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After feeling so safe and glad to be in Thailand during the first year and a half of the pandemic I am now increasingly terrified as the number of infections and deaths have soared since the beginning of April and worsen daily. I am isolating in my condo. The only ray of hope for me is that I at least have an appointment at a hospital in Bangkok to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine in just over a week's time. We can but hope that things will improve over the next six to nine months in Thailand, but at the rate they are struggling to vaccinate people here I am seriously concerned.

After two years in Pattaya I returned home a week ago and received Pfizer the following day.

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Great cast...looks very well made...hopefully does justice to the Herbert novel. 2119791287_DuneMainTrailer.mp4

I wish I could be in Thailand and provide my personal info too. So sad that my planned business trip to bangkok back in 2020 was cancelled because of pandemic and we still don't see an end to this.

Spurred on by a couple of questions from readers, I’ll add what little more I know/speculate about the mystery of KAL007. Even with files being opened up after the Cold War, it still remains the stuff of conspiracy theories with many many issues, most crucial, still unsolved. Here are just a few. 1. Prior to the downing of the 747, there had been five documented cases of incursion by non-Soviet aircraft into Soviet airspace since the first in 1952. Perhaps ironically the last of these incidents also involved Korean Airlines when a flight intruded into Soviet airspace above a restricted military area south of Murmansk. The Korean plane was shot down but was able to land with two just deaths. Surprisingly there was almost no adverse international reaction. Indeed, the president of South Korea thanked the Soviet Union for the speedy return of the surviving passengers and crew. As a result, international norms suggested the prohibiting of shooting an intruding aircraft just because it was in one’s airspace. In other words, “exclusive sovereignty” was no excuse. But in November 1982, the Soviet Union enacted a law authorising the Soviet Air Defence Forces to use armed force “against violators of the USSR state border”, whether they threaten violence or not. The USA disagreed with this law claiming that mere suspicion about intent does not justify military action. 2. Why was the Anchorage VOR beacon (very high frequency omni-directional beacon) providing location information to aircraft and enabling it to keep on course out of action when KAL007 took off? This provides information for up to 200 miles distance. Such equipment requires annual maintenance. Allegedly it was being maintained on that night. Might that have been deliberate? 3. Why did the USA have its RC-135 Surveillance aircraft flying very near an off-course passenger airliner heading for Soviet airspace? At one point they were so close that their radio images merged for ten minutes. 4. Why did the captain of KAL007 radio Tokyo flight control centre “We have safely passed over southern Kamchatka. The plane is proceeding normally”? The words “safely over” are deeply suspicious. This recording allegedly proves that the captain knew perfectly well he had flown over Soviet airspace. 5. US and subsequently Japanese air traffic controllers were responsible for the flight of KAL007. Why did neither group of controllers even once attempt to warn the plane that it was not just off course, but massively off course? 6. Following the crash, the USA and Japan disclosed tape recordings of the radio transmissions of the Soviet fighter pilots. Thus both were perfectly well aware of KAL007’s perilous position. Yet again neither communicated any concern to the doomed plane. 7. While denying that KAL007 was on a spying mission, the USA conceded that it had violated Soviet airspace. 8. When the US Ambassador to the UN disputed the Soviet’s account, her presentation relied heavily on the recordings of radio conversations between the Soviet fighter pilots and their three ground control stations. These covered the last 30 minutes of KAL007’s flight. The Soviet Ambassador did not dispute these, although later Soviet commentators claimed they had been falsified. Yet despite this knowledge about the plane’s location, Ambassador Kirkpatrick never explained the lack of warning to the airline or its pilots. 9. The Report made public on 30 December 1983 by the technical experts of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) came to the conclusion that the route deviation was a result of pilot error re an incorrect computer input after leaving Anchorage. Strangely, and controversially, it concluded that civilian air traffic controllers could not have known about its major deviation and that military authorities who might have detected the deviation were not responsible for it https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1477&context=yjil 10. The last and most intriguing part of the mystery is that the world still does not know where the bodies and the remains of the aircraft are. Absolutely nothing was found. This is unlike any other aircraft lost over water – with the more recent exception of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The Soviets agreed that the location of the crash was Moneron Island. This is little more than 300 kms north of Hokkaido. Japanese ships were reasonably quickly at the scene. How is it even remotely possible that not one tiny piece of debris, not one body nor even one body part has ever been found? It belies belief that the Soviets could have farmed up all the wreckage in such a short period of time. And the Soviets always denied they had recovered any bodies. Yet two months after the crash, their divers were able to locate the black boxes. They find the black boxes but not one tiny scrap of wreckage? Even a US Navy-led search of the area revealed absolutely nothing. True? Or deliberately false? Relatives of the passengers and crew remained convinced for years that the only explanation is the aircraft must have landed intact somewhere on Soviet soil. Yet Soviet files opened years later revealed nothing. I agree with those South African pilots I met who believe KAL007 had to have been on a spying mission prompted by the US. But in the absence of so much detail, that can only be speculation. Curiouser and curiouser!

I thought Pornhub had been banned for some time in Thailand for including something about a certain family about whom nothing can be said!

The amount of porn on the web is gigantic. It's virtually unlimited. As one site bites the dust, another pops up. No one will be hurtin for porn. Every facet, every kink, every taboo, every type. It's endless. It might just take a couple more clicks.

Let me help everyone. I'm really gay. Like obviously gay. Everyone can see it in me. My keyboard that I am typing on is pink. My monitor I'm looking at has unicorns attached. My clothes are more flamboyant than the contestants on Legendary. My nails are a bit polished. My ass was shaved by the lady who does bikini waxes to the stars. Let there be no mistaking this, when I type, I send all my gay aura through the Internet into the post I'm typing. And, yes, it is as gay as fuck if it comes from me! (hell, even my emoji's are gay (yes, you have access to them as well). PS I have a cute gay boy giving me head as I type this. Seriously. He is insatiable and he said he is gayer than I am (I don't think so).

This ia a fantastic achievement, the more so as Garozzo had won the Gold in Rio. Fencing is not a very popular sport in Asia. Although it looks relatively simple and the bouts are usually over quickly. it is also a gruelling one. I took up fencing at University. After 15 minutes I would always be exhausted. I never felt anything like that playing my other sport, squash. Cheung gave up school when he was about 15 to concentrate on fencing. Now his dream has come true. I am sure it will give Hong Kong people much cheer after a miserable two years.

I don't know if I should be directing this somewhere in particular, but I was surprised just now that my bookmark to this site which is apparently still to gaythailand.com is no longer redirecting to here. I don't know how many people are in the same boat, but luckily I remembered that it's now called gayguides - and given my memory that was something of a triumph.

Was surprised to see this.... GOODBYE XTUBE It's a sad day for us at XTube but we have to announce that after 13 years, XTube.com will be shutting down on September 5th. We're proud of the vibrant community we've built since 2008 and we're grateful to you, our amazing users who have shared and purchased content on our platform over the years. Unfortunately, it's time for us to move on to greener pastures and greater things. Since XTube will be closing effective September 5th, purchasing additional XTube Credits and purchasing VIP or XTube Premium subscriptions has been disabled. You can continue purchasing amateur content with your account’s XTube Credits until September 5th, after which you will no longer be able to do so, nor have access to your account. If you are a VIP or XTube Premium subscriber, your last billing month will be July 2021. Beginning August 2021, your subscription will be cancelled automatically. Please continue enjoying gay adult content on one of our sister sites, PornHub or Men.com. For any questions, please visit our FAQ or get in touch with our Support team at support@xtube.com. To our wonderful users, we thank you for your continued support over the years. —The XTube Team

In 3 months time it has been two years since I was last in Thailand. In fact since I was last anywhere near it. I never could have imagined then that my next visit would not be for at least two years. And no end in sight.

Since there is a curfew wondering about a friend that is currently not got a room. The last time I called him- 7 am there and I could see palm trees in the background of the video call. Wonder what happens if they catch him outside during curfew hours since he doesn't have a room. Fat chance he would receive assistance. (He says a room costs 500 baht/day) But now it's 12 midnight there and he hasn't picked it up the money I sent.

From The Irrawaddy Junta to Build New Crematoriums as COVID-19 Death Toll Soars Myanma Radio and Television, the junta-controlled broadcaster, announced on Tuesday that ten crematoriums are being built simultaneously at cemeteries in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, which has seen the highest fatalities nationwide in the coronavirus third wave. The crematoriums will be able to cremate more than 3,000 bodies per day. The newly-built crematoriums in Yayway, one of Yangon’s major cemeteries, can cremate over 1,000 bodies per day, said the junta-controlled media. The move has provoked the ire of the many people who have lost relatives and friends to COVID-19 over the past two months due to the mismanagement of the military regime. Many patients were turned away by public hospitals and forced to rely on treatment at home, including sourcing their own medical oxygen, even as the junta was restricting the sale of oxygen to individuals. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-to-build-new-crematoriums-as-covid-19-death-toll-soars.html ======================================== US Defense Secretary Chides Myanmar Junta US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decried the actions of Myanmar’s military rulers on Tuesday and urged ASEAN to keep demanding an end to the violence. “The Myanmar military’s refusal to respect the inalienable rights of the Burmese people and to defend their basic well-being is flatly unacceptable,” Austin said during a lecture in Singapore, the AP news agency reported. “A military exists to serve its people, not the other way around. And so we call on the Myanmar military to adhere to the ASEAN five-point consensus and to forge a lasting peace,” he added. The five-point document calls for an immediate end to violence and the start of a dialogue among contending parties, with a special ASEAN envoy mediating in the talks. However, the envoy has yet to be appointed. Austin said the US would work with partners in the region to urge Myanmar’s military to “move in the right direction” and release civilians it has imprisoned. The US general is in Southeast Asia visiting key countries and allies including Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam to strengthen relationships.

Poor Burma...from bad to unimaginable horror...where's China in all this mess? They want to lead the world here's your chance! Junta forces have engaged in at least 260 attacks against medical personnel and facilities, killing at least 18 people, according to the Office of the United Nations high commissioner for human rights. The military is holding at least 67 healthcare workers, and has issued arrest warrants for a further 600 medics. Last week, military officials reportedly posed as Covid patients in need of treatment to entrap medical volunteers in Yangon. Three doctors who went to help were subsequently arrested, according to a report by the independent outlet Myanmar Now. In total, at least 5,630 people are being held in detention facilities, including Insein prison in Yangon, where the virus has spread. U Nyan Win, who previously served as Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer, and who was a senior member in her National League for Democracy party, died of Covid after becoming infected in jail, it was confirmed last week. At least 931 people – protesters, politicians and bystanders – have been killed by the military since February. There is significant evidence that crimes against humanity are unfolding in Myanmar, Andrews said. “This is not an errant commander here or there doing horrible things, this is very systematic, very clear … The junta going on state television and telling people don’t go on the streets [to protest] or you’ll get shot in the head. And then suddenly all these people are shot in the head.” Andrews said the need for international action was more urgent than ever. “The people of Myanmar are losing hope that the international community cares about what is happening in Myanmar,” he said.