Archive for August, 2008
Ghettoization Of Government House
Is this the psychological warfare of the government? Letting the protesters at Government House live in growing misery? Soon no more need for riot police? Daily Xpress calls beleaguered Government House a “refugee camp.” Even PAD’s archon Chamlong looks worn out and very very old. “Mounds of garbage are piling up, bras hang drying from
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The Anti-Anti-Government Protest
What sabotage or civil disobedience are our alleged liberators of the People’s Alliance for Democracy planning next. On day 6 of the “final solution” there was a carnival atmosphere over at Government House compound. Quite a contrast to the clashes with riot police just the day before. Even though the demission of embattled Prime Minister
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Live: Police Launch PAD Clean-Up – Or So It First Seemed
Friday morning, on day 4 of the PAD’s occupation of Government House and public places and institutions, Thai police started coordinated action against PAD besiegers. It remains doubtful that Government House will be entered at this point, but one by one those PAD strongholds shall fall. In a related development police were able to “recapture”
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Thailand, What Have You Become
With the emergence of shadowy Pallop Pinmanee as the designated successor of PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang the PAD’s psychological warfare mêlée at Government House has gained a whole new dimension. Bloodbath anyone? Pallop’s the man. And ask yourself who provided the PAD with barbed wire for the barricades. You don’t buy barbed wire at your
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Those Führer-Like PAD Diatribes
This is a bitter post. Listening to PAD leaders on Government House stage any outsider must be struck by their screeching diatribes. Forgive me the comparison, but last time I came across this type of inflammatory voices was while listening to recordings of, well, the Führer. Talk about instigation, demonization, mass psychosis. It is no
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Showdown Live: Doom Looms, Part II
Another day, another crisis in the kingdom of Thailand. The promised easy play of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej didn’t play out as planned so far. Thousands of police tried to storm PAD-occupied Government House in the wee hours at 3.10 am Bangkok time – but were pushed back by the PAD’s self-defense forces. Despite the
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Live: Finally, The Final Showdown
What a familiar day. The PAD trying to depose the government. Civil disobedience – or Thailand’s first civil coup? – may turn violent. Or the movement may just run out of steam. Finally. But determination is only the forename of the PAD crowd. We don’t know what the day will bring. Join our live-blogging. As
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Freudian Slip
Or a subintentional slip of tongue at least. The Nation reports in its online edition of August 25th, 2008, that “Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra inspects one of Thai products awarded in Prime Minister’s Export Award: PM Award 2008 at the Government House on Monday.” The inspected products were toilets and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is
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Thai Nipple Hazard Or The Dying Culture Of Breast Feeding In Thailand
All right, slap me for this topic choice, but it’s a serious one: The endangered culture of breast feeding in Thailand. Which is closely related to one of the weirder Thai laws. The law governing and regulating the covering of the female nipple. To please our human needs, I wanted to start a column portraying
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Contrarian Thaksin: A Leader Who Looms
Ok, Thaksin’s not yet used up. Newsweek comes up with a rather contrarian Thaksin piece: “A Leader Who Looms” is about “the pundits laughed at Thaksin, but his economic populism is spreading in Asia, even as he leaves.” But you can’t talk economy only. Can’t talk only about economic flair and foresight while ignoring the
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