WHO laments: the Grand Plan for the next pandemic is crumbling, probably dead
The early (Bulldog) Edition of Fishwrap chronicles news of the famouc final Saturday of this month, January 26, 2024.
A sight seldom seen: Villagers near Pattaya looked to their street and saw
The lions, male and female, were led away -- to a nearby home, guarded by Rottweilers, where a woman said they all were her pets.
Report with VIDEO: https://t.ly/WW6FK
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Canada is a country so square that even the female impersonators are women. (Richard Belzer, American comedian)
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In Pierre Elliott Trudeau (allegedly the father of Justin), Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.
-- Irving Layton, Canadian writer (died 2006)
CORONAVIRUS WHO COVID CHINA BILL_GATES
Not everyone will be sad.
Global pandemic agreement at risk of falling apart
But OTOH
The entire story rests upon the word of Marxist Major General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Tigray (photo), China's choice to sit as director-general of WHO. So best to keep a handy mugful of salt as you read and consider it.
 Tedros says
 "Future generations “may not forgive us" for the shambolic and disintegrating 'global pandemic preparedness agreement which is now under way on his watch.
 Why is this? Simple, says Tedros:
 "A torrent of fake news, lies, and conspiracy theories." But certainly not the fault of Tedros, WHO, China, Bill Gates...
Guardian: https://t.ly/ZvCQS
But yes we remember, as WHO's Michael Ryan has just reminded us yesterday, how the responses to Covid, including by WHO, "ripped apart our social, economic and political systems and became a multi-trillion dollar problem."
Tedros specifically and WHO were part of the "declaration of international concern" four years ago next week, and everything devolved from that.
THAILAND POLITICS
OPINION: Pita verdict a victory for rule of law in Thailand
As the former (and probably imminent) leader of Move Forward Party, which won last year’s elections, and current chairperson of its advisory board, Pita remains influential in Thai politics and largely popular among Thailand’s electorate for his progressive proposals of reform.
https://www.thaienquirer.com/51613/pita-verdict-a-victory-for-rule-of-law-in-thailand/
Is the Land Bridge even suitable for Thailand?
The government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has run into quicksand: Srettha's precious land bridge cannot find public support.
And the problem is not just at home, in Thailand, where opposition is quickly bbuilding.
 Surprisingly, the Land Bridge project has failed to capture China's interest, as evidenced by their preference for investments in Myanmar.
https://shorturl.at/fCJU5
Thaksin's daughter gets an idea
Paethongtarn, better known  by her nickname Ung Ing and officially the leader of Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai (for Thais; the sign in the photo) Party, suggested, completely out of the blue that Muay Thai should become an Olympic sport. Immediately. In time for the Paris Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade beginning on July 26.
It's what she and some others call 'The Soft Power of Thailand'. Which could easily fill a book to explain.
According to Shorty Ung Ing, her sudden brainstorm would surely boost the number of overseas Muay Thai camps. Further, it would promote the Muay Thai equipment industry, and (Caution: Word Salad) add to the mix of maximising the national sport's potential.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/2728664/
Within three hours, the story above was ratio'd at the Bangkok Post website -- 3-to-52.
The Bangkok Post, for example, refused to use the story in political or business sections.
DRUGS TRAFFICKING OPIOIDS
Fishwrap upscrewed yesterday, and provided the wrong links to a story about the dangers of new opioids vs. fentanyl.
Warn your kids. 6 out of 10 fake prescription pills are laced with fentanyl.
The correct URL: https://news.yahoo.com/she-thought-xanax-she-died-101630467.html
And adding research from Rand:
The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3117.html
CANADA CORRUPTION CORONAVIRUS
This is a claim that there are still dozens of people who don't know about this story.
 Trudeau government used faked intelligence to illegally frame protesting truckers as violent extremists.
But Wait! There's More!
 Canadian government used disinformation to invoke the "Emergencies Act" in 2022, and then
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) promoted this false information to other "Five Eyes" English-speaking nations -- Canada's close allies U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand.
Helped by Canadian 'news media' who
helpfully claimed that the truckers' Freedom Convoy protest was a racist, fascist, far-right movement. And never, (as of this morning) correcting or recalling those so-called "reports".
New Canadian documents obtained by podcaster Jeremy Mackenzie through Canada's freedom of information law show that this drastic measure was based on fabricated intelligence.
In the jargon of highly trained scientific experts, 'flat-out lie'.
The Mounties have forgotten that they promised to comment. New Zealand pooyai say they can't comment, and will not.
Pretty Much Related
PolitiFact's Parent Company...which is Poynter Institute...
PolitiFact's Parent Company is paying local journalists to write about transgenders (positively only). For ten thousand (10,000) bucks.
DailyWire.com: https://t.ly/9jE4N
USA POLITICS
Geez. Barack Obama is telling Joe Biden to Quit the 2024 race.
Michelle, sa Belle, is standing by. https://t.ly/oxwrc
 Obama appears to have given up all hope for Biden's struggling campaign for president.
 "Irate" Obama and other allies of Biden's have advised him "to quit the 2024 race to save America and the Democratic Party.
 Incredibly, Joe seems almost oblivious to the lack of excitement about his campaign and cratering approval ratings. Recent polls show a scant 38 percent of American's approve of his performance with a whopping 58 percent holding a negative opinion of his work.
More at:
https://radaronline.com/p/barack-michelle-obama-joe-biden-lost-his-grip-election-2024/
RUSSIA SCRAMBLED
Post-Soviet Russia looks more and more like Soviet Russia.
VIDEO report
Russia Asks Kazakhstan To Increase Exports of Eggs.
 Russia has been facing a deficit of eggs since last fall and has reached out to Kazakhstan to increase its egg exports.
 The problem is that the price of eggs has also risen in that Central Asian country.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kazakhstan-eggs-prices-sanctions-war/32790240.html
(Cont'd)
There are long lines across Russia due to a shortage of eggs.
 This essential food item symbolises the changes that have affected ordinary citizens since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
 Putin apologised in December for the crisis and the frequent lack of goods.
Oh, well, if he apologised, that's okay then?
ENTERTAINMENT
More proof that good news and bad news come together.
Michael Bolton's Emergency Brain Surgery Sparks Fear He May Never Sing Again
https://radaronline.com/p/michael-bolton-emergency-surgery-brain-tumor-may-never-sing-again-report/
TECHNOLOGY
Top Harvard cancer researchers have been accused of scientific fraud across 57 research papers. (Ars Technica)
The Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is retracting six papers and issuing corrections to another 31.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/top-harvard-cancer-researchers-accused-of-scientific-fraud-37-studies-affected/
Authors of the papers include the institute's president and CEO, two vice presidents, and the research integrity officer.
USA JOURNALISM
Tuesday was a bleak day for the industry
The Los Angeles Times, Time magazine and National Geographic all conducted layoffs, while Condé Nast 'journalists' went on strike to protest against proposals to fire them, too.
Poynter.org https://shorturl.at/uvH49
Sit Vacant: PolitiFact is advertising for a managing editor, who must live in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
https://jobs.mediajobboard.com/company/the-poynter-institute-278801/job/managing-editor-politifact-in-saint-petersburg-fl-a5ihacfxprmpmahntg33grialc2vw2/
 "We're looking," the sits-vacant advert says, "for an experienced leader and journalist to guide one of the nation's largest nonprofit political newsrooms through the 2024 election."
and therefore
Interested candidates with 5+ years of experience should send a resume (American for CV) and a cover letter explaining their interest and describing their vision for the role to hiring2@poynter.org.
and must have
 experience in high-stress, deadline environments.
preferably  able to also speak, read and write Spanish.
If you're hired, you'll get
two weeks of holidays plus eight other paid holidays.
True Story of an Arizona-to-Texas flight, at
https://radaronline.com/p/american-airlines-passenger-farting-forces-place-to-turn-around/
