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Wednesday 27 June 2018

Trapped: the search for the world cup in the monsoon flooded labyrinth worry caves deep beneath the fascism quality mane

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* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 * | Songkhla, Hat Yai, Thailand: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 22 June 2018

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 * | Songkhla, Hat Yai, Thailand: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 22 June 2018

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 * | Songkhla, Hat Yai, Thailand: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 22 June 2018


epa editor's choice 26 June 2018: Thai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave during a rescue operation for missing football players and their coach at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, 26 June 2018. At least 12 members of a youth football team are believed to be missing after being trapped in the cave they were visiting.  #ThaiOfficials #Oxygen #Cave #RescueOperation  #MissingFootballPlayers #Trapped #ThamLuangCave #ChiangRai #Thailand #epaphotos Photo epa-efe / Pongmanat Tasri: image via epaphotos @epaphotos, 26 June 2018


Thai Navy SEAL and related rescue agencies are still searching for missing soccer players and their coach in #ThamLuangCave. They expect high possibility to find the survivors soon. Our prayers are with the rescue team and their families, hoping they arrive home safe and sound.: image via PR Thai Government @prdthailandm 9:10 PM 26 June 2018 

SHORT NEWS: ใกล้ความจริง! เวลา 10.00 น. นายณรงค์ศักดิ์ โอสถธนากร ผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัดเชียงราย เปิดเผยว่า ชุดค้นหาหน่วยซีลเดินทางเข้าถ้ำไปได้ลึกขึ้น โดยขณะนี้เข้าใกล้ถึงหาดพัทยาซึ่งคาดว่าเด็กๆ จะอยู่บริเวณนั้นแล้ว …
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At 10.00 am Chiangrai Governor stated that team SEAL could move in deeper and got closer to Pattaya Beach, where they estimated that children would be found. #ThamLuang #ThamLuangCave 
image via Honey OS700 @Onjitteke, 8:51 PM 26 June 2018


You are hero of Thailand.: image via 20 Oct. @Teeradon20, 6:54 PM 26 June 2018



#Sri Lanka People gather on a pier at Galle Face Beach in Colombo. Photo Ishara S Kodikara #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018

Monsoon. Waves washing over the beach front rock buttress. Loud roar. The cave entrance blocked. The kids trapped in there. A labyrinth. Nobody knows where all the caves lead. Are they full of water. How high is the water in the cave tunnels. Are you OK kids. We're in trouble in these games if somebody doesn't find them and lead them out really soon. It continues to rain.

 

A rickshaw puller transports passengers through a water-logged street after heavy rain in Kolkata, India Photo @DeChowduri: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 26 June 2018



#USA President @realDonaldTrump boasts of quality mane #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018


#Afghanistan Afghan youths play football on a field in Herat. Photo @hoshangAFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018

 
#Spain Large herds of free-roaming horses are rounded up from the marshes and forests near the Coto Donana National Park to be driven past the hermitage in El Rocio, where they are blessed before heading on to run through the crowded streets of Almonte. Photo @cristinaquicler #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018


#USA US Marines await the arrival of Jordan's King Abdullah II to the White House in Washington, DC. Photo @bsmialowski #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018


#USA People protest the Muslim travel ban outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC US Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban Photo Mandel Ngan #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018


  #Pakistan Pakistani workers prepare election banners featuring images of Imran Khan, cricketer-turned-opposition leader and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party in Lahore Photo Arif Ali #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018


#Afghanistan Afghan youths play cricket in a field as the sun sets in Ghazni province. Photo @pzakeria31 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2018


Kenya Wildlife Service launches a rhino translocation exercise transferring the animals from the Nairobi National Park to the Tsavo East National Park: Photo Baz Ratner: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 26 June 2018
 

A man looks at his mobile phone on a tricycle outside a mannequin shop in Shanghai Photo Aly Song: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 26 June 2018


The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform in Dayton, Ohio: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 26 June 2018


A girl holds a toy rifle at a school housing displaced people in Sanaa, as residents of Hodeidah flee the battle for Yemen's main port: Photo Khaled Abdullah: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 26 June 2018

7 comments:

TC said...

Stan Ridgway (as Drywall): Mr. Smith

Stan Ridgway & Drywall: Mr. Smith (rehearsal, c 1998)

Can I get a light from you, Mr. Smith?
And do you know where the party is?
I've been walking a blue streak all night long
And I'm tired of looking for a place to piss

Can you tell me about yourself, Mr. Smith?
Yeah, me, you can read like an open book
I don't hide myself like some other people do
When there's gristle in the meat, I just swallow and chew

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?

Cast your eyes around, Mr. Smith
Do you see that dog lying in the road?
Coughin' up stuff from a pigeon that died
Hit an eighteen wheeler on the 405

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?

Do you know this neighborhood, Mr. Smith?
Used to be someplace, sometime, somewhere
People built it up from the dirt and dust,
Loanin' out money from an Eastern trust

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Smith,
(And) do you know where the party is?

P. Wexstun / S. Ridgeway

TC said...

Roky Erickson: Cold night for alligators (live Oct. '79)

Roky's completely right about that. It's weird following the alligators into the caves, but you gotta do it, if you want to find those kids.

Got to be careful though to keep the gators on a tight leash once they've picked up the scent and you are closing on the kids. They're liable to be in any kind of state by now. You don't want to go making things worse.

TC said...

Roky: Two Headed Dog (live 1980)

Horror is a searchlight into the bushy darkness that surrounds the cave mouth.

TC said...

It's not at all hard for me to see Roky working in the Kremlin with a Two Headed Dog.

So natural, in a way.

The Kremlin wouldn't necessarily have put it about, which proves it did happen.

TC said...

In fact I wouldn't be half surprised to find out those kids are safe and sound inside the Kremlin right now.

TC said...

It does not look good for those kids.

What is the Kremlin doing to help them.

Flooding at the cave mouth, monsoon season.

TC said...

I'm worried. I hate my imagination.