Fishwrap Thailand suspends publication
This will be the last Fishwrap for a little short while.
The chief editor is involved in the first eyeball surgery experiment since Unit 731, 1943.
Kindly reduce the actual sobbing noise to “acceptable level for males”.
WE GOT HIM!
Iran had two men downed inside Iran and somehow its military was unable to find them, while the military from a nation thousands of miles away rescued them.
So say critics, communists, liars, losers, dead-enders, Democrats and Nayyera Haq et cetera et cetera et cetera.
Clever last name, Haq. She was Barack Obama’s chief adviser on this subject, and sounds like it.
And the weeping losers at The Guardian.
And... and... and anyways Iran is obviously winning the war by controlling memes. That’s What She Said!.
WORTH NOTING: Joseph Biden abandoned U.S. military and others in Afghanistan and seriously gloated that 13 were killed in a few hours while he kept looking at his watch.
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♫♪♫ And another one down, 🎻 another one down, another one bites the dust ♫ ♪
Another IRGC intelligence chief has died of intensive lead poisoning.
Have we ever mentioned that the “I” in IRGC does not stand for “Iran”?
Video report by Deutsche Welle
New Thai government off to a bumpy start
For one thing, there are multiple crises.
Cabinet must restore confidence while grappling with multiple crises
It’s ba-ack!
Details of the evil curse here.
Do something unusual today. Accomplish work on the computer.
Barack Obama has only four years to save the world.
-- The Guardian, 17 January, 2009
MORE
Six years ago Bernie Sanders claimed that humanity only had about six years left to stop the existential threat of climate change.
Bernie said the way to stop it was by passing the Green Nude Eel. The GND was projected to cost between $10 and $90 trillion.
For Sandy Cortez in 2019, we had 12 years to go: AOC: No, Seriously, We Only Have 12 Years Left.
SPORTS
And the U.S. March (sic) Madness Champions are...
ASEAN MYANMAR
Ruling dictator-in-charge General Hlaing Min Aung took off his uniform in order to transform, officially, into president of Burma.
The United Wa State’s meth empire quickly congratulated him. So do China.
The military dictatorship released several dozen political prisoners, but not Aung San Suu Kyi who is still locked up for life somewhere in the Burmese capital Nay PYi Taw.
Hlaing Min Aung has firm control and is the main obstacle to peace in Myanmar.
Plenty more details at the journal’s main website.
EAST TIMOR
First details, still sketchy have emerged on fraud farms in Dili.Myanmar and parts of Burma have been vacated by the Chinese triad overseers.
The Prince Group, previous headquarters Phnom Penh, is running the action.
The Guardian Australia is on the case.
CIVIL RIGHTS USA
THE TRUE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE THE PEOPLE ALREADY AT THE SCENE WHEN IT HAPPENS
Finally: Hegseth Authorises Service Members To Carry Firearms on Base.
Why Mercedes Decided to Build Its Next GLC SUV in the U.S.
FUN GAMES SMILES ETC ETC ETC
Each weekend the boys at Powerlineblog file a collection of memes.
The Week In Pictures: No Queens Edition
A day later, sci-fi writer Sarah Hoyt releases an even bigger one.
Hey Hey We’re the Memes!
Still East Asia’s choice as best Sunday columnist.
A trip to the far side of the Moon
In July 1969, I happened to watch the first Moon landing in a Makkasan (Bangkok) noodle shop.
I had only been in Thailand four months and along with fellow traveller Clarence Shettlesworth we had become regular customers at the shop which was close to our house.
More importantly, just about every dish cost 3 baht (today, 10 cents U.S.)
Unlike us the shop owner had a TV upstairs and very kindly invited us to watch live the mission commander Neil Armstrong plant his feet on the Moon. Just watching it was an amazing experience and was made all the more enjoyable by the owner giving us a plate of fried rice on the house.
I’ve never forgotten that gesture of friendship by the owner enabling us to witness that historic moment.
Daft though it sounds, later that night I recall looking up at the Moon half expecting to see Armstrong waving the American flag and munching on a Big Mac.
SPACE SCIENCE
The new map of the Solar System by Experts kind of changes everything.
Quit work and play for once!



















Cataracts? No biggie these days. One eye at a time. You just lay still and the rest is painless. Back on line in 2 days or less. Modern miracle. Just did mine at Phra Mongkut Klao military hospital.