What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Myanmar’s slow transition to democracy took a momentous step Wednesday as a trusted aide to ruling-party leader Aung Suu Kyi took over as the country’s president, officially ending more than 50 years of the military’s control over government.
Myanmar Democracy Takes Momentous Step With New President – The New York Times
hmmm
Thousands of miles from the exotic sea where Manfred Bajorat sailed on his final voyage lie the gloomy frontier towns spanning Germany and Holland where his dreams of adventure were born.
Wild. Absolutely wild.
Here’s another look at it: 60 miles off the coast of the Philippines: Mummified sailor Manfred Fritz Bajorat discovered on yacht missing for a year
Police in western India prevent hundreds of women from marching to a temple traditionally open only to men.
Indian women march to temple, demanding ‘right to pray’ – BBC News
hmmm
Ten men are charged with murdering a Muslim man over rumors that a cow had been killed, raising questions about a group allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.
Mob Attack, Fueled by Rumors of Cow Slaughter, Has Political Overtones in India – The New York Times
Holy cow!
India village council orders rape of two sisters – Al Jazeera English
What a bunch of backwards ass bullshit.
The men on this council need to be stripped naked, raped by animals in a public square until their insides bleed out their asses and left to die.
Tight Pants Ban Takes Effect In Indonesia’s Aceh : NPR
The world is going backwards, isn’t it? Can we consult with astronomers to see if the planet’s trajectory has reversed?
Maybe they would like that. There seems to be some sort of sexual dysfunction involved. These men forcibly take these woman’s pants off and then dress them up more to the men’s liking? Kinky. I wonder if their mothers molested them. Men who refuse to take responsibility for their own control of their own sexuality and can not see a woman in anything other than a dark shapeless sheet without totally losing control of themselves clearly have some sort of weird sexual and Mommy issues.
Check these women out. They dress so luridly. The more I think about it the more I think there is a mass sexual dysfunction at play here.
All of the men who put this law in place will be reincarnated as female sex slaves in a palace decorated only with pictures of Mohammed.
Bangkok defeat won’t be end of Red Shirt struggle
Like the Green Revolution I hope these guys aren’t stamped out.
Thai PM offers olive branch to protesters; tensions still smoldering – USATODAY.com
Hmmmm. Guess I’ll watch have this for a bit before I place my money on a particular outcome.
Rights groups say new evidence suggests Sri Lanka war crimes against Tamil Tigers – CSMonitor.com
For years the media (left and right) have been telling us about how the Sri Lankan government was fighting the good fight against the the Tamil Tigers. I for one never bought the guys in white hats vs. the clear-cut bad guys.
If the Tamil Tigers were such evil terrorists, why would they have such strong and lasting support among the civilian public?
It’s about time we got some balanced coverage on this under-reported story.
Bangkok calms, but tensions smoldering – USATODAY.com
It’s an old story. Haves win. Have nots lose and simmer in their own anger.
Thai govt declares protest violence mostly quelled – USATODAY.com
And just like that it is over. Is revolution possible today? Would the colonists have had a chance against the UK? Would we have called them terrorists?
Ultimatum passes as battles rage on in Bangkok – USATODAY.com
Update: Red Shirts are still hanging in and going at it.
Tibetan Buddhism’s Karmapa on Modernity – Newsweek.com
“One of the holiest men in Tibetan Buddhism explains how his flock should straddle tradition and modernity.”
How can you not love Tibetan Buddhists.
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