Author Archives: jfl

About jfl

A 64 year-old American male living in Chiangrai, Thailand

If shamelessness has a face … it is Korn Chatikavanij’s face

Posted on May 19, 2012 by jfl

50,000 reds to remember crackdown Deputy party leader Korn Chatikavanij led a group of Democrat MPs to release 500 white balloons and make merits at Wat Pathum Wanaram. Democrats including deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij remember May 19, 2010 as the … Continue reading →

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How far from Red Villages to Red Drums?

Posted on May 17, 2012 by jfl

Prayuth tells UDD not to set up villages Gen Prayuth said yesterday that people had to be careful of the unrest in the region, He said building these villages would increase the violence there. On May 5, the red-shirt United … Continue reading →

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We must do something.

Posted on May 11, 2012 by jfl

Lt. Col. Matthew A. Dooley’s Joint Staff Forces College presentation on “A Counter-Jihad Op Design Model” (pdf) This model presumes Geneva Convention IV 1949 standards of armed conflict and the pursuant UN endorsements of it are now … no longer … Continue reading →

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Have they killed these guys already?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by jfl

Between the lines of the court’s death penalty verdict Without any media publicity, the Narathiwat provincial court on March 16 sentenced to death five men after they were found guilty of terrorism, illegal assembly to commit crimes and illegal possession … Continue reading →

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Will Amphon be the last victim of the 2006 coup?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by jfl

14 May No, he won’t be. In a surreal exercise of full-spectrum dominance of the Thai ‘hinterlands’ the criminal, exploitative Royalist Bangkok ‘elite’ are now beating environmentalists and human rights advocates … even the milquetoasts appointed by the junta itself … Continue reading →

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Vote for Barack Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Obama and you’re a murderer too

Posted on May 9, 2012 by jfl

US bombings kill dozens of Afghan civilians US and NATO spokesmen acknowledged Monday the accuracy of a report from Afghan officials in southern Helmand province that a US helicopter had dropped bombs on a house in the Fatih Mohammad Pech … Continue reading →

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Amphon Tangnoppakul, aged 62 years, died today in shackles and chains in a Bangkok Prison

Posted on May 8, 2012 by jfl

ขอประณามความป่าเถื่อนของอภิสิทธิ์ และยิ่งลักษณ์ในเรื่องนี้ เราต้องเข้มแข็งและต่อต้านกฏหมาย 112 อย่างถึงที่สุด In memory of Ah-Kong Amphon Tangnoppakul, aged 62 years, died today in shackles and chains in Bangkok. The 5th of May was his 44th wedding anniversary. He leaves behind and bereft, Pa Ou, his wife … Continue reading →

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Wanchai Chongsutnamani recaptures Chiangrai mayor’s office

Posted on May 8, 2012 by jfl

What can be learned from these figures from the EC? All the votes cast were not counted. The candidate the EC declared winner did not receive a majority of the votes cast. What can be done in future to assure … Continue reading →

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“You are what your record says you are.”

Posted on May 6, 2012 by jfl

“This is not who we are.” – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the US massacre of 16 Afghan villagers. “This is not who we are.” – Secretary of State Clinton, also on troops posing with enemy body parts “This … Continue reading →

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Remember Map Tha Phut? It’s just got worse … again.

Posted on May 6, 2012 by jfl

Remember Map Tha Phut? It’s just got worse. Industry Ministry to appeal against Map Ta Phut injunction 30 September 2009 Industry Minister Charnchai Chairungrueng said Tuesday the ministry would urgently appeal against the Central Administrative Court’s injunction on 76 projects … Continue reading →

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