Entries Tagged as 'Thailand'

Thaksin gets taste of own doctrine

In what can only be described as poetic justice, Thaksin is getting a good taste of corruption in his own ranks. Thaksin’s wonderful little practice of gouging funds for himself seems to have been well learned by the Red Shirt leaders. [Read more →]

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Thaksin’s clock running out

All the red flags are showing in Thailand. Thaksin has his back against the wall and the clock will not grant him any more extensions. So what has been predicted looks to be an absolute certainty. [Read more →]

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Red Shirt Rally locations in Bangkok

Connecting the Dots has from reliable sources that Thaksin’s Red Shirt army will descend on Bangkok in the following locations. Note this is not a regular entry for Connecting the Dots. [Read more →]

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Thailand’s forwards or backwards choice

It has all come down to a decisive moment for the Thai people. The choices simply are move forward and become a better partner in a global community, or move backwards to satisfy the personal self serving desires of convicted fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra. [Read more →]

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Thailand’s Northeast political awakening

There is a bit of a debate brewing about Thaksin supporters being paid to attend rallies or if there has been a political awakening. There is food for a fueled and heated debate from both positions, and it is time to sit down and have a look to see what the truth is. [Read more →]

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Thai government’s unspoken Red Shirt worry

Although the Thai government has taken a stance to be honest and open about what it is doing when it comes to Dealing with Thaksin’s Red Shirts, there is still a lot that is not being said. What is being kept from the public has both psychological and tactical reasons for sealed lips. [Read more →]

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Thaksin’s bully play

Now that the Thaksin assets verdict has been read and Thailand is moving forward, Thaksin is still looking to move things backwards. If you believe the numbers and the hype of a million man protest, you can only relate this to bully mentality looking to beat up the good kid who plays by the rules. [Read more →]

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Analyzing Thaksin’s hit list

It would appear that a list of about 53 names has been published by Pro Thaksin people who are not shy about violence. In this entry Connecting the Dots will look at a few names and how they got on Thaksin’s  s hit list. [Read more →]

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Thaksin attacks justice

For Thaksin to go after people who get in his way is nothing new. He has been up to this for as long as anyone can remember. But to openly go after the nine judges that handed down his most recent guilty verdict has the distinct echo of how drug Cartels intimidate to stay in power. [Read more →]

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Hunting for Thaksin’s head

After the landmark court ruling on February 26 on Thaksin Shinawatra that said he was guilty on all counts of manipulation to grow his wealth, Thaksin has become wounded prey in the eyes of prosecutors. Because of that ruling, potential litigations that were never pursued because of lack of supporting evidence, now have more evidence than they could ever have dreamed of. [Read more →]

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Why some western men commit suicide in Thailand Part 2

So when It comes to allowing a man dignity Thailand works to insure it with stinging laws and heavy jail time. Places where political correctness exist simply strip away a persons dignity one layer at a time, and a person without dignity is not a person at all. [Read more →]

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Why some western men commit suicide in Thailand Part 1

Thailand is a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To some people it is a retreat from the world they came from, and to others it allows them to find what was taken away. [Read more →]

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Thaksin’s post verdict mental state

For the convicted fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra, judgment day has come and gone. In the wake of the court ruling Thaksin has concluded the court robbed him of the money he stole, and he now looks to get it back. As ludicrous as it sounds, that is how Thaksin views it as the word revenge is being floated in less than subtle ways. [Read more →]

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Thaksin rejects assets court ruling

To nobody’s surprise Thaksin has rejected the court ruling that said 46 Billion baht in his bank accounts belongs to the Thai people. With less than subtle hints of revenge, there has just been one more thing added to Thaksin’s undo list that was started the day of the Coup than unseated him. [Read more →]

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