Not the best of sources, but we can be sure that there will be more to come in the future. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-combodia/vietnam-calls-on-cambodia-to-protect-immigrants-idUSKBN1CF1BE Of course, this might simply be empty rhetoric to please the CPP base in preparation for the fo...

"If you take a starving dog from the gutter, feed him and restore him to health, he will not hate you. That is the difference between a dog and a man." (attributed to Mark Twain) On Christmas Day 1978, the People's Army of Vietnam, accompanied by several thousand Cambodians, crossed the border in f...

First they came for the sexpats and I did not speak up because I was not a sexpat Then they came for the methpats and I did not speak up because I was not a methpat Then they came for the old guys drinking cheap Vietnamese beer outside 7/11 supermarkets in S'ville and I did not ... [ AND SO ON ]

Two decades ago, handguns were cheap and widespread. Now, the mere possession of firearms and/or ammunition normally qualifies the convicted perp for a custodial sentence. What firearms are available to those in the know and what is the price range? Naturally, one expects a top-of-the-line Glock to ...

This was from a link in * takimag * - a sophomoric speech which must have taken at least an hour to write:

http://www.unz.com/isteve/woozy-soundin ... kepticism/

"Dark and gritty" means dark and gritty, not slightly dark and gritty.

Is Kansaicanuck thinking of the sort of barbecue sauce which claims to be simultaneously spicy and mild?

Is this sorry tale now dead or has it been driven out of everyone's minds by the unfolding saga of the sufferings of Hollywood starlets?

Of course, if Violet had only been adequately prepared for such an eventuality, the tables could have been swiftly turned on her assailants:

http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/load ... ina-576432

Here is ever-wise Steyn on the shooting (and more)

https://www.steynonline.com/8154/the-empty-paddock

Office whip-round and the dosh in a discreet envelope - can one track down
those mawkish "In Deepest Sympathy" cards here?

Some people work brutally hard, even here ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... s-uk-style

... but is death by overwork a reality in Cambodia?

A heated discussion about the safety of airlines here in S-E-Asia led nowhere but someone suggested this article:

http://www.askthepilot.com/questionansw ... ne-safety/

Does anyone here have anything to say about airline safety here in S-E-Asia?

Two decades ago, lots of foreigners had guns in their homes or business premises - the (then) owner of the RED SNAPPER in SHV had a Tokarev and an AK-47 behind the bar This article brought back memories https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/10/fantasyland-book-excerpt-the-nra-won-the-gun-rights-d...

P.U.C. used to (dunno about now) a cuties bait-and-switch trick -- telling mugs
the rate-per-hour before tax was with-held - from $11 to $9-something