THAILAND
NIGHTLIFE REVIEW
Welcome to my
website. Unlike the universe, this website has a purpose: to offer
rants, tirades, opinions and discussion about books on Thailand, give an
overview of nightlife in Thailand and, yes, to provide a few news items which
might not appear elsewhere. And to have some fun.
Bar, club and restaurant owners who would like to send material on their
special events, birthday bashes, anniversary parties, etc., are welcome to do so
but please remember men in Thailand are a bit jaded so if you’re just going to
offer the usual free gourmet food and free full band entertainment and free
beautiful and eager-to-please women, well, the lads have been there, done that.
So do try to offer potential patrons something special. ;-)
There is a contest every month when this column appears and the
first to answer the question correctly or identify a photograph correctly
will receive vouchers worth at least 3,500 baht in
food and drink, i.e., 500 baht each, from Larry's Dive, Shadow Bar, The Old
Dutch, the Big Mango, The Duke of Wellington pub, Doll House and Bourbon Street Restaurant. The prizes will
build up in case anyone doesn't win it immediately so the bonanza for the
eventual winner could get quite interesting. It will double to
7,000 etc. Second prize is a "I Support
Single Moms" T-shirt. Third prize is an "Explore Your Hidden Self"
voucher from the S&M club BarBar. And please remember a part of all money received from the sale of
my books goes to needy Thais (in the form of payment to go go dancers,
coyote dancers, waitresses and hostesses).
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AROUND
AND ABOUT OUR FAIR CITY
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“With ruby lips apart, she looks as pretty as a flower that understands
speech.”
17th century erotic Chinese classic, The Carnal Prayer Mat
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An Essarn Wedding
Weddings in Essarn are always a lot of fun (as long as they aren't mine).
I flew up to Sakon Nakorn on Nok Air, stayed at a rather basic resort, and the
same evening went to the bride's home where preparation was moving forward at a
frantic pace. I was joined by friends from Bangkok who had driven up.
So after the wedding the next day, and after consuming prodigious amounts of
local brew, I abandoned my return air ticket and rode back with them. We
stopped for one night in Roi Et, and the next in Korat. A fun trip.
If you ever get invited to an Essarn wedding, go. Just prepare yourself
for the Lao Khao, the local brew. (Which wasn't bad, actually.)
May Khun Golf and Khun Satit have a great and long life together.
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And on the Way Back to Bangkok:
Roi Et: Largest freestanding Buddha in Thailand
"Where in tarnation is the toilet?" asked the tourist.
Pretty Korat lady (the one on the right)
Early morning walkabout in Korat (well, not too early)
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Wednesday Night, Londoner Pub, 2 for 1 drinks, smoking outside only
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Moulin Rouge, soi 33: A gentleman from Hawaii now owns this place and has
obviously spent some money trying to make it work. The windmill does
indeed turn and there is a glass ceiling above the bar to see go go dancers
dance. Unfortunately, the place is small and looking straight up at two
dancers in tops and shorts is not all that appealing. When I was there,
there was one other customer who left after ten minutes. I give this guy
an A for trying but I still say anybody who wants to open a small bar on Soi 33
must have lots of money to throw away or else is not playing with all his
mahjong tiles on the table. The difference in traffic between a few years
ago and now is amazing. There are very few customers and far too many
bars. As they used to say of Melbourne after 7 p.m., and perhaps still do,
you can shoot a cannon ball down the street without fear of hitting anybody.
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WASHINGTON SQUARE
There are more rumors in Washington Square than there are ladies drinks.
Every year the rumors say the Square is doomed and this has been going on for
several years. This time, however, the rumors are much stronger. And
of course Bourbon Street will soon open another branch at Ekamai. And then
there is the case of the Texas Lone Star Saloon. George's widow seems not to be
interested in keeping it going and for sure the special forces folks above the bar
have been told to move out by 1 May. But now the latest is that it will be
open until the end of the year on a month by month basis (whatever that means). Whatever does or doesn't happen, I
thought it might be the right time to do some photography in the Square.
So here are some interior shots of the Lone Star as well as the cool drawings on
the wall opposite Bourbon Street restaurant.
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Great paintings on the wall outside Bourbon Street.
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Soi Cowboy continues to be the liveliest venue for farangs in Thailand
and most bar owners say they are doing OK. (Sometimes even the girls
working in the bars agree with that.)
Construction everywhere in Bangkok. Here is the one at Prom Phong.
All along lower Sukhumvit and in the sois, such as soi 49, the landscape is
changing. Somebody has lots and lots of money. And confidence in the
future.
The Elite used bookstore (Sukhumvit near Villa Market, soi 33/1) not long ago
had a sign suggesting it was going out of business. But, no, it was just
redecorating or renovating or whatever. It is open again but remember Dasa
Books up the street above the emporium gives you more money for your used books
than Elite. And Dasa often has various sales and deals.
For
example, this just in: "We (Dasa) have added more titles to the selection of
9 baht books we currently have on our Blowout Sale Table. We will keep those
books on sale until April 4. On that date we will re-stock the table with
additional titles, but the prices for those books will range from 19-79
baht."
Music Station on Sukhumvit, soi 33, has a good band and also some coyote
dancers. Maybe they are trying to give Mojos a run for their money.
The setup is very different though as each dancer dances on a small raised
platform. The girls are very friendly but be careful: their drinks cost
250 baht. Hey, Big Spender...
I have a pigeon problem. They are nesting on a ledge near my
air-conditioner. They are filthy and spread disease and I think some of
the filth is getting into my air conditioner. I threw some water which hit
part of their nest but because of the angle of my window I cannot get a direct
shot at them. And, worse yet: Is that an egg I see before me?
They seem to be nesting just behind the air conditioner belonging to the next
apartment. The guys in the next apartment are Mormons and I am not sure
Mormons would help me destroy a pigeon nest. They might put me on trial in
Salt Lake City. Besides, now that they have
had a kid, I am sure there is some do-gooder Protect the Pigeons Society which
would come after me if I do anything now. And once these pigeons start
their cooing they are loud as hell. Of course, sometimes their cooing is
drowned out by the continuing construction on the House Being Built to Keep the
Farang Awake across the street or the muezzin in mosque by the klong,
or other and sundry noises Thailand can come up with to keep farangs
awake. Peace and Quiet. Not in
Bangkok.
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FLYING CHEAP
I have to make a trip to Hong Kong and figured on paying the u
sual
14,000 + baht round trip on Thai or Cathay Pacific. But a travel agent
informed me there is a new airline HKAir (Hong Kong Airlines) and their
roundtrip costs 8,678 baht. Coming back is in the afternoon and that is
fine but going there is something like 8:20 a.m. That means getting up
early. I only like to fly at civilized times but I figure saving 6 or
7,000 baht is worth getting up early for. I will write next column on how
the service is. I do know they use Airbus aircraft so how bad can it be?
They also fly to various places in China so this might prove to be a cheap way
to fly.
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A Few Signs in China's Yunnan Province that could use Better
Translations
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Khun
Nana's Corner
Khun Nana is a savvy local expat who keeps in shape by
hitting most of the bars of Nana Plaza as often as possible. From his vast
experience, he will enlighten and entertain us with his recollections of the bar
scene be they humorous, tragic or somewhere in between.
I
don’t know about how other guys feel, but I have always thought that sex should
be fun and reduce stress instead of increasing your stress level. Heck, it is
the one activity I normally enjoy that takes me away from all the mundane
problems in day-to-day life. Well, I ran into a very sexy gal at a party the
other night and I must say we were getting pretty hot and heavy on the host’s
sofa, and I was very enthusiastic when she asked me if I wanted to go back to
her condo just a few kilometers away.
We made some hasty excuses and practically ran outside to her car. A few
minutes later we were in her condo panting and sweating and exchanging saliva
when she asked if I had any condoms. Geez this precocious little number doesn’t
have any condoms in her condo? I asked if there was a 7-11 or mini-mart close
by and she answered that there was one just around the corner. So I hastily
pulled my pants over my protruding…..enthusiasm and slinked out the door hoping
that perhaps I would become a bit less….enthusiastic on my walk to the store.
Just as I am making my way out the door she blurts out
“don’t just get a 3-pack, I expect you to really fuck my brains out.” Now, guys
I know that many would consider that to be a positive thing, but I gotta tell
you that it gave me more than a bit of performance anxiety. To make matters
even worse, when I barked back at her that I know she must just be teasing me,
she got a very serious look on her face and said “if you don’t really do me good
I am going to be very angry with you.”
I slinked out the door and I noticed that I had become
somewhat less enthusiastic already, both literally and boner-wise. Sex is
supposed to be fun damnit to hell! That little bitch just took that away from
me and we hadn’t even consummated the arrangement yet. I did manage to make it
to the 7-11, and on the way back to her place I was giving myself and my libido
a little pep talk in hopes that I could rekindle the animal lust that had
brought me to her little corner of Bangkok. Do I need to say at this point that
my performance was less than stellar? I ended up ashamedly cowering from her
condo with my manhood and pride dragging on the floor behind me. I really should
take a reader’s poll to find out how many of our horny fans out there would be
more or less turned on upon hearing the words “don’t just get a 3-pack of
condoms, I expect you to fuck my brains out.”
I really need to stop calling babes when I am drunk. I
know that guys have been making arses out of themselves for centuries while in
the inebriated state and who am I to mess with a fine tradition, but lately I
think I should hide my mobile phone from myself before going out on the town to
get plastered. I have done the stupidest things while drunk at 3 AM such as
telling gals I barely know that I love them, making promises that any sober man
would know could never be kept, or worst of all, committing the unforgivable
crime of being completely honest about my feelings for a girl. Oh the shame.
Hey, I have a terrific idea! Breathalyzer locks on mobile
phones. I have a mate who got arrested for drunk driving back in
Antisepticville and the authorities put a lock on his car ignition. The guy had
to drive to work, but they wanted to make sure the engine couldn’t start if the
driver was over a certain blood alcohol level. We need one of our well
capitalized horny readers to invest in coming up with the first “Khun Nana’s
Mobile Phone Breathalyzer Lock.” You don’t need to split the profits with me,
just buy me enough 3-packs of condoms to keep me humiliated for the rest of my
life.
Guys are always complaining about how dishonest the
bargirls are in Bangkok, but last week I happened to meet the gal who wins the
prize for most honest in this fair land of ours. I was sitting in a friend’s
steakhouse restaurant when a punter walked in with what was an obvious “working”
girl. He was late forties or so and dressed like he just came up from Pattaya.
Oh, for those of you who admire our columns from afar, Pattaya is a sleazy
seaside version of Sodom and Gomorrah that would easily win the prize for most
poorly dressed foreign men. A good mate likes to say that spending even a
single day in Pattaya could bring back any man’s self-confidence, because if he
has ever laundered the t-shirt he is wearing he will easily be the handsomest
and best dressed man in the city.
I digress. The gal with the punter in my friend’s
restaurant had the usual bored look on her face and was trying her best to
tolerate the agreed upon arrangement for as long as needed to receive payment.
The guy was ranting on and on about subjects that would bore any sane person to
death and the gal continued to play with her mobile and look like she wanted to
die. Then he suddenly changed tactics and began hinting to her that he had a
lot of money and would consider putting her on salary to keep her from needing
to return to the bar and work.
Well, I don’t need to tell any of you savvy party guys that
a salary is the Holy Grail for bar gals. Large sums of money for literally no
work whatsoever if the guy doesn’t live in Thailand. If a slick gal can get 2
or 3 guys sending money from abroad she may make more in a month than a doctor
or lawyer. Much to my astonishment these golden words flowing from his mouth
brought absolutely no response or change in demeanor from her at all. If
anything she looked even more comatose than before if that’s even possible. The
guy looked a bit offended and excused himself to go to the toilet. When he was
safely out of earshot I began chatting with her in Thai and let her know in very
clear terms that she was missing an opportunity of a lifetime, and all she had
to do was BS this guy for a few more hours and she would be rolling in money for
months if not years. Heck, I live here and I root for the home team. If the
gal can score some easy money from a guy who has way more money than brains,
good for her.
Her response to me was so frank and honest that I was a bit
in shock. She said “I am just too bored to lie.” What a breath of fresh air!
This is easily the most honest service provider in all of Thailand. To even
further cement her award winning style, the punter returned momentarily and
asked her straight out what she would do all day if she didn’t need to work at
all. This is where the gals normally excel and lay some story on the guy about
how they want to return to study or go help their family work the farm blah blah
blah. Not this girl. Her answer to what she would do with her free time was
simply “sleep.” The guy at this point looks a bit confused and apparently feels
she is dodging the issue. He says “no, really, what would you do all day long
if you didn’t need to work.” She looks at him disdainfully and shouts out
“SLEEP!”
And that is exactly what she would do.
Until next
time. Khun
Nana
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A 22-year-old Nataree beauty from Chiang Rai surrounded by the
beauties of Soi Cowboy. (Yet another proof that 22-year-old Thai
women can look about half their age.)
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And yet another Nataree beauty, lovely disposition and "biguns".
And she was so sweet even when Mr. Happy wasn't doing all that he should
have been doing she kept blaming herself. I kept telling her to
relax, all will be well. A friend of mine said I should have said
mai keyi gert kuen ma gorn. "This never happened to me before."
Actually, I did. Yeah, I know, I lie like a rug.
Latest progress: The house being built to keep the farang
across the soi awake.
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BANGKOK NOIR
Foreign Correspondents Club Panel on Bangkok Noir
Sitting at the long panel table, from left to right, Dean Barrett, Colin
Cotterill (who was present in the shape of a life-size cardboard cartoon), John
Burdett, Tew Bunnag, Gen. Vasit Dejkunjorn, Christopher G. Moore, and
Collin Piprell.
The night went well and the FCCT was really crowded. I still believe,
however, that "noir" is an attitude more than anything else; and as such
I think it is far removed from the Thai mindset. Westerners like myself
see noir in Thailand because that attitude and experience is what we bring to
Thailand. But Thais are imbued with Buddhism, it is part of them, and that
outlook is very different from noir.
Noir is often considered to be a sub-genre of hardboiled detective fiction
and is often written in a very gritty, realistic style. It usually
involves several of these: a fatalistic attitude, betrayal, a femme fatale,
self-destructive, unsentimental, violence, failure of main character to achieve
goal, possible death of main character, bleak setting, and the protagonist is
often not an outsider but rather someone closely connected to the crime or
plotting of a crime or is a victim or suspect.
The book is priced at 450 baht and is already available at some
English-language bookstores in Bangkok. It can also be ordered online, from the
publisher’s website.
Half of the authors’ earnings from this book will be donated to selected charity
organizations which provide education for needy children in Thailand. Check out
the book’s website
too.
Saturday, Tuesday, 2 April, 3 - 6 p.m., is the official book signing. Place: Siam Paragon, Kinokuniya
Bookstore.
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Color of Night
Friday 7 p.m. 1 April
Chris Coles who paints Bangkok Noir will have an opening of his paintings at
the Koi Art Gallery, Sukhumvit soi 31 (opposite Home Run Restaurant and not far
from Prime Minister Abisit's house).
http://www.chriscolesgallery.com/
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Random Thoughts from a Strange Studio
Love this cool weather; my brain is actually working again.
I am happy to say that (the real) Kylie Winters, one of the main characters
in my latest detective novel, Permanent Dama
ge, has paid about US$1,000
to Mercy Centre, Father Joe's charity, in return for appearing in the novel. At various writers' conventions in
the West, there is often a silent auction whereby people write down an amount to
bid on getting their name into a novel. And the money goes to charity.
I am not certain if other writers in Thailand are selling off the names of main
characters for charity but it is a good idea and I hope they will. I would
have thought people would pay precisely to keep their name out of a Dean
Barrett novel, but it looks like for charity they'll do anything.
A reader alerted me to the fact that on some forum someone had referred to me
as "curmudgeonly." Can you believe that? Me? A sweetheart of a guy
with a Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm personality and a Somewhere Over the Rainbow
smile for everyone? I have been called many names in forums but this is a
first. Ah, too cruel...
It is great to be in Thailand where there is an abundance of cultural
activities not to mention lovely Thai women. When I lived in New York
City, and was deprived of such pleasure, it was tough going until I finally
figured out a technique. Late at night,
I would call the Chinese Consulate. They were closed of course but they had a woman give a recorded
message about hours open, visa application hours, etc., etc. But she spoke
beautiful northern Mandarin and was it ever a turn-on. I should write to
the Chinese Consulate and thank them for the free phone sex.
Of course as everyone knows I would be the last to judge a woman based on
appearance. But this is the woman John Edwards cheated on his
cancer-ridden wife with. And then he got an aide to pretend the child he
had with her was his. And now his career is kaput. All for
this "beauty". Yes, it must be true: Beauty is in the eye of the
beerholder.
While I was up in Essarn I asked myself if I could live in the Thai
countryside. Hundreds of foreigners do and they seem to like it. I
would think it would be pretty depressing during the rainy season when
everything turns to mud. But, yes, I am a country boy at heart and I think
I could live a purely countryside existence in Essarn. Just as long as
there was a large and really good English language bookstore near me; and live
off-off Broadway type Western theater; and a cafe where I can get cappuccino
when I want it and a really good pizza place. And Nataree-type massage
parlors. And lots of taxis. And air conditioning and
broadband. Yep, as long as I had access to those items I am proud to say I
am a country boy.
The film, The Adjustment Bureau, was over the top and ridiculous
(IMHO) but Liam Neeson in Unknown was a fine actor in a cleverly written
film.
The Face of a Moron
Glenn Beck says Japan's
earthquake might be a "message" from God.
"We can't see the
connections here," he said
on his show Monday.
"I'm not saying God is causing earthquakes - well I'm not not
saying that either!"
"What God does is God's
business," Beck continued. "But I'll tell you this...there's a message being
sent. And that is, 'Hey you know that stuff we're doing? Not really working
out real well. Maybe we should stop doing some of it.' I'm just saying."
Beck continued trying to
make a connection between human behavior and the natural disasters that have
wreaked havoc in Japan, even casually mentioning "radical Islam" before
revealing what he called "the answer."
You may recall that during the Tsunami several years ago that claimed
hundreds of thousands of lives, Muslim imams said it was because mankind had
failed God, etc., etc., etc. and they could even see the word "Allah" in
the wave. Of course it made no sense, especially because the Muslims of
Sumatra's Aceh area were the most wiped out yet they are the most fanatical and
conservative of Indonesia's Muslims.
Not to be outdone, this time around Glenn Beck tells us the tsunami that hit
Japan might be a message from God. Well, what kind of message was it to
the children who were drowned or those made homeless and those who lost their
parents to the tsunami? Instead of sending some faggoty messages, while he
hides his ass in the shadows, if God has a message why doesn't he just anchor
his ass to a chair somewhere on Earth and give it to us? It is bad enough
when Muslim morons try to find a cause and effect in natural disasters; now
Christian morons can be just as...moronic. I have never seen a person with
less character in his face than Beck and I often wonder about people who watch
his show. And people wonder why I grow crotchety...
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Speaking of nut cases, here is the New York Times reporting on the
core beliefs of Scientology:
“A
major cause of mankind’s problems began 75 million years ago,”...when
the planet Earth, then called Teegeeack, was part of a confederation of
ninety planets under the leadership of a despotic ruler named Xenu.
“Then, as now, the materials state, the chief problem was
overpopulation.” Xenu decided “to take radical measures.” The documents
explained that surplus beings were transported to volcanoes on Earth.
“The documents state that H-bombs far more powerful than any in
existence today were dropped on these volcanoes, destroying the people
but freeing their spirits—called thetans—which attached themselves to
one another in clusters.” Those spirits were “trapped in a compound of
frozen alcohol and glycol,” then “implanted” with “the seed of aberrant
behavior.” The Times account concluded, “When people die, these
clusters attach to other humans and keep perpetuating themselves.”
And people wonder why I live alone...
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Special Bonus for A Really Sharp Reader:
Be the FIRST to answer the following question and win a copy of Memoirs of
a Bangkok Warrior or Murder in China Red (your choice):
The sign above most likely hangs on the wall of:
1. Lord Jim's
2. Le Normandie
3. Sirocco
4. Texas Lone Star Saloon
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DRESS FOR SUCCESS
(If you live in Pattaya you can skip this section)
The Great Exhibition of 1851, London, was
one of the most important events in 19th century English history.
Countries from around the world sent their latest inventions and best
quality products and Great Britain did its best to outshine them all.
The Queen and her retinue were there as was the ambassador from China,
looking splendid in his Manchu cap and robe. But he spoke no
English. He had not been invited as no one realized an ambassador
of the Ch'ing Dynasty would be present but they placed him in a position
of great honor: Near the Duke of Wellington and the Archbishop.
And he is immortalized in this famous painting. There was only one
problem: He wasn't an ambassador at all; he was a showman and swordsman
giving performances on his boat in the Thames and charged one shilling
per person entrance.
We will never know what his
motives were but it seems he simply wanted to attend and wandered in and
was taken as an ambassador. Why do I mention this? Because
it is most likely the greatest case in history of and absolute proof of those who
say DRESS FOR SUCCESS.
(Incidentally, speaking of pigeons, there were
some inside the Cristal Palace and the Queen asked the Duke of
Wellington if he knew how to get rid of them. He replied, "Try
pigeon hawks, ma'am."
Um, good idea, but then how did they get rid of
the pigeon hawks?
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Little kno
wn
facts Dept: One of the things that inspired me to write a book of
poetry and ballads, especially on Thailand, despite the fact
that nobody reads poetry these days: During the Sung Dynasty
(960-1279) the famous poet, Su Dung-po AKA Su Shih, is said to have,
when having finished a poem, walked to the market place and read
each poem to the charcoal sellers. If they liked his poem he
would then keep it and eventually publish it in one of his
collections. If they did not like it he would throw it out.
I thought that was a cool way to have poems
vetted and decided to follow in the great poet's footsteps.
Unfortunately, I didn't know any charcoal sellers. But,
luckily, I did know lots of Entertainment Providers such as coyote dancers, go go dancers and
bargirls. And so it was that I set out to have my poems vetted
by the ladies of the Texas Lone Star Saloon. I
figured as most are in their 30's and 40's they have lots of life
experience and their English is better than a lot of the
Entertainment Providers in other nightlife areas.
And so it came to pass that I began reading my
poetry there. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as planned.
It seems
that judging poetry makes Thai bargirls very thirsty and soon I
found myself with a bin full of ladies drinks, an unfortunate
development that could not be sustained. And so, alas, the
vast majority of my poems were not judged by the good
ladies of the Lone Star. I wonder, though, if Su Dung-po had
to buy lots of charcoal...
If you haven't seen my attempt to read a poem at
the Lone Star you can go to the video page on this site or just
click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzVbYFIZEZs
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Click on Jesus to see his latest message
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When crime reporter Jimm Juree is forced to follow her family from Chiang
Mai to a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she's convinced her career is
over. Her journalism will surely dwindle to reports on the annual
monsoon-induced floods, for what crimes could possibly happen in such an
out-of-the-way place? Answer: plenty. A local palm oil plantation owner and
his worker are excavating a well. They dig down six feet and hit metal. It
turns out to be the roof of an old Volkswagen combi, which, once unearthed,
is found to contain two skeletons - one of them wearing a hat. A monk is
murdered in Lang Suan, the nearest town. There is apparently no motive for
the killing and no suspects are found. But there are odd connections between
this killing and several others. Suddenly Jimm's new life becomes somewhat
more promising - and a great deal more dangerous.
Colin Cotterill
has had a lot of well deserved success with his series of novels set in Laos
and a lot of rave reviews. His latest, just out, is set in Thailand.
And if you have read his other work you know it will be well worth reading.
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Letter published in the Nation
Dear Sir,
Bruce Bolton in Seattle criticizes the
Nation for referring to university students as "girls" instead
of "women."
As an expatriate who has lived in Asia
for decades, I have come to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of
my own country and have found one of the weaknesses is for Americans to
smugly give advice to others whose ways may differ and therefore in
American eyes seem wrong. I am sure there are problems in America
regarding men and women that Mr. Bolton could find to write letters
about rather than to officiously give advice to newspapers in other
countries on how females should be addressed. Perhaps a Thai should
write to an American newspaper criticizing the superficial babble about
"relationships" found in so many clichéd
American movies and TV series; or the idiocy of spending 65 million
dollars on a comic book musical about Spiderman and turning the once
great and meaningful American theater of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee
Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee into puerile garbage.
Dean Barrett
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Snake bites model's breast during photo
shoot, reportedly dies of silicone poisoning
(Nope, you can't make this stuff up)
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-03-14/news/29147084_1_snake-silicone-breast-implant
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Intruder Calls 911, Afraid Homeowner May
Have Gun
(Darwin Award possibility)
http://www.kdvr.com/news/ktla-intruder-calls-police,0,4441627.story
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Letters from Readers
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Dean
On the nataree masseuse pictured in your latest blog, I must have
repeated and sustained sex with that woman asap. Not to do so in,
say, the next 20 minutes will cause me to spill my seed upon the
ground (a detestable thing, according to Genesis 38, 8-10) You
didn't catch her name, did you? (No, of course not. Silly me) Yours,
David
David, ask and ye shall
receive. Her name is Ying. Her phone number is
(supplied here). Here is another picture of
her. Let's see Stickman beat this
service. Cheers!
 
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You're a fine man, Dean, and thank sweet jesus for it. Poor Ying;
she has no idea what's coming...
(I'll be sure to report back and tell you what she really thinks)
David
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You talk shit.
Steve Long
Steve, if there is
one thing I admire in a man it is his ability to be concise!
Well Done!
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I notice you use a lot of pictures on your site and you keep
them local to the website.
My suggestion sir, keep them on a free service for pictures
like photobucket or somesuch.
This will take the traffic OFF your web site and put it on
photobucket!
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Greg, many thanks. For a few dollars more, I
went up to a kind of business account. So I am OK for now. But
that is useful advice, especially as I have Picasa 3 if I want it which I
guess keeps pix off the local website.
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Dear Dean:
I have just "discovered" you recently when I was looking for some
interesting books for my Canadian friends to learn about China and found
and BOUGHT your book on Don Quixote in China from internet.
First, as Chinese tradition which you know so well. I am 62,
semi-retired, born and raised in Taiwan but have lived in Canada for the
pass 30 years. No children and single now. Love Chinese literature and
poetry but sure not as knowledgeable as you are since you have a
master's degree on Chinese and I was not a good student when I was in
schools.
Second, I was laughing from page one when I started to read your book.
You sure know how to "translate" Chinese in your funny way; specially
when it comes to describe the "beauty" of Chinese women-apricot eyes,
moth eyebrows, cheeks as red as the almond flower.... However, I have
a tiny suspicion ( maybe your way of "getting back" to your ex-Chinese
wife?!) that you are actually writing for Chinese to read. Because I
don't think anyone without some knowledge of Chinese language can
actually understand what you talking about...
Sincerely,
WEI, Ya-Shiung (ms)
Montreal. Quebec. Canada
Thanks for yours, Ya-Shiung. No, I am happy
to say foreign-devils who read the book do get it and also report they
have a lot of laughs. But it is probably true most people don't
know what I am talking about even when I write about other subjects.
I suspect they just buy my books as doorstops which is OK with me.
And, no, I have nothing against my ex-wife (you said "ex-Chinese wife"
but I suspect she is still Chinese despite the trauma of losing me) ;-)
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Dean,
It really is sad what's going on here in the USA. The political
correctness with respect to Islam is repulsive, and it's going to cost
us a lot of lives. If we only had more people telling the truth about
Islam....
Here's the question: Are you familiar with the website Angie's List?
It's a website that allows users of a particular service (contractor,
plumber, dentist, etc.) to publicly rate that provider. Good, bad, or
otherwise, it's all posted for registered users to read. What do you
think of an Angie's List for Bangkok nightlife providers? Bars, clubs,
girls, FLs, etc. Good idea? Stupid? What the heck am I taking about?
Let me know what you think.
Thank
UV
Sent from myTouch 4G
UV, I think there are already a number of
websites which discuss the subjects you mention.
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Hi Dean, I was in Bangkok last week and L and Wee at the Texas
Lone Star told me you had left an autographed copy of Permanent
Damage there if anyone who wanted it. This saved me a trip to
the bookshop at Emporium as I had intended to get a copy anyway. I
am now about two thirds through it and enjoying it very much
particularly as I just spent the week in Soi 22, went to the Square
most afternoons and am up to date in relating to many of the sites
in your book. Thanks very much for leaving the signed copy. I look
forward to the next one The girls had a good laugh when I showed
them your You Tube videos on my iPhone.
Best regards, Joe Lynch
Joe,
thanks, and I am happy to say Asia Books has now distributed
Permanent Damage and some of my back titles so they are now once
again available at Asia Books and Bookazine as well as at Kinokinuya.
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Hi Dean,
I've just been reading your latest column, in particular the article on
the guy suing after being hit by The Go Go Dancer's shoe. We should
spare a thought for the "poor guy" in the attached article... he got hit
with a flying dildo at a buck's party in Australia. I don't think he's
going to sue anyone; it's made him a national hero. Apart from that, he
can't stop laughing about it! Keep up the good work. I look
forward to the 1st of each month.
Regards, Mick (an Aussie living in Thailand)
Thanks, Mick, sorry to say I can't save the
article due to our two systems being incompatible or whatever. In
Thailand, we only worry about flying darts during bar shows.
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This is in response to someone asking on behalf of
his friend:
Bob, re: your friend. No guy in his sixties should be looking
for a woman
in the 18-25
bracket for marriage as she hasn't formed yet and may turn out
very
different than when he meets her. And to expect a young girl to be
comfortable meeting government and corporate big shots and to give him
true
love at his age, well, good luck with that.
First of all, I always advise guys to come to Thailand and learn
something
of the culture and language; come several times before making any moves.
He might well find a woman in her 30's with a child by a previous Thai
marriage. She might have a sense of responsibility and not want to go
to
Karaoke and disco every night but does your friend understand that a
Thai
woman puts her mother first, any children second, Thai food third, and
husband fourth? Does he know he will be involved with (and possibly
paying
for) a family?
He can start learning Thai where he is as there are free lessons on the
Internet, Youtube, etc.
I can tell you a guy in his 60's who thinks he should have a Thai girl
18-25
(other than for a "casual stay") is setting himself up for a very large
disappointment down the road. Sorry to be so blunt
but that is the way it is.
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Links You Might Enjoy
A video of a
five-minute walk down Soi Cowboy. Click here and then click "preview videos."
http://www.pbar.info/videos.html
Like to check out some bars
in Thailand?
Try
http://www.bangkokbarfun.com.
Like to know what music is playing where in Bangkok each week? Try
http://www.bangkokgigguide.com.
Like to know more in depth
about what music is playing where in Bangkok each week? Try this great site:
http://www.bangkokjungle.com.
Tired of shoveling snow?
Check out Bangkok's sunshine.
Bangkok's weather report.
A great site for listening to Thai Morlan music and other folk music
of Southeast Asia.
www.monsoon-country.org
A bit of black leather never hurts. But she does.
Our Lady in Black
Like to learn a bit about retiring in Asia?
http://www.retiredexpat.com
Maps of all the provinces of Thailand
http://www.thailand-guide.org/maps/index.htm
Listen to RadioBangkok.net
mms://wma.radiobangkok.net/bangkok32?MSWMExt=.asf
Helping Kids in Thailand
Helping Thai Kids
A fine independent Pattaya Bookstore:
www.canterburytalescafe.com
Links You Might Not Enjoy
Politically incorrect rants and raves from Uncle Fred.
http://www.fredoneverything.net
Girlfriends looking for Taliban boyfriends.
Taliban Singles Dating Page
Very satirical writing and videos.
http://www.thenoseonyourface.com
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"At least one thing seems certain: against people who are ready to die in
the cause of destroying freedom, people who are not willing to speak up for
freedom for fear of being called a racist or an Islamophobe don't stand much
chance of victory."
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More
News on the "Religion of Peace"
The "Religion of Peace" continues to visit Southern Thailand
Just some of the recent atrocities committed by Muslims in Thailand
2011.03.27 Thailand
Yala Religious extremists shoot two villagers at a market, killing one.
2011.03.24 Thailand
Yala A 25-year-old plantation worker is shot in the head by Muslim
militants.
2011.03.23 Thailand
Narathiwat A married couple and a female friend are brutally
machine-gunned in their own home by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.03.19 Thailand
Pattani A street vendor is cut down by Muslim gunmen.
2011.03.18 Thailand
Pattani Three Thais are shot to death by Islamic militants.
2011.03.16 Thailand
Marib Muslim terrorists shoot a civilian off the back of a motorbike.
2011.03.15 Thailand
Yala Islamists gun down a 69-year-old man.
2011.03.15 Thailand
Songkhla Muslim radicals shoot a Buddhist plantation worker to death an
injure his wife.
2011.03.15 Thailand
Songkhla A Buddhist teacher is murdered by Mujahideen.
2011.03.15 Thailand
Narathiwat Religion of Peace gunmen open fire on a tea shop, killing two
Buddhist patrons.
2011.03.15
Thailand Pattani Three men sitting outside an auto repair shop are riddled
with bullets by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.03.08 Thailand
Yala Muslim 'separatists' knock a man off his motorcycle and then shoot
him twice in the head.
2011.03.07 Thailand
Pattani Islamists murder a 61-year-old man in an attack the leaves his
young granddaughter seriously injured.
2011.03.07 Thailand
Pattani A Buddhist man is killed and his mother seriously wounded in an
Islamic drive-by.
2011.03.07 Thailand
Narathiwat Islamic 'separatists' shoot a man to death as he is returning
home from work.
2011.03.06 Thailand
Pattani Islamists shoot a 23-year-old man to death in front of his mother.
2011.03.06 Thailand
Pattani Muslim militants open fire on a market, killing a guard and
seriously injuring four patrons.
2011.03.06 Thailand
Pattani A 64-year-old man is murdered when Muslim militants fire on a
group of teachers.
2011.03.05 Thailand
Pattani A Buddhist monk is shot through the head in a Muslim drive-by. Two
others are injured.
And Many More badly Wounded
(Isn't it interesting how silent the
Bangkok Post is about all this. Yet they have lots of space to run
stories and photos on pandas, lots of anti-American articles from leftist
newspapers, and a boring, predictable column written by a Muslim fanatic every
other Sunday.)
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Over
4,400 Thais including monks and teachers and children have been murdered by
Muslims in Southern Thailand and
over 45 Thais have been beheaded including Buddhist monks
Beheaded Thai soldiers
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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from
religious conviction." (Blaise Pascal, mathematician, 1670)
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What is interesting about articles on the
mosque to be in Manhattan near the 9/11 site is that they never once mention
the original name given to the mosque by Muslims who wanted to build it. It
was called the Cordoba Project. So called because when Muslims began the
invasion and conquest of Spain they built their first mosque at Cordoba.
Mosques are and always have been a sign of triumph over infidels. Since the
7th century they have been used to plan battles and store weapons. They are
definitely not the same as a church or Buddhist temple. When they
realized some of us infidels knew what it meant they changed the name. I do
not want this mosque built there as many Muslims also have said the same
thing as basically "why fan the flames?" But I see no legal way to stop it.
Far more worrying to me is what Muslims in
America are doing to take away our rights such as freedom of expression,
etc., and the wimp response of Americans. New York publishers cancelled
books on Islam because as they admitted they fear for their staff. A play
in Cincinnati was not put on because of Muslim objections so it was moved
and put on in Manhattan. Muslim groups are suing anyone who speaks out
against Islam including radio hosts. It is the stealth Jihad going on in
America which is the frightening thing. They now have the numbers so that
Muslim Associations on university campuses heckle and threaten speakers who
are pro-Israel and many times campus guards have to protect the speakers and
at times police have been needed as well. People are afraid to invite
anti-Muslim speakers now. They can burn our flag and the Bible but we
cannot burn their hate-filled Koran (in which we are called monkeys and
apes). And they are doing their best to change the curriculum of our school
systems to whitewash Islam.
The Muslim who did the right thing and
testified against the cowardly bastard who killed 13 Americans at Ft. Hood
says now that his entire Muslim community (in America) has cut him dead.
He did the horrible thing of helping infidels against a Muslim. Never
mind that he was a murderer. There is not one Muslim country in the world
which gives equal rights to its minorities; but when they are in a minority,
they demand not just equal but extra rights above everyone else.
Ironically, it is the illegal immigrants from Mexico who are standing up to
these arrogant bastards in factories saying no they will not let Muslims
tell them when to close for Muslim holidays, etc.
I fought against Muslim fanatics on the
streets of New York in 1989 when they wanted to kill Salmon Rushdie for
something he wrote. I woke up to the very real danger of what happens when
these screaming, hate-filled assholes have the numbers to cause problems.
When Muslims want to kill writers I take that very personally - as should
everyone.
Whether or not they build the mosque is not
such an emotional issue with me. Bleeding heart liberal denials of the fact
that Islam is a clear and present danger to a democracy is what puzzles and
astonishes me. Believe me, the more you learn about Islam the more you will
come to realize it is not a "religion of peace." And as real
moderate Muslims point out, the more Western liberals deny that their are
problems within Islam itself, the more those liberals pull the rug out from
the truly moderate Muslims. And, yes, it is a cliché,
but I am a firm believer in the adage that all it takes for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
Fighting back against Islamization of the West
http://www.stopshariahnow.org/
THE RELIGION OF PEACE (in the real world)
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YET ANOTHER GREAT
PAT CONDELL VIDEO
ISLAM IN THE RAW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP9QXId4AtU
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SAUDI ARABIA: One Kiss Costs Man 4 months and
120 lashes
http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/kiss-costs-man-4-months-120-lashes-2011-03-12-1.366975
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EGYPT: HOLY MAN SAYS - "KILL ALL THE
CHRISTIANS!"
http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/news/30393-unity-from-egypts-revolution-short-lived
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NEW YORK: MUSLIM DRIVER DELIBERATELY RAMS FOUR
MEN
http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/03/07/muslim-cabbie-arrested-ramming-passengers-manhattan
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WHAT DO THESE
WOMEN HAVE IN COMMON?
MUSLIM MEN
KILLED THEM IN "HONOR KILLINGS"
Killed by Muslim fathers, brothers, etc., for trying to live as a human being
Chicago campaign on taxis to stop the Islamization of America & the killing
of Muslim women by their family members. The campaign is now in danger of
being discontinued.
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This woman had a nose once; until Muslim men decided she wasn't Muslim
enough. Women want go to school? Talk to a non-relative?
Muslim men have ways to stop that. Acid, for one. Click on the photographs.
91 percent of honor killings worldwide are done by
Muslims
84 percent of honor killings in US done by Muslims
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Happening
Now in America:
Islamic foot-washing basins in airports; Shariah finance being introduced by
American banks; college campuses designating Islamic prayer rooms for Muslims
only; Islamic compounds practicing Shariah law springing up across America;
public schools using tax dollars to indoctrinate American students into
Islam; demands by Muslim parents that their children be provided private prayer
rooms in their public schools; Muslim workers demanding special workplace
accommodations no other religious person would ask for; creative people being
threatened as with South Park; publishers self-censoring out of fear of Muslim
anger and hate; plays self-censored out of fear of Muslim backlash; Muslim
Associations on college campuses interrupting speakers they don't like; Muslim taxi
drivers refusing to allow guide dogs for the blind in their taxis; high school
texts whitewashing Islam; and the list goes on.
And on. And on.
http://www.watson37.com/-Misunderstanders--Roster.html
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"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!
Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a
dog...No stronger retrograde force exists in the world (than Islam)." Winston
Churchill
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Mohammad Playing with his Six-year-old Bride to
Be
The so-called
Prophet Muhammad Married a six-year-old named Aisha and had Sex with the girl
by the time she was nine (if not before). Mohammad ordered the death of
two poets who mocked him as well as killed many others. The
Koran
is full of hate for non-believers which it equates with "evil-doers."
Islam is not a religion: it is a fanatical brotherhood and hate-filled
ideology. The West continues to ignore the fact that Islam is a clear
and present danger to anyone who believes in free speech, an independent
judiciary, free press, etc., etc. Self-censorship is now being
practiced in Europe and America to appease Muslims. The more Muslims a
country lets in, the more problems it will have.
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Raping boys is called
"MAN-LOVING DAY"
Is She or
isn't he?
"Sexual abuse of boys in the Islamic religious
schools known as madrasas is not uncommon, and neither is the rape of
boys in Afghanistan, especially on Thursday, known as “man-loving day,”
because Friday prayers are thought to absolve a sinner of all his
guilt."
http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/afghanistan/afnews009.htm
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"All it takes for evil to triumph is for enough
good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Ibn Warraq:
The cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten raise
the most important question of our times: freedom of expression. Are we in
the west going to cave into pressure from societies with a medieval
mindset, or are we going to defend our most precious freedom -- freedom of
expression, a freedom for which thousands of people sacrificed their
lives? A democracy cannot survive long without freedom of expression, the
freedom to argue, to dissent, even to insult and offend...Unless, we show
some solidarity, unashamed, noisy, public solidarity with the Danish
cartoonists, then the forces that are trying to impose on the Free West a
totalitarian ideology will have won; the Islamization of Europe will have
begun in earnest.
"I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from
that study with the conviction that there have been few
religions in the world as deadly to men as that of
Muhammad...it is the principal cause of the decadence so
visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd
than the polytheism of old, its social and political
tendencies are more to be feared, and I regard it as a form
of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to
paganism itself." Alexis de Tocqueville
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"All religions take care to silence or to execute those who question
them...It has, however, been some time since Judaism and Christianity resorted
openly to torture and censorship. Not only did Islam begin by condemning all
doubters to eternal fire, but it still claims the right to do so in almost all
of its dominions, and still preaches that these same dominions can and must be
extended by war." - Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great: How Religion
Poisons Everything
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'If the Arabs put down their
weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their
weapons today, there would be no more Israel.' - Benjamin Netanyahu
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The Bodies of Two Dead Gays in Iran
(killed by adherents of "the religion of peace")
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There is not one Muslim country in the world which gives equal rights to
non-Muslims but when Muslims enter other countries they demand more than equal
rights! Write your congressman and tell him to stop kowtowing to Muslims.
“No other religion in Europe is so demanding, and no other migration
group depends so much on the social welfare state and is so much connected
to criminality.”
“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you would
have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But
for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”
-- by Nobel Laureate physicist Steven
Weinberg.
"Mohammad poisoned
the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition of the
female sex...and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part
of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. The essence of his doctrine
was violence and lust: to exalt the brutal over the spiritual part of human
nature" - John Quincy Adams
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FROM
THE KORAN:
—The unbelievers are your inveterate enemy. (4:101)
—Mohammed is God’s apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers
but merciful to one another. (48:29).
—It is unlawful for a believer to kill another believer, accidents excepted.
(4:92)
—Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends. (5:51)
—Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God’s religion shall reign
supreme. (8:40)
—Fight against them until idolatry is no more and God’s religion reigns supreme.
(2:193)
—The true believers fight for the cause of God, but the infidels fight for the
devil. (4:76)
—We will put terror into the hearts of the unbelievers. (3:151)
—I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels. Strike off their heads,
strike off the very tips of their fingers. (8:12)
FROM THE SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD:
—Muhammad said to the Jews: “If you embrace Islam, you will be safe. You should
know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I want to expel you
from this land. “
— Allah’s Apostle said, “You (i.e. Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some
of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, ‘O
‘Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.‘
“
—Mohammed said, “I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say,
“None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and whoever says, “ None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah , his life and property will be saved by me.“
(otherwise it will not). Vol. 4:196
—Mohammed said, “Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him.“ Vol. 9:57
—Mohammed said, “ No Muslim should be killed for killing a Kafir” (infidel).
Vol. 9:50
—Muhammad said: “Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight
against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war, … “. (Sahih Muslim 4294)
Some books that tell it like it is!
Now on trial in Holland for "insulting Islam"
The Islamization of Europe
Muslims are rapidly destroying freedom in Europe and have even brought
about self-censorship and real censorship in the United States. But there
is one city in Holland where a new reality can be seen with the naked eye, more
than anywhere else. Here, entire neighborhoods look as if they have
been lifted from the Middle East, here stand the largest mosques in Europe, here
parts of sharia law are applied in the courts and theaters, here many of the
women go around veiled, here the mayor is a Muslim, the son of an imam.
This city is Rotterdam, Holland's second largest city by population,
and the largest port in Europe by cargo volume. Europeans, especially
politicians, will not lift a finger to fight against Islamofascism. And
future generations will pay the price.
The hate-filled Quran (Koran) consistently uses offending remarks whenever it
mentions non-Muslims. It describes non-Muslims as animals (Q.7: 179, Q.25: 44,
Q.47: 12). Then it describes the Jews as donkeys Q. 62:5 then as apes and pigs
(Q.2: 65, Q. 5:60, Q. 7:166). To be described as an animal is a bad insult in
Arabic culture, but pigs, apes and donkeys are particularly bad.
"Religion of Peace," my ass.
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More people are killed by Islamists each year than in all 350 years
of the Spanish Inquisition combined. (source)
EXCUSES OVER THE YEARS THAT
POLITICALLY CORRECT PEOPLE HAVE MADE FOR MUSLIMS KILLING NON-MUSLIMS IN AMERICA
& ELSEWHERE
For the latest roundup of Muslim atrocities around the world click here:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
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Please
note, I do not and never would advocate violence against individual Muslims
in any community. For one thing, the guy you beat up with a baseball bat may
turn out to have just escaped from some horrible Islamic regime. Individual
violence against Muslims or doing damage to mosques, etc., is just stupid and is
also counterproductive as Muslim fanatics will show pictures of that all over
the Muslim world to incite people against the West.
A good case can be made that
Islam is a fanatical brotherhood masquerading as a religion, and, indeed, the
adherents of Islam often act that way. But, as individuals, a Muslim neighbor
might possibly be more honest than a Christian neighbor. It is only that the
Muslim will have been brought up in a religion/brotherhood with a medieval
mindset that is centuries behind the times and has a penchant for violence,
especially against those who criticize the Koran and other aspects of Islam.
Winning the war against Muslim fanatics will take a long time and be hard-fought
but, assuming people wake up to the clear and present danger of Islam, it can and will be won. But we must demand that more and more moderate
Muslims join the fight against fanatical Muslims. We must demand that our
leaders absolutely reject any "compromise" on our right to free expression.
Compromising with the fanatics pulls the rug out from the Muslim moderates
desperately trying to reform and secularize Islam. And
we must never bow to Muslim demands to curb our hard-won freedom of
expression. And freedom of expression always includes satire and even
insulting satire including satire of glorified tribal myths called religion.
" U.S. Air
Force - Travel Agents To Allah"
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personal god and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the
spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience
of all things, natural and spiritual and a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers
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