Not a single leading candidate to be the prime minister of Thailand
Welcome back to The Grind. It's the final Monday of the month - and just two days until April Fool's Eve.
Thailand held a political poll last week and announced that the country thinks the best person to lead the country, as Thailand moves forward, is
NOTA.
The current and latest figures gathered by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll, showed the Phue Thai Party (originally established by Thaksin) and the progressive Move Forward Party have the edge. Here is how the figures add up:
Move Forward's Pita Limjaroenrat outpolled incumbent coup leader Prayut - 13.42% to 12.67%.
But hold on. 27.62% of those polled answered, "nah".
No one, said potential voters in a possible (but unlikely) election, is qualified to lead a government.
Many more names and numbers at
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2285922/
PHOTO: Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat holds a narrow lead over Prayut as the preferred candidate for prime minister in a Nida opinion poll released on Sunday.
We're taking flak... looks like we're over the target...
The political opposition flew and drove to northern Nan province, and convened a meeting on Sunday.
Main points:
 The alleged 'government' has a failing economic policy,
 The junta's 10-point plan to fight the Russia-Ukraine war inflation is useless.
 Public debt under Prayut has soared to 10 trillion baht.
 Opposition  leader  Cholnan  Srikaew of Pheu Thai noted succinctly, about inflation,
 "Everyone is going bust."
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2286034/
There will be another session of parliament, with another lukewarm debate and another vote of no-confidence.
Prayut and the junta are not out of time. Their 8th anniversary is on May 22.
But the clock is ticking.
Junta spokesman tests positive for Covid, forced to work from home
The Top No. 1 'government' spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana has tested positive for Covid-19.
No big deal - he said. Despite the RT-PCR test result, he'll work from home. And he's smiling to beat the band.
PHOTO: Thanakorn Wangboonkongchan. Photo via Facebook.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2285950/
Country that invented the Covid-19 novel virus and then couldn't control promises it will never again lock down Shangai.
But as of this morning it will lock down HALF of Shanghai.
Because the perpetually alert Chinese Communist Party wants to test people.
[INSERT MANDATORY COMIC RELIEF HERE]
"The public is asked to support, understand and cooperate with the city's epidemic prevention and control work, and participate in nucleic acid testing in an orderly manner," the government added.
Or be shot.
PHOTO: A staff worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) stands inside a barrier of an area under lockdown in Shanghai.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/shanghai-china-covid-19-cases-spike-lockdown-two-stages-testing-2589436
Timely reminder
Bad: The so-called Prayut 'government' doesn't know what to do.
Worse: The entire panoply of the top experts of the Thai "medical community" cannot find a clue.
Worst: Sunday Covid-19 stats:
New, documented cases: 25,821
New deaths: 84
 The central region, including eastern provinces of Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat, recorded the most deaths at 23, six more than the southern region and eight higher than the Northeast.
As of midnight Sunday, these are the official statistics from the world's hardes-hit Chinese Covid-19 countries and territories.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2285922/
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2285858/
Let's hope plenty of it gets to Thailand, eh?
 China Sees 'Unprecedented' Capital Outflow Since War, IIF Says.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-sees-unprecedented-capital-outflow-140808712.html
Feisty little New York City newspaper attempts to explain why it couldn't get Hunter Biden's laptop right
Why spy agencies dropped the ball
US spooks thought the Afghan military would last longer and Kyiv fall faster.
Well... not all of us are experts, am I right?
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Thailand Tragedy
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 3,529,085 Covid-19 cases, including 1,305,650 cases this year.
The accumulated death toll stood at 24,799 since the beginning of the pandemic.
 Remember when we were promised smart diplomacy and the respect of our allies? Sure you do. And now it has come to this:
 Editor Of Saudi Daily: 'Biden Is Becoming A Master At Losing Friends And Alienating Allies'; Everyone Harmed By The Current Oil Crisis Should Realize Biden's Foreign Policy Is Responsible For Their Plight'.
https://www.memri.org/reports/editor-saudi-daily-biden-becoming-master-losing-friends-and-alienating-allies-everyone
This oil tanker Ampar 8 was cruising ever-so-peacefully up the Chao Phraya River south of Bangkok. And then there was an explosion.
No one is certain yet just what happened, but a crewman died and four are injured.
This is what has always been called, "LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY"
 AOC: Biden Faces 'Collapse' of Support From Key Democrat Voters.
https://bityl.co/BUbU
REALLY? YOU FIND THIS BAFFLING? How old are you? Six, going on seven?
 Many baffled by Taliban reneging pledge on girls' education. "The United Nations children’s agency told The Associated Press that they were blindsided by the announcement."
This quite challenged Associate Press woman writes:
The move may have been designed to appease the Taliban's hard-line base.
Ya think?
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/nation-world/world-baffled-by-taliban-reneging-pledge-on-girls-education/507-77caab05-233d-4b99-a621-e757efd51bea
It's not only Covid
The Department of Medical Services (DMS) warned women on Sunday to check themselves for breast cancer.
Somsak Akksilp, director-general of the DMS, said breast cancer is a common type of cancer found in Thai women.
Citing Public Health Ministry data, he said that last year, about 18,000 Thai women had breast cancer and about 4,800 died from the disease.
The tendency of Thai women to develop breast cancer is rising, and  there  may  be  22,000  new patients next year, he said.
Vaccination registration opens to Thais and foreign nationals 18 years and over at the Thai-Japanese stadium in Din Daeng on Sunday. Jabs also are available for tykes, aged 5-11.
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
your wife
your wife who?
Your wife get the hell back to your chores!
