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Thanks to the military coup of Myanmar, the question of civil-military relations has come into the focus. What exactly is the role of the military and how should the military relate to the rest of the governing apparatus? As a rule of thumb, its very clear in most democracies that the military is always subordinate to the civil... 

For the record, I am NEVER ANTI-Vaccine all my life. But I believe the TWO KEY factors must be fulfilled, Efficacy & Safety. The current Covid19 vaccines have neither proven beyond reasonable doubts. No matter how pharmaceutical companies and governments all over the world try to hard sell, the Hard Truth is nobody knows... 

A whole portion of the forest was cut down before someone yelled “Oops!” The Kranji woods was cleared by mistake, or so we are told. Never mind that forms had to be filled, signatures sought, contracts awarded, logistics arranged, monies paid – a thousand and one things needed to happen before even a single leaf was molested. And...