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News Forum - Phuket taxi drivers call for authorities to get tough on illegal drivers
The hypocrisy of these people is beyond the pale. -
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News Forum - Thai police admit extorting money from Taiwanese actress
Forums and social media can be depressing places to spend time. It shows in stark detail just how messed up humanity is. Here we have a topic on corruption. Something most rational, decent and informed people would denounce. Yet here we have some people excusing it, making allowances for it and even advocating it. What a sick species we are. I find it truly scary how the views of various people can be so different on a crime so vile as corruption. -
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News Forum - Olympic Games on the brink as 40 nations threaten to pull out
Yes, on the face of it you are dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t. However, the point is not to teach Putin a lesson, it’s to signal to other nations your disapproval of the actions of Russia. Allies will take note and hopefully follow your lead. I guess it’s like all diplomacy in that it needs to be persistent and consistent. It often falls short on both counts! Normally I would not advocate mixing sport and politics. I didn’t like the World Cup being handed to Qatar, but didn’t support a ban for example. The issues and differences with Qatar are cultural, political and human rights related. It’s a major issue but it’s far from all out war with a neighbouring country that Russia is engaged in. We can only hope that the Russian people will do something about it soon. I’m not holding my breath. -
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News Forum - Thai police admit extorting money from Taiwanese actress
LOL and just how many in the USA get their hands slapped. Now there is conjecture on the exact amount contributed but one way or another those connected to the Uranium One deal contributed millions. Whether the donations played any role in the approval of the uranium deal is unknown. But the episode underscores the special ethical challenges presented by the Clinton Foundation, headed by a former president who relied heavily on foreign cash to accumulate $250 million in assets even as his wife helped steer American foreign policy as secretary of state, presiding over decisions with the potential to benefit the foundation’s donors. Still, the ultimate authority to approve or reject the Russian acquisition rested with the cabinet officials on the foreign investment committee, including Mrs. Clinton — whose husband was collecting millions in donations from people associated with Uranium One. With help from Bill Clinton's connections, Canadian mining tycoon Frank Giustra in 2005 was able to secure a key uranium mining deal in Kazakhstan for his company UrAsia Energy. Months later, according to a New York Times report, Giustra donated more than $30 million to Clinton's foundation — donations that remained secret for years. Uranium One obtained UrAsia Energy in 2007. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/truth-clinton-uranium-deal-article-1.3597553 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html
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