sleight of hand and describing such, as something else, Charles makes a lot of "private income". Excerpt - "...Almost half of bona vacantia revenues – £29.5m over the last decade – have been spent by the duchy on what it calls “costs of palatinate administration and historical obligations”. The administrative costs are understood to be a reference to the operation of the bona vacantia system, including solicitors’ fees. The reference to “historical obligations” is more opaque. It includes the Savoy chapel but appears in large part to be spent on “upkeep of castles and historic monuments”... " Well worth the read: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/24/kings-estate-facing-questions-over-14m-in-bona-vacantia-not-donated-to-charity

A tragic incident occurred during a fire extinguishing exercise at a sugar factory in Uttaradit Province where a gas tank exploded, resulting in the death of an instructor. The victim, identified as Mr. Surachart, a municipal officer. His body was initially taken to the hospital for a post-mortem examination before being handed over to relatives for religious rites. According to officials, the gas tank explosion occurred during a fire extinguishing drill. Preliminary information indicates that the tank involved was a modified cooking gas cylinder, refilled with flammable liquid and nitrogen gas to be used in the drill. (oooh!) The equipment had been in use for an extended period. At the time of the incident, the deceased victim was in charge of controlling the valve on the tank. The police are currently investigating the incident to determine the exact cause. (TNA) https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/gas-tank-explodes-during-fire-drill-killing-1-in-uttaradit-446079

You do realise that I'm taking a piss, on both side's declared religions, that both, state they are for, peace and loving their fellow men? But all you need, is one from each side, alone in a room and fighting and probably death, results.

I think I've said this before, but for memory's sake - again-illy: Put a wall (not a concrete one), a wall made of the rest of the world's military forces, around the lot of them, Israel, Gaza, West bank. Supply weapons into the enclosed areas. And when they've finished, declare that man, King of the rubble. Then go home, let him rebuild the rubble, in what ever religious or philosophical manner he wishes to.