Yea I'm in Australia at the moment. Also, only poor / stupid people get surprised by events forecasted 50 yrs in advance. Also, my life expectancy over/under is set at 40 with heavy wagering on Under...so, < 15 yrs.
But yes, most people don't realise Bangkok floats on water and was the Venice of Asia [until the canals turned to thick sludges of refuse]. The whole sinking thing will be a non-event except for a lot of displaced slums. This is because they know which areas are going donkdown and no one is buying / building there apart from slum lords and speculative types. The speculators may suck out if the government decides the Holland Ring or Louisiana levees are preferable to water slowly cleaning up Bangkok Compton. Personally, I think the speculators are on the money - though I imagine some large cities would give the ocean the keys to the city in gratitude.
The Thai's [unlike most - or the rest - of their SE Asian neighbours] are not morans. Things might go donkdown if succession gets ugly when the King passes, but if they get through that, they will tower over the rest [bar Singapore]. If you look down at Bkk from a tall building, the first thing that hits you is the huge pattern of canals - currently too horrifying to even urinate in; but cleaning the entire network can't be *that* hard once the pollution issue is addressed, with value added surely > cost of project. I vote dykes and lochs and levees win out 83% of the time over resignation.
We're all dying in 2012 anyway, so this has just been a theoretical ramble as I'm hella bored. If you buy property or invest < 2013, you are moran. I strongly suggest spending $ on Slots and / or hard drugs as optimal line. 2012 will suck for PhD grads, medical interns and juris doctors < 35. morans.
2bn $ up for grabs. Cops giving public interviews are pledging loyalty to the king, the people, and making a point of leaving out the elected government entirely.
That said it seems like the general feeling is that there is simply no way a coup could succeed. Although no one is ruling out a bunch of latter day khmer rouge taking to the streets, its generally accepted that this would be some sort of suicide mission, and that an increasingly politically aware public would disavow any bullshit stirring of the pot in favor of a continued westernization trend and subsequent quality of life upgrade.
2bn $ up for grabs. Cops giving public interviews are pledging loyalty to the king, the people, and making a point of leaving out the elected government entirely.
That said it seems like the general feeling is that there is simply no way a coup could succeed. Although no one is ruling out a bunch of latter day khmer rouge taking to the streets, its generally accepted that this would be some sort of suicide mission, and that an increasingly politically aware public would disavow any bullshit stirring of the pot in favor of a continued westernization trend and subsequent quality of life upgrade.
This will be the biggest anti-climax ever. They're gonna take a substantial portion of the $2billion but not all of it. The Red Shirts are spent force and basically pathetic.
Here's hoping I'm wrong and all hell breaks loose....
hof Thai / Buddhist decision handed down. The Middle Way. They took just over half of his $2billion fortune. He's pretty lucky actually but of course he's still complaining.
Quote:
The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Friday confiscated 46.3 billion baht that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his ex-wife Potjaman na Pombejra acquired from selling their shares in Shin Corporation to Singapore's Temasek Holdings.
The court ruled that Thaksin had abused his power and become unusually richer while holding the post of prime minister and abused his authority to benefit his own company, Shin Corp, before selling his shareholding to Temasek.
However, the court said it would be unfair to confiscate all of the 76 billion baht in frozen assets held in local banks, as requested by the Office of the Attorney-General, because part of it was acquired before Thaksin became prime minister.
Bangkok :donkdown
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