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Wednesday , November 18 , 2009
If I Were President Hu Jintao of the PRC . . .
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If I were President Hu Jintao of China I would respond ever so politely to President Barack Omaha's call for China to revalue it's currency in the following manner.Your Excellency President Obama, I can fully understand your concern about the perception of my country's currency being "undervalued" and that we should do something to rebalance the economic relationship between China and the U....


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A Short Note to Our American Friends -- Can You Trust the US Federal Reserve?
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While browsing my favorite Internet web sites today I came across this article at the Seeking Alpha website, an highly informative and largely accurate financial blogging web site.  You should read it and understand what it says.http://seekingalpha.com/article/173784-special-inspector-aig-counterparty-volunteered-to-take-haircut-geithner-refused?source=hp_wcThe title of the article was "Special ....


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Friday , November 13 , 2009
Que Sera Sera
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The tune is:Que sera seraWhatever will be will beElections are not mine to sayQue sera seraThe message is:  While Thugsin's cronies, puppets and sympathizers and (the communist) Red Shirts can bitch, shout, cry and moan about holding an election now, it is up to the incumbent prime minister to decide when to hold one.  Que sera sera!Have a lucky Friday the 13th!--  Dalmasian ....


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Thursday , November 12 , 2009
For Thursday
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This page was intentionally left blank as this seems to be the latest fad in blogging.  You are all invited to write whatever comments you would like to offer.  Don't worry, just let out your steam and spill your guts here.  No one would mind, least of all me.  Good luck and enjoy yourself.--  Dalmasian ....


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In An Election Abhisit Will Win Again and Again
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In the next general elections Abhisit Vejajiva, the Democrat Party candidates and the New Politics Party candidates will definitely win because AV's popularity among the Thai voters and population has increased tremendously as a result of the latest fiasco caused by the Mother of All Thai Crooks and his dishonest, brainless and senseless puppets inside and outside of Thailand, no matter what kind of ....


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Saturday , October 31 , 2009
Does Rakesh Saxena Deserve Our Sympathy and Compassion?
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I do not have a definitive answer to my own question since I do not know him personally and probably could not care less.  However, judging from information in the public domain regarding this person who is called one of the most wanted criminals in Thailand, I would venture to say that the answer is a resounding NO! That is why I published a blog last night about his apparent so-called VIP re....


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Friday , October 30 , 2009
VIP Welcome and Treatment for a Fugitive
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I just read this news article in The Nation Online.Link:  http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30115551/Police-Hospital-prepares-VIP-room-for-SaxenaQUOTEPolice Hospital prepares VIP room for SaxenaThe Police Hospital has prepared a VIP room for providing medical checkup and healthcare for fugitive Rakesh Saxena once he arrives Thailand Friday night.Pol Maj Gen Atthaphan Promtharat, deputy d....


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Wednesday , October 28 , 2009
Thugsins Royal Decorations and Police Rank to be Taken Away
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Two news articles in today's Nation Online really made my day:(1)  Thaksin's royal decorations and police rank to be recalledLink:  http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/10/28/politics/politics_30115390.php(2)  EX-PM'S POLICE RANK AND ROYAL DECORATIONS: It's Normal Practice : Deuty PMLink: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/10/28/politics/politics_30115413.phpNow, that is what I call justice - fair ....


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Tuesday , October 27 , 2009
Please Read My Blog or How Foolish This Rubbish Blog Site Has Become
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Please read my blog.  But first you need to enter a password and only I know what is the password.  I ain't going to give it away because some narrow-minded, stupid, deranged, sexist, e.g. It's Cunt or It's Kunt or It's Kant (please forgive my using rude words here as an example) and crazy blogger may write extremely rude remarks using foul language in his or her comments, forcing me to delete them a....


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Wednesday , October 21 , 2009
US Residential Housing Foreclosures Hit Quarterly Record
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I browse through many financial web sites on a daily basis to keep myself abreast of what is happening around me.  Yesterday an article stood out from the rest and I would like to reproduce it here for all to read and be informed.Link:  http://247wallst.com/2009/10/15/foreclosures-hit-quarterly-record-giving-housing-market-no-hope/Title of Article:  Foreclosures Hit Quarterly Record Giving Housing Ma....


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Sunday , October 11 , 2009
Is the Government Really Serious in Fighting Corruption?
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In today's Bangkok Post Online there was an article entitled:PM: Govt serious in fighting corruption!Link:  http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/156726/pm-govt-serious-in-fighting-corruptionQUOTE The government has always attached great importance to fighting corruption, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted in his weekly broadcast on Sunday morning."If politicians are found to be involve....


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Friday , September 4 , 2009
The Maliciously Altered Tape Supposedly Produced by Thugsins Followers to Discredit P.M. Abhisit
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We may never know the contents of the subject malicious tape produced to discredit the prime minister, but I agree with Blogger Iceberg that its should not be shown to the public in this country, especially considering the general education level and the lack of ability to make proper judgement by the majority of the population here.P.M. Abhisit Vejajiva with Thugsin Puppet and Gangland Godfather Fig....


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Saturday , April 18 , 2009
A New Passport for the Fugitive?
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Why is it that the Thai media never gets tired of writing, talking and speculating about Thugsin SHITnawatra?  Never a day goes by without some news or gossip surrounding the Mother of All Thai Crooks.Take for example the rumors surrounding his having obtained a diplomatic passport from Nicaragua, a poor Central American country that is ruled by a Sandinista dictator named Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra....


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Thursday , April 16 , 2009
Parliamentary Privilege? Please Explain
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As reported in the Bangkok Post Online today:Link:  http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/140653/jatuporn-avoids-arrest-with-mp-statusMP Jatuporn still free, invokes privilegeBy: Bangkokpost.com Published: 15/04/2009 at 05:08 PM QUOTERed-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan, wanted for inciting the red-shirt riots in the capital city, sent his lawyer to hear police charges against him on Wednesday afterno....


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Sunday , April 12 , 2009
Anarchy Reigns as an Impotent Government Stands in the Sidelines
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I sat down this afternoon wanting to put down my thoughts about what and how I felt about the things tht happened in Thailand vis-a-vis the activities of the Red Shirt Mob and the response, or lack of response, of the Abhisit Government.Before I delved too deeply into the subject I came across the following article written by a Bangkok Post Newspaper columnist or editor today.  I read through it twic....


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Friday , April 10 , 2009
My Humble Suggestion on How to Handle Illegally Parked Vehicles of the Red Shirt Portesters
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To His Excellency the Prime Minister of Thailand, Khun Abhisit Vejajiva.  I and many of my friends and acquaintances have had the unfortunate and unthinkably horrendous experience yesterday in being stranded in the impossible traffic jams in Bangkok caused by the Red Shirt protesters and their taxi drivers supporters who parked their vehicles illegally in strategic locations around the city to immobi....


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Wednesday , April 8 , 2009
Chen Shui-Bian, Alberto Fujimori and Thugsin Shitnawatra
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The other day I read an article in the Taiwan Press that ex-President Chen Shui-Bian is facing the prospect of being convicted for abuse of power and corruption during his eight years as president of the Republic of China, which will likely carry a sentence of life-imprisonment.  His wife and children have also been implicated for their own misconducts and corrupt acts while using Chen's position in ....


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Saturday , April 4 , 2009
Fugitive Convicted Criminal Thaksin Sighted in Cambodia
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It was reported in today's Bangkok Post that fugitive convicted criminal Thugsin was seen in Cambodia near the residence of Somdet Hun Sen.Link:  http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/139557/thepthai-thaksin-sighted-in-cambodiaQUOTE:Thepthai: Thaksin Sighted in CambodiaBy: bangkokpost.com Published: 4/04/2009 at 12:48 PM Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has allegedly been sighted i....


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Thursday , April 2 , 2009
US Government Continues to Interfere with and Manipulate the Markets
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It is being reported right now on CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Fox Business News and other US television financial networks that the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), responding to strong pressure applied by US lawmakers on Capitol Hill, has agreed to give auditors more flexibility in valuing illiquid mortgage assets that may have long-term value and strong cash flow.  The agency is expected t....


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Wednesday , April 1 , 2009
Big Banks Recent Profitability Due to AIG Scam?
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Big Banks' Recent Profitability Due to AIG Scam?Seeking Alpha contributor Tyler Durden was kind enough to provide this story from an AIG insider that might help explain why Citibank, Bank of America, J P Morgan Chase and other big US banks were able to report unexpected profits recently, sparking a bear-market bull run in the US and other major stock markets.Read the full story here:http://seekingalp....


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Tuesday , March 31 , 2009
Scorned Wall Street Women Turn to Stripper Poles
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It was recently reported in the New York Post that some professional women in New York who lost their jobs in the crisis are turning to gentlemen's clubs in droves. Upscale Manhattan clubs are hiring more "talent" than ever and receiving dozens of applications a week. In a down economy, these dancers are making six-figure incomes annually, and work only three to four nights a week. They sai....


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Monday , March 30 , 2009
Please Help Me Understand What's Going On Here
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I am not an economist by any means.  I have learned a lot from the school of hard knocks and I have advanced degrees in engineering and management, but I am certainly not an expert in the world of high finance -- the Washington D.C. variety, that is.Please watch this video on YouTube entitled "Economic Apocalypse : China is the next Financial Bubble'"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndoJHxX3c....


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Friday , March 20 , 2009
The Roadable Plane or The Flying Car . . . You Decide
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Recession or No Recesion, a Flying Car from America Takes Off for the First TimeNews Release:http://www.terrafugia.com/newsreleases.htmlVideo Link:http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=12548906&ch=4226721&src=newsMore Videos Links:http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Terrafugia+Transition&aq=fFor decades, mankind has suffered the indignity....


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Saturday , October 25 , 2008
ThaiBev Listing on The Stock Exchange of Thailand Could Sink Alcohol Regulations?
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To read my blog on this subject please visit my new personal blog at:http://mydalmasian.blogspot.com/Thank you.--  Dalmasian....


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Ex-Bargirl Is Having Fun
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The ex-bargirl nicknamed Bitch or FOS -- Full Of $hit -- is really having fun playing around with her doggies and other companions in my previous blog -- Ex-Bargirl Challenging the Publisher of The Nation?Link:  http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/dalmasian/2008/10/25/entry-1As Ian said many times -- birds of like feathers flock together.  I hope you are having a lot of fun Bitchee FOS.  All eyes are st....


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Ex-Bargirl Challenging the Publisher of The Nation?
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An ex-bargirl twiced banned from The Nation Weblog for being a troublemaker is challenging the blog writings of the publisher and majority shareholder of The Nation newspaper?  What kind of foolishness is this?Read the following examples: comment 5 FOS date : 24/10/2008 time : 11.14 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/Dom You know what Yoon, I got fed up listening to your rubbish already....and it seems....


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Friday , October 24 , 2008
Thai Generals with Two Faces
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The dreaded faceless blogger "Fearless" recently published a blog entitled "Thai generals are hypocrites and show two faces."This is very interesting.  After having traveled into Thailand many, many times over the past (just under) 40 years and lived in the country off and on for several years, I have yet to meet a Thai general who has two faces. These soldiers must be really weir....


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The Dalai Lama Connection
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NOTICE:  IRRELEVANT COMMENTS WILL BE DELETEDFrom the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama):The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people according to Tibetan Buddhism. Often referred to simply as "His Holiness" (HH), or "His Holiness The Dalai Lama", Tibetans usually call the Dalai Lama by the epithets Gyalwa Rinpoche, meaning "Preci....


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Thursday , October 23 , 2008
US Airman Milton Torres Told to Shoot Down UFO When Based at RAF Manston
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This blog is just to provide more details through another link to the UFO story that was mentioned in my blog dated Oct. 21, 2008 entitled:U.S. Pilot was Ordered to Shoot Down UFO Sighted Over EnglandThe new link is a story that appeared on TimesOnline dated Oct. 20, 2008 here:Link:  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4974540.eceThe title of the news article is:US airman Milton Torres to....


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Wednesday , October 22 , 2008
TOT Staff Welcomes PM Somchai
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NOTICE:  Irrelevant comments will be deleted.From The Nation Online today:TOT Staff Welcomes PM with Hand Clappers and Yells of MurdererBy The NationQUOTEStaff of TOT PLC briefly blocked PM Somchai Wongsawat who visited their office today.Before Somchai entered the main building of the TOT headquarter to start his visit, he was greeted with large crowd of TOT employees who booed and jeered him along ....


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Tuesday , October 21 , 2008
Letter to the Web Editor
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Dear Web Editor,Sometime ago a person with the username of FOS was allowed to re-join this blog site after being banned twice for repeatedly attacking and being rude to many fellow bloggers and causing a lot of grief and conflicts.  Apparently this blogger has not learned her lesson and started doing the same thing from day 1 of her return to the blog site.  I have reached a point where I want and ne....


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U.S. Pilot was Ordered to Shoot Down UFO Sighted Over England
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WARNING -- DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF UFO's.  Non-believers are not welcome in this blog for I have neither time nor interest to argue with them.As reported in Reuters.com today:Link:  http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USTRE49J4RO20081020U.S. Pilot was Ordered to Shoot Down UFO Sighted Over EnglandMon Oct 20, 2008 9:53am EDTBy Peter GriffithsQUOTELONDON (Re....


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Today is Judgement Day for Thaksin and Pojaman
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WARNING:  IRRELEVANT COMMENTS WILL BE DELETEDThis is the subject of a headline story in today's The Nation newspaper.  Read the article here:Link:  http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/10/21/politics/politics_30086490.phpI shall not add anything to the above article except to say the following:1.  What is the use for a man (and wife) to "earn the whole world" but lose his (and her) soul to ....


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Monday , October 20 , 2008
UK Government Releases Previously Classified Files on UFO Sightings
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UK Government Releases Previously Classified Files on UFO Sightings This is how one person described the UFO they had seenQUOTESecret files on UFO sightings have been made available for the first time by the Ministry of Defence. The documents, which can be downloaded from the National Archives website, cover the period from 1978 to 1987. They include accounts of strange lights in the sky and unexplai....


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Monday , October 13 , 2008
PM Somchai Faces Ouster Sometime This Week
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As reported in the Bangkok Post today:Link:  http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=131372Despite calls by the Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Anupong Paojinda and many others in both the government and private sectors for the government to show responsibility for the Oct 7 crackdown on the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters which left two people dead and more than 400 inju....


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A Quote from Another Blogger
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Here is a quote from another blogger in his comment dated 12/07/2008 time : 15.29:  I shall not say who this blogger is.QUOTELalida, sit down quietly and ask yourself just how many bloggers you have been at war with.The war with Ian was long and hard, the war with catch, the war with Espresso, the war with GG, the war with Dalmasian.  Have you been at war with me?  I do not remember, but you can not ....


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Sunday , October 12 , 2008
Is There Really Fairness in This Blog Site?
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Remember the times when certain bloggers would post multiple blogs on video games or movie reviews one after another and certain "intellectual" and "outspoken" bloggers would be up in arms complaining left and right to the Web Editor to urge him to banish those profligate bloggers to outer space?Why is it that I do not see these same "intellectual" and "outspoken&qu....


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Friday , October 10 , 2008
The Infamous Invisible Hand
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In this blog community many bloggers are fond of mentioning either the invisible hand or a third hand.  Whenever one is in doubt and cannot explain what is really going on, it is always safe to blame it on the invisible hand.  After all, what is invisible cannot be seen and therefore cannot be identified, something that is really appropriate and most suitable for these lovers, propagandists and promu....


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Tuesday , October 7 , 2008
How Would the British Government Handle This Situation?
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One well educated and esteemed Englishman insinuated that I am an idiot because of my insistence that Toxin and his wife be brought back to Thailand to face trial.  I will not say who called me names here for it is not important.  He knows who he is.  However, I would like to ask this esteemed gentleman the following questions. If a notorious British criminal, say an ex-high-level government official....


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Sunday , October 5 , 2008
The Beggar Control Bill Beggars Belief
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Here are some comments from Khun Burin Kantabutra reacting to the passing of the Beggar Control Bill posted in the Bangkok Post readers' comments page.  I cannot agree more with what Khun Burin said. Link:  http://www.bangkokpost.com/041008_News/04Oct2008_news98.phpQUOTEThe Beggar Control Bill approved by this cabinet glaringly shows the government's incompetence.  The bill would licence those whom t....


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Tuesday , September 30 , 2008
Bailout Outrage Races Across the Web in America
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Bailout Outrage Races Across the WebLink:  http://www.businessweek.com/print/bwdaily/dnflash/content/sep2008/db20080924_430418.htmQUOTEThe Internet is flooded with angst about Treasury Secretary Paulson's proposed $700 billion bailout—and inspiring old-fashioned street protestsby Moira Herbst Arun Gupta was enraged as he learned the details of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's plan to fix the U....


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Monday , September 29 , 2008
P.M. Somchai Held Shares in CS Loxinfo and MLink, Two Companies Which Operated State Concessions
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Link:  http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/09/29/politics/politics_30084589.phpIt was reported in the Nation that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat faced fresh allegation of constitutional violations, which if found to be true, could lead to his disqualification as an MP and prime minister.Appointed Senator Ruangkrai Leekijwattana said he would file a complaint with the Election Commission to check w....


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Saturday , September 27 , 2008
All Aboard the U.S.S. Titanic -- Another True Story
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I have just read one of the most interesting articles discussing the historic Mother of All Bailouts being worked out in Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. at this very moment by the Bush Administration and the Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress and Senate .  In the article, the author compared the present U.S. economic and financial situation to the maiden voyage of the U.S.S. Titanic.  Ev....


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Just Thinking Aloud -- Is There a Government in Thailand?
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While reading the article quoted below in The Nation web site today I asked myself what is going on in the Thai government these days.  The courts keep issuing arrest warrants for this and that person but they never follow up those warrants with any concrete action.  So, the courts issue these warrants as a matter of procedure without caring about their being carried out by the police.  It appears th....


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Wednesday , September 24 , 2008
Paulson, Bernanke Put Aiding Banks Ahead of Best Taxpayer Deal
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Here is another interesting article on the US$700 Billion Bail-out" Proposal from the Bloomberg news web site.Link:  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=ayIE9t0flv88&refer=homePaulson, Bernanke Put Aiding Banks Ahead of Best Taxpayer DealBy Rebecca Christie and Jody ShennQUOTESept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bern....


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Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke -- Patriots or Con Artists?
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This information was just posted a while ago by Douglas A. McIntyre of www.247WallSt.com and it truly shows where Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke's loyalties are.  If you think they have the U.S. taxpayers' rights and benefits at heart, you have just won yourself a one-way trip to kingdom come.  Paulson, Bernanke & Co. show their true colors very clearly by insisting on the Treasury buying the tox....


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Sunday , September 21 , 2008
The US is More Communist Than China According to Jim Rogers
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Who is Jim Rogers?  According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rogers , Jim Rogers (his personal web site:  http://www.jimrogers.com/) , or James B. Rogers, Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American investor and financial commentator.  He is co-founder, along with George Soros, of the Quantum Fund, and is a college professor, author, world traveler, economic commentator, and creator of the Rogers....


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Thursday , September 18 , 2008
We Do Not Need a Saint. We Just Need the New PM To Work for the Countrys Good.
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We in the investment community do not need to have a prime minister of the country who is a saint.  All we need is for him to work for the good of the country.  His energies should be concentrated on the following priorities in the first 30 days of his premiership, or he can kiss his office goodbye:(1)  Truly promote the country as the best place to invest in Southeast Asia by showing that his gove....


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Sunday , September 14 , 2008
Story of Aswangs and Baluts, Part 1
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As promised, I am not going to blog about the boring subject of politics here.  Instead, I am going to tell the story of “aswangs” and “baluts,” two of the most interesting and entertaining subjects of story telling and folklores in one of Thailand’s neighboring and equally corrupt country – The Philippines.Tales of Aswangs and Baluts, Part 1There are supernatural creatures infamous in the Philippine....


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Friday , September 5 , 2008
Thailands 40 Richest Persons & Families
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Thailand's 40 Richest Persons & FamiliesSuzanne Nam 07.09.08, 11:00 PM ETLink:  http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/09/richest-thais-billionaires-biz-thairichest08-cx_sm_0709thaiintro.htmlDespite political and economic uncertainties, Thailand's 40 richest people have proved to be a stable lot.  Perhaps because the list is dominated by businesses established decades ago, or perhaps because the same fami....


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Monday , September 1 , 2008
A Message to the Rule of Law Expert from ABAC
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Khun Narcisuss of Norway wrote: "It is a brilliant opportunity to show them all that it is the rule of law that runs this country and not a mob of hot-heads."  What an admirable idea, my dear intellectual from ABAC, this "rule of law" concept of yours and the many hypocrites that populate this weblog.  I support it 100%, but only if it is applied fairly, justly, consistently and w....


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Sunday , August 17 , 2008
Back from Beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia
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I have returned to Bangkok from Vancouver, Canada recently to take care of some unfinished business here, and I am most happy to see that my nemesis the "L" Thing has been banned from the Nation Weblog.  Here are a few photos of Vancouver that I want to share with you all.The Vancouver Block Clock TowerArial View of Downtown VancouverThe Vancouver Art GalleryThe Vancouver WaterfrontThe Ganv....


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Thursday , July 3 , 2008
My Last Blog
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This is my last blog in The Nation Weblog.  My family and I will be leaving Thailand for greener pastures by the end of this week.  We have decided that Thailand is no longer a good place to live.  Since the Square Face Godfather came into power in 2000 the political situation in this country has been deteriorating steadily into the cesspool it is today.I have been blogging here off and on since abou....


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