Next Thai election - May 7, maybe
Atrocity at Myanmar school
Myanmar junta troops with helicopter air support attacked and ravaged a village in the northern part of the country. A chief target of the raid was a school where 7 children were killed and others abducted by junta forces.
The attack last Friday occurred in Let Yet Kone village in Tabayin, also known as Depayin, about 110 kilometres (70 miles) northwest of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city.
School administrator Mar Mar said she was trying to get students to safe hiding places in ground-floor classrooms when two of four Mi-35 helicopters hovering north of the village began attacking, firing machine guns and heavier weapons at the school, which is in the compound of the village's Buddhist monastery.
"Since the students had done nothing wrong, I never thought that they would be brutally shot by machine guns," she said.
Much more at:
https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/international/2022/09/20/witnesses-myanmar-air-attack-kills-13-including-7-children/
In addition, what is left of the Burmese free media have reported this story, with photos.
https://bit.ly/3BAHLsG
PHOTOS: (Above) An alphabet book and a notebook lie on top of an elevated wooden floorboard of a middle school in Let Yet Kone village in Tabayin township in the Sagaing region of Myanmar on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, the day after an air strike hit the school.
{Below} Myanmar junta troops burnt the village to the ground, including the school.
An eyewitness at Aung Thar, a village of about 150 households at the centre of the atrocity.
Around 70 members of the Military Council [the officious name of the Myanmar junta] entered Aung Thar Village and set fire [to buildings] including a monastery and houses at 6:00 p.m. There was a lot of smoke and dust above the village due to the junta's arson attack. All the villagers were fleeing.
Mark your calendar
Thailand's junta-appointed Election Commission said it expects to hold a general election for parliament on May May 7 - 227 days from today.
But take heed: There are several possibilities that this date could be moved up or pushed back.
The registration of election candidates at this point is planned to be carried out on April 3-7, while the designation of constituencies and voting units, as well as the number of eligible voters, are expected to be announced by April 11.
The final lists of election candidates are expected to be known by April 14.
Remember: If you are a Thai expat, you can vote from overseas.
New York City should call the Mounties. This guy is definitely making mischief.
A witness to the wild caught-on-video incident said Palacios went off when a woman at the restaurant "rejected" him after he continually tried to talk to her.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow
Also:
That took a very long time.
Bangkok governor backs 4 a.m. closing times
Chadchart says tourism would thrive
Proponents of 4 a.m. closing hours for bars have been active for two months, and Chadchart had refused to take sides - until now.
We have to ensure this idea does not create a negative impact for some parties and that entertainment venues comply with the rules.
Chadchart Sittipunt, governor of Bangkok
MOVIES NEW
The other New York Times atrocity during World War II.
Holocaust: An Untold Story
https://yts.mx/movies/holocaust-an-untold-story-2022
Four star army general Narongphan Jitkaewthae is a royalist loyalist and "the favourite soldier of the King" of Thailand. He became commander of the Royal Thai Army three years ago and is scheduled for retirement on October 1.
Child molestation
An elderly man accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl tells police she tripped and fell over a stick while walking with him in an orchard, which probably caused the bleeding to her genitals.
Sugar tax postponed
Manufacturers of sugary drinks have been given more time to adjust their recipes after the government pushed back the latest hike in the excise levy for another six months.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2396386/
The BRN has been at this separatism in the deep south of Thailand for 60 years
And they are not going to quit easily.
Policeman killed, 4 injured by bomb in South
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2396846/
Anchalee Kongrut, the Editorial Pages editor at the Bangkok Post, stands out today among the few people who A) noticed and B) dared to write the publish that...
Minister of defence in a mixed-up role
Prayut's silence effectively covered up the case of a serviceman who shot dead two colleagues, and
A female soldier claimed a sergeant had not only tried to rape her, but it turned out there are dozens of videos showing the sergeant sexually harrassing other women service members.
In both cases, sham "military investigations" found the culprits to be mentally ill. Cases closed, literally.
Prayut was silent. He slipped out of town to avoid all questions.
Much more at:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2396701/
THAILAND CORONAVIRUS
Plans drawn up for endemic Covid-19
It won't be a pandemic any longer. It will be endemic.
Translation: As of October 1, [a week from this coming Sunday] or so, the junta will declare that the coronavirus pandemic is over. Done. Defeated.
And Thailand will revert to a new policy of declaring that the virus is...
an endemic disease under surveillance under the communicable disease law B.E. (Buddhist Era) 2558 [2015] under the Royal Gazette, which will be effective on October 1, 2022 - i.e. next weekend.
CHINA SABOTAGE
It is deplorable... well, reprehensible that we must call a Taiwanese website in order to learn...
U.K. to replace Beijing-backed Mandarin schools with teachers from Taiwan
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4662333
Biden goes to the United Nations.
He calls for worldwide support for Ukraine, and condemns Putin for 'reckless' nuclear threat
Putin says, look Joe, this is no bluff.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-calls-for-ukraine-support-condemns-putins-reckless-nuclear-threat-at-un-general-assembly-173505574.html
Let's go out on a shaky limb.
The next time Biden or his U.S. ambassador try to convince Thailand to stop being 'neutral' and support Ukraine, the answer will be a firm:
Sod off, Swampy.
But that is where we are. The main media of the United States and Canada congratulate and cheer China's open sabotage. America's top athletes work to influence pro-CCP propaganda. Hollywood's leading movie studios and stars do the same; Walt Disney Pictures strove to help Xi Jinping and the politburo cover up Beijing's anti-Muslim, anti-minority crimes, notably but not at all exclusively in Xinjiang.
The U.K. currently suffers about 30 Confucius Institute (曼彻斯特大学孔子) at its universities, all or most of which masquerade as "Chinese language" classroms.
Their main mission is to present mainland China in soft or hard-core propaganda.
The only publicly admitted Confucius Institute in Thailand works out of Chulalongkorn University.
The overseas Institutes are a central policy of the Chinese Communist Party.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4662333
You remember the James Hodgkinson massacre attempt, right?
And this story will be memory-hold by America's MSM in 3..3..
Man admits to killing teenager he claimed was 'Republican extremist'
Police noted that Amber Liquid was involved in Dipshit's reasoning.
Where could Shannon "Dipshit" Brandt get an idea like that? Has someone been going around spreading stories about Republican Extremist groups and 'they' are chasing us? Has someone been doing that?
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/09/19/man-admits-killing-teen-after-political-dispute-foster-co/
Oopsie! The MSM burial is well under way.
MSM don't think man confessing to 'politically motivated' vehicular homicide of Republican teen is worth covering for some reason.
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/09/21/msm-dont-think-man-confessing-to-politically-motivated-vehicular-homicide-of-republican-teen-is-worth-covering-for-some-reason/
In Kabul (in memory of a story already memory-holed)
A girls' book club is reading 'Anne Frank'. In total secrecy from the Taliban.
NPR publishes this report, in total secrecy from the Taliban 'government' that issued the writer's visitor's visa.
"Banned from high school, told to cover up and stay home," the Muslim girls identify with the Jewish girl who was "also forced to live her life in secret," writes he NPR freelancer Dian Hadid.
Hadid quotes an Afghani student who "hopes to write a book to tell the world about life for girls under the Taliban."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/09/11/1122250666/teenage-afghan-girls-are-defying-the-taliban-with-a-secret-book-club
KEN BURNS says, and The Grauniad eats it up:
'We're in perhaps the most difficult crisis in the history of America.'
Wow, wait until this guy learns about the Civil War!
https://bit.ly/3UsyXOk
Not a banner year for the U.S. public health establishment, and for "medical experts" and for massively papered 'scientists'
Polio is spreading in the U.S. for the 1st time in decades.
Do you need a booster? I'm betting you and your children and grandchildren do need one.
https://www.livescience.com/boosters-for-polio-ny-outbreak
The sad fact of 2021 was that it was the year we lost all confidence in Experts.
Meanwhile...
The city of Taipei (pop. 2.6 million) plans to replace all diesel buses with electric buses by 2030.
Which will be more than 3,000 electric buses running in the city.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4663548
The current policy from Washington.
And you can take that to the bank.
Biden is gradually moving away from "strategic ambiguity," because he has full confidence in President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) pledge to maintain the “status quo,” said Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), director of the National Security Research Division at the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research.
Taiwan's restraint in response to China's increasingly assertive military coercion has assured Biden that Taipei would not take any aggressive action.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/09/21/2003785666
Huh! Who knew that Limeys followed U.S. news so attentively?
Scientists with nothing else to do decided to count, how many ants live on Earth?
Answer: Quite a lot. 20 quadrillion, a number we will not bother to write down.
Just for a start there are 15,700 species of the things.
But which is a Good Thing.
Ants are a crucial part of nature. They aerate the soil, disperse seeds, break down organic material, create habitats for other animals and form an important part of the food chain.
Much more at:
https://www.sciencealert.com/how-many-ants-live-on-earth-scientists-came-up-with-an-answer
Example, for example. White House staff went figuratively crazy on Tuesday attempting (futilely) to clean up Biden's 'pandemic' remark.
The one where he said, "The pandemic is over."
You're not allowed to say that if you are a Democrat. And you know damned well, "There are no plans to lift the Public Health Emergency" Because the Public Health Emergency is Power and there will be no attempts to lift power.
https://tinyurl.com/ymdewxat
Quote Of The Day
Believe it or else...
Martha's Vineyard sent illegal aliens to a Superfund site
The Massachusetts National Guard escorted 50 illegal aliens from Martha's Vineyard to Joint Base Cape Cod on Friday.
EPA lists Joint Base Cape Cod as a Superfund site.
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/16/marthas-vineyard-migrants-immigration-cape-cod-joint-base-ron-desantis-live/10396237002/
What Is a Superfund Site?
But... but... It must be over. Canada [Canada!] is dropping its order for every damned foreigner to Get a Prick Or Stay the Darn Heck Away!
https://globalnews.ca/news/9143819/canada-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-border/?utm_source=notification
You cannot make up this stuff. [Will Rogers was right.]
NFL great Tom Brady just might stay in Florida without his spousal unit.
Now that HER (not THEIR but HER) latest sprog has grown up and reached the ripe age of 9, the strong, empowered Gisele Bundchen has decided to abandon home and hearth, the better to go out and save the planet.
Strong empowered feminist homewrecker Gisele [typical!] hates being called 'Homewrecker' even though she is gleefully a homewrecker.
But what's a supermodel to do after conquering the world and growing a family? Except homewrecking?
http://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2022/09/gisele-bundchen-homewrecker.html
As for the details...
Homewrecker Gisele, who is an environmental activist homewrecker, had been pestering her husband for quite some time, trying to get him to retire from football. And she seems to have succeeded, when he announced his retirement in February. But then, he changed his mind, decided to play for just one more season. Gisele lost her mind over it.
How much do you think the strong, empowered activist and homewrecker will claim when she breaks down in tears at her lawsuit against Brady?
As of this morning, homewrecker Gisele had a mere US$400 million in her personal homewrecking bank account so she will need a lot more.
WEEKEND READ
The Army Times, amongst others, notes that the U.S. Army has a major recruiting problem and can't find enough young people who meet the basic requirements to enlist.
Mostly because they're too fat, too stupid or too zonked out on 'recreational' drugs. Or two or all three of the above.
Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais, second in command for Army Training and Doctrine Command, sounded off about the troubling developments. She highlighted disqualification rates for potential recruits jumped from 30-40% (pre-Covid) to a whopping 70% this year due to obesity, low test scores, and/or drug use.
Engrossing read with many links.
http://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-armys-recruiting-problem.html
https://www.armytimes.com/news/2022/09/15/test-scores-drop-disqualification-rates-rise-at-army-recruiting-shops/
A joke in need of a punchline.
