http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us You can now search millions of photographs from the LIFE archive through Google. Mostly older photos. There are photos of former PM Sarit , Thanom , Pote Sarasin , RFK in Thailand, numerous pictures of the royal family ( here... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/14160 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:59:59 -0800 If you go to a protest where there are armed guards, people carrying iron bars and sharpened flagpoles,* is it unreasonable that there will be tear gas? I can't believe (ok, I can) The Nation buys in this what about... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9923 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:41:11 -0700 The editors over at The Nation must be going crazy since the international media is not goose-stepping in line behind their lies and propaganda. I'm sure Yoon and company are gearing up for a week's worth of anti-foreigner and right-wing... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9922 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:39:43 -0700 CLACK. Clack. Clack. Clack. Clack. Clack. The clacking is from Thailand’s latest and hottest political “weapon” - multi-coloured plastic hand clappers ( mue tob ) that cost 25 baht (RM2.50) each. And the fury of the mue tob is heard... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9921 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:37:51 -0700 Now in this game of smoke and mirrors every side paints their own picture of what happened on 7 October 2008. In this post I will try to describe what I saw, and how I felt about what was happening.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9898 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:37:14 -0700 Over at the L.A. Times' The Dish Rag blog, Elizabeth Snead wonders how Newsweek got Governor Sarah Palin to pose "with a rifle" for the cover of its next issue? Snead then reveals that it was not a new photo... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9877 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:40:09 -0700 When worried about dropping polls how do you create a powerful distraction? Well, basically, you resort to the oldest trick in the book of humanity. You use sex. After all, billions are spent on merchandising cigarettes, cars, boats, anything... by... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9876 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:38:31 -0700 A Moment in June, the debut feature by indie director O Nathapon, made its world premiere over the weekend at the Pusan International Film Festival . Part of the New Currents competition program, it'll screen twice more in Busan on... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9870 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:02:51 -0700 The 13th Pusan International Film Festival, which featured 315 films from 60 countries, will wrap up its nine-day run today in the southeastern port city of Busan with the closing film "I Am Happy," directed by Korean filmmaker Yoon Jong-chan.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9868 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:42 -0700 I don't even know what to say about this. Since last week, when we announced the October 2 suicide of Korean actress, Choi Jin-Sil, there have been two more high profile suicides in the Korean entertainment world bringing the total... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9867 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:59:45 -0700 I have a friend working with TAT, you may know him - he’s a well known expat and writer. He’s been working with them to try to dispel the myth that Thailand is unsafe at the present time for visitors... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9844 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:06:59 -0700 In the following video, someone tries to back a truck over a wounded Thai police officer. This Thai website offers some screen shots from the video. Included on the page are photos showing spear-wielding protesters, and men carrying and firing... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9826 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:26:10 -0700 The next item that should soon be added to the PAD's (People's Alliance for Democracy) shopping list is yellow tear gas masks. And lets hope it's not going to be from China if it is to be 100% effective. Who... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9810 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:43:44 -0700 The deaths of all people diminish us as part of the human race, of course, although some are more Orwellian than others. In some cases, the manner of leaving the world provokes consternation and confusion and can, thinking more positively,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9809 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:42:35 -0700 The PAD mob has started to how its true nature – yesterday, heavily armed mobsters launched a wave of violence in Bangkok and is threatening more. Three police have been shot by PAD mobsters; a dozen more have been hospitalized... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9808 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:41:19 -0700 A day after the worst violence on the streets of Bangkok in 16 years, what did we wake to this morning? An 'uneasy calm', intoned the Associated Press. Well, of course. How predictable. What about the headline? 'Calm returns to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9702 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:37:52 -0700 Matichon reports that the head of the Police Hospital has confirmed that her HM the Queen has made a donation of 200,000 baht to the Police Hospital in order to assist the police who suffered injuries from dispersing the protesters... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9690 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:00:12 -0700 I also like the photo on page 1B of The Nation with a guy waving a bloodless stump and claiming to be back to protesting less than 24 hours after losing his hand. I spoke to a friend with military... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9666 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:52:25 -0700 It's hard for me to comment on the ongoing crises as so many other bloggers do it much more promptly, often I would be simply recycling their own links and comments. That's why I tend to stick to longer, more... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9660 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:08:04 -0700 In Thailand the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) are making use of their secret weapon to win the war. Unfortunately the PAD can only use their secret weapon during a battle, and as a result it can’t be deployed everyday.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/user/blog/9658 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:05:15 -0700