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GR reporter Dean Gojobori reports on what he saw on days 3 and 4. Another set will follow tomorrow.
Put away your dogs. 98% are domesticated in Thailand, but if you have a muscular and pudgy dog, it might become Tom Yum. Actually, no they go to Vietnam where it’s “warming” and good luck. It become a meal and popular enough where they have to get it elsewhere. Stop the illegal dog trade? Check out this site soidog.com In CNN: “The trade is illegal in Thailand and while authorities have made a number of raids involving thousands of dogs, the Thai Veterinary Medical Association estimates as many 500,000 dogs are sold across the Mekong every year.” (CNN – Dogs)
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Soldiers play Hot Potato with a life grenade. This can easily be faked. Imagine, you’re tossing around a bean bag, you throw it in a hole then a safe “poof” set off by a person off camera. Still, what’s the point? Is it to test their calm? What if one soldier drops it, which is why they’re practicing in the first place? An explosion at their feet? What if it goes off early? Grenades don’t have electronic timers. When are they going to have a grenade in the palm of their hand that’s tossed to them? Is it like a football option play or “flea flicker”? [youtube]57FG5vBLKvc[/youtube]
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China’s Nong Youhui has blue eyes and can allegedly see in the dark. He won’t bump into furniture in the middle of the night when he needs to pee. He can catch crickets in the dark without a flashlight. In the daytime, he’ll squint from the sun’s rays. His eyes allegedly flashed a color when a light is shines in them. He’s passed tests of seeing in the dark, but what he can really do with it, remains to be seen. Nong will win prettiest eyes competitions everywhere no doubt. [youtube]Xfs0R-7cS_s[/youtube]
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They asked the question, Who’s the Best Asian American Athlete? Of course the in studio team at TMZ didn’t know and went straight to the Asian players. Yao Ming? Ichiro Suzuki? Manny Pacquiao? Kristi Yamaguchi? They didn’t acknowledge until later that Pacman wasn’t American. They didn’t mention it at all with Yao Ming or Ichiro Suzuki. Tiger Woods got the nay because he’s half. So who is it? The funniest thing is they asked Hapa Anton Apolo Ohno, and by their standards, he doesn’t qualify. By the TMZ standards the person needs to be active as well. So who is it? video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
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