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...sometimes without a script. The tribute might have had more impact, however, if one of the stars in question had performed a song as well. It was a curiously unmusical moment for a memorial to a singer. But after it ended, Jamie Foxx, the host of the evening (the verdict: better than the Wayans Bros. but not as good as Chris Rock) did a cool, classy job of lifting the spirits of the crowd during the commercial break. By the time the cameras were rolling again, the crowd was, to borrow his words, ready to "celebrate life." Which is just...
...That he has managed to define himself, somehow, as synonymous with Thailand's technologist tomorrow may be Thaksin's greatest trick. In these weeks before the verdict comes down, he crisscrosses the country, assuring rural voters that he and he alone can make Thailand prosperous. If this Constitutional Court rules against him, he implies, the people should not stand for it. Some members of his party publicly warn of mob violence in the event of a guilty verdict. Throwing Thaksin out of office would be like taking money out of your own sarong and burning it. This Constitutional Court, these...
...Thaksin ran against the court. And he won. When the verdict came down, there was a depressing predictability to it. In our most cynical moments we suspected it would turn out like this; that, just as it seemed Thailand was moving toward genuine democracy and true rule of law and an incorruptible judicial system, the nation would be lurched back to old-style Thai politics, and tainted justice?or even more familiar?sanctimonious injustice. Thaksin had been charged with failing to declare assets when he was Deputy Prime Minister in 1997 and parking those hundreds of millions of dollars worth...
...Still, in the days before the verdict, he reflected often upon those years of bounced checks and the tiny, rickety Bangrak house with the frequently flooded downstairs that he had to manually pump out whenever it rained. Even if the court came back against him, even in the worst-case scenario of a ban from politics, he swore he would survive it as he had survived those years in the business wilderness. "The road to victory is never rosy," he says. "I think I've learned more from failure. I think it's hard to be a great...
...Thaksin, however, seems unfazed when the question of the verdict comes up. He shrugs: "The people want me to stay and the people know what's right for Thailand. And who should I be more loyal to? The people? Or to the court? I love people. I want to work for them...