Weather in Bangkok: Warmish, 35 Canadian degrees with a chance of heavy rain.

Ladies, gentlemen, girls, boys, and everyone. Today is Monday, March 14 and it will remain that way until tomorrow.

Happy π Day
And Thought of the Day
If we did not have π, you would never know the size of your pizza.
It is why we have the date 3-14 on every calendar.

True story, staged photo
 Art Imitates Life:
 Saturday Night Live Opens With Biden Asking TikTok Stars How to Win Ukraine War
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/saturday-night-live-bowen-yang-cold-open-zoe-kravitz-rosalia-1235203093/

Just when you thought it was okay to go back to the office...
PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC
Fear over 'new coronavirus strain'
A doctor says it is all about all those Hong Kong cases
ZOMG! There is even an actual real "expert". Be very afraid!
Health experts have sounded the alarm after the discovery of a new mutation of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong has been hit by its worst Covid-19 wave to date, recording the world's highest coronavirus death rate.
Dr Chalermchai Boonyaleephan, deputy chairman of a Senate committee on public health, posted on Blockdit that Omicron has mutated into three subvariants (BA.1, BA.2, and BA.3).
He wrote that the number of infections and deaths in Hong Kong has reached a record high which has coincided with the emergence of the BA.2.2 subvariant.
He said that high numbers of cases make mutation more likely as the chances of deviation during the virus' replication are multiplied.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2278531/

THAILAND U.S.A. CORRUPTION F-35
The latest lust of Thailand's ruling junta and its Royal Thai Air Force is the purchase of four (4) beautiful F-35 stealth jet fighters.
Thailand has 'pedal to the metal' in its desire, but there's one big speed bump:
Permission from the United States for Thailand to buy the airplanes.
Uncertain rules.
RTAF commander Air Chief Marshal Napadej Dhupatemiya has just travelled to the U.S.A. (and back) to ask PACAF commander General Ken "Wolf 46" Wilsbach for his help and support. Thailand is eager for a "joint effort to modernise the Royal Thai Air Force."
The junta has (temporarily) halted the purchase of two Chinese submarines, and moved the 13.8 billion baht to a ready fund for the fighter jets - 459.3 million baht in real money.
PHOTO: Maskless and hopeful. Royal Thai Air Force commander commander Air Chief Marshal Napadej Dhupatemiya has just returned from Hawaii, where he asked PACAF commande four-star General Ken Wilsbach to help in the purchase of F-35 fighter jets.

No answer yet from Washington. Oh, and also, U.S. President Joe Biden still refuses to nominate a U.S.A. ambassador to Thailand.

The United States on Sunday had another 2,300 Covid-19 cases plus 56 deaths.
Doddering old-timer Don Tony Fauci agreed to appear on U.S. TV to congratulate himself get this for all his success. Because of all that science. Why isn't America celebrating, wildly?
The TV network which sponsored this appearance refused to put any Fauci statement on the internet. But a portion accidentally was broadcast on the CNBC 'Squawk Box,' which also is broadcast in Thai, in Thailand.

The U.S. government has completely censored and blacked out all Fauci appearances and statements for several weeks.
How can we miss Fauci if he won't go away?

NO! There is no such thing as a 'Morality Pill'. And it wouldn't stop the Chinese Covid-19 or any other epidemic.
 Stop hallucinating about it.
 [Yes, I know this disgusting barnyard filth is by The New York Times, and I know The New York Times backed Stalin's evil plot to kill millions in the Ukraine Holodomor.]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2020/08/30/could-a-morality-pill-help-stop-the-covid-19-pandemic/?sh=77018cc55b84

Who knew?
That the old Songkran tradition of gently pouring water on hands of elderly residents is the cause of the Chinese Covid-19 pandemic?
And speaking of dumb advice...
 Don't pour water on relatives' hands during Songkran, says Thailand's junta-owned 'minister' of public health and wannabe prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul. It spreads Covid.
[The Thai New Year holidays, aka Songkran, will be April 12-17.]
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2278467/

THAILAND POLITICS PANIC PANIC PANIC
Every time... repeat, every time someone utters the words "Thaksin Shinawatra", the military regime finds a shockingly tiny number of weapons that are obviously a weapons cache meant to intimidate and then to overthrow the military regime.
This time, it was in the Northeast. And the incredibly ignorant Royal Thai Army had no idea what soldiers were looking at.
Large arms cache found on border with Cambodia.
 Royal Thai Army "experts" said this pile comprised 51 rounds of ammunition for 82mm recoilless rifles nine rounds of ammunition for 75mm recoilless rifles, and,
30 M26 hand grenades, and, a plastic water bottle.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2278455/

The former army four-star general Prayut, now saddled with the title of 'prime minister', will fly to the Deep South on Monday to open the Betong airport in southernmost Yala province.
His spokesladies are claiming the Betong airport 'will spur tourism', although all other Prayut plans have failed.
Betong is a popular tourist destination for Malaysians, who drive there.
Spokesladies say that Betong airport is 920 rai (364 acres) and can handle 300 passengers an hour.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2277747/

'Prepare for a dignified exit'
The leader of Thailand's Number One opposition political party said Sunday that he and the Pheu Thai Party have one goal:
Pheu Thai currently controls two large handsful of tiny political parties - a possible majority in parliament.
Trashing the junta's 'prime minister' Prayut Chan-o-cha within 5 months.
The constitution, which is almost meaningless anyway, says that Prayut's term at the top ends at August 31.
"Time is running out" on Prayut, said Cholnan Srikaew.
"He  needs  to  leave  office before it is the country that runs out of time."
Prayut's closest cronies claim he can stay in office until 2027, but the growing political opposition is growing vocal that, "Nah".


Vlad The Invader wheels and turns on former friends faster than Alexander Ovechkin can drop gloves and throw the first punch.
 A Russian spy chief and his deputy have been placed under house arrest by Putin as the president blames his security services for the resistance met in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
 Sergey Beseda, head of the FSB's foreign intelligence branch, was arrested along with his deputy, Anatoly Bolyukh.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-spy-chiefs-putin-security-b2034350.html

The country of Britain, formerly Great before it became a Criminals' Laundromat, is going after its Russian oligarch.
And 'The Gloves Are Off'.
[Sure. And Thailand and the totally failed DEA are going to roll up the international drug dealers of the Golden Triangle. Any Day now. Believe!]
The British government is going after ultrawealthy Russians in London. But curbing the flood of corrupt money will require pursuing more than the big names.
...For Britain to be successful in curbing the flood of dirty money — a phenomenon some call the “London laundromat” — it needs to go further than imposing sanctions on highly visible Russians like Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of the Chelsea soccer club.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/world/europe/uk-oligarchs-russia-ukraine.html

Hard to argue:
The world's weak leadership isn't up to the Ukraine crisis.

Francis "The End of History" Fukuyama thinks Putin is doomed.
Yeah, well, given Fukuyama's track record, this makes me feel worse, not better.
https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/preparing-for-defeat/

Giuseppe Biden has assured me there will be no World War III, at least not while he's on the case.
But his friend Jefe Bezos keep trying to sell me a cute little Nukalert Radiation Detector for 3,000 baht. What the heck?
Made in America to warn if I am being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation, except it's out of stock.
This baby is guaranteed to go off, noisily, as soon as it detects I'm way, way too close to radiation.
In other words, "You're dead, Pal." I really need to know that.

Thailand's "medical experts" and military leaders unable to slow or mitigate the current 7th wave of Chinese Covid-19
Sunday tolls:
23,584 new, verified Covid cases
66 additional deaths

Bloody Reward
This couple donated blood on Sunday at the National Blood Centre of the Thai Red Cross Society. As reward and show of appreciation, each donor received a 5-kilo bag of rice and a kilo of fresh ginger.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2278415/23-584-new-covid-cases-66-more-deaths

THAILAND WORLD CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS

Alleged so-called "medical experts" predicted on Sunday that within two months, Thai
This cartoon drew weekend controversy when it singled out (but did not identify) a company that rejected a trans woman's application.
 Because she was trans, you see.
 The piece raised eyebrows for accurately reflecting obstacles trans people face in the workplace.
 In the illustration, two groups of people react to a scenario where an employer rejects a trans woman's application due to company policy.
 The picture depicts two contrasting perspectives; one group condemns the policy and points out gender discrimination. While the other group insists the company has the right to create such policies.
https://www.thaienquirer.com/38483/llustration-depicting-trans-discrimination-goes-viral/

There are two kinds of people. Those who read the Roger Crutchley column each Sunday. This week, Crutch is on about the English language, its fries and its crisps.
 A chip on the shoulder, or is it a crisp?

My reference to the Great British Chip as being related to "French fries" in last week's column caused considerable rumblings in staunchly proud British stomachs. "Shockingly unpatriotic," was one of the more polite observations.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2278335/

BULLETIN... DEVELOPING
There are still dozens of people (but a shrinking number, mostly in equitorial countries) who refuse to believe that Connor McDavid is the greatest ever.

Related
For the first time 28 years, the NHL is playing a game in the 'extreme cold' of Hamilton - Buffalo vs Toronto, halfway between the cities.
https://bityl.co/BIjn

TRIVIA For the youngsters.
Yes, Hamilton had an NHL team, the Hamilton Tigers (1878-1920, RIP). The Tigers defeated the Montreal Canadiens in their opening game, 5-0. They later became the New York Americans and finally the Brooklyn Americans. There is an informative summary of the team's comedic history at

There is a brief but informative summary of the team's comedic history at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Tigers
PHOTO: The Hamilton Tigers had striped uniforms, the second reason people laughed at them.

TRIVIA PART II
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats (gridiron) Football team is a separate story, but they have won the Grey Cup eight times. Zero times in the current millennium.

One of these (below) is satire/nonsense. The other is factual, completely true news reporting.
Choose which is which.