BKK News Feed Archive Q1/10/II

BKK News Feed for Week 13 in 2010, March 29th – April 04th:

TNA – Red Blood not too Clean
NYT – Thitinan: Thailand’s Battle of Attrition
FASTER TIMES – Plastic Attack in Thailand
THE NATION – Red Protesters to Protest Against Protesters
THAIVISA – Colored Shirt Fatigue Ignites Nude Farang Protest

NYT – Young Thai Protesters Shed Culture of Restraint (the nice half of the story)
BANGKOK POST – PM Bends a Little More
THE NATION – Anti-Red Protest Grows
THE NATION – Some Attitudes Towards Red Shirts Shameful
ECONOMIST – Thailand’s Political Deadlock: Smiling for the Cameras
BANGKOK POST – Country First & the Silent Majority
BANGKOK POST – Bangkok to Reds: Give Us a Break
TAN – Red Shirts Seek Foreign Support (read jatuporn’s psycho comparison with the south)
BANGKOK POST – Army Calls Shots on House Dissolution
WASHINGTON POST/AP – Fugitive Thaksin Continues Global Wanderings
BANGKOK POST – Thailand Has a Shortage of Brain Power, not Water
BANGKOK POST – Govt Wooing Farmers
BANGKOK POST – Talks Over, More Protests

BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Really Wanted?
IRRAWADDY/IPS – Thai Peace Talks Echo Spirit of Non-Violence
THE NATION – Kasit on the Great Divide: Idealism Vs. Politics in Thai Society
NOT THE NATION – Thaksin Phone-In Goes Straight to Voice Mail
BANGKOK POST – Talks: A New Page in Thai Politics
THE NATION – Viraya: “I’m Protecting the Institution”
WSJ – Thai Economic Outlook Improves
BANGKOK POST – Second Peace Talks Again a Failure (no surprise, but reds soften stance, Abhisit offers something)
BANGKOK POST – The Dark Side of Thailand: Skin Color? There’s Only One Shade to Be in This Country
BANGKOK POST – Counterfeit U.S. $ “Super Notes” Arrive in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Shinawatras Withdraw Cash to “Avoid Tax Levy”
THE NATION – A Glimmer of Hope
BANGKOK POST – Reasoned Discussion Offers the Way Forward

BKK News Feed for Week 12 in 2010, March 22nd – 28th:

! BANGKOK PUNDIT – What Was Said @ the Govt-Red Shirt Talk
WP/REUTERS – Thai PM Holds Talks With Protest Leaders
BANGKOK POST – Talks End in Stalemate
BBC – Thai PM Agrees to Negotiate With Red Shirts
TAN – Practice What You Preach
TAN – Thousands Gather @ BTS Siam to Oppose Red Shirts
BANGKOK POST – Business Owners, Traders Join Anti-Red Protest
THE NATION – Civil Disobedience Can Be Slippery Slope to Violence
VOA – Thai Tourism Industry Takes a Beating From Protesters
THE NATION – Ten Injured in Blasts Targeting TV Stations
BANGKOK POST – Troops to Stay @ Govt House
THE NATION – Red Shirt Blitzs
AP – Thailand Protesters Try to Oust Army From Streets

REUTERS – Troops Step Back From Thai Protests: Protesters @ “Breaking Point”
TAN – Puea Thai MPs Represent Who?
BANGKOK POST – Reds Pressure Troops to Go Back to Barracks
CNNGO – Beneath the Glitz of Bangkok’s “Pretty” Industry
THE NATION – Lonely in the Red Crowd
BANGKOK POST – Communities on Red Rallies: “Enough Is Enough
TIME – Why the Reds Are in Revolt
BANGKOK POST – IDD: Thailand’s “Red” Mental Retardation
NEW MANDALA – Nick Nostitz on Red Protest: Bangkok or Bust, Part 1
! KHI KWAI – Thai-Style “Democracy,” 1958-2010
ECONOMIST – Less of Lèse Majesté Laws, Please (read the comments)
THE NATION – De-Thaksinization?
THE NATION – Anthropologist: Reds Are Emerging Active Citizens

MUST READ: BLOOMBERG – “Sex Bomb” Hitting Bloody Bangkok Isn’t a Buy
THE NATION – Like Them or Hate Them, but Red Shirts Do Have a Point
BANGKOK POST – Puea Thai Outwitted: Sham of a Boycott
BANGKOK POST – Political Gridlock
TAN – Endgame for Thaksin?
STRAITS TIMES – Blog: Fortress Bangkok
LAT – Will a King’s Death Kill Thailand’s Democracy?
THAILAND LAND OF SMILES – Babysitting the Red Shirts in Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – UDD: Situation Like a Quiet Coup
THE NATION – Thanpuying Viraya: Now & Then
IPS – Bangkok Protesters Tap Rural Protest Strategy
THE NATION – Do the Reds Know What They’re Fighting for?
BLOOMBERG – Abhisit Hails Gains for Poor Thais as He Targets Thaksin’s Base (with interview video)

ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand to Use Blimp to Seek Guerillas
BANGKOK POST – Cabinet Venue Attacked
! ASIA TIMES – A Royalist Speaks in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Another Red “Biggest Ever” Event: Sit Down & Talk
WASHINGTON TIMES – Snarls in the Land of Smiles
BANGKOK POST – Govt Invites Forces With List
THE NATION – Vendors, Some Red, Some “Chameleon,” Are Happy With Rally
! CSM – Biased TV Stations Intensify Divides in Thailand Protests (worse now? I remember Thaksin’s era as quite more self-censored)
REUTERS – Thai Protest Leaders Call for a “Historic Rally” (what else left to say)
JAKARTA POST – Editorial: Thai Orange
BLOOMBERG – Abhisit: Thailand Will Create “Level” Field for Telecoms
BANGKOK POST – Package Deals Pull the Crowd: Reds Offer Free Accommodation, Meals, Pocket Money to Woo Supporters (“it’s much better than doing nothing staying in the village”)
CNNGO – Thai Wines Winning Global Respect

BKK News Feed for Week 11 in 2010, March 15th – 21st:

THE NATION – Chang Noi on Red March: Witness the Death of Deference
THE NATION – Peace Dialog: By Who & for Whom?
BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Thaksin, Get Out
THE NATION – After the Procession, It’s Back to Square One
TIME – In Thailand, a Little Bit Black Magic Is Politics as Usual
! 51AM – Thaksin, RIM’s New Brand Ambassador
BANGKOK POST – Red Sea Hits Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit Willing to Dissolve House if …
BANGKOK POST – Bangkokians Prove Neutral on Red Rally (BKKian campaign of ignoring)
BANGKOK POST – Abhisit Calls In Intl Media to Slam Thaksin
THE NATION – Abhisit Questions Thaksin’s Role as Leader of “Class War” (but hey, many people are buying it)
NYT/REUTERS – Economist not Distributed in Thailand Over Royalty Story

! SIN CHEW – Fall From Grace
BANGKOK POST – Farmers Threaten to Stop Growing Rice
TAN – The Scariest Thing Is a Divided & Disorganized Red Shirt Movement (“operating only on emotion …”)
THE NATION – Where Will Thaksin End Up – Literally?
BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC – No Economist for Thailand This Week
THE NATION – For the Benefit of Bloody Fools Only (govt doesn’t get message across)
TIME – Parsing the Color Codes of Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Lawyer Somchai: Six Years After His Disappearance, Still no Closure
BANGKOK POST – Cases Against Reds (& yellow cases? govt to prove double standards?)
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Tough to Catch
REUTERS – Thai Protesters Seek Reinforcements for Dwindling Rally (drum up new support from provinces)
THAILAND LAND OF SMILES – Thai Women & the Isaan Silicone Farm

BANGKOK POST – Reds Mimic Yellows: Reds to Follow PM Around (have an early Songkran break Mark)
BANGKOK POST – Blood Rites Spark Off Holy Row (so the reds just invented a ritual?)
! THE NATION – Army’s Psy-Ops Weapon Defuses Red Shirts With Humor
AP/AC – Red Shirts Vow to Stay in Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – UDD Factions Split
THE NATION – Amataya Tippatai or Thaksin’s Patronage: No other choice?
ACROSS THE AISLE – Understanding Thailand’s Troubles (“without new leadership that can be seen as viable by both parties, Thai politics will remain as it is”)
NYT – Thai Protests Continue, but Scale Is Diminishing
BANGKOK POST – Suthep: We’ll Talk, if Thaksin Okays It
TAN – Thaksin Compares Abhisit to Hitler (Mark’s surrounded by gays with emotional issues; weird stuff)
BANGKOK POST – PM’s House Splattered With Blood
! GUARDIAN – Thitinan: Lifting the Lid on Thailand’s Red Shirts

BANGKOK POST – Rally Ebbs, Fears Rise
NOT THE NATION – Red Shirts Demand Cookies, Juice, a Place to Lie Down
THE NATION – Thaksin, Red Shirt Leaders Betray Their Own People
! BANGKOK POST – Thailand’s Digital Democracy in Action
IPS – With Blood Spilt, Political Wounds Far From Healed
MUST READ: ASIA TIMES – Bloody Desperation for Thailand’s Reds
BBC – Views From Thailand: Red Shirt Protest Yes or No?
BANGKOK POST – Reds Complete Blood Ritual (read the comments)
FACEBOOK – 1,000,000 Strong Against Thaksin Campaign (check the 1st photo)
THAI INTELLIGENT NEWS – U.S. Sabotage Warning: CIA & MI5 Tapped Taksin Phone?
BANGKOK POST – Blood Splashing a Senseless Ritual
GLOBAL VOICES – Red Rally Blogger Round-Up

STRAITS TIMES – Blog: Bloody Tuesday
! NOT THE NATION – CNN Producer Demands Dan Rivers Report Red Shirt Rallies From Outside “Super Pussy”
THE NATION – Bloodshedding Slideshow
TAN – PM Gets On With Business as Usual (travels up north, to provoke reds to follow?)
THE NATION – Reporter Joins Sociable Reds on Trip to PM’s Safe House
BANGKOK POST – Amazing Thailand … & Its Vulgarities
! WSJ – Thailand’s Time for Choosing
CNNGO – Kiteboarding World Cup Hits Hua Hin
THE NATION – Army Speakers Win the Day
BANGKOK POST – Rally Poses Limited Threat to Business
GUARDIAN – Keep the Army Out of Bangkok
! NEWSWEEK – When Democracy Dies (touches on thailand)

AFP – Thai Car Sales Soar Nearly 60% in February
CNN – Thai Protesters Threaten to Throw Blood @ Official Buildings
TNA – Police Detain a Suspect Following Grenade Attack, Released Later
BANGKOK POST – Blood Promises & Grenades
BLOOMBERG – Thai Premier Says He Won’t Quit as Protesters Traverse Bangkok
NOT THE NATION – “Furry Shirts” Gathering by Vacant Lot
THE NATION – “If You’re Louder Than Me, I Cut Your Power”
THE NATION – Ultimatum Live Updates
STRAITS TIMES – Nirmal Ghosh’s Live Protest Blog
THE NATION – Thanong: Newin Stabs Abhisit @ the Back (?!)
CNNGO – Thai “Super-Human” Tattoos
ASIA TIMES – When the Mekong Runs Dry

BKK News Feed for Week 10 in 2010, March 08th – 14th:

TNA – Thaksin: Red Shirt Protest no Longer Personal, but Represents Public Interest
THE NATION – Govt Putting the Ball in Reds’ Court
THE NATION – Reds Get a Mixed Bangkok Reception
BANGKOK POST – Rival Countries Move Up as Thailand Struggles
BANGKOK POST – High Noon in Bangkok
NEW MANDALA – Sunday in Bangkok, Reds in the City
TNA – Red Shirts Threaten to Dog Abhisit to Pressure House Dissolution (or he will face mass demonstrations @ key locations across the capital)
BLOOMBERG – Thai Protesters Mass to Oust Premier, Pledge Marches
WSJ – Protesters Flood Bangkok
THE NATION – Brinkmanship Begins; Who Will Blink First?
BANGKOK POST – Showdown Countdown
TELEGRAPH – Thailand Could Be Falling Apart

BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Day of Reckoning Is Finally Here (“a peaceful rally will not get a result”)
BANGKOK POST – Party Atmosphere, With Provocations
THE NATION – Rajdamnoen a Sea of Red
! TNA – Thaksin Leaves Dubai for Switzerland (leading a revolution from switzerland? polanski anyone?)
BANGKOK POST – The Protest Builds (reds claim nonviolence but threaten targets, airport’s some “20 km” away)
! AL JAZEERA – Red Feces & Fermented Fish Tossers: A Very Smelly Weapon (“if the reds want change, they will have to use some sort of force”)
DAYLIFE – Red Rally Photo Gallery
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Live Blog: Reds Descend on Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Cambodia = “Gangster State”?! (from a reader’s news feed)
STRAITS TIMES – Blog: Bangkok Awaits “Rural Hordes”
THE NATION – Thaksin’s Last Chance
BBC – Reporter Travels to the Heartland of Red Shirts (video)

BANGKOK POST – They’re on the Way
NOT THE NATION – Colored-Shirt Wearing Ants Convinced They Make Difference in Thai Politics
BLOOMBERG – Thai Protesters Mass in Largest Challenge to Abhisit
! THE NATION – Organizers Hand Out Cash to Red Shirts (video; fake?)
REUTERS – Scenarios: Will Thailand’s Govt Ride Out the Storm?
MUST SEE: BANGKOK POST – The Silent Majority (video)
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Media Reports on the Red Shirts
TNA – Suthep Unworried Over Red Shirt Threat to Besiege Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Red Protesters Spread Across Capital
WSJ – Bankrolling a Revolt in Thailand: This Revolt Is Brought to You by Green-7 ASTV Toothpaste
CNNGO – Red Flag: Places to Avoid in Bangkok This Weekend
BANGKOK POST – Ex-Military Deserts Thaksin

NYT – Thailand Braces for “Forest Surrounding the Town”
THE NATION – Will Thaksin Be Saved?
REUTERS – Thai Troops Mobilized Ahead of Anti-Govt Protest
! TNA – PM: Can Dissolve House, Resign, if It Could Improve Situation
THE NATION – Hot Spots Map
ANDREW DRUMMOND – British Home Buyer in Hua Hin Beaten Close to Death
REUTERS – Thai Boxing Champion Fights Blindness for Glory
BANGKOK POST – Red Shirts Threaten to Stay Beyond March 14th (reads like an action plan copied from the yellow shirts)
THE NATION – PM Vows not to Condone a Coup, Willing to Step Down
BLOOMBERG – Thai Protesters to Target Bangkok’s Main Roads, Risking Clash
BANGKOK POST – Funds Limit Length of Rally
BANGKOK POST – We Wait With Bated Breath

! XINHUA – Thailand’s Upcoming Mass Rally Sees no Winner (only losers?)
REUTERS – Thai Protesters Say Security Law Won’t Deter Them
AFP – Thaksin Texts Mass Rallying Cry
BANGKOK POST – Govt Ready to Handle Red Protesters
BANGKOK POST – News Outlets Press Need for Security (Manager’s worries)
BANGKOK POST – So Much Precious Time on Thaksin’s Hands
BANGKOK POST – Does Great Sex & Protesting for Democracy Go Together (lovely post)
BANGKOK POST – Shinawatras Take Off (so not dying together with the people?)
VOA – Red Rally: Economists, Business Leaders Warn
TAN – PAD Gets Ready for Action
AL JAZEERA – Thailand Invokes New Security Law
CFR – Thailand’s Political Divide & the Judiciary

THE NATION – Reds Plan to Paralyze Bangkok, Topple Govt (with Maoist tactics of the “forest surrounding the town”)
THE NATION – The Public Waits in Suspense for Thaksin’s War (“the key indicator will be the sudden departure of his relatives”)
NYT/REUTERS – Thailand to Impose Security Law for Red Shirts Rally
WSJ – Thailand Tackles Environment (“investors grow concerned about bureaucratic hurdles,” via Newley)
BANGKOK POST – Post Bag: Vision for the Reds & UDD Double Standards?
THE NATION – Chang Noi: Politics of the Monsoon
CNNGO – Bangkok’s Un-Bangkok Retail Behemoth, the Crystal Design Center
BANGKOK POST – Army Admits to Massive Arms Theft (what a coincidence, or a made up theft?)
BANGKOK POST – PM Warns of Sabotage
AFP – Thailand’s Red Shirts Gear Up for Decisive Week
! TIME – Thailand’s Blue Diamond Heist: Still a Sore Point
BANGKOK POST – Voranai: No One Knows Politics Better Than Rapper 50 Cent

BKK News Feed for Week 09 in 2010, March 01st – 07th:

! BANGKOK POST – Weekend Rally a Litmus Test
THE NATION – A Nation Cursed to Live in Constant State of Anxiety
THE NATION – Thaksin Rally: PM Warns of Sabotage Thread (read: terrorism)
BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC – Korn on Justice & Poor People
THE NATION – PM Warns: Don’t Be Fooled by the Reds
! TAN – Businessmen Should Be Happy With Supreme Court’s Verdict (hmm)
BANGKOK POST – Missing Lawyer & Others: End the Culture of Impunity
THE NATION – Rape of Underage Girls Just Normal
TAN – Never Has the Mekong Ever Been This Dry
BANGKOK POST – Red Shirts Announce Venues of Mass Rally
ASIS SENTINEL – Thailand’s Political Drama Continues
AP – Thailand Offers Tourists Free Insurance

ECONOMIST – Thaksin: Divided Loyalties (“some scent compromise, more fear a looming showdown”)
BANGKOK POST – “Final Showdown,” or Just Another Futile Rally?
THE NATION – March 12: “Most Worrying Day”
BBC – Legal Limbo Stalls Thailand Industry
THE NATION – Korn: Court Should Have Seized All of Thaksin’s Wealth
BBC – Thailand’s Coup Confusion
AFP – Thai Judiciary Defends Thaksin Ruling as Protests Loom
IPS – Thai Rural Protesters Prepare to Paint Bangkok Red
! THE NATION – Thailand’s Best Dog
THE NATION – The Whole Nation Is Being Held Hostage
TAN – Finance Ministry Moving to Transfer Thaksin’s Assets
THE NATION – Website Lists 53 People “Marked on Forehead”

BANGKOK POST – Wanted: A Sense Detector
BANGKOK POST – Reds Ready to Rumble
GOOGLE – Google Blocks & Reports Thai Govt’s PR Department Website as Attack Site, Lists 89 Trojans (via TV)
BANGKOK POST – Post Bag: A Few Home Truths Letter to Thaksin
THE NATION – Thaksin Verdict: The Start of a New, Tiresome Episode?
GREG LOWE – Thitinan on Thaksin Asset Seizure (via BP/AC)
REUTERS – Key Political Risks to Watch in Thailand
BLOOMBERG – Thailand Assesses Thaksin Fallout as Temasek-Owned Stocks Drop
TAN – MFA’s Summary of the Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Thaksin
BANGKOK POST – UDD Links Bank Blasts to GT200
CNNGO – Thai Men, Available but Unavailable?
CNNGO – A Guide to Bangkok’s Best & Worst Toilets

BLOOMBERG – Thai Inflation Slows, Easing Pressure to Raise Rates
WSJ – Bangkok Under Fire on Immigration Policy
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Own Advice, the Best Ever
VANCOUVER SUN – No End to Political Schism With Thai Court Ruling
BANGKOK POST – Shinawatra Name Loses Its Lustre
THE SPOOF – British Expats in Thailand Receive “Air Conditioning Allowance”
THE NATION – Thaksin Is the Joke of the World (or Thailand?)
THE NATION – The Thaksin Star Witnesses
CNNGO – Eating Experiences for Bangkok’s Most Jaded Foodies
! BANGKOK POST – Voranai: Everything I Do, I Do It for Thaksin
ETF TRENDS – Thailand ETF Investors Focus on Growth (“investors more anxious about regulatory uncertainty than political strife”)
NOT THE NATION – Supreme Court Judge Adds Entire Unpublished Screenplay to 900-Page Verdict

BKK News Feed for Week 08 in 2010, February 22nd – 28th:

THE NATION – The Magic World of Marsi
THE NATION – Yes Mr. Thaksin, You Were too Stubborn
ECONOMIST – Big Slice Striped of Thaksin’s Wealth: A Costly Decision
TIME – Thaksin a Billionaire no More
BANGKOK POST – The Verdict, a Turning Point for Thai Society
ASIA TIMES – Financial Karma for Thailand’s Thaksin
THE NATION – Thaksin to Businessmen: Don’t Enter Politics
BLOOMBERG – Thaksin Loses £1.4 Billion in Thai “Compromise”
NYT – Thai Court Seizes $1.4 Billion From Ex-Premier
CNN – Explainer: Who Is Thaksin?
BLOOMBERG – Thailand on Alert
BANGKOK POST – Today’s the Day

ECONOMIST – Migrant Workers in Thailand
TIME – Wine & Dine in Bangkok’s Private Hospitals
NOT THE NATION – Thai Media Warns Of Thaksin-Less Doomsday For Journalism
MUST READ: WSJ – Thitinan: Moving Beyond Thaksin
THE NATION – Thaksin, Asking for Sympathy, Wants to Come Home to Die
THE NATION – Can Court Seize Pojaman’s Share?
NOT THE NATION – GT200 Scanners to Be Replaced With Fortune Tellers, Feng Shui Experts, Amulets & Reincarnated Geckos
THE NATION – Army Chief Interview: “Absolutely no Coup”
LAT – With Thailand Bombings on the Rise, the GT200 Detector Is Under Scrutiny
BANGKOK POST – Another Tourist Crisis? 27 Countries Have Issued Travel Advisories
THE NATION – Imploring Thaksin: “I Don’t Want to Return as Bones”
CNNGO – Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex … Changes

BLOOMBERG – Thai Verdict on Thaksin’s Billions Unnerves Society, Investors
STRAITS TIMES – Thailand to Deport 1.3M
THE NATION – Stoppage Time: It’s not My Money or Yours, so Get Over It
BANGKOK POST – Will Thaksin Lose Some, Most or All the Money?
BANGKOK POST – “Decisive” Seven Day Protest Next Month: Reds Expect a Million People, 100,000 Cars – & Regime Change
BANGKOK POST – Judgement Day? Just a New Chapter
TNA – Ball Python, Your New Pet Adorable
WSJ – Thailand Braces for Thaksin Ruling
BANGKOK POST – Court of Conflict: Bribery Claims Continue to Rock the Judiciary
CNNGO – Nursery School? World’s Most Inappropriate Love Hotel
! THE NATION – Chang Noi: From Smoke & Mirrors to Fear & Folly
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Hopes on World Court

THE NATION – GT200 Detects Something: How to Ruin People’s Lives
BANGKOK POST – The Post’s “Thaksin Judgment Day Special”
REUTERS – Thailand’s Korn: World’s Top Finance Minister Stands Tall
SAIYASOMBUT – How Thaksin Flew Into the German Cuckoo’s Nest (via BP)
WSJ – Thailand’s Economy Expands
ASIA SENTINEL – A Deal Likely in Thailand Over Thaksin’s Wealth?
TNA – Courts of Justice Deny $150 Million Bribe Offer to Influence Verdict on Thaksin Assets
! BANGKOK POST – Will Thaksin Join Gang of Four?
BANGKOK POST – GT200 Saga Shows Army’s Serious Disconnect Between Facts & Belief
INQUIRER – Thailand May Deport 1.3M Migrants
THE NATION – Army Ex-Adviser Warns of Coup if Attacks on Prem Continue
THE AUSTRALIAN – Thaksin Ruling to Reignite “War”

BKK News Feed for Week 07 in 2010, February 15th – 21st:

NEW MANDALA – Ferrera @ the FCCT: “Are You Kidding Me?”
! STRAITS TIMES – Cat & Mouse in Thailand (“Thailand Unhinged” a talk of the town)
LAT – Thailand Has a Flight Plan for Pigeons
AFP – Thailand Braces for Explosive Thaksin Verdict
THE NATION – Uneasy Calm Between Govt & Military
BANGKOK POST – Decommission These Green Bus Wrecks
ASIA TIMES – Thaksin Case Raises Specter of Violence
! RELIGION, SEX & POLITICS – Thais Are not Smiling: Panitan, Suranand & Ferrera @ the FCCT
BANGKOK POST – GT200 a Costly Dowsing Rod (“a con, a fraud, a crime,” but army insists it works)
THE NATION – Army Knows Better: Defiant Over GT200 (and those are the people actually in charge they say …)
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Restructures Red Shirts Ahead of Protests
FT – Bangkok Braces for Disruption Ahead of Thaksin Ruling

CNN – Thai Tests Show Bomb Scanner Ineffective
ABC NEWS – Australians Warned to Avoid Bangkok
CNBC/AP – Thai Army Still Using Discredited Bomb Detector
THE NATION – GT200: PM Wants British Maker to Take Responsibility
BBC – Charges over Santika Club Fire
BANGKOK POST – Soldiers Now Use Chopsticks Instead of GT200
ASIA TIMES – Drugs & Disaffection in Southern Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Amazing Drop: Thailand’s Downward Spiral Amazes Investors
THE NATION – Seven Things That Have Shaped Thaksin’s “Judgement Day”
THE NATION – Thaksin’s D-Day: The Court’s Options in Its Rulings on Feb. 26th
BANGKOK POST – War Profiteering?
BANGKOK POST – PM: Bomb Detectors Don’t Work (still, not a 100% failure rate …)

BANGKOK POST – Lucrative Profession: The Wealth of the Nation (& of Politicians)
BANGKOK POST – GT200: The Science of Risking Death
BANGKOK POST – A Million Protesters Seems Very Ambitious
THE NATION – Thailand Searches for New Paradigms
THE NATION – EC: Probe Into Democrat Funds Incomplete (yes they really think we’re that stupid)
BANGKOK POST – Bombs in the City
BANGKOK POST – How the Media Ruins My Valentine’s
BANGKOK POST – No GT200 Lab Tests (“confidentiality agreement binds govt” – what a scum)
TAN – Valentine’s & in the Name of Love: Teens Urged to Wait
THE NATION – Five Gun Runners Fly Home in a Cloud of Mystery
REUTERS – Violence a Wild Card as Thailand Braces for Protests
BLOOMBERG – U.S. Respects Thai Deportation of N. Korea Arms Crew (well someone has now all those arms)

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