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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 55: We Come in Peace!!!
May 22nd, 2010
Posted in Asia, Bangkok, Politics, REdShirts, Thailand, Uncategorized, anarchy, chaos, crisis, cults, culture, freaks, looting, riots, tourism
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- Welcome to a very somber episode of the T.I.T. cast
- First of all I’m Safe and a HUGE thanks for all the concern
- Sadly to say….Tom was hugely mistaken
- Thailand’s Darkest hour
- The quite after the storm
- On being speechless in the face of disaster
- Arson and looting depicted on TV not random violence
- Premeditated destruction
- More like a cult than a political movement
- Hundreds of I.D. cards found in sewers below former camp
- Stockholm syndrome/indoctrination of hatred
- Will try to collect some photos and put them up
- So close to home yet so surreal…is this really happening?
- Watching from afar and building paranoia
- My “adventure” in getting back to Bangkok Friday the 21st
- I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again…Thai police are useless!
- Bangkok owes the soldiers a great debt
- Misrepresentation on CNN and BBC
- Why not hire staff that speak Thai…understand the culture?
- Not a battle between Rich and Poor!
- Excellent blog article from a Thai that explains the situation
- Huge arsenal of weapons found at the Temple next to the camp
- Bad feeling that this is far from over…
- The man behind the chaos
- Spotted last Wed. traveling under different name in Paris!
- Denials in English vs. feeding the flames in Thai
- Leaders spent 2 months preaching hate
- Many videos ordering followers to burn the city to the ground
- Stores and shops in the area robbed and looted before burned
- City still under curfew, but supposed to lift tomorrow evening
- Property damaged extensively in my neighborhood
- The Thai spirit is hard to beat
- Voicemail from Sean that moved Tom to tears
- heart warming encouragement from Facebook
- Rambling closing remarks
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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 53: The Red Storm in a Tea Cup…
April 2nd, 2010
Posted in Bangkok, Easter, Politics, Thai, Thailand, Thaksin, Uncategorized, corruption, culture, education, freaks, gay, lesbian, queer, red shirts
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Goooooood morning, afternoon, evening and night depending on where and when in the world you happen to stop by and read this. Firstly, I realize that it has been ages and ages since I did a T.I.T. cast and I’m really sorry to have kept you guys waiting for so long. Secondly, I decided to sit down today and try my best to rattle off a podcast without any show notes, so if this episode ends up sucking then big sorrys again. I catch myself rambling on a bit, a few times as i went through the episode but i was trying to cover so much information in a very limited time frame. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy and will try to be more organized with notes and such next week! IN the meantime, i wanna send out much MUCH love from the “Big Mango!” Enjoy!!!! P.S. Ignore the episode number in the artwork….it was a bit of a mistake! 
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ILL 212: Textbook
April 2nd, 2010
Posted in "I'm sorry that you feel that way", 12 step programs as a new addiction, Depression, Politics, Raw Honey, allergies, allies, antidepressants, awesome beds, being annoying, context, doing things for others, facebook shame spirals, freaks, friends, healthy thinking verses fucked up thinking., heart surgery, libido, light bondage, making everything okay, making people happy, minority status, non-stop shitting, old friends, other people's problems, pack mentality, podcasts, questions, self-denial, strangers, textbooking, transpeople, waiting for the other shoe, wanting frivolous things
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