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US conflict withdrawal only looks good on paper

The saying ‘Back to the drawing board’ has its basis in reality. The ideas and concepts of a designer often conflict with reality and need to be redesigned to a realistic design that does not drift from reality. [Read more →]

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Thailand not sweet for foreign investment

When it comes to selecting an Asian country to set up shop in for small and medium size businesses, Thailand is far from the sweetest choice. While one government agency seeks to attract foreign investment, another agency seeks to push foreigners away. [Read more →]

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Global warming events occurring faster than worst case scenario

If there is anything that is constant about global warming, it is the phrase that ‘global warming events are occurring faster than worst case scenario.’ The reason for this is we are rapidly approaching the final tipping point, or we may have even past it and not yet figured it out. [Read more →]

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Thailand’s extortion battle over the Constitution

Under the heading of two wrongs do not make a right, the bad boy politicians are making a full on assault to get that second wrong in place so they can continue with the first wrong. The second wrong desired will be removing the teeth from the Constitution that keeps the first wrong from happening. [Read more →]

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Thaksin loses as TRT wins

If you have not been following all the rubber tree sapling verdict fallout in the news, you may be other places than Thailand. Finger pointing has been the sport of the week after the ruling vindicated much of Thaksin’s ‘A’ team. Although the court ruling may have vindicated high ranking members of the defunct Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party, in the same stroke Thaksin lost much of his argument that the courts are unfair and hopelessly slanted against him. [Read more →]

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Subcontracting war Part 3

So as the security companies exist to make it seem a country has withdrawn from a war, the fact is they are still just as involved but in a more passive way. The judgments of who to shoot are left to the security companies and the government is simply the customer. [Read more →]

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Subcontracting war Part 2

So as we continue to turn our brains into emotional wimps unable to even stomach the thought of prolonged conflict in day to day life never mind at war, the thought of hiring a company to do life’s dirty work of war becomes not only appealing, but necessary. After all when we stop exposing ourselves to the natural resistance and difficulties of life, we simply lose all ability to deal with it. [Read more →]

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Subcontracting war Part 1

In general war is a nasty bit of business countries must contend with from time to time. The images of soldiers returning home after making the ultimate sacrifice simply may be too much for people to stomach. But somehow things are viewed a little different when a company is hired by the government to fight the war. [Read more →]

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Hi tech passport hacking

With new technology come new security problems. Your personal information that is stored in the chip of new hi tech passports has become the latest target of hackers and identity theft. [Read more →]

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad body language speaks truth

Iran’s Ahmadinejad interview with NBC news allowed the truth to be known about the recent elections for President of Iran. What came out of Ahmadinejad’s mouth did not match what his body language said. [Read more →]

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The Dalai Lama more popular than Chinese government

It seems that where ever The Dalai Lama goes, he is accepted openly and seen in a good light. However when you look at the Chinese government, they are more viewed as business minded and not caring a whole lot about others. [Read more →]

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US political carnage on horizon

With the scent of racism in the air in the United States, standing too close to the source of that scent may prove to be more contagious and more politically fatal than the H1N1 swine flu. With that said, the US has become a political minefield overnight. [Read more →]

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Suggested Thai Constitution changes lack legitimacy

After observing the opening arguments of why certain articles in the Thai Constitution should be changed, it quickly became obvious that the logic used matched that of smokers legitimizing smoking. The changes proposed lacked a certain element, and that is the changes would somehow benefit the Thai people. [Read more →]

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Whiffs of racism in US

It has been suggested by some that the political problems President Obama is facing may be tied to latent racism. The virtually unheard of outburst by Congressman Joe Wilson does have other flavors than just disagreement. [Read more →]

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