Behind The Smile

Abhisit is powerless to do anything about those Rohingya boat people floating in from South Asia. The army and ISOC just do what they want and since Ab is beholden to them for his position as PM, he just has to shut up.

Obama on Thailand during the inaugural speech:

“To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent,
know that you are on the wrong side of history.”

He must have been referring to Abhisit, the way he came to power through a murky backroom deal with the military, and his enforcement of lese majeste laws.

Two Swedish youths on holiday in Phuket are sent to prison for over a year for stealing two t-shirts. An Australian guy is put behind bars for three years for putting his thoughts on paper. Welcome to the land of the free.

I always wondered when something was going to happen in DJ Station on an overcrowded night. This time they were spared but in the wake of that horrible fire on the other side of Bangkok they would do well to look into their fire exit policies. DJ station is another disaster waiting to happen.