Soi Dog

Safe house for whom?

Pull the other one. It's got bells.

I wonder just what a qualified chiropractor is qualified to do. I have noticed that chiropractors without borders is not rushing to deal with the Ebola outbreak.

Welcome to Thailand where we put the Generals in general elections.

No, "deadly typhoon Rammasun" is not going to "hit Thailand". What a misleading and spectacular title.

Have a look at the projected tracking map from the link below:

http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/wp0914.gif

The storm will make landfall in northern Vietnam, and the dissipate over far northern Vietnam and China. It will not "hit Thailand", but the circulation will enhance the normal southwestern monsoonal flow and we will likely see some more rain from that, but we will not see a tropical storm crossing Thailand.

Good to see some facts appear. For awhile I was worried that our military masters might have annexed a typhoon prone regions without telling us.

I am having the same problem. Could be the junta or the world cup or sunspots. Take your pick.

I have a TOT router and although the TOT bandwidth test tells me that I am getting 11 Mbps download speeds, many websites, such as BBC and YouTube, are not responding while local ones such as Nation have no problem. Is any body else experiencing this difficulty?

This is a great start. Now when will we see a reform of the military? Or will we still see bogus bomb detectors, dodgy blimps and military involvement in human trafficking and other smuggling operations? After all aren't the military supposed to be the good guys? Don't worry, be happy.

And who is going to reform the military? Just asking.

I agree that there is no excuse for the Thai military withholding this information. Similarly, there is no excuse for the Malaysians not asking. If you consider that the Malaysian attitude is likely to be similar to the Thais in this sort of situation you have to wonder what they are hiding ir trying to cover up. On the other hand there is an old saying that when the two possible explanations for government behavior are malign conspiracy and incompetence, you should put your money on incompetence.

Has anybody else noticed a funny smell to the drinking water in the last couple of days? I live very near the MWA drinking water plant on Khlong Prapa so it definitely isn't due to distance from the source.

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

For some of us, it's the ONLY way.

In most countries that allow elections, voting is an act of civic responsibility. In Thailand it has become an act of courage and, ultimately, futility.

There's a fifty percent chance it was done by red shirt supporters and a fifty percent chance it was done by Suthep cronies looking to cause trouble. And a 100% chance that the truth will never be known. Cowardly all the same. But step back for a moment and consider that Suthep was the guy who ordered the army to open fire on the people in 2010 who were demanding an election. And now he is out shutting the city down to prevent an election. The only way he was able to get power was by brokering a deal with one of the most openly corrupt politicians in the country. No wonder he doesn't want an election.

irrespective of the numbers which if that which we see on the media is true there are indeed many supporters of the P.R.D.C. on the streets.

In any protest movement a leader will emerge , that leader being the vehicle but not the engine powering the movement, so to be realistic is Suthep the power behind it all?

In my view no Suthep is not the power behind the public face he projects,

Also it is not in essence a political movement but a movement that has grown out of the peoples concern for the rampant levels of corruption, manipulation of the judiciary and the attempted manipulation of the charter so as to benefit one creature, his family and others of that ilk.

These are the matters that have brought about this Bangkok shutdown and of course those in power have never met this style, nor level of resistance to their schemes before.

The times are a changing, there were comments on the Thai news media this morning by one Thai who drew a parallel to the Arab Spring scenario, somewhat dramatic, however, perhaps a little nearer the truth than we and more so Thaksin and the P.T.P.would care to realise.

The Thai people are saying in fact they have said ''enough is enough'' the sooner that the Thaksin cancer is removed from the Thai political body the sooner Thailand will recover and go forward.

So we get rid of true Shin clan and bring in a new group to swill at the trough? Where's the progress in that?

The two big questions: 1. Will the protesters succeed in shutting down Bangkok? and 2. Will we be able to notice the difference?

I still think the solution should be a UFC cage match between Suthep and Chalerm. Winner take all.

I am shocked by all this slander of our fine upstanding boys in brown. Thailand has the finest policemen money can buy.

True democracy? How exactly do you do that without elections? Sounds like Peoples' Republic democracy to me.

The situation at the polls has nothing to do with being a democrat or lying for that matter. It's about ending a decade old battle of corruption between two self serving factions. What does one say at this point? "Good luck! and may the most corrupt win!"

Amen. If I had a magic wand and was asked to try to fix this mess I would do three things.

1. Ban all the leaders of all parties from politics for life.

2. Put all the people from both sides who should be in jail in jail, including corrupt judges.

3. Search for honest people in the civil service and academia (I know they are there) to draft a real constitution and run for office and also staff the judiciary.

Short of this type of complete housecleaning I think Local Drunk has it right.

This is going to put Yingluck in the same position as Abhisit in 2010. Faced with an organised mob orchestrated by a dictator, albeit from the front not the rear this time, the question is how will she react when she knows she must avoid at all costs leaving herself open to charges like the Democrat PM.

Those January Sales must look more inviting by the minute.

From the front? Old Musso never goes anywhere near the battle grounds that he sends the cannon fodder to. Did you see him at the election registeration punch-up? Of course not, he struts about the stage at Victory Monument ranting and raving to the cameras of his own TV station protected by his bodyguard of thugs.

You could do us all a favour by not trying to make this utterly corrupt old crook appear to be some kind of Joan of Arc, rather than the desperate has-been that he is, trying to get his snout back in the trough.

Exactly. The truth is that he is not angry with corruption . He is just angry he is not getting any and wants back on the gravy train.

Well that's alight then. Glad to know that none of this trouble has anything to do with the Democrats.