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  • Coup d’état in Thailand 10 years on

    Posted on September 19, 2016 12:02 am by Richard

    2006 coup

    It was perhaps the most real-time documented Coup d’état in history. Hundreds of ex-pats were posting on a popular internet forum what was going on outside there window, and the server was swamped. The one thing that was noticed was the Thai People were all for the military intervention, and fear was replaced with sighs of relief and celebration in the coming days. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Corruption Philippines Politics Thailand War and Conflict 📎and tagged Balanced news reporting censorship coup d'etat Democratic Party Dictator Political violence Red Shirts Thai Military Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts Yingluck Shinawatra
  • Thailand’s evolved Red Shirts Part 2

    Posted on March 13, 2014 12:02 am by Richard

    As the Red Shirts continued to evolve they became more bold and violent. They changed from simply protecting their own turf to actively attacking others who were trying to show their political views that were against corruption. Their first targets were the Yellow Shirt Protests that started mid 2008. For lack of a better general description, the Red Shirts became enforcers of corruption. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Crime Politics Series Thailand War and Conflict 📎and tagged People Power Party Political violence Red Shirts Thai Constitution Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts
  • Thailand’s evolved Red Shirts Part 1

    Posted on March 12, 2014 12:02 am by Richard

    When the Red Shirts first appeared, they were fairy mainstream along one of Thailand’s political ideologies. But in the past year or so they have been drifting to the more radical to enforce their ideology and not let it ebb and flow in a democratic way with other ideologies. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Commentary Crime Series Thailand War and Conflict 📎and tagged People Power Party Red Shirts Thai Constitution Thai courts Thai Rak Thai Party Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts
  • The political educating of rural Thailand

    Posted on March 7, 2014 12:02 am by Richard

    Thai FarmerIt was not that long ago that the people of rural northeast Thailand felt that the political happenings in Bangkok were worlds away and really made no difference in their simple but poor lifestyle. That was then, but now those simple but poor Thai people have learned the hard way of what happens when you embrace highly corrupt politicians as saviors. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Commentary Corruption Politics Thailand 📎and tagged Abhisit Democratic Party People Power Party Pheu Thai Party Red Shirts Thai Constitution Thai courts Thai Military Thai Monarchy Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts Yingluck Shinawatra
  • Identifying the Anti-Thaksin protest attacker Part 2

    Posted on February 18, 2014 12:02 am by Richard

    Things were quiet and the people of Thailand welcomed the September 2006 Coup with open arms. That quiet lasted about 90 days and then bombs started going off in and around Bangkok. It first was implied to be terrorist related, but after careful examination it was established the bombings were political. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Analysis Corruption Politics Series Thailand War and Conflict 📎and tagged Abhisit Vejjajiva Anger coup d'etat Democratic Party People Power Party Political violence Red Shirts Sondhi Limthongkul Thai Constitution Thai courts Thai Government Thai Military Thai Rak Thai Party Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts
  • Thai Government’s comical attack blunders

    Posted on February 14, 2014 12:02 am by Richard

    Let it not be said that some of the efforts of Thaksin’s proxy Government to attack anti-Thaksin protesters are without humor. The attacking methods they are using are backfiring one after the other making the Government look incompetent and at the same time providing more evidential support why they need to be removed from office. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Politics Popcorn Satire Thailand 📎and tagged People’s Democratic Reform Committee Pheu Thai Party Thai courts Thai Government Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts
  • Thaksin proxy Government crumbling

    Posted on February 11, 2014 12:02 am by Richard

    It is fairly clear to any casual onlooker that the Thai Government is in trouble. The behaviors seen are consistent with other Governments just before they collapsed. The behaviors include blatant and obvious lies and what appears to be fighting over scraps in an effort to hold on to it’s last bit of dignity. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Analysis Corruption Japan Politics Thailand 📎and tagged Dictator dignity elections ethics Greed morals Saving face state of emergency Thaksin Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts
  • Thailand’s political problems all come down to education

    Posted on December 23, 2013 12:02 am by Richard

    Saying Thailand’s education system is very far below par is an understatement. It is the root cause of the political problems that have been plaguing Thailand for many years. But to say the Thai education system is the first domino in the line would be wrong. Thai political problems are both the end result and the cause, and that is the first domino in the line. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Commentary Corruption Crime Politics Thailand 📎and tagged Education People's Alliance for Democracy Thaksin Thaksin Shinawatra vote buying Yellow Shirts
  • Pro vs Anti Thaksin numbers

    Posted on November 28, 2013 12:02 am by Richard

    Looking at the size of pro and Anti Thaksin mobs tells a lot about how people feel. When you start to consider all the factors like people being paid to attend pro Thaksin rallies with some of them being Cambodian just to pump up the size and psychological impact, you start to see much of this as being a mind game. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Analysis Politics Thailand 📎and tagged Political violence Red Shirts Thaksin Thaksin Shinawatra Yellow Shirts
  • Thaksin style corruption to big to hide again

    Posted on November 24, 2012 8:15 am by Richard

    In what appears to be a repeat of 2005 when then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra huge amounts of corruption was just to big to hide, the Thaksin supported rice pledging scheme appears to be a repeat of that unpleasant discovery. If that is the case, then the pieces of the puzzle seem to be pointing to the end of the pro Thaksin Government. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Corruption Politics Thailand 📎and tagged Greed money Pheu Thai Party Political rally Red Shirts Thai Government Thaksin Yellow Shirts Yingluck Shinawatra
  • Thaksin’s comeback plan faltering

    Posted on April 5, 2012 3:18 am by Richard

    Seeing that no matter where you seem to look now in Thailand, the reality of a forced reconciliation plan is Dead on Arrival. The hopes of both sides that the plan would force the other side to change has hit a reality check. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Analysis Politics Reality Check 101 Thailand 📎and tagged democracy Political violence Red Shirts Thai Government Thaksin Yellow Shirts
  • Thailand marches back to conflict

    Posted on December 14, 2011 12:01 am by Richard

    When it comes to things you should not do in order to keep the peace, leave it to the pro Thaksin government to dive head first into doing the wrong thing. But when you are dealing with someone who is clearly psychotic and the only goal is to get back all that was taken, and pick up raping and pillaging the country where they left off, you have a formula that is not what the doctor ordered. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Politics Thailand 📎and tagged Abhisit Political violence Red Shirts Thai Government Thai Military Thai Monarchy Thaksin Yellow Shirts
  • Thai yellow shirts lose strength on other agenda

    Posted on January 28, 2011 12:02 am by Richard

    The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) had significant strength when going after Thaksin Shinawatra. They successfully achieved their goals with leverage to spare. But now it seems that when a new target is in their sights, the number of supporters dwindles. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Cambodia International Politics Politics Thailand 📎and tagged Pheu Thai Party Red Shirts Thai Government Thaksin unmarked border Yellow Shirts
  • Thai political exaggerations

    Posted on January 10, 2011 12:02 am by Richard

    Being passionate about one political position or the other in Thailand seems to be the new norm. However it seems all sides are wandering far from the truth to push their own agenda, and this is a recipe that will ultimately lead to disaster. Just ask any company that cooked their books and now is a former company. The truth will sooner or later catch up and the outcome will not be good. Continue reading → Post ID 15871


    📂This entry was posted in Politics Thailand 📎and tagged lies People's Alliance for Democracy Red Shirts Thai Government Thaksin Yellow Shirts

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