Monthly Archives: July 2008

THE APARTMENT by Billy Wilder

July 10, 2008 – 5:34 pm

Billy Wilder has directed several of my favorite films; SUNSET BOULEVARD and SOME LIKE IT HOT, however my favorite remains THE APARTMENT 1960 with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and co-starring Fred McMurray as the caddish executive. I hated him for mistreating Shirley MacLaine’s character, Fran, that I never watched his TV show MY THREE […]

By Peter | Posted in Movies / TV, NEW YORK | Comments (0)

Karl Rove tells Congress 4Q

July 10, 2008 – 1:31 pm

Two years ago the NY courts issued a request for my appearance before the judge on a matter concerning the possibility that I might have infringed on the copyrights of a very popular cigarette. I wasn’t selling them. I don’t smoke. Living in Thailand I ignored the summons. I have no address in the States. […]

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Thai Foreign Minister Resigns after Failing Geography Test

July 10, 2008 – 1:10 pm

The Thai Foreign Minister resigned under pressure as the opposition attempts to harness the outrage over the present government ceding property adjacent to the Preah Vihar temple to Cambodia in order to expand a parking lot purportedly owned by supporters of the deposed PM Thaksin. This issue has polarized the former populist leader’s bedrock support […]

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Dutchman murder in Pattaya Update

July 10, 2008 – 11:29 am

The Pattaya police capped their investigation into the murder of a Dutch resident by revealing to the media that the murderers have reported to the Banglamung Police Station to face charges of murder. The original suspect confessed after questioning that the actual murderer was her friend, a woman, who struck the farang over the head […]

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Two are better than one in Phnom Penh

July 10, 2008 – 11:21 am

Solomon never had to judge on the question of one man marrying more than one wife because he had a harem, but in modern times bigamy has a negative connotation to most societies outside of Saudi Arabia and Southern Utah. A Cambodian man was bucked his country’s regard for multiple wives by marrying his current […]

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