Thaksin’s Loss
Everyone by now knows Taksin lost over a billion US Dollars yesterday.
You know, in the big picture it’s not such a big deal. He may make a big deal over it – but he still has a billion dollars left that we know of. He’s a crafty guy… crafty being defined as intelligent + street-smart. Do you really think all the money he has is in the public eye? I don’t.
If I were Thaksin I would probably do this…
Come back to Thailand and face the music. Plead not guilty. Face a year of jail. Someone will let him out early on good behavior. He’ll be back in politics in a very big way in the coming years.
He can still roll with it and come out a winner – a very big winner in 2 years time.
Not that I agree that it’s the best thing for the country… but honestly, I cannot come up with a best-case scenario for a government in Thailand.
Can you?
I don’t forsee anything good – really good, coming out of Thailand for many years… I hope I’m wrong. I wonder what Thailand would be like with an amazing government in place – everyone fighting for the same thing – the good of the NATION.
It’s not happening anytime soon… that’s my guess. I hope I’m way the hell off – but I’m not.
Anybody think Thailand is ready to be the number two economy in Asia after China? Could it be in 5 years? 15?
Is Thailand Safe (Feb 2010) for Visitors?
February 16, 2010 by Vern · 7 Comments
Again – the question.
I have same answer as always… Thailand as a country – is safe. Come and visit and ignore the craziness going on – if there is any.
Bangkok is probably not safe at this time – as 2 embassies – AUS and CA (That’s Canada… lol) have issued statements that Bangkok might not be a good place to be in the near future.
Tourists are not being targeted. Have they EVER been? Not from my understanding of it all.
Stay away from Bangkok and the southernmost 3 provinces and you’ll likely be fine. Things are coming to a head soon because Thaksin Shinawatra, ex PM is set to lose about 2 billion US Dollars. Of course he doesn’t want that to happen. He has millions of followers, mostly in the northeast of Thailand – the red shirt country.
Look for some excitement in the next few weeks… or a total non-issue.
In Thailand: Google, Yahoo, Facebook, YouTube… All Blocked?
September 28, 2009 by Vern · 3 Comments
Woke up this morning to a weird situation… and I won’t speculate on the WHY of it – because that is too weird a thought… and heck, might even be disallowed to say it here…
Youtube – down. Google – down. Yahoo email – down. Yahoo chat – down. Google chat – down. Facebook – down. Twitter – down.
Google search – up. Any other site – all up. I’m still looking for other blocked sites but as of now many, many sites are down /blocked?
This comes after the military was urged to put a cap on some websites…hopefully things will open up a bit and we’ll be able to use email again soon!
