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Benazir Bhutto’s assassination came as no surprise to conspiracy fanatics, especially when Pakistan’s interior Minister declared that Musharraf’s political challenger was not killed by bullets but a head injury sustained after the second attacker detonated a body bomb. This information was issued without any medical evidence backing his claim.

And the USA was providing security for […]

The PPP victory in the December election has set up the possibility of Thaksin’s return to Thailand, despite the junta’s demand that whoever rules next will not be allowed to drop investigation against the deposed PM. In truth they should be packing their bags for retirement rather than enacting more edicts against the beloved ex-ruler […]

A large beer and liquor distributor has its depot at the end of my soi. Heavy lorries, pick-up trucks and 125cc motorcycles with sidecars exited with thousands of beers every minute. Pattaya had a thrist on the last night of the year from Jomtien to Naklua. Thai and farang tourists were flocking into the city […]

Today’s Bangkok Post features the yearly horoscope predictions in its Outlook section. Their 2007 forecast for Geminis was spot on the money or lack of money especially this autumn. Today’s paper says good news Jan.-March, Obstacles solved April-June. Money flies into my pocket July but out for the next two months and then it’s smooth […]

Every time I view a bootleg DVD, my body trembles at the sight of the FBI warning preceding the movie. The G-men. relentless. White shirts, grey suits, black shoes. No paisley ties. They hunting for millions of other violators of the international copyrights and now the RIAA or the enforcement arm of the music industry […]

China might have 700 million more people than America, however the Land of the Free and the Brave outweighs the Celestial Kingdom by a whopping 40% thanks to the obesity fad hitting America. The Communist Politiburo frustrated by the USA’s superiority in this department have launched a massive online campaign to sell Phentermine to the […]

Boxing Day is a strictly English holiday dating back to the Middle Ages when the lower class received hand-outs from their feudal overlords.
In early capitalist times the box was clay pot containing the year’s tips. December 26 the year’s bonus would be doled out to the workers, however whenever I ask Brits about Boxing Day’s […]

Could someone please arrest this man for something?
And as a sox-stuffer incarcerate Dick Cheney too

In 2001 my father and I drove around Utah. No cars. No traffic signals. No cops.
Driving Paradise.
But not Pattaya, for Beach Road is a snake fuck-cluster most evenings. Traffic is backed up from walking Street to Pattaya Tai with baht buses, Chinese tourists buses, and over-sized jeeps driven by drunken Russians. This congestion is worsened […]

Ban Samae San is the southern terminus of the Friendship Highway. This paved road was built by the US Corps of Engineers in the 1960s to supply the bombing missions of the US Air Force throughout SE Asia. Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The 10,000 Day War has no meaning to the residents of Ban Samae […]