Welcome to the last weekend Fishwrap in all of June of 2026. You do not have to depend upon The Guardian to report inconvenient news.
NO FIREWORKS THIS YEAR The U.S. Embassy Bangkok lit the skies above Lumpini Park with drone artistry to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America.
That was a tribute to the late Queen Mother Sirikit and Princess Bha, who might have been Thailand’s first ruling female monarch. Thailand is in mourning for both. And the Thursday evening show continued with a fluttering flag and a Mount Rushmore tribute. Then were the Statue of Liberty, the White House and of course a drone painting of a bald eagle.
There was a lot more. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul attended, U.S. Ambassador Sean O’Neill hosted. Story and photos courtesy of Matichon newspaper here.
CONFIRMED: AMERICANS DON’T USE THE METRIC SYSTEM
A sports airplane ‘the size of a small car’ crashed through a window of China Zun, the biggest building in Beijing.
How large is the building? We don’t know that because of the lack of imperial measurements but it’s really bigtall. The plane type is used to train reserve pilots. Beijing police “requested” smartphone owners to delete any photos or video they might have and you are politely asked to forget you read this. The terrorist or terrorists involved will be identified later but are probably Uyghur. Surviving video report is pretty unamazing.
Junk: Stuff we throw away. Stuff: Junk we keep.
Coders, biologists, energy workers, professional athletes.-- Bill Gates names the four jobs that will survive the AI singularity.
The Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau is about to release a new smartphone app. THIM (Thailand Immigration Management) is an update to intrusive TDAC -- Thailand Digital Arrival Card -- released just a year ago. All foreigners, all ages must fill out THIM 72 hours before arrival in-country. Beginning on August 1, THIM will ask about destinations, Thai friends and your online social-media accounts, which must not be private. To be fair, Immigration is dropping the need to prove COVID shots.
Red State reported, “The Cleveland Clinic has reached a settlement with the Trump administration over pediatric gender-transition treatments, becoming the second major hospital system to do so in less than a month. Under the agreement, the hospital will stop providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors, commit $2 million to de-transition care, and pay $308,000 to resolve billing allegations.” Ever notice that the same people who opposed the use of steroids by ballplayers consider giving estrogen to boys and testosterone to girls is a sacred rite?
SPORTS HOCKEY
The annual draft is going on. Is this the season that a Canadian team contests the Cup? Nope. In fact it doesn’t look that great for most -- but they’re all American. No Paywall.
KICKBALL This captures the past few weeks in perfect detail. YURI BEZMENOV: European Rumspringa at America’s World Cup: A letter to European football fans as they head home after experiencing real freedom...
We would happily trade you for all the illegals and leftists here who hate our country. However, you have a vital mission to fulfill for your nations when you return. Transfer the energy and passion you have for your soccer teams towards defending your homelands.
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Tunisia 1 -- 3 Oranje at Kansas City USA, state of Missouri Turkey 3 -- 2 USA at Dodger Stadium, El Lay Queers for Soccer. Canada is fully on-board, of course.
The Donald will present the World Cup to the winning team on July 20 morning. TDS sufferers hardest hit.
NOT EVERYONE will have great memories of America and the soccer World Cup. California sets high income taxes for World Cup players. But Canada charges even higher which is why we haven’t seen YouTube videos of foreign soccer fans thrilled by the freedom of the Great North Strong and Free.
The movie Supergirl opened, with her complete superpowers. • She can park a car in a single attempt. • She can get ready to go out to dinner in less than an hour. • She can pack everything for a trip in one suitcase. That’s super. Other than that, the movie is shit.
Re Betteridge's Law:
Does Israel care if they alienate the US while fending off Hez ?