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miamizsun

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Posted: May 17, 2023 - 5:04am

 whatshisname wrote:

The guy behind these vids is a Brian Berletic . He also uses the name Tony Cartalucci .
He claims other than many other things to be a journalist resident of Thailand. I don't believe he is either .
Wife and I have spent much time in Thailand over the past half a century and his analysis of the situation in the country is laughable.
For starters the Chinese are already well entrenched into Thai society and they own or control just about everything going on in the country
Brian/Tony obviously is on the payroll of the Ruskies and CCP. Wonder if he gets paid in Rubles or Yuan  for his work?
Ah, silly silly me he would only want it in USD wouldn't  he ?




i did take a quick look at his portfolio and quickly saw that he isn't in touch with reality on several issues
one glaring is the Uyghur human rights abuses/genocide
Xi is actively trying to erase their culture
assimilation by force/coercion
tony and his alter ego, brian isn't thinking clearly
whatshisname

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Posted: May 16, 2023 - 10:28pm

 R_P wrote:

Uncle Sam is happy (and involved).

Cousin miami is happy.

Update:


The guy behind these vids is a Brian Berletic . He also uses the name Tony Cartalucci .
He claims other than many other things to be a journalist resident of Thailand. I don't believe he is either .
Wife and I have spent much time in Thailand over the past half a century and his analysis of the situation in the country is laughable.
For starters the Chinese are already well entrenched into Thai society and they own or control just about everything going on in the country
Brian/Tony obviously is on the payroll of the Ruskies and CCP. Wonder if he gets paid in Rubles or Yuan  for his work?
Ah, silly silly me he would only want it in USD wouldn't  he ?


R_P

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Posted: May 15, 2023 - 1:05pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:
One of whom is called Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam is happy (and involved).

Cousin miami is happy.

Update:

Red_Dragon

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Location: Gilead


Posted: May 15, 2023 - 8:00am

 miamizsun wrote:

pro-democracy group/party wins election?
uh oh
will there be a peaceful transfer of power?
some people aren't going to be happy...



One of whom is called Uncle Sam.
miamizsun

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Posted: May 15, 2023 - 7:40am

pro-democracy group/party wins election?
uh oh
will there be a peaceful transfer of power?
some people aren't going to be happy...

R_P

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Posted: Jan 27, 2016 - 6:54am

Thai airline passengers can now buy seats for 'supernatural' dolls
Dolls known as Luk Thep, or Child Angels, have become popular in Thailand and will be served snacks and drinks on flights.

A Thai airline will allow passengers to buy seats for life-like dolls their owners treat as real children because they believe they possess supernatural powers.

Thai Smile Airways, which is a part of national carrier Thai Airways International, said in an internal memo that dolls with tickets will be served snacks and drinks, although they will be barred from sitting in exit rows. Owners who take dolls on the plane without tickets will have them treated as carry-on luggage. (...)

The dolls, which can sell for hundreds of dollars, are thought to possess the spirits of child angels and their owners pamper them with brand-name clothes and accessories due to the belief that a well-cared-for doll will bring good fortune.

The memo from Thai Smile explains to staff that the Luk Thep dolls can be treated as children because they have undergone a “spiritualization” process that breathes life into them. In addition to being barred from exit rows, the dolls must also buckle up during take off and landing.

In Bangkok, a buffet restaurant is running a special for the dolls. (...)


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Posted: Feb 18, 2014 - 8:02am

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Four dead in Thai clashes, PM faces corruption charges — RT News
Inamorato

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Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 8:11am

What's next, wheelchairs in decorator colors for the able-bodied or fashion diapers for the continent?

 

Thailand: This smile might kill you

Thai teen girls think braces are cute. They're also deadly.

By Patrick Winn - GlobalPost

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is forever condemning the next underground beauty craze. There’s glue-on eyelashes that can prick retinas. Toxic skin-whitening creams. Cheaply made contact lens that offer girls Pikachu-sized fantasy eyes.

But the teen fad health authorities consider the most dangerous is proving surprisingly resilient. After more than five years of health warnings, after two teenage deaths last year, some Thai girls still seek out cuteness-enhancing “fashion braces.”

Braces, that scarlet letter of American junior high geekdom, are adored by some Thai teenyboppers. Those who can’t afford dentist fees sometimes resort to braces attached in flea markets and living rooms by entrepreneurs with mail-order dental supplies. Though crudely applied, the braces appear genuine.

Reasons to avoid underground braces? Beyond the canker sores and sliced inner lips even legit braces offer, Thailand’s Dental Council warns of blood poisoning, infected dental tools, nerve damage and swallowing dislodged fittings.

“We just think they’re cute. Nice and cute!” said Supapich Konkayan, a 22-year-old art student in Bangkok. Her smile was laced with metal wiring and electric purple fittings. (The braces, she said, were real.) “Some of us have real dental problems. And for the others it’s just, well, fashion.”

But fashion braces are medically worthless and potentially deadly.

Last August, an amateur braces job left a 17-year-old girl in Thailand’s northeast city of Khon Kaen with an infected thyroid, which led to fatal heart failure. Police in Chon Buri province have also connected an open-air, illegal braces stall to the death of a 14-year-old girl.

“Teenagers shouldn’t be deciding whether to get fashion braces, for they only think of what’s hip,” concluded a recent Thailand Dental Council report, which describes long queues in front of quack dental stalls, which are sometimes disguised as laboratories.

“All this reflects that Thai society hasn’t yet developed into a wise society,” said the report. “It’s a society takes advantage of the ignorance of teenagers.”

Damning Thai media coverage has driven many purveyors of phony braces out of market stalls and onto the internet. Teen-centric web boards are littered with posts promising home delivery service, even to outlying provinces. The going rate: $24 per row of teeth or $45 for a full set.

One well-advertised service called “Jud Fun” — “fix teeth” in English — promotes a full-color palette of changeable dental bands for girls to choose from, as well as a customized Mickey Mouse design.

(Full story)


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Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 10:18pm