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		<title>Setting up Business in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setting up Business in Thailand -  In modern times Thailand enjoys a robust economy in the Asian region. Thailand’s march into the big league has come about through testing times though. Predominantly, Thailand has been an agrarian economy blessed with bountiful crops of rice, maize, rubber, sugar cane, cassava and more. Rich hauls of sea <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/setting-up-business-in-thailand/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/setting-up-business-in-thailand/' addthis:title='Setting up Business in Thailand ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Sex Tourism Bad For Bangkok?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have 53 minutes to spare, dedicate them to this episode of BBC World Have Your Say: Is Sex Tourism Bad For Bangkok? The topic has been talked to death, but even so the moderator and guests make these some worthwhile 53 minutes. Guest insiders are the Bangkok Post&#8217;s columnist Khun Voranai who has <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/is-sex-tourism-bad-for-bangkok/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/is-sex-tourism-bad-for-bangkok/' addthis:title='Is Sex Tourism Bad For Bangkok? ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Isaan, My Love: Of Hobbits &amp; Cobras</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Isaan is life. My Isaan is temples and festivals, it&#8217;s food and folks, governors and nai amphers. Once a person realizes you can&#8217;t change Isaan and you&#8217;re happy to become part of the landscape, life is ooooh soooo brillant. Stop in Nakhon Nowhere at 7 am at the local eatery and the circus has <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/isaan-my-love-of-hobbits-cobras/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/isaan-my-love-of-hobbits-cobras/' addthis:title='Isaan, My Love: Of Hobbits &#38; Cobras ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Moses Abhisit, Where Art Thou</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand, under water, needs a leader these days who is able to walk on water. Impossible, you say, but then again, the impossible is exactly what&#8217;s needed to alter course around here. The current floods with billions of baht of damage are just one burdensome legacy of politicians&#8217; and planners&#8217; greed, neglect and shortsightedness. And <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/moses-abhisit-where-art-thou/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/moses-abhisit-where-art-thou/' addthis:title='Moses Abhisit, Where Art Thou ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Peaceful My Ass</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day started so lovely after a beautifully coolish night without fan nor air con, just cuddling in a thick blanket. And then this in Foreign Policy after the guy already managed to hijack the Huffington Post (understand it as a sign how far away their faraway editors are from here): &#8220;Opponents of Thaksin recently <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/peaceful-my-ass/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/peaceful-my-ass/' addthis:title='Peaceful My Ass ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Useful Idiots</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well that title is stolen. I&#8217;m too dull to come up with something as creative. Stolen from a recent BBC Documentaries &#8230; But this seemingly internally inconsistent, loaded term attributed to Lenin does ring a bell, doesn&#8217;t it. We&#8217;re all some kind of useful idiots at some point in time. Well maybe not you. But <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/useful-idiots/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/useful-idiots/' addthis:title='Useful Idiots ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Newspaper Finds Truth, Rapes It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know, Thai newspapers are not for the faint-hearted. Gross front pages showing accident victims torn apart and blood all over are the order of the day. Because there&#8217;s a market appreciating violence. But what about the essentially more subtle handling of violence per se? That&#8217;s why this ad below (click to enlarge) can <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/newspaper-finds-truth-rapes-it/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/newspaper-finds-truth-rapes-it/' addthis:title='Newspaper Finds Truth, Rapes It ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Sorry, Thailand.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TV spot reportedly banned by the Thailiban censors. Should not be seen on TV? Hypersensitive? Creative reflection anyone? The ad&#8217;s keyphrase: &#8220;If there was anyone to blame, it would be all of us.&#8221; The affront: &#8220;Did we do anything wrong? Did we handle anything too harshly? Did we listen to only one side of <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/were-sorry-thailand/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/were-sorry-thailand/' addthis:title='We&#8217;re Sorry, Thailand. ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Carpetbaggers Or Else!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a terrifying sight, once respected minds voicing support for mayhem and death &#8211; for rather selective, hardly sane reasons. The leaders of the red shirts were successful at inciting hatred and violence in society, but not that the red cause lost support. The reds are dead. Long live the reds. Now even the &#8220;real <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/carpetbaggers-or-else/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/carpetbaggers-or-else/' addthis:title='Carpetbaggers Or Else!!! ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Marc Faber On Thaksin&#8217;s &#8220;Getting Hold Of The Money Pot&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://absolutelybangkok.com/marc-faber-on-thaksins-getting-hold-of-the-money-pot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investment guru Marc Faber needs no introduction. He predicted the Japan bust and saw the gold boom arrive in time. Marc&#8217;s a regular on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and the likes. Faber has a reputation for being a contrarian investor and has been called &#8220;Doctor Doom&#8221; for a number of years. His Gloom Boom &#38; Doom Report <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/marc-faber-on-thaksins-getting-hold-of-the-money-pot/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/marc-faber-on-thaksins-getting-hold-of-the-money-pot/' addthis:title='Marc Faber On Thaksin&#8217;s &#8220;Getting Hold Of The Money Pot&#8221; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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