Monthly Archives: February 2010

The Pattaya Times – Online

February 14, 2010 – 11:35 am

The Pattaya Mail has been the coastal resort #1 weekly. The newspaper can be found almost everywhere. Its circulation has to be in the tens of thousands and no other publication has rivaled its reportage for brown-nosing the local authorities or ignoring to take a stand on any issue. I only read it for the […]

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Pattaya GO-GO Deadline 2/18

February 13, 2010 – 8:10 pm

Diamonds sales were non-existent during the run-up to Valentine’s Day. At least by the masses. They were flat broke. Not everyone was that bad off. Most everyone, but the wealthy were splurging on big ticket items. 6-figure purchases of watches, diamonds, and jewelry. The good items were still rolling for Wall Street. None of these […]

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Supreme Commander of the Reds

February 13, 2010 – 6:33 pm

Thailand’s The Nation newspaper recently reported the following; Core supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra reveal that the former prime minister has appointed General Chaovalit Yongchaiyud as the Supreme Commander as the People’s Army of Thailand. The news comes as core leaders of the red shirts return to Thailand today from a trip to Dubai to discuss […]

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Men Of War Free At Last

February 13, 2010 – 6:14 pm

The Thailand Attorney General has decided to seize all assets of the deposed PM Thaksin. $2.2 billion will go to the coffers of the Thai government. The best of re-distributing this wealth would be a taxless gift of $30 to each and every citizen. A 1000-baht in the pocket might not seem much to most […]

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Jaws 2010

February 13, 2010 – 1:15 pm

This photo was froward from Alison in North Palm Beach. This was at the beach right by my house. The Channel 5 helicopter spent half the day bothering everyone at the north end to get these shots. I was so pissed off I called their news room and told them to go to Singer Island […]

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