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  1. Mor lam sing is Thai Culture.
    Even the EU have a culture co sponsering programm for Mor lam sing.
    And the dancers can dance properly, usually for hours.
    In contrast, the dancer performances in gogo bars are boring.

    Courtesy Mueang Phon Municipality, partner in the Isan Culture Maintenance and Revitalization Programme, facilitated by the College of Local Administration at Khon Kaen University and co-sponsored by the European Union; ethnomusicology in cooperation with the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at KKU

     

     

  2. "Critics have said the 18-year-old singer’s dance moves and scanty outfits were unsuitable to Thai culture."

    Wrong
    Mor lam sing is Thai culture.

    Wiki:

    Mor lam sing (Thai/Isan หมอลำซิ่ง) is a fast-paced, racy and modernized version of the traditional Lao/Isan song form mor lam (for ex:in 1986) . Sing comes from the English word "racing" (a reference to the music's speed and its origins among Isan's biker fraternity). In this style, the lead singer is accompanied by the khaen, Western drums, electric guitar, electric keyboards and bass guitar. The style was invented in Chaiyaphum province around 1985 and was popularised over the next few years after it was taken up by Ratdri Sivilai in Khon Kaen. It is based on the Khon Kaen style of lam tang san but incorporates string instrumentation and luk thung singing styles and extensive use of the Central Thai language rather than Isan.

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    A live performance of mor lam sing.

    The songs are often about disappointment in love and hardships during life away from Northeast Thailand.
    The songs are full of sexual innuendo, and feature "hang khreuang" - young female dancers in fanciful dress.

     

  3. 21 minutes ago, mesquite said:

    President Trump will not release his tax returns and he will not testify under oath about Comey.  He throws this kind of stuff out there and the resistance takes the bait.  He loves this kind of stuff and while people are arguing about these things and badmouthing Trump, he moves on with his agenda.

    Every citizen must get his pants down when it comes to taxation.
    Is now a presidency linked to a tax exemption?
    A president should be upright and a shining example for society.
    A president with corpses in the cellar?
    A sad picture for America is emerging.

  4. He also urged Trump to produce any tapes of his conversations with Comey. "If there aren’t tapes, he should let that be known. No more game playing," Schumer said.

    So where are the recordings now?
    Or just a greasy comedy?
    This has nothing to do with responsible politics.
    This is kindergarten level.

    Trump's lawyer, Jay Sekulow, said on ABC's "This Week:" "The president said he is going to address the issue of the tapes, whether the tapes exist or not, next week."

    What is this nonsense?
    Next week?
    BS
    A simple question and a simple answer.
    Exist tapes yes or no?
    Why is this time delay?
    Implausible.

  5. This was a bit too much back up from Trump for his new Saudi friends.
    Trump probably did not think very much.
    What happens with the largest US military presence in Arabia?
    This is known in Qatar.
    Now Trump sits in a stupid pinch.

    Amateurism, stupid and short-sighted foreign policy.
    Thus the US government deprives itself of its strategic alternatives by its own stupidity.
    If you invite the devil, you must also dance with him.
    The opportunity to reduce or weaken the US military presence on the Arabian Peninsula,
    that will be used by his new saudi friends.

  6. Trumps Error: Request loyalty from the independent

    The first mistake Trumps was to try to make someone like Comey quasi to a subject dependent on him. This begins with the fact that the president who has just been appointed demands loyalty from an official whose office is based on independence from politics, and that he gave the impression that Comey's job depended on his well-being. Now it may be that Trump has not encountered many upright officials like Comey in his life, and that incapability is a foreign word in the world of New York real estate companies.

    The office of the president is not to be confused with the leadership of an own company, where you can hire and fire employees according to whim. Is a shit feeling that he has still his fingers on the atomic buttons.

  7. The whole is to be seen in context.

    "I need loyalty. I expect loyalty."
    During the dinner, the president asked him if he wanted to stay on as FBI director,
    Sounds like a threat.
    When you do not do what I want, I throw you out.

    what "we could do to lift the cloud"

    "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go."

    You're fired

    What is the official reason for Comeys termination?
    About what shortcomings Comey was then officially accused?
    He would be able to defend himself against an unjustified dismissal.

    The FBI director is there to protect the law and the population against crime.
    The division of powers and control mechanisms are there, or is now an FBI Director the personal fulfillment helper of the President?

    I also see here the obstruction of justice.
    Even a president is not authorized to intervene in investigations for which others are appointed and commissioned.

     

  8. 1 hour ago, JHolmesJr said:

    I hope the Donald will cancel his visit on his own accord after the disrespect shown to him and the office he represents. After all what could the usa possibly want from the uk? Trumps trying To keep america from following the uk example.

    That would be good. He should also not participate at the next G20 meeting in Hamburg. He can send his destructive opinions via Twitter. Would also save the US citizens unnecessary travel expenses. Win-win for all.

  9. 3 hours ago, darksidedog said:

    Macron, new to the job has a 60% approval rating, while Mr. Trump is at 36%. While 43% now approve impeachment. Mr. Macron is clearly doing and saying something right. Mr. Trump, who is of course, always right in everything, might want to question why so few people agree with his work to date.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-poll-favourability-job-approval-more-american-support-removal-latest-a7775781.html

    Both are new to their job.
    Macron has an educated and cultured approach to his conversation partners.
    He is able to think himself in the position of his interlocutors and can understand complex facts.
    On the international stage he tries to build friendships, and to find similarities in the political views.

    Trump is just the opposite. Rude, impolite, loudmouth, not learn and team able.
    On the international stage he transforms friends into enemies, especially through his uncultivated behavior.
    It is also probably due to his senility.

    The French president appears educated and intelligent, while the US president appears as an illegal liquor burner from the deepest Everglades.

     

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