Monthly Archives: February 2008

The Nation No More

February 22, 2008 – 9:28 pm

2bangkok.com reported that The Nation, Thailand’s long-running English newspaper will change its format to a business journal in the coming month rebirthing itself as ‘Thailand’s Largest Business Daily’. Xpress the online free news will take over from the Nation, although a look at the website shows its content as news lite. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/xpress/ 2bangkok.com reports no […]

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Samak illusion of delusion

February 22, 2008 – 9:21 pm

Prime Minister Samak stunned older Thais with a denial of any involvement in the 1976 student massacre at Thammasat University, despite his holding the position of Interior Minister. His claim of one death during the repression further confounded Thais, who wondered if they were living on the same planet as the PPP PM. Maybe aliensabducted the young minister, […]

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Bulls Eye for US Missile

February 22, 2008 – 2:06 am

Barack Obama’s wife declared last week, “For the first time in my adult life I’m proud to be an American” The American media burnt with indignation. “What about the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Space Shuttle, and_________” Number 3 stumped the pundits, until the US Navy knocked down a falling spy satellite travelling at […]

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Detriot Disses Thailand

February 21, 2008 – 11:03 pm

In BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE the director Michael Moore compares Detroit’s perchance for murder with Windsor, its Canadian counterpart across the river. The Motor City’s murder annual rate runs into the hundreds, while the mayor of Windsor couldn’t place the last violent demise for several seconds and then said, “Yes, it was two guys from Detroit. They got […]

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Barless Day # 2 in Pattaya

February 21, 2008 – 10:39 pm

Yesterday Pattaya bars were closed at 6pm in accordance with Thai tradition for Maka Bucha Day. The punters huddled in darkened corners of their rooms with clandestine bottles of booze, praying for the dawn to bring relief from the ban of alcohol sales. Surprise. Tomorrow is Election Day for the Thai Senate. Bars close today […]

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