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Let me start off by saying I usually love CNN, and its one of my go to's for news and politics.. However, they need to abandon their yearly New Years coverage show, or at least REPLACE the hosts... That show last night was a HORROR, and even some A-list guests like Mariah Carey couldnt save it.... And the problem was the HOSTS..... While Cohen and Cooper may be real life Besties, their chemistry just didnt translate to "couples" hosting.... Cohen's loud, flippant style as if he was hosting a Real Houswives reunion show just doesnt pair well with Coopers laid back , almost Puritanical style... I kept flipping back and forth between CNN and Ryan Seacre…

It is not going to start happy, but at least now it is not unreasonable to be optimistic for the Fall. I wish all the friends (and not so friends) here, the best possible ending of the old and beginning of the new year. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd3MPCsrhQ/

Every NYE, I see people at parties enjoying themselves, or intimate time with friends and loved ones; while sitting at home watching through social media. Of course I can live it up in a destination city or event, but why alone and not invited. Despite it all, I’m Thankful for a great 2020 and excited about the possibility’s of 2021. I’m thankful for a healthy mind, body, spirit, and this new community. I will give more, love more, and promise to be a little selfish sometimes. I will explore the World and learn to be my own best friend. Happy New Year to All and my fellow loners out there. Love you guys! #Brazil, Dominican Republic, South Africa…

He got charged with fondoling a minor. He show back with this video.

Well, since we no longer have a Porn forum, I can't post what I would have posted two days ago. Apparently, a fake photo of seventeen-year-old, Jacob Sartorius, a social media pop star, recently took cyber-land by storm. Someone with Photoshop skill took a unique photo of Jacob, and turned it into an explicit gay image. With the posting, a lot of innocent people who follow Jacob found a hard-cock in their Feed one recent morning. Here's the original photo: And here's the FAKE. This is the new world we live in, where everyone's fantasy of someone famous can be made a reality with a little photo manipulation. Assuming the boy is straight, im…

So Covid and Trump are gone now, right?

From Bangkok Post Thailand's rice exports are headed for another gloomy year after sinking to the lowest volume in two decades in 2020, exporters said, as a global shortage of shipping containers reduce the prospects of increasing shipments. The cargo crunch is the latest woe facing the world's second-largest rice exporter. According to data from the Commerce Ministry on Dec 2, rice exports were 5.1 million tonnes through November 2020, down 28% from the same period a year earlier, on track for the lowest year since 2000. Rice exports are down because the strong baht, which has gained 11% against the US dollar since April, has made shipments uncompetitive v…

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Sheehan has died at the age of 84. He is perhaps best known for having told the story of The Pentagon Papers for The New York Times. These revealed the highly secret US history of decision making in the dreadful Vietnam War. They illustrated the decisions and strategies adopted by successive US administrations which substantially increased the war effort even as their own serious doubts about the possibility of success rapidly diminished. There is an utterly fascinating long article in The New York Times about the cloak and dagger story of how he obtained the Papers. He revealed all in a 4-hour 2015 interview which was embargoed unti…

Man been playing this game constantly since yesterday. Don't know why everyone has said it's buggy. It's not. It's crashed once which is a shitload better than Fallout 4 which when I got it first day crashed like 10 times.

Gee whiz! This football player for Tottenham earns 7 and 1/4 British Pounds a year! That's almost ten million dollars! Son Heung-min is 28 years old and single.

From The Thaiger / Bangkok Post Bangkok residents will see construction of a number of rail projects finally completed this year, with hopes this will do something to alleviate traffic problems in the capital, as well as improving air quality. The Bangkok Post reports on 4 electric rail routes it’s hoped will be up and running later this year. The Pink Line This 34.5 kilometre track between Nonthaburi and Min Buri is expected to begin with a trial run in July. The route will cover a total of 30 stations between the central Thai city of Nonthaburi and the Min Buri district in the east of the capital. The opening of the Pink Line is eagerly anticipated by Bangko…

From the Bangkok Post Fishermen relying on the Mekong River are seen in Muang district of Nakhon Phanom. (Photo by Pattanapong Sripiachai) writer: Wassayos Ngamkham CHIANG RAI: After almost two decades of campaigning against hydro-dams and water projects built on the Mekong River, local civic groups and conservationists finally launched the "Mekong People's Forum," with the hope of moving their campaign to a policy level. The forum was held on Dec 1–2 in Chiang Khong district, and attended by 200 people including local villagers, conservationists, journalists, and the US and Australian embassies in Bangkok. The Mekong People's forum is the …

ROLL TIDE!

From The Thaiger In the midst of a new wave of Covid-19 infections, Thailand will get 2 million vaccine doses from China’s Sinovac Biotech. The first batch of 200,000 doses will arrive next month, according to the Public Health Ministry. Another 800,000 doses will arrive in March and the last order of 1 million doses will arrive in April. Since the outbreak last month at a Samut Sakhon seafood market, Thailand health officials have been racing to curb the spread of the virus. Thailand’s first wave of infections peaked at 1,451 active cases back in April when strict lockdown measures and travel restrictions were in place nationwide. The country now has 4,022 acti…

Source BANGKOK — Health officials said 548 new coronavirus infections were found in connection with the outbreak at Thailand’s largest wholesale seafood market. All of the new infections – an unprecedented number – were linked to a 67-year-old seafood vendor who tested positive for the coronavirus earlier, Opas Karnkawinpong, Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences said in a news conference broadcast to all TV channels on Saturday night. About 90 percent of the patients did not display any symptoms, Opas said. He said up to 1,192 people working at the fish market were tested for the coronavirus after the vendor’s infection was discovered. A m…

I watched this show over and over when I was a kid and never got tired of it. Of course, there wasn't much to watch for reruns back then. But, this show was amazing and Mary Ann was my second favorite character (next to the Billionaire's wife). https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/dawn-wells-mary-ann-gilligans-island-dead-obit-1108715/

For I'll be alone with my kitties. I picked up a bottle of good gin and will cook a small pork roast. If Cyberpunk 2077 goes down in price this week I might pick that up and wrap it and then unwrap it Christmas morning. You guys?

The laws in the USA changed recently and I know many who are very upset with this. I'm not one of those. I have taken my dogs from Thailand and the USA multiple times but I paid for them to travel on top with me. I traveled last year with a cat in the cabin and I'm allergic and it was a hard haul for me.

... in a virtual manner, look here: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/lifestyle/nye-in-bangkok-where-to-watch-fireworks-to-welcome-2021/

Great photographic article on the Bangkok Food Scene! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/travel/bangkok-thailand-food-markets.html

Wasn't sure if this went in Entertainment, Fitness, or Tech, so I'm putting it here! VR finally doesn't suck, and doesn't require a $3000 computer either! https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/ It is self-contained (but can also attach to a high-end PC for many more games at even higher quality) and amazingly responsive with decent graphics. No tether for power or content.. About 2 hours of battery life which is longer than I usually go in any one session anyway. It can also wirelessly cast (stream) what you're seeing to a chromcast or software running in a web browser so others can share. What matters is the responsiveness, really keeps the m…

I'm gonna stuggle up with my cats and watch Sabrina

Only two of them because the third one hates getting her picture taken. What do your pets look like?

The Astra Zeneca "Oxford" vaccine is approved for use in the UK. This is, as far as I know, the only vaccine that Thailand has secured a supply of. There are plans to manufacture it in Thailand. Announcement: 30 December 2020 07:00 GMT AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine authorised for emergency supply in the UK Working with the UK government, first vaccinations to begin early in the New Year Regulatory interactions continue around the world for next approvals AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency supply in the UK, with the first doses being released today so that vaccinations m…