Thaksin’s Brother in Law Says Thaksin not Toxic
Thai Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, should carefully consider the plan to annul a memorandum of understanding on the overlapping maritime boundaries between Thailand and Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand signed in conjunction with Cambodia back in 2001, according to ex-premier Somchai Wongsawat.
Mr Somchai, the brother-in-law of former [...]
Nov
7
Thaksin’s Brother in Law Says Thaksin not Toxic
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Nov
1
Tune In and Turn On or Tune Out and Turn Off Today for Thaksin TV
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Tune In and Turn On or Tune Out and Turn Off Today for Thaksin TV
Former Thai Prime Minister and all around pain in the ass for the current Thai government,Thaksin Shinwatra, will make a test broadcast of two new television channels at noon on Sunday.
‘The first channel will be called “O Channel” which will [...]
Oct
21
700,000 Baht Bomb Detector Fails Real Life Test
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700,000 Baht Bomb Detector Fails Real Life Test
A Thai military team inspected a suspicious motorcycle with a GT200 bomb scanner, but the device did not detect a bomb. The bomb on board the motorcycle exploded about 15 minutes after the military squad had left the scene with their not so effective bomb detector. Online skeptics [...]
Sep
17
Impotence Drugs Available At Last in Thailand
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Impotence Drugs Available At Last in Thailand
Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration secretary-general Pipat Yingseree yesterday stated that guidelines were being created to permit Erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra to be sold at certified pharmacies.
The FDA had been monitoring the use of the brand-name impotence drugs Viagra, Cialis, Elonza, Levitra and Tonafil for the last [...]
Sep
16
Videos Showing Thai Police Extorting Tourists Called Conspiracy by Thai Police
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Videos Showing Thai Police Extorting Tourists Called Conspiracy by Thai Police
Video recordings of foreign tourists allegedly being extorted over damage to jet skis on Phuket as well as other occurrences have been made to harm Thailand’s reputation for being friendly to tourism, according to authorities.
The creators of the video clips - shown repeatedly on British [...]
Sep
8
Government Readies for Red Shirt Rowdies
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Government Readies for Red Shirt Rowdies
The red shirt supporters of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra plan to to step up their activities in the next few months, according the the current PM’s deputy secretary general and acting government spokesman Panithan Wattanayakorn.
Mr Panithan held that the red shirts may take this occasion to [...]
Jul
26
Social Networking for Thaksin
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Social Networking for Thaksin
Fugitive Ex- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will begin appearing on two internet social networking sites in his latest attempt spread his reach to his loyal supporters. Former adviser to Thaksin, Noppadol Pattama, has stated that the former PM would be seen starting today on Facebook and Twitter.
Anyone can send friend requests to [...]
Mar
6
ECONOMIC BLITZKRIEG
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ECONOMIC BLITZKRIEG
by Dave S.
Brian Bloom’s latest insightful article at www.gold-eagle.com got me thinking again. In an attempt to understand the tremendous, unprecedented economic and political developments of the past few years, I am putting forth the hypothesis that the ‘powers that be” in the West are engaged in a strategy of ‘Economic Blitzkrieg’ similar to [...]
Jun
14
Tourism in Thailand - a Farang View
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Tourism in Thailand - a Farang View
by David Barkdull
For many of us who live in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Pattaya Thailand it is so obvious that for the past two years we have had low season, low-low season and no season rather than high and low seasons we saw only a few years ago. [...]