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Thailand Army Declares Martial Law
Update: THAI MILITARY CHANNEL 5 SAYS MARTIAL LAW `NOT A COUP'. Ah, gotta love the New Normal: full of non-coupy martial laws.
This is how in Thailand people are told to keep calm and keep BTFD:
URGENT: Thai troops seize TV broadcaster after declaring martial law; ticker message on screen reads "no need to worry"
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) May 19, 2014
ThaiPBS showing armed soldiers in front of CAPO HQ on Viphavadi Road in #Bangkok #Thailand (Pic @7_preysor) pic.twitter.com/R0dXBtQf1a
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) May 20, 2014
Thai army chief says martial law declared to maintain order throughout kingdom (pic via @thapanee) pic.twitter.com/VhgXWr2htF
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) May 19, 2014
From Reuters:
Thailand's army declared martial law on Tuesday to restore order after six months of anti-government protests which have left the country without a functioning government.
The declaration did not constitute a coup and was made in response to deteriorating security, an army general said.
"We declared a state of emergency, it's not a coup. Because of the situation, it's not stable, they kill each other every day," a general, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.
Troops were patrolling in Bangkok and had secured television stations, he said.
"We need cooperation from them to announce to the people 'do not panic, this is not a coup'," the general said.
Thailand has been stuck in political limbo since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and nine of her ministers were dismissed on May 7 after a court found them guilty of abuse of power.
The crisis, the latest instalment of a near-decade-long power struggle between ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck's brother, and the royalist establishment, has brought the country to the brink of recession.
In other news, don't call this man, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army and Chairman of Army United Football Club, the new "president" just yet. He first needs the CIA's blessing.
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With Russia amassing troops on the border with Ukraine, China doing the same with Vietnam, the already volatile situation in Libya and Syria imploding with every passing day, the only geopolitical variable that was missing was a martial law and/or sovereign coup. Moments ago Thailand just declares the former and while the latter is still absent it too is likely just a moment of time. AP reports that "Thailand's army has declared martial law after six months of anti-government protests and political crisis, Associated Press said on Tuesday, citing an army statement issued in Bangkok." In other words, after not sternly not taking sides in the near civil war situation in Thailand for the longest time, the army finally picked a side: its own.
More from Bloomberg:
Martial law imposed nationwide with army commander Prayuth Chan-Ocha as head of a new peacekeeping center, Nation TV reports on website, citing statement from military.
Martial law imposed after political demonstrations led to deaths and property damage: report
Prayuth to have live TV address at 6am local time
Which naturally is good for stocks: all day today equity futures were very confused about what bad news to use a springboard to new, all time highs. Now, the road ahead is clear.
Several more reports from the ground:
Everyone in #Bangkok #Thailand is waking up to the news that martial law has been declared & there are soldiers at the TV stations
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) May 19, 2014
There is apparently going to be an announcement soon on national TV which will hopefully clear up any confusion of whose in charge #Thailand
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) May 19, 2014
6am So far Thai TV is as normal despite the presence of soldiers. During the last coup they showed newsreels of the Royal family #Thailand
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) May 19, 2014
AP at 6am: “It was not immediately clear whether a coup d’etat was underway” #Thailand
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) May 19, 2014
6:05am So far all Thai TV stations look as normal - RT @7_preysor: 06.05?.?????????????????? ??…..!?!? pic.twitter.com/ptyXx9TUWk #Thailand
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) May 19, 2014
Armed soldiers now on the streets of #Bangkok after martial law was declared (Pic @joey_kanis) #Thailand pic.twitter.com/2AxE3rAoAj
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) May 19, 2014
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Whats next?
An Israeli strike on Iran
N. Korea setting off a nuke
Total MERS out-break in Chicago?
Fuck...
What ever happened to that 48hr ultimatum the Ukraine army was given 100hrs ago..
I like how they are saying that this is not a coup... After all, how can you have a coup with no PM, no functioning government and the Reds threatening armed violence if an interim PM is named... It is high theater at it's best...
So he's head of a football club just like Jim O'Neill, eh?
Not a good omen
this will set the return of thai stick back years.
Simon Black's fault.
Really done with this hashtag bullshit!
#who will #win @ #dumtuckery!
@nitwits #aaaargh....
Don't panic! Its not a coup!
Don't panic! Its not a bubble!
Don't panic! Its not a world war!
Dude, this happens in thailand every 5 years or so, no big deal...
>_>
Just keep buying "massages" and all will be a happy ending...
^.^
I hope all the katooeys don't get roughed up.
I wonder if the CIA is somehow involved in this coup.....just saying.
Perhaps a bit off topic from the current but from my window here at Bumrungrad, traffic is still flowing along people are still going to work like a normal regular day, it even looks like Nana Plaza is serving the usual breakfast specials.....
.... I guess Martial Law means different things to different people, I find Thai's probably the most polite people I've ever met ...... maybe it's like Nerf Martial Law? ..... I guess I'll find out abit more when I head to BKK later today - unrelated to the politcal situation here-
I love Bumrungrad. I went and spent a month there for medical treatment that was unaffordable in the U.S. It is the best hospital in the world. I went on their site earlier to see if they had anything about it. Love the food... where else do you have a book for a menu of everytype food in the world. Hope you recover soon from what ever you are dealing with. I would go there all the time if it was not on the other side of the world. But from what would have ended up costing of medical bills in the U.S. of $100,000. Cost me $6000 there! Big difference and the doctors and nurses actually care there. LOVE Bumrungrad!
I did an on site visit (I'm an MD) 4 years ago and it is one of the nicest cleanest hospitals I've ever seen (in 40 years of being a doctor). It was certainly as nice as my 4 star hotel. Price for a total hip replacement including round trip airfare for patient and a companion...$25k estimated.
Absolutely agree with your sentiments, this was my first longer than one night stay in hospital actually just over a week now and I can say I wouldn't even dream it possible to have such care back home, with our doctor shortage day long ER visits are the only option. I happened to be here in Thailand on a site visit when my GB decided to go Eyjafjallajokull on me - soooooooooo glad I was not back home. I'm not one for hospitals but this one, this one I can handle.......
I need to clarify. I didn't spend the whole month inside the hospital, only 4 days. The rest of the time I stayed in their hotel attached to the hospital. I had to see the doctor every single day. She came in on her days off and over time to see me. She would even call me at the hotel to see how I was doing. Bumrungrad never charged me another dime for her time seeing me every day. People really need to check it out. There is not a single hospital in the U.S. that comes close to Bumrungrad in care in the U.S. It is a shame that most U.S. people believe the best healthcare is in the U.S. when it is most likely towards the bottom.
Bumrungrad has something up now about the martial law declaration. Says they are still providing service and care.
http://www.bumrungrad.com/en/plan-your-visit/overview
"I find Thai's probably the most polite people I've ever met "
I wouldn't read too much into that. In most parts of Asia the consequences of being impolite can be harsh, thus one errs on the side of caution, the operative slogan being "never let them know what you really think."
Dont let the truth get in the way of a good alarmist ZH article! Was in BKK yesterday, business as usual. Will go back again in 2 days. I expect zero changes to my plans, possibly some traffic jams when travelling in/around BKK.
My ol man is still there for business and agrees, apart from the areas where the different factions are having their tissy fits. Then again one could just as well say "vist city x, but avoid places y and z"
btw you can't be upvoted for some reason.
Click the blue bar by his name, tab, tab, enter!
What do our ZH-posting billionaires have to say now about Thailand?
Farber, Rogers, Black et al? Comments?
Must be the Fourth Turning, cause me has theeeeee hottest sugar baby coming up from Reno tomorrow, vegan and all. Let it burn Boys!
http://www.fourthturning.com/forum/showthread.php?10343-How-the-Current-...
Could it play out like this?
Little known tidbit.
Yes, the King of Thailand is the longest ruling monarch in the world (and he's the real deal, ZH, he went out as a young man and built schools and roads in the poor areas, and I mean put in hours per day with a shovel). No one in the country opposes the King.
The little known tidbit . . . he's an American.
His parents were students at Harvard when he was born on US soil. This is not spoken of in Thailand, but it's true.
huh. more american than our king....
This was the democracy everyone was waiting for!
US Regimes and its Sponsors (Globalist Elite) have always liked kings, but disliked dictators.
The danger of a monarch getting uppity against our banking, energy or military interests are miniscule. The danger of a zero-to-hero ruler (aka 'dictator') telling us to "piss off" is much higher.
Got it?
Chinese government no likee.
That's only the outer skin. Delve deeper and it gets weirder.
Does he pay his dues to the IRS?
If you are an ordinary mortal born in the US, a Canadian perchance, the USG will give you mega-shit forever if you fail to file various forms to stay in compliance with US tax law.
Let's be thankful that even in the American Republic, noble birth still carries with it a certain clout.
personally, i think the King should just cut to the chase and make his daughter Sirinidhorn Absolute Ruler Over All Things Thai before he kicks the bucket and his son takes the throne and lets all the oligarchs & corps come in and rape the joint.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirindhorn
I guess Thailand offers a warning for many countries where views of elites in cities sharply differ from those of peasants in rural areas. Once the minority side throws out the elected government by force because they cannot win through voting, it would be really difficult to stop it from happening again. This whole mess in Thailand basically started with a military coup some years ago. Doing it again won't solve the problem. Maybe the king has to play a political role to keep the country together.
What's happening in Thailand is a really bad sign for Ukraine, too. Even if the upcoming presidential election is held, people who don't support the new president will likely try to force him/her out of office through demonstration and use of force. In Thailand, pretty much everyone listens to the king at least. But in Ukraine, there is no unifying force now.
Dude that was like two days ago.
I wonder what all the anti-war millenials who got Obama into office will do after Obama not only get's the US into another Vietnam situation, but reinstates the draft and drafts their entire generation into the army?
I wonder what all the anti-war millenials who got Obama into office will do
Blame:
a) Bush
b) the weather
c) Fox News
d) Monica Lewinski
e) anything but themselves
Damn, that means Thai sticks are going up...sumfabitch
If only McCain had been elected, everyone would be saaaavvveeed!
Dude, thai sticks haven't been a thing since, like, '73.
So you do see the humor in it.
Oh, of course.
You sly bastard.
LOL
Honestly, it will be some form of "bad luck."
The Great Right Wing Conspiracy TM,the Clintons
I'll take e) anything but themselves, for $100.00
Self absorbed, self centered little bastards. I'm all about production and a good chunk of these millenials wouldn't even know which end of a broom to push. Seriously. Lost generation. I wish they'd get lost, except i guess our.gov need some cannon fodder.
Don't worry, we'll learn the value of hard work when we're in chains paying off debts your generation incurred.
Boom!
Why would you pay?
There are lawyers out there with $250K student debt working as $35K/year assistant district attorneys for obscure counties in wherever and they have no plans to pay it off. They just stopped thinking about it.
Who says you have to pay it off? We didn't. Jesus, wise up!
As the parent of kids age 32 to 14 I would not want to be looking at the future from their perspective. As an aging boomer I'd have to say we had it better as far as trying to figure out how to survive. Only one of them gets by without my support (not the 14yo).
Your generation had hard choices to make and it blew them. No offense to you personally, just boomers in general.
The word "generation" to signify anything other than a family tree, is merely an empty slogan designed to pit people against each other.
Very effective though. Not nearly as obvious as left/right, dem/rep or black/white.
true to a point, however, people that all were born and grew up during a certain time mostly all share a group of certain cultural signifiers that were used to frame the overall character of that particular group of people.
in other words, although i agree completely with your overall hypothesis, it should not be used to escape culpability. time and time again, i and others observe similar ethical & personality characteristics in people who would be considered of the "boomer generation".
is this a coincidence or are you using a cop-out?
not making a personal accusation here, just challenging the premise before more "boomers" use that premise to continue to deny reality and escape the consequences of their collective and individual behavior.
because you are. . . being used. and the benefits are superficial, and degrade over time. just like cultures.
@tip.e.canoe
I"m trying to understand exactly what we were supposed to do differently. Hindsight is 20/20 and it's easy to point the finger, but give it time and you'll be held just as accountable by the next generation for things they think you should have done.
My grandparents fought the war to end all wars that was only supposed to last a few weeks. Millions died. My parents were swept up in the war that followed in which over 60 million people, most of them innocent, perished. Am I supposed to hold them accountable for that?
As much as you might think we have the power to change things, most of the time we are just swept along by forces beyond our control. Even worse, the things we do in all sincerity are often the source of our greatest misery.
Temper your idealism before it gets the better of you. Fail that, and the things you do today may return to haunt you in the future.
"...people that all were born and grew up during a certain time mostly all share a group of certain cultural signifiers that were used to frame the overall character of that particular group of people."
That may be true, but if you study history, you'll find that the people who made a difference - that moved things forward - more often than not were on the fringe of, or outright rejected, the mainstream view.
Rather than condemn one generation for what, in reality, ails them all, I would try and locate that fringe, and if you have the courage, become part of it. Rather than condemn the mistakes of those who went before, try and learn from them and do better.
I'm no Christian, but credit where credit is due. Jesus said, "Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone." Words to live by.
thanks for the thoughtful response bear.
will consider your words in the same spirit in which they were given.
everyone's a mirror to the other, true that.
Right. Like the production of the car in your avatar which serves no purpose except that of entertainment and marketing. HMMM, I guess all the millenials producing software for the phone you use and the internet you bitch on are not producers. I always forget that the only ideals that matter are the ideals you hold.
Ignorance, it seems, is bliss for the old as well as the young people.
f) a 3-yr old YT video with 75 views
We could say..."You voted for him, now go fight and die for Bath House Barry."
So who is visiting? Jamie Dimon, Bernank or Yellen? Military coups always precede central bankster visits...
You can't tell Millenials that voting doesn't matter and then blame them for voting for Obama. Mixed messages confuse the children.
Sorry to sound so harsh, but fuck'em.
Don't shit where you might wanna eat
I have No Sympathy With LibtardDemocrapOpie&Cie Supporters
Funny how there ain't many people left who still are vocal in their support of him and his.
I mean the fucking Obie stickers are coming off the Volts, hereabouts!
Can you point them to the peace loving man of the people that they should have voted for? Romney would've been a white version of Obama and you know it.
But the black version in the white house is fucking a racist.
Barry fucks a lot of men, which racist were you referring to?
That is irrelevant if not all-together stupid. The number of upvotes you have indicates the level of childishness present.
We'll never know now will we. Personally, if they aren't third party, they won't get my vote just out of spite.
"Can you point them to the peace loving man of the people that they should have voted for?"
Yes. His name was Ron Paul.
Of course, his message of self reliance and personal responsibility is anathema to a generation of males who want to act like and look like females.
He wasn't an option in the general election. If he had run as a third party candidate, history may have been different but we will never know.
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Ron Paul was hiding nothing. Ron Paul had access to all of the information that a President has access too. Ron Paul would never have changed his opinions nor gone against his perceived morals upon entering office.
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I agree he could have been better. But thinking you know he would be better is ignorant. Also, we are products of our parents. Do you think the boomers parents thought highly of their childrens' pop culture?
Voting confers consent.
There's a ap for that, but it comes with food and gas rations ps they spelled it "rite"
Karma is a bitch..
Maybe they will just pile on some debt and stay/go-back to college and avoid service.
I'm pretty sure they will see it as an honour and a priviledge to serve in their Emporer's Army of Peace, and drop love bombs on the unenlightened heathens. They are so brainwashed that they will not see war for what it actually is. Just in the same way as all the young fools who rushed into WW1 and WW2.
No probs, he'll just offer citizenship to every 3rd world shit holer in exchange for their service to the Roman empire...
Your rampant nationalism is apparent with your method of refering to people whom are not of your own nation.
I'm a millennial as well as a rabid nationalist. In today's world it's cool to hate liberals, Marxists, Jews, and the third world scum those groups bring in to destroy our once healthy nations. Of course you don't have to be under 40 to be sick of nanny staters, Israel firsters, thug cops, gun grabbers, and and any other foul groups I forgot to mention.
I don't think people understand the irony. You might want to explain it to them, or they will feel evermore empowered with ignorance.
I'm a millennial as well as a rabid nationalist. In today's world it's cool to hate liberals, Marxists, Jews, and the third world scum those groups bring in to destroy our once healthy nations. Of course you don't have to be under 40 to be sick of nanny staters, Israel firsters, thug cops, gun grabbers, and and any other foul groups I forgot to mention.
That's the downside of the "anti-war millenials".
The upside is that they kept McCain and Romney out of office.
Yes, and we are much better off now for it.
I like to think that once enough of them stumble on this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFeduoDWKj4
& start sharing it on facepuke, more will wake up & smell the water turned black,
then more & more will stumble on this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXeTSZl-jOU
& this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAKuz0ULS4
& make those go viral Kony-style,
& Frank Zappa will save the day :D
these brilliant & powerful documentaries need to go viral too,
(especially "Lifting the veil" which is guaranteed to cure Obama supporters' Stockholm Syndrome)
http://metanoia-films.org/films/
please share those far & wide, do it for the children ! :)
peace,
zappa was m.i.c. disinfo
He will not reinstate the draft, he'll merely hve the ebt's cut off and do a food for fighting program
That's why a Foreign Residency or Second Passport that guys like Simon Black keep advocating, are the thing to have. Holding a portion of assets and PM abroad makes more sense all the time.
"I wonder what all the anti-war millenials who got Obama into office will do"
Interesting to find out. Only problem is, it is always the innocent that pays the price.
No upcoming military conscription in the US. Labor camps, yeah baby.
I'm watching out for the moon to turn blood red, followed by a plague of locusts. An angry God indeed.
blood moon a month ago, 15 April. . . for tonight we have Mars the God of War, going direct after a long retrograde - early March - anger, control drama, me-first, about to be the flavour for the next month or so, mid-June looks *surprising*
easy "prediction" to make this year, eh.
next blood moon in October. wild ride in between. . .
Interesting though it's a bit above my pay grade. U might be interested in following a poster named Spitz. She posts on bullbeartalk.com in the Lounge and has her own site too
http://planetforecaster.blogspot.com/
thanks, but I am my own researcher with this subject.
observation/correlation - I leave the "interps" to each individual, just like I do in "real life".
*edited to add: that's a quite interesting link, *she* has a broad ranging perspective, thanks for the nudge!
Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!
Are you referring to "Captain L. O'Him" and his Crew, who crash-landed in the ME some millenia ago, and passed off as God and Angels?
So, Jim Rogers and Marc Farber, who don't want to live in the West moved to warzones? Who knew?
:) I have a friend who escaped to Thailand in January. I'll have to call and see how he's doing.
I was just about to say that Marc better lay low.
Let's not forget "jet pack Simon Black."
Coups in Thailand always occur in Bangkok, Jim Rogers lives in Chiang Mai, way up north, and Mark Faber lives in Singapore, both pretty inert places.
Singapore...isn't that near where flight MH370 took off?
Great place to dissapear and never be heard from again.
Vice versa.
It's ugly, no doubt. But at least it is expected. How do you think people will react to this sort of stuff when it moves stateside?
What's next? Higher taxes, fewer jobs, more debt, more storm-trooper police squads, bail-ins, and crony bullshit from leaders of industry and government.
And that's here at home so we can stay free of shit like over there in Thailand.
Keep
Calm
and
Take
Your
Xanax
BULLISH MOTHERFUCKERS!
Jesus....BUYBUYBUYBUYBUY!
Sop UP those momentum stocks...those shitty no dividend lying balance sheet losing money pieces of shit, that the wanking bankers are pumping...
BULLISH ON EVERY ONE OF MIC STAWKS.....WAR....MOAR WAR!
/fuckin SARC
Think of all the wet and soiled undies in news rooms across the world. Those talking heads get all worked up over this shit.
God I hope so i'm all long. LMAO.
Hmmmm - - - - the fiat based fraud system is falling apart around the world. Attempts to 'prop' this up with all sorts of tricks & sleight of hand will inevitably fail.
And new 'conflicts' are breaking out around the world.
Quite an old playbook and pattern isn't it ?
Wooow! Martial law through Twitter! How trendy!
clones
aliens
No; what's next is the Thai Army Colonels will start selling Morphine Base out of the Chang Mai Triangle again; they're getting tired of Afghanistan and the CIA collecting all the money. note; to the NSA; please don't kill me; I was just joking; ha, ha. I'm a great kidder.
Clearly... time to sell gold.
and buy momentum stocks...
That's what I read!
Well, let's hope they can sort this out.
"martial law". Sounds so.. official.
as opposed to what could probably best be described as "martial chaos" in ukraine.
Trade mark that ASAP. +1
"Controlled freedom"
That's what we enjoy in the USSA
Naw, we have Pseudo-Freedom. Or Faux-Freedom.
...
"A new kind of freedom
Freedom's a chain"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuG9tlRfTz
The Judicial branch encacted it's own coup by deposing the Prime Minister who was popular with the poor but not the elites.
Chaos ensued after this stupid maneuver by a gaggle of likely bribed judges, as there was no longer an elected leader.
So...of course...the military stepped into the void created by the legislating judiciary.
Wonder when the U.S. Military is going to restore The Constitution?
Probably not in my lifetime, unfortunately.
According to a guy who works on Kirtland AFB, the brass out there is extremely divided regarding whether to follow Obama's orders no matter what vs refusing to follow unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful orders. Sounds like the military may be just as divided as the populace. Which is kind of what you'd expect.
Did not realize any of then AF senior managers @ Kritland had a functioning brain cell....I have seen emails from the wife of the CO and a few others...they still can't find that AIM-9 among other things...expecting any thought might be asking too much.
I'm not sure how far down the food chain he was talking about. I think he said the CO was one of the ones who would follow Obama's orders no matter what, but don't quote me on that. He said "brass," which to me means officers in general, but I didn't have time to ask for clarification.
So if somebody tricked an e-mail ordering the carpet bombing of the South Bronx, they'd do it?
That or Hollywierd.
Hmmmm.........
In this electronic age, that very idea is scary....
*shruggs*
Who knows? They can say one thing today, and then when faced with bombing Americans, they may have second thoughts. Or they say they'll disobey the order, and then when it comes time to do so, they'll get scared.
The NSA/CIA/Mossad will surely trick some orders during the coming chaos. Officers, ask a personal question if an electronic order doesn't pass the smell test. Who knows, you might even be able to use the question of trickery to stall or CYA?
I would not quote anyone...it's all speculaltion until it happens...been here 10+ years and had some dealing with DOE, DOE/NNSA, Sandia, AFRL, AF Kirtland & UNM....'effing nothing but chaos....these organizations are completely incapable of doing anything other than get coffee in the morning and in the case of the AF maybe bomb the shit out of something...what a HUGE waste of dollars.
Then there is that fuel leak/spill getting into the water...that would be criminal if it wasn't gubbermint.
It seems like everything is being run like shit these days. The bureaucracy has grown so large and fucking complex that nobody can follow all of the rules all of the time anymore, and it's spreading from the government to the private sector. When you were dealing with .gov, if you had a contract, did they want you to plan how much you were going to spend on everything out months in advance? (I.e. a $10 mil highly technical project where all of the answers aren't known yet must be planned out to $8k chunks in advance.) Did they want an uber-detailed plan on a project that might require some flexibility?
1. Yes totally agree....death by regulation that serves no purpose and detail that is not needed/important.
2. Yes...they want things to a degree that it makes no sense to anyone who has ever had to get anything done....OTOH so much of what I have seen them do internally or had to their contractor buddies is completely unmanaged....more than once have I seen fabricated results....so bad that even teh gubbermint guys know but...hey...can't say anything we might look bad because we let it go on for x years...
It's a fucking scam....they...career MIC or gubbermint in general have no clue how to get anything done and there is no reason to...you get the behavior you reward (management 101) not what you ask for....and clearly results are not rewarded...they are living in a different world from many of us...they might as well have a SNAP card and Section 8 housing...it's nothing but white collar welfare.
Sounds about right. My dad worked for the MIC during the cold war. He was out on Kirtland a lot, and had to interact with the AF people on a regular basis. Things weren't as bad back then. He talks about some of the issues, and there were issues, but shit got done back then. Then he worked for private industry for several years, the company got sold and his job was eliminated, and got a new job working for the MIC again. The bureaucratic BS that was forced upon him by the government was such bullshit that he said fuck it and retired early.
ebworthen, thanks for the lone sane, relevant comment on this thread.
I don't know, I thought yours was pretty sane too.
you can expect this to happen to Mr. Modi over in India soon enough, as well.
Curious as to what makes you say that.
I'm even more curious to get your view of it, given that it's received virtually no attention here, and IMO is by far the bigger story.
That's a good summary of the situation, though it should be noted that the recently deposed Prime Minister is the sister of the billionaire media mogul and former Thai prime minister, who was run out of the country during the last "bloodless" coup.
"Wonder when the U.S. Military is going to restore The Constitution? Probably not in my lifetime, unfortunately."
Pensions are a pretty powerful motivator, unfortunately.
Taper>collapse of emerging economies>political&social unrest>martial law>potential/probable US dollar collapse>war>global war
That general looks like the "Colombian" from Scarface
who would have thought 'financial stability concerns' would arise this quickly. taper's not even half way over.
What taper is this to which you refer?
Tomorrow or Wednesday we'll get the holy grail gas deal too...
So much happens in a week these days... everything is going exponential.
Well DC managed to piss off the Chinese with this espionage shit. that should make Russian negotiations go a bit smoother.
Good thing we can count on the Saudis and Israelis as good buddies...
so does one still have to pay taxes when the gov't evaporates? Maybe Faber and Rogers are on to something.
I would hope so. I wouldn't make out a check for taxes to "to whom it may concern".
You could always make out a check payable to BlindMonkey. PM me for the address...
Yes, you just pay it to the local warlord, rather than send it on to the capital. It's laughable how many ZH'ers long for the absence of government. When they start paying the local warlord his tribute, perhaps they'll think otherwise.
I'd be willing to give it a try. At least the local warlord would be a single man not some army of low IQ affirmative action bureaucratic tyrants. One might be able to desk with a warlord. I'm certainly not wealthy enough to deal with this government.
You'll get service and results for your money with the local warlord. I'll take that trade in a heartbeat.
The Free Shit Army on the other hand, well I'll just sit over here and lol at the thought of what their cries of rayciss will get them.