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20 August 2007 in Human Nature, Notes, Politics by Stilgherrian | No comments
If you want to know what’s really going on in this country — as opposed to the spin — dig through the latest stats in Australian Social Trends 2007. Another fine product from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, one of the very few truly independent national statistical agencies.
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02 December 2008 in Politics, Thailand
News is just coming through that Thailand’s Constitutional Court has disbanded the ruling People Power Party for electoral fraud, and banned prime minister Somchai Wongsawat (สมชาย วงศ์สวัสดิ์) and 35 others on the party’s executive from politics for 5 years.
What happens next is up to the Red Shirts, the pro-Thaksin loyalists. As I explained in my [...]
01 December 2008 in Internet, Politics
Despite all the rhetoric about “protecting our children” and “children are the future”, our governments seem determined to prevent them preparing for the real future. Take NSW schools minister Verity Firth…
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29 November 2008 in Internet, Politics, Thailand
Thailand’s long-simmering political crisis finally made it onto Western TVs this week when protesters closed Bangkok’s international airport, disrupting [shock horror] Western tourists.
The essence is that the People’s Alliance for Democracy, the guys in the yellow shirts who’ve shut down the airport, want prime minister Somchai Wongsawat (สมชาย วงศ์สวัสดิ์) to resign. They reckon he’s the [...]
29 November 2008 in Daily Links
Here are the web links I’ve found for 28 November 2008, posted automatically with the aid of badgers.
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27 November 2008 in Notes, Personal, Stilgherrian Live
Our dear friends the rhinovirus continue to make their presence known. So there’s no Stilgherrian Live tonight and no follow-up to today’s Internet censorship forum — though the liveblog material is still there. My promised backgrounder on Thai politics will just have to wait too, sorry.
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