Archive for March, 2010
Not So Random Links
(Sent in by a reader) Dear Dan, well, it seems like a coincidence: The day you published Death Threats Against Democrats … I had visited the Huffington Post blog and found four articles you may want to read: 1) GOP Senators Refusing to Work Past 2 PM, Invoking Obscure Rule That’s about parliamentary obstruction –
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Reds’ Peace Farce
As tweeted the night before this day, time’s up, the red shirts have to either force the government to act or pack their bags. Now look what strategy they present: by pushing along women and children, with flowers and their bare hands, they want to force soldiers to go back to their barracks. And all
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Death Threats Against Democrats
“Democratic lawmakers have received death threats and been the victims of vandalism,” we learn from the NYT. Well, not here, but over in the U.S. There is a growing hatred movement in the U.S., fed by the health care bill. You need to be ready for neighborhood defense squads, a paramilitary American went on air
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True Blanket Censorship
We recently spoke about the arbitrariness of Thai censorship in this post. TrueMove now takes the issue to a new height with an in Thailand yet unseen “blanket censorship.” Chances are that if you’re using TrueMove GPRS or 3G with your mobile phone some of your favorite WordPress.com blogs are turned into “The page cannot
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Making Good Use Of The Poor
Probably traveled too much through the former Soviet Union and the old Eastern Bloc before the fall of the Berlin Wall, but to hear the communist terminology of class war out of the mouth of the probably most monopolist figure in Thailand’s recent history makes it not hard to have a good laugh. You witness
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Red Serendipity (Poll)
Fascinating to see how multiple-sided the current sea of red emotion is. You can read into the movement whatever you want. Even if you’re there yourself, if you’re a fervent red, you’ll be able to find all kinds of justifications covering the whole spectrum from radicals to pro to diehard anti. Just pick your truth.
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Red Inside Story
Al Jazeera, unfortunately not carried by Thailand’s monopolist cable TV company TrueVisions – an offspring of Thaksin’s old IBC – recently aired this 24-minutes “Inside Story: Thailand’s Blood Sacrifice” embedded below. Something to sit back and relax a little after those nervous days. Worth a watch. The London School of Economics’ Tim Forsyth does most
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Bangkok Fetish Festival
Yes we’re all tired, some upset, some still hopeful. Some puppet masters are playing us Pharisees and Philistines. Still trying to decipher Thaksin’s latest Hitler and gay phone-ins? Maybe you need a break from it all. Why don’t you just let go and head over to the 4th Bangkok Fetish Festival. For more than just
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Red & Abandoned
Tragic really, Thailand would have the grassroots movement she needs – but there is no leadership. People are yearning for betterment and fundamental change – but their leaders just led them them into another pipe dream. Over the coming hours and days the red leadership may discredit this so important movement even further. Be it
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Reds Fizzle Out After Marching To Govt’s Tune
That’s not the red shirt, that’s the red short rally. Maybe I’ll go out on a limb – hey yes I had wrongly called the yellow protest a day, right before those maniacs invaded Suvarnabhumi. But looks like the Million Man March utterly failed. The rather grotesque peaceful blood-letting aside – ah, and the M79
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