Sunday, September 24, 2017
melania pretends she is Michelle--what a dolt
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/melania-trump-is-harvesting-and-planting-in-white-house-garden/
She looks really common when she tries to look "ordinary" which just shows she is nothing but plastic surgery and hair.
When she went in blue jeans on her 2nd TX trip, after being criticized for wearing high heels to go inspect the floods, I thought, Who is this young woman with trump? Maybe someone from the relief center.
Now she's making speeches on cyber bullying, when "her husband is the biggest bully" says Mika B. on Morning Joe.
True True.
But richest of them all??
Gen. John Kelly covering his face during T's atrocious UN speech.
An action speaks a thousand words.
9-24-2017
cartoon from Internet
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Tweets ref Trump 9-21-2017
Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 12m12 minutes ago
Paul Manafort wiretapped and threatened with indictment: reports http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/paul-manafort-wiretapped-and-threatened-with-indictment-reports-1049479235856 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 13m13 minutes ago
Trump joins history's list of unhinged speakers at UN http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-joins-history-s-list-of-unhinged-speakers-at-un-1050461251871 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 39m39 minutes ago
Manafort indictment may have already happened http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manafort-indictment-may-have-already-happened-1050456643729 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 45m45 minutes ago
Mueller office interviewed Rod Rosenstein on Comey firing: WSJ http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-office-interviewed-rod-rosenstein-on-comey-firing-wsj-1050451011942 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 49m49 minutes ago
Trump lawyer violates deal with Senate Intelligence Committee http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyer-violates-deal-with-senate-intelligence-committee-1050446403923 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 55m55 minutes ago
Mounting death toll in Mexico City follows massive earthquake http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mounting-death-toll-in-mexico-city-follows-massive-earthquake-1050422851923 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 58m58 minutes ago
Millions threatened as Hurricane Maria hurtles toward Puerto Rico http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/millions-threatened-as-hurricane-maria-hurtles-toward-puerto-rico-1050417219557 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 1h1 hour ago
Trump paying Russia scandal legal bills with RNC donor money http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-paying-russia-scandal-legal-bills-with-rnc-donor-money-1050418243938 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 1h1 hour ago
Manafort now working with Kurds against US policy in Iraq http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/manafort-now-working-with-kurds-against-us-policy-in-iraq-1051403331579 … via @msnbc
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 1h1 hour ago
Trump campaign Kremlin connection seen in Manafort e-mails: WaPo http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-campaign-kremlin-connection-seen-in-manafort-e-mails-wapo-1051376195803 … via @msnbc
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Margaret TalevVerified account @margarettalev 12h12 hours ago
(1) Ty Cobb tells me re WaPo report:"It would be truly shocking" if true Paul Manafort "tried to monetize his relationship w the president."
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 3h3 hours ago
NYT: Cobb overheard talking about colleagues, Russia probe at DC steakhouse @CNNPolitics
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Kenneth P. VogelVerified account @kenvogel Sep 17
Replying to @kenvogel
Here's a photo of Ty Cobb & John Dowd casually & loudly discussing details of Russia investigation at @BLTSteakDC while I sat at next table.
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Michael SkolnikVerified account @MichaelSkolnik Sep 4
Dear DREAMers,
We love you.
We appreciate you.
We will fight for you.
We will #DefendDACA.
Sincerely,
America
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Quote of the day--what state sponsored genocide looks like
https://mg.co.za/article/2017-09-18-rohingya-crisis-this-is-what-genocide-looks-like/Genocide scholars document a range of strategies of physical and psychological destruction which take place prior to mass killings. 9-19-2017
The world is witnessing a state-orchestrated humanitarian catastrophe on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. The latest UN figures show a staggering 370 000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since August 25. An unknown number have perished. Around 26 000 non-Muslims have also been displaced.
Rohingya-related tweets and retweets--look on these persons' Twitter sites--learn to use Twitter
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim 16m16 minutes ago
Myanmar: satellite imagery confirms Rohingya village of Tula Toli razed
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 9
Rohingya crisis: Machete wielding mayor takes part in massacre after trapping terrified Muslims' | via @telegraph
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António GuterresVerified account @antonioguterres Sep 13
I call on the Myanmar authorities to suspend military action, end violence, uphold the rule of law & allow humanitarian aid.
1,407 replies 7,722 retweets 12,776 likes
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António GuterresVerified account @antonioguterres Sep 13
Violence in Myanmar has created a humanitarian catastrophe. Aid has been severely disrupted and 380,000 refugees have fled to Bangladesh.
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 13
I'll be on @AlJazeera followed by @cgtnamerica in few mins talking about #UN weak statement on #MyanmarGenocide
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 13
The signs were obvious. I wrote this exactly one year ago : The Rohingya Are At The Brink Of Mass Genocide http://www.huffingtonpost.com/azeem-ibrahim/the-rohingya-are-at-the-b_b_12445526.html …
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KnowYourLeaks @KnowYourLeaks Sep 13
Professor And Author Azeem Ibrahim Explains Rohingya Refugee Crisis (pls RT↺ ) http://www.1clickdaily.com/2736055 #TheRohingyas:Insid
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Jonathan Head @pakhead Sep 14
Jonathan Head Retweeted Hnin Yadana Zaw
He can but won't. As he said, this is unfinished business from 1942 that must be finished. Presumably by expelling much of Muslim population
Jonathan Head added,
Hnin Yadana Zaw @hninyadanazaw
Only one person can stop ethnic cleansing in #Myanmar and it isn't Aung San Suu Kyi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/myanmar-rohingya-aung-san-suu-kyi_us_59b83175e4b02da0e13cf59f?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003 …
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Kyi Kaung Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim
too sad--she does not know what she is talking abt, or is afraid.
Kyi Kaung added,
Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim
From today's @thetimes. My piece here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/12/aung-san-suu-kyi-choosing-politics-human-dignity/ …
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 14
‘Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer a peace campaigner … it is cowardice and moral bankruptcy on Rohingyas’:
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 14
Myanmar: new footage reveals scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 15
My interview with New York Magazine: What the Hell Is Happening in Myanmar? http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-myanmar.html … @intelligencer
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Kyi Kaung Retweeted Hurst Publishers
It's all true--state sponsored by Burmese junta and democracy leader seems to know zilch.
Kyi Kaung added,
Hurst PublishersVerified account @HurstPublishers
Listen to @Azeemibrahim’s interview w/ @WBEZWorldview on the #Rohingyas here: https://goo.gl/FyhJaa
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 9
Despite govn minders, BBC witnesses complicity by police and militant Buddhist to burn #Rohingya villages:
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 10
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 10
My piece on the complete failure (again) of Muslim world to help the Robingya
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Hurst PublishersVerified account @HurstPublishers Sep 11
On the Blog | Why the U.S. Cannot Ignore the Rohingya by @AzeemIbrahim via @CGlobalPolicy: https://goo.gl/mfkWkJ
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 11
I warned last year in @Newsweek that #Myanmar military is preparing for full scale ethnic cleansing & genocide.
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Dr H.A. Hellyerد.إتشVerified account @hahellyer Sep 12
Dr H.A. Hellyerد.إتش Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim
.@AzeemIbrahim has been trying to raise awareness about the Rohingya for years now. Good to pay attention, and read his book.
Dr H.A. Hellyerد.إتش added,
Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim
I warned last year in @Newsweek that #Myanmar military is preparing for full scale ethnic cleansing & genocide. http://www.newsweek.com/rohingya-genocide-has-begun-earnest-530283 …
1 reply 32 retweets 15 likes
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Andrew MuellerVerified account @andrew_mueller Sep 9
Latest edition of The Foreign Desk on @Monocle24, with @AzeemIbrahim, @francis_wade and @mdsaifullahctg.
1 reply 12 retweets 10 likes
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Kyi Kaung Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim
she has no control over junta, just a figurehead--
Kyi Kaung added,
Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim
My piece is today's @Telegraph on how ASSK has evolved from peace campaigner to politician in pursuit of power. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/12/aung-san-suu-kyi-choosing-politics-human-dignity …
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 12
We can now add #Myanmar to Bosnia & Rwanda - genocides world knew were happening in real time but chose to ignore.
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This Is Hell! @thisishellradio Sep 15
SATURDAY 9:15AM - Security analyst @AzeemIbrahim explores #Myanmar's campaign of genocide against the #Rohingya.
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This Is Hell! @thisishellradio Sep 15
Chuck will talk w/ @AzeemIbrahim about his book "The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide" from @OUPAcademic:
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Matthew SmithVerified account @matthewfsmith Sep 15
#Rohingya children shot dead, found in Naf river. We have evidence MYA soldiers threw dead children into Purma river
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 15
Horrifying Stories of Rohingya Refugees Fleeing Death in Myanmar https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjvznd/horrifying-stories-of-rohingya-refugees-fleeing-death-in-myanmar?utm_source=vicetwitterus?utm_campaign=sharebutton … via @vice
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 15
“Myanmar has been completely deaf to our requests,” says UN secretary general Antonio Guterres https://qz.com/1079079 via @qzindia
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Human Rights WatchVerified account @hrw Sep 15
Village after village after village, burned to the ground by the Burmese military https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/photo-essay/2017/09/14/satellite-based-damage-assessment-villages-rakhine-state-burma … #Rohingya
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This Is Hell! @thisishellradio Sep 16
NOW: Security analyst @AzeemIbrahim explores #Myanmar's campaign of genocide against the #Rohingya. Listen Live: https://www.wnur.org/popup/
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Bill Chambers @Chgofenian Sep 16
Azeem Ibrahim speaking at #Rohingya rally Chicago
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Miqdaad VersiVerified account @miqdaad Sep 16
Miqdaad Versi Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim
Powerful piece dismantling Rod Liddle's disgusting article about the #Rohingya
Miqdaad Versi added,
Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim
My response to @TheRodLiddle's ignorant piece in @thesun on #RohingyaCrisis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59bbf869e4b02c642e4a15dd …
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim Sep 17
Rohingya refugees 'could starve to death' in Bangladesh after fleeing violent persecution in Burma
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W.W. Norton books UK @wwnortonUK Sep 18
RADICAL ORIGINS by @AzeemIbrahim: required reading for those who want to understand links between Muslims &terrorism
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim 18h18 hours ago
My interview @thisishellradio on Rohingya genocide, and Aung San Suu Kyi's deadly silence
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Kenneth RothVerified account @KenRoth 20h20 hours ago
Urgent message to the UN from @HRW's researcher on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, watching ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims unfold.
141 replies 1,721 retweets 966 likes
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim 9h9 hours ago
Satellite imagery: 214 villages completely burnt. Organised & systematic campaign to ensure #rohingya never return https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/18/burma-satellite-imagery-shows-mass-destruction …
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim 8h8 hours ago
ASSK inviting others on guided controlled tours of #Rakhine when she has never visited herself.
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• • Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 25m25 minutes ago
Kyi Kaung Retweeted Ronan Lee
she sounds "brain turned"
Kyi Kaung added,
Ronan Lee @Ronan_Lee
Sadly, more of the same from Aung San Suu Kyi today. Her speech could have been written by Myanmar's military. #Myanmar #Rohingya
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Azeem Ibrahim @AzeemIbrahim 7h7 hours ago
ASSK: we don't fear international scrutiny and invite others to join us to find out what's going on (after she blocks UN investigation).
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Naskah Zada @naskahzada 30m30 minutes ago
Naskah Zada Retweeted Kristine Beckerle
Watch my interview with @AzeemIbrahim if you would like to know what why #Rohingyas fleeing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kue6sSxbR0 … #Myanmar
Naskah Zada added,
Kristine Beckerle @K_Beckerle
2+ yrs of indiscriminate attacks by Houthi-Saleh forces on Taizz neighborhoods. Commanders shld face war crimes charges 4 ordering attacks.
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Rachel Maddow fr NYTs and Politico--Paul Manafort likely to be indicted, T. sees Malaysian leader who with Ukraine, laundered money in USA
they are both subjects of Kleptocracy investigation by special section at Department of Justice which eventually became the Mueller investigation. In July,FBI was allowed to pick Manafort's front door lock, and knocked on his bedroom door.
To do this they needed FISA warrant, which they got which means there was a concern that Manafort might destroy criminal evidence.
Manafort's people say his lawyer was not asked for the info that they copied out of his laptop, and confiscated.
In addition, a special prosecutor from Kelptocracy section has left DOJ and joined Mueller team.
https://news.google.com/news/video/gQDWc64Gnt8/d6_T-bImr_rxiDMG_eOXDZWTiHtXM?hl=en&ned=us
Cartoon from Internet
9-19-2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Sunday, September 17, 2017
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Kyi Kaung @KyiKaung 1m1 minute ago
Today, Sheik Hasina comes to NY for UN General Assmbly, ASSK does not.
I think it's a mistake. She shld come, speak up, and not go back.
I advised that Aung San Suu Kyi be included, as she was due in NY in a few days--but they ignored my advice.
Even Columbia Univ did not want to use the correct term "Rohingya" in the 2012 conference title --it called it "transition"
At Rohingya Conference NY 2012
with Nobel Laureate A K Sen, who spent his childhood in Burma--
Rohingya Conference Columbia Univ, 2012
I/we did not stand by & do nothing
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Trmp won't pull out of Paris climate accords after all--
Trmp wont pull US out of Paris agrmnt after all http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2634678 via @dcexaminer
he flip flops to keep ppl on edge typical dictator
Irma must have hit Mar a Lago.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained a search warrant for Facebook to examine "inauthentic accounts" linked to Russian Trump campaign ads
http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-obtains-warrant-for-russia-linked-facebook-ads-and-accounts-2017-9
Almost everyone in the DT HW has lawyered up, including lawyers like McGahn.
Yesterday, VP Pence, who has lied a lot, lost his press secretary.
See The Rachel Maddow Show 9-14-2017 for score card of those fired, she says names she has up are only in WH, and don't even include Sally Yates, and James Comey, or Preet Bharara and the DAs who resigned.
It looks like Muellers' team, who just also hired another high powered investigator, is getting closer and closer, and T. is running scared.
Kushner testified not under oath in closed hearing for 5 hours.
T. is trying to sugar up Dems.
As we all know, he does not blow kisses, unless he is seriously scared, as he did when he was scared of Comey and abt to fire him.
I think his comeuppance DT's, is due now.
But in meantime ESPN sportscaster has been fired for calling him a white supremacist.
kmk
9-16-2017
John Ashberry poem translated by ko ko thett
nice
I did not know this poem before.
aunty km
Kyi May Kaung
Words Sounds and Images
-----Original Message-----
From: ko ko thett
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Sat, Sep 16, 2017 1:18 am
Subject: this room by john ashbery
ဒီအခန္း
ခု ငါေရာက္ေနတဲ့ အခန္းက ဒီ အခန္းရဲ႕ အိပ္မက္။
ေသခ်ာတယ္၊ ဆိုဖာေပၚက ေျခေထာက္အားလုံးက ငါ့ ေျခေထာက္ေတြ။
ဘဲဥပံုေဘာင္ထဲက ေခြးပံုက
ငါ ငယ္ငယ္ကပံု။
အလင္းေဖ်ာ့ေဖ်ာ့၊ အေရာင္ေလွ်ာ့ထားတယ္။
ငါတို႔ ေန႔လည္စာက ေန႔တိုင္း မာက႐ိုနီ။
တနဂၤေႏြေန႔တိုင္း ငုံးေသးေသးေလးတစ္ေကာင္ကို က်ေအာင္ေျပာၿပီး စားပြဲေပၚ
တက္ခိုင္းတယ္။ ငါ ဘာလို႔ ဒါေတြ မင္းကို ေျပာေနမိပါလိမ့္။
ဒီမွာ မင္းမွ မရွိတာ။
“This Room” (2000)
The room I entered was a dream of this room.
Surely all those feet on the sofa were mine.
The oval portrait
of a dog was me at an early age.
Something shimmers, something is hushed up.
We had macaroni for lunch every day
except Sunday, when a small quail was induced
to be served to us. Why do I tell you these things?
You are not even here.
From “Your Name Here”; reprinted with permission from Farrar, Straus & Giroux
“History of My Life” (2000)
--
KKt
ko ko thett
Special post--John Lennon--IMAGINE--
RETWEET--special post--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs
John Lennon and Yoko Ono "Imagine there's no country"
Tweets 9-16-2017--sorry--you will have to read this tweet format from bottom up.
countless times since 1988.
extreme R wing of mee ahn mar
using junta propaganda, fake photos to stir up trouble so they "kill" Aung San Suu Kyi-have tried to kill her
the racist so-called Buddhist monks are supported and encouraged by the Burmese junta.
Get a grip journalists and "activists" and extreme
"Rohinga Issue" was invented by Burmese junta using hired thugs and a master plan in 2012.
In past they invented "Chinese issue" in 1967
take back power "to restore law and order.
They are smarter than you, have done this for 60 years.
WRITE to Gen Min Aung Hlaing of the JUNTA.
Otherwise, they may well let ASSK be the fall gal and
a pretend democracy
It still has a bloody minded junta
therefore you are barking up wrong tree when you blame, write to ASSK.
She is at most "de jure leader" w no official title
STOP acting as if Burma has a real democracy
It has a play acting "parliament" &
Nobel laureates journalists & other letter writers
STOP saying Aung San Suu Kyi is "de facto leader"
Five Nobel Laureates urge Aung San Suu Kyi to defend Rohingya Muslims https://uk.news.yahoo.com/five-nobel-laureates-urge-aung-164800049.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw … via @yahooNewsUK
Aung San Suu Kyi set to miss the UN General Assembly due to Burma Rohingya crisis https://uk.news.yahoo.com/aung-san-suu-kyi-set-085632589.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw … via @yahooNewsUK
Aung San Suu Kyi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aung-san-suu-kyi_us_59b7dc7de4b08f6632c076f0?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 … via
Journalists see new fires burning in Arakan, Burma villages already abandoned by Rohingya
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/obliterated-village-burned-rohingya-myanmar-police-49671639
This gives the lie to the myanmar authorities claim that the Rohingya are burning their own villages.
They would not return to a place weeks later.
Past experience shows the M. authorities are never to be believed.
9-16-2017
Rohingya language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_language
It evolved separately over thousands of years and is not the same as Bengali, giving the lie to the junta claim that they are "Bangladeshi Muslims" who came in from Bangladesh (recently).
kmk
9-16-2017
Results of Google search--blood in streets Burma
Myanmar violence: Bodies of 20 Rohingya Muslims pulled from river...
www.cnn.com/2017/08/31/asia/myanmar-bangladesh-rohingya-bodi...
Aug 31, 2017 ... Thousands of Rohingya flee violence in Myanmar 01:35 .... "Our women were too mutilated after being chased on the streets." He called on the ...
Mob kills Rohingya Muslim with bricks in street attack as...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/burma-rohingya-muslims...
Jul 5, 2017 ... A policeman in Burma fled the scene of a deadly mob attack on Rohingya Muslims ... Mob kills Rohingya Muslim with bricks in street attack as violence against group intensifies in Burma .... Do You Come From Royal Blood?
Burma: Rohingya children 'beheaded and burned alive' as refugees...
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Sep 2, 2017 ... Rohingya children have been beheaded and civilians burned alive, according to witness testimony amid claims that Burma's military and ...
Chechen Muslims take to the streets in solidarity with Burma's...
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Sep 4, 2017 ... Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital of Chechnya to protest the “genocide of Muslims” by Burmese authorities.
The Bloody Streets of Paris: Jacques Tardi: 9780743474481 ...
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The Bloody Streets of Paris [Jacques Tardi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In order to fulfill a dying man's plea, detective Nestor Burma ...
8888 Uprising - Wikipedia
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The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (MLCTS: hrac le: lum:) also known as ... The uprising ended on 18 September, after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order .... Pamphlets and posters appeared on the streets of Rangoon bearing the fighting peacock insignia of the All-Burma Students Union.
Special Report: Buddhist monks incite Muslim killings in Myanmar
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Friday, September 15, 2017
Salzburg Opera: Mozart's The Magic Flute, conducted by Ricardo Muti
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&p=Mozart+Salzburg+opera+complete+youtube+Magic+Flute#id=5&vid=babae5c173a8d287993f24b6bbd88f57&action=click
I am so happy to say Ricardo Muti served as conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra while I was going to Penn for my Ph.D., and gave the Commencement speech in Franklin Field when I got my M.A. there in 1987 at the University of Pennsylvania.
Kyi May Kaung (Ph.D.)
9-16-2017
What I wrote in 2012--so-called change in mee ahn mar, now so-called democracy
Reckless optimism Myanmar's 'reformed' gov? - Southeast Asia Globe Magazine http://scq.io/rr1F7FZi via @SEA_GLOBE
What I wrote in 2012
Reckless optimism: Myanmar’s ‘reformed’ government?
By: Dr Kyi May Kaung - POSTED ON: July 11, 2012
OPINION: Civilians in Myanmar lack the luxury of wearing rose-tinted glasses
Dr Kyi May Kaung
Following recent developments in Burma, the international media has suffered from a surfeit of overly optimistic reports of the glass-is-half-full variety, failing to analyse what constitutes ‘reform’. Change, indeed, is one part of reform. Considering that a handful of changes do not qualify as a ‘reformed’ government, it is clear to me that most media people do not understand what they are talking about.
For reforms to stick, they need to be structural or systemic reforms. As Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been a victim of a kangaroo court’s ruling, repeatedly points out, there is no rule of law in Burma.
For all you cup-half-full people, please be aware that you may be half-baked. It’s nice to be cheerful, but what if your good cheer is based on faulty facts?
To understand Burma you need to know that it has always been a centrally-controlled system – from 1044 under the time of the Bagan kings, through British colonial rule to the ‘more’ centralised system set up by general Ne Win that is still in place today.
Suu Kyi recently claimed that “good laws already exist in Burma”, but they are not enforced. In fact such ‘laws’ in Burma are either based on outdated British colonial laws, like the riot act, or were established under the command economy of Ne Win.
With the exception of the democratically-elected U Nu period post-World War II, which ended with Ne Win’s coup of 1962, no law in Burma has ever been set by discussion and consensus in a real parliament. (I consider the present Hluttaw at worst a joke – a bad joke and an evil one – and at best, a movie studio setting). Farmers still don’t own their land – all they have is the right to cultivate it.
Following the brutal clampdown on mass pro-democracy demonstrations in 1988, the junta began to change to an ‘open economy’. But guess what? It was open only to the regime and its crony capitalists.
Tempted perhaps by the tasty profits the military earned under the caretaker government of the 1950s – which was a kind of dry-run coup for the junta led by people such as Brigadier Aung Gyi, a renowned capitalist from a commercial family – in 1990, the military established its Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd, now the country’s largest conglomerate.
Even though Suu Kyi’s recent call for responsible investment – warning investors of “reckless optimism” – rubbed the president the wrong way, I think they were completely justified. If investors flee from Burma, it won’t be due to her remarks, but because of the following things that made the news in May and June: escalating racial unrest in the Arakan region of western Burma leading to deaths; gold miners and factory workers striking as labour unrest spread; a lack of rule of law, allowing police to act like thugs, with a group of 70 ganging up on people at a roadside cafe and one woman dying while in their custody; the anniversary to mark a year of increasing attacks on the Kachin in northeastern Burma; a court ruling in favour of Zaykabar, a company that has been accused of stealing more than 800 acres of land from farmers in Rangoon’s Mingaladon Township; and farmers striking in Monywa against a Chinese copper company that has dumped excavation waste on their farmland.
In short, dark storm clouds are gathering. Given the degree of anger, it is not hard to imagine something unfolding along similar lines to the French Revolution.
Dr Kyi May Kaung is an independent, Washington DC-based political economist
Also view Myanmar reform: Learning curve
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