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QuoteThai: July 2009
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Jul 8, 2009. Remember Those Days: Little Buddha. Today, July 8th, is Buddhist Lent Day or Vassa. Being quite a good Buddhist as I am, I think I have to talk about it a little bit. Being not the good Buddhist as I previously claimed, let’s talk Buddhism in an entertaining way. How about a movie? Why I consider it as one of my good memories? So I leave you now on the beautiful movie from http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Youtube=http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Links to this post. Jul 2, 2009. In the old days, wh...
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QuoteThai: May 2009
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May 29, 2009. My Apology, I Was So Wrong! I was so excited when I heard that a Thai student actually won the prestigious films award at Cannes Films Festival this year. I thought it was about time we received some positive press after the whole year of negative press because of the political situation. But I was wrong! I thought when you hear the story on Thai TV and other respected newspaper including the English dailies, The Daily Express that the story must be true! I was proved wrong. She coolly said...
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FrogBlog - Thaidings: Caveat Emptor? Bar For Sale...
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Two for the price of one yesterday. After the. Alain and Jeff debacle. I happened on Dave. Dave had been on several trips to Thailand over the years, and had finally decided to take the plunge. Buy-a-bar syndrome was contracted during the summer of 2008 from young Nok, the early symptoms being multiple rushes of blood to the brain - as well no doubt as to other parts of the body - followed by the rapid onset of insanity. Thai rum purchased from the 7-Eleven across the road. Could it possibly get worse?
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David in Siam: Monarchy is part of the problem: The Economist
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Friday, December 05, 2008. Monarchy is part of the problem: The Economist. As I wrote in the previous post, the unmentionable is now being mentioned. In the international media. The 4 December 2008 edition of The Economist. Goes even further with two articles that discuss in detail the role of the king and the royal family in the current crisis and Siam's democracy (or lack of) in past decades. In part, the strife also refl...
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David in Siam: Mentioning the unmentionable
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Tuesday, December 02, 2008. Covering this crisis is like trying to explain the unexplainable, without mentioning the unmentionable.". New Mandala notes that international media reports are increasingly mentioning the role of the royal family. An article in the International Herald Tribune. Again) goes even further asking, "Could the monarchy in Thailand go the way of Nepal's, the latest crown to fall to republicanism?
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David in Siam: David Streckfuss on lese majeste
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Saturday, April 14, 2007. David Streckfuss on lese majeste. There is an excellent article. In the Bangkok Post. About the lese majeste law by David Streckfuss, academic and author of Modern Thai Monarchy and Cultural Politics. Thailand Jumped the Shark. Has also linked to the article and has some more comments. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Davidreid's photos tagged with thailand. Global Voic...
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David in Siam: October 2010
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Friday, October 22, 2010. New book about lese majeste by David Streckfuss. Is a topic that I have often written about on this blog. A post I wrote about David Streckfuss and lese majeste. Yet, but C.J. Hinke at FACT has written a review of the book. David Streckfuss, a human rights expert on Thai political and cultural history, finds that the heart of the longstanding and ongoing. Truth on Trial in Thailand. 2) Some Thais c...
