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Headquartered at 2080 Beeville Loop, Matlock WA 98560, USA and 11120karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/04/learn-anatomy-quickly-without-college.htmllearn anatomy at homestudy for anatomy examsSun, 13 Apr 2014 04:48:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-3775144687525618676With the cost of college these days just a ball-and-chain enslaving nearly all new graduates, bright students who want careers as paramedic, physician assistant, nurse, doctor of chiropractic, doctor of naturopathy, trainer or sports professional, physical injury law attorney, researcher or anatomist, artist or medical doctor, are getting that they CAN learn at home! TeamWorx' commitment to 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/02/still-on-slow-boil.htmlSat, 8 Feb 2014 11:04:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-5690809378697356718 Still On a Slow Boil Thailand Seeks Purity of Motive Well, here we are at another Friday night, and the army is not in the streets nor is the corrupt government out nor is the new corrupt government in... Most streets a little light on traffic, but the traffic is still there, although a ride on the fast, clean underground feels like Tokyo in the morning... PACKED! This little lady was 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-20-vote-violence-veracity.htmlSun, 2 Feb 2014 06:49:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-7928932213203713078 Day 20 - Vote - Violence - Veracity Well, the Thai national VOTE has come, with more than minimal VIOLENCE and the semblance, at very least, of VERACITY in reporting. We had some Yellow-Shirt thugs invade, disrupt and escape from the voting station nearest us (The Mall, Bangkapi), and more on that later. There were reports of incidents of violence, gunfire and explosions from virtually all 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/fever-cough-running-nose.htmlFri, 31 Jan 2014 15:51:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-5800117563560847178 Up In the Middle of the Night No More Auction Block    Rebel Soldier Far From Home  and finally Colored Volunteers, Richie Havens These set the stage for Bill Whittle, who asks us "What will WE say, to the soldiers who sacrificed comfort, limb or life for us to have FREEDOM?" As an American whose namesake signed the American Declaration of Independence, my heart is uneasy 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-18-pains-of-disunity.htmlThu, 30 Jan 2014 21:18:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-7290307263331016276 Day 18-The Pains of Disunity Friday Jan 31, 2014CE/170BE  Dateline Bangkok Quoting David Eimer of The Telegraph: "Now, there are increasing signs that those attacks are just the prelude to a conflict that could be far more deadly than the battles between red shirts and the military in Bangkok in 2010 that killed 90 people. With the opposition Democrat Party boycotting the Feb 2 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-17-by-hook-crook-truth-or-dare.htmlThu, 30 Jan 2014 10:31:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-5085513721932114338 Day 17 - By Hook, Crook, Truth or Dare... Well, Mr Yellow-Shirt threatened publicly to surround voting stations across Thailand, to block citizens access to a legal vote, and that prompted Red-Shirts to step into the light, machete in hand, and vow to protect the voting stations nationwide. "It's already a war, just unarmed until now!" The Yellows are perceived widely as elitists, 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-16-bangkok-beatdown-running-down.htmlWed, 29 Jan 2014 06:52:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-4881929586237255687 Day 16-Bangkok Beatdown  Running Down Rundown? Well, if you read yesterday's post, with the shocking revelation of Thai incompetence, ignorance and greed negatively impacting the whole Thai nation, you can understand why the Yingluck-RedShirts have lost part of their support constituency, and Bangkok's businesses are formally and informally taking action-steps to get this destructive, 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-16-shutdown-catalyzes-details.htmlTue, 28 Jan 2014 03:34:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-2116742103610649541 Day 16 - Shutdown Catalyzes Details Emerging! And the details aren't pretty! I thought American idiots were bad, THIS was STUPENDOUSLY STUPID:   http://world.time.com/2013/07/12/how-thailands-botched-rice-scheme-blew-a-big-hole-in-its-economy/ The Beastly Botched Market-Manipulation!  0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-15-bangkok-beatdown-undone-output.htmlMon, 27 Jan 2014 04:17:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-4172463007433054493  Day 15 - Bangkok Beatdown Outlook Undone Output For my readers who want detailed reports on this slow-motion convulsion, I here suggest The Bangkok Post   and if you have any questions, I'll do my best.  A few more shots, a few less Yellow-Shirts (from cold and requirements of life ELSEWHERE, not the shots), a bomb blast and the government finally getting around to asking 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-14-bangkok-slowdown-down-down.htmlSun, 26 Jan 2014 06:49:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-2657538183737206910 Day 14-Bangkok Slowdown Down Down No new suggestions from the Yellow-Shirt camp, the extreme cold is eating away at its citizenry-of-support, and the news media have even LESS 'headlines' worthy of interrupting their regularly-scheduled mediocrity to broadcast. Traffic was fairly light on our Blockade-Runner's Avenue, but it is Sunday evening in the chill but jasmine-scented suburbs of The Big0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-13-bangkok-beatdown-shutdown-fades.htmlSat, 25 Jan 2014 00:53:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-3556494033981348354 Day 13-Bangkok Beatdown Shutdown Fades Out Well, here's Saturday morning in Bangkok, and it is really difficult to see any PRESENCE, let alone effects of the Yellow-Shirt crowd... Today's TV and radio headlines were noteworthy in that they nearly IGNORED the Yellow-Shirt crowd, focusing rather on the Ukraine's fight for We, the People, and the Ukrainian government's vicious, police-firebomb 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-12-bangkok-bullyfest.htmlFri, 24 Jan 2014 03:46:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-8719413810665202562 Day 12-Bangkok Bullyfest Well, it's official: Coldest Winter since 1984... news reporting more than 60 cold-related deaths this month, and more cold to come. Which makes it even MORE difficult to continue bleating and browbeating the rest of Thai citizenry when all but your wealthy, tented (or house-owning) supporters have returned to the comfort of their homes. TV has run about one-half the 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-11-bangkok-beatdown-around-edges.htmlWed, 22 Jan 2014 22:04:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-4862533370703872914 Day 11-Bangkok-Beatdown:  Around the Edges This reporter lives a few kilometers from the 5-corner concentration of Yellow-Shirts gathered to congest or deny traffic through that important intersection. Doing this will prove the righteousness of their viewpoints, justify them FORCING the legally-elected government to vacate offices, in dereliction of duty. รายงานนี้ยังมีชีวิตอยู่ไม่กี่0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/bangkok-shutdown-day-10-random-thoughts.htmlWed, 22 Jan 2014 04:48:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-641832905915750668 Bangkok Shutdown Day 10-  Random Thoughts on Dwindling Prospects Really cold for Bangkok this morning, and Yellow-Shirt protesters who must sleep under the stars are finding it a pretty rough go, what with the gusting winds from the north this morning!  This may be why the numbers of 'protesters' are down for the third day in a row... not precipitously, but down nonetheless. Keep 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-9-bangkok-shutdown-slowdown.htmlTue, 21 Jan 2014 11:20:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-2267808908505920698 Bangkok Shutdown Slowdown Showdown Jan 21 Like others reporting on what we see in Bangkok (eg., Washington Post, Michael Yon) this reporter strives for objectivity, honesty and -especially- a truthful representation of what's happening, in context. Catching Thai-language TV reports every hour or so got me thinking that the Shin TV stations (Yingluck's family controls some bigtime communications0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/bangkok-bullydown-day-8-morning.htmlMon, 20 Jan 2014 00:34:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-957688330241337816 Bangkok Bullydown: Day 8, Morning Much of the city IS working as usual, is NOT shutdown.  The Thai people have a righteous, actual, sincere desire for Justice, courtesy, trustworthy governors and trustworthy government, just as the Egyptian people hunger for justice, the Syrians, the Icelandic, the Americans, the Burmese and Muslims around the world. But they have all been told 'The 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-7-bangkok-shutdown-attempt.htmlSun, 19 Jan 2014 10:32:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-3202956669791518738 Day 7 Bangkok Shutdown Attempt The crowd at 5-corners (Rajada-LadPrao intersection) may have been relatively well-mannered, but it was also markedly smaller today, Sunday, the seventh day of this smiling, coercive bullying by one group, to get its way re: RULING Thailand. Government would be a good thing, and there are signs that the Thai citizens at large are beginning to think about '0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)http://brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com/2014/01/day-6-bangkok-why-no-shutdown.htmlFri, 17 Jan 2014 20:44:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21991791.post-7178870172407862532 Day 6: Bangkok Why No Shutdown? Some simple realities, facts, behind this week's Big Crowd Coercion in Bangkok, to help you, Dear Reader, make sense of it all. Sutep (Suthep) is a career politician. He rallies support by demanding the current, legally government be ousted BECAUSE, he says, the government is corrupt, and HE (and his royalty-liking followers) will bring JUSTICE to government. 0karridine@gmail.com (Karridine)