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Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Explanation Just Doesn't Matter

I think that every Western sex tourist heading to Southeast Asia knows that they need to look closely at the female at the bar before taking "her" back to the hotel. Reinforce this lesson:

Than Shwe and other top generals, appearing at a nationally televised ceremony, shed their dress uniforms for the Burmese equivalent of women's dresses. "I don't understand why the generals were wearing women's [sarongs] but they looked very weird," said a Rangoon mechanic, Myint Oo. Others put a more sinister spin on the generals' sartorial selection. "It's yadaya," said a Rangoon-based astrologer who asked not to be named, referring to Burma's particular brand of black magic.

Burma's junta: Taking weird to an entirely new level.