Fishwrap is not your Mom. Still, it's Thursday, three days to Christmas and you still haven't done your shopping? And 11 days to New Year's Eve when your sweetie will expect something original and brilliant from you.
The gift of the jab Thailand's Department of Disease Control (DDC) has re-launched a campaign to inoculate every Thai, and keep out the highly contagious polio. Global reports now show polio infections in Pakistan (30) and Indonesia (4). The DDC has large stocks of vaccine for infants and toddlers under 5 years old - and for all the rest of the country. Anti-polio inoculations in some areas of Thailand have fallen below 90%. Polio is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. It lives in an infected person's spine, throat and intestines. Doctor Opas Karnkawinpong, DDC chief PHOTO: From the start in October, 1956, when he was jabbed with the Salk vaccine on national TV, Elvis was the iconic centrepiece of the successful U.S.A. national campaign to inoculate the entire country and eradicate polio. Elvis eventually had three shots and boosters - and no polio.
PRINCESS BHAT PHAT DEATH This is true. Because there has been no deep-scientific attempt to find the cause. The cause of the sudden collapse of HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha [photo, with her father the King] is unknown. [Techarp.com] Top of the Unlikely Chart • Anti-Covid vaccine reaction. This is actually seen in so-called 'social media' posts. • Cardiac arrest. https://www.techarp.com/facts/collapse-princess-bajrakitiyabha/
VIDEO: Chanting ceremony held for HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha. The set-up for this ceremony sponsored by Prayut and wife is oddly similar to a Buddhist funeral ceremony.
Four (out of 50) Bangkok districts had 'dangerous' PM2.5 air polluion on Tuesday. Thawi Watthana, Nong Khaem, Nong Chok, and Pathum Wan districts had hazardous levels of PM2.5, the administration’s Environment Department reported. https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40023303 The GBA on Tuesday:
The Asian Football Federation championship tournament is under way at the largely deserted Kuala Lumpur Stadium. Thailand won their first match easily, defeating Brumei 5-0. Thailand next face the Philippines on Monday at 7.30 p.m. the old national stadium, now Thammasat Stadium in Pathum Thani. https://www.nationthailand.com/lifestyle/sport/40023301
Kavi Chongkittavorn, expert analyst of ASEAN and Southeast Asia, fixes his eye on Myanmar: Myanmar and two new game-changers The recently passed bill by the United States Congress, known broadly as the 2022 Burma Act, which allows the US government to provide technical support and non-military assistance to engage with the opposition groups against the military junta in Nay Pyi Taw combined with the incoming Asean chair, Indonesia, could be a game-changer with the crisis in Burma soon to enter its third year. PHOTO: Karen members of the anti-Tatmadaw dictatorship train in a camp close to the Thai border. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2464294/
Hat Yai city (Songkhla province) in the far South declares a flooding emergency The municipality has raised the yellow flag [below] for people to move things up to higher levels and prepare for possible evacuation. This follows heavy rain and flooding yesterday. Eight roads are impassable.4
THAILAND ECONOMY PREDICTION Bangkokbiznews, a news agency, on Wednesday identified seven product groups which it predicts will be trending next year. They are 1. Products for the elderly, such as ready-to-cook boiled rice. 2. Convenience products. For instance, sliced fruits. 3. Health and beauty products. 4. Small-size products. 5. Environmentally friendly products that brag they are environmentally friendly. 6. Local products. The ruling junta's Intellectual Property Department will verify that the product is local. 7. Innovation products, like naem (pork sausage) with food irradiation technology. https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/economy/40023315 https://www.facebook.com/bangkokbiznews/
Well, how nice, but bear in mind that "the public" means Thai citizens only.
Oped, by Kirida Bhaopichitr [Cornell University], research director, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI). Ya think? Uncertainty ahead for Thai economy The Thai economy will face many headwinds but also tailwinds next year, mainly from the global economy and geopolitical tensions. In 2022, the Thai economy slowly recovered from the Covid pandemic as lockdowns ended and the economy was reopened to international travel. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2465380/
CORONAVIRUS CHINA USA FAUCI WUHAN The value of having a reporter on the ground to wave away the Beijing propaganda and find out for herself what's going on. Because the Chinese Communist Party lies better than a well-made Persian carpet. China's Crematoria Are Overflowing but CCP Authorities Say Only Seven Were Covid Deaths. Facts [AFP, France24]: https://tinyurl.com/yjpwrjx9 Background: https://www.t.ly/SN86
Far beyond "scandal" -- useless, cowardly, untrained -- THE WAGES OF AWFUL GOVERNMENT The heartbreak in Uvalde never seems to end. Nineteen kiddos and two teachers died, and the emergency services story is another complete and total disaster. The first two ambulances arrived on the scene, but the subsequent influx of law enforcement blocked the streets, as did the vehicles of panicked parents rushing to the school. A joint report out this morning from the WaPo, Texas Tribune, and ProPublica will cause the bile and tears to well up all over again. https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2022/12/20/the-heartbreak-in-uvalde-never-seems-to-end-n519060
The Iranian protesters have a secret weapon The cult of martyrdom and death fostered by the ayatollahs has backfired, and may well destroy them. ... The Biden administration implements this strategy under the term “regional integration.” According to this vision, in order to “depressurize” the region, US allies need to stabilize and prop up — “integrate”— Iran’s so-called regional equities and cease any measures that might destabilize the Iranian order. https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-iranian-protesters-have-a-secret-weapon/
Economics in One Lesson Is as Readable Today as It Was in 1946. Hazlitt crafted flowing arguments which rebut the wider form of falsehood as opposed to specific instances. Did Hercules defeat the Hydra by attacking each head as it regenerated (specific economic falsehoods), or by attacking their source (generalised falsehoods)? https://fee.org/articles/why-economics-in-one-lesson-is-as-readable-today-as-it-was-in-1946/
The New York Times, longtime Stalin supporter and total Holodomor denier, plays a new "joke" that isn't really too funny. Seriously -- who at The New York Times thought this layout for their crossword puzzle on the first day of Hanukkah (or any day for that matter) was a good idea: You’d expect a "we're sorry for the harm and hurt we have caused" with this image, but the Times is insisting that this is a "standard design." Right, crossword fans? NB: Clue 58 Across is "Boxcars". (John 35-11, KJV)
If only there were some way we could have seen this coming. AFGHANISTAN: Taliban closes universities to women The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. The minister says the move is until further notice. It is expected to take effect immediately. Also, all females are banned from all secondary schools. And parks. No females are allowed in Kabul parks. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64045497
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