Jim Laurie
@jimlaurie.bsky.social
Writer, Speaker, Broadcaster. Travelling the world. A believer in learning from history. Author: The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina - a story of war, love and survival in the 1970's https://shorturl.at/oB6K7
#Weekend Reading and a good choice for a #Christmas gift for those who like #history = A story of war, love and survival in Cambodia and Vietnam 1970-1980. #books Check it out through Amazon. @bookshelfie.bsky.social @booksky.club
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#Weekend Reading and a good choice for a #Christmas gift for those who like #history = A story of war, love and survival in Cambodia and Vietnam 1970-1980. #books Check it out through Amazon. @bookshelfie.bsky.social @booksky.club
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SHAME: Generation X had schoolmates with last names like Nguyen, Pham & Tran, born in war-torn Vietnam, and evacuated as young children by helicopter or from waterlogged boats in the South China Sea. Many went on to serve in our military.
Now we are sending them back?
Now we are sending them back?
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
SHAME: Generation X had schoolmates with last names like Nguyen, Pham & Tran, born in war-torn Vietnam, and evacuated as young children by helicopter or from waterlogged boats in the South China Sea. Many went on to serve in our military.
Now we are sending them back?
Now we are sending them back?
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I left the US because of the Vietnam War.
Even if Vietnam had never happened I would leave today. It's become an awful place.
Even if Vietnam had never happened I would leave today. It's become an awful place.
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I left the US because of the Vietnam War.
Even if Vietnam had never happened I would leave today. It's become an awful place.
Even if Vietnam had never happened I would leave today. It's become an awful place.
I note the passing of our colleague Peter Arnett age 91. Famed for his reporting of the #Vietnam War for AP & later of Iraq for CNN, Peter & I did our very first LIVE TV broadcast commenting on the fall of Saigon on a May 1975 NBC News special ... RIP Peter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-II...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-II...
NOTING the passing of colleague Peter Arnett, age 91. His and Our first Vietnam LIVE TV Appearance
YouTube video by Jim Laurie
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December 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I note the passing of our colleague Peter Arnett age 91. Famed for his reporting of the #Vietnam War for AP & later of Iraq for CNN, Peter & I did our very first LIVE TV broadcast commenting on the fall of Saigon on a May 1975 NBC News special ... RIP Peter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-II...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-II...
Sebastian Strangio writes #Cambodia, #Thailand Willing to Deescalate Border Conflict, Chinese FM Says. @thediplomat.com - #Beijing is playing a more active mediation role after taking a relatively low diplomatic profile during the conflict’s first week: thediplomat.com/2025/12/camb...
Cambodia, Thailand Willing to Deescalate Border Conflict, Chinese FM Says
Beijing is playing a more active mediation role after taking a relatively low diplomatic profile during the conflict’s first week.
thediplomat.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sebastian Strangio writes #Cambodia, #Thailand Willing to Deescalate Border Conflict, Chinese FM Says. @thediplomat.com - #Beijing is playing a more active mediation role after taking a relatively low diplomatic profile during the conflict’s first week: thediplomat.com/2025/12/camb...
Peter Arnett, Associated Press combat correspondent who won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the #VietnamWar and was well known for work for 18 years at CNN dies. He was 91 WE WORKED WITH PETER AFTER THE FALL OF SAIGON IN APRIL-MAY 1975. RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Peter Arnett, Associated Press combat correspondent who won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the #VietnamWar and was well known for work for 18 years at CNN dies. He was 91 WE WORKED WITH PETER AFTER THE FALL OF SAIGON IN APRIL-MAY 1975. RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
Li Yuan writes #China Feels Strong, Senses American Retreat. #Beijing is using its messaging tools to show off its prowess at building infrastructure & project power, taking advantage of what it says is “deep anxiety” in U.S. policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
China Is Feeling Strong and Senses an American Retreat
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Li Yuan writes #China Feels Strong, Senses American Retreat. #Beijing is using its messaging tools to show off its prowess at building infrastructure & project power, taking advantage of what it says is “deep anxiety” in U.S. policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...
Amy Hawkins @theguardian.com writes: Booming #China exports have driven trade surplus past $1tn but also reveal extent of country’s reliance on foreign markets www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
China’s record trade surplus reveals its biggest strength – and hidden weakness
Booming Chinese exports have driven trade surplus past $1tn but also reveal the extent of country’s reliance on foreign markets
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Amy Hawkins @theguardian.com writes: Booming #China exports have driven trade surplus past $1tn but also reveal extent of country’s reliance on foreign markets www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Sui-lee Wee reports Hundreds of Thousands from #Thailand and #Cambodia Flee. New wave fighting kills at least 10, injures nearly two dozen. New front opens nr Gulf of Thailand, as Thai Navy conducts “military operations” against Trat Province incursion www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Hundreds of Thousands of Thais and Cambodians Flee
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sui-lee Wee reports Hundreds of Thousands from #Thailand and #Cambodia Flee. New wave fighting kills at least 10, injures nearly two dozen. New front opens nr Gulf of Thailand, as Thai Navy conducts “military operations” against Trat Province incursion www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
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‘Politically toxic’: how CNN became a pawn in blockbuster takeover battle on.ft.com/3MowJA1
‘Politically toxic’: how CNN became a pawn in blockbuster takeover battle
Netflix-Paramount bidding war leaves future television network detested by Donald Trump up for grabs
on.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
‘Politically toxic’: how CNN became a pawn in blockbuster takeover battle on.ft.com/3MowJA1
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people.com/immigrants-a...
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
people.com/immigrants-a...
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
Trump -brokered truce under threat. #Thailand-#Cambodia fighting flares. Thai soldier, 4 Camb. civilians reported killed. Thais say air strikes targeted Cambodian military facilities. Cambodian. ex-PM urges restraint. Thousands are evacuated.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Trump-brokered truce under threat as Thailand-Cambodia fighting reignites
Thailand said its fighter jets struck Cambodia on Monday in an attempt to cripple its military capability, as a re-eruption of border hostilities derailed a fragile ceasefire brokered by U.S. Presiden...
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Trump -brokered truce under threat. #Thailand-#Cambodia fighting flares. Thai soldier, 4 Camb. civilians reported killed. Thais say air strikes targeted Cambodian military facilities. Cambodian. ex-PM urges restraint. Thousands are evacuated.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
#Weekend Reminder. #reading Take a look at our story of war, love, and survival in Cambodia and Vietnam. The book available in audio book, digital or paperback through Amazon! @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
#Weekend Reminder. #reading Take a look at our story of war, love, and survival in Cambodia and Vietnam. The book available in audio book, digital or paperback through Amazon! @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social
[email protected] writes "As #China uses Trump chaos to win new friends and secure new markets, #Vietnam is offering a blueprint for navigating around the most mercantilist US leader in 125 years. Odds are... Vietnam is winning its second Trump trade war" asiatimes.com/2025/12/viet...
Vietnam's 8% growth making a mockery of Trump's tariffs - Asia Times
Teflon Vietnam. This banner normally refers to the nation’s thriving trade in polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene resins used in everything from autos
asiatimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
[email protected] writes "As #China uses Trump chaos to win new friends and secure new markets, #Vietnam is offering a blueprint for navigating around the most mercantilist US leader in 125 years. Odds are... Vietnam is winning its second Trump trade war" asiatimes.com/2025/12/viet...
An excellent animated analysis on the causes of the deadly #HongKong fire. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How the Hong Kong High-Rise Fire Became So Deadly
Hazardous construction materials, the buildings’ design and a series of safety failures likely enabled the blaze to spread with devastating speed.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
An excellent animated analysis on the causes of the deadly #HongKong fire. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
As a #Taiwan student activist, Cheng Li-wun gave fiery speeches urging island to declare independence. Now Cheng, to astonishment of many, is leader of the Nationalist Party (KMT) she once despised and wants rapprochement with #Beijing. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
As a #Taiwan student activist, Cheng Li-wun gave fiery speeches urging island to declare independence. Now Cheng, to astonishment of many, is leader of the Nationalist Party (KMT) she once despised and wants rapprochement with #Beijing. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...
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I would rather live next to a Somali immigrant than a MAGA, and it ain't even close.
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I would rather live next to a Somali immigrant than a MAGA, and it ain't even close.
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My message to Trump: Your message of bigotry won’t work. Somali Americans are here to stay. 💅🏾
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My message to Trump: Your message of bigotry won’t work. Somali Americans are here to stay. 💅🏾
Earlier piece on #ICE targeting #Vietnamese #Laos #Cambodians. Deportations of SE Asian refugees create ‘ripple effect’ trauma: ‘I didn’t get to say bye to my husband’ #Trump regime targets people settled in US after fleeing American WAR in Vietnam. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice’s deportations of south-east Asian refugees creating ‘ripple effect’ of trauma: ‘I didn’t get to say bye to my husband’
Administration’s targeting of group settled in the US after fleeing war in Vietnam creating further displacement
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Earlier piece on #ICE targeting #Vietnamese #Laos #Cambodians. Deportations of SE Asian refugees create ‘ripple effect’ trauma: ‘I didn’t get to say bye to my husband’ #Trump regime targets people settled in US after fleeing American WAR in Vietnam. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Keith Bradsher writes a fascinating history: 1925 a turning point for #China. Economy booming but man widely credited with overthrowing imperial rule died. These among events that prompted @nytimes.com to establish in #Shanghai the newspaper’s first bureau in China. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/i...
The New York Times Marks the Centennial of Its Shanghai Bureau
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Keith Bradsher writes a fascinating history: 1925 a turning point for #China. Economy booming but man widely credited with overthrowing imperial rule died. These among events that prompted @nytimes.com to establish in #Shanghai the newspaper’s first bureau in China. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/i...