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Sing to the tune of "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohan. First verse is original: Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows the files are buried, Bondi’s DOJ, the truth they parried. Everybody knows the promise broke, Trump called release, then named it hoax. Everybody knows the girls still weep, Victims’ scars run raw and deep. That’s how it goes, Everybody knows. Everybody knows his base is fraying, Insults fly, their trust decaying. Everybody knows Epstein’s shade, Maxwell’s role, the games they played. Everybody knows the young were used, Justice dodged, their pain abused. That’s how it goes, Everybody knows. Everybody knows the files stay shut, Bondi’s hand, the final cut. Everybody knows he swore to free, Yet hoax he cries, for all to see. Everybody knows the victims wait, Silenced still, by power’s gate. That’s how it goes, Everybody knows.

So they robbed him which is a crime.

Thailand was here before in the 1800's when King Mongkut (Rama IV) reformed the Thai Sangha for the same reasons as we see today: the Sangha's lax adherence to the Vinaya which are the 227 rules of behavior set forth by Buddha over 2500 years ago for monks ingaged in the following of monks, the Sangha. The problem being? The precept involving "Not handling, touching, or keeping gold, silver, currency." The precept is part of the 30 rule Nissaggiya Pacittiya which itself is part of the Vinaya (227 monk's rules). During Rama IV's rein, he created the Dhammayut sect of Thai Buddhism. One of the key differences between Dhammayut and its counterpart, the Maha Nikāya sect is that the Dhammayut sect maintains the precepts of the Vinaya strictly, so Dhammayut monks do not handle gold, silver, or currency. However, the monks in the Dhammayut sect make up a very small minority of the Theravada monks in Thailand. The majority belong to the Maha Nikaya sect and make up the average monks you see in cities and villages. And I'm speaking from experience having been ordained as a monk in the Maha Nikaya tradition - those monks openly handle money and keep donated money for themselves. What do they do with it. Many support their parents and families, or support philanthropy and charitable efforts, engage in proselytizing and spreading Buddhism outside of Thailand. And many drop it into a bank accounts for a rainy day, like when they decide to disrobe, if they decide to disrobe. And some buy luxury items like cars, planes, watches, and other good as well as travel. Now here's the issue, and Buddha saw this. If you can handle money, break the monastic rules when it comes to money - then what other monastic rules can you break? Lay people in villages and cities know that their monks handle money and have no problem with it. But if a monk can handle money, then why not drive a car? Why not touch woman? Why not have a beer or some Thai whiskey? Why not have a girlfriend? It's up the the laity to keep their monks in line, and although the laity gives monks a pass on money, then don't usually give them a pass on touching women and using drugs and alcohol. Hence the outrage. I think the laity misses the point. We need another man like Rama the IV to again reform a rather wayward Sangha of Buddhist monks here in Thailand. There actions are again out of hand and they bring embarrassment to the Buddhist tradition and they harm the Dhamma. Unfortunately I doubt if anything will be done. Thais will be outraged and rail about the excesses, and then will forget until the next monks are caught drinking and partying with gals. What is happening are small changes such as the expansion of the Western monks engaged in the Forest Tradition who strictly adhere to the Vinaya and sees meditation to be the core of the practice. The term is: Morality, Meditation, Knowledge. Sila, Samahdi, Panna. But unfortunately the Theravada tradition in Thailand is slowing dying an ignoble death due to a thousand cuts as monks fail to adhere strictly to Buddhist morality which is the key to the ongoing health of the traditions.

Until they lose the war, which they are now losing, and surrender. After which time the war crime trials begin. To the winner goes the spoils.

Tramadol - It won't necessarily kill the pain, but it keeps you happy in a warm fuzzy glow sorta way so you don't care so much about being in pain. You have to shop around for 50mg Tram. You'll find it most likely at some Mom & Pop pharmacy. Maybe 10% of the pharmacies carry it and the big pharmacies usually don't. However about half will carry Ultraset which is 37.5mg Tramadol in a paracetamol tablet. I'll warn you up front. You'll develop tolerance to it if you use it for an extended period of time. Guaranteed. Then you'll be tempted to bump the dose. A dose of 50 mg a day is a start, but I don't recommend ever going over 150 mg/day. Just don't! Taper until you've quit and take a break for a month, then go back on. Most people can't wean themselves off of opioids if they were unable to control their intake in the first place. "Tickling the dragon" as opposed to "Chasing the dragon." You don't want to chase the dragon - ever. Most people get burnt. Gotta use restraint with any class of opioids. If you have addictions issues - Tramadol probably isn't for you. THC - get a medical slip and buy away. Like Tramadol is takes your mind off the pain. Acupuncture - it CAN be effective. Try it. It will either work, or not. Alternating heat and cold packs. Ice therapy - read up on Wim Hof's technique. You don't need to do full body immersion. I'll vouch for this. It can be very beneficial. Yoga. The usual OTC crap like NSAIDs and paracetalmol if you don't mind kidney or liver damage respectively.

I don't want you to ever take Ivermectin, and I do want you to get your mRNA Covid shots as often as possible - Safe & EffectiveTM .

So even you admit that Ukrainians are committing war crimes.

I can imagine all the tourists buying their Starbucks latte with crypto then getting home and filing a few pages of capital gains reports for their home country tax collection.

If this breaks open, and I hope it does, hopefully we can relegate the term, conspiracy theory, to the dustbin of historical irrelevancy.

If Trump is implicated? Let the chips fall where they may.

Yep - protect the victims, skewer those involved in the under-aged sex trafficking on Epstein Island serviced by The Lolita Express.

Trump's most ardent supporters are in revolt Yep! I wrote the same thing last Sunday. https://aseannow.com/topic/1366564-trump-just-lost-his-maga-base/page/2/#comment-19941123

Caldron forming around Pokrovsk. https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-january-08-at-pokrovsk-axis-clashes-yesterday-near-yelyzavetivka

Good. That's about what someone on overstay gets here in Thailand. I'm good with that.

The entire thing could have been resolved in the April 2022 peace talks in Turkey - but the US and NATO wanted Ukraine to fight to the last Ukrainian, so that's what they now have gotten. The goal was the strategic defeat of Russia and regime change in Russia. What did they get. UK and EU economically screwed as well as voters who want to push their own government's out of office. In the meanwhile Russia has 5 Ukrainian Obelisks absorbed into the Russian Federation with two to five more lining up before this ends. If Ukraine got rid of Zelensky and elected a new president and accepted the facts on the ground, this could be over in a month. Instead? Well, the US and NATO still want the strategic overthrow of Russia, so it won't end. Russia will keep the attrition wars moving forward, Ukraine will keep retreating and losing territory. C'est la vie.