Suni Lee is thinking about quitting Auburn University.
Somewhere ...
 in a country far, far away...
 a photographer has produced a photo that says
 'You Are In A Military Dictatorship Area' better than this one says it.
These armed Law Enforcement Officers patrol tourist areas such as Khao San Road to make sure none of those foreigners throw or splash water*.
 But there is no current image that says it better.
*Or stay up past their 11 p.m. lights-out bedtimes and get on-the-spot fines.
In case you're scoffing...
Photo below (surrounded by Friday's front-page headlines) shows Thai tourists enjoying Thursday at popular Bang Saen beach, southeast of Bangkok.
YOUR CHALLENGE
Find the person flouting the junta's rules on masking, circle the person and send it to Junta Headquarters for 'processing'.
Good morning boys and girls and others, today is Friday, April 15, 2022, and we are halfway through Ramadan.
There are stories from multiple sources in Montgomery, Alabama, this morning that say that Sunisa Lee has had enough of Auburn University, and intends to move on for 2023.
 Stay tuned; it's a developing news story.
Prove me wrong.
In the North America of today...
and yes, cobber, Mexico and British Columbia and Nunangat and Tenochtitlan are all in North America.
 In today's North American politics, the most important campaign is to toss all native Americans down the memory hole.
 For example...
Colorado Wants to Fine Schools US$25,000 a Month That Don't Drop Indian Mascots.
 And when they write "Colorado," they don't mean some numbnuts-activist in the lower Front Range, they mean the entire state, no exceptions, with police and government-approved accountants on hand for enforcement. Because the government will tell you what to say.
'We'll travel later'
Thais, as always, as super-eager to go abroad.
Rules, costs deter outbound travel
But most travellers aren't yet ready because of the Covid-19 threats, higher prices for health and safety measures, and regular changes to entry rules for each country remain obstacles.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2294826/rules-costs-deter-outbound-travel
You have a smartphone, right? (If not, please join that very long line at Concourse B.)
So, get this real, authentic, no-cost QR code for all Thai hotel and transportation services to and from Suvarnabhumi airport.
PHOTO: One of the electronic boards promoting the QR code for hotel desks, in the luggage pickup area at Suvarnabhumi airport
The foolish 'Test & Go' tourism plan designed by bureaucrats to lure foreign tourists is now Tested And Dumped. Just like its sister 'Thailand Pass' failure.
 At some point, Thailand is going to have to realise its huge and serial failures to re-open Thailand.
 Or, already at the bottom of ASEAN post-pandemic achievers, the military dictatorship could just give up, that's still an open option.
 'Test & Go' was a fraud from Day One and few foreigners fell for its bait-and-switch promise of, "Oh, don't worry, once we test you, you can go anywhere you want. Because, to start with, there were mandatory lock-ups for each tourist.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2294618/
But shed a tear
The junta has no clue how to deal with the Covid-19 onslaught.
On Thursday, in just one day, the coronavirus
infected 24,134 new victims, an increase of 1,119 in 24 hours, and
killed 115 people, including 14 in the GBA - Greater Bangkok Area.
The 115 people who died were aged from 31 to 99 years with the average age 75. Two were from Myanmar and the rest were Thais.
PHOTO: Masked? Check. No partner or family? Check? Long sleeves? Check, Check. Give her 20 seconds to take her selfie from the top of the funny-looking King Power MahaNakhon building, and then hustle her out again.
CHINA ECONOMY CORONAVIRUS
Discovery of contaminated fruit export prompts order for tests
Chinese health inspectors found a smidgen of Covid infection on an imported Thai durian.
Oh my!
The story, up to now...
 CHANTHABURI: Operators of the fruit export sector are being told to implement strict Covid-19 protocols after a shipment to China was banned from entering the country for three days due to the discovery of traces of the coronavirus on the surface of durian packages.
 Chanthaburi province governor Suthee Thongyaem has issued an order requiring operators in the fruit trade to comply with disease control measures, including the need to test workers for Covid-19.
 The move comes after a Thai shipment of the fruit at China’s Mohan checkpoint was found to be contaminated, resulting in a ban from Tuesday to Thursday.
 It was not clear what kind of testing revealing the contamination was carried out. The virus was detected on trucks and the surface of packages.
Sell us those A-35 fighters, puh,leeze!
US visit stokes jet shopping-trip talk
RTAF chief stateside with purchase panel
The chief of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), Air Chief Marshal Napadej Dhupatemiya, along with members of committee responsible for fighter jet procurement, is on a six-day visit to the United States looking for stuff to buy.
TRUE STORY: ACM Napadej was invited to visit ACSC, at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, because of his status as an 'outstanding alumni of the college'.
An RTAF source said ACM Napadej is also scheduled to meet Gen Charles Q Brown, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and Thailand-born U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth before he returns to Thailand on Monday.
A-A-A-N-D the Roman Polanski Award for Kiddie Fiddling goes to....
Game of Thrones actor Joseph Gatt, 50, arrested after he's accused of 'sex crimes against minors'
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5118783/joseph-gatt-arrested-game-thrones-sex-crimes-minors/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly
NOTE
As Always
Gatt is only 'accused'. Many criminals and their lawyers plea-bargain or back-door their ways out of the original charges and it may happen that Gatt is found innocent and sent free to prey on other children.
NOTICE to all Thais and businesses in Thailand:
The current inflation and new tax laws are not 'bugs in the system'.
The military's leaving town but requires retirement funding.
Whoopee of the Day
This should be the front-page lead of every newspaper in the worlod. It should be the top story of every radio and TV newscast.
 The U.S.A. Federal Bureau of Instigation aka F.B.I. caught and arrested an actual criminal - a guy who killed his wife and tried to kill his daughter. In Colombia. 27 years ago.
 Yeah F.B.I. One success in 27 years is better than the previous record of none, eh?
 They had a Press Conference and everything.
https://bityl.co/BmVw
How's that "We are going to remain neutral" working out for you, Thailand?
MOSKVA DOWN:
 Did Ukraine Really Sink the Pride of Russia's Black Sea Fleet? Sure seems like it.
PHOTO: Remember the Belgrano hahahahaha 555555.
Directly related:
Ukraine War: Have Missiles Made Tanks Obsolete?
 "A few guys sneaking around the woods with a few anti tank missiles can do a whole lot of damage to an entire armored column."
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2022/04/13/ukraine-war-have-missiles-made-tanks-obsolete-n1589423
The Lives of Others as a how-to manual, at least in Montana.
That's where the Neo-Red-Guards are continuing their campaign against a professor over private comments.
Yes, to answer your question, I have seen the old Red Guards, just outside my door. Find something else to sneer at, please.
Friday night and weekend reading.
(TECHNOLOGY) The Atlassian outage that started a week ago is expected to be over in no more than another couple of weeks. (The Register)
The Cloud is the Future which means that when the cloud gets screwed up there is Absolutely Nothing You Can Do.
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2022/04/11/atlassian_outage_backups/
DuckDuckGo browser is here - beta version available now for Mac, Windows version coming soon. (Liliputing)
This isn't another fork of Chromium, or not quite. HTML is rendered by whatever is native to your operating system: WebKit on MacOS and the Edge library on Windows. The rest of the browser - the UI and networking code - is new and created by DuckDuckGo.
It's intended to provide a simple browsing experience where privacy settings are always on by default, rather than giving you 20 screens full of options to hang yourself with. Doesn't appear to be open source though.
https://liliputing.com/2022/04/duckduckgo-releases-private-web-browser-for-mac-windows-version-coming-soon.html
China and the U.S. play geopolitical chess in South Asia.
Nepal summons up dramatic images of Mount Everest, heroic Sherpas risking their lives, devastating earthquakes, and breathtaking scenery. But beyond the picturesque, Nepal is currently embroiled in a dramatic game of geopolitical chess.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/himalayan-standoff/
Red Dusk:¨Xi Jinping's China faces challenges of its own.
https://americanmind.org/features/beating-china/red-dusk/
America Moving From a Permission Society to a Repressive Regime
The ruling class believes there is nothing so private that it cannot be regulated, nothing so personal that it can't be intruded upon.
https://issuesinsights.com/2022/04/12/america-moving-from-a-permission-society-to-a-repressive-regime/
How White Liberals and Black Leaders Sacrifice Black Lives for Self-Esteem and Profit
'Useful idiots' is a derogatory term, believed by some to have been invented by Vladimir Lenin, that describes people who are happy to spread propaganda for a cause despite having no idea what the real end goal is.
https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2022/04/12/how-white-liberals-and-black-leaders-sacrifice-black-lives-for-self-esteem-and-profit-n1589072
The C.D.C. of the U.S.A. does not care about the law and has no understanding of the relationship between the letters 'F' and 'O'.
U.S.A. CDC extends Covid-19 mask mandate to May 3 for airlines, transit.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/04/13/cdc-extends-mask-mandates-for-airlines-transit/1771649866500/
So, the Bangkok Post website has about 50 times more users every day than CNN-plus. Keep that in mind.
On the up-side, the Bangkok Post does not have Chris Wallace.
Yes, no kidding. Those darned Periodic Pains!
