Cliff Sloane
@cliffsloane555.bsky.social
Retired, online English teacher, having lived in MPLS, Thailand and now Seattle. Interests: ethnomusicology, anthropology, lots more
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And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
February 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
www.rfa.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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A Thai court issued an arrest warrant for an adviser to the Cambodian strongman Hun Sen on Wednesday, charging him with hiring others to commit “premeditated murder” in the brazen killing of a former Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok last week.
Hun Sen Adviser Wanted in Thailand Over Lim Kimya Killing (Gift Article)
The Thai authorities accused an adviser to Hun Sen of hiring the gunman who killed a former Cambodian opposition figure in Bangkok last week.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A Thai court issued an arrest warrant for an adviser to the Cambodian strongman Hun Sen on Wednesday, charging him with hiring others to commit “premeditated murder” in the brazen killing of a former Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok last week.
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After arresting the main suspect in Cambodia, Cambodian police and Thai Metropolitan Police investigators took the suspect to Battambang Provincial Police Command before transferring him to the Internal Security Command Headquarters in Phnom Penh for further investigation.
Gunman in Bangkok Political Murder Caught in Cambodia
Thai police, in cooperation with Cambodian authorities, have arrested the main suspect in the assassination of Mr. Lim Kimya, a 74-year-old Cambodian political activist and former opposition MP.
www.khaosodenglish.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
After arresting the main suspect in Cambodia, Cambodian police and Thai Metropolitan Police investigators took the suspect to Battambang Provincial Police Command before transferring him to the Internal Security Command Headquarters in Phnom Penh for further investigation.
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Our latest @voanews on press freedom in SE Asia. Myanmar media in exile concerned about draft bill in Thailand….
“We have nowhere to go”
www.voanews.com/a/7899939.html
“We have nowhere to go”
www.voanews.com/a/7899939.html
‘We have nowhere to go’: Exiled from Myanmar, journalists fear new Thai law
Media professionals who fled war in Myanmar question whether new Thai law will make it impossible for them to keep reporting
www.voanews.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Our latest @voanews on press freedom in SE Asia. Myanmar media in exile concerned about draft bill in Thailand….
“We have nowhere to go”
www.voanews.com/a/7899939.html
“We have nowhere to go”
www.voanews.com/a/7899939.html
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#Myanmar 🇲🇲 MAP UPDATE: the situation in Myanmar as of 01/12/2024. In the past month the resistance made some limited gains across the country, seizing ground in #Kachin, #Chin and #Rakhine states.
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December 1, 2024 at 2:23 PM
#Myanmar 🇲🇲 MAP UPDATE: the situation in Myanmar as of 01/12/2024. In the past month the resistance made some limited gains across the country, seizing ground in #Kachin, #Chin and #Rakhine states.
Download larger file: mediafire.com/file/k57orex0q…
Download larger file: mediafire.com/file/k57orex0q…
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It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.
November 26, 2024 at 3:17 AM
It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.
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Notice how Ru’s nuclear sabre rattling always tracks various Western decisions; it never follows Ukr actions— Kerch bridge attack, drones in Moscow, Kursk incursion, etc. Illustrates that Ru knows that Ukr knows it’s a bluff; the fear-mongering only works on the gullible West.
November 24, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Notice how Ru’s nuclear sabre rattling always tracks various Western decisions; it never follows Ukr actions— Kerch bridge attack, drones in Moscow, Kursk incursion, etc. Illustrates that Ru knows that Ukr knows it’s a bluff; the fear-mongering only works on the gullible West.
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Trump's new counterterrorism czar Seb Gorka once said of Democrats, "They want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved."
November 23, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Trump's new counterterrorism czar Seb Gorka once said of Democrats, "They want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved."
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I read a paper edition of the Financial Times today, cover to cover. Encountered all kinds of topics that algorithms would never show me.
November 22, 2024 at 9:30 AM
I read a paper edition of the Financial Times today, cover to cover. Encountered all kinds of topics that algorithms would never show me.