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Suthep, the false prophet
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 28/11/2013
» One evening, while sitting at the office pretending to work, a loud, angry voice was screaming hellfire and brimstone at the top of his lungs from the television.
Thailand flirting with disaster
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 14/11/2013
» Thailand’s modern history has been a fortunate one, comparatively speaking. While our neighbours have fallen prey to western colonialism, we manoeuvered to stay independent in centuries past. While our neighbours fell apart into civil wars, we managed to keep our society together in decades past.
Don't get stuck on thaksin
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 10/11/2013
» They come out by the tens of thousands, from all walks of life, in all parts of Bangkok and in many provinces.
Time for factions to show true colours
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/11/2013
» The concert halls, entertainment shows, rallies and other various activities; the instruments, cameras, screens and sound systems _ all this and much more. Who paid for it all?
If I were Thaksin
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 27/10/2013
» If I were Thaksin Shinawatra, which of course I'm not, I would stop giving ammunition to my detractors. Reporters will always stick the microphone in my face, because my name makes for an alluring headline. But that doesn't mean I should say things which would allow my opponents to call me a liar.
Pheu Thai plays a good game
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 24/10/2013
» So it’s simply a matter of interpreting Thaksin Shinawatra’s corruption conviction as a politically related crime, which of course it is. How can political corruption not be politically related? Then give him amnesty and return his 46 billion baht, along with a pat on the shoulder, saying, "sorry old boy, carry on".
The politics of 'Som-tam-pla-ra'
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/10/2013
» Morality, legality and democracy, these are the things tribal minions get stuck on, actually believing that they are what the political struggle over the past eight years has been all about.
Our future rests in our ability to unite
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 06/10/2013
» We should challenge the system and change it out of desire for the better. The task of nation-building should not be based on hatred and fear.
Forget the political noise, the military is key
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 15/08/2013
» It’s rather difficult to assess whether Pheu Thai has a stockpile of brilliant strategists ready to handle and triumph over any situation, or if this government is just getting by on dumb luck, coupled with the lack of a potent opposition.
The story of a lese majeste prisoner
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 21/07/2013
» Sometimes there's no need for commentary, the story speaks for itself. Allegations were made by Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul during a seminar last Sunday, recorded <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80clD_3GVUA" target="_blank">and put on YouTube</a>, that ordinary red shirt prisoners and red shirt lese majeste convicts in particular are physically abused by guards and other prisoners; ignored by leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD); and at the mercy of Pheu Thai-appointed lawyers who didn't know and didn't care about their cases.