RickeyParkany

Fair trade...both are rotten at the core and built by corrupt, crony-capitalist, oligarchic systems who could care less about *The People*... ;-} rap.

Too much Face, not enough Book... ;-} rap.

She needed a bra?...oh yeah, for the ice... BTW: do the police call their Johns *barflies*? ;-} rap.

Cloudhopper sez: "Reading bizarre articles the Nation is always great entertainment."

"The Nation*'s news desk: *The Notion*...what pap! ;-} rap.

Thais are a bit nervous holding these Federal fiat currency Monopoly Cash Dollars...not to mention us falangs of the Merikan ilk; these US Wahabists are having their day in the Sun, but at twilight, it's anybody's game... ;-} rap.

Illegal hold? ;-} rap.

ThanQ for the *clarification*...clears up everything. ;-} rap.

No worse than anywhere else in ASEAN...the others' are just culturally tailored specifically for each; like everywhere else in the world, for that matter... ;-} rap.

What? not the songthaews? ;-} rap.

Some Brit on this list was griping for pointing out that Thailand was in recession, last month: UPDATE!!! ;-} rap.

Unexplained? she was hanged...suspicious? perhaps, unexplained...not; poor soul, in any case...God rest it. ;-} rap.

Getting poisoned by effluent and industrial pollutants is NOT dull..it's dangerous. Danger is not dull. Duh. ;-} rap.


]

Fortunately, there is a lot more to Thailand than Bangkok & tourist traps...up here in San Kamphaeng, the bike riding is a joy...hated it when I lived in Bang Na. ;-} rap.

The House-Senate meeting on Saturday approved the charter-amendment bill, which will change the Senate to an all-elected chamber and remove appointed senators.

This is amazing! A step in the right direction in my opinion. People who make laws should represent the people. Congratulations Thailand! (if it gets approved)

Yes it would be another step to help get wives, relatives & cronies of those in power to be elected & thus reduce the independence of the senate.

Independent? from what? *You gotta serve somebody!* (Bob Dylan)...the folks who are appointed get appointed by those wielding Power (Birds of a feather...) & are derivative of that Power (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...).They do not represent Institutions (perhaps commendable) so much as vested /Corporate/ interests...Corporations are *Persons*, not *People*...get over it. ;-} rap.

“Now that the 40 days of raids are complete, police officers who were drafted in to help can go back to their normal jobs, taking care of the people and the province.” he said.

Huh? aren't these raids their *normal job*?

ooops! this was just a call for larger brown envelopes? I get it...

“Our raids caused ladyboy prostitution in Pattaya to be wiped out,” he said. ;-} rap.

Deputy Democrat Party leader Thavorn Senniam yesterday accused Malaysia of scheming to benefit from its role as facilitator in the ongoing peace negotiations between Thai authorities and the insurgent group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN).

...duh... ;-} rap.

...so, Bill *Bubba* Clinton is now an expert on moral & ethical compasses; anyone with a body part for a moral compass has no bearings on this argument...who asked him, anyway; what else would you expect from such a Shill for the Corporate Citizen? they deserve each other, these two. ;-} rap.

"“There will be a press conference to announce the arrest of Mr Hunter at the Crime Suppression Division headquarters tomorrow,” Capt Angkarn said."

...anyone waiting for the obligatory finger-pointing moment that will put this mere take-down shot to shame? ;-} rap.

Platitudes, anyone? ... two-fers!!! ;-} rap.

...plenty of *gaps* in the educational system, WORLD-WIDE, and by importing the Testing Madness from The USofA (you can't get more meat from a cow by weighing it more often), it will only get worse... ;-} rap.

...so he fired one more blank round in to the body after being told the targeted RedShirt was down...how is this eager beaver *still* able to procure his ice? ;-} rap.

He must have hit *paydirt*! ;-} rap.