According to Thai Pakdee’s (Loyal Thais) Warong Dechgitvigrom, the trend of flying to the United States to get a free vaccination of Pfizer or Moderna is a conspiracy to destroy the Kingdom of Thailand and to discredit our vaccines. But what vaccines? Vaccines are so scarce even government ministers areContinue Reading
Vaccine shortage. People dying. General Prayut Chan-o-cha holds emergency power. Chulabhorn Royal Academy gets special power to procure vaccines. If the offer of 20 million doses of Sinopham is authentic and is deliverable within two weeks, then General Prayut should use his power and make it happen. After all, savingContinue Reading
Take six years of the Thaksin Shinawatra Regime versus seven years of the Prayut Chan-o-cha Regime. The sum is the new generation prefers Thaksin. Why? The economy is number one among a long list of reasons. The new generation clicks “like” when Thanathorn Juangrungruangkit talks about reforms. They click “rightContinue Reading
On 24 May, news reports stated Parliament Speaker Chuan Leekpai reprimanded a certain assistant to a certain minister. Why? It’s because our time-honored privilege/seniority/inequality/bully culture struck again. This certain assistant bullied a medical staff at parliament. With mean words and aggressive hand gestures, the assistant attempted to cut the queueContinue Reading
Thailand is in a mess today because of a carefully laid plan seven years ago: agitate society into a frenzy, destroy the rule of law, let anarchy reign, then welcome General Prayut Chan-o-cha in as the savior. In the sinister world of realpolitik, it was well played: destroying democracy throughContinue Reading
It was today, 22 May, seven years ago, when tanks rolled into the capital. In the eye of traditionalists, it was a joyous occasion. General Prayut Chan-o-cha has saved the day. All will be well in Siam-land once again. General Prayut even penned his promises in a song, “Return HappinessContinue Reading
Investigating an influential businessman in one thing. Investigating an Army Major is quite another. Prasit Jeawkok is the quintessential Thai-style rags-to-riches story, a mover and shaker who waltzes in and out of army barracks and government buildings with swag. According to the article in Workpoint Today by Wisruth Sinpongseporn, PrasitContinue Reading
Propaganda 101 is the critical analysis of the government’s strategy to brainwash the people into citizen zombies with the single purpose of mindlessly obeying without questions. “The best vaccine is the fastest vaccine” (วัคซีนที่ดีที่สุดคือวัคซีนที่เร็วที่สุด) and “The good vaccine is the one that we have” (วัคซีนที่ดีคือวัคซีนที่มี) is an example of suchContinue Reading
Thailand’s prisons aren’t the worst globally, but prison conditions are notorious enough to warrant a few Hollywood movies such as 2017’s A Prayer Before Dawn and 1999’s Brokedown Palace. Watch “Thailand’s Toughest Prison, Bangkwang” documentary on Youtube, and you will see the “inhumane” living condition, packing tens of inmates inContinue Reading
Play the game, and you’ll lose. Play outside the game, and you’ll be thrown into prison. Change the game, and you’ll have a chance at winning. A conversation with a group of 30-something young executives revealed an interesting perspective. These are quintessential urban millennials who either own or work atContinue Reading
