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When Putinism will be banned? I see the criminal is still talking on the Red Square.

I think that the recommendation from colmx to use the unison enema is worth considering too.

My nephew married a Thai lady who only drinks bottled water. I won't drink water from the tap, unless it has been boiled, but even to make a hot drink I prefer to use bottled water. I don't brush my teeth with tap water either, as I don't want to risk being confined to barracks because of potential digestive issues.

GULag was 95-75 years ago. Guantanamo exists right now. The Gulag was closed 10 years BEFORE the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed segregation by skin color. Incidentally, it should be recalled that the Ku Klux Klan is still not banned by law in the country that calls itself the "Leader of the Free World"?

Actually there are 18 rivers traversing Lodz totalling 123.9 km and it was very much a city on the water until it developed and the rivers were buried underground. Gradually some of the rivers are being uncovered. This link provides more info https://www.inyourpocket.com/lodz/Rivers-of-Lodz_70954f#google_v

Anncouncements on Line: Phoenix closed May 9 + 10, staff is making a trip 15M + 27M temporarily closed for renovation (both at the same time? that's suspicious)

I'm sur the the gulags are more comfortable

I am not American, discussions about human rights, crimes of communism (everywhere), political prisoners (ca 170 in Vietnam) must be conducted irrespective of what is happening with US, Guantanamo, CIA. Otherwise we continue the colonialistic treatment and ignore the nations who suffer.

This is written with such pathos, as if Guantanamo Bay prison was not founded in 2002, as if every "democratic" president - Obama and Biden - did not promise to close it, as if there were no UN and Amnesty International reports on torture in the CIA, as if the prison does not exist today...

Refering to International Action Center - Marxist-Leninist organization - in the context of Vietnam post? I think you miss my point, Vietnam government is now souvereign in its decisions and how it treats his past (nothing to do with US, the victim is his own nation).

"Make it a DOUBLE"..... "Keep Em Coming "

Alcoholic Pirro as DC Attorney General ? What an "inspired" choice. I guess Trump figured that Hegseth needed a "pub crawl" buddy ? The 2 of them together will make America PROUD , 🤣

Day 15 in Da Nang – 8 May 2025 Wake up and eat my yummy almond croissant that I purchased yesterday at the I find that I am addicted to something that I have never ate before, Wasabi flavoured roasted cashews. Have you ever tried these? It acts as an excellent morning wake up call with that kick from the wasabi burning your nostrils. It becomes addictive and they are delicious. I post yesterday’s trip report update, respond to some friends back in Thailand, and read up more about the current UN80 crisis. It is already 2:30pm and I am hungry for lunch, so I peruse Social Samy’s Da Nang Treasure map and I choose to visit: . I am originally from New York, where bagels are king, and it has been many many years since I have eaten a wonderful bagel. It recently opened, and it is located in the lobby of the Da Nang LIVIE hotel. Hmm, ↑↑ nice rainbow colors on the ceiling ↑↑ – and the staff who served me was enticing. https://www.facebook.com/gordonsnewyorkbagels/ I ordered the Chicken Club on a poppy seeded bagel and it was absolutely delicious. It was wet, moist, and juicy, just how I like my men….🤪 I needed a good walk after all of that enjoyment, so I head back to and today I tried their walnut cake. It was good but yesterday’s strawberry meringue cream cake was so much better. By now, it is late afternoon, I am feeling horny, so I head over to: https://www.facebook.com/people/Hero-massage-spa/61575063357842/ https://www.instagram.com/hero_massage_spa/ This new massage place is only a 7 minute walk from my AirBnB condo building, and I sense that I may become a frequent visitor. I walk in, and Hung (yes his real name) tells me to sit down on the sofa (after removing my shoes) to enjoy a refreshing cool tea drink. Hung and I chat and he shows me the menu card, and there are many massage and/or waxing options. At the bottom of the menu card there are 3 types of King Massage listed, and this is where he discreetly explains to me that if you choose any of these massages that you can touch the masseur and be given extra pleasure. The differentiating point between these 3 types of King Massage are the time durations, of; 60, 75, or 90 minutes. I choose the 75 minute version for 1,500,000 VND (around $58 USD). Tip to the masseur is extra (as it is not included in the base rate). I am shown to my room – which is directly behind the reception area – but I tell him that I need to pee and then he brings me to the bathroom at the end of the corridor which also has one of those open showers (meaning the water goes everywhere). I return to the room and I get undressed and I put my belongings in a plastic box that he gave me which is then placed underneath the massage table. In comes the masseur, and it was Hung – so I was like, hmm, maybe this is a one man shop? More on that later. Hung massages me very professionally with long firm strokes. During the massage, another customer (he sounded British) came into the reception area, and since the room that I was in only has a window with a very slim curtain that separates my room from reception, I could hear everything. Makes the situation somewhat more invisible voyeuristic. Eventually, he puts my leg in the 7 position where he can then easily touch and stroke the genitalia. Eventually, he tells me to turn over and then the fun begins and he makes me a very long edging type of HJ and I caress his young skinny body. Hung is more twink than twunk. When all is finished, he wipes me down very thoroughly with warm wet towels removing the massage oil and HJ explosion juice. I get dressed and return to reception and now there is another Vietnamese guy working behind the reception computer. Hung and I discuss: He (Hung) is originally from HCMC – but moved to Da Nang 2 years ago – because he fell in love with Da Nang city, He (Hung) opened this new Hero massage shop 2 months prior, He (Hung) is 28 years old, I asked if I could take a photo of the menu card with prices and he would not let me – not sure if there are any local regulations about publicizing this type of information, There is a 4 hands option on the menu card --> and in his FaceBook page there is a photo of this hunk: Which I will try to book him on my next visit – wow!! 🤪😜 Stay tuned!! 🤩 Return back to my room feeling very elated and super relaxed – that I decide to skip to go out for dinner and instead I eat my banana cake that I had bought from the Torino bakery. It is still too early to go to bed so I decided to watch the film: WICKED on Google Play TV. I had heard mixed reviews when this film was originally released so I did not go and see it – but I really enjoyed it – as it is well done with amazing visuals, choreography, dance routines, singing and includes many hidden messages about discrimination, empowerment and self growth. So, I went to sleep on a very happy note. End of day 15 in Da Nang – 8 May 2025

yes, is nearby Royal Palace🤣 ，I went last time but couldn't find younger people

A true disciple of Oscar Wilde - "True friends stab you in the front."

Sadly, when the Pope starts criticising Trump's policies, it won't last. His first words included the phrase "Evil shall not prevail."

You can state it. But then you have to expand that statement and explain why you omit to mention the reason for their being established in the first place. Had the USA not created two separate countries and then, as it so often did, backed the one which was most insecure, the most rotten and the most corrupt, destablized it by assassinating its Prime Minister, then invaded much of the country and over years bombed the hell out of it with napalm and murdered around 3 million citizens mostly from the North, all before quickly evacuating all its forces when it lost, Vietnam might have been unified much more peacefully without the need for all that carnage, death and destruction. And without the need for the vast majority of the re-education camps. The fact is that both Roosevelt and Truman had failed to agree to Ho Chi Minh's written overtures to keep the French out of Vietnam and to permit a new Vietnam born of nationalism - not colonialism - to develop. Ho was no saint and after the strongly anti-colonial USA had actually given in to General De Gaulle's demands by allowing the French to return, some of the excesses of his regime in the north were certainy brutal. But he was forging a nation when fighting a guerrilla war against French invaders and colonists and then a separate country backed by the United States. Amd when you talk about political prisoners, you also omit to mention that the two countries with the most political prisoners in 2025 are Saudi Arabia and the United States! Vietnam does not even feature in the first 21 countries! What provide absolutely no sources for your comments? https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/political-prisoners-by-country If you think the idea of re-education was born in Vietnam, you are sadly mistaken. And before you expect Vietnam, after all the many years of death and destruction rained down in it by a major world power, to condemn or apologise for anything, you must first have the aggressor and invader - the United States - pay reparations both to the country and the families of the 3 million it murdered. The USA caused the war. Not the North Vietnamese. Has the USA paid reparations? Not one cent, as per this clip dated Aprl 29 2025 - Nor will the world forget that after signing a peace treaty that promised reparations for the irreparable lingering harm caused by the U.S. government and its military, the U.S. reneged. Not only does the U.S. continue to deny billions of dollars in reparations, but it had the unmitigated gall to demand that Vietnam pay the U.S. $140 million in war debts borrowed by the puppet regime of South Vietnam in exchange for normalizing trade relations. https://iacenter.org/2025/05/04/u-s-still-owes-vietnam-reparations/

Can't help thinking about Stephen Sondheim's wonderful lyrics in "Sweeney Todd" when Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett are deciding what should go into her pies - lines like MS. LOVETT: What Mr. Todd, what Mr. Todd What is that sound? TODD: Those crunching noises pervading the air! MS. LOVETT: Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes Mr. Todd Yes all around TODD: It’s man devouring man, my dear! BOTH: Then who are we to deny it in here? TODD (spoken): These are desperate times, Ms. Lovett And desperate measures are called for MS. LOVETT: Here we are. Hot out of the oven TODD: What is that? MS. LOVETT: Its priest Have a little priest TODD: Is it really good? MS. LOVETT: Sir, it’s too good, at least Then again they don’t commit sins of the flesh So it’s pretty fresh TODD: Awful lot of fat MS. LOVETT: Only where it sat TODD: Haven’t you got poet or something like that? MS. LOVETT: No you see the trouble with poet Is how do you know it’s deceased? Try the priest! Lawyer’s rather nice TODD: If it’s for a price MS. LOVETT: Order something else, though, to follow Since no one should swallow it twice TODD: Anything that’s lean? MS. LOVETT: Well then if you’re British and loyal You might enjoy Royal Marine Anyway it’s clean Though of course it tastes of wherever it’s been! etc. etc. copyright: Stephen Sondheim Estate Being gay and as one who had visited London many, many times, Sondheim would have been perfectly aware of the gay reference to Royal Marines!

Last year when I was visiting Da Nang, a local Vietnam guy told me that his entire family was put on a "black list" because his father had worked for the USA, when they were running military operations here in Da Nang. Consequently, none of them are allowed to have any government jobs.

You should know my shopping list by now 🤷‍♂️

So what if Casy Means (Surgeon General candidate) doesn't have a medical license? Jeanine Pirro (DC Attorney General) doesn't have a law license to practice in DC and that's not stopping Trump from appointing her. Nothing but the best!

Only stating the fact that after the horrible civil war, people were subject to the red terror which ended only fairly recently (at least in a large scale; Vietnam still has political prisoners). At least 150 re-education prisons were built after Saigon fell. One in three South Vietnamese families had a relative in a re-education camp. These traumas were created after the war and the current Vietnam government, until today, has not condemned those practices.

what else you want so we don't go to kitchen twice ?

his first response was surprisingly dignified and presidential

not to defend those despicable practices but it needs to be said that sadly sounds like most of the world , or at least what we used to call Third World. If those practices happen in countries we don't like we hear about them loudly , if those happen in countries we consider allies our free media chose to look other way. It was Roosevelt who said about Trujillo ' he is son of the bitch but OUR son of the bitch". There's certain country , I forgot the name, where people were given sentences for speaking unfavourably about ruler's dog