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...only immediate solution I see is a mass takeover. It’s high time a large group of women staged a coup of this biannual penis parade...
David Beckham's decision to leave Real Madrid, one of the world's most famous and best-endowed soccer teams, to join the L.A. Galaxy will be counted as a major coup for Major League Soccer in the U.S. But it also confirms the sense that the U.S. is a particularly well-greened pasture at the margins of the soccer-playing world...
...return to political and financial normalcy, the bombings prove just how fragile such promises can be. "This is a military government, but it can't maintain security," says Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. "On the economy, they've had major setbacks. The post-coup management has been dismal...
...interim administration investigates whether corruption charges can be brought against him, denied any involvement with the attacks. Although unpopular among the urban and middle-class electorate, Thaksin swept into office with a record-high vote, largely thanks to support from the country's rural northern region. Since the September coup, more than a dozen public schools in the northeast have mysteriously caught fire. Initially, regional police, who made up one of Thaksin's strongest constituencies, blamed faulty wiring. But the military junta has cited the fires, which they consider deliberate torchings by Thaksin supporters, as justification for keeping parts...
...However, managing public anger can be a perilous task. So far, Thailand's ruling junta has enjoyed remarkable domestic support, particularly among the urban ?lite who normally might have been counted upon to support a democratic transition over a military coup. Nevertheless, cracks are appearing in the generals' popularity. Though coup leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin is a member of Thailand's Muslim minority, insurgent attacks in the south have increased since his administration took office. Sonthi has also been criticized for meddling in the drafting of Thailand's new constitution. And even though the junta put technocrats in charge...