Sneer of the Week: Pareena has a list...
Brief reminder that today is Thai New Year's Eve, and three days of Songkran hilarity officially start tomorrow.
Although there's a ban on hilarity, once again.
And, to be clear about it...
The junta's loyal 'minister of health and welfare' warned on Monday that it might be better if you forgot about those plans to hire a band and a restaurant for a New Year's Eve party,
Yes, noted Anutin Charnvirakul (possibly the world's richest gentleman member, sure, it's only April but, you know,
chances of yet another wave of severe Vid-19 outbreak are likely
damned old people are not keeping up their anti-Covic vaccinations
He claimed Thailand's public health system can handle all the Xi-Omicron infections that the Corones may throw but
don't expect ANY bars, clubs, karaoke gatherings or any of that stuff to reopen during 2022.
NOTE that all statements by Anutin, who has no medical training, are subject to adjustment and clarification.
And if you were in Vietnam on the weekend... (Photo is Vung Tau)
Quick fix!
Drunk drivers may have to go to jail.
Starting tonight, and continuing without limits...
If you drink alcohol, and drive your car/pickup, and are stopped/blocked/arrested
by Thailand's Men in Brown, you're done. Your wife, your lawyer your favourite politicians can't help.
The Royal Thai Police have officially announced that effective immediately, drink-driving will mean a quick trip to the calabooser, no time off by friendly judges.
Drink-driving is considered the top criminal cause of traffic accidents and road deaths.
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/drunk-drivers-could-face-jail-time-without-suspension-during-songkran/
If you are in England, then,
You are invited to join the Songkran celebrations at Buddhapadipa Temple in Wimbledon, London, on Sunday, April 17.
It is open from 9am-5pm but most activities will be in the afternoon.
Confirmed: There will be no water fights.
Tourists-to-Thailand will total a million a month for the rest of the year
Sharp Dressed Man Yuthasak Supasorn, head of the Tourism Authority of Thailand said that "experts" expect 8 million foreign tourists to invade the country before New Year's Eve.
tbf the TAT is one of the serious agencies opposed to nonsense like 'Thailand Pass' and piles of pre-flight paperwork.
The always hilarious Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will meet again on April 23 to explain all the new restrictions on tourists, visitors and Thai expats returning home.
PHOTO: Say what you want about the TAT, but Yuthasak has one fine woman picking his daily wardrobe.
https://www.thailandnews.co/2022/04/8-million-international-visitors-expected-to-travel-to-thailand-this-year/
https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220411104740399
https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/
Columnist Atiya "Ann" Chakulwisut writes of the teen-aged lover who killed the girl's mother.
Prayut, father of twin girls who have not killed him or his wife, suggested the troubled killer should have found someone she trusted, to talk to about their problems.
What if they cannot? What if resentment against one's parents is more common than people thought? Perhaps many feel it taboo to go against society's cherished filial values?
Writer/analyst Kavi Chongkittavorn shows a lot of optimism:
Pondering ASEAN's future beyond 2025
But that requires us to think or at least to consider that there will actually be a viable ASEAN after 2025.
Why should we believe that?
Thailand prepares for the worst case scenario after Songkran. Hopes for the best.
PHOTO: Bangkok's Thai-Japanese Youth Center is now stocked with collapsable cardboard beds in preparation for next week's record inundation of infected Covid-19 victims.
https://www.thaienquirer.com/39331/thailand-prepares-for-worst-case-scenario-after-songkran/
Highly Related
At least up to today, Thailand's junta is going far better than the Communist Party of China, and Shanghai.
Things are weird and desperate in China, not just in Shanghai
Shanghai Lockdown Horror: Starvation And Suicide.
https://victorygirlsblog.com/shanghai-lockdown-horror-starvation-and-suicide/
Who's sneering now?
Revenge of the Ratchaburi rat
Just as she threatened, Pareeena has turned the tables on Prayut, the military and their supporters
Thailand's junta has (successfully) launched charges of illegal encroachment on government park land by their own massively unpopular supporer and unpleasant Pareena Kraikupt of Ratchaburi province.
But now the junta has a huge new problem.
Helped by shady 'witness' Pareena, it seems another 60 key government-supporting members of parliament are also illegal land-owners.
It's the biggest public corruption case that Prayut has faced.
STRIKEBACK
Pareena (below) on Facebook:
The court's ruling against me has made it clear that politicians could not occupy state land and doing so constituted a serious violation of the code of ethics.
https://bityl.co/Bjcj
Global Warming
Canadian province of Manitoba expects 80cm of global warming by Sunday
'Worst blizzard in decades'
https://bityl.co/Bjdi
WORLD WAR ECONOMY
Bank of America delivers a grim warning for the future.
They're calling it "Recession Shock"
In an investment strategy report sent to clients on Thursday, Bank of America analysts warned that “inflation always precedes recessions” and that tighter monetary policies being put in place to control surging prices make a “recession shock” very likely.
Bank of America delivers a grim warning for the future.
https://fortune.com/2022/04/08/recession-shock-bank-of-
The U.S. Senate contains a member named Chris Murphy, a Democrat (natch) from the state of Connecticutt.
Murphy believes that U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are so darned unfair.
He wants President Biden to lift and discard the sanctions.
Weird Belief of the Week (WBW)
"Let us be clear—diplomacy with the world's leading fiscal and logistical sponsor of terrorism will never succeed."
Well, okay then. How about arresting Iranian espionage agents working in Washington? Will that succeed?
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/murphy-under-fire-for-pushing-to-lift-sanctions-on-top-iranian-terror-group/
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Highly, Closely Related
U.S. Secret Service Open for Business
Fake agents, possibly tied to Iranian and Pakistani intelligence, target Jill Biden's security detail.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/09/u-s-secret-service-open-for-business/
TECHNOLOGY
Terrific piece:
Here are all the annoying changes you can avoid this year by remaining on Windows 10. (Bleeping Computer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/here-are-the-new-features-coming-to-windows-11/
When the government (i.e. Thai junta) regulates crypto currencies
Unfortunately, many in the crypto community welcome regulation. They think it will give the innovation legitimacy. It won't.
https://bityl.co/Bje8
Plot Twist
New Twitter owner Elon Musk won't be sitting on the company's board.
Other members preferred that he shut up.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2022/04/11/elon-musk-is-not-joining-the-twitter-board-after-all-and-thats-good-news-n1588698
Related
Will Twitter Ban Hillary Clinton for Her Election Disinformation?
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2022/04/11/will-twitter-ban-hillary-clinton-for-her-outrages-against-election-integrity-n1588731
Now do Thailand!
Öfficial numbers:
U.S. Navy boots out 763 sailors for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid.
https://news.usni.org/2022/04/08/nearly-300-service-members-separated-from-navy-marine-corps-for-vaccine-refusal
U.S.A. SPORTS
GLOBAL WARMING
The Boston Red Sox, an incredibly popular baseball team, is going to raise ticket prices to provide a little vigorish from each ticket sale for the wealthiest people in the world.
Do not allow these people to claim they are virtuous. They definitely are not.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-red-sox-fenway-park-carbon-neutral-plan/39600186
