Thailand junta: 'We're neutral on Russia-Ukraine'
Thailand junta: 'Nah, we're just going to sit out this while Russia-Ukraine' thingy. But how about that MLB disaster, eh?:
Children, ettes! PLEASE! Hold it down and then stop. It's Wednesday, so show respect.
Thailand 'doesn't give a s**t', claims to be neutral on that Russia-Ukraine stuff
RUSSIA-UKRAINE ASEAN
The junta-designated 'prime minister' of Thailand says the country is, and will remain neutral.
The former four-star general and Royal Thai Army commander told his spokesman to tell the media and the country:
"Long-standing relations between Thailand and Russia must be taken into account.*
"We need to be composed and make decisions carefully.
"Thailand must maintain a neutral stance and bring Thais in Ukraine back home quickly."
This occurred the day after one meeting of 25 foreign ambassadors at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested Thailand to grow a pair.
Thailand's so-called 'cabinet' held a secret meeting before Prayut ordered his spokesman to announce the plan.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2272191/
"Long-standing relations between Thailand and Russia"
To Thai royalists, anyway.
* Meaning
In 1906, Field Marshal Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, the Prince of Bishnulok (Phitsanuloke) and 40th child of King Chulalongkorn the Great, visited Russia and married Catherine, who was a member of the Hussar regiment, and a hell of a woman worthy of a book and documentary film. They settled in Bangkok, had a bunch of kids, and eventually divorced just before Chakrahbongse died.
Among the shocked and awed by the junta's decision:
David Daly, ambassador of the European Union, sent a tweet that
"All UN members, including Thailand, should “speak up to save our rules-based international order and vote for the UN Resolution.
"This is a global issue."
Prayut's words were not at all 'neutral,' said the EU ambassador. The Thai 'prime minister' was morally bankrupt, and acting as mouthpiece of the aggressor, Russia.
Two dozen ambassadors to Thailand nodded in agreement.
FLASHBACK (no giggling allowed)
A brief commentary in a 2012 newspaper, back in the days when Thailand had an elected government, scoffed.
Actually, modern Thai foreign policy has never been neutral. We sided with Japan during World War II and then when Japan began to lose we changed governments and switched over to the Allies.
Why Washington will be pissed off by Thailand - Episode I
Blinken says Russian 'crimes' mounting by hour in Ukraine
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/blinken-says-russian-crimes-mounting-hour-ukraine-invasion-2529851
Commentary
Commentary: Russia is losing the information war with Ukraine
https://bityl.co/B8oa
One person is not getting what Xi wants
China starts evacuating citizens from Ukraine, one injured
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ukraine-invasion-china-starts-evacuating-citizens-2529481
America is BACK: Biden's Big Plan for Stopping Russia From Invading Was to BEG CHINA TO PRESSURE RUSSIA;
Instead of Helping Biden, China Betrayed Him and Told Russia All About His Undignified Groveling
(It's from The New York Times and thus Undeniable.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/politics/us-china-russia-ukraine.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
First shot in the ASEAN war
Malaysia, not even slightly interested in Prayut's 'neutrality' turned away a Russian freighter trying to dock at Kuala Lumpur.
The Linda, identified in a U.S. Treasury document detailing sanctions against Russian entities, was scheduled to arrive at the weekend.
Linda is carrying oil from Iran. It is currently adrift in the Indian Ocean.
PHOTO: The Russian-registered oil tanker calls itself Linda.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-deny-entry-russia-flagged-tanker-sanctioned-us-2529206
Thailand's military dictators are going to take a lot of heat over this.
One newspaper is already on the case.
Opinion: Thailand's foreign service fails on Ukraine where Singapore's succeeds
https://www.thaienquirer.com/38024/opinion-thailands-foreign-service-fails-on-ukraine-where-singapore-succeeds/
This is The Man Who Didn't Visit Thailand, and orders all staff to refer to Thailand as "democratic".
The best website found (so far) for up-to-date and running news on what's going on in Ukraine:
https://creativedestructionmedia.com/video/2022/02/26/livestream-ukraine-around-11pm-est-sitrep-9-with-l-todd-wood/
The Amazing U.S.A. Department of State has ordered all Americans inside Russia to un-ass the area immediately.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-dept-urges-american-citizens-to-leave-russia-immediately-as-flights-canceled
Far more importantly, and also from The New York Times and indisputable...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/sports/baseball/mlb-baseball-season.html
America's war on Asians continues.
Police are searching for the male assailant who is not Asian, and not Hispanic and not White.
CORONAVIRUS
Oh, deer me!
tbh, that's what happens when the government-you-trusted refuses to mask and inoculate the deer population.
The former American businessman Bill Heinecke has emerged as spokesman for a group of other Thai VIPs calling on the junta to get serious, for once.
Hoteliers want to scrap the RT-PCR testing requirement along with the Thailand Pass because the Russian invasion of Ukraine has darkened the tourism outlook.
... If the country really wants to move forward, the (so-called) 'government' must lift the restrictions immediately, said Heinecke.
He said Thai tourism in the second quarter could be better given huge pent-up demand, known as revenge travel, which would go to waste if the government does not simplify the rules.
PHOTO: Leaders from Thailand's hospitality sector pose at the 'Thailand Tourism Forum 2022'. Heinecke, third from left, urges the government to lift travel restrictions to help tourism.
EXCERPT
Heinecke said Thailand should follow the lead of other countries such as the US, UK, much of Europe, the Philippines, the Middle East and even Cambodia, which are completely open to tourists.
"Thailand is competing with the rules, not with other countries, as the government is making it so difficult," he said.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2272251/
True story.
Forget Crack Pipes, a U.S.A. CDC Provider is Promoting "Safe" Fentanyl Use
"Masking 2-year-olds and handing out needles to addicts is the new public health."
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/02/forget-crack-pipes-cdc-provider-promoting-safe-daniel-greenfield/
New Zealand's high court has invalidated that country's vaccine mandate, calling it a gross violation of human rights.
Justice Francis Cooke ruled that ordering frontline police officers and Defence staff to be vaccinated or face losing their job was not a "reasonably justified" breach of the Bill of Rights.
https://newspunch.com/new-zealand-high-court-ends-jacinda-arderns-vaccine-mandate-its-a-gross-violation-of-human-rights/
Hey, has anyone seen Don Tony Fauci? Seems to be missing.
Is he now disappeared because he disagrees with Biden's politically motivated Covid Mission Accomplished moment? Or is it because he's so politically unpopular that disappearing him is part of the Covid Mission Accomplished moment?
Point to consider:
Bring the fight to Putin
Larry Kudlow explains the Swift banking freeze and how increasing energy production in the US will bring Putin to his knees. (5 minute video)
If SWIFTing doesn't work...
This will certainly cause Putin to rethink his Ukrainian invasion.
Disney Pausing Theatrical Releases In Russia Following Invasion Of Ukraine; 'The Batman' Still Opening Despite Economic Sanctions
https://deadline.com/2022/02/batman-russia-ukraine-release-disney-ban-1234962100/
This video of police attacking civilians in the streets is not from Russia.
This just in...
"Karen" has found a job as an apartment manager.
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – He received a lease violation for displaying a religious sculpture.
A 72-year-old Sacramento man says he was forced to remove a statue of Jesus from outside his own front door at the Glen Ellen Mutual Housing Community apartment complex because the apartment manager called it a lease violation, displaying personal items in common areas.
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/02/28/sacramento-apartment-complex-targeted/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
A prime reason that people do not accept "the government knows best" and the silly "follow the science" is this Leana Wen person who goes on TV spouting drivel. She claims to be following the science, and it's a lie.
Leana Wen on CNN: Gee, There's This New Study That Says That School Closures Have Caused Major Developmental Delays in Schoolchildren
You.
Don't.
Say.
But we thought you were telling the truth when you said that 'kids were resilient'. You said it because teachers unions and their Democratic politician servants told you to say it.
Are you now saying that "The Science is In" and kids are not resilient? Aren't you the lady who refused to consider that lockdowns and masks did terrible damage to children? Are you changing that opinion now?
Why is this woman smiling?
https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cdev.13738
TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo's new ThinkPad X13s is a laptop powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3. (Thurrott.com)
Which is - according to this article - not just another respin of a mobile phone chip, but one designed for laptop use.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Snapdragon-8cx-Gen-3-launched-First-5-nm-Windows-PC-SoC-with-four-Cortex-X1-cores-at-3-GHz-6-nm-Snapdragon-7c-Gen-3-announced-too.582290.0.html
Apple has filed a patent for a computer built into a keyboard, like the TRS-80 Model 1 and the VIC-20. (The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/28/apple_innovation_seems_strangely_familiar/
Intel, AMD, and TSMC have cut off supply of chips to Russia. (Tom's Hardware)
China has also been banned from shipping products using those chips to Russia, which doesn't mean they won't do it on the black market anyway, but restrictions on volume and higher prices will fairly quickly strangle Russian IT.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-amd-nvidia-tsmc-russia-stop-chip-sales-ukraine-sanction
Ukrainians Mounting Spirited Resistance
The Times (of London, an English city):
Pentagon officials said that Russian forces had lost momentum and were not advancing as quickly as their intelligence estimates had predicted. "They are not moving on Kyiv as fast as they anticipated it going," one said.
Despite Russian forces assaulting air defence and missile systems, Ukraine's air force was flying sorties. The country's Ministry of Defence celebrated the reporting for duty of dozens of former pilots.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukraines-fierce-resistance-slows-russian-advance-in-kyiv-rjskfj08d
Ukrainian model and Freedom Fighter Tetiana Gaidar:
Related:
Germany to send weapons to Ukraine
https://www.axios.com/germany-weapons-ukraine-russia-156e24ad-b591-421e-9c22-105118adc377.html
