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Gee takes a special kind of person to flame a dead man.

What a load of fucking crap ,don’t talk about things you don’t know about. conviction refers to the outcome of a criminal trial. It is the act of proving or declaring a person guilty of a crime. • A sentence, on the other hand, is the formal declaration by a court imposing a punishment on the person convicted of a crime. • A conviction is a result of the verdict of a judge and/or jury. In contrast, a Sentence is typically ordered by a judge. • The court cannot order a sentence unless the person has been found guilty or convicted. Therefore, a conviction must precede a sentence. Source

Visiting her local shopping district, a woman notices a brand new store has just opened that sells Husbands. So the women goes in to browse and they have to follow the instructions at the entrance: “You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are 6 floors and the value of the products increase as you ascend the flights. You may choose any item from a particular floor or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you CANNOT go back down except to exit the building!” So, the woman goes into the "Husband Store" to find a husband. The 1st floor sign reads: Floor 1 – These men have jobs. The 2nd floor sign reads: Floor 2 – These men Have Jobs and Love Kids. The 3rd floor sign reads: Floor 3 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids and are extremely good looking. “Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the 4th floor and The sign reads: Floor 4 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help with Housework. “Oh, yeah!” she exclaims, “I can hardly stand it!” Still, she goes to the 5th floor and The sign reads: Floor 5 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, help with Housework and Have A Strong Romantic Streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the 6th floor and the sign reads: Floor 6 – You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the "Husband Store."

Was thinking the same thing. Reminds me of a genuine business operating north of Sydney

I know it’s no laughing matter but “Ember Hotel” is an ironic name for a Hotel that caught fire.

March of the graduates, March 11. 2009. Ramkhanhaeng University, Bangkok. My wife, first up on the left. She had to travel for the ceremony from Japan, something that she could not miss. Whole her village knew she was a Uni graduate. That is what I love to see in Thai, not Soi Cowboy or Nana (had seen them well before, participated, I must admit). Not a big thing for anywhere, but for this site, she told me, hardly any of the girls knew how to put on and wear the mandatory stockings. RIP Khun Sanuk and several other old members, Jigger too, had seen us at the Gulliver Fridays 6pm, way back, 2002.

My latest indulgence the "Thor Hammer" aka slow cooked beef shin 😋

Hard to educate the ignorant 🙄

Tastefully tied at the waist with a cut or 2 for that “…extra bit of sexy…”

They actually have something in common. Bormann also was indicted 😀

Saying Trump is the most pro gay Republican is like saying Martin Bormann was the most Pro Jew Nazi

I quite like this one

I understand not participating in social media, however the way SM affects those who use it and the way it shapes society as a whole does indeed affect those around them, participants in SM or not. Ever have to deal with some of these “nose in their phone” type of “kids” and their lack of respect and social skill? That is directly related to SM and poor parenting…

From all the sausage stuffing I suspect 😊

Gentlemen, there have been glorious times on this fine board when many a people posted truely unforgettable pieces. Does anybody of you remember RICSCURR´s man from Greenland? It might be of unexpected actuality as President Orange does not exclude to send the military over there as it looks. Quote Ricscurr meeting lady bah: " Whereyoufrom ? " I am from Greenland " " Oh Greenland man very good....Greenland! Where Greenland, i no hear before. Gentlemen, I wish to thank the Lord for these gems, I fortunately hardcopied some of them, another one poster My Cow Jai: "Bar girl wurking tree day met man tree munt ago ". Posted 2002/06/12. Another one " here is what my wedding in buriram was like; posted by a Norwegian bloke on 10/09/2002. These were the great times, anything following called "Social Media" appear to be just pure crap. Sorry to bring this up once again.

Much better than another board member's who will remain anonymous 😉

I’ll ignore that…

The Day of the Jackal [2024 TV] The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. Old school style killer assassin theatrics does what it says on the label, entertaining, the superb lead here makes this a good binge watch and one of the years best TV series. More TV series to come from what was originally a 1973 movie.

Apparently, very popular cuz it’s not available.

Etch a Sketch

Stroke also brain surgery, I forgot .. I don't remember what I don't remember, no indication or sense of loss. Which makes the 1,000s of movies I saved over the years in MP4, fantastic, I get to see most of them again for the first time. When I forget what I had for breakfast, I look at my chin in the mirror, remembering to do so, is the issue.

Careful.....you'll upset his docile, compliant and easily influenced followers 🐑

He negotiated and signed the Torrijos-Carter Treaties and is upsetting Trump even after he has died, got to give him that 😀

Kwanza is an interesting holiday. Basically, if I have it right, it was created by a black studies professor at UCLA back in the 1960’s. He based it on the African harvest festival, but arranged it to coincide with the Christmas holiday so families could have time together. The festival emphasizes unity, family and progress and the contributions and sacrifices made by the African American people in the USA. Each night celebrates a different principle and the foods served are also symbolic. Over all, it is pretty interesting and unique to African Americans.

Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra greets Pheu Thai members while boarding a train to the party's seminar on Dec 13. About 400 members travelled in five train carriages to attend the seminar in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.  Now that Thaksin Shinawatra appears actively back in Thai politics, it is demoralising to look back at Thailand's wasted time and opportunities. Once a promising country on the way from democratic transition to consolidation in the late 1990s, Thailand has become semi-autocratic, and its rocky political trajectory over the past two decades is now structural. The traditional institutions of power that grew out of the Cold War have been calling the shots in earlier decades and are just unwilling to let the country move forward in the immediate years ahead. Thailand's ongoing decline began when Mr Thaksin and his political party machine posed a challenge to the old order in the early 2000s by directly engaging the rural masses. When his Thai Rak Thai Party won the 2001 election by a near-majority, the ruling elites gave him a chance because he pledged economic recovery from the 1997-98 economic crisis, resulting in unprecedented policy innovations from universal healthcare, rural microcredit, cluster development projects, niche industrial policies in food, fashion, tourism, healthcare, and automobiles. When he won re-election by a massive landslide in February 2005, Mr Thaksin's meteoric popularity rivalled the top echelons of the establishment. Yellow-clad street protests against Mr Thaksin from August 2005 led to the September 2006 military coup. That coup -- Thailand had had a dozen by that time since 1932 -- was supposed to reset the scene with a short-term caretaker government, a new constitution, and fresh elections. But it did not work out that way. Although Thai Rak Thai was dissolved by the Constitutional Court in May 2007, its successor, the People's Power Party, still won the election by another near-majority in December 2007 while Mr Thaksin was in exile. This led to more yellow-shirted protests and the judicial dissolution of the People's Power Party. The disenfranchised voters of Mr Thaksin's parties became the red shirts who protested and were violently suppressed in 2009-10. In the July 2011 election, Mr Thaksin's sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, led the third banner under the Pheu Thai Party to a majority victory and took office. In 2013-14, the Yingluck government faced another round of yellow-shirt protests and was ousted by another military coup in May 2014. Unlike 2006, this coup was unusual by Thai standards because the military took over the government directly and stayed for the long haul as the royal succession loomed. Five years of military government produced a pro-establishment constitution in 2017, which led to the election in March 2019 and four more years of military-backed government under junta chief Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. Many young Thais who came of age during the Thaksin years and the two coups saw that their future was being lost and lined up behind the newly formed Future Forward Party, calling for reforms of the military, monarchy and other traditional institutions. Future Forward was duly dissolved in February 2020, sparking protests among young Thais, which were suppressed. The May 2023 election witnessed Future Forward's successor, Move Forward, spectacularly winning and beating Mr Thaksin's Pheu Thai. Yet Move Forward was similarly disbanded in August 2024. The recurrent pattern of military coups and judicial dissolutions indicates that the old guard behind traditional institutions will not give up power without a fight. In fact, since October 2016, the old guard has been increasingly assertive and interventionist. But the tide of history is against them as younger voices and cross-generational and nationwide sentiments for change, reform, and modernisation appear inexorable, kept down for now by draconian legal measures and constitutional means. This is why tension and confrontation will underpin the Thai political scene in the medium and longer-term until this chasm between the old guard and the "new gen" is resolved. As Thailand's political malaise deepens and awaits a reckoning, the Thai economy has been in the doldrums. Although the government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra urgently wants to get the economy moving again, Thailand's trend growth has declined from 4-5% in the early 2000s to 1.6% during 2014-23, with rising household debt of 91% and public debt above the 60% threshold. The Paetongtarn government, under her father Thaksin's watch after his return from exile in August 2023, will be hard-pressed to fully implement its 10,000 baht digital wallet for all 45 million designated Thais to boost consumption, promote a "land bridge" to link the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, "soft power" projects, and free-trade agreements. The paramount objective will be to entice foreign investment. Policy formulation has been fluid with patchy implementation. Mr Thaksin's strategic preference has been prioritising income redistribution and populist measures to regain electoral ground. Unlike two decades ago, Mr Thaksin has not been talking about the kinds of structural reforms and economic upgrading Thailand needs in the 2020s-30s, such as digitalisation, supply chain adjustments, AI development, and other ICT areas. His recent speeches sounded out of tune, unlike the reforms espoused by Prachachon (People's) Party, the third banner after Future Forward and Move Forward. Prachachon has proposed decentralisation, the breakup of monopolies, SME promotion, upskilling, and plug-ins to supply chains amid the US-China geoeconomic conflict. Unsurprisingly, Thailand's international standing has diminished over the past two decades of domestic political instability. With the enviable position of being congenitally close to China and a treaty ally of the United States at the same time, Thailand is unique among its regional peers for having maintained its independence without colonisation. Such independence enabled Thailand to deftly navigate Western domination and communism through the two world wars and the Cold War. This geostrategic pathway has shaped Thailand's foreign relations. Joining the US camp during the Cold War to thwart communist expansionism, Thai-US relations were critically bolstered with two mutual defence treaties in 1954 and 1962. From 1960 to 1997, the Thai economy registered 6.5% in annual growth, much of it driven by US foreign investment, tourism, and development aid. In the 1980s, Japanese foreign direct investment crucially increased, especially after the 1985 Plaza Accord. By the early 1990s, Thailand's three largest export markets were the US, the then-European Community, and Japan. The structure of the Thai economy transformed from agricultural-based to manufacturing and services. Despite the economic crisis in 1997-98, this trend continued into the early 2000s when Thailand became a manufacturing hub. But then Thailand got stuck in a prolonged period of political volatility and lost growth opportunities in 2006-24, marked by two military coups, judicial interventions, and fraught elections whereby the powers-that-be did not allow winning parties to run the country. The military-backed governments in 2014-23 moved Thailand closer to China as Bangkok was alienated from Western democracies as well as Japan. This period marked Thailand's lowest international standing, while its traditional leading role in Asean dimmed correspondingly. Consequently, the Thai economy is structurally stuck in the middle-income trap and has lost out on the recent semiconductor and tech innovation boom to competitors such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Moving forward, Thai domestic politics will be the key to future growth or cause of worsening economic stagnation. As long as there is a semblance of democratic rule rather than outright military authoritarianism, Thai foreign relations will be more balanced and omnidirectional. The more Thailand turns autocratic, the more its ruling elites will have to rely on China for legitimacy and support. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2923341/two-wasted-decades-in-thai-politics

Why not see what happens if we post about Thailand and not USA UK Australia and NZ ? Maybe get some quality posters back?

This would pose the “horns of an enema” as they say…as we have, slagged on board members past and present, though justified for the sake of discussion/context, it has been done. Of course there are those who for one reason or another, wore out their welcome here at ‘360 and were banned and banned again when they didn’t get the message the first few times… No need to allow established trouble makers back.

No way, One thread is enough, some would say one to many, last time I checked the board was still Thai360 and not Trump360.

Flash was a wealth of information here as well as on several other boards and Veteran’s groups.

What fcuk we give on a Thai related site about that? It was FlasherMac who fucked and destroyed the Board. Whenever I came back, it was him peddling his USA tread. Nobody else there.

Because the USA has legalize bribery under the auspices of “Lobbying” and 3 of the top 5 Lobbyist in the USA are healthcare related https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders?cycle=a

Don’t forget South Park when Cartman got his Anal Probe

But the Martians landed at Horsell Common in Surrey UK, probably because the martians wanted to meet sensible life forms they give USA a miss

I love a good analogy.....helps the simple ones understand when they don't have the ability to comprehend the obvious 😉

For the imbecilic, some times winning, is not a good thing for the rest of the people. i.e. a ferocious cannibal competes in a girl's under 10, egg and spoon race, he wins and then eats the girls. In MAGA terms this is a brilliant outcome because he won. I will give Donald one accolade though, he has the ability to grift the people who matter in the USA, and I think that some of the grifters will get much richer, but that most of the grifted will be regretting their choices eventually. It's the confusion of the term "Capitalism" with the desire "Greed". Also for bringing an americanism to common usage for the rest of the world, "Grifter"

Not Fake News 😀 In short: 234 new species including the limestone eyelash pit viper and "vampire" hedgehog have been identified in South-East Asia. Tiny shrew moles and camouflaged lizards also made the World Wildlife Fund's new report. Scientists say some of the newly discovered species are already endangered, highlighting the need for conservation. Newt crocodiles have been found in Vietnam. A limestone eyelash pit viper, a soft-furred hedgehog and a brilliantly orange crocodile newt are among 234 new species identified in South-East Asia. The list of remarkable finds, all from 2023, were compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This new species of snake found in southern Thailand has been named the limestone eyelash pit viper. For Vietnamese researcher Luan Thanh Nguyen, one discovery came by pure chance during a field survey in the rugged northern mountains of Vietnam. With his headlamp broken, local Hmong porters assisting his expedition ventured into town to get it fixed. Hmong guides Sung A Chang, Vang A Pao and Sung A Chu helped find the H'mong keelback. When they returned, they handed Mr Nguyen a striking male snake they had stumbled upon along the trail. "At first glance, I knew this was something special," Mr Nguyen recalled, noting its scales were ridged, rather than smooth. The snake has been named the H'mong keelback (Rhabdophis hmongorum) in tribute to the porters and the Indigenous Hmong community near Mount Fansipan, Vietnam's highest peak, located in Hoang Lien National Park. Another striking snake found on limestone rocks was the limestone eyelash pit viper. The Rhabdophis hmongorum was identified in Vietnam. But not all discoveries were made in the wild. A golden fish, dubbed the "rosy loach" (Physoschistura mango), first caught scientists' attention in the aquarium trade. Native to the crystal-clear springs of Hopong in Myanmar's Shan State, the tiny fish is the smallest member of the stone loach family. "Although these species were only recently described by science, they've thrived in the unique habitats of our region for millennia," Chris Hallam, WWF Asia Pacific regional wildlife lead, said. The rosy loach first appeared in an aquarium. He warned of the fragility of this biodiversity, citing the example of a newly discovered leafless orchid sold in local markets — a species likely already threatened by over-exploitation of people selling it. To date, the leafless orchid is only known to be found in a single location near Lung Muoi village in the north of Vietnam. The new leafless orchid species Chiloschista quangdangii was only described last year but it may already be facing extinction. A discovery a decade in the making Not all new species identified in the report were found alive in the field. Scientist Arlo Hinckley uncovered the genetic sequencing of a new gymnure, pronounced like "demure". The new species of hedgehog, Hylomys macarong, may look unassuming but it has sharp jagged teeth. The soft-haired hedgehog relative known as the Hylomys macarong originates from Vietnam but was formally described when Mr Hinckley examined preserved samples in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History thousands of kilometres away in Washington DC. Nicknamed the "vampire gymnure" for its sharp fangs, the specimen had been languishing in collections for more than a decade before it was identified as distinct. The sample was from Vietnam, matching a description of a gymnure by a Russian-Vietnamese team led by Alexei Abramov. "It's like uncovering a Picasso in an art gallery or discovering an ancient artefact in a city," Mr Abramov said. Mr Abramov first suspected the animal was unique when he photographed it in the wild in 2009. "These findings elevate the value of the region and underscore the urgency of conservation," Chris Hallam said. Mr Abramov lamented the delay in describing the species, but he hopes the discovery will help draw attention to the need to protect Vietnam's fragile ecosystems. The dragon lizard Laodracon carsticola is hard to spot on a limestone rock. Hidden gems in plain sight Among the discoveries, some species were so well-camouflaged that they almost went unnoticed. In Laos, researchers identified a new type of dragon lizard, Laodracon carsticola, whose scales perfectly mimic the limestone pinnacles it inhabits. On Vietnam's Mount Fansipan, scientists documented a tiny shrew mole weighing just 8 grams. A shrew mole weights just 8 grams. The diminutive mammal is among the top 10 lightest terrestrial mammals on Earth and likely evolved its unique traits due to the geographic isolation of the mountain. A research team also made a startling find in the Ngoc Linh Mountain Reserve: a bright orange crocodile newt with 14 distinctive warty spots. The discovery surprised researchers because it was the highest elevation at which a crocodile newt had been recorded. Scientists now believe the Ngoc Linh crocodile newt should be classified as endangered, given its restricted range and threatened habitat. The fight to save these species While these discoveries bring excitement, they are tempered by the grim realities of habitat destruction, climate change, and over-exploitation. "Describing new species is the first crucial step in ensuring their survival," said Mya Bhone Maw, who discovered Begonia kayinensis, a rare plant species in Myanmar. Mya Bhone Maw hopes her discovery will inspire more research in Myanmar. But conducting fieldwork is becoming increasingly difficult in countries where civil conflict disrupts research. "As scientists, it is our mission to document and protect the richness of our world," Ms Maw emphasised. "These species provide invaluable beauty and ecosystem services, and we must conserve them for the benefit of all." Luan Thanh Nguyen echoed these sentiments, stressing the importance of local collaboration. New research found that pit vipers are not a single species but have many lineages. In northern Vietnam, he now works closely with the Hmong community to raise awareness about habitat conservation. "I wouldn't have made these discoveries without their help," he said. Luan Thanh Nguyen trains local community groups about how to look after the habitat of endangered species in Vietnam. With rising infrastructure development threatening South-East Asia's natural treasures, Mr Nguyen is hopeful that combining scientific research with community education will safeguard these newly discovered species.

So um…not sure if I explained this…in 2008 ? McCain was duped into picking Palin as his running mate because his handlers thought a woman on the ticket would be more palatable than a black man to swing voters, this legitimized bat shit crazy and sent out e bat signal to nut jobs everywhere…the “Tea Party” was formed and basically killed off the libertarian party which usually took votes from the republicans… 2016, Biden or Bernie Sanders probably would have beaten Trump and he’d be a fart in the past…Hillary Clinton and her BS pulled her shit to get herself nominated as she felt entitled to run and was so damned arrogant she thought she’d win hands down because everyone loved her husband, she was so arrogant, she didn’t bother to campaign in swing states, states Bernie Sanders had won in the primary…so there was that nonsense…Trump won…then, all the hype, crap etc…they propped up Joe, who by this time wasn’t up to it and was already showing signs of cognitive decay. People rallied said “…ok, it isn’t Hillary…” and voted for him…trump cried foul, election fraud, was caught trying to vote tamper in Georgia, January 6th and bam…Joe is clearly losing it, the Democrats needed to come up with a better candidate and should have done so sooner…the “end run” came after the republicans announced their ticket, Biden stepped down and instead of a better candidate (they didn’t really have one) Harris stepped in…she was/is a train wreck…way in over her head…was a shitty City DA, part of one of the worst governments California has seen in years a woman and a double minority, pandering to the entitled youth vote which is still disengaged and outnumbered…Things like DEI, pride flags, gay sex ed drag queen story hour trans people etc don’t matter to working people trying to survive in what is really a shitty economy…Trump pushed the right button with the right number of idiots and well we have what we have… Trump is the worst of all things, arrogant, belittling, loud, obnoxious, jingoistic etc…not sure if the world hates because he basically just an asshole or if nether hate him because he is a lousy world player..?

It was very hard for that to happen. The struggles within government where conservatives believed the poor deserves to serve the rich, and "people from Isaan too stupid to learn". That's a direct quote from a Minister to me. Adult education is another milestone that took a lot of time to make happen. Once it was legal, then the doors opened and many people went back to study as you note but for a long time it was illegal! Crazy. E-Government was illegal and the first person to do it was a young girl in an internet cafe who realised with this new thing called internet, combined with scanners and computers people in villages shouldn't have to travel to province capitals to get paperwork done. She caused a major drama in government circles by using common sense. To this day I doubt she even knows or is even remembered. A lot of the change started in the Ministry of Education with Khunying Kasema, and others, but she was particularly good.

How about this? No shit from the net, my wife. Many men would love to fuck her. If you would, it is a drop in the Ocean. Thousands of Japanese come around, to fuck her. Strangely, she spoke only to those 60+ years old. To bring their wifes to the party. We made 3 porn movies in our privacy.

I think Buffalo_Bill was a bit sarcastic. Like Keith Richards (82), The Rolling Stones, who smokes on the stage and gives a shit about smoking bans everywhere. He knows who he is, the world knows who he has been since 1962. and still is.

Precisely what happened… Not sure who said it, HAMILTON MAYBE? BUT “…THE MASSES ARE ASSES…”

I've gotten to know both parties in many failed farang Thai marriages I blame both sides pretty equally to be honest

Reminds me of English Playwright Clive Bakers saying “One man's pornography is another man's theology.”

Not any worse than going down on the local drunk whore at the corner bar who will shag anyone who buys her drinks....