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Mekong

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  1. But we know where to get the best deals on zimmer frame and wheel chair rentals
  2. The tall, shiny buildings which rise out of the cornfields on the Myanmar side of the Moei river are a sight so jarring you find yourself blinking to be sure you haven't imagined it. Eight years ago there was nothing over there in Karen State. Just trees, a few roughly built cement buildings, and a long-running civil war which has left this area of Myanmar one of the poorest places on earth. But today, on this spot along the border with Thailand, a small city has emerged like a mirage. It is called Shwe Kokko, or Golden Raintree. It is accused of being a city built on scams, home to a lucrative yet deadly nexus of fraud, money-laundering and human trafficking. The man behind it, She Zhijiang, is languishing in a Bangkok jail, awaiting extradition to China. But Yatai, She Zhijiang's company which built the city, paints a very different vision of Shwe Kokko in its promotional videos – as a resort city, a safe holiday destination for Chinese tourists and haven for the super-rich. The story of Shwe Kokko is also one of the unbridled ambition which has rippled out of China in the last two decades. She Zhijiang dreamed of building this glittering city as his ticket out of the shadowy world of scams and gambling which he inhabited. But by aiming so high he has drawn the attention of Beijing, which is now keen to stamp out the fraud operations along the Thai-Myanmar border which are increasingly targeting Chinese people. Full Article
  3. I wasn’t referring to stiletto attacks in the USA or anywhere else in Thailand for that matter, but specifically Pattaya where the incident took place.
  4. Maybe but not in Pattaya Pattaya
  5. Is anyone else thinking “Girl?” The Stiletto to the head is a classic Ladyboy tactic Attack
  6. One that comes to mind last time I was in UK is Thairanosaurus. As a rule of thumb, the punnier the name the worse the food
  7. It’s a childish word such as pee pee and plop etc the first word a child learns as a “Bad Word” to mean pass wind. So whenever “Trump” is mentioned, those of us who haven’t grown up are reduced to fits of giggles like a 6 year old. I could imagine a Beavis and Butthead take on this
  8. You mean corporate America couldn’t turn a profit on it, so instead of doing something to assist they are quite happy to take the dividends on big pharmaceutical shares whilst big pharmaceutical continues to Bribe, oops sorry I meant Lobby politicians to keep their products on the market
  9. If you check the figures you will find Biden deported more immigrants than Trump ever did. And he has not negotiated troops on the Borders, there increases were negotiate by Biden. From a Pro Trump Newspaper
  10. Bashing Mexico and Canada for the Fentanyl problem but who caused it in the first place? Corporate America. Doctors dishing out opioids such as Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco) and Oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet) like candy to all and sundry. Doctors were happy, getting their backhanders off drug companies, investors were happy as share prices in drug companies were skyrocketing, but it was creating an opioid time bomb. Once the problem was recognised the Doctors stooped prescribing the opioids and basically forced the consumers to go cold turkey. Black market Vicodin pills are $5.00 each compared to Fentanyl at 50 cents, even with prescription Vicodin is $142 per 100 or $1.42 a pop so obviously an addict is going to go for the cheapest option. Rather than flooding the USA with illicit drugs as claimed, foreign countries are helping the USA keep the cost of addiction down, rather than imposing tariffs on other countries wouldn’t the USA be better off insetting up proper detox clinics for the problem which it has caused itself
  11. I missed that but define worth repeating
  12. Why is Trump suing CBS over an episode of 60 Minutes Why is Trump fire all prosecutors going after every FBI operative involved in Jan 6 insurrection To me that is not being able to critical without fear. He seems to have read about Article 112 and making it applicable to him in the USA
  13. It was the previous Trump administration which employed People with dwarfism at Air Traffic Control FAA Disabilities
  14. The comic value of recent posts on this thread by OH are brilliant. That is exactly what MAGAts do and will say and I don’t know whether to laugh or cry
  15. I know, I just like playing Devils advocate
  16. But in China you can Cross the road when safe to do so without getting ticketed for jaywalking Drink alcohol in the Park / Street / Beach Drink Alcohol at 18 Get Mandatory 90 days paid maternity leave Minimum 3 Months mandatory sick pay Minimum 5 days paid mandatory vacation rising to 15 You are used to being under the American boot and accept the restrictions imposed as normal
  17. Trump Transportation Secretary Assures Public, ‘It Is Not Standard To Have Aircraft Collide – I Wanna Be Clear on That’ Well thanks for that great insight Mr Duffy, I am sure many people must of thought that it was standard. Not Standard
  18. A dirty old man’s fantasy”: The truth behind Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull and a Mars bar Helps you Work, Rest and Play
  19. I wonder why Trump GeForce out of the head of aviation safety Mike Whitaker when he came to power
  20. Myths can sell products, I never said the story was true
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