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The big issue: Web of intrigue
Alan Dawson, Published on 25/10/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak had a Horton the Elephant moment about hatching the single-gateway internet egg. He said he didn’t want to talk about it. And when the egg hatched, it was the media who found the yolk was on them.
The big issue: Breach of common sense
Alan Dawson, Published on 18/10/2015
» Arbat means, literally, “breach”. In Buddhism it describes the un-holy acts committed by the monks of the original version of the movie now called Arpat and, of course, by many monks in real life.
The big issue: Foxes drafted for henhouse duty
Alan Dawson, Published on 04/10/2015
» The discovery of the previously secret plans to pipe the entire internet through one government-monitored tube was made by frequent tweeter @sikachu, whose online name is Prem Sichanugrist.
The big issue: A not-so-free press
Alan Dawson, Published on 20/09/2015
» The prime minister explained that reporters can be idjits, which is true, and the soon-to-be police chief said reporters are the reason he can’t catch the Yellow T-Shirt Guy, which is not. All in the game, as we shall see, but the most devastating blow in decades to freedom of the press in Thailand came from ... the press.
The big issue: How to make a terrorist
Alan Dawson, Published on 06/09/2015
» Thailand and international terrorism have a history that goes way back. The current calls for security forces to get serious about threats to the country are only echoes of the past 40-plus years.
The big issue: Frogs in a pot
Alan Dawson, Published on 16/08/2015
» The head of the Constitution Drafting Committee suddenly realised he had forgotten something. At a mere 130 pages, 61,000 words, 315 sections, the charter really needed some meat on its bones.
The big issue: A degree of intervention
Alan Dawson, Published on 09/08/2015
» There was a certain air of mystery about the publication of this year’s United States human trafficking report which now has been mostly solved.
The big issue: Time for truth: Life isn’t fair
Alan Dawson, Published on 02/08/2015
» For Malaysia and Cuba it was a good week, locked for the moment in the embrace of The Superpower, and off the hook for human trafficking. Rewards favoured the member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for higher drug prices and the worst human rights violator in the entire Western Hemisphere.
The big issue: The goats of August
Alan Dawson, Published on 26/07/2015
» Army officers approached Sama-ae Thanam in his Yala prison cell last month, according to the former Pulo terrorist. He quickly agreed to their proposal to support government-sponsored peace moves in exchange for breathing the free air of the deep South — not because they were extra persuasive, but rather because he had been thinking over his support of violence for a long time.
The big issue: Wrecking ball
Alan Dawson, Published on 05/07/2015
» The website PainScience.com explained last week that a "perfect pain spot" is the Shins. They are “plenty sensitive if you press on them” but “Shins probably will suffer in silence”.