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Tuesday , January 22 , 2008
Today's snippets
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| From the Asia Times, why bad governments dislike bloggers:-)http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/JA04Ae01.htmlExtract."What makes it even more challenging for the ruling coalition is its loss of a near monopoly over information flow - though it retains a stranglehold over television and radio. The proliferation of independent websites and blogs such as Malaysia Today and Malaysiakini mean.... |
Monday , January 21 , 2008
A letter from God
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| This letter started many years ago, there are no substantiated claims to original authorship and it has slowly grown in length and complexity over time. Like many offerings on the web it is a composite effort. I suspect the original source was from India, as the version I gathered 10 years ago used many Indian phrases and typical spelling errors. However, since then I have met a Jewish version.Anyway.... |
Snippets in the news
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| Flight attendants in Thailand want a new television soap to be cancelled because they say it shows them in an unrealistic and immoral light. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7199886.stmI wonder why this did not feature in the Nation?___________________________________An article in the Nation http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/01/21/national/national_30062930.phpsaid Wanchai revealed that the.... |
A global view, a little problem and a bigger problem
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| When I read todays news from Gaza, of a power plant shutting down and it effects, then the news from Thailand, of the bitter political fighting and threats of revenge, I cannot help comparing these two events.As a Farang, my perspective goes beyond the borders of Thailand, as a scientist my thinking goes beyond politics.What happens in Thailand is important to those who live here, yet they are only 6.... |
Sunday , January 20 , 2008
Farangs and Thai politics
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| This is not a serious blog, just thinking out loud:-)It occurs to me that the resident Farang population is fairly spread out, not just concentrated in Bangkok. There are communities in Chang Mai, Issan, Pattaya, Phuket to name just a few. So some are living in PPP strongholds and some in Democrat strongholds. So my musing is this, do they tend to agree with their local political sentiments, whichev.... |
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