Oh, those crazy Japanese chicks, eh?
Court orders Prayut to stand down, and no one is happy.
PHOTO: Highly corrupt, author of the 2014 coup and human trafficking mastermind suspect, former Thai army commander, Prayut bff and four-star general Prawit Wongsuwan is ordered to "sit in" as junta prime minister to replace Prayut.
As predicted...
Decision on Prayut ouster is 'pending'
But it's complicated.
Thailand's junta-owned Constitutional Court will consider the demand to force Prayut out as 'prime minister'.
For now, he is NOT prime minister. By unanimous vote, 9-to-0.
His ex-friend and corrupt former general Prawit Wongsuwan will be "temporary prime minister" until the judges get around to studying all the legal papers and falderal.
By dawn yesterday, anti-junta demonstrations were under way at five (5) major Bangkok sites.
Protesters had one major demand: that the junta's token 'prime minister' step down.
There is a strong legal case that as of today, Prayut has served two terms as 'prime minister' - the maximum allowed by Thailand's constitution.
Irony: Prayut started, supervised and approved the constitution.
There are no strong calls to lock up Prayut or force him to leave the country.
Yet.
But protesters are completely ignoring orders to restrict demontrations to seven "government approved free speech sites".
Photo below: 'Illegal demonstration' at Democracy Monument
https://prachatai.com/english/node/9974
MASK UP, DAMMIT
Thais have actually increased their use of face coverings.
A survey by the Department of Health asked people whether "you use a mask when you are around other people"? The raw result:
July: 94.2%% said yes.
August: 95.5% said yes.
Bear in mind:
the daily average of new Covid cases is above 2,000.
Full story:
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/national/40019281
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UNEXPECTEDLY: CNN Medical Analyst Doctor Leanna Wen (photo below) Admits Masking Stunted Her Own Toddler's Social Development.
She used to be the HPICC at Planned Parenthood.
Wen writes:
 'It became clear that the goal I'd hoped for - containment of Covid-19 - was not reachable.
 'Masking has harmed our son's language development, and limiting both kids' extracurriculars and social interactions would negatively affect their childhood and hinder my and my husband's ability to work.'
Oh, almost forgot, she will NOT be sending her kids to school in masks this autumn.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/23/leana-wen-covid-coronavirus-mask-kids-stunted-development/
QUESTION ASKED
Was it Mainstream Media that damaged our children?
Important, because there is no Mulligan or Do-Over on a child's formative years.
https://www.commentary.org/articles/christine-rosen/mainstream-media-damaged-children/
And speaking of extremely small people...
DENAZIFICATION, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment.
Russian government sources confirmed that Russia is bringing Ukrainian children to Russia and having Russian families adopt them. Russian federal subject (region) Krasnodar Krai’s Family and Childhood Administration posted about a program under which Russian authorities transferred over 1,000 children from Mariupol to Tyumen, Irkutsk, Kemerov, and Altay Krai where Russian families have adopted them.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-23
SURPRISE!
Russia has scrubbed the page and claims it was hacked.
Even though it wasn't.
Maskirovka, man, keep it handy.
Daily Covid cases rise above 2,000 again
In the 24 hours of Wednesday, the SARS Cov 2 novel coronavirus
• infected 2,062 new victims, who were hospitalised - a total of 4,639,261 serious infections since discovery of the virus.
• killed another 28 people (32,112)
Charts below are since February 15, 2020. Plenty more stats at
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/thailand/
U.S.A. SPORTS
RIP
 Len Dawson, Hall of Fame quarterback who led Chiefs to Super Bowl win, dead at 87.
And get this shocking surprise - he did NOT die of Covid.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/len-dawson-hall-of-fame-quarterback-led-chiefs-super-bowl-win-dead
DRUGS COCAINE LEGALISE
Sure. Where do we sign up?
It is time for a new international convention that accepts that the war on drugs has failed.
 Gustavo Petro, president, Colombia
Washington Post: https://bityl.co/Dzbu
Washington Post: Legalize cocaine! And crack.
[Selling drugs is fine, so long as it's the government that does it.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/20/colombia-cocaine-decriminalize-petro/
 Colombia, largest producer of cocaine in the world, key partner in the never-ending U.S.A. War on Drugs...
 The country's first leftist government is proposing an end to "prohibition" and the start of a government-regulated cocaine market.
"It is time for a new international convention that accepts that the war on drugs has failed," President Gustavo Petro said.
But California says "Like, Chill, Man".
Governor Newsom Vetoes a Bill That Would Have Set Up Legal Drug Injection Sites.
https://bityl.co/E0M6
Wanna bet?
Rohingya refugees cannot be forgotten
An Oped commentary by Paul McPhun, Southeast Asia regional director of Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Bangladesh feels the weight of responsibility is unfairly on them alone. Which is correct.
PHOTO: Rohingya refugees pray as they gather on Aug 25, 2019, to mark the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar at the Kutupalong camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. In taking in the refugees, Bangladesh feels the weight of responsibility lies unfairly on it alone.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2375605/
Just FYI - MSF is hiring
https://doctorswithoutborders-apac.org/en/careers/compensation-and-benefits
๊YOUR U.S. GOVERNMENT works for you!
A little while ago, the U.S. government sent out Covid test kits to anyone who asked. On the side of the box, there is an expiration date. As in "Don't even TRY to test for Covid after this date:" followed by a date.
But today
The U.S. government's near-useless Food and Drug Administration advises, "We were just kidding" and maybe probably that test kit is still gold.
The U.S. government's F.D.A. advises, Forget the expiration; Go ahead and use the test kit. It is probably perhaps still good.
The U.S. government's F.D.A. says if it doesn't work, it's the test kit's fault and the test kit's maker.
https://www.brproud.com/health/coronavirus/is-your-expired-covid-19-test-kit-still-good-heres-how-to-check/
Taking bets right now... My bet is a hard zero.
China's BFF Paul Pelosi pleads guilty to driving under the influence (DUI), gets five days in jail.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/23/politics/paul-pelosi-dui-charge/index.html
MEDICAL GRAND SLAM: Italian man tests positive for monkeypox, Covid and HIV - at the same time.
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2022/08/man-tests-positive-for-monkeypox-covid-and-hiv-at-the-same-time/
Doctor Don Tony Fauci announced he intends to retire next year, and he won few plaudits. For example, America's largest newspaper:
 Good riddance to Fauci and his calamitous, costly career.
He did so much harm to the public's health. Fauci violated the fundamental principles of science, but got away it by deploying the skills honed during five decades in Washington: bureaucratic infighting, media manipulation and fearmongering.
https://nypost.com/2022/08/23/good-riddance-to-fauci-and-his-calamitous-costly-career/
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And this is not charming. Watch if you dare. Or care.
SPORTS U.S.A. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The University of Alabama (located in a state in the U.S.A.) gave football coach Nick Saban an 8-year contract for US$94.6 million - ฿426 million Thai baht per year in real money.
They deeply regret telling him to go kill himself. With medical care like this, who needs enemies?
Canada joins the line for the Slippery Slope Ride
Canadian soldier suffering with PTSD offered euthanasia by Canadian government's Veterans Affairs Canada.
Within Canada, offering to off someone is known as "medical assistance". Also, it is not called killing or even euthanasia - Canadians are advised to call it "medical assistance in dying" MAID... or else. No other term is authorised except for French speakers.
Veterans Affairs Canada, once it was caught in the act, made a no-apology apology and 'deeply regrets' yadda-yadda blah-blah.
And the VAC now denies it offers such "services" as euthanasia. Even though it does.
An incredibly misinformed VAC "spokesperson" claimed that, "Advice pertaining to Medical assistance in dying is not a VAC service," even though it is.
Even the Limeys know it.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/canadian-military-veteran-suicide-counseling-ptsd/
https://care.org.uk/news/2021/09/ethicist-warns-of-slippery-slope-in-canada-euthanasia-law
https://www.foxnews.com/world/canadian-soldier-suffering-ptsd-offered-euthanasia-veterans-affairs
Canada ignored warnings over euthanasia law
STEP ONE: If you see someone who should be euthanised or otherwise offed, make her feel guilty as all get-out for staying alive.
https://care.org.uk/news/2022/08/canada-ignored-warnings-over-euthanasia-law
ON THIS DAY
In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb swam unassisted across the English Channel for the first time since Earth cooled.
In 1939, the first real Canadian hockey star Babe Siebert drowned in Lake Huron (Canadian side).
In 1349, the Germans of Mainz city figured out that the cause of the Black Death plague was Jews, so they killed 6,000 of them.
THE NEW SPACE RACE
 China claims progress on rockets for crewed lunar landings and moon base.
PHOTO is a concept model.
https://spacenews.com/china-claims-progress-on-rockets-for-crewed-lunar-landings-and-moon-base/
Oh, those Japanese chicks!
15-Year-Old Girl Who Stabbed Mother And Daughter In Tokyo Says She Did It For 'Practice'
 She stalked and stabbed a 53-year-old woman and her 19-year-old daughter as a warm-up for her coming attack on her own mother and brother.
 Her mother is so mean, you see.
 She told investigators the attack was "practice" to murder her mother and brother.
 She will kill her mother because of her mother's constant bad moods. Then she will kill her brother because she doesn't want him to grow up without his mother.
 Other than that, she seems nice.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/23/girl-stabs-woman-resembling-mother-daughter-tokyo-japan/
https://t.co/hAaRmeiNwE
Stuff you can't make up.
Book banned at a school named after its author
The book 'Life is So Good', co-written by George Dawson, is banned at George Dawson Middle School in Southlake, Texas. The same George Dawson who wrote this book is the George Dawson the school is named after.
https://boingboing.net/2022/08/23/book-banned-at-a-school-named-after-its-author.html
A Tasmanian chick was accused in a Facebook (of course) chat forum of having sex with her cat. She is arguing that she has never played with her cat's balls.
That is not the horrible part. The horrible part is that her cat's better looking.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-suing-local-fb-group-27814107#source=push
