Connecting the Dots

Some of us are aware that some people would like to rewrite history for self serving reasons. Who what where and when are often the targets of such rewrites that may lead to promote ethnic violence and intolerance of others. Often it is the people who are intolerant of others that are the primary culprits behind the history rewrites. But now with DNA and computers, all those lies and bent truths look to be corrected and the actual truth will be supported by science and not I said vs he said. [Read more →]

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It is hard to believe that what started off as an adventure in journalism has lasted so long and has evolved into what it has. So the time once again has come to reflect and to plot our path for the next year. [Read more →]

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When you sit down and read today’s news in Thailand, you will suddenly realize you have seen all of this before and not that long ago. Because of that, you also know what is coming and it is not good for anyone and only looks to serve just one person. [Read more →]

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Whether you think North Korea will make good on it’s threats of nuclear war or not, one thing is for certain. Governments that are directly involved are having their spin doctors and propaganda machines running overtime to leverage their positions. So it is a given that what makes it to the media already has some serious spin on it. So Connecting the Dots decided to connect some dots and see what the picture looks like when you dig down and analyze some known facts and see what it spells out. [Read more →]

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When you read the recent news of the activities and statements made by Thaksin Shinawatra, it is easy to see he is ready to make his move. It is also known that Thaksin’s own mouth is his own worst enemy. Interviews with the media and in particular with the New York Times, enough consistent and arrogant statements have been said that signal the final or latest push is underway. But this will be no ordinary push as the anti Thaksin people have significant weapons, and it all may come down to who can get to the goal the fastest wins all. [Read more →]

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With populist policies driving the popularity of the Pheu Thai Party (PTP) and more or less keeping them in power, there is a limit on just how much funding there is to make them happen. With huge financial bleeding getting harder and harder to ignore and seeing that some populist policies are unsustainable without Bankrupting Thailand, some serious discussions are going on about the ability of the PTP to be reelected into power if there is no money for populist policies. [Read more →]

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Perhaps it is not the best and most accurate title for this entry, but then again finding one that fits may require more words than allowed. Aside from this being one of the more interesting elections in Thailand, it sends plenty of messages to all politicians. Most of those messages say the voters in Bangkok are not voting cattle. [Read more →]

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Listening to the die hard group of people who deny climate change is happening, is starting to sound like smokers trying to justify smoking. The absurdity of their logic and the extremes cited is worthy of mention, so we decided to have a go at it. [Read more →]

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Up until recently it was not that hard to know what to call that plot of land just west of Thailand. If you had respect for the Junta that renamed it from Burma to Myanmar, you called it whatever they wanted to call it. If you did not have respect for the Junta you simply called it Burma. But now that democracy is once again sprouting in that plot of land just to the west of Thailand, there is now some dispute as what to call it. [Read more →]

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When you come right down to it and take a look at the ideas and approaches President Obama is striving for, you may note a sense of familiarity in his thinking. For the most part when people can remove emotional influence from their decision making process, what remains is simply common sense. However it seems for the Republican’s they are ignoring common sense and sticking to an increasingly obsolete operators manual that should have been replaced at the turn of the century. [Read more →]

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They just started to appear one day in RSS feeds from CNN where there should be only news. Seemingly stupid and provocative questions that cause you to think about the quality of the journalist who put it there. [Read more →]

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There has been a suggestion in the news that the political turmoil in Thailand is finally over. Investors are starting to return, street protests have ended along with several other indicators that are used to measure the political climate showing a calm. However when looking at cause and effect, we see just one thing. That one thing is Thaksin Shinawatra has been keeping a very low profile. Once he reappears, the political storm will renew as if it never ended. [Read more →]

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Every so often you hear about the police hunting some bad guy down who you just can’t help but want to take up sides with. The so called bad guy had his buttons pushed, his life and future taken away, and or just got caught up in some internal politics at work or whatever. As many of us can relate to that because of some similar personal experience we had, we can’t help but cheer him on. [Read more →]

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It is said that men only give flowers to women if they are in love or are in trouble. So seeing that giving flowers for love is the better of the two choices as it does not involve sleeping on the sofa, getting that special woman into a man’s life has become a form of art work. Somehow dropping down on knees asking for her hand in marriage although romantic, has been outdone by creative men looking for special ways to pop the big question. [Read more →]

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