webfact Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Our Person Of The Year 2018: Prawit Wongsuwan, Military’s ‘Real Power’ By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter Top: Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan raises a hand to shield his eyes from sunlight Dec. 4, 2017, in a cabinet photoshoot at the Government House which launched a scandal over the many multi-million baht, ultra-luxury timepieces he often wears. Deputy junta chairman Prawit Wongsuwan, aka Big Pom, sure gave his critics and the media a lot to talk about throughout 2018. There was the collection of undeclared luxury watches he never fully explained – animating memes and mockery from Thais of all political affiliations. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2018/12/27/our-person-of-the-year-2018-prawit-wongsuwan-militarys-real-power/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-12-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, webfact said: Our Person Of The Year I'll wager Lolex , P P , Omega et-al will wholeheartedly endorse that .. 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 Yes, I would like to nominate him also. To be the first against the wall for the firing squad that is. He is the embodiment of the totally corrupt nature of the upper echelons of Thai society, a truly disgraceful individual. 28 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 Can someone please ring the bell and let him know! 3 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tifino Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 We are just now all sitting eating at the pancake parlor. ... it was getting too quiet here, what with mouths full of ice cream etc I broke in and showed them the title of this thread... The staff now have ice cream and hash browns to clean up from around us Classic john belushi animal house 'zit' scene... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HalfLight Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 Wow, that takes brown-nosing to a whole new level. Odd, Khaosod is usually more sensible. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 Well Ole Fatty should get the POTY, plonker of the year. 4 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phuketshrew Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 I do love a good dose of satire. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DM07 Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 Is that a satire - piece? Or is it @$$kissing time, already?! 4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eligius Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Prawit is hailed as 'a powerful army man who wields respect across [the military] institution ...' Well, doesn't that just say it all? For this man to garner respect - any respect, even a thimble-full of respect - speaks volumes about the filthy, corrupt nature of the military. Like adores like. And as for Khaosod putting this individual forward as their man of the year .... I am amazed. I thought at first the award must be a humorous one and that the newspaper had selected a whole bunch of discreditable and discredited persons for the award - but then I saw that the second candidate for the prize was the Thai Cave Rescue Team. My God! What a bloody insult - to put the brave volunteers who risked their lives to save young schoolchildren in the same league - or even the same universe - as this unspeakable individual ....! Edited December 27, 2018 by Eligius 23 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ratcatcher Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 10 minutes ago, DM07 said: Is that a satire - piece? Or is it @$$kissing time, already?! I think there's a cupful of ass-kissing praise sprinkled with a dash of satire. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfLight Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 13 minutes ago, DM07 said: Is that a satire - piece? Or is it @$$kissing time, already?! A bit of bet-hedging going on I think. Or in this case, trough-hedging. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfLight Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Eligius said: Prawit is hailed as 'a powerful army man who wields respect across [the military] institution ...' Well, doesn't that just say it all? For this man to garner respect - any respect, even a thimble-full of respect - speaks volumes about the filthy, corrupt nature of the military. Like likes like. And as for Khaosod putting this individual forward as their man of the year .... I am amazed. I thought at first the award must be a humorous one and that the newspaper had selected a whole bunch of discreditable and discredited persons for the award - but then I saw that the second candidate for the prize was the Thai Cave Rescue Team. My God! What a bloody insult - to put the brave volunteers who saved young human lives in the same league - or even the same universe - as this unspeakable individual ....! We appear to have a different view of the cave-rescuers. Perhaps I'm just more cynical. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 Kim Jong Un is appealing for a recount. 3 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, Darcula said: Kim Jong Un is appealing for a recount. Sublimely subtle that one Darc's .. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HalfLight Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, Darcula said: Kim Jong Un is appealing for a recount. No point appealing to Thais, they generally need a calculator to add 2 numbers together. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 He made on to the MSN richest Asians list with an unknown amount of cash and bling on army pay???? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 Millions of us, are hoping in earnest, that come election time, we do not have to see these incompetents any longer. I truly believe the army, at this point in time, is despised by the nation. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mok199 Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) his out from the watch scandle !!...CHECKMATE!!! well played my fat little friend,well played . Edited December 27, 2018 by mok199 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Sad, in my view, that the PotY award has gone to this half-wit, acknowledged the world over as a money-minded despot who treats the country's laws with contempt. If we were seriously looking to award those who possess, let's say, alternative quality achievements, I'd think that the ringmaster of the cave rescue circus, Narongsak Osotthanakorn (aka Lenny Henry), would be well worth a shout. Seriously though, who should we really be looking at as worthy of the PotY title? Big-Joke gets it for me, since he at least puts some energy and commitment into his bad-guys-out mission. And what about Thanathorn? He looks like another man on a mission and I, for one, believe in his motives and commitment to making his country respectable again. Perhaps if he gets a shout, there will be people worthy of the PotY award . . . next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfLight Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 20 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said: He made on to the MSN richest Asians list with an unknown amount of cash and bling on army pay???? 21 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said: He made on to the MSN richest Asians list with an unknown amount of cash and bling on army pay???? A lesson to us all I'm sure, in the benefits of frugality and corruption. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfLight Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ossy said: Sad, in my view, that the PotY award has gone to this half-wit, acknowledged the world over as a money-minded despot who treats the country's laws with contempt. If we were seriously looking to award those who possess, let's say, alternative quality achievements, I'd think that the ringmaster of the cave rescue circus, Narongsak Osotthanakorn (aka Lenny Henry), would be well worth a shout. Seriously though, who should we really be looking at as worthy of the PotY title? Big-Joke gets it for me, since he at least puts some energy and commitment into his bad-guys-out mission. And what about Thanathorn? He looks like another man on a mission and I, for one, believe in his motives and commitment to making his country respectable again. Perhaps if he gets a shout, there will be people worthy of the PotY award . . . next year. Perhaps they should create a new award for the poser of the year? That should widen the options a little... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, tifino said: We are just now all sitting eating at the pancake parlor. ... it was getting too quiet here, what with mouths full of ice cream etc I broke in and showed them the title of this thread... The staff now have ice cream and hash browns to clean up from around us Classic john belushi animal house 'zit' scene... Nice one, tif. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, HalfLight said: Wow, that takes brown-nosing to a whole new level. Odd, Khaosod is usually more sensible. Assemble the words 'tongue', 'cheek', 'in' in the correct order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Looks more like some kind of amphibian than a human. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said: He made on to the MSN richest Asians list with an unknown amount of cash and bling on army pay???? But, as Minister of Defence, he may one day need those cash reserves - his 'little nest-egg', he probably calls it - in case he's lost the starting handle for those submarines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 45 minutes ago, HalfLight said: Perhaps they should create a new award for the poser of the year? That should widen the options a little... And the Poser of the Year award for 2018 goes to . . . . . . . . shhhh! Come on HalfLight, don't stop there . . . the entire T-V universe is in suspenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eric Loh Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Eligius said: Prawit is hailed as 'a powerful army man who wields respect across [the military] institution ...' Just beggars belief that this same man has to beg Thaksin for the army chief position. He must be one hack of a general who won many battles with his brilliant military strategies to rose from a nobody general to the most powerful man. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ossy Posted December 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2018 17 minutes ago, marko kok prong said: . . . amphibian . . . I'm-phibin-again, more like. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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