The Growing Frustration Over Pandemic Restriction Cheaters – The New York Times

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Three Months on, Myanmar Regime’s Brutality Matched Only by Its Incompetence

As Myanmar marked three months since the coup on Saturday, many people at home and abroad fear the country is now on the verge of becoming a failed state. The country’s economy is on the brink of collapse. Banks face the constant prospect of a run on deposits as concerns over the country’s stability grow, even in the urban centers. Since the coup, international aid has been suspended, and foreign investors have taken the last train out of town. The UN has warned that half of the country’s more than 54 million people could face poverty next year. Last week, the first prize in the national lottery—normally 1.5 billion kyats (about US$963,000)—was reduced to one third of that amount as people boycott payments of any kind to the government, including paying taxes and buying government lottery tickets.

As of Tuesday, 93 days after the takeover, the old soldier’s achievements can be summarized as follows: a) killing 766 citizens who opposed his rule; and b) arbitrarily arresting some 4,874 people, according to AAPP Myanmar, an independent group monitoring arrests and killings by the junta.

Source: Three Months on, Myanmar Regime’s Brutality Matched Only by Its Incompetence

Lighthouse on Cape Rapier

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

While most of our fellow passengers were sleeping, as usual I woke at 5 am to pull the gear together, dress warmly, step out onto our magic window on the world. Our decision to request a port side cabin continues to pay off. The Cape Rapier lighthouse flashes every few seconds. One of these shots caught the light.

Lighthouse on Cape Rapier
Since 1914 the lighthouse on Cape Rapier, Aysen Provence, Chile, has protected ships on the northern approach to the Gulf of Penas.

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Lighthouse Cape Rapier
Before dawn, February 17, 2016, the light protected us on the Oceania Regatta as we rounded Cape Rapier to enter the Gulf of Penas on route of the Messier Channel, the Fjords of Chile and an encounter with the Iceberg Glacier of Fjord Tempanos.

Gulf of Penas is the next blog in this series.

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My Days

Lyrical smile

I begin my day hoping that it goes well than yesterday. Of-course its what most people hope about but what I hope the most is today I don’t have to face my father, today maybe I’ll cry less, maybe someone will make me feel worthy. I look at the mirror and say I am beautiful and I deserve all the love of the world and that is yet to come. When I am in my bed in the morning I think to myself will my problems ever be solved? I wake up with swollen eyes and dark circles not because I studied till late night but because I cried till late night. I try hiding my face from everybody hoping no one notices me. The more I stay at home the more I feel the “black day” recap.(I will tell about black day some other time) The time…

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Purposeful Survival

Anonymously Hal

Sometimes I feel like life
is just some sick joke on all of us.

The purpose of humanity is to do one thing right?
We’re supposed to survive.
Yet here we are…
spending our entire fucking lives trying to do everything and anything
we can to make it to another day…
still knowing that we will eventually die.

But besides just surviving for however long we have…
I feel like everyone has a desire to leave some sort of mark
on this planet.
Maybe it’s children, relationships, ideas, music, art or just something miniscule
the next generation might have a use for or remember… anything at all.

And I don’t know about you,
but I have this deep desire to leave something behind
for this world after I’m gone…
to make my own mark.

I just worry that I won’t have enough time
to figure out what that mark is…

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A Troubled World

Grounds For Hope

Is it too much to wish for peace?

For the world without violence

We have become excessively obese

With bigotry, with hate, with idleness.

This world of ours is full of troubles.

Most pips quietly take a back seat.

Some feather up own nest in cost of others

In cost of those that are beaten down and can’t compete.

Is it too much to wish for a world without poverty?

A life without brutal daily struggles

Can we, for once, embrace the whole human equality?

Empathy and kindness became a rare commodity.

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Easy V/S Difficult

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Easy is to get place in someone’s friend list,Difficult is to get place in their heart.

Easy is to judge other’s mistakes, Difficult is to recognize their own.

Easy is to talk without thinking,Difficult is to hold the Tongue.

Easy is to Hurt someone,Difficult is to heal someone.

Easy is to forgive,Difficult is to ask for forgiveness.

Easy is to set rules,Difficult is to follow them.

Easy is to see the moon,Difficult is to see the other side.

Easy is to stumble and fall,Difficult is to get up Again.

Easy is to dream every night,Difficult is to fight for it Daily.

Easy is to see the care,Difficult is to show it every day.

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Western Sahara 2021

In Saner Thought

This post will mean little to most readers….but it does to me and since this is my blog I will write on…..

I have written about the plight of the people of Western Sahara….https://lobotero.com/2018/04/30/western-sahara-update/

map of Western Sahara

My interests in Western Sahara is personal…..I was there in 1980s and fell in love with the desert and its people…..and ever since I have been watching the international tap-dance being done by the West to prevent the people from having their country back from Morocco.

According to a report from Axios, the Biden administration told Morroco that it would not reverse the Trump administration’s move to recognize Morrocan sovereignty over Western Sahara, which was Rabat’s reward for normalizing relations with Israel.

Sources told Axios that Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed the message to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in a phone call on Friday. A State Department readout of the call did not…

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Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Front-Runner Favs: Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream! Before I begin, let me assure you this recipe does not require any special equipment other than a stand mixer. Truth. No ice cream maker is needed. It’s also done in stages. That means you can steep the tea and refrigerate it overnight before combining all the ingredients to store in the freezer. And the taste, you wonder? Bold, creamy, sweet, and melt-in-your-mouth smooth. Now let’s get started. You’re going to love this.

EARL GREY TEA ICE CREAM

Ingredients:

2 cups heavy cream

2 Earl Grey Tea bags

14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk*

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons natural honey

Instructions:

Be sure the mixing bowl, whisk, and loaf pan are chilled before using. (I placed mine in the freezer overnight.) Measure heavy cream into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 3 minutes on HIGH; just until little…

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