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People Power party leader Samak Sundaravej trounced pretty boy Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party in a parliamentary election for prime minister 310-163. His appointment will be formalized by a royal decree, thus capping 30 years in Thai politics with the ultimate triumph, however many pundits feel his reign will be short, due to corruption charges haunting […]

My wife hails from rural Thailand. Her village is called Ban Nam Poo. Not Ban Nok or ‘bird village’, as the Thais derisively call these forgotten communities off the gird. Farmers in Ban Nam Poo have grown rice for generations. Enough to eat. Enough to trade. Enough to make lao khao.

They survived Thaksin 3-harvest a […]

I read this interview on http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/3051.cfm from www.2bangkok.com
Ona trip to laos in 1997 I was amazed by the widespread deforestation. The country had been denuded of trees. The loggers were political prisoners like Bounsang Khamkeo. The timber produce chopsticks in Japan and toilet paper for the rest of the world.

The writer survived seven years in the secret jungle prisons of […]

I like skinny women. This predilection for underweight females originates from the nympish cover girl of BLIND FAITH’s LP. Not CD. LP. This fetish has been a life-long devotion. Thai girls are naturally thin until they get a boyfriend with a little money, then it’s eat and eat and eat to balloon into a plump […]

I hadn’t seen Fabo in several weeks. Last time was with his mia noi Gai at the Buffalo Bar. The nextd day Bruno said Fabo was in trouble. He didn’t say what. It could have been Poo, his big wife, Gai, the good German gangster, drinking too many Heinekens. The result was the same. He was MIA […]

On Boxing Day 2006 a pick-up truck narrowly missed my daughter. I confronted the driver at the end of the soi. The tattooed tapestry got out of his truck wearing sneakers or trainers. He was bigger than I thought and I was wearing the 2nd worst footwear for a fight.
Flip-flops.
The worst are cowboy boots which have no […]

Short Story by Jocko Weyland from Vice Magazine

http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2008/01/fiction—joc-1.html?cid=98780906#comment-98780906 
Hanging out at the park on a sunny Los Angeles winter afternoon, lying on the grass, reading, taking it in while unfortunately having to endure the Mexican evangelical preacher squawking away in Spanish on a megaphone at the far end. I mean really, why, why, why must they […]

What’s this triumph mean for Thailand?

Nothing yet other today is another day closer to GW Bush’s 3rd term, however the US media detracted from Obama’s SC win by attributing the victory to his massive black turn-out.
“Niggers only care bout 3 things. Loose shoes, tight pussy, and a warm place to shit.” Earl Butz, Nixon’s Secretary […]

I worked at St. John of the Heavens Hospital the summer of 1973. Marilynn was working there. She went to Boston College. So did I. She was a candy striper. Orderlies earn five cents an hour than janitors. I call myself a ‘porter’. My first day I learned St. John’s was a waiting room for […]

The Ocean 1 Tower plot this morning was extremely inactive. No one on site. No digging. No work. The mega-project seems to be on hold in response to the current economical climate i.e. gloom. No more smiling faces on realtors and developers. Life has become a struggle in 2008.

“There was no high season this year.” One sales […]