Corrupt political parties risk dissolution
The Election Commission (EC) has threatened to deal harsh punishment to politicians found to have been involved in electoral fraud.
"Parties also face a dissolution order," the poll agency warned.
EC member Sumet Upanisakorn quoted an EC lecturer pointing out to a new method of vote-buying through postal orders.
“We know that over 200 people in the northern region have already been sent these postal orders worth about 1,000 baht each,” Sumet said. “The police are already on the case and if we find out that politicians were involved in this, their voting rights will immediately be revoked. Any political party involved in electoral fraud may face dissolution.” [via Bangkok Post]
Survey suggests Democrats have slight lead
A recent survey released by Thai local media on Saturday showed that the two main electors -- the Democrat party and the People Power Party (PPP) are running neck-and-neck, with the Democrats leading by only 2 percent.
The nationwide popularity survey, conducted by Thailand's famous Abac Poll and published on Saturday's Bangkok Post, questioned a total of 4,000 people across the country last week.
Meanwhile, the Chart Thai Party came third, scoring 13-15 percent; followed by the Puea Pandin Party, which merited particular attention as it made a dramatic jump to 10 percent in this survey from 5 percent in another poll last month. [via People's Daily]
Sierra Tangos
- Mayweather v Hatton on Truevision UBC Pay Per View Channel 67, 9th December. Great news and depending on the time, an opportunity for bar keeps to fill up their bars.
- Whispers on the grapevine suggest Patrick of U Too Bar fame is involved in a new venture on Soi Buakhow.
- Gothic Go Go - new go go opens on Soi BJ, Walking Street
- Heather Mills's downfall.....
- Pattaya was packed to the limits on Saturday night with the busiest pedestrian areas being Walking Street and Bali Hai. The tables set up on Walking Street for the Food Festival made it almost impossible to negotiate a path from the Police Box to Tony's and in many ways it was reminiscent of the blockage created by the night market when it first opened on Pat Pong. The main roads were down to crawling speed and the young and the reckless again resorted to some Xtreme motorcyke riding to beat the queues. The fact no fatalities were reported today is a testament to their Xtreme skills. That said, it's only a matter of time.
- Senior executives of some airline companies have voiced opposition to transferring selected international flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport back to the abandoned international gateway at Don Muang airport. Don Muang is being used for a few domestic flights. Airline executives cited higher operational costs, plus a transportation hassle between the two airports. [via Bangkok Post]
- High street beauty clinics may be breaking the law by performing teeth whitening treatments that can cause lifelong problems, Sky News has found. Our undercover investigation revealed that potentially corrosive chemicals are being used by technicians with as little as one day's training.
A therapist at Hush Therapy in Fulham, West London, told our reporter that he used hydrogen peroxide: "We are qualified to use the same gel as dentists. The majority of the time they use the 34-35% that we use here," he said. But that is 350 times stronger than the concentration allowed by law. The Cosmetic Products Safety Regulations set the maximum at just 0.1%. There is another law that salons may be breaking. The 1984 Dentists Act states that only dentists can do dental work.
- Get away for a reggae holiday weekend in Koh Chang on the 8th/9th December. Two nights of well selected reggae and dancehall music, showcasing quality DJs and MC talent. Jun and Ma are both veteran Japanese DJs and Trix is an MC from California who has just released his new music video. They have coordinated vans to leave from Sala Daeng BTS as well as from bungalows on Lonely Beach. Entrance 200 Baht. Location: Koh Chang - Jungle Bar at Lonely Beach. Date: 8th-9th December, Time: 18:00 - Late. [via Bangkok Recorder]
- Get PC info with PC Wizard - It sometimes is a good idea to check on the components that are installed on your computer. This is extremely important in my opinion if someone else repaired it or if it is a brand new computer to see if all the components are still inside and did not get replaced by other cheaper ones.
PC Wizard is a fast software that displays those information in a clean interface. The overview lists the most important components such as CPU, Motherboard, RAM and Hard Drives. Every component has its own menu which displays additional information. The CPU tab for instance displays information about CPU frequency, temperature and cache.
I do use these information to search for firmware or bios updates for some of the devices installed, motherboard and DVD drive for instance. It is sometimes hard to remember those cryptic device numbers that the manufacturers seem to love so much. The fan and temperatures menu is pretty useful as well, I mainly use it to check the temperatures of my computer to make sure it does not overheat.
Four more tabs offer information about System Files, Resources and the Configuration of the computer. There are literally dozens of menus in each tab offering information about startup items, DirectX, Processes and Threads, the Boot.ini and Memory Resources. It does offer an immense amount of information which can be useful for some advanced users. I however mainly use the Hardware tab to get information about installed hardware [via gHacks]
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Don't Forget ! - The qualifying draw for the 2010 World Cup takes place Sunday at 1500 GMT, (10.00pm Thai time) with 169 countries aiming to join hosts South Africa in the finals. The 90-minute extravaganza at the International Convention Centre in Durban is being shown live in more than 170 countries and will feature a number of former players including former World Player of the Year George Weah of Liberia.
- A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?" "Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."
- A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time. "The wife responded, "Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!
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