Saturday, September 30, 2023
My short story--Black Belt from 2016
https://www.himalmag.com/black-belt/
Details and story changed--except the kick.
told to me by a friend driving me to Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia.
kmk
9-30-2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
General Mark Milley--US Army--Joint Chief of Staff--from Wikipedia
Rucker and Leonnig's book also quoted Milley as saying "this is a Reichstag moment", comparing Trump's attempts to overturn the election to the event used to cement Nazi Germany and referring to Trump's false statements about electoral fraud as "the gospel of the Führer". Milley reportedly told police and military officials preparing to secure Joe Biden's presidential inauguration: "Everyone in this room, whether you're a cop, whether you're a soldier, we're going to stop these guys to make sure we have a peaceful transfer of power. We're going to put a ring of steel around this city and the Nazis aren't getting in."[85][86] Trump later said that he had not threatened or spoken about a coup and falsely claimed that Obama had fired Milley.[87]
On January 12, 2021, Milley and the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a statement condemning the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Trump and reminding all service members of their obligation to support and defend the Constitution and reject extremism.[88][89] They said: "As we have done throughout our history, the U.S. military will obey lawful orders from civilian leadership, support civilian authorities to protect lives and property, ensure public safety in accordance with the law, and remain fully committed to protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."[90]
see Milley wikipedia
Not your burmesejunta general.
He has written a 1980 book on guerilla warfare.
Friday, September 22, 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
USTravel Advisories--Not to travel to--red--include Afghanistan and Myanmar,Mexico by State
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/places-the-us-government-warns-not-to-travel-right-now Take note. US paid too much recently to in effect buy American citizens out of Afghanistan --some of whom had been imprisoned years. Don't take the risk--it's not worth it. There are plenty other places to go to. You can even staycation and travel anywhere by reading books, incld to ancient China, Greece, Rome, India you name it. To outer space, to the future--to see dinosaurs or the first fish, bird, bee, flower. No more standing in line, no more walking miles and miles in airports, no more jet lags. Almost every exotic food can be bought easily. I'm very glad I decided to be a writer when I was 10. kmk 9-20-2023 , or
John Grisham, GRR Martin and 17 others sue AI
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/openai-george-rr-martin-john-grisham-authors-copyright-b2415530.html
I hope it's sued out of business.
km
9-20-2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Man's easy crochet vest--
easy men's crochet vest--tres facile
Tue, Sep 19 at 6:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26JKYpM0jq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvrCqGTLis
I don't like the contrast color band--but you can make it any way you wish
Or you can just make a scarf.
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Mainstream media needs to shape up--
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/trump-biden-mainstream-politics-news-coverage
"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.
km
9-17-2023
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Libyan floods--well written piece by Linda Loveluck--Wapo
Sat, Sep 16 at 5:36 AM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/15/libya-floods-disaster-derna-aid/
This is how you write good narrative non-fiction.
Not over-inflated and at the same time empty (emotionally) like "Rebel of Rangoon" so-called novel by one-time Rangoon bureau chief--not from Washington Post.
Non-fiction should be neither too dry--nor too pumped up like a bodice buster or fake breasts.
It should still reach the heart. Your heart --for both reader and writer.
Kyi May Kaung
9-16-2023
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