Thai IQ ranked 64th Smartest in the world
Good morning all, from Nong Bon Thailand -- chilly overnight, hot today.
And welcome to Fishwrap, Early Edition for Tuesday, 20 February of 2024.
What did the vegan say? I made a big missed steak.
I am ready to serve as president. I am ready to lead America.
Kamala, president of vice, United States, announces her concern over ability and age of the president.
New anti-Thaksin group promises to give political peace a chance
The new pop-up group, Students and the People’s Network for Thailand Reform, demanded yesterday that the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) look at, and rule on the six-month stay in the Police General Hospital.
After being outwitted by Thaksin's daughter's Mercedes Benz van driver, the protesters restarted their protest-without-end at Government House.
The group leader Pichit Chaimongkol
If Thaksin were seriously ill, he wouldn't have left immediately after receiving parole on Sunday morning.
If special medical equipment were necessary, he wouldn't have recovered suddenly like this.
https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/politics/40035667
Gasoline on the fire
The Senior Prosecutor at the National Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) told reporters that the former prime minister 'looked seriously ill' when he showed up to hear charges in his next go-to-jail case of lese-majeste, ALLEGEDLY committed in South Korea nine (9) years ago.
Preecha Sudsa-nguan, centre in photo, director-general of the OAG's office of criminal cases said, "The former prime minister appeared to be critically ill."
Thaksin rode into the OAG in a wheelchair because he was too weak to walk.
Furthermore, Thaksin had no voice and wore a neck brace, Mr Preecha said.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2744606/
OPINION ANALYSIS
Thai Enquirer: https://shorturl.at/mrCFL
Thailand's political landscape has long been dominated by the saga of Thaksin Shinawatra, a figure who polarizes opinion like few others in the nation's recent history.
Thaksin is free, can we finally move on?
THAILAND POLLUTION PM2.5
Firefighters versus Firelighters -- As weird as it gets
A tiny cult... maybe 50 members living at a clearing in the deep jungle of Kanchanaburi province (site of bridge over the Kwae River)...
Part of the 'beliefs' of the group is that setting fires to the brush and bush is a Good Thing.
The cult members have barred the district's game wardens from entering their village. Members are quite open that they are responsible for igniting numerous fires.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2743836/
Thailand 'slightly below average' intelligence [https://t.ly/p9CKs]
Thailand is ranked 64th globally and fifth among ASEAN members.
A report carried by the World of Statistics claimed
The same report stated that Japanese have the highest IQ in the world with a national average IQ of 106.48, barely ahead of Taiwan.
Among the 10 politically active ASEAN nations, Thailand was behind Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
Thailand's best Sunday columnist reports on the American "scientist" who has told Britain to take their tea with a spoonful of salt.
Because how could English possibly know anything about drinking tea?
This is one large brouhaha in The Little Island of Tea-takers... It's the most-dangerous dispute since Americans refused to invite any Englishmen to the Massachusetts Tea Party of December of 1773.
The U.S. Embassy in England had to force its way into the dangerous spat.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2744049/
CHINA TAIWAN WAR EUROPE
Taiwan gets more support from Europe
The new (post-election) Legislative Yuan Monday formed two parliamentary friendship groups to promote closer exchanges with France and Poland via the parliaments of those countries.
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202402190005
New Taipei taekwondo coach sentenced to 29 years for sexually assaulting 11 girls
Coach took advantage of position to molest and secretly photograph female students.
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202402160152.aspx
Over four years, the pervy coach surnamed Lu (呂) committed over 100 criminal acts, reported CNA.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5096995
Taiwan's Photo of the Day:
Beach cleanup at Penghu uncovers 1.1 kg of cocaine
With no way to identify or locate the owner of the parcels, a decision was made to cut them open revealing more than 1.1 kilogrammes of a white powder that was initially thought to be heroin but later discovered to be cocaine.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5089011
Report in Chinese: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/202402010141.aspx
The parcels were tightly wrapped with plastic material and included a layer of Styrofoam. This led township officials to believe the packages had been set adrift at sea for another group to collect.
Not all antibiotics are failures (thank goodness)
A team of medical researchers with affiliations to British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has found that a new antibiotic drug the company developed to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) performs well compared to nitrofurantoin in two clinical trials.
Golly... really? Professor Giordano: Leftist ideology erodes real scholarship.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/prof-giordano-leftist-ideology-erodes-real-scholarship%7D/24864
Tucker Carlson goes to a Moscow grocery story and becomes orgasmic.
Hey Tucker! Those groceries were 25% what they cost in America? Okay, but Russians make less than 20% of what Americans make.
https://twitter.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1758102046077747580
What's next, Tuck...? a visit to China where you wax poetic about how organ transplants are readily available?
