Japan/Taiwan/Asia in 2024

  Japan's semiconductor industry is getting a boost from Taiwanese chip companies' expansion here to support a new TSMC (2330.TW) plant.

 Shifting alliances and priorities in the global chip industry are on the increase with the United States pushing to limit China's progress in cutting-edge semiconductors and strengthen its other partnerships. 

Is Japan going to expand its military, too?

Feb 29, 2024

Sri Lanka may stop visa extensions for Russian an Ukranian tourists trying to escape the war. The Tourism ministry has been receiving complaints about some Russian tourists running illegal businesses in the southern part of the country.

March 2, 2024

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and coast guard have intensified patrols at the border to deter more refugees from the Myanmar civil war.

March 12, 2024

Hey Joe Biden: Since you gave the Taliban control in 2021, Afghan females have lost access to education & employment, and face arbitrary arrests over how they wear their hijabs.

March 18, 2024

Pakistan unleashed airstrikes on hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside Afghanistan. This occurred two days after a suicide bombing targeted a Pakistan army post near the Afghan border.

May 9, 2024

Pakistan's military claims a suicide bomb attack in March in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, that killed five Chinese engineers, was planned in Afghanistan by an Afghan national.

Taliban issues a denial

May 21, 2024

 Iran's Supreme National Security Council has allocated funds for the construction of a concrete wall and a border fence in Central Khorasan. Turkey built a wall along its border with Afghanistan.

Taliban takeover of Afghanistan when the USA left has been  the major trigger for the building of these walls.

May 31, 2024

Rasoulof, an Iranian filmmaker on temporary home arrest, fled to Germany. His cellmates told him about a secret route over the mountains to the border , which he took to freedom.

Rasoulof chose Germany for his exile because "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" was being edited in Hamburg He had lived in Germany once , so his information was on file with the German authorities, and they were able to ID him without his passport, which the Iranian police had seized.

June 13, 2024

Lee Jae-myung, South Korea's main opposition leader, was indicted on bribery charges in an alleged scheme to use Ssangbangwoo, an underwear maker, to transfer funds to North Korea to promote a commercial project.

June 28, 2024

Bye ,bye what remains of Hong Kong's autonomy. School kids in HK criticized for singing the Chinese national anthem too softly.

 Here's the goal: "unifying thoughts" and "gathering strength for building a strong country".

July 3, 2024

Break-dancing sessions for senior citizens is all the rage in Tokyo. 🙄

July 10, 2024

 Beijing courts can issue the death penalty to "Taiwan independence" supporters. This includes trials in- absentia.

China claims the  new guidelines target a small number of die-hard 'Taiwan independence' separatists."

July 15, 2024

 Alice Guo, mayor of Bambon in the Philippines, who has been accused of being a Chinese spy has gone into hiding,  She's ignored Senate subpoenas  about scam centers being used as cover for text scams, human trafficking etc, in her town.

Ri Khu, a senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba, defected with his wife and child to South Korea in November. No further details other than  he flew out of Cuba with his family. That's wild using Cuba  as the starting point of an escape from Communism. 

July 27, 2024

Ok China: MDNAA controls Lashio, Mynamar, about 74 miles from the Chinese border. Perhaps it's time to place a call to the Burma junta , who has lost control of 80% of the country.

Aug 1, 2024

Most of the migrants traveled from Turkey to breakaway north Cyprus and then attempted to cross into Cyprus before being barred by Cypriot authorities and left in a buffer zone. UNHCR expects Cyprus to take them. How about calling Ergodan and sending them back to Turkey.

Aug 5, 2024

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country yesterday. I bet most of the UK hopes Starmer does the same thing.

Aug 19, 2024

Myanmar authorities released Hiroshi Kasamatsu, a Japanese Aeon manager who was sentenced  to one year in prison for violating rice price controls.

Aug 23, 2024

Hey Joe Biden: The Taliban set up a ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” in 2021 and just banned women’s voices and bare faces in public.

Aug 26, 2024

Japan's scrambled jets against a Chinese Y9 reconnaissance aircraft that breached its airspace this morning over the Danjo Islands to the west of the southern island of Kyushu

Sept 10 2024

Consider yourself lucky: David Missal, a German citizen , graduate of Hong Kong U, and member of a pro-Tibet NGO, was refused entry to Hong Kong

Sept 20, 2024

Has anyone asked Kamala about the Taliban being in control of 39 Afghan embassies globally?

Nov 10, 2024

Communist China welcomed Hlaing, the Mynamar military junta chief, for talks, but it sure feels like the Junta is collapsing and this move will fuel the Burmese rebels.

Sipping Taliban Tea...

....Of course, it's opiate free.

Julian Bond, a one-time civil rights leader, is stuck in the 1960's and  drifting into madness as he casually attempts to make these  r words, racism and republican, synonymous.
I'll kick back in my recliner and say , sir, you're delusional. Bond on MSNBC yesterday:

“[The Tea Party] is the Taliban wing of American politics"

I'm glad my earlier blogs didn't include the words tea party, patriot, etc or the IRS would flag this blog.

Ok it's Lipton caffeinated tea that I prefer, and less Govt, too.

Mr Bond: if  our republic were  controlled by a Taliban crew, you and I would be shot on the spot for speaking our minds.

Ok, should I squeeze lemon juice on my phone records.

7/10/13

 Taliban brags this regularly: an 11-year-old boy had carried out the attack. Mr Bond: try reading the news instead of living in the past.
 Yesterday the IRS accidentally released SSN numbers of a 527s political groups. The hits keep coming

8/10/13

 Mr Bond : Any thoughts on “Three 15-yr-old black teens beat up a 13-yr-old white kid because he told school officials they tried to sell him drugs,”  Does racism fills all the lanes on a big highway? Is racism just a convenient tool for your agenda. Maybe this incident is not racism, but it's time to be a little more careful about knowing what goes on in someone's head before & during an act of violence. The "thought crimes"  concept is frightening.

8/21/13

 Maybe it bores some folks, but I'll keep saying it. Revs Sharpton & jackson quiet again  college athlete was targeted by three black teenagers who simply “wanted to see someone die.”      
Maybe it's time to focus on the violence more than the racial element, but Sharpton and Jackson couldn't stand the loss of income

10/12/13

Call me frightened  when the Tea Party  is considered a radical for asking for a little less government and more cuts in government spending. Does anyone remember why we fought the Brits?

2/28/14

I doubt if Jesse, Julian & Al toasted the Tea Party on it's 5th birthday yesterday

3/31/14

The IRS slowly complies with Issa's committee, but  won't tolerate that kind of feet dragging from us.

4/10/14

I've always liked Hammerin Hank but this gives me pause.I guess Hank Aaron has been hanging with Juilian Bond. Comparing Republicans to the KKK. He told the USA Today:

"We can talk about baseball. Talk about politics. Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he's treated.
"We have moved in the right direction, and there have been improvements, but we still have a long ways to go in the country.
"The bigger difference is that back then they had hoods. Now they have neckties and starched shirts."

5/1/14

Jesse Jackson, who referred to Jews in NYC  as Hymie -town leading the parade against Donald Sterling. The mirror must be cracked.

9/25/14

Haven't seen Bond, Sharpton, or JJ, in Baltimore where a black cop shot a "poor" black kid There's a good reason  some of these "leaders" are called race pimps. No race card, no card game.

11/5/14

GOP wave occurred last night. Will the race pimps stop railing againat the TeaParty. Using race as an issue appears to have backfired- look at MD, Anthony Brown for example. It's unbelievable we have another GOP Governor.
How do the race  baiters explain Sen Scott of S.Carolina?

11/18/14

sure wish  sharpton , jackson , & bond would preach peace when the Ferguson jury verdict is read

11/28/14

It looks as if the IRS is taking it's time with Sharpton's tax bill. It pays to a friend of BO. Sharpton

His National Action Network appears to have been sustained for years by not paying federal payroll taxes on its employees.

so much for the regular guy

4/15/15

I guess the MSM was wrong about Tea Party power. First three GOP Prez condidates:Cruz, R.Paul, & Rubio  owe a debt to that faction.

4/20/15

Hypocrisy: First Sharpton than Melissa-Harris Perry, big govt, more taxes' TV Libs , not paying their fair share. Classic do as I say not as I do.

4/28/15

Is Sharpton coming to Baltimore to fan the flames? The city doesn't need you. Mayor Rawlings: ask him to stay away. You have enough problems.

4/29/15

So standing down to violent punks because they're  15 or 16 was Sheila's answer in Baltimore. Take a look at Belfast, NI history and other places. A 16 year-old male can be as lethal as an 18 year -old male.

9/1/15

Does black lives matter  want to fry black cops, too?

4/3/16

Sharpton says he'll leave the USA if Trump wins in November, but I'm sure he'll demand someone covers the costs.

11/27/16

Yesterday #jessejackson celelbrated #fidelcastro 's life as a freedom fighter.  "In 1959," Jackson wrote, "Castro came to New York and stayed in Harlem at the Theresa Hotel and the oppressed in Harlem thanked him for the gesture.".  In the mid 80's Jesse called NYC  "Hymietown".  Perhaps Mr Jackson has been sucking on  Cuban sugar cane for far too long.

6/25/17

I'm guessing #sharpton hasn't  exited the USA or paid his back taxes, but the volume level on his microphone is on low these days.

11/11/17

Just to shake things up: #AlSharpton promoted false #tawanabrawley rape allegations. MSM promoting  Ms Gibson claims about #roymoore.  Equivalent  or not ?

5/13/18

Is #MadMaxine Waters  sipping on some strange tea these days? Has she got Trump on the brain? Here's an older Waters, quote which still has me shaking my head ,  "I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion,  " because it's so open to folks saying that's a damn shame.

8/12/18

...and now it appears that socialist DNC  has a slogan No ICE, NO straws. Ms #Cortez and Ms #Waters let's meet for hot tea and hopefully  you're okay with silverware spoons?

05/11/20 

#AHMAUDARBERY   :  Biden and Sanders have taken the the Sharpton and Jackson roles in this case of the killing of a black man by two white guys in Georgia, but  I've noted some crimes from 2013 that reversed the color theme, particularly the case in Oklahoma in August 2013 of three black teenagers who targeted a white jogger because they wanted to see someone die. Can we put the crayons away and focus on human on human crime? 

August 9, 2020: Mad Maxine Waters said Biden can't go home w/o naming a black woman VP. I'm not sure if that was in reference  to Joe's recent bike ride through a state park in Delaware, but I think Joe made it back to the bunker in his house safely. About two years ago Maxine  was  suggesting NO ICE, no straws.

May 4, 2021: “I know a con game when I see it. Release the whole tape and let the folks see what happened to Andrew Brown,” the Rev. #AlSharpton 's  words during a eulogy from a church pulpit.. Hey Al , let's talk about the fake #tawanabrawley rape allegations you promoted.

Sharpton also failed to pay federal tax on employees working for his civil rights organization, National Action Network, which can cause a problem for those employees who are hoping for refunds when they file their annual taxes.

And because you're a con artist Al,  that doesn't mean you're correct about the Brown case

June 4 , 2021: In April, 2021  Rev. Al Sharpton road in  a private jet to Minneapolis to join the family of George Floyd at the conclusion of the Chauvin trial. Life is hard.  

September 3, 2021. Hey Biden: do you recall when Julian Bond called [The Tea Party] the Taliban wing of American politics?  Now you're in bed with the Afghan Taliban..

Tea party 2.0 is on the rise in Loudoun County, VA,  and elsewhere  as parents get organized in school battles against CRT ,while the Left  again calls them Astroturf, activism manufactured by powerful interests to look like grassroots organizing.