Monthly Archives: May 2008

Migrant Disaster Survivors Deported.

May 15, 2008 – 8:44 am

Last month Thai police in Ranong rescued nearly 70 Burmese illegals from a death trap in the back of a truck. Sadly 54 of these economic exiles from their native land were found dead from lack of oxygen. The survivors were treated in hospital for dehydration and were then jailed for having violated the immigration […]

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Burma Junta Slam Dunks Elections

May 15, 2008 – 8:34 am

Struck by a vicious cyclone the Burmese people responded to the military junta’s concentrated lack of aid by giving their rulers 92% of the vote to approve the new constitution bestow eternal rule on the generals. Surprisingly over 2 million citizens voted against the proposal. Now that the referendum is complete, UN officials are hoping […]

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Most Beautiful Girl in Thailand Part 2

May 15, 2008 – 8:27 am

A reader criticized my entry THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE THAILAND for being a waste of time. He must have googled these world and somehow found my site. It certainly isn’t on the front page of Google. Offended by my suggestion that the most beautiful girl in Thailand was a lady-boy, I googled these […]

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Israel’s 60th Anniversary

May 9, 2008 – 2:26 pm

The 1947 population of Palestine was about 70% Arab and 30% Jewish refugees and settlers. The UN voted to partition the ex-Ottoman province between the two groups 50/50. Neither side was too happy with the split and fighting escalated to a full-blown war ending with the defeat of the Palestinean ie the Nakba or defeat. […]

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The Worst of the Worst – SLORC

May 9, 2008 – 10:26 am

In 1989 SLORC or the military junta of Thailand’s neighbor changed the name of their nation from Burma to Myanmar an appellation dating back to the 13th Century. This renaming of the country has done little to alleviate the suffering of its citizens. Chronic starvation and repression are day-to-day realities for the Burmese, so when […]

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