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by newkidontheblock
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: October 7, film report from Aljazeera
Replies: 18
Views: 737

Re: October 7, film report from Aljazeera

A recent study by The Rockford Institute (2023), concluded that if some sort of magic wand could be waved and all Israelis plus all Palestinians ceased to exist tomorrow, the net effect upon the world would be zero. They would not be missed. Power abhors a vacuum. Someone else would replace both th...
by newkidontheblock
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:38 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: FYI: Heading to HK / China ( even transit)
Replies: 7
Views: 373

Re: FYI: Heading to HK / China ( even transit)

Well I know some Western academics whose works have been critical of China, and they wouldn't have dared visiting Hong Kong for a long time already. It's not like they needed this new law if they really wanted to get you. The problem isn’t just academics. It’s whatever the local arresting authoriti...
by newkidontheblock
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: FYI: Heading to HK / China ( even transit)
Replies: 7
Views: 373

Re: FYI: Heading to HK / China ( even transit)

They need 212 pages for something they do in the US in 4 words: the war on terrorisme !! That’s like saying North Korea and Norway are both democracies. The only difference being one is a People’s democracy (and thus more pure) than a western democracy. Mainland China keeps shooting itself in the f...
by newkidontheblock
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: Video And Entertainment
Topic: Recommended TV shows and series
Replies: 295
Views: 74655

Re: Recommended TV shows and series

Remake of Shogun

Actually subscribed to Hulu just to watch.

https://youtu.be/yAN5uspO_hk?si=NFQDmeBnCQ3zGoL2
by newkidontheblock
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Khmer foreigner rating system — it's riel
Replies: 53
Views: 2695

Re: Khmer foreigner rating system — it's riel

False pleasantries are the part of the lubrication that makes societies work. To one extreme, Japan, where pleasantries are elevated to an art form. Lifelong training in delivering what one wants to hear in order to preserve social order. On the other extreme, German corporate culture, where direct ...
by newkidontheblock
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: I'm Locked Up
Replies: 17
Views: 2096

Re: I'm Locked Up

Do keyboard warriors have anything better to do than belittle other posters? No wonder there are so many lurkers and not many posters on CEO. Throwing out put downs to show superior keyboard prowess doesn’t encourage discussion. Sorry, frustrated by the flaming sometimes. Otherwise a good discussion...
by newkidontheblock
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Worth the death penalty?
Replies: 8
Views: 681

Re: Worth the death penalty?

Officials and corrupt business leaders in Vietnam are regularly given the death penalty for accepting bribes and involvement in shady dealings, including some previously high ranked government people. The best thing about the death penalty in Vietnam is that it is executed (ok, bad pun) almost imme...
by newkidontheblock
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Braless white women
Replies: 26
Views: 2578

Re: Braless white women

Padded panties? These are a thing? And how did I miss them? Lastly, what the hell for? Remember the last lime you sat in a uncomfortable airline seat for 8 hours and ended up at your destination with a sore ass. Well I m a skinny ass bastard with no fat down there so I wore two pairs and it felt li...
by newkidontheblock
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: New Hospital
Replies: 14
Views: 1165

Re: New Hospital

Wow, what a response. Wanting the LDS church to reform the entire Cambodian medical system to western standards, as well as bring the average Cambodian pharmacy to Western standards as well, before any credit is given. The church is already building the first public hospital in 20 years in Cambodia,...
by newkidontheblock
Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: KhemEnglish among local kids.
Replies: 15
Views: 923

KhemEnglish among local kids.

Missus picked this up on Facebook. Speaking KhemEnglish is becoming popular thing with kids growing in Phnom Penh. Basically mixing Khmer and English. The bigger words in English, the rest in Khmer. And being scolded by elders for not using either full Khmer or full English when they speak. Is this ...