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From CNN / MSN Wth her pinkish cheeks and natural charisma, two-month-old pygmy hippo Moo Deng is making millions of fans online and drawing bumper crowds to the Thai zoo where she lives. The pint-sized new arrival at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo, east of the capital Bangkok, has been a social media hit since her keepers started uploading snippets of her life online. When she’s not gobbling up grapes, she’s rolling on the floor or taking a dip under Thailand’s scorching sun. She also loves a good chew of her handlers’ knees when they’re giving her a shower, according to social media clips that have drawn millions of views. “It is her natural cuteness, her behavior that attract tourists,” Narongwit Chodchoy, director of the zoo, told CNN. The zoo’s visitor numbers are up by at least 30%, Narongwit said, but Moo Deng’s fame has also brought unwanted disruption to her life, prompting the director to issue a warning. “Some tourists behaved inappropriately. One person poured water [on her] while another threw a shell onto Moo Deng when she lay on the floor,” he said. He urged tourists to be considerate and vowed to take legal action against anyone harming the mammalian child star. While she continues to draw admirers in person, Moo Deng has found her biggest stardom online. One particularly popular video posted on Facebook – showing her yawning and seemingly enjoying a pat on the chin from her keeper – has garnered 5.8 million views and counting. Continues at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/baby-pygmy-hippo-moo-deng-is-thailand-s-latest-online-sensation-but-her-keeper-is-worried-about-her-fame/ar-AA1qyIrH#

I've never had the occasion to use any of the internet services above. However, I've shopped in person at Home Pro and Big C many times and was never once disappointed. For the same reason I don't like Grindr (et al) is because I want to see and inspect the item before acquiring it. I've found the staff at both stores very helpful.

When everything else about your trip's disappointments fade with time, the moments you describe above will persist indefinitely. To know that you truly made a difference in a young man's future is no small feat. You'll very likely find that that those who caused you the most remorse will slowly cease to haunt your consciousness. But the one who shared the most intimate moments with you will be the reason you go to your computer and begin the rebooking process. The older we get the more we realize that we need people like that in our lives. They are far and few between but they do exist. That they challenge our concept of butterfly is something not to be feared.

Just about all of the shops identify their guys in one manner or another (Top, bottom,T&B, both). I usually only choose tops, but I've found that even some are actually more flexible but choose to only publicly identify as top for personal reasons. When I have chosen a T&B because I found him particularly attractive, most seem to clearly prefer the top role. But it's abundantly clear that minority are dedicated bottoms who relish that aspect. Every top I've found is a bit different and those differences are what keep me coming back to Saphan Kwai.

No way you can make this stuff up. From Bloomberg / MSN Bloomberg) -- Chase Herro has sold a lot of things in his career. Weed. Weight-loss “colon cleanses.” A $149-a-month get-rich-quick class. Now he’s adding another line to his resume: the Trump family’s crypto guru. Herro is the dealmaker behind World Liberty Financial, the crypto project that Donald Trump and his two older sons have been promoting on social media in recent weeks, according to two people involved with the project. Herro's long-time business partner Zachary Folkman is also playing a key role. While few details about World Liberty have been released, Eric Trump said that the startup will promote “financial independence” and Donald Trump Jr. said it will “make finance great again.” Former President Trump himself posted a video saying he'd announce the details on Sept. 16. “We’re embracing the future with crypto and leaving the slow and outdated big banks behind,” Trump said. Yet Herro, a fast-talking 39-year-old who shows off his fancy cars and private-jet rides on social media, is an unknown in the crypto world. More than a dozen prominent digital-asset investors said in interviews they had never heard of him. The only crypto project with which he was publicly affiliated attracted only a few million dollars and suffered a devastating hack. A token he promoted on influencer Logan Paul’s podcast dropped 96% afterward. In one speech in 2018, he called himself “the dirtbag of the internet” and said that regulators should “kick s---heads like me out.” “You can literally sell s--- in a can, wrapped in piss, covered in human skin, for a billion dollars if the story's right, because people will buy it,” Herro said about crypto in a 2018 YouTube video recorded as he drove in a Rolls-Royce. “I'm not going to question the right and wrong of all that.” Bloomberg News sent detailed questions to a World Liberty email address. “We all see the picture you're trying to paint here and consider it at best grossly inaccurate,” a man named Jim Redner replied. “We're confident that our results will speak for themselves.” Redner said he was not a spokesperson for the company and was "just answering emails.” Herro, Folkman and the Trump presidential campaign didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. Herro was introduced to the Trumps by Steve Witkoff, a real-estate developer and longtime supporter of the former president, after first meeting one of Witkoff’s sons, according to one of the people involved with the project. When they met, Trump was reconsidering his stance on crypto. He’d once called Bitcoin a “scam against the dollar,” but in late 2022 he licensed his image for a series of nonfungible tokens – essentially, digital trading cards – featuring cartoon images of a muscular Trump. Then in July, after Bitcoin advocates raised what they said was $25 million for his campaign, Trump flew to Nashville to speak at a Bitcoin conference, where he promised to loosen regulations on the industry and create a strategic national stockpile of the cryptocurrency. “The United States will be the crypto capital of the planet,” Trump said in the speech. At the same time, Trump’s sons were getting curious about the industry. At the Nashville conference, Donald Trump Jr. appeared at an event sponsored by a little-known token called “Make America Great Again, Again,” though he said he had no affiliation with the project. And in June, Martin Shkreli, the former hedge-fund manager who served years in prison for securities fraud, said that he’d been talking with Barron Trump about starting another Trump cryptocurrency. Shkreli declined to comment. Herro is described in the white paper as the person responsible for “data & strategies.” His friend Folkman is listed as “operations lead.” Folkman used to run a service called Date Hotter Girls where he taught seminars about how to pick up women. “OK, how many guys came here to learn how to take girls home and bang them?” Folkman said in a speech in 2014. The trademark for World Liberty is registered to a company using the same address in Puerto Rico as another company run by Herro and Folkman. Continues with photos and video https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/behind-the-trump-crypto-project-is-a-self-described-dirtbag-of-the-internet/ar-AA1qvopg

Actually majority of Americans prefer universal care, but GOP-controlled Congress is largest recipient of health care industry largess and won't allow it to come up for vote. Similarly, when provided with availability of public transport, urban Americans make great use of it. Unfortunately, Congress never prioritizes it because fossil fuel and auto industries are ready with the checks every time election time rolls around. Every attempt to bar lobbyist money from flowing to congress has been shut done by--who else--but same body.

I think they're counting on expense account Japanese businessmen who want to be close to Soi Thaniya. If there is I can't find it on website.

Oh, yes. But I wipe thought from my mind and proceed to masturbate. 🙂

The new Japanese brand hotel has opened on Silom. It's showing an introductory rate on standard room for 3,107 baht tonight. https://nnr-h.com/croom/bangkoksilom/en/

This incident illustrates the importance of having small denomination bills on hand for any taxi, tuk tuk or motorbike fare. From Khaosod English Police Investigators spent nearly two weeks tracking down a tuk-tuk driver who didn’t give change to an American tourist and stole his bag containing valuables worth almost 50,000 baht. The perpetrator used a vehicle with fake license plates. On September 11, investigators from Chakkrawat Police Station arrested Boonlert Jadsanam, 66 years old, and seized his tricycle as evidence in Soi Rama 6, Soi 21, Phetchaburi Road, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok. Mr. James, the American man, was brought in to identify the suspect. The incident occurred on August 30, 2024, around 8:22 p.m. Mr. James reported to Chakkrawat Police Station that he had taken a yellow and blue tuk-tuk with an unknown license plate from Phaya Thai BTS station to Soi Mangkon, Chakkrawat Subdistrict, Samphanthawong District. They agreed on a fare of 500 baht. Upon reaching the destination, he paid with a 1,000 baht note, but the driver immediately fled without giving change. Continues with photo https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2024/09/11/american-tourists-bangkok-nightmare-ends-with-arrest-of-tuk-tuk-driver/

From The Thaiger Hong Kong Airlines is upping the ante for travel lovers, rolling out a brand-new daily flight to Chiang Mai starting on October 27. This exciting expansion marks the airline’s third destination in Thailand, adding to its Bangkok and Phuket routes, and promises to give tourists even more reasons to visit the Land of Smiles. Flight HX749 is set to take off from Hong Kong at 3.30pm local time (2.30pm Thailand time) and will touch down in the northern Thai province by 5.35pm. The return flight, HX750, will depart at 6.35pm, landing in Hong Kong by 10.20pm local time. With this new route, travellers can now explore northern Thailand’s cultural heartland with ease.

More likely he was thinking "who isn't this guy doing?"

Although I've never been to Pattaya, have enjoyed the company of a few mechanics who were very skillful with their tools (Olddaddy take notice).

I've encountered many Myanmar and Shan State guys in just about all of the shops in Saphan Kwai area, See: Massage shops on Sutthisan Winitchai Rd. in this forum.

You can find some in the Saphan Kwai shops. Although I haven't seen any that rival those who grace the Spa Boys from Myanmar pages, they are above average in that department and won't leave you wanting.

Fast forward to the 9:15 mark of this video.

Curious about rationale that you always cash out unused baht on departure, knowing that you're going to be returning at some point. Holding on to some baht would mean one less inconvenience of money exchange on arrival.

If there's a takeaway from this trip it's the growing realization that a substantial number of boys on the game have--among themselves--colluded to nail down a maximum price with no intention of making good on their promise. Although they certainly have the right to bargain as hard as they can, they're undermining their intrinsic value by what amounts to fraud.

Over 150 across northern Vietnam are believed to have perished in the wake of the storm. Some bodies remain buried in the rubble and landslides. From VN Express The popular tourist island of Cat Ba in Hai Phong was left in unprecedented ruins, with facilities suffering damage worth hundreds of thousands of dollars by Tuesday, three days after typhoon Yagi made landfall in northern Vietnam. Hotels and restaurants along April 1 Street, considered the most beautiful location on Cat Ba Island, were among the hardest hit. According to the People's Committee of Cat Hai Island District, 4,717 houses were damaged across the district, though the full extent of the damage has yet to be determined. Continues with photos https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/places/cat-ba-tourist-island-ravaged-by-typhoon-yagi-4791507.html

Home Spa is offering a promotional rate of 329 baht for one hour oil session through Sept. 15.

From The Thaiger Langham Hospitality Group is set to turn heads in Bangkok with its latest luxury venture, The Langham, Customs House, Bangkok. Set in the vibrant Bang Rak district, this glamorous new hotel will breathe new life into the city’s iconic Customs House, perched along the Chao Phraya River. At the heart of this project is the magnificent 1888-built Customs House, a stunning neo-Palladian masterpiece by architect Joachim Grassi. Featuring teak floors, a grand central staircase, and an awe-inspiring four-storey hallway, the building was once Thailand’s gateway, hosting royal events and celebrations, including a lavish party for King Rama V’s return from Europe. Alongside the restored Customs House, a former post office will be transformed into a stylish space offering world-class amenities. Flanking these historic buildings, a sleek, modern structure will house the hotel’s 78 luxurious guestrooms, blending heritage charm with contemporary design.

You’re a good researcher, Moses. But Barry was a British diplomat and i consider them the best in their business so I cut them a lot of slack.

WTF I’m not your mother Go to the Thaiger and look it up

Trump media stock plunged over 16% on market opening today to $15.56 per share.

From Pattaya News On September 10th, 2024, Mr. Atthawit Rakjamroon, the Acting Managing Director of the Thai Transport Company Limited, announced the company’s participation in a recent Thai-Lao road transport meeting. The discussions, held on September 4th-5th by the Thai Department of Land Transport and the Lao Department of Transport, focused on enhancing road transport cooperation between Thailand and Laos, including launching new tourism routes linking airports with high-speed rail services. In alignment with the policy of Thai Deputy Transport Minister Surapong Piyachote, Transport Company Limited plans to reopen all international bus routes and introduce new routes to connect with airports and high-speed rails. A new bus route from Udon Thani to Vang Vieng, via Udon Thani International Airport and Nong Khai, will launch in early November 2024. This route aims to facilitate seamless travel between the airport and the Lao-China high-speed railway, which has been temporarily suspended for upgrades. Studies are underway for five additional routes, including Chiang Mai to Boten, Bangkok to Savannakhet, Pattaya to Pakse, Pattaya to Vientiane, and Pattaya to Savannakhet, to offer more travel options between the two countries. The Transport Company will enhance ticket sales for all international routes through online platforms and E-Ticket systems. Currently, nine international routes operate between Thailand and Laos, with 92 daily trips serving around 3,000 passengers per day. The Bangkok-Pakse route will see an upgrade from standard air-conditioned buses to premium services, maintaining two daily trips. The Mukdahan-Savannakhet route will add three more buses, increasing the daily service from 13 to 17 trips. The Transport Company will increase staffing at the Nong Khai Immigration checkpoint on the Nong Khai-Vientiane route to improve passenger processing.