KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Tweets--Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico begs for help, Trump attacks her on Twitter etc

Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 2m2 minutes ago useless T don't follow him work for indictment 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 3m3 minutes ago let Mr little T put on wife's high heels go wade in the water in San Juan. Disgusting sad evil man--he shld have resigned same day as Price 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted AM Joy w/Joy Reid‏Verified account @amjoyshow 26m26 minutes ago #Trump Fires Back at Mayor of San Juan Who Pleaded: 'We Are Dying' http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/puerto-rico-crisis/san-juan-s-mayor-pleads-trump-you-are-killing-us-n806116 … | More on @amjoyshow 10 AM ET @MSNBC #reiders 42 replies 104 retweets 163 likes You Retweeted Erin Pelton‏Verified account @erin_pelton 38m38 minutes ago This is the mayor of San Juan who our president says wants everyone else to do things for her. She's been tireless, fearless and human. 13 replies 434 retweets 367 likes You Retweeted Boston Leigh‏ @GirlNamedBoston 1h1 hour ago Just when I think Trump can't sink any lower, he goes on a Twitter rant attacking the mayor of San Juan for begging for help for her people, who are dying. I truly hate Trump. 36 replies 176 retweets 414 likes You Retweeted Troostwornall‏ @TroostWornall 1h1 hour ago I guess the next best thing to visiting Puerto Rico is to sit in your golf course & attack the Mayor of San Juan after she begged for help. 5 replies 60 retweets 121 likes You Retweeted LiberalLecter ❄️‏ @LiberalLecter 33m33 minutes ago Hey @realdonaldtrump the Mayor of San Juan, PR isn't attacking you personally, she just found out you fucking suck at your damn job dumbass! 7 replies 88 retweets 228 likes You Retweeted RespectMyGame 💅🏽‏ @battletested5 57m57 minutes ago According to trump tweets today, The Mayor of San Juan is wrong 4 wanting her people to have food & water & telling truth about lack of aid 7 replies 40 retweets 85 likes You Retweeted Nunca Trump‏ @NeverTrumpTexan 32m32 minutes ago Things Trump Could Have Done to Help Puerto Rico: -Eliminated the Jones Act a week earlier -Sent the USNS Comfort a week earlier -Encouraged Americans to donate -Sent his private plane filled with supplies -Sent more Troops Things He Did Do: -Attack Mayor of San Juan -Golf 11 replies 131 retweets 172 likes You Retweeted RespectMyGame 💅🏽‏ @battletested5 1h1 hour ago RespectMyGame 💅🏽 Retweeted RespectMyGame 💅🏽 I Said he was going to attack her on twitter..thats all the biggest troll on twitter that lives in the WH know how to do Mayor of San Juan RespectMyGame 💅🏽 added, RespectMyGame 💅🏽 @battletested5 Replying to @jaketapper Look for trump to attack her on twitter.. 1) Because she is telling the truth 2) Because she is a woman… 15 replies 69 retweets 195 likes You Retweeted Palmer Report‏ @PalmerReport 32m32 minutes ago Last chance, Republicans. If you don't impeach Trump for attacking the Mayor of San Juan, history will remember you for being as evil as he is. 25 replies 221 retweets 432 likes You Retweeted Roland Scahill‏Verified account @rolandscahill 1h1 hour ago Hey Trump, since there’s no phone service in Puerto Rico, how did this cabal of Democrats get in touch this week with the mayor of San Juan? 36 replies 146 retweets 479 likes You Retweeted The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 1h1 hour ago "This is a story of a devastation that continues to worsen," the mayor of San Juan said 76 replies 382 retweets 487 likes You Retweeted Caroline O.‏ @RVAwonk 15m15 minutes ago Trump is framing the Mayor of San Juan's desperate plea into a Dems vs Trump issue so his base will ignore the humanitarian crisis he caused 66 replies 406 retweets 565 likes You Retweeted Tony Posnanski‏Verified account @tonyposnanski 48m48 minutes ago People in the states have not heard from their family in Puerto Rico Yet Trump thinks the Dems are influencing the Mayor of San Juan SAD 38 replies 270 retweets 766 likes You Retweeted Tony Posnanski‏Verified account @tonyposnanski 20m20 minutes ago Just a reminder... Hillary- Nasty Mayor of San Juan- Nasty NFL Players- Sons Of Bitches Democrats- Losers Nazis- Fine People 28 replies 370 retweets 671 likes You Retweeted Ilan Goldenberg‏Verified account @ilangoldenberg 2h2 hours ago Ilan Goldenberg Retweeted Donald J. Trump The mayor of San Juan is living in a shelter after her home was destroyed while you have been mostly at your Golf club Ilan Goldenberg added, Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump ...Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They.... 38 replies 775 retweets 1,171 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 10m10 minutes ago trump shld fire himself first 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 10m10 minutes ago w trumpie, everyone is doing fantastic job, but NBC reporter in San Juan reports FEMA milling around in air con hotel in white shirts. 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 18m18 minutes ago Puerto Rico: Mayor pleads for better response; Trump hits back @CNN 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 21m21 minutes ago Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Drawing Ire for Chartered Flights 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 21m21 minutes ago Meet the Air Force general who delivered a powerful speech against racism 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted John McCain‏Verified account @SenJohnMcCain 19h19 hours ago John McCain Retweeted U.S. Air Force Important statement by Lt. Gen. Silveria @AF_Academy. I agree, there's no place for racism or bigotry in our military or this great nation. John McCain added, 5:29 U.S. Air ForceVerified account @usairforce "If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect--then you need to get out."-Lt. Gen. Jay B. Silveria, Superintendent @AF_Academy 476 replies 2,786 retweets 9,802 likes You Retweeted Joe Biden‏Verified account @JoeBiden 24h24 hours ago Joe Biden Retweeted U.S. Air Force There is only one way to confront hatred and prejudice: head on. Well said, Lt. Gen Silveria. Joe Biden added, 5:29 U.S. Air ForceVerified account @usairforce "If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect--then you need to get out."-Lt. Gen. Jay B. Silveria, Superintendent @AF_Academy 574 replies 11,238 retweets 40,892 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 23m23 minutes ago Illnesses at U.S. Embassy in Havana Prompt Evacuation of More Diplomats 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 23m23 minutes ago Tillerson in China to discuss North Korea, Trump visit 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 16h16 hours ago ACLU fights federal warrants seeking political communications of Facebook users 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 1d1 day ago Special counsel attorney departs for FBI 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 29 US senators urge Trump administration to consider sanctions over Rakhine 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 29 In Grim Camps, Rohingya Suffer on ‘Scale That We Couldn’t Imagine’ 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Conway to no longer have Secret Service protection 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 White House reportedly launches probe into private email accounts http://m.theweek.com/speedreads/727780/white-house-reportedly-launches-probe-into-private-email-accounts … via @TheWeek 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted Joe Biden‏Verified account @JoeBiden Sep 28 We Veeps stick together. Jill and I, and all of the Bidens, are with you, Julia. Julia Louis-Dreyfus 2,342 replies 80,023 retweets 454,941 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 ICE arrests hundreds of immigrants in 'sanctuary cities' around the nation, California 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Yinka Shonibare: 'Now everyone wants to build walls' 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 "Trump tries, fails to explain the basics of his latest travel ban" 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 "How much longer can Tom Price remain in Trump's cabinet?" 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 "Trump administration's ACA sabotage campaign intensifies" 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted Maddow Blog‏Verified account @MaddowBlog Sep 28 "while hospitals are running out of fuel, I’m driving my car around like I have gas to waste" http://www.thedailybeast.com/puerto-ricos-mayors-forced-to-drive-hours-to-san-juan-and-beg-for-help … 16 replies 137 retweets 256 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 "Thursday's Mini-Report, 9.28.17" 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Tensions flare in Iraq over Kurdish secession http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tensions-flare-in-iraq-over-kurdish-secession-1056717891553 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Weak leadership leaves Puerto Rico aid at port, undistributed http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/weak-leadership-leaves-puerto-rico-aid-at-port-undistributed-1056667715885 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Inept storm response leaves Americans suffering in Puerto Rico http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/inept-storm-response-leaves-americans-suffering-in-puerto-rico-1056692291955 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Right-wing, anti-refugee fake news terrorizes American town http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/right-wing-anti-refugee-fake-news-terrorizes-american-town-1056678979734 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Expansionist Russia promotes division everywhere else http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/expansionist-russia-promotes-division-everywhere-else-1056627268001 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Jared Kushner Voted As a Woman, According to His Registration https://www.wired.com/story/jared-kushner-voter-registration-woman/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare … via @WIRED 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Kushner didn't tell senators about email account @CNNPolitics 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung Sep 28 Twitter finds hundreds of accounts tied to Russian operatives

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Special post--Ai Wei Wei from Time magazine--when art, life, politics are all one and the same--

http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2102128_2327428,00.html

Raoul Dufy

https://pinkpagodastudio.blogspot.com/2011/01/joyful-color-painter-and-textile.html

Special post Peter Gentenaar--paper sculpture + Matisse cut outs

http://pinkpagodastudio.blogspot.com/2013/11/matisse-cut-outs.html http://pinkpagodastudio.blogspot.com/2013/10/peter-gentenaar-paper-magician.html

Michelle Obama's clothes

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=Michelle+Obama+clothes+images&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-u43fv1ZkZn4%2FUSPba0xNa1I%2FAAAAAAAACC4%2Fr52j0zsaEgk%2Fs1600%2FMovies2.jpg#id=495&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-cache-ec0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F1b%2F5f%2F41%2F1b5f4192780934524a2c63846473bd89.jpg&action=click

Alexander McQueen shows

https://www.schmopera.com/what-to-wear-to-an-audition-via-the-red-carpet/

opera singer gowns

https://www.schmopera.com/what-to-wear-to-an-audition-via-the-red-carpet/

quote of the day--from Rachel Maddow--"Only if your name is Trump will your legal bills be paid by Other People's Money--by Republican National Convention-- if you ever bought a $40 make

America great again hat--" Quote is not verbatim, collage of things Maddow has said on her program. The couple had the gall to try and sell those hats on their first Hurricane Harvey trip. On 2nd trip clown told people who were in shelter, "Thanks for coming." Now he says he's good at cutting taxes (for the very rich). As soon as the bleating bragging voice comes on, I turn it off. Wish he wld just join Helfner in hell. Even Hefner was "better" than this guy. besides, H. was not US Presdt. 9-28-2017

trump's america is only for whites like him -- & billionaires, women he marries, his children and plastic surgeons--he shld go to jail. Wish Mueller probe will lead to his indictment soon.

serves him right, extreme nationalist bigot, for denying climate change. See below.

Photo from Washington Post via Internet

trump's Katrina--US citizen Puerto Ricans coming to FL will increase democratic votes in Florida, USA.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/09/28/daily-202-trump-s-katrina-influx-of-puerto-ricans-after-hurricane-maria-could-tip-florida-toward-democrats/59cc037c30fb0468cea81c2f/?utm_term=.df1c10308d50

Twitter's turn for hot seat in Senate (US) Russia probe

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/twitter-russia-probe-spotlight-243239

Trumps tax plan will increase deficit, benefit billionaires

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/opinions/trump-tax-plan-opinion-mccaffery/index.html

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Twitter with accounts linked to Russia to face Congressional Inquiry

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/technology/twitter-russia-election.html They do need government and watchdog oversight. Too out of control. 9-27-2017

Rocket propelled grenades (probably) hit Kabul while Mattis and Stoltenberg in town--

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/world/asia/afghanistan-attack-mattis.html

2 puffa jackets to one coat--crafts

As a writer, and after reading Michener's The Novel, I always feel that one should "do something else" for the time when one is not reading and writing. Steinbeck made boxes and gardened, and in The Novel, the writer does carpentry. Well, I paint and sew and cook and clean, and this woman Tree's videos have confirmed what I have been doing. Never take out a seam once put in. Before I saw her videos, I cannibalized 2 wool pants into one vest, 2 cotton pants into one blouse and after I watched her, I cut down 3 long dresses into tops, some with this very new shape. https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEV7nVKstZPRYAtQEnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Stitchless+TV+Youtube&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001#id=60&vid=3978a62149b0819c24b4a3c9f6793539&action=view Also watching her made me confident to cut boldly. Now sewing quite intensively for my craft show with others on 3 and 4th Nov--see Friendship Heights Village Center newsletter for details. I learned a tremendous amount by reading online or watching Youtube, incld how to make Italian meringue by Gordon Ramsey. But since I can't eat sugars, once I knew how, I didn't make it again, and I whipped the egg whites all by hand, in fact it gave me better control while watching the syrup turn a very light gold. I have a beater, but it's in another city. And now I regret having thrown out all my pans bought at garage sales, including a spring form pan and a soup pot/stock pot. It's very annoying not to have enough space for one projects. I will need a lot of space to do silk painting and tie dying. kmk 9-27-2017 Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Internal Revenue Service has already shared data with Mueller probe, from CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/special-counsel-irs-russia-probe-information-sharing/index.html These reporters are both smart and good looking. Say thank you to the Free Press.

Rohingya-- a subset of Burmese Muslims

Disgusting--Just posted on comments section of New Mandala--Burma studies site--

Looking at this again, when Zarni and some few are defending Rohingya, while there is state-sponsored genocide in Burma. Almost all the people I worked with prior to 2010 went to Burma Burma Burma and advised Thein Sein. I can count on fingers of one hand those with integrity left outside to blow in wind. My father called the ass lickers "goats' balls." I more or less share Zarni's opinion that Burma Studies is a dead field. Mostly composed of art historians and junta apologists. Now the act of pretending things have changed in Burma has back-fired, and who fouled the nest, again the JUNTA JUNTA JUNTA. But people too busy blaming a woman, Aung San Suu Kyi. You people are not worth shit, and history will show why. Or just go to the Naaf River and see for yourself, or the Burma-China Border. Academic and "diplomatic" hemming and hawing is no use. And if you say "junta basher" one more time, I will ostracize you for good. Ever thought of looking for the true facts instead of doing cover up. Scholarship or journalism or writing or broadcasting is not a make up and window dressing job. The governments and NGOs who changed their name in 2010 from Friends of Burma to Friends of Mee Ahn Mar are also at fault. I pray I may never see any or you again. How many thought to go to Naaf River and take a personal look. How many donated even $5 for refugees? Disgusting. Kyi May Kaung (Ph.D.)

Video--from New York Times-- Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000005453328/inside-a-refugee-camp-born-of-massacre.html If you wish to donate, use reputable charities. CNN usually has a list.

Monday, September 25, 2017

War Paint, in Broadway, New York City

https://www.warpaintmusical.com/

So inspiring--Senator Mc Cain gives cancer the middle finger--

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-mccain-fights-back-60-minutes/ and I saw him pass by within 2 feet of me once at 30 St Station, Phila, while waiting for my train. km Kyi May Kaung Words Sounds and Images

Sunday, September 24, 2017

C and O Canal--

https://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm

Lament--The world is in terrible shape and the bad are winning and the good losing. Don't take it lying down. Stand up about Injustice.

Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko--killer/s still at large + you know who

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko

Politkovskaya & Livenenko assassinations--read both books, excellent and truly chilling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anna_Politkovskaya

I strongly recommend--Anna Politkovskaya's Putin's Russia--she was shot and killed in lobby of her apt. building for this book, least you can do is read it.

Robert Reich brilliantly explains why T. and Russia, ie Putin, have a "deal" but Putin has already said now, "Trump is not my bride, and I am not his groom" Oo la la.

https://twitter.com/TheRickyDavila/status/902887869630607361

all images from Internet

Latest polls on trump non-performance as "president"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-far-more-trust-generals-than-trump-on-n-korea-while-two-thirds-oppose-preemptive-strike/2017/09/23/5cc4377c-9fbb-11e7-8ea1-ed975285475e_story.html?utm_term=.1d4d692f7139

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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted 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." 246 replies 246 retweets 570 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 3h3 hours ago NYT: Cobb overheard talking about colleagues, Russia probe at DC steakhouse @CNNPolitics 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted 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. 1,482 replies 8,295 retweets 17,750 likes You Retweeted Michael Skolnik‏Verified account @MichaelSkolnik Sep 4 Dear DREAMers, We love you. We appreciate you. We will fight for you. We will #DefendDACA. Sincerely, America

Too good to be true but it is--:)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/18/trump-lawyers-spill-beans-after-terrible-restaurant-choice-next-to-nyt/?utm_term=.0929aadb2c3f

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

My Stories from the Burma-Thai Border--

https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Like-Peacock-Koel-Bird/dp/1497514851

Iris Apfel --94--images "cooler than you will ever be"

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVoB_asFZn4wAKDcnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Designer+With+Big+Round+Glasses+Apfel&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001#id=10&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.hunterdouglas.com%2Fstatic%2Fembed-slot%2Firis-apfel-hands-up.jpg&action=click

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

• • You Retweeted 9-19-2017 Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim 16m16 minutes ago Myanmar: satellite imagery confirms Rohingya village of Tula Toli razed 1 reply 5 retweets 0 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 9 Rohingya crisis: Machete wielding mayor takes part in massacre after trapping terrified Muslims' | via @telegraph 14 replies 286 retweets 151 likes • • You Retweeted 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 • • You Retweeted 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. 375 replies 2,035 retweets 2,004 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 13 I'll be on @AlJazeera followed by @cgtnamerica in few mins talking about #UN weak statement on #MyanmarGenocide 0 replies 7 retweets 10 likes • • You Retweeted 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 … 0 replies 9 retweets 5 likes • • You Retweeted KnowYourLeaks‏ @KnowYourLeaks Sep 13 Professor And Author Azeem Ibrahim Explains Rohingya Refugee Crisis (pls RT↺ ) http://www.1clickdaily.com/2736055 #TheRohingyas:Insid 0 replies 13 retweets 5 likes • • You Retweeted 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 … 13 replies 68 retweets 35 likes • • Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 12m12 minutes ago 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/ … 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 14 ‘Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer a peace campaigner … it is cowardice and moral bankruptcy on Rohingyas’: 7 replies 67 retweets 61 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 14 Myanmar: new footage reveals scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya 0 replies 17 retweets 8 likes • • You Retweeted 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 1 reply 24 retweets 9 likes • • Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 14m14 minutes ago 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 9 Despite govn minders, BBC witnesses complicity by police and militant Buddhist to burn #Rohingya villages: 0 replies 26 retweets 19 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 10 0 replies 8 retweets 8 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 10 My piece on the complete failure (again) of Muslim world to help the Robingya 0 replies 10 retweets 9 likes • • You Retweeted 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 2 replies 10 retweets 8 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 11 I warned last year in @Newsweek that #Myanmar military is preparing for full scale ethnic cleansing & genocide. 1 reply 87 retweets 33 likes • • You Retweeted 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 • • You Retweeted 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 • • Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 19m19 minutes ago 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 … 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes • • You Retweeted 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. 2 replies 50 retweets 28 likes • • You Retweeted This Is Hell!‏ @thisishellradio Sep 15 SATURDAY 9:15AM - Security analyst @AzeemIbrahim explores #Myanmar's campaign of genocide against the #Rohingya. 0 replies 5 retweets 5 likes • • You Retweeted This Is Hell!‏ @thisishellradio Sep 15 Chuck will talk w/ @AzeemIbrahim about his book "The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide" from @OUPAcademic: 0 replies 8 retweets 2 likes • • You Retweeted 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 126 replies 693 retweets 304 likes • • You Retweeted 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 0 replies 15 retweets 6 likes • • You Retweeted 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 2 replies 15 retweets 16 likes • • You Retweeted 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 80 replies 772 retweets 372 likes • • You Retweeted 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/ 1 reply 10 retweets 15 likes • • You Retweeted Bill Chambers‏ @Chgofenian Sep 16 Azeem Ibrahim speaking at #Rohingya rally Chicago 0 replies 28 retweets 40 likes • • You Retweeted 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 … 3 replies 50 retweets 35 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim Sep 17 Rohingya refugees 'could starve to death' in Bangladesh after fleeing violent persecution in Burma 1 reply 7 retweets 10 likes • • You Retweeted W.W. Norton books UK‏ @wwnortonUK Sep 18 RADICAL ORIGINS by @AzeemIbrahim: required reading for those who want to understand links between Muslims &terrorism 0 replies 9 retweets 6 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim 18h18 hours ago My interview @thisishellradio on Rohingya genocide, and Aung San Suu Kyi's deadly silence 0 replies 19 retweets 19 likes • • You Retweeted 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 • • You Retweeted 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 … 1 reply 21 retweets 12 likes • • You Retweeted Azeem Ibrahim‏ @AzeemIbrahim 8h8 hours ago ASSK inviting others on guided controlled tours of #Rakhine when she has never visited herself. 0 replies 16 retweets 21 likes • • 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 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes • • You Retweeted 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). 0 replies 17 retweets 9 likes • • You Retweeted 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. 0 replies 9 retweets 5 likes

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

My official website is UP

http://www.kmkaung.com/index.html

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Tweets Rohingya 2017

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

Skin color matters--my novella Black Rice is out on Amazon--

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rice-Novella-K-Kaung/dp/0615797520

My Amazon author page--my poetry chapbooks are becoming collector items--

https://www.amazon.com/K-M-Kaung/e/B00JGHSUSW

Saturday, September 16, 2017

from June--NYTs T. won't leave Paris climate accord any time soon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/climate/trump-paris-climate-timeline.html

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

National Gallery of Art--some images

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

From New York Times --Rohingya of Burma--

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/world/asia/myanmar-rohingya-muslim.html

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

sorry, the links below did not work, you will have to do your own Google search--

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... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rohingya-burma-myanmar... 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... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chechen-muslims-street... 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 ... www.amazon.com/Bloody-Streets-Paris-Jacques-Tardi/dp... 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 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8888_Uprising 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 www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-violence-specialreport-id... Apr 8, 2013 ... MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (Reuters) - The Buddhist monk grabbed a young .... who says she watched the violence from her general store across the street. ... and then shouting in Burmese, “We'll wash our feet in Burman blood. Ne Win: The dictator who bathed in dolphin blood | All About... www.historyanswers.co.uk/people-politics/ne-win-the-... Jan 8, 2015 ... Ne Win: The dictator who bathed in dolphin blood ... The 'Bamboo Curtain' had come down, separating Burma from the rest of the world ... or walking around the streets of Burma's capital Rangoon at night dressed as a king. Here's why students in Burma are taking to the streets - The ... www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/03/10... Mar 10, 2015 ... A days-long standoff between security forces and students protesting a new education law in Burma dissolved into bloody chaos Tuesday ... The curse of the blood rubies: Inside Burma's brutal gem trade... www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1312382/The-curse-b... Sep 18, 2010 ... They are the most expensive gems per carat on Earth - and Burma is blessed with an abundance of them. The trade in Burmese rubies is ...

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

Friday, September 15, 2017

AGAIN--DT hosts new Russian embassador in Oval Office and does not make it public in America, we have to learn from Russian media. All this hush hush dear dear--DT may or may not be guilty of collusion and obstruction of justice, but he sure acts like he is. What do you think??

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-scoops-us-media-on-trump-white-house-meeting-again-1044486211568

US Federal Judge rules Dept of Justice cannot withhold grant money from sanctuary cities. Read the comments too, very informative.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-rules-justice-dept-cant-keep-grant-money-from-uncooperative-sanctuary-cities/2017/09/15/40f0ec66-9a52-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html?utm_term=.9710f7a020cb

Better link--so-called in mee ahn mar

http://sea-globe.com/reckless-optimism/

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

Tweets 9-15-2017--Burma's racist monks, bomb on London etc.

Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 2m2 minutes ago Trump’s immigration talks with Democrats attract cautious support 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 3m3 minutes ago Report: ESPN tried to take Jemele Hill off the air after White House condemnation 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted Jemele Hill‏Verified account @jemelehill Sep 13 Love that my @NABJSports brothers came to check on me Chris Haynes, Michael C. Wright, Marc J. Spears and 2 others 1,273 replies 4,450 retweets 25,711 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 12m12 minutes ago Origin of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought http://gizmodo.com/origin-of-zero-symbol-centuries-older-than-previously-t-1810428439?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Gizmodo_twitter … via @gizmodo 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 13m13 minutes ago BBC News - Rohingya crisis: Meeting Myanmar's hardline Buddhist monks 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 15m15 minutes ago Financial Times journalist is killed in crocodile attack on surfing vacation in Sri Lanka 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 19m19 minutes ago Banking on his base, Trump charts his own path forward @CNNPolitics 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 20m20 minutes ago Trump again seizes on terror incident to call for travel ban @CNNPolitics 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 20m20 minutes ago Chelsea Manning’s Fellowship Withdrawn by Harvard After Criticism 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 21m21 minutes ago North Korea’s Threat Pushes Japan to Reassess Its Might and Rights 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 22m22 minutes ago Montgomery County Trying To Lure Amazon 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 22m22 minutes ago Missing Rockville Boy Found Safe 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 23m23 minutes ago The Cassini spacecraft just crashed into Saturn 0 replies 0 retweets 1 like Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 28m28 minutes ago London Underground Is Struck by Crude Bomb at Parsons Green 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 10h10 hours ago Clinton: Putin wants to destabilize democracy worldwide http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-putin-wants-to-destabilize-democracy-worldwide-1047121475935 … via @msnbc

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Every dispatch or analysis Dr. Rachel Maddow puts out is worth watching, so just watch it and take notes.

The Youtube will take you to successive programs. Sorry, I am very pressed for time, and cannot post individual clips, but you should learn to do some online research on your own. I won't or can't be there to spoon feed you all the time. Here is the main link. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Sorry links do not work well--check out The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC DAILY.

Mrs Clinton on MSNB shows what a grounded person she is--in contrast to evil orange

Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 10m10 minutes ago Clinton: Putin wants to destabilize democracy worldwide http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-putin-wants-to-destabilize-democracy-worldwide-1047121475935 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 18m18 minutes ago Clinton: Trump and some staff a clear and present danger to US "http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-trump-and-some-staff-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-us-1047116355662 … via @msnbc">http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-trump-and-some-staff-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-us-1047116355662 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 29m29 minutes ago Clinton to Trump: Get over the Twitter stuff, get with diplomacy http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-to-trump-get-over-the-twitter-stuff-get-with-diplomacy-1047113283554 ">http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-to-trump-get-over-the-twitter-stuff-get-with-diplomacy-1047113283554 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 37m37 minutes ago Trump rallies stoke followers to uncharacteristic rage http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-rallies-stoke-followers-to-uncharacteristic-rage-1046260803910 … via @msnbc">http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-rallies-stoke-followers-to-uncharacteristic-rage-1046260803910 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 51m51 minutes ago Sen Warner slams Facebook for slow response on Russia cyber op http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sen-warner-slams-facebook-for-slow-response-on-russia-cyber-op-1046232131760 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 2h2 hours ago New revelations deepen Flynn legal jeopardy http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-revelations-deepen-flynn-legal-jeopardy-1046213699539 … via @msnbc 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes

UGA Opera--Mozart's The Magic Flute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ0wePI4MNE

Tweets 9-14-2017

Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 37s38 seconds ago Burma fact check--Burmese junta has been doing psycho warfare since 1962, even employed a fiction writer. Don't believe the b s. 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 2m2 minutes ago DT fact check. There have been NO STORMS bigger than Harvey and Irma 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted Aung Myo Oo‏ @AungMyo2013 Aug 30 Fake news is powerful; it reaches to powerful people. 0 replies 11 retweets 13 likes You Retweeted The Irrawaddy (Eng)‏Verified account @IrrawaddyNews Sep 5 Dozens of Hindus killed in Maungdaw: relatives https://goo.gl/LYGRY8 108 replies 374 retweets 413 likes You Retweeted Aung Myo Oo‏ @AungMyo2013 Sep 13 0 replies 8 retweets 10 likes You Retweeted Aung Myo Oo‏ @AungMyo2013 20h20 hours ago We hear a lot of sufferings from both communities. Who win? Tatmadaw! 0 replies 1 retweet 1 like You Retweeted Aung Myo Oo‏ @AungMyo2013 20h20 hours ago Aung Myo Oo Retweeted Progressive Voice Only one person can stop human sufferings in Myanmar, and it is the CiC of the Army. Aung Myo Oo added, Progressive Voice @PVamplify Only One Person Can Stop Ethnic Cleansing in #Myanmar, And It Isn’t Aung San Suu Kyi http://ow.ly/qyqR30f8JNU #Burma 0 replies 2 retweets 1 like You Retweeted Murray Hiebert‏ @MurrayHiebert1 29m29 minutes ago Senator #McConnell says #Myanmar’s #AungSanSuuKyi Working to Get Aid to #Rohingya @reuters 0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes You Retweeted Murray Hiebert‏ @MurrayHiebert1 21m21 minutes ago Secretary of State #RexTillerson urges #Myanmar to end ‘horrors’ against #Rohingya #Muslims https://www.wsj.com/articles/tillerson-urges-myanmar-to-end-horrors-against-muslim-minority-1505427485 … via @WSJ 0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes You Retweeted Murray Hiebert‏ @MurrayHiebert1 13m13 minutes ago How big was #Trump’s #Malaysia aviation deal? the answer is up in the air https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-aircraft-deals-arent-always-what-meets-the-eye-1505339452 … via @WSJ 0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 5m5 minutes ago Kyi Kaung Retweeted Murray Hiebert this is a Burmese junta hoax, don't waste time-- Kyi Kaung added, Murray Hiebert @MurrayHiebert1 #Myanmar steps up claims #Muslim militants trying to form an #Islamic state https://www.wsj.com/articles/myanmar-step-up-claims-muslim-militants-trying-to-form-an-islamic-state-1504008771 … via @WSJ 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 5m5 minutes ago Kyi Kaung Retweeted Thant Myint-U may not be-- Kyi Kaung added, Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu A perilous turn for Myanmar https://twitter.com/MizzimaNews/status/904980911866863618 … 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes You Retweeted Thant Myint-U‏ @thantmyintu Sep 5 Thant Myint-U Retweeted Antoni Slodkowski UN Secretary-General wrote yesterday to Security Council proposing steps to end violence and address the underlying causes of the crisis. Thant Myint-U added, Antoni Slodkowski @slodek "U.N. chief warns Myanmar violence could destabilize region" - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-un/u-n-chief-warns-myanmar-violence-could-destabilize-region-idUSKCN1BG2KC … 4 replies 39 retweets 95 likes You Retweeted CNN Politics‏Verified account @CNNPolitics 1h1 hour ago Disbelief, outrage and shrugs: How President Trump's bipartisan immigration dinner shuffled the swamp http://cnn.it/2xBXw3Y 14 replies 10 retweets 12 likes You Retweeted CNN Politics‏Verified account @CNNPolitics 1h1 hour ago A bipartisan group of senators is opposing President Trump's pick to head NASA http://cnn.it/2wYQhTm

Treasury secretary Mnuchin requested military aircraft for European honeymoon, on top of Fortk Knox eclipse viewing--

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/14/mnuchin-eclipses-past-travel-backlash-with-pricey-request-european-honeymoon-by-military-jet/?utm_term=.ea227542ff05 Something seriously wrong with this administration. Lack basic ethics. SAD. 9-14-2017

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

US under DT is not actng like a responsible world leader & neither are he & his staff cabnt We look to Mueller to put things right. IMPEACH

Elie Weisel: How can a human being be illegal? Rohingya of Burma--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

The kiss of death, remember when he kissed James Comey--

Reporter Katy Tur on how she was intimidated and then kissed by DT during the campaign--well, that's what he is a great big bully--

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/12/550400541/reporter-katy-tur-shares-her-front-row-view-of-the-trump-campaign

Myanmar--textbook genocide of Rohingya, says UN

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/u-n-brands-myanmar-violence-a-textbook-example-of-ethnic-cleansing-idUSKCN1BM0QF?il=0

Monday, September 11, 2017

Facebook confirms Russian troll farm spent $100,000 on ads

What $100,000 can buy you on Facebook @CNNPolitics http://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2017/09/11/what-100000-can-buy-you-on-facebook-cnn-tech.cnn/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/

Today is the anniversary of 9/11--and what do we have, a fool presdt

Gen. Kelly bans Omarosa Manigault

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349948-kelly-bans-omarosa-from-some-wh-meetings

trump lawyers wanted Kushner to step down over Russia probe

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350173-trump-lawyers-wanted-kushner-to-step-down-over-russia-probe-report

Bannon says on 60 mins that Trump firing Comey was "biggest mistake in modern political history."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/11/steve-bannons-damning-admission-trump-firing-comey-may-be-biggest-mistake-in-modern-political-history/?utm_term=.09ac362a91ab

Saturday, September 09, 2017

540,000 ordered to evacuate

http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2017-09-09/nearly-540000-ordered-flee-georgia-coast-ahead-irma

Irma already hit one T. mansion, now Mar a Lago??

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hurricane-irma-already-destroyed-one-142314881.html

Hurricane Irma warnings, already hit Cuba--evacuations Florida and S. Carolina

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane /news/hurricane-irma-georgia-preparations-impacts Rachel Maddow showed a weather graph on her program which showed hurricanes increasing as well as increasing in size and intensity. Category 5 is highest, no Cat 6. So, no global warming Mr. T. I hope it hits Mar a Lago nice and hard. T. only understands what hits his gold colored pocket book. 9-9-2017

Thursday, September 07, 2017

NPR, John Le Carre--interviewed by Terry Gross

http://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air

National Gallery of Art--self portraits

https://images.nga.gov/en/set/show_content_page.html?category=16&set=13&qw=

Lawrence MSNBC: "Resistance came in and sat on a sofa."

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-democrats-have-trump-and-the-gop-where-they-want-them-1041034307708 9-7-2017 Man who wrote Art of Deal agreed to first offer made by Dems Schumer, Pelosi. Made their offer public bf they did so. Many Rs in Oval Off. Meeting incld Treasury Sec Mnuchin. “Most stupid Presdt in Oval Off” had this to say: Claimed “everyone came away happy.” Not so, not Paul Ryan, not M. Mc Connell. Debt ceiling 3 months (Dems) Rs (18 mths) Attached to aid for TX for Harvey—passed easily in Congress, now to go to Senate. (end)

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Facebook gave Mueller team info on Russian ads.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/06/facebook-gave-special-counsel-robert-mueller-data-on-russian-ads-report-says.html

Wichita Grand Opera--Carmen--complete opera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdF0dZ6e-hI

New York will file suit protecting DACA recipients (Dreamers)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ny/new-york-to-file-lawsuit-protecting-daca-beneficiaries-idUSKCN1BH1HS?il=0

Bloomberg etc--Schiller, D T bodyguard

Schiller Bloomberg News President Trump 'crushed' over aide Keith Schiller's plans to leave White House President Trump 'crushed' over aide Keith Schiller's plans to leave White House USA Today16 hours ago President Trump is reportedly "crushed" over the planned departure of one of his closest confidants, Keith Schiller. According to Bloomberg, Schiller, currently the director ... President’s closest ally thinks John Kelly doesn’t like Trump, report claims President’s closest ally thinks John Kelly doesn’t like Trump, report claims Newsweek19 hours ago Schiller, reportedly may have stemmed from new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s personnel and management changes in the West Wing, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people ... Trump allies worried departure of key aide will throw White House off balance Trump allies worried departure of key aide will throw White House off balance CNBC via Yahoo Finance20 hours ago During the campaign, Schiller sat in on almost all phone calls and conversations the then candidate Trump had. Trump will also lose his go-to political executioner in Schiller. More news for Schiller Bloomberg Key Trump Aide’s Departure Rattles President’s Allies - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-0... Sep 04, 2017 · President Donald Trump’s allies are worried that the most damaging of the many recent departures from his White House may be that of Keith Schiller, a ... Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech ... www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-0... Aug 27, 2017 · Follow @bpolitics for all the latest news, and sign up for our daily Balance of Power newsletter. Donald Trump was in a bad mood before he emerged for a ... emptywheel on Twitter: "Bloomberg calls Schiller Trump's ... twitter.com/emptywheel/status/905049550305378305 Bloomberg calls Schiller Trump's "emotional anchor ... //www. bloomberg.com/news/articles/ 2017-09-05/key-trump-aide-s ... If Schiller wanted to stay ... Bloomberg - The First Word: Riccadonna, Jacobsen, Schiller www.mixcloud.com/bloomberg-allpodcasts/blo... Listen to Bloomberg - The First Word: Riccadonna, Jacobsen, Schiller by Bloomberg - All Podcasts for free. Follow Bloomberg - All Podcasts to never miss another show. Key Trump Aide's Departure Is Said to Rattle President's ... www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2017/09/05/ke... Sep 04, 2017 · Former Trump bodyguard Schiller leaving for ... Indian business and financial news company. We combine Bloomberg’s global leadership in business ...