chantorn

"Defending allegations that Thaksin used false name and passport Noppadon said that Thaksin has a unique face, wherever he goes, people will regconise him." - SQUARE FACE?

Thai Seal should fly in and shut the Cambodian school down. Just like the Rambo movies.

Well now the 11 captured dudes have fessed up to being trained in a neighbouring country, I guess that countyr has some expalining to do or at least for it to round up whoever it was that was training people to kill

The way the borders are around Thailand offers a case of plausible deniability. That leaves seeking government-to-government co-operation on control of cross-border 'trade'. PM Abhisit may raise the issue while in Myanmar, don't know when next he'll have a talk with PM Hun Sen

Overseas military training may be part of the of cross-border 'trade' the govt wants to promote.

Yes qualified teachers. I have one staff who is a UNI grad and she cannot read English and barely speaks it despite several years of English classes apparently. On the other hand, I have another staff, no UNI, and is fluent in both reading and speaking English which he studies on his own.

Who knows though, maybe they should be studying Chinese instead.

Are you trying to say that the bar girls speak better English (& German, & Russian, & Arabic, etc) than the UNI grads?

Why are they not arrested, political gathering of more than 5 people?

The police don't have a big enough van, Chantorn.

So it is OK to break the law if the mass is big enough?

Just like the shutting down of the airports, because the police don't have a big enough van.

Mark has already achieved much more than all the other Dems PM put together.

(Maths quiz: What is the product of Infinity multiply by zero?)

This is just a mild warning. Don't fool around with us.

Mark should set up a budget to buy Babel Fish for everyone in Thailand. Problem solved.

The Democrat Partydid not intend to cheat. it was an honest mistake. Thai people and Thai court will understand, and will rule in their favor.

"Merchant of Death". Channel 7 actually run the movie yesterday night.

Something to give some thought to.

If you were a parent of an attention seeking child, who always seemed to get into some sort of trouble and had sent this child to his room as punishment, and you suddenly noticed that there was absolutely no sound coming from the youngsters room, what would be your first thought........ Perhaps it would be that the child was up to some or in the process of creating some more ill deeds.

Now taking into consideration the topic of this article, and placing a trouble prone child theory into the picture, who do we know of today that has for the most part been absent from the usual much sought after,news media headlines for some time now. Is it possible that this child is planning some trouble????

Just a parental type thought.

You mean Thaksin has been very quiet in the past few months?

Why are they not arrested, political gathering of more than 5 people?

"Ms Bout said her husband's extradition was politically motivated. She said the effort to extradite her husband was an act of revenge after Mr Bout refused to link former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with arms smuggling and the terrorism network." - Local paper.

You have to think who will benefit most if this bomb goes off. . . . . . . The army will not only extend the SOE, but also get more budget for the deep south.

The people at the bottom are so poor. 12,000 baht / month is still too low.

The police will get into trouble doing this. The Yellow are purely doing it for the country and nation.

It is not so much as the Baht getting stronger - it is the US dollar getting weaker commensurate with its fiscal management or lack thereof. If you gauge the Baht with other currencies such as the AUD - this has come from 22 Baht to 29 as at today. So by these pages some journalist would suggest the Aussie economy has strengthened by 30%. If that were true Australia would be in deep yoghurt. No one would trade with it as it would cost them too much money to buy goods and services. The fact of the matter is the AUD has strengthened marginally and the Baht has not kept up to Australia's performance.

But n the other hand, the US is in fiscal crisis due to its banking and fiscal management by the Fed and others. It has been in debt for trillions of dollars (literally) for decades and right now there is no way out. Their currency will not buy what it used to and there has to be a levelling. The hiccup could throw the USD to 25 Baht (my prediction) but Thailand cannot really stop that or fend off the fall. If the US were to devalue that far, China, Russia and Europe would become the major's and the US will be left to flounder.

When countries live on credit and social security there is not much you can do when continuing to tax business and PAYE salary earners to pay for the mismanagement. It is a death spiral and about time.

Good post, I recall back in 2000/01 when the Baht was at 22 to the Aussie $ and 17/18 to the NZ$, both of these currencies have gone up and not gone down again. Whilst Thailand's economy might be growing, I see no fundamental shifts in its emphasis to suggest that the Baht appreciation is based upon its own merits, or will be as sustainable was in the long term as the Australian and NZ situation.

Fully agree

Thai men should learn to teat us with more respect. Else ... you know what may happen.

This will encourage other potential bombers.

George Orwell 1984?

Who cares about the Russian? Thailand only cares about the American.

Q Where are the idiot UDD supporters now?

A Exclude those that are dead, the remainders are all in jail already.

Appears Japanese courts rule in favour of the Thai's and the Thai courts rule in favour of the Japanese!!!!!!!!!

Courtesy exchanges. Soon both will kiss and make up. A good sign.

"The New Thai State" where can I buy this?

Play with fire, have to be careful.