Alien thoughts

13 Dec 2023
For a party that won an election but was denied power and which faces multiple legal and political attacks, the future looks surprisingly good for Move Forward.  The general consensus is that if they stay united and unprovoked, the next election will be a landslide. 
20 Jan 2023
A recent letter from the Royal Thai Police to the Ministry of Justice indicates that the police now want to delay implementation of the newly-touted points system for improving driver behaviour. 
23 Nov 2020
Equal Justice Under Law (Phrase engraved over the entrance to the US Supreme Court.  No Thai equivalent has been identified.) “It is necessary for the government and security agencies to intensify their actions by using all laws and all articles to take action against demonstrators who break the law and show no respect for the rights of other people.” Uncompromising statement by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the land of compromise, 19 September 2020.
9 Jul 2020
Richmond Enquirer Verité sans peur July 5, 1862 Govt backs ‘slave business’ The government of the Confederate States of America, cotton farmers and slave traders have dismissed claims by a human rights group that black slaves used to pick cotton are maltreated and announced plans to take foreign diplomats on a visit to see the slaves at work for themselves.
17 Mar 2020
Some stories that probably won’t be appearing in the next few weeks.
2 Mar 2020
The government is coming under increasing criticism from its conservative elite supporters for its failure to contain the outbreak of a new virus in Thailand
17 Feb 2020
Harrison George on Gen Apirat Kongsompong's statement that the Nakhon Ratchasima mass shooter is "not a soldier anymore". 
11 Dec 2019
This week in Alien Thoughts, Harrison George talks about what could happen once military conscription is abolished. 
18 Oct 2019
Harrison George unpacks the talk/rant delivered by Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong on 11 October 2019. 
3 Oct 2019
The future of Amnesty International Thailand has been thrown into doubt after the government ordered a member of its Executive Board to be replaced with a Deputy Minister.
16 Sep 2019
This week in Alien Thoughts, Harrison George imagines what a government press release on the reported conviction and incarceration of Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thamanat Prompow in 1993-1997 in Australia and the allegations that he falsified his education might be like. 
2 Sep 2019
The bride was radiant in white; the groom was in black.  The courtship had been respectful and circumspect, yet passionate and enchanting.  The families had carefully estimated the socioeconomic standing of the prospective in-laws and declared themselves satisfied.  A pre-nuptial agreement had been successfully negotiated and the list of wedding gifts had been well subscribed.

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