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Of course we will. Next winter is my prediction now but what do I know. I was so wrong a year ago. It wasn't just a flu, was it.

Em's birthday party.

Now why did I watch this video? 18 mins I never get back It was nice to see the new stretch of Dongtan though. I think last time I was there was 2012. Couldn't spot the new 7/11 you boys are raving on about. The building where the expat shop is could be a Soviet building from the cold war. Don't think Ive seen a more depressing condo complex in Patts/Jomtien.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/highlights-covid-animal-origins-china-234748890.html SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China and its neighbours must not only crack down on wildlife trade but also shut legal loopholes that allow disease-prone species to be farmed, experts said after an investigation team concluded that COVID-19 most likely originated in animals. A World Health Organization-led study, published Tuesday, said it was "likely to very likely" that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the global pandemic, was introduced to humans from bats via an intermediary species, with wildlife farming playing a crucial role. Tong Yigang, a Chinese animal disease expert involved in the joint study, said the findings vindicated Beijing's decision last year to ban trade in wildlife for human consumption. But the report also drew attention to the wildlife farms still allowed to operate legally, serving the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry and the fur trade - and creating more spillover risks. "With farms you have a large pool of animals that are more or less genetically homogeneous, where a virus can easily evolve," said Christian Walzer, chief veterinarian at New York's Wildlife Preservation Society. China tested thousands of animal samples to trace the coronavirus's origins, but the study said more investigations were required. It also recommended surveys at mink and raccoon dog farms, which China still allows even though they are infection-prone. "Cramming millions of animals together in these abusive industries creates a perfect petri dish for pandemics, and unless we ban farming for fur ... we will continue to play Russian roulette with global public safety," warned Peter Li, China expert at Humane Society International. SCALES OF JUSTICE Regulatory gaps, lax enforcement and transnational trafficking gangs have allowed the wildlife trade to continue, experts said. Pangolins, an endangered mammal identified as a potential intermediary species for SARS-CoV-2, remain a major prize. Pangolin scales were an officially recognised TCM ingredient - used to treat conditions like arthritis - until last year. Though China has since cracked down, activists complain that punishments remain uneven: in a recent case, traffickers caught on the island province of Hainan were given only relatively small fines. Foreign traffickers also remain in operation. A special economic zone in the border district of Mong La in Myanmar, owned by Chinese businesses, has long been a source of pangolin scales delivered into China. "There's no real government control there in Mong La," said Chris Shepherd, executive director of the Monitor Conservation Research Society, who studies illegal wildlife trafficking. "There's no enforcement of any kind." "In many places, wildlife trading isn't seen as a priority or even as something that is necessarily wrong, and we are suffering a pandemic because of it." China says the original spillover event could have occurred beyond its border, but critics say wildlife trading networks in Myanmar and Laos would not exist without Chinese demand, and Chinese investment. "I don't buy it that the Chinese are not responsible for these: they are driving it," said Amanda Whitfort, an animal welfare law specialist at Hong Kong University.

Ahhhh, very cool. Was it any good?

Here he is arriving at an airport in Sweden in 1978 answering journalists questions of being an icon. The guy in sunglasses to his right at 0:44 is my fathers business partner at the time. I was 12 and had no idea who Bob was otherwise I could have met him, my dad told me many years later. Ouch.

Seen it many times. Bob is fuct up. This is one of their first meetings. Bob did a world tour backing Highway 61' and Bringing it all back home , Blonde on Blonde almost finished. One of the gigs was recorded and released as The Royal Albert Hall concert (which was in fact recorded in Manchester,I believe). On this recording night the immortal Judas incident occurred. Same year I was born , which makes it even more fascinating. May 24.

If I had it I'd give it to you. Forums are to help fellow mongers , not exclude or lecturing others how to monger. I stay exclusively in Pattaya nowadays and there are more ladymen there than you can handle in a lifetime. Best place in the world when it comes to lbs. Franks-Tgirls says contact details are available for paying members , unfortunately that info is sometimes very dated or non existent.

Blade hangin up his hat. Sad to see him go. Hope maybe someone of our expats can pick up where he left. Would be appreciated.

rxpharm, why do you think this is? https://news.yahoo.com/says-covid-19-origins-study-145144702.html GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday. The United States, the European Union and other Western countries immediately called for China to give "full access" to independent experts to all data about the original outbreak in late 2019. In its final report, written jointly with Chinese scientists, a WHO-led team that spent four weeks in and around Wuhan in January and February said the virus had probably been transmitted from bats to humans through another animal, and that a lab leak was "extremely unlikely" as a cause. One of the team’s investigators has already said China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to the WHO-led team, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the global pandemic began. "In my discussions with the team, they expressed the difficulties they encountered in accessing raw data," Tedros said. "I expect future collaborative studies to include more timely and comprehensive data sharing." The inability of the WHO mission to conclude yet where or how the virus began spreading in people means that tensions will continue over how the pandemic started - and whether China has helped efforts to find out or, as the United States has alleged, hindered them. "The international expert study on the source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples," Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Korea, Slovenia, Britain, the United States and the European Union said in a joint statement.

Oh, I thought you could get fat spliff., relax and listen to Greatful Dead.

Yesssss. Have you been yet?

Exactly. As long as they can make money on something they will. Screw moral, theres money to be made. Look at the exploitation of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. It's disgusting really. The boat stuck in Suez canal loaded with third-rate junk merchandise is from where? Suplies!

Ok boomer. Congrats to the vaccine. Please report any side effects like pee glow in the dark and stay away from 5G at least the first year.

Very well said. Many here have. You don't see as much plastic crap made in china anymore here, and this is just the beginning. I respect Australia and UK for stepping up. The only thing they understand is to hit them where it hurts and thats financially. Its not political for me, more the capitalism aspect. As usual, when ex commies get a taste of capitalism its unbelievably tasteless. Just look at Russia. Nouveaux riches is a horrible kind.

Very good piece. Thanks. 80 huh, who would've thought when he was with John Lennon in Engerland the year I was born, turning Lennon on to smack. My first concert was in 1984. Latest was in 2019, maybe 20 gigs between 1984-2019. The never ending tour rolls on.

It came from China. End of.

A trans woman said she was stopped by airport security after scanners flagged her body parts as 'an anomaly' https://www.yahoo.com/news/trans-woman-said-she-stopped-203420411.html Rosalynne Montoya, a transgender Latinx model and activist, shared her uncomfortable experience going through airport security with her 481,000 TikTok followers on March 20. Montoya, who uses she and they pronouns, said she normally has immense anxiety going through the security line. While her gender markers on her I.D. cards are correct, she usually sets off the scanner because of her body. "But, going through the scanner, I always have an 'anomaly' between my legs that sets off the alarm." Montoya told her followers the TSA agent scanned her again to no avail. After the second time, she told the agent she was trans and the agent used the "male" body scanner, which still went off because Montoya has breasts. "Then she was like, 'OK, well we have to pat you down. Do you want a man to do it?' I said, 'No! Absolutely not," Montoya said.

China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-erasing-h-m-internet-104113958.html HONG KONG (AP) — H&M disappeared from the internet in China as the government raised pressure on shoe and clothing brands and announced sanctions Friday against British officials in a spiraling fight over complaints of abuses in the Xinjiang region.

My wife thinks fucking and cleaning are two cities in China.

Guy asks a chinese. How often do you have election in China? Evly molning.

I watch some but its painfully boring. If you take a look at the most popular LB pornsites they've had the exact same set up for the last 20 years. Brazilian TS sites are no different really. Sometimes they start off with a lame interview; 'Whats your name, How old are you , what bar you work, you like farang?' after that its the same boring concept. I'm not asking for an academy winning script/plot but after all these years you like to think they can be a little more innovative.

You party bottom! For me about 14 years ago. Had been creaming over her on lb-69 in that nurse outfit for years. She was on her way out of the scene, a bit jaded. She took me to some fancy place in Patpong then back to Dynasty Inn Grande for a helluva ride. Saw LongMint a few days earlier. They were friends. How I miss those days.

Good. Astra Zeneca is stopped here too and I wouldn't touch it. Most likely another boost will be needed come end of the year. Say no to quarantine! And... If Thailand opens up say November December, I'm not sure I want to be around when all sex starved perverts invade.