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Monday, October 07, 2024
Tribute poem--Dr Zaw Myint Maung--
NLD leader Dr Zaw Myint Maung dies in junta custody--
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/obituaries/myanmar-democracy-leader-dr-zaw-myint-maung-dies-in-junta-custody.html
Rest in Protest.
No, I did not know him
40 years away from Burma
I only scan the Burma news daily.
It is so sad.
But I don't need to have known him
to feel it.
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee."
John Donne.
Flight--with Denzel Washington--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaifIVox6bc
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0
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https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-post-apocalyptic-books