Boys soccer team trapped in flooded cave.

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Watching Man United and getting England shirts !!! Haven't the poor lads suffered enough.
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Cowshed Cowboy wrote:Watching Man United and getting England shirts !!! Haven't the poor lads suffered enough.
LOL, my thoughts as well but apparently they are huge Man U fans, pretty much like the rest of Thailand.
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And the shit show has already begun.

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The movie is already in the works.

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Lets see if the king does right by 3 of these kids and their coach
Four of those who were trapped in Tham Luang cave, including the coach, are stateless refugees from the Myanmar borderlands. Forget about World Cup tickets, give these kids and their coach Thai citizenship
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/worl ... eless.html
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Who would have thought:
Thai cave rescue to become film
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... rs-1126216
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IMPORTANT UPDATE


WASHINGTON, DC—The American President Donald Trump has had his offer to visit the White House rebuffed by the rescued Thai boys, who instead have voted unanimously to return to the watery cave.

The cave which is now over 95% full of water has still been deemed more inviting than the White House especially to young children who would likely be seen as migrants and detained by ICE.

“They’ve been to hell and back and now you want to send them to another hell? No. These boys have been through enough,” said the boys’ soccer coach firmly.

https://www.burrardstreetjournal.com/tr ... n-to-cave/
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Re the Musk visit:
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armchairlawyer wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:26 pm Re the Musk visit:
I think Vern Unsworth's assessment is correct, even if a little blunt! :D
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This may have already been posted, I haven't read the full thread.

ABC Australia has provided a good web-media overview of the event at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-13/t ... es/9985286 for anyone else who didn't follow the blow by blow.

It's absolutely amazing that the boys were recovered, and the media does love a good underground rescue story. But with all compassion to the boys and their families, and the family of the deceased SEAL, I couldn't engage fully with this story while refugee kids (and their families) are being refused basic human rights elsewhere in the world. Nope, not virtue signalling, just sad.
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Also on the BBC,


Extract:
John Volanthen and Rick Stanton had been braving Tham Luang's narrow, murky passageways for several days, laying out guide ropes and searching for signs of life.
On Monday, the two men finally reached Pattaya Beach. But there was nothing.
They continued onwards into the darkness. Then, a few hundred metres further, they found an air pocket.
"Wherever there is air space we surface, we shout, we smell," John told the BBC. It's a standard procedure for such rescue operations.
"We smelt the children before we saw or heard them."
Soon, the light from John's torch illuminated an electrifying sight - the boys emerged from the darkness, coming down the ledge towards him.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44791998
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