Do you want marijuana in that soup, sir? We can do that.

Good Morning World. Here in lovely Nong Bon, Thailand, we are 8 hours into a sunny, brisk (28 Celsius; 82 real degrees) final Saturday of the month, August 27. But it will rain later today. It rains later every day.

Corona on the attack
In the 24 hours of Friday, the SARS Cov-2 coronavirus
• infected 1,749 new victims, all sent to hospitals
• killed another 28 virus victims
Since the first appearance of the novel coronavirus in Thailand in in late 2010, the virus has
• infected and hospitalised 4,643,012
• caused the deaths of 32,169
All of these figures continue to rise.

CORONAVIRUS WORLD U.S.A. LOCKDOWN
NO! The pandemic did not do that. The U.S. government-enforced lockdown did that.
Pandemic Triggers 89% Increase, $53 Billion, In Food Stamp Spending.

SAINT FAUCI RETIRED
Probably not a continent-wide opinion wave, but still interesting. And just by the way, YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG:
 Seven Reasons (and Counting) Why Republicans Should Send Fauci to Jail.
Plus, Get Off It! Only Republicans?https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2022/08/25/seven-reasons-and-counting-why-republicans-should-send-fauci-to-jail-n1623877

OUT: "FOLLOW THE SCIENCE". IN: "F*CK THE SCIENCE!"
 The once-respected Georgetown University right in Washington imposes mask mandates this fall.
 That is against guidelines of the U.S. government-controlled C.D.C.
https://news.yahoo.com/georgetown-university-mandates-masks-students-201603890.html

Thailand's new token 'prime minister' General Prawit Wongsuwon took over the PM's desk at Government House while Prayut was assigned a desk for a photo op at the defence ministry.

Thailand junta's shifting coalition
The Constitutional Court's ruling to dump Prayut and elevate Prawit Wongsuwon leaves a giant political mess.

Problem One: Prayut
He thinks he can WFH work from hom with very occasional trips to the office of Minister of Defence, but that won't work for him, or for others.
 Prayut did not show up for work at the ministry yesterday.
 He chaired a meeting of the Defence Council via video teleconference - i.e. the Chinese sexting software Zoom.
The chief defence spokesman said:
 "Prayut told attendees not to worry about him and that he will continue working as defence minister."
That won't last long. Prayut fails to understand that junta leaders aren't at all worried about him; they are worried about themselves.
PHOTO: Prayut speaks to the top junta generals on a call via Zoom, the Chinese sextine program.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2377096/

Problem Two: Also Prayut
Prayut has two weeks to appeal the ruling of the Constitutional Court.
That ruling, to toss Prayut out of office as 'prime minister' will only last one month - after which Prayut's legal team will demand that the Court should reinstate him as prime minister, and toss out the Court's iffy and unpopular replacement - General Prawit Wongsuwon.
That appeal and follow-up will take at least six weeks and throw all Thai politics into disarray.1

Problem Three: Prawit and Election Plans
As political activist Jatuporn Prompan put it yesterday:
 "People are worried about... still worry about him Prawit running the country.
 The calls for dissolution of the House of Representatives and a quick election are growing.

Thailand has a new, unbreakable Terrible Trio (cf:1973)
Prayut, Prawit and their close army buddy, ex-four star, ex-army commander Anupong Paojinda, currently the junta's chosen 'minister of interior', a hugely powerful post.

OPED POLITICS PRAYUT
Suspension leaves Prayut down but not out
by Chairith Yonpiam, assistant news editor, Bangkok Post.
So, there's probably a 50:50 chance of the embattled Gen Prayut returning to Thai Khu Fah (Government House) or leaving politics once and for all.
 Many are of the view that the court's decision was merely aimed at easing political pressure amid a spate of protests by anti-Prayut groups.

THAILAND ECONOMY MINIMUM WAGE
The ruling junta announced a new series of minimum wages on Friday.
The average hike is 5%, but minimum-wage workers in Bangkok will get a raise of 22 baht per day, starting in October.
The graphic shows the country's nine 'wage zones' and the latest pay rises.
As a guide, 354 Thai baht is just a tad less than 10 U.S. dollars.

New rules for Thai chefs and food sellers
If you came to Thailand to get some of that good-ole marijuana-laced soup, the ruling junta has good news for you.
A new regulation for vendors and manufacturers who use cannabis as an ingredient requires them to pass a training course and be officially certified.
After that, Bob's their uncle.
The ministry announcement stated that vendors must put up signs informing customers that cannabis is being used as an ingredient and clearly list all the cannabis-based menus.

THAILAND ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT
Employment is rising, for the first time since the appearance of Covid-19 in Thailand, in November of 2019.
The number of working people in the second quarter stood at 39 million
Secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan of the junta's National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said on Friday that unemployment in the second quarter of 2022  tallied 550,000, or 1.37% of the total workforce of 39.8 million - a slight decline from 1.53% in the first quarter.
PHOTO: Office workers stroll along Sukhumvit Road yesterday, looking for a good lunch. Thais are not going to lose their masks for a good long time.

Billions (and billions) of baht of your taxes are paying for ESG - Environmental, Social, Governance, ESG is arguably a corrupt double-forked scam. Almost all of it is going to pay to promote the Trojan horse.
 An organised network of NGOs, foundations, nonprofit entities... and the media, which earns giant payoffs to promote ESG.
 Look it up. Do some research.
PHOTO: The charismatic governor of Bangkok has been told that he strongly supports ESG.
https://the-pipeline.org/the-malign-genesis-of-esg-part-i/


CHILDREN ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATION SESAME STREET
Remember when Miss Universe of Thailand told the entre world that she learned to speak (perfect) English by watching Sesame Street?
First they came for Br'er Rabbit. Then they came for Dr. Seuss. And now…Sesame Street!?
HBO Max Removes 200 'Sesame Street' Episodes. Presumably teaching youngsters to count is White Supremacy, right?
So enjoy the weekend with Alison Krauss and Union Station performing Sesame Jamboree.
 And just in general: Have a great weekend.

The latest excellent news from the Dying Continent:
Forget showering, it's eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/forget-showering-its-eat-or-heat-shocked-europeans-hit-by-energy-crisis-2022-08-26/

U.S.A. ONLY BUT bloody impressive
340-MILE-HIGH TECH: SpaceX and T-Mobile team up to use Starlink satellites to ‘end mobile dead zones.’
Speaking at SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas on Thursday night, Sievert said T-Mobile will be dedicating a “slice of its mid-band PCS spectrum” to be integrated into Starlink satellites launched next year.
T-Mobile users will be able to use messaging, MMS and certain messaging apps, from remote points across the lower 48 states, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii and even some remote points in the water.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/25/spacex-and-t-mobile-team-up-to-use-starlink-satellites.html

VERY INFORMATIVE. Now do Asians.
 A (now-former) American Express employee has sued the credit card giant for firing him because he is a White person. This kind of discrimination will likely increase in the years ahead, so how about let's let a thousand such suits flower?
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/american-express-discriminated-against-white-employees-lawsuit-alleges/

SUNDAY LONGREAD
Peter Apps, chief opinion influencer of Reuters news agency writes that...
Saudi seizes diplomatic moment for global reckoning
Four years after the bloody murder and dismemberment of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul left foreign leaders distancing themselves from the world’s largest oil producer, Saudi Arabia is taking advantage of the energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war to rehabilitate and reposition itself with diplomatic partners.
Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden, who pledged during his election campaign to make his host an international pariah, met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - named specifically by his own intelligence agencies as the mastermind of the brutal, 2018 killing.
FIST BUMPERS: U.S. President Joe Biden (left, in ordinary business clothing) gives Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a smile worthy of an election campaign.
Far Right: Hatice Cengiz, Khashoggi's extremely bitter fiancée. What she said about Biden: "The blood of MBS's next victim is on your hands".
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/From-U-S-to-China-and-Europe-Saudi-seizes-the-diplomatic-moment-Peter-Apps--41508255/

U.S.A. government releases the full affidavit of allegations used to raid the Trump compound in Florida.
Key page of the full affidavit.
Without breaking into hilarity, the FBI said the document is "partly blacked out."

Someone was caught sniffing the khao niao (sticky rice).