Monthly Archives: June 2009

Bomb Theory Rebound

June 4, 2009 – 6:28 am

An Air France Airbus 320a went down in the South Atlantic. The plane had been flying thorough heavy weather. No one on the plane survived the crash and navy vessels have found very little wreckage. Airbus was quick to blame the accident on a lightning strike damaging the avionics, however two other 320As have terminated […]

By Peter | Posted in Travel | Comments (0)

The Power of Punk

June 3, 2009 – 9:55 pm

Time-Warner combined with Internet powerhouse AOL in 2001. This merger was supposed to signal the advent of a new era. Few media wizards foresaw the Bush regime’s rejection of new technology and the promise of this marriage between old and new communication systems resulted in a dead-loss for Time-Warner. AOL became worthless. Bank notes were […]

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Thai Border-Runners – Endangered Species

June 1, 2009 – 8:32 pm

My passport is thick with Cambodian visa stamps. Prum, Daung and Cham Yeun are the closest border crossings to Pattaya. I know them well. Several of the immigration officers know my face. This ritual of popping over the border to re-new a visa stay for Thailand was easy. Four hour mini-bus ride/ one hour at […]

By Peter | Posted in Thailand, Visa | Comments (0)

Motor City Burning – MC5

June 1, 2009 – 6:46 am

The MC5 covered Joe Lee Hooker’s MOTOR CITY BURNING in 1969. “Motor City burning and nothing you can do.” See this URL

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The Joys of International Militarism

June 1, 2009 – 12:17 am

The Manchu Court settled the naval history of China by usurping funds for ships to build a Marble Barge for the Emperor’s Summer Palace. That was over a hundred years ago and the Chinese Navy has yet to recover. The Thai Navy repeated this error with the purchase of an aircraft carrier. The Chakri Naruebet […]

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