Dear @POTUS and @LeaderMcConnell, if you want to speak to an American expert in Burma, please just ask @MarcielScot. He has lived there, seen, listened, heard, felt and sensed the hearts and minds of the diverse Burmese society. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
One other factor that suggests a comparison to a foreign occupying force is the Tatmadaw’s insularity from Myanmar society, especially at senior levels.
The Chinese people wanted democracy. The Chinese government refused to let them have it -- and still does. It claims they want the dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party. Our memory of Tiananmen tells us otherwise, so Beijing tries to suppress it. https://t.co/kdomm612yZ
@TomTugendhat Section 24 to collect tax from the individual landlords even if they are losing money was drafted by the conservative government. Now many renters have lost their homes and all councils have to pay for the temporary accommodation.
On two occasions today, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers rammed UNIFIL vehicles with a Merkava tank, in one case causing significant damage. The soldiers had blocked a road in Bayada that is used to access UNIFIL positions.
April 10, 1961 (Panchgani) Young Farrokh Bulsara writes a letter to his parents:
Dear Mum and Dad,
I'm so glad that you agreed to let me have piano lessons. I’m really enjoying it. Mrs. Smith is very nice and I'm making good progress, she says. I’m practicing a lot and really like every minute of it. But I have to tell you about something else. Bruce Murray had the idea to form a band and asked me if I wanted to be in it. We will call ourselves The Hectics. In addition to Bruce and myself, Victory Rana, Derrick Branche, and Farang Irani will be in the band.
Tomorrow we will meet for our first rehearsal. I’m very excited about this!
Love, Farrokh
Source: Freddie Mercury - The Untold Story (A documentary including interviews with his family)
Freddie later said: “I took piano lessons at school and really enjoyed it. That was my mother’s doing. She made sure I stuck at it and I did it up to grade four classical, practical and theory. At first I kept up the lessons because I knew she wanted me to, but then I really grew to love playing. I basically play by ear and I can’t sight read at all. I don’t need it. I leave that to the others. It’s not like Mozart, is it?”
#FreddieMercury #Queen
This is Israel, world
An Israeli soldier ordered a Palestinian youth to continue walking, then used him as a target for long-range shooting practice before killing him.
Tell us what you think of their actions!
Repost please
Shot him in the back after he was disarmed, right after the shooter saw him disarmed. Stood over him and waited for the gun to clear and performed an execution.
I make no apology for posting this photo. I think it’s a photo that will haunt America in the years to come.
This is what you have become. If you defend this, have a word with yourself.