Monthly Archives: December 2008

Bhumipol, Thailand’s remarkable king

December 16, 2008 – 4:58 pm

FROM THE LA TIMES A wise Western diplomat, commenting on how much Thailand has changed, expressed the common view of the current crisis that this was one that the revered king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, could not sort out — as he has done so well in all the political crises of his 62-year reign. After all, […]

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27th PM of Thailand

December 16, 2008 – 4:55 pm

Thanks to the PPP turncoat Newin changing sides, the Thai Democrats have scored a reversal against their old rival Thaksin Shinawatra with the election of Mark Abhisit, a 44 year-old Oxford graduate to become successor to the previous non-popularly elected PM. His vote revels in the fact that the Democrats have succeeded in altering the […]

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MARK KAMINS IN THE ORIENT

December 16, 2008 – 4:53 pm

Mark Kamins is headed to the Orient to DJ at the fleshpots of the Far East. He was such a good DJ that I never noticed him playing at Danceteria or Mars or any of the thousands of nights he spun records for the sleepless of New York. Here’s our last conversation via the Internet […]

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Money Goes Poof

December 13, 2008 – 5:35 pm

During the boom plenty of smart people said, “A million dollars isn’t a lot of money.” It wasn’t if you were paper-rich like many investors around the globe, however recent financial debacles have re-educated the rich the value of money. Not money in stocks, but money in your pockets or banks, especially those investors defrauded […]

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SEX #1 for Vietnam Internet Searches

December 13, 2008 – 5:34 pm

“The reading of pornography leads to the reading of more pornography.” – Gore Vidal The writer seems to be right in the case of Vietnam, for the SE Asia country leads Google in searches containing the word “sex”, knocking Egypt and India into lower positions. This dominance can be attributed to the Communist Party’s repression […]

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