Probably his last serious decision of his time as prime minister?
Good morning everyone, it is the final Tuesday of the second month of 2022 - February 22.
Joe Biden, who is still the president of the United States, has promised he will end murderous attacks on Asians in America. Some time soon.
And you believe him? Why?
12-year-old charged in murder, carjacking of elderly Asian man in Philadelphia
After the beating, Chin was taken to the hospital where he was revealed to have a brain injury as well as facial fractures. He died on Dec. 21. Two other teens are charged as well.
PHOTO: Also in America...
https://bityl.co/B1us
Serious Question
Will President Joe announce, at his State of the Union speech next Tuesday
 The End of Covid?
If you think he won't state why, but either way prepare to live by your fortune-telling.
Can you say,
 "Probably his last serious decision of his time as prime minister?"
 BoJo announces the end of Covid restrictions in England
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/21/uk/boris-johnson-drops-covid-restrictions-intl-gbr/index.html
CORONAVIRUS THAILAND STATISTICS
Monday's report:
Virus cases rising again
 18,883 confirmed new cases of Chinese Covid-19 coronavirus
 15,010 other probable cases.
 162 cases were from abroad and
 17 from prisons.
 Out of 166,397 people in care, 77,071 are in hospital
and
 32 deaths (0.83% mortality rate)
 796 in ICU (+49)
 202 on ventilators (+13)
And despite the news coverage, it's not just Bangkok.
A majority of Thailand's 77 provinces report a continuing rise in Covid-19 cases, with hard-hit Nakhon Ratchasima (aka Korat) also reporting a looming shortage of beds for new patients.
Thailand's junta promises 'No Lockdown' just yet.
But there's one more thing.
Remember yesterday we wrote that the junta and the largely useless "medical experts" believed that Chinese Covid-19 coronavirus cases would peak at 30,000, maybe 50,000 a day? Remember?
Just kidding.
The new "target" is 100,000 new Covid-19 infections per day, in Thailand.
The Public Health Ministry and the junta-controlled Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) went to Defcon Four on Monday. They ordered that the 'Alert Level 4' must be  raised nationwide and containment measures stepped up in high-risk areas.
Containment measures. But no Lockdown. Got it?
It's all because of the darned Omicron mutant and its fast spread.
Geniuses (not really) of Thailand's medical community got off their bums to inform us of what we knew a month ago:
 "an increasing risk of infection among family members and close acquaintances as a result of taking part in collective activities such as dining out,  playing  sports,  and  attending wedding and funeral ceremonies."
 So stop it, hear? No funerals until the dying stops!
https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/advanced/2267491/
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2267471/
YOU MAY NOT KNOW
IN FACT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW
Today is the 100th week of the Thailand junta's two-week Emergency Decree to flatten the curve.
Thursday will be the start of Week 101.
I have seen the Lockdown and it doesn't work. Episode Tolu selau sefululua.
PHOTO: A medical person sticks a swab up the nose of a child at Poonsap community in Bangkok's Sai Mai district.
 Out of the 183 people tested, four were infected.
Question: Is it bad news when Thailand's ruling junta calls out the army to help with this damned Omicron outbreak?
Answer: Yes. Any other questions?
Armed forces to reopen field hospitals for Covid patients
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2267619/
THAILAND POLITICS
Brilliant columnist Atiya "Ann" Achakulwisut was fit and fightin' when news of the human trafficking massacres broke in 2015, and she recalls a few details of the horror in her column today.
Paween 'thriller' timely reminder of chilling reality
 ... The case was also unprecedented as it led to the nailing of the highest-ranking military officer to have been convicted of such a crime - army adviser Lieutenant General (three star) Gen Manas Kongpan, who was jailed for 27 years for trafficking, taking bribes and transnational crimes.
He died in prison of a heart attack last year.
The irony is that instead of receiving due recognition as the lead investigator, Police Major General Paween was forced to leave the country six years ago out of fear for his life.
When seeking asylum in Australia, Police Major General Paween claimed he had received death threats after his probe implicated "influential" people who wanted to silence him.
Thailand's tourism industry, particularly in the South, have been praying for a year for the opening of the Thai-Malaysia border.
Too bad. So sad.
Maybe later. Or maybe later than that.
Malaysia's border reopening likely in second quarter
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2267131/
Break it off!
Not the actual, real best story from Beijing 2022 but the most cringe-worthy.
Olympic skier suffers frozen penis during cross-country race
Saturday's race was the second time Lindholm's penis was frozen in a cross-country skiing race.
PHOTO: Remi won't be doing serious dating for a while.
https://thepostmillennial.com/olympic-skier-suffers-frozen-penis-during-cross-country-race
New pragmatism on the rise in ASEAN
[Where by 'pragmatism' the China-appoved policy means 'complicated']
Experienced reporter and analyst Kavi Chongkittavorn says it's an all-new ASEAN.
 ... Cambodia will become the first country in ASEAN to seek to promote the interests and roles of women in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, peacekeeping as well as in the implementation of the ASEAN Comprehensives recovery framework. At the United Nationa level, both Thailand and Indonesia are also active in promoting gender equality in the UN's peace keeping operation. All ASEAN members have taken part in the UN-sponsored operations around the world in one form or another.
 Other agendas on this pillar continue to build on previous chairs' achievements, especially efforts to strengthen Asean's centrality and Asean-led mechanisms in upholding peace, security and prosperity.
 Cambodia hopes that all global powers, especially the grouping's dialogue partners, would use Asean as the platform to exchange views, so they could come up with win-win solutions that promote stability and cooperation in the region.
PHOTO: ASEAN ministers showed off their new definition of 'meeting' at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat on February 17 in Phnom Penh.
Isn't China's Zoom software better than this gaggle?
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Clintonistas ride again!
Fencing goes back up around Capitol as Biden's State of the Union address nears
It has been confirmed that security personnel will be reinstalling heavy-duty fencing around Capitol hill before President Biden goes out to make his "State of the Union" speech.
https://bityl.co/B1uh
The most corrupt bank on Earth is home to accounts of dictators, drug traffickers, killers, and so on.
Info 'leaked' (or hacked?) from distressed Credit Suisse reveals accounts of dozens of criminals, dictators, intelligence officials, sanctioned parties and political actors with outsized wealth.
Free advice to all grifters in Thailand
[Credit Suisse maintains a handy drop-off for dictators or drug traffickers, on Witthayut (Wireless) Road.]
'Fortress Australia' re-opens to tourists after two-year Covid lockdown.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2267515/
VIDEO
Australia accuses China of 'act of intimidation'
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison accused Beijing of an 'act of intimidation' on Sunday after a Chinese navy vessel directed a laser at an Australian military surveillance aircraft last week.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/vdo/world/2267499/
Things to avoid in newly opened Oz Trailya.
1. Cheeky Karen Restaurant in Sydney.
 A note in front of the popular Bedouin restaurant in Double Bay, Sydney informs its guests of the new rules.
 According to the new house policy, customers cannot have "visible tattoos," wear "heavy jewellery" or "designer-labelled apparel".
 The eatery's co-licensee Poata Okeroa told The Daily Telegraph: “We value our customers and community stakeholders, and have always implemented house rules that includes a dress policy that discourages intimidating appearances.
The only Canadian named "Justin" that is more hated than the prime minister tests positive for Covid-19.
 A show at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas that was scheduled for Sunday has been postponed to June 28, according to a statement on social media.
 The third stop on the tour, at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, outside of Phoenix on Tuesday, was also rescheduled for late June, the tour said.
PHOTO: Justin Bieber attends Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on February 13, without a mask.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2267503/
Garbage City: The waste mountain
Despite its reputation of being one of the world's top tourist destinations, litter can literally be seen all over Bangkok.
 Bangkok produces more than 8,000 tonnes of municipal waste per day.
 Large quantities of the refuse are plastics and infectious medical waste that pose challenges to Bangkok's waste management infrastructure, with environmental experts suggesting the Bangkok City Hall must deal with the root causes of the problem.
 "The situation has improved in recent years, but the problems never go away."
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2267235/
Stop putting my lunch in your fuel tanks!
Stop using corn in engines, you dopes!
For more than a decade, Thailand has blended ethanol with gasoline in an attempt to reduce the overall carbon pollution produced by fossil fuel-powered cars and trucks.
 And save money by not buying so much Arab oil and diesel and such.
 But a new study says that the practice may not be achieving its goals. In fact, burning ethanol made from corn - the major source in these fuels - may be worse for the climate than just burning gasoline alone.
 Corn drove demand for land and fertilizer far higher than previous assessments had estimated.
 Together, the additional land and fertilizer drove up ethanol's carbon footprint to the point where the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions — from seed to tank — were higher than that of gasoline.
 Some researchers predicted this might happen, but the new paper provides a comprehensive and retrospective look at the real-world results of the policy.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/us-biofuel-mandate-likely-increased-carbon-emissions-inflated-crop-prices-20-30/
THAILAND CAN YOU BREATHE?
 As of Tuesday morning, air quality in Bangkok and the surrounding central provinces is classed as
 unhealthy
https://www.iqair.com/thailand/bangkok
Good question. Quite reasonable.
Why does The New York Times hate women? A response to the NYT's ad unpersoning J.K. Rowling.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1495143477319200768.html
Dear CBC:
I remember, vividly, the day I learned about Thomas Bowdler. Such discussions were not banned in Canada at that time.
 And I remember when all people with brains made fun of Bowdlerization.
 And now?
 How Sensitivity Readers Corrupt Literature.
 Instead of "sensitivity readers" we need "suck it up!" publishers.
https://unherd.com/2022/02/how-sensitivity-readers-corrupted-literature/
Is it mean to call the CBC a 21st century Bowdler?
Yes. So call them that, and shout it out.
And then there's the even more laughable CNN
CNN and its corrupt 'chief news executive' Eason Jordan gave Saddam Hussein wheelbarrows of money to allow CNN to place lying, filthy 'reporters' in Baghdad and lie about how wonderfully wonderful Saddam and his off-kilter sons were.
 Twenty years later and here's where we are.
Latest CNN Leak: Zucker and Gollust Let Andrew Cuomo Choose What Questions He'd Be Asked When Interviewed by CNN
We already knew that the "news" organization CNN was colluding with Cuomo to this extent.
Now we find out that Jeff Zucker's Assistant Vagina allowed Andrew Cuomo to choose what questions he'd be asked on CNN.
https://archive.fo/c7VS0
More on the despicably corrupt CNN here. Zucker and his mattress girl should prepare for many truthful stories to come.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-12-na-cnn12-story.html
Today's stories about ex-governor Cuomo and his Mattress Girl Allison Gollust are obviously being leaked to The New York Times by Fredo "Chris" Cuomo.
If you need a nicely done roundup of this still-breaking news:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/397913.php
But speaking of CNN, here's today's big news about that place.
WARNING: This is a video you must click and watch or little babies in Africa will die!
This is mainly a video but pretty scary - and VERY informative.
Erasing Hitler - How The Allies Cleansed Germany of Nazism
Full reveal: They did it by ordering massive new fascist policies and National Socialist decrees.
 Video maker Felton points out that in West Germany...
 "It would take until the 1960s and '70s for attitudes to change as the old Nazis retired and a new generation of Germans unconnected with the crimes of the National Socialist period came to power and influence."
 However, that transition would be delayed for quite a bit longer in East Germany. ('The Lives of Others' should be required-watching in all schools and universities.)
https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2020/05/25/the-lives-of-others-4-n426836
The owner of the world's largest company and one of Washington's daily propaganda sheets ORDERS the world to stop the nonsensical phrase, "My body, my choice".
Old and busted and canceled at the Washington Post: "Democracy Dies in Darkness."
Replacement hotness at the Washington Post: "As mask mandates fall, more and more people will be forced to do their own balancing of risks and benefits."
That is such a bad thing!
CORONAVIRUS CALIFORNIA
California is just straight-up admitting they're going to keep children masked until the teachers' unions say it's okay for them to be unmasked again.
 Idiot unwashed teachers have dropped all reference to 'The Science'.
 Because who in Solar System could possibly know more about viruses and epidemics and virology than teachers' unions?
 Bill Gates?
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/13/teachers-unions-delay-easing-mask-mandates-california-00007979
WORLD POLITICS
ANALYSIS
Kamala's trip to Ukraine to prevent WW3 went about exactly as you'd expect.
https://notthebee.com/article/kamalas-trip-to-ukraine-went-about-exactly-as-youd-expect-from-a-person-hired-entirely-for-her-skin-color-and-sex
Did they get permission from Greta?
Russia, China work on agreement for supplying 100 million tonnes of coal
 "[A]n intergovernmental agreement with the People's Republic of China is being developed, and the figure is 100 million tonnes [of coal]," Sergey Mochalnikov - the head of Russia's Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation and Fuel Markets Development at the Communist Party's Energy Ministry - told reporters on February 18.
 "In the coming years, consumers should receive as much coal as they need," Mochalnikov said.
 "Russian coal exports have very good prospects due to reduced supply on the world market," Mochalnikov noted on Friday.
https://bityl.co/B11F
https://tass.com/economy/1405789
As the formerly credible British government clickbait site BBC put it:
Putin planning biggest war in Europe since 1945
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-60448610
Wow, who would have predicted, eh?
Funny how the crappiest POS $14 baby-monitor cameras on the New York subway catch killers and robbers and maniacs beating up Asian girls but the taxpayer-purchased $750 cameras in federal prisons go out at quite inconvenient times.
Tuesday Joke of the Day
Dave Chappelle 4 - 0 Karen
The nattering against the comedy star went full fever-pitch last year after he made Badthink on transgender and LGBTQ+.
He's at work on four new Netflix specials, with the first to drop next week.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dave-chappelle-not-canceled-comedian-produce-netflix-specials-closer-controversy
VIDEO OF THE WEEK and it's only Tuesday.
God willing and the creeks don't rise, I'll see you tomorrow.
