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Thursday, December 07, 2023
Myanmar kyat depreciates more against $ etc--
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kyat-depreciates-further-after-myanmar-central-bank-abandons-dollar-forex-rate.html
as one former colleague--"Jump the Fence" said in 2007, "You can't shoot prices to keep them down."
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/un-calls-for-urgent-action-to-stop-arms-flow-to-myanmar-junta-as-civilian-casualties-soar.html
Loikaw pets.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/in-myanmars-war-torn-loikaw-volunteers-venture-out-to-save-pets-left-behind.html
12-7-2023
An excellent, excellent movie--The Burial--On a par with Mississippi Burniing--
You can see it on Amazon Prime--based on a real life case and the original story in the New Yorker. Court scenes--the funeral monopoly that...
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Directed by Miloš Forman Screenplay by Peter Shaffer Based on Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pus...
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https://www.ecoticias.com/en/traffic-lights-fourth-color/10086/