Thailand junta defeats Covid
Good morning boys, girls and so on. The holiday is over and on Monday April 18, we return to the mine face.
The perfect floor routine
A-a-a-n-n-d the fans go wild!!
Olympic champion Suni Lee of Auburn earned a 9.95 on her floor routine at the 2022 NCAA women's gymnastics championship team finals. Watch the full routine here.
This is not a joke!
Thai rapper and anti-junta Milli (real name Danupha Khanatheerakul) performed at the s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2022 at Indio, California.
And she did stuff that
is illegal in Thailand.
would put her in prison in Thailand.
She ate mangoes and sticky rice on stage. ZOMG, right?
VIDEO:
MORE VID:
[NOTE: Milli is the second Thai after Lisa Lalisa in 2019 to perform at Coachella.]
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2296042/
Milli's best joke (during a song)
I'm Thai, Thailand so hot so hot, I can play ping pong without hands
She also worked in numerous jibes against Thailand's junta.
NOT A JOKE: This is the young singer that Prayut has promised to put in prison for saying something-something that the military dictatorship didn't like.
Better story (in Thai) https://www.bbc.com/thai/thailand-61133912
Also, THIS is not a joke. It just happens to be banned in Thailand.
Tourists show their fingers to Thailand's ruling junta
About 10,000 revelers, most of them foreigners, showed up on Saturday night for all-night revelry of the Full Moon Party - banned for three years.
Members of the dictatorship had no comment after tourists and residents showed their contempt for the 'No Party' Regulations.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2295970/
Out-Of-Towners Return
Thais by the thousands returned from up-country holidays to Bangkok.
Thailand's ruling junta ordered the release of accused rapist-molester Prinn Panitchpakdi.
But the cops asked immigration officials (politely) to try to stop him if he tries to leave the country.
Prinn is the son of one of Thailand's best-connected politicians. The current chances that he will ever face charges is less than one per cent.
Funny thing about Prinn's daddy is that he once was a super-favourite of the U.S. government.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2295990/
The weekend is over, but this is probably the best "weekend read" you didn't get around to. For one thing it has actual, real, you know FACTS.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond.
PHOTO: The launch of a rocket carrying China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe underlined how much progress Beijing had made towards its 'space dream'
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-china-space-moon.html
Thailand's junta lost control of the coronavirus plague.
In just 24 hours on Sunday, the Covid-19
infected 17,775 new patients
killed 128 more people.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2295926/
UPDATE
Thailand's Addled Junta pretends to find cure for all (ALL) coronavirus ills.
WFH
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2296122/
Slowly, Thailand's tourism scam is revealed
Test & Go is a fraud, and the world is learning.
Banged up in paradise: how our dream holiday to Thailand ended before it began
"The man test negative, but you positive," the hotel concierge explained gently, over the phone.
"Please stay in room. The doctor will call tomorrow."
That is just the start.
There'd been just one more hoop to jump through: a day-one PCR test, which we undertook before being ushered to our hotel room to await the results.
We weren't worried. Triple vaccinated.
Big mistake. Test positive with Covid in Thailand and it's goodbye dream holiday, hello ten days' isolation.
THIS STORY is not pay-walled and is well worth the read.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/banged-up-in-paradise-how-our-dream-holiday-to-thailand-ended-before-it-began-fttgqtmtr
TREMBLIN IN THE KREMLIN
The Russia-Ukraine war isn't quite over. But the WALLS ARE CLOSING IN ON PUTIN: The Department Of Defense Just Released An "Equity Action Plan" And I'm Sure This Is Probably The Most Important Thing For Our Military To Focus On Right Now.
https://notthebee.com/article/the-department-of-defense-just-released-an-equity-action-plan-and-im-sure-this-is-probably-the-most-important-thing-for-our-military-to-focus-on
If that news doesn't have him trembling in the Kremlin, this ought to do it: Julian Lennon sings John's 'Imagine' for first time ever in Ukraine fundraiser.
https://nypost.com/2022/04/09/julian-lennon-sings-imagine-for-ukraine-fundraiser/
In accordance with the prophecy: Putin Withdraws From Ukraine After Celebrities Threaten To Sing 'Imagine.'
https://babylonbee.com/news/putin-withdraws-from-ukraine-after-celebrities-threaten-to-sing-imagine
Speaking of which, a flashback: The Babylon Bee made a parody of John Lennon's "Imagine" about communism and it's quite simply the greatest thing you'll see on the internet today:
The above parody of Julian Lennon parodying his Daddy is a MUST WATCH.
Joe Biden, who is a legal U.S. Resident, forgot back in January that he had invited some (not all) government leaders of ASEAN to join him in Washington for... well, a Hug-A-Thon.
So that never happened but on Saturday, Biden remembered or someone reminded him. So he sent out new invitations for a U.S.-ASEAN "summit" on May 12-13.
This time, he included Myanmar. In order to "demonstrate 45 years of U.S.-ASEAN relations.
None-of-the-above can stant Myanmar, so let's see what happens.
PHOTO: The U.S. and ASEAN say they're close friends. We'll see.
https://thehill.com/news/3270611-white-house-to-host-leaders-of-the-association-of-southeast-asian-nations-next-month/
The United States has not announced just how such a meeting could proceed:
Like last year, using the Chinese sexting software Zoom.
Like in other years where the ASEAN leaders were ordered to fly to the U.S.A.
The country that invented and exported Covid-19 has no idea about how to deal with Covid-19
The Communist 'Zero Covid' is actually stupid
Shanghai COVID cases top 23,500 as Xian starts partial lockdown
Xian will reduce* movements of residents for four days till April 19. People are advised to stay at home and refrain from unnecessary out-of-home activities. All entertainment businesses including cinemas, bars, museums and hotels are temporarily closed. Restaurants are required to only provide take-away services.
Shanghai's daily cases may peak this week.
The lockdown in Shanghai has spawned some of the most anti-government criticism in years on the country's tightly controlled social media.
*"reduce" = remove
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-16/shanghai-covid-cases-top-23-500-as-xian-starts-partial-lockdown
TECHNOLOGY
You CANNOT read all the news, let alone all the news stories you think you need, let alone all the other stories your overworked brain tells you to click on.
So STOP IT.
This is an excellent start (repeat "start") to telling your damned computer and phone to stop telling you stories you're tired of hearing about.
https://www.popsci.com/diy/filter-news-social-media/Thre... Four Questions
Yes? And? So?
Did you expect something different?
President Biden Made More Money in 2021 Than in 2020 and Gave 50% Less to Charity, But Paid Less Taxes.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2022/04/president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-release-their-2022-tax-returns.html
The winner of the Best Photograph of NHL Playoff Hockey has been announced.
