Friday , September 18 , 2009
Coup leaders: Where are they? Where should they be?
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In it's special report: "Coup leaders: where are they now?" (The Nation, September 18, 2oo9 at http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/09/18/politics/politics_30112494.php ), The Nation gives a timely reminder of who was who in the most recent coup and what they're up to today. Sadly, what the coup makers are getting up to today is at odds with what a clear majority of Thai citizens think shou....
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Thursday , September 17 , 2009
Vote Buying: Encouraging political news from the masses
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The Asia Foundation has just released the results of a survey conducted in June - July this year, with what seems to me some very encouraging results for the growing political awareness and demands of the Thai people. The Nation has reported some findings in "Survey: Thailand heading in the wrong direction" (2009, September 17 at http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/09/17/politics/politics_....
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Saturday , June 20 , 2009
Is Thailands Deputy PM a Liar or just Stupid?
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As reported in todays Nation: "DNA testing results showed that no security personnel were involved in the massacre in Narathiwat, where 11 Thai Muslim worshippers were killed, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban said on Friday." ( DNA tests show massacre not done by security forces: Deputy PM, 2009, June 20 at http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30105612/DNA-tests-show-massacre....
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Monday , December 29 , 2008
Blog on astrologer's statements removed by request. - Paweena Vasanaruengsuk: wrong, wrong and wrong again!
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To save embarrassment to teh Nation, as per Admin's c.10 below, Felix deleted the entire content of this blog on January 7, 2009 at 20:03 PM. Felix would have thought that someone who had agreed to be interviewed and to make statements knowing that they would be published might also have realised that those statements, and their author, might not be completely ignored by all readers. ....
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Saturday , December 27 , 2008
The naughty king v. a Hero of the Information and Communication Age
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Now that Admin. has graciously granted permission ( "ADMIN., is it permitted ?" ), it can be noted that amongst the christmas specials of the current edition of that excellent magazine The Economist, there is an article titled "A hero for the information age". The said article relates the noble attempts of William Tyndale to subvert the suppressions of the English King Henry of mo....
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Saturday , November 29 , 2008
PAD lovely lying through her pretty teeth. Or just stupid?
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An interesting snippet on the BBC video "Tourists stranded at Thai airport" at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7749426.stm At 22 seconds, a man is pointing out calmly the immense trouble that the PAD has caused to tens of thousands of people. He is addressing a very pretty and sweet looking PAD lovely (as peacefulness likes to call them). She replies, with obvious sincerity and conv....
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Wednesday , October 29 , 2008
Where are the Dead?
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Where are the dead? They are, as all the available evidence attests, nowhere. The dead are nowhere in the most literal way, which is to say, they don't exist. And yet belief in an after life is also a well known human trait across every culture. It is on the list of human universals compiled by Donald Brown that Steven Pinker includes in The Blank Slate, and any account that accomodates the seemingly....
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Thursday , June 5 , 2008
The Puyai System is Disastrously Bad for Thailand
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Some, including the Nation in a particularly weak editorial, have recently suggested that Thailand does not need democracy because it has an excellent and functioning puyai system. There is certainly a connection between democracy in Thailand and the traditional puyai system, and unhappily, it's supporters are right when they observe that the puyai system is an alternative to democracy in Thailand. I....
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Thursday , December 27 , 2007
Water on the Brain: it's all in the mind
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True or False?People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day We use only 10% of our brains Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight They're all false or unproved. And tea and coffee are fine for hydration. For details, and more medical myths, see "Medical myths" in the British Medical Journal, at: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/335/7633/1288 What I found most interesting, a....
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