Thursday, April 25, 2024
From Myanmar Now--bumbling SAC propagandist-- SACK!--+ don't trust Hunterbrook Media--
Myanmar’s military regime is not renowned for its sophisticated propaganda machine. Much of what passes for strategic messaging from the ruling State Administration Council (SAC) is a sinister stew of old-time junta sloganeering, flat denials of clearly evident events, and blame-shifting to their opponents.
One of the arch peddlers of alternative facts for Min Aung Hlaing and his regime is the Myanmar businessman and purported head of the Myanmar Press Council, Aye Chan. A regular drivel scribbler for The Global New Light of Myanmar and his own pamphlet, Myanmar Insider, Aye Chan (or “UAC,” to use his propaganda nom de plume) is an unoriginal, bumbling, gormless gadfly. But the question is, has he been effective in reaching certain audiences with the alternative, “SAC-positive” reality that he presents?
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/give-credit-where-its-due-an-open-letter-to-hunterbrook-media/
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4-25-2024
NYT--Columbia University protests against Gaza occupation--
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/columbia-protests-encampment.html
Columbia is an Ivy League institution.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
USIP warns of scam centers on Burma-Thai border + KNU blames "allies" BGF for loss of Myawaddy (police station)--
KNU blames Border Guard Force for loss of Myawaddy (police station) to junta forces--
2 consecutive articles in Irrawaddy.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/us-think-tank-sounds-alarm-as-scam-centers-mushroom-on-myanmar-thai-border.html
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4-24-2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Quote from Ven Ariyawuntha-Biwuntha fromMyanmar Now.
In my opinion, this is not the time to worry about religion. If you’re going to exploit the people in the name of religion, you’ve got to be one hell of a lousy politician. There have already been some bad things done in the name of religion by previous politicians. We have to focus on the future of the country first. Religion only comes next. There are multiple occasions where the Buddha said, “only give donations and meditate if the country is peaceful.’ It is really ridiculous to focus on religion while the country is on fire. What they said about religion is not true, in my opinion. MN: Many believe that the religion will be tarnished if the dictatorship is long-lasting. What do you think about this? U Ariyawuntha: This corrupt political system—‘dictatorship’ as you call it—will ruin everything. There’s a Burmese saying: ‘When the sky falls, nobody survives.’ You can’t have strong economics, education, livelihoods or religion as long as the political system is corrupt. Everything will be in ruins. I don’t think those things, let alone religion or the country itself, would survive under such a corrupt system. It really pains me to see that some are destroying the political culture in the name of something sacred.
CNN--House Aid Package--copied and pasted
It's a $95 billion package
The bills provide nearly $61 billion for Ukraine, more than $26 billion for Israel and more than $8 billion for Indo-Pacific security.
The package could lead to a TikTok ban
The fourth bill in the package would place sanctions on the seizure of frozen Russian sovereign assets and a measure that could lead to a nationwide ban of TikTok.
If passed, the bill would give the app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, nine months to sell the social media company or it would be banned from US app stores.
How the House voted on each measure
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NYT--Hannah Beech--Ragtag army sees tide turning--they should not show faces nor use real names--
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/world/asia/myanmar-war-rebels.html
write letters to NYT and other major outlets.
4-21-2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Jochi--son of Genghis--read Conn Iggulden's Mongol Series. Yes, it's Jochi's tomb in Kazakhstan.
From Jochi wiki
Genetic paternity evidence
In 2019, researchers uncovered genetic evidence supporting the claim that Jochi was Genghis Khan's first true-born son. Scientists found that the Lu clan of Northwestern China, which claimed descent from the sixth son of Genghis Khan Toghan, largely belonged to a Y-chromosomal haplogroup (C2b1a1b1-F1756) closely related to one frequently found in the Tore clan from Kazakhstan which claimed descent from Jochi with the time of divergence ~1000 years ago. This result could however, also arise by different avenues of shared paternity or by Y-chromosomal sharing between Chilger Bökh and Genghis Khan.[6]
Legacy
Fighting resumes near Myawaddy, ASEAN-- etc AFP
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/clashes-resume-on-thai-myanmar-border.html
David Matthiessen says"A long way to go for SAC to fall."
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