Monthly Archives: March 2008

Asian Rice Crisis

March 27, 2008 – 12:37 am

Rice crop failures in Indonesia, Viet-Nam, and the Philippines along with stalled exports from India have doubled rice prices throughout Asia. Thailand has profited from the increase, as China’s appetite for the dietary staple shows no sings of slow-down. Price hikes should be good news for Thai farmers, except the upward trend has pushed rice […]

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Olympic Torch Arrives In Thailand April 18

March 25, 2008 – 9:30 pm

This week the Olympic torch for the 2008 Beijing Games was lit in Olympia, Greece. Several pro-Tibetan demonstrators disrupted the Chinese spokesman’s celebratory speech. Police bundled away the two Tibetan and its procession ran through the ancient Greek town without incident, until more protests against the 60 years of Chinese repression. Greek police physically restrained […]

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Hillary’s War Story

March 25, 2008 – 8:33 pm

Supposedly people tell lies at least 13 times a day and that’s not counting the ones we tell ourselves. Sometimes we tell the same lie so much that it becomes the truth. Pattaya is filled with foreigners re-inventing their pasts to suit their present personae. My history of nightclubs, diamond-dealing, and women is well-documented, however […]

By Peter | Posted in politics | Comments (0)

Pattaya Police Bust Tony’s DJ

March 25, 2008 – 2:21 am

Someone once wrote that you know you’ve been in Thailand too long when everythng you own is a fake. Fake Adidas, fake watches, fake DVDs, and fake CDs. I admit my guilt as well since my wallet can’t justify paying 400 baht for a CD that costs 100 baht as a counterfeit. Neither could Tony’s […]

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World’s Worst Intersections

March 24, 2008 – 9:49 pm

2bangkok.com always has some interesting information for Thailand and the world. This weekend they entered ‘world’s worst intersections onto the website. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/03/worlds-worst-intersections-traffic-jams.html And the photos attached to this URL tell the same story. Roads weren’t built for speed. In 1960 Boston claimed the Southeast Expressway wouldn’t reach traffic capacity until 1990. Within a year the […]

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