The Burmese version of "Gulf of America"--don't call it Sagaing Earthquake--

How about calling it NPT Quake--NPT or Kings' Royal City is junta capital in the quake prone heartland and quake also means quake with fear.

Fiery Girdle--Ring of Fire from US Geologcal Survey

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/dont-call-it-the-sagaing-quake-warns-superstitious-myanmar-junta.html

But this article is a bit off--as regards the linguistics.

San kyarzan are rice noodles

san=rice

kyarsan=vermicelli or noodles.

What junta is doing by "please donate san kyarzar to monasteries" is based on superstitious practice or yadaya or magic charms to negate bad things. san kyar zan is a pun for kyar kyar san=reign long.

junta wants to be kings.

So--got it now?

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/dont-call-it-the-sagaing-quake-warns-superstitious-myanmar-junta.html

So reign long among the ruins

while it rains cats and dogs

making rescue operations difficult

while it's doubtful Russia and China

will help rebuild Myanamar and

NaypyiTaw.

It's amazing how trump is so like

the myanmar generals.

kmk

4-9-2025

Trump has just upped the ante from 34%

by slapping 104% tariffs on imports from China.

I'm pretty sure Trump and his family

and his golf courses and Mar a Lago

are using a lot of Chinese products

"Chinese" according to Trumpies including Taiwan.

Meanwhile, we all need to eat and

a lot of food and consumer durables

not to say raw materials come from

Southeast and South India,including India,

China, Taiwan, Vietnam, even poor Myanmar. And Mexico.

Boo hoo hoo

Trump is wrecking the US and World Economy.

It's very different from the post WW II

Marshal Plan.

More later.