There most certainly is a battle underway in Washington between the old school ways and the new school ways. The republicans are fighting so hard to keep the old school ways, they seem ready to part with a limb. Unfortunately in this case that limb may be their head. [Read more →]
In more classic Thaksin style, the basis of the latest rounds of Red Shirt rallies have been to scrutinize the law to the letter for all of Thaksin’s enemies. However for Thaksin as far has he is concerned the laws simply do not apply to a person of his stature. [Read more →]
Over the past several years China has slowly been pushing to extend it’s controls past it’s borders. But now it seems they have come to a point that enough is enough. [Read more →]
One of the more difficult tasks when discussing politics is finding the right vantage point to see the journey as well as the destination. Often the path from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ is anything but a straight line so snapshots along the way can look way out of place. [Read more →]
Taking a look at the big picture for convicted fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra, it has the smell of problems based on circumstances with some being beyond his control. In this case it may be live by the sword and die by the sword A.K.A. money. [Read more →]
It is hard not to feel a sense of sadness when some act of nature brings an abrupt end to the lives of thousands of people. It is even sadder that some places tend to be in the bulls eye more often that others. Haiti is one of those places. [Read more →]
There it is, standing taller than any other structure in the world. Right in the middle of a place that can not pay it’s bills. [Read more →]
Every now and again something just takes off like a rocket. But like most rockets they either find orbit or get a quick lesson in gravity. The question is what will be the fate of Twitter. [Read more →]
Connecting the Dots has for a long time coined the phrase ‘Dance with the devil’ when we make reference to people interacting with Thaksin Shinawatra. So far we have never seen an instance where the person dancing with the devil was undamaged. With that observation we are already seeing damage to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, and the dance is just starting. The one thing that differs with this dance is when Hun Sen dances with the devil, so does all of Cambodia. [Read more →]
Paying back a loan early is normally seen as a good thing. It says you are a responsible person and look to make good on your debt quickly. However that motivation for banks to pay back the government bailout money early has other motives. Once you connect all the dots you may suddenly see another picture. [Read more →]
When you sit down and start to listen to the Republican party in the US, you hear them describing things in a way that has at the very least have hints of arrogance. The concept of the parties direction that was once a flower for many, seems to have grown into a weed sucking the life out of other things. [Read more →]
If you look hard enough you will find stories on global warming that seem to deny the obvious. Then if you look even further you will note actions by governments that clearly suggest we are not being told everything and that we are in far worse shape than the governments want to admit. [Read more →]
Prior to the very recent uprising between Cambodia and Thailand over Thaksin Shinawatra, it was a bit of a toss about Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. But now seeing that he appears to be ignoring his own Constitution to make political attacks in Thailand as well as ignoring international standards pertaining to extradition, it is now obvious he prefers the shadows to the light. [Read more →]
With all the uproar of Cambodia deciding to dance with the Convicted fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra, the start of the fallout for Cambodia is just being realized. By signing on with Thaksin, they have now caused a distasteful gaze from every country that has rejected Thaksin an entry visa, and at last count that is most of them. [Read more →]
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