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In the 1980s I had occasion to visit East Germany. The frontline of Reagan’s Evil Empire. I drove my orange VW Beetle into East Berlin. No traffic other than rickety Trabants. I parked before the old Reichstag. No parking meters. I bought everyone in the Karl Marx Communal Bar a round. The bill came to 5DMs.
The Evil […]

Back in the distant past Dick Cheney’s lack, GW Bush, called Iraq, Iran, and North Korea the ‘axis of evil’.

The USA in 2003 invaded Iraq to avenge the 9/11 terror attack by Saudi Arabia stooges and their Al-Quada masterminds.
Since 2001 Dick Cheney the unelected president, has been lambasting Iran for its nuclear ambitions, while we rewarded Pakistan with atomic […]

Despite the shrill forecasts from Fox News and the Bush Regime, the 3rd World War misses its Armageddon date thanks to Iran’s freeing 15 British marines and sailors. They said upon reaching safety that they were well treated by the Iranian nation. Some UK newspapaers descried that the prisoners had been forced to wear badly-tailored suits […]

December 5 is the venerable Thai King’s birthday. The day is called wan pah or Father’s Day as Thais view their ruler with a healthy dose of deification. Guide books warn travelers to refrain from any and all comments about the royal family for any joke or insult will be considered a crime, as proven by the case of […]

A week ago 15 British service members (one woman crew member) were captured  on the high seas by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. My first question was why they didn’t defend themselves. The answer came with the TV footage of their boats.
Zodiac dinghies.

One bullet and the dinghies sinks faster than a lifeboat overloaded with obese Americans fleeing a cruise […]

The BBC reported that indigenous Bolivian coca planters have started a legal process to prevent Coca-Cola from using ‘Coca’ as a logo name, citing coca is as native to the Andean nation as hot dogs are to the USA.

The multinational company has retorted that their logo is protected by Bolivian law, however the Coca Committee of the […]

Thailand’s interim government approved a bill aimed at curbing the alcohol consumption through a ban of booze ads, zoning for drinking, and the raising of the drinking age to 20.

Their most recent attempt to push through this legislation was defeated by the major ad agencies along with their whiskey company subscribers, however this time they have a petition […]

It’s been over five years since 9/11. After one fierce firefight in Afghanistan, the CIA and Pentagon have yet to come close to capturing the supposed mastermind of the World Trade Center disaster. So where is he?

Pakistan seems to be the choice of most intelligence groups, who had their dragnets out in force in anticipation of […]

Saturday Night Live held a comedic death watch for Generalissimo Franco during its first season in 1975. After Spanish dictator’s death the joke lingered and Chevy Chase would report with solemnity. ”This breaking news just in. Generalísimo Francisco Franco is still dead!”

Well, Anna Nicole Smith is still dead too.
In accordance with her wishes the starlet had finally been buried […]

When I first came to Thailand twenty years ago, men never wore shorts and women dressed conservatively while outside the house. Thais are still very prudish about personal nudity. They laugh at the Russian men in their tiny g-strings, while the men ogle the farang tourist sunbathers bare-breasting their bodies on the beach. There were go-go […]