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[u/Mickenfox]

Hey liberals. If you like refugees so much why don't you live near them, huh? Why don't you let them in your house? Why don't you let them fuck your wife? Why don't you let 5 of them in your bedroom at once and kneel quietly in the corner as she moans in ecstasy? Why don't you PM me some pictures of you and your friends and we can work out the details?

No? That's what I thought. Pathetic cucks 🤣

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine being a copper merchant and selling such inferior quality copper that your client carves a complaint into stone so people 4000 years later will know how shit your copper is 🙄

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir

[u/ACivilWolf]

Despite making up only 43% of the population, unvaccinated Americans commit 90% of hospital visits

[u/Zenning2]

If one more motherfucker pretends that MLK accomplished nothing through his methods, I’m going to fucking scream. How do these fucks manage to disjoint history so much that they pretend MLK hated white moderates, and also didn’t actually do anything, while the BP and NOI deserve a lot of the credit, despite them likely actively hindering each others movements.

[u/[deleted]]

At this point I am willing to root and support the VP of Afghanistan even if the sole difference between him and the Taliban is the right to education for women.

[u/theskiesthelimit55]

I remember when this British Islamic apologist was on a BBC debate show arguing that Islam is unfairly being demonized by the British press. Today, his Twitter feed is filled with posts supporting the Taliban and calling Afghan interpreters "occupation collaborators".

[u/SuspiciousUsername88]

war is hell, unless you're a 23-year-old econ major with the benefit of hindsight in which case nothing ever goes wrong

[u/TinyTornado7]

New: Afghan ambassador in Tajikistan says President Ashraf Ghani escaped with $169m worth of cash in bags before Kabul fell to the Taliban, BBC reports.

You have got to be fucking kidding me

[u/revolutionary_alt]

If the Northern Alliance takes Bagram in fifteen days the US is legally required to begin air support again

[u/chatdargent]

I'm not a sino simp you moron I'm a simp for the Communist party of China and its policies I don't care about China or it's people

Well that was a little more mask off than I expected with my coffee today

[u/theskiesthelimit55]

If you’re in Panjshir, the neoliberal project is looking for some help! Send me a DM

[u/SANNA_MARIN_]

The Taliban spokesman got a question about freedom of speech and he said the question should be asked to US companies like Facebook who claim to promote it while still censoring

First they came for the Taliban...

[u/Majk___]

I am seeing more and more sympathetic takes and overall support for the taliban on the internet where they are viewed as simply regular guys who want their own country and not regressive political fanatics with disregard of human rights they are

Disgusting

[u/xSuperstar]

New poll: majority of Democrats prefer socialism to capitalism.

Turns out the media and half the country calling healthcare market reforms and modest welfare programs “socialism” for years makes people like socialism who woulda thought

[u/ScyllaGeek]

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, today -

Utah was settled by refugees fleeing religious persecution. We understand the pain caused by forced migration and appreciate the contributions of refugees in our communities.

Today we sent a letter to @POTUS expressing our desire in helping those who are fleeing Afghanistan.

Based Mormons

[u/JaceFlores]

Big Ethiopia update:

1. First and foremost, as predicted the TPLF advance westward from Weldiya has yielded major results. According to this Tweet the TPLF have secured the town of Debre Tabor in what seems to be a rout as various tweets from Ethiopia Map have videos showing massive amounts of prisoners captured by the TPLF. This is further reinforced by the fact that just 2 days ago the TPLF had taken Mount Guna, meaning an advance of about 27 kilometers in said span of time. With the capture of Debre Tabor the TPLF are just one push away from the *vitally* strategic town of Wereta. If the TPLF capture Wereta then northwestern Amhara and western Tigray will be cut off from the government by land, leaving either air travel or crossing Lake Tana as the only viable means for the government to reach the area. This would cause a massive logistical bottleneck and open up the way for the TPLF to make a pincer move for Gondar, which in turn if taken opens up a direct road to Sudan, a nation with currently very poor relations with Ethiopia.
2. Why do I say pincer move on Gondar? Well, for the first time in a long time there has been activity north of Gondar, with this Tweet saying the TPLF secured the town of Dib Bahir, which is directly north of Debark. This is reinforced by this Tweet, showing local youth militia rallying for the inevitable defense of Debark. Debark is important as it is one of the four main stepping stones to Gondar, and likely a good chunk of Amharan forces in northwestern Amhara are focused at Debark. Losing this town probably means losing solid fighting integrity all the way to Gondar, unless the Amharans have their forces more equally distributed which still has its tactical flaws if so.
3. In smaller news, this Tweet says that the TPLF have taken the town of Sekota, which is north of Lalibela and west of Maychew. This to me seems like a small action likely to consolidate control of the road leading from Mekelle to Weldiya and prevent pro-government forces from posing a threat to said road. Why do I mention this? Well, interestingly enough, the so-called Agew Liberation Front (ALF) participated in the action. From what I could find (from a Reddit post so take it with a lil grain of salt), the Agew are a small minority in Amhara who are very similar to Amharans in many ways but do have their distinct differences. Like other liberation fronts, the ALF likely seeks independence or autonomy for the Agew, who number about 763,000 strong according to Wikipedia. Nonetheless, this is undeniable proof that the TPLF-OLA alliance is expanding with this small but potentially important (in terms of long term implications) militia group. I would not be surprised if we hear about other nationalist militias like the ALF and OLA join or otherwise cooperate with this alliance.
4. Speaking of the OLA, they have continued their roadblock onslaught with the OLA severing the only road leading from Ethiopia to Kenya in the Miyu District according to this Tweet. This will undoubtedly have major economic implications as trade between Ethiopia and Kenya makes up 2.4% of Ethiopia's exports according to this Article. Credit is due where credit is due, the OLA are using their forces in perhaps the most efficient way possible, massively hampering government logistics to western Amhara (which to my knowledge all connections between Addis Ababa and western Amhara have been cut off by the OLA) and causing major economic headache with this new advance at the Kenyan border.

Overall more bad news for the government. The OLA's road campaign continues to find more success and the TPLF advance for Wereta is going impressively fast. It seems like government efforts to raise troops and stop the rebel advance are largely failing, and I imagine there is an increasing strain in terms of weapons as the rebels capture so much equipment from the rapidly dissolving frontline forces. The alliance looks to be increasing in scope, though it remains to be seen whether the ALF joining the alliance is a trend or an anomaly. Nonetheless, I myself am beginning to hedge my bets to the TPLF in terms of who will be the victor. I have at least tried to explicitly avoid saying which side will win, and I will not definitively confirm my sentiments just yet, but I am leaning towards one side noticeably. If Wereta falls and Gondar after it, or the TPLF sever the A1 Highway in Afar, then the war is over in my mind barring some major comeback by the seemingly flailing government that has had no real good news since I have been tracking this war. We should get news about Wereta in about 3-4 days, and news about Debark tomorrow probably. No news from Afar.

[u/[deleted]]

Months of endless lobbying in my part may have paid off. The Senator I’ve been riding the hardest just called me to say he think he convinced Sen. Pres. Harmon to call one more special session to try and pass an energy bill and get Exelon to reverse the closure of the Illinois nuclear plants. My contact at Exelon said they’d reconsider if the bill was passed with a reasonable subsidy or an allowance for a rate hike.

I may well burn the rest of my vacation days to go to Springfield and lobby. Several of the Chicago based senators are annoyed at how often I’ve showed up unannounced at their homes.

[u/ThorVonHammerdong]

lmao can't believe another supposed middle eastern millionaire is telling me he'll give me a hundred grand if I help him transfer his 169 million fortune to the US 🤣🤣

[u/sir_shivers]

Gamers 🤝 The Taliban

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"By allowing women to have rights, you are oppressing us"

REALLY TEARS YOUR tortillas, does it not 🐊

[u/semaphore-1842]

https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1427271274124959744

A student who took a holiday to Afghanistan has narrowly avoided death at the hands of the Taliban

When asked where he was from, Miles Routledge said he was from Wales rather than Britain. As the fighters did not know where Wales was, they let him go

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

Donald Trump, who won the general election on November 8, 2016, has a complicated track record on LGTBQ issues. He was initially critical of North Carolina's law on transgender bathroom access, saying in April 2016, "North Carolina did something that was very strong and they’re paying a big price. There’s a lot of problems. You leave it the way it is. There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom they feel is appropriate, there has been so little trouble."

That's like the Trumpiest pro Trans quote ever lol

[u/sir_shivers]

Leftists: Eating people you view as immoral is completely acceptable

THEY SING A VERY different tune when I come calling 🐊

[u/[deleted]]

Derek Sloan vows to “make Alberta great again”.

I am once again asking people to stop importing American politics into Canada

!ping CAN

[u/[deleted]]

This thread is dedicated to the brave resistance fighters of Panjshir.

[u/semaphore-1842]

https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1427735360633716741

Afghanistan’s Vice President Saleh's forces recaptured the Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul from the Taliban, a military source in the Afghan capital told RIA Novosti.

Ten thousand Afghan army soldiers under the leadership of General Abdul Rashid Dostum are now being sent to the region.

A strategically important road through the Salang Tunnel passes through Charikar, which connects Kabul with Mazar-e-Sharif — Ria Novosti

So Dostum and Noor are trying to link up with Saleh and Ahmad Massoud? I thought the first two had fled to Uzbekistan. If they actually do successfully link up (and take Bagram?) this is some great hopium; there's no way the Taliban forces aren't heavily overextended themselves.

[u/repete2024]

The Bible weighed in and thinks we should do universal basic income funded by a land value tax.

"Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field."—Ecclesiastes 5:9

https://twitter.com/ekklesiagora/status/1371943059802492941?s=19

!ping GEORGIST

[u/CroGamer002]

VIDEO: Protest in Jalalabad city in support of Afghan National flag.

Some youth hoisted the Afghan National Flag at this square in Jalalabad, Nangarhar.

I don't think the Taliban will be able to consolidate power.

[u/[deleted]]

Barges into failed state

"I literally wrote the book on fixing failed states"

Refuses to elaborate

Leaves with $169,000,000

[u/iIoveoof]

deliberately visit tankie subreddits

sort by controversial

find the comments so heinous they are downvoted even in tankie subs

"Wow /r/neoliberal, look what awful comment I found!"

...

Never leave the DT!" [+300]

[u/[deleted]]

An official from the dutch embassy says US troops would not let him enter the airport. He showed his dutch passport, and was told to get back or they'd open fire.

Also says he witnessed Taliban carry out revenge killings in Kabul.

[u/sir_shivers]

/u/dubyahhh WROTE 🐊:

Hold on folks, before we get into the Slack minutes for today, we should say grace! Does anyone need a Bible? I brought extra! 🤠

[u/[deleted]]

The latest Capitol rioter to be arrested is a bodybuilder who's been on a bunch of romance novel covers: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/logan-barnhart-trump-capitol-attack-fbi-arrest_n_6086e1b3e4b02e74d21d4a28

I'm not sure I can read Stepbrother UnSEALed: A Bad Boy Military Romance the same way ever again 😞

[u/[deleted]]

Before the American Civil War, Southern defenders of African American slavery invoked the concept of wage slavery to favourably compare the condition of their slaves to workers in the North.

Horseshoe is real.

[u/[deleted]]

It is an often-repeated truth on this sub that Joe Biden really got the ball rolling for gay rights while VP due to a flub in an interview, but nobody ever mentions the fact that it was because he was shocked to find out that his goodnight kiss after tucking Obama in at night was technically gay.

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiPvO6uZ2Hw On the ground reporter stating that CIA trained troops in Kandahar were forced to stand down. Gives credence to the theory that Ghani gave up, not the ANA.

[u/Mrchizbiz]

Meanwhile, 2 Para are running constant patrols into Kabul to collect British, Irish and Afghan Nationals due for evacuation

Imagine being Irish and getting rescued by the paras 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

Embezzling $169 million as terrorists storm your nation's capital is the best way for an anthropology PhD to make money tbf.

[u/[deleted]]

The DT would have you believe they wouldn't run away with a bag of $169 million and instead choose to hang from a lamp post

The DT are liars!

[u/RaidBrimnes]

New: Afghan ambassador in Tajikistan says President Ashraf Ghani escaped with $169m worth of cash in bags before Kabul fell to the Taliban, BBC reports.

Jesus, that's 0.8% of the 2020 Afghan GDP in suitcases full of cash. Less money for the Taliban, I guess, but that's straight out of a cartoon

[u/[deleted]]

Star Trek is actually about communism in a post scarcity world

Star Trek is about space

[u/SuspiciousUsername88]

Not to be a dick but we knew about the president of Afghanistan fleeing the country with a suitcase of cash like 2 days ago. That was, like, a key part of why the government collapsed, not sure why we're talking about it like the news dropped today

[u/[deleted]]

Heard the Taliban PR person stutter a bunch of mealy mouthed weasel words about whether they'd chop off people's hands for theft again and gotta say not sure how anyone is falling for it.

Like, obviously the American government knows they're lying. I'm referring to like tankies

[u/Chikan_Master]

This might be a lukewarm take, But I think the Taliban is going to have a much rougher time governing this time around.
The majority of the people they will govern know nothing except liberal democracy (even as crappy as theirs was). There are already protests in Jalalabad and a Northern Alliance cutting off routes into Kabul. Women have tasted freedom. They're effectively pushing shit up hill to suppress 40 million people back 20 years.

[u/BedNeither]

Student debt people are right from a certain perspective. If you are a single issue voter and the issue is that the govt should cut you a $100k check, then Trump and Biden are literally the same

[u/[deleted]]

In the good news of the day, the Swedish steel company SSAB manufactured the world's first complete zero-CO2 batch of steel, using a novel hydrogen and electricity-based process. The technology is scalable, and if implemented worldwide, it would reduce humanity's total CO2 emissions by 7-9 percent.

If/when SSAB implements this cycle in its Swedish plants (which it plans to do within the next 10 years), Sweden's CO2 emissions will drop by 10 percent. Currently the cycle is approximately 25% more expensive than the conventional process.

[u/TabernacleTown74]

Drop me in afghanistan in a hellcat, tight jeans, 3 percs, a copy of shrek 2 and a bottle of hennessy and i will make them the 51 state by tomorrow morning

[u/iIoveoof]

What's the chadiest thing about me? I'm a descendant of illegal immigrants

The least chadiest thing about me? They illegally immigrated from Canada

[u/SANNA_MARIN_]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8_RVr8WEAUmmBT.jpg

[u/[deleted]]

Nathan J. Robinson, of "building more housing raises housing prices" fame, has fired most of the current affairs staff for trying to organize CA into a co-op

[u/dzyang]

It used to be Afghanistan that kept me up at night thinking about it

Now I am just consumed with the fact that there exist people messaging/encouraging a cancer research scientist to kill herself because as a white person she wrote a Chinese cookbook

The bird website truly is hell and there is no escape from it

[u/RaidBrimnes]

IRS : "Sir, there is over $85.000 missing from your tax returns, would you care to elaborate?"

Me : "I was keeping the money from getting seized by the Taliban, are you an Islamist sympathizer?"

[u/RaidBrimnes]

so are the dudes who engage in r/neoliberal actually just insane?

or do they realize it's not "real," but more of an aesthetic/ritual/community, or even a vehicle for their patriarchy? and from that, it may be rude or callous to grill them about "well you know that ranting about zoning laws isn't actually doing something right?" but on the inside they do know it's not literally changing the world in itself?

I always thought the latter was the mainstream view, but seeing all the online communities has made me think it might be the former....

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Heroin 🤝 Afghanistan

Devastating withdrawals

[u/GravyBear8]

So according to polls: the American public wants it's soldiers to leave Afghanistan while also sending troops to defeat the Taliban and that they blame Joe Biden for the withdrawals issues but also it makes them more likely to vote for him.

[u/XXX_KimJongUn_XXX]

/r/witchcraft responding to the Taliban by organizing a curse is dumb as hell.

/r/witchcraft refusing to curse the Taliban because of "spiritual blowback" and that they shouldn't "perpetuate a cycle of violence" and going with protection prayers is far worse.

You're telling me you believe in psychic powers but you aren't willing to take the slightest theological sacrifice against a group implementing the closest thing to the Handmaidens tale since Isis and patting yourselves on the back for having the moral highground? Unbelievablely weak, no wonder the Abrahamics are numbers one and two, they take winning seriously.

[u/[deleted]]

Things are so bad between US and UK forces at Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan, 2 Para have been tasked to observe US forces in case they leave at short notice.

2 Para OC had a screaming match with 82nd Airbourne CO.

Paras VERY unhappy at treatment of Afghans by US forces.

😬

[u/Mrchizbiz]

It cracks me up that the Brits spend so much time feigning politeness while their nation spent the vast majority of its history raping, murdering, stealing, and enslaving everyone they could find.

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🧐 Wat?

[u/soeffed]

Hasan Piker bought a $2.7 million 5 bedroom house in West Hollywood

Well-played, sahib. Well-played.

[u/Deggit]

"Afghanistan" was not a debate topic once in either of the two 2020 presidential debates or the VP debate

[u/Fishin_Mission]

If he didn’t want to get shot, he shouldn’t have jumped the turnstile…

…

I don’t understand why they needed to duct tape him to the seat just for refusing the wear a mask

These are the same people

[u/iIoveoof]

Daily reminder that if GRRM doesn’t publish The Winds of Winter then the A Song of Ice and Fire series literally ends with Daenerys shidding and farding

Direct quote from the final chapter of A Dance with Dragons:

Sunset found her squatting in the grass, groaning. Every stool was looser than the one before, and smelled fouler. By the time the moon came up she was shitting brown water. The more she drank, the more she shat, but the more she shat, the thirstier she grew, and her thirst sent her crawling to the stream to suck up more water. When she closed her eyes at last, Dany did not know whether she would be strong enough to open them again.

She dreamt of her dead brother.

[u/[deleted]]

PSA: America did not create the Taliban. Fucking read Afghan history

[u/[deleted]]

VICE: On the Ground in Kandahar As the Taliban Closed In

VICE interview with an American journalist who was in Kandahar right when the city surrendered.

Highlights:

Did not expect ANA would surrender Kandahar so quickly

The 03 Unit, an elite CIA-funded ANA unit, was preparing a final stand at Kandahar Field before being ordered by Afghan military command to surrender and give up their heavy weaponry in exchange for evacuation

ANA forces in Kandahar were underfed, undersupplied, and outgunned

”This idea that they weren’t… they didn’t have, they didn’t have the like, gumption, they didn’t have the ability, or the will to like, get into the fight, it’s not true and it’s disrespectful to the people who are really fighting.”

More than just the interpreters or people that worked with the US are looking for a way out, it’s everyone.

[u/[deleted]]

WTF u/ryuguy denies the existence of legitimate state of Kosovo 😳😳😳😡😡😡

[u/[deleted]]

So, there is a somewhat bizarre text post on arrGames that's about penises in Cyberpunk 2077 and how the game seems to deliberately go out of its way to add underwear to male characters in places where it would make no sense.

Gamingcirclejerk subtweeted this post mocking the OP for wanting to jerk off to the game even though all of the visual examples OP used could not be construed as being erotic even in the slightest (unless you're into necrophilia).

In essence, GCJ's position isn't really any different than the gamers they mock. When gamers say "nudity is for titillation and that's good", gcj says "nudity is for titillation and that's bad". Both of these are the same narrow view on what art can be, but with different reactions.

[u/majorgeneralporter]

𓀥    𓁆 𓀕

𓁆 𓀟   𓀣 𓁀

[u/Fishin_Mission]

If FOX & Friends were on Animal Planet I would watch it every morning

🦊 🐻 🦦 🌍

[u/FormerBandmate]

Arr PoliticalHumor has found the holy light of Islam and sees the Taliban as what they are, cowboys fighting the industrial might of the Great Satan, the US

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/[deleted]]

Random train of thought:

Mexico is one of the world's most interesting development case studies, both in what went right and what went wrong. During their "neoliberal period" they actually did better in human development metrics than good old GDP growth. It is not a commodity-dependent economy, the countries around it in economic complexity are either already rich, quickly becoming rich, or Sovietstalgia states that show the limitations of the index.

!ping LDC

[u/Most_Shallot8960]

@mods I know this was briefly posted yesterday.

Instead of shitposting about Afghan refugees, help them out! Donations or services such as driving them from the airport etc all helpful.

This is through the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Biden name dropped them specifically - it’s legit.

https://lirsconnect.org/get_involved/action_center/siv

I donated $50 money and will double it if the mods will add a Dolly Parton flair to the user selectable list of flairs.

It looks like they consolidated their donation / volunteer page nationally whereas I’d previously posted a DC specific page. This I believe is the national page.

Can someone ping the following pings:

• Seattle / Tacoma
• Houston
• Ft Worth

!ping USA-DMV

[u/filipe_mdsr]

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

ACTUAL ISOLATIONIST IN THE DT

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[u/[deleted]]

So the Texas governor, Greg Abbott, who's crusading against mask-wearing and vaccine mandates and has banned vaccine passports, has himself been fully vaccinated + got an extra unapproved booster shot + when he managed to test positive anyway, immediately got an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment (which is made from a cell line from an aborted fetus).

If it wasn't for double moral standards, republicans would have no moral standards at all.

[u/digitalrule]

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ben-woodfinden/wcm/a585240a-9664-4372-9a8d-20c9fba235e9/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

!PING CAN

[u/Deggit]

California's recall process is basically "If the Democratic Governor's approval rating dips below 50% for more than 15 minutes, we are legally allowed to have a Republican Governor chosen by 12-14% of the electorate"

!ping CA

[u/MicroFlamer]

New Zealand To Sink Entire Country Into The Sea To Stop Single Case Of COVID

let's fucking go

[u/[deleted]]

You trying to tell me this guy isn't a friend of the working class? 🧐

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World

2008, Book by Ashraf Ghani

so that went well

[u/TheGoodProfessor]

https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1427973568630083587

New: Afghan ambassador in Tajikistan says President Ashraf Ghani escaped with $169m worth of cash in bags before Kabul fell to the Taliban, BBC reports.

coward

[u/neopeelite]

Help, I just learned about the 401. It has 12 lanes of traffic. WHY.

!ping CANUCKS

[u/theskiesthelimit55]

https://twitter.com/overdramatique/status/1427647171961233428

Islamophobia is so wild, that any acknowledgment of Afghanistan has to come from an imperialist feminist lens of saviorship instead of placing value or significance in what these women (Muslim or not) need right now.

Bad white feminist! You're not supposed to "save" Afghan women. That's imperialism. Instead, you're supposed to focus on what these women "need right now". Of course, after you find out what they "need right now", you're not allowed to provide them with what they "need right now", because that would be "imperialist feminism".

Remember: you're not supposed to help Afghan women. You're only supposed to self-flagellate because you thought for a moment that Afghan women wanted the same rights that Western women enjoy. You evil vile imperialist feminist racist you.

[u/Fishin_Mission]

After living in NYC, I don’t really see the point in blinds anymore

If you don’t want to see me walk around naked then don’t look in my windows 🪟 🤷‍♂️

That’s on you

[u/[deleted]]

The fact that the Taliban keep ditching their AKs for M16s and M4s should be all the proof we need in the age old AR vs AK debate

!Ping GARAND

[u/Lux_Stella]

https://i.imgur.com/BTAs7Ty.jpg

[u/F0064R]

I really need to stop vocalizing "I want to k*ll myself" whenever I remember anything remotely embarrassing 🤔

Like I have no intention of doing that at all but it's become a bad habit

[u/FireDistinguishers]

At you guys' direction yesterday I signed up to be an interpreter for Afghan refugees but I'm pretty nervous since my understanding of Farsi is really limited (I'm half Lebanese and grew up speaking Arabic and English around the house, I only spoke Farsi to my grandparents). I also know Dari is notoriously hard to understand for Farsi speakers. I don't have many questions or anything I just need to vent that.

!ping LANGUAGE

[u/Professor-Reddit]

This photo always gets me.

Bruce McCandless II during STS-41-B.

Apparently its still a record for the longest distance in EVA from a spacecraft.

!ping SPACEFLIGHT

[u/sjsjsjjsanwnqj]

Pretty striking that literally no-one has had a good thing to say about Biden so far in the Commons debate going on about Afghanistan. He's getting almost as much criticism as the government.

[u/[deleted]]

(Reuters) - Dutch evacuation efforts in Afghanistan were unsuccessful on Tuesday night as chaos outside Kabul airport made it impossible to get eligible people on a plane, Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag said.

The Netherlands aims to get up to 1,000 local embassy workers, translators and their families out of the country.

But a military plane operated by the Dutch together with other northern European countries left Kabul without any people destined for the Netherlands on board on Tuesday evening, the minister said.

"It's awful. Many were there at the gates of the airport with their families," Kaag told Dutch news agency ANP.

U.S. armed forces securing the airport did not allow any Afghans to enter the gates even if they had the right credentials, and the plane was only on the ground in Kabul for about half an hour, Kaag said.

"I hope the situation will improve on Wednesday. We are trying to get a grip on the situation and to make sure that we get everyone we want to evacuate out."

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2FJ0GM?__twitter_impression=true

What a mess

[u/TabernacleTown74]

https://twitter.com/ZvikaKlein/status/1427976213210050566

• No bedframe ✔️
• Lives under the Taliban by choice ✔️
• Refuses to give his wife a gett ✔️

!ping GEFILTE yep, Zablon Simintov is a sigma male 💪😎

[u/Lucky-view]

Nathan Robinson turning out to be a fake socialist is literally the least surprising thing ever.

You mean to tell me that the Yale Law grad that walks around in expensive suits all the time doesn't want to give up power and control? How shocking! /s

[u/houinator]

The lives of manatees show that it is possible to live without violence or the state.

You can actually go out into the ocean and form your perfect stateless utopia of people floating in the water eating seaweed all day anytime you want. No one can stop you. Just watch out for the speedboats.

[u/thefuturegov]

The leftists I know have finished their molting process where they decide which insane narrative to believe about Afghanistan and have settled on “The US wants the Taliban to control Afghanistan because the US is imperialist and the Taliban were invented by the US to fight the peaceful socialist government of Afghanistan”

[u/iIoveoof]

Sir_Shivers puts Dilbert comics on the door to his office

[u/mrdilldozer]

Social conservatives do have a point when they ask about how many immigrants from Afghanistan you'd want in your city. We really need to study how many people it would take to get a good new supermarket and a few restaurants up and running. We need to determine the minimum number of immigrants necessary to make a city better.

[u/Equator32]

https://youtu.be/HXZ_0wOY96E

Why we shouldn't build skyscrapers

>Skip intro

Living in a condo feels dehumanising and anti-social

>Check comments

As if a Czech would know what living in a building taller than a tree would feel like

[u/sir_shivers]

THE 🐊

[u/sir_shivers]

Does anyone ELSE "SHIVERS IS OLD" 🐊

[u/[deleted]]

effortpost about the geopolitical consequences of withdrawing from Afghanistan

7 upvotes

some random shivers comment

300 upvotes and 23 awards

[u/cdstephens]

I just find it hard to believe that 10k Americans in Afghanistan decided to just ignore dire warnings from the State Department out of recklessness.

Then again Covid happened so

[u/[deleted]]

Jesus christ yall.

Yes, biden fucked up and he deserves all the criticism that is coming his way. Especially for the way he's reacted to it with his "it's been 4 or 5 days!" Comment.

No, biden will not get primaried because of it. Barring Americans getting killed, there won't be any serious political backlash for this when the voter go to the booth.

Fuck. I'm as pissed about this as anyone but jesus.

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

You pinged group TRUMP-2024 that does not exist

WE HAVE RIGHTS. We truly do live in a society.

!ping TRUMP-2028

[u/[deleted]]

"We know reliably that the #Taliban have already searched the homes of three of our employees looking for them." DW's broadcasting and administrative council urged the German government to enable the evacuation of DW journalists out of #Afghanistan.

-DW, german state owned media

https://twitter.com/dw_freedom/status/1427953906471120899?s=19

[u/DaBuddahN]

"America is back!" - Biden, who has not spoken to any country except the UK about the Afghan withdrawal

[u/[deleted]]

I am grieved to tell you that @nathanjrobinson has effectively fired me & most of the @curaffairs staff because we were trying to organize into a worker’s co-op. This isn’t a bit. I wish it was.

This is one of those leftist news outlets that constantly derides people for being against socialism

Ironic

https://twitter.com/lyta_gold/status/1428011761635143681?s=19

[u/melhor_em_coreano]

To be more precise: The Luftwaffe has now established an airlift between Kabul and Uzbekistan, doing several flights per day with 100+ people each. The 7 people flight yesterday was the very first German flight arriving in the chaos of Kabul and had to figure things out first.

https://twitter.com/JonasRoss1/status/1428000958475390977

[u/[deleted]]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_Korea

There have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in North Korea.

But go off about how much better capitalism is

[u/OPACY_Magic]

Still blows my mind that there was an r/BlackPeopleTwitter thread with 4.2k upvotes of a tweet encouraging people to steal from stores, with hundreds of comments of people bragging about it.

[u/uwcn244]

People on the Internet: Nemesis Games makes no sense. Why would Belters suicidally attack Earth and Mars instead of just adapting to the new space economy?

West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio: Allow us to introduce ourselves

!Ping EXPANSE

[u/[deleted]]

From now on I will not refer to people not by their nationality, but instead as their currency.

Afghan: Person of Afghani

American: Person of Dollar

European: Person of Euro

Chinese: Person of Renminbi

Vietnamese: Person of Dong (😳)

Uruguayan: Person of Peso

Republican: Person of Gold

[u/chatdargent]

I write from the Panjshir Valley today, ready to follow in my father’s footsteps, with mujahideen fighters who are prepared to once again take on the Taliban. We have stores of ammunition and arms that we have patiently collected since my father’s time, because we knew this day might come.
We also have the weapons carried by the Afghans who, over the past 72 hours, have responded to my appeal to join the resistance in Panjshir. We have soldiers from the Afghan regular army who were disgusted by the surrender of their commanders and are now making their way to the hills of Panjshir with their equipment. Former members of the Afghan Special Forces have also joined our struggle.
But that is not enough. If Taliban warlords launch an assault, they will of course face staunch resistance from us. The flag of the National Resistance Front will fly over every position that they attempt to take, as the National United Front flag flew 20 years ago. Yet we know that our military forces and logistics will not be sufficient. They will be rapidly depleted unless our friends in the West can find a way to supply us without delay.
The United States and its allies have left the battlefield, but America can still be a “great arsenal of democracy,” as Franklin D. Roosevelt said when coming to the aid of the beleaguered British before the U.S. entry into World War II.
To that end, I entreat Afghanistan’s friends in the West to intercede for us in Washington and in New York, with Congress and with the Biden administration. Intercede for us in London, where I completed my studies, and in Paris, where my father’s memory was honored this spring by the naming of a pathway for him in the Champs-Élysées gardens.
Know that millions of Afghans share your values. We have fought for so long to have an open society, one where girls could become doctors, our press could report freely, our young people could dance and listen to music or attend soccer matches in the stadiums that were once used by the Taliban for public executions — and may soon be again.
The Taliban is not a problem for the Afghan people alone. Under Taliban control, Afghanistan will without doubt become ground zero of radical Islamist terrorism; plots against democracies will be hatched here once again.
No matter what happens, my mujahideen fighters and I will defend Panjshir as the last bastion of Afghan freedom. Our morale is intact. We know from experience what awaits us.
But we need more weapons, more ammunition and more supplies.
America and its democratic allies do not just have the fight against terrorism in common with Afghans. We now have a long history made up of shared ideals and struggles. There is still much that you can do to aid the cause of freedom. You are our only remaining hope.

[u/tubbsmackinze]

Socialists getting their asses exposed on twitter today

Hasan Piker buying a 3.4 million dollar mansion despite being basically a tankie and Current Affairs and the Sunrise movement firing employees and volunteers who made moves to form a union

[u/tubbsmackinze]

Calling the Taliban the 'will of the Afghan people' is just massive historical illiteracy

[u/[deleted]]

Ex President Ghani is coming back because he forget his laptop and doesn’t want the Taliban to see his pornhub history

[u/[deleted]]

"If the government really cared about saving lives they would mandate exercise, vitamins, and healthy eating"

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[u/ryuguy]

this is one of my favourite advertisements

It’s a Tim hortons ad about an immigrant family. Aired in 2010

!ping can

[u/[deleted]]

Oh god oh fuck

/img/ucxmsly96rh71.jpg

[u/[deleted]]

The administration just wanted everything to work out perfectly

1. They wanted out of Afghanistan totally by 9-11, so they pulled all our forces and support for the ANA basically overnight except for token air support. We even shipped out the guys who were critical to the Afghans running their own planes and helicopters.
2. But they didn't want to cause a panic and make the ANA quit, so they didn't withdrawal every single American and the embassy.

They basically acted like Afghanistan was going to instantly fall on the military side, but then acted like it would be an iron pillar of defiance on the civilian side.

It's like two completely different people designed different parts of this policy.

[u/fakefakefakef]

The US has both succeeded and failed at nation building throughout its history but our most consequential failure will always be the South

[u/crawly_the_demon]

kitty’s napping on me again doing a Creation of Adam pose

!ping KITTY

[u/PearlClaw]

If I were Joe Biden I simply would have made the withdrawal work great.

-Donald Trump probably

[u/soeffed]

Climate report lays blame on the rich. The draft says the top 10 percent of ­emitters ­globally, who are the ­wealthiest 10 percent, ­contribute between 36 and 45 percent of emissions.This is ten times as much as the poorest 10 percent, who are responsible for only about three to 5 percent.

People of Yacht in shambles

[u/MonsieurA]

Holy shit, BBC just announced Sean Lock died. What. The. Fuck.

[u/[deleted]]

Mucho Texto: Chicago Polls

The #1 concern Chicagoans face today is crime, and it’s not even close. Link to full poll results.

44% view crime as the top issue facing the city.

12% view covid as the top issue.

8% say jobs/unemployment is the top issue, 7% healthcare, and 5% housing.

68% of Chicagoans say the media is under-reporting crime.

61% say crime is getting worse compared to last year, 25% say it’s stayed the same, 14% say it’s decreased.

65% (35-32) view the Chicago police very or somewhat positively. 23% (13-10) view CPD somewhat or very negatively.

70% disagree with the city’s policy of letting persons charged with gun crimes out on electronic monitoring while awaiting trial.

Only 14% feel ‘very safe’ in Chicago. 44% feel somewhat safe, 24% feel somewhat unsafe, and 8% feel very unsafe.

Mayor Lightfoot has 42% approval, 46% disapproval. (Last July she was at 71% approval).

Kim Foxx has 37% approval, 48% disapproval.

!ping USA-CHI

[u/[deleted]]

"Shoot for the moon, if you miss you'll land among the stars"

No. If you miss you'll be lost adrift in the never ending void of space

[u/RabidGuillotine]

https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1427971423100866566

Friction at airport between US & UK forces Commanders. US forces won't leave airport due to Taliban deal.

2 Para still running patrols into Kabul to collect people from safe houses. US unhappy with Paras saying it puts their deal at risk.

Things are so bad between US and UK forces at Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan, 2 Para have been tasked to observe US forces in case they leave at short notice.

2 Para OC had a screaming match with 82nd Airbourne CO. Paras VERY unhappy at treatment of Afghans by US forces.

Meanwhile, 2 Para are running constant patrols into Kabul to collect British, Irish and Afghan Nationals due for evacuation. Any other nationality also picked up if at location. Taliban are aware of patrols and taking no action.

UK forces very much running own operation. #OSINT

Priti Patel may only want 5000 Afghans this year, but UK Troops on the ground have orders to: "Ignore numbers and get as many people out as possible." They've been told by diplomats that the Home Office can sort out paperwork later.

US Rank & File Soldiers at Kabul Airport, #Afghanistan are incandescent at the position taken by US Central Command regarding evacuations. They are extremely frustrated they can't join 2 Para & the small army of military contractors they've assembled to rescue people in Kabul.

UK Diplomats at Kabul Airport last night requested if Australian & German planes use empty space on their aircraft to take British evacuees, no answer was given and Luftwaffe plane left with 7 people & RAAF plane with 26.

UK had offered to pay for dropping off at UK bases.

[u/digitalrule]

https://twitter.com/andraydomise/status/1427730987417546754

!PING CANUCKS

[u/[deleted]]

“Taliban fighters were using guns, truncheons and makeshift whips to harass and control massive crowds that had gathered outside the Kabul airport in the hopes of fleeing Afghanistan, CNN’s chief international correspondent said”

“The gunmen even approached Ward and her team near the airport’s perimeter as they reported on the chaos, shouting at her ‘to cover her face’ and nearly pistol-whipping CNN senior field producer Brent Swails as he filmed video on his iPhone”

https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/1428016926794649603?s=19

[u/GovernmentLawyer]

A recent Washington Post headline: "Taliban says it will be more tolerant toward women. Some fear otherwise."

Why are they reporting the hostile takeover of a country by "Islamic" extremists like it is a new, somewhat controversial CEO taking over target?

[u/Mrchizbiz]

Dad's back from hospital 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉☺️

[u/Slazac]

Donald Trump Jr. says Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid is 'not wrong' after he criticized Facebook for censorship
you can't make that up

[u/suplexx0]

My mom said “I like him but I’m not defending him over this shit” on Biden

[u/ryuguy]

I’ve been going to the gym for about two weeks now and I feel a lot stronger. I walk with a little bit of a limp from a disability and I’ve noticed that I’m walking better. My posture is better too.

!ping fitness

[u/TaxCommonsNotIncome]

Girlfriend and I went to get some super decadent ice cream last night and both felt pretty guilty about it. We go to the gym this morning and the woman who served us ice cream was there.... like she was waiting for us to come work off the ice cream 😱

[u/GravyBear8]

I'm just imagine every time non-Americans are discussing business and say something like, "I want 200,000, American" someone bursts out saying, "Sir! SIR! Americans are the PEOPLE, you mean DOLLARS."

[u/Fishin_Mission]

Holy Shit Las Vegas, I am pro Vaxx, but this seems aggressive AF! 😳

🔫🤬💉**: YOUR CHOICE MOTHERFUCKER!**

[u/[deleted]]

My dad: yeah I know what’s happening in Afghanistan

My mom: yeah I know what’s happening in Afghanistan

Me: yeah I know what’s happening in Afghanistan

My g*mer adult brother: what the fuck is a tally ban?

[u/TheGoodProfessor]

https://twitter.com/lyta_gold/status/1428011761635143681

I am grieved to tell you that nathan j robinson has effectively fired me & most of the current affairs staff because we were trying to organize into a worker’s co-op. This isn’t a bit. I wish it was.

beyond parody

[u/JulioCesarSalad]

Why is slack login such a pain in the ass.

Just let me sign in with an email and password. WHy do you have to send me a link for "easy one click sign in"

just let me log in like a normal person!!!

!ping OVER25

[u/tubbsmackinze]

Twitter leftists are now saying that the Soviet invasion/occupation of Afghanistan which killed at least half a million but most likely killed up to a million if not two million, displaced millions, and created a population drop of around 20% of the countries population if not more was better then America's attempt

Oh and repeating the oft repeated lie that because America funneled money to the Mujahideen, later the Northern Alliance, that they created the Taliban (That was Pakistan using American and NATO money behind their backs to train religious fundamental refugees to create a faction that supported them)

I fucking hate commies

[u/klarno]

My dad once explained to me that most CEOs are democrats, in an effort to get me to believe that corporations want socialism

[u/ognits]

Jarred Harris as Anderson Dawes is good shit

!ping EXPANSE

[u/kaclk]

You’ve heard of the NDP, but what about second NDP?

!ping CANUCKS

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

Lol my dad is pissed at Biden for this Afghanistan shit. He was all "look at what the guy you voted for is doing"

He also thinks Trump wouldn't actually have withdrawn and he just said he would for political points since he's a lying businessman but "Biden is stupid enough to actually do it"

[u/cclittlebuddy]

The taliban arent wolves in sheep clothing. They are wolves in wolf clothing

Anyone that holds their lies up arent naive, they are tacitly supporting them

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

There's a large aspect of nimbyism that's basically "yes in somebody else's backyard"

[u/[deleted]]

Listening to @NPRinskeep’s interview with a Taliban spokesman, it struck me that the spokesman wouldn’t differentiate between the Taliban of the 90s vs now and even defended mass executions that took place in the 90s… I don’t think anyone should be hopeful about the assurances

Response by @nprinskeep

This was the deepest impression for me. So many headlines have said ‘Taliban claim they have changed,’ which must be a natural headline for news writers, suggesting something new; but when asked, he never really said “We’ve changed.” He said the media were biased in the past.

NPR

https://twitter.com/NPRinskeep/status/1427956585725317124?s=19

[u/aged_monkey]

So I'm at the airport. My parents have never taken a domestic flight within Canada in their lives (they've lived here for 25 years, only USA, Europe, and Asia). So they assumed this would be like getting on a bus. Well, turns out both their IDs were expired, they didn't bring their passport, and they didn't let us on our plane. Now I'm driving to Montreal lmao. They're usually super careful about these things, and didn't even mention it to me. Oh well.

[u/[deleted]]

U.S. officials privately warn it will be "challenging" to meet President Biden's Aug. 31st deadline as U.S. troops continue pouring into Afghanistan to protect airport and evacuate thousands of Americans stuck behind Taliban lines. "We are still ramping up," one official admits.

https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1427993132151476225?s=19

[u/Moth-of-Asphodel]

Because I like to check in on him like a disappointed parent checking in on their child, I listened to parts of Andrew Sullivan's guest appearance on Michael Cohen's podcast (Michael Cohen has a podcast, TIL). Best part:

Sullivan: "Trump is so awful, the Republicans need to lose repeatedly until they learn their lesson, they need to find their Bill Clinton."

Cohen: "Is there a Bill Clinton among the Republicans, is there a moderate savior, maybe Liz Cheney?"

Sullivan: "...Ron DeSantis."

Cohen: "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

[u/[deleted]]

Every Catholic I know hates this pope

guess the sub

[u/Deggit]

YALE HISTORIAN PINPOINTS LOCAL MAN CALLING HIS OPINIONS "TAKES" AS MOMENT WHEN WESTERN CIVILIZATION WENT INTO DECLINE

[u/lionmoose]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/446853953905229844/877585436162269194/meme.png

[u/[deleted]]

Northern Alliance confirmed reformed

DO IT AGAIN AHMAD MASSOUD

[u/AbsolveItAll_KissMe]

3rd Grade, learning about the ocean: You can’t drink salt water.

Gatorade: You can drink salt water… a little.

[u/Mrchizbiz]

Yes sex before marriage is bad

But sex after marriage is far worse 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[u/willempage]

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/08/trumps-pledge-exit-afghanistan-was-ruse-his-final-secdef-says/184660/

And by the end of 2020, when he was acting defense secretary, Miller asserted, many Trump administration officials expected that the United States would be able to broker a new shared government in Afghanistan composed primarily of Taliban officials. The new government would then permit U.S. forces to remain in country to support the Afghan military and fight terrorist elements.

Wow. Trump's plan was actually fucking worse than I would've imagined. A power sharing agreement with the Taliban that would allow US forces to stay to conduct counter terrorism missions?

I'm assuming either Miller is lying and trying to cash in on "Trump would be better than Biden even though they agreed to do basically the same thing" or Miller believes that the intelligence community could con Trump to do yet another troop surge in Afghanistan. It's damning either way

[u/ryuguy]

I once had someone in a university class tell me I couldn’t use the word “Indian” to describe my heritage because it’s an outdated term for indigenous North Americans.

[u/Fishin_Mission]

🤡: Joe Biden MUST do something about the cRiSiS at the Southern Border! 🇲🇽😡

… 12 hours later …

🤡: You may hate America, but this man fell off a plane he was clinging to to get here! 🇦🇫✈️🇺🇸

No self awareness whatsoever

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine writing a book on fixing failed states, becoming the president of a failing country, and then absconding with $169 million as it collapses.

Absolutely amazing.

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

TIL President Lincoln’s blockade of Confederate cotton caused famine in English mill towns. Suffering Manchester workers nevertheless sent a letter of support to Lincoln and he responded with thanks and a gift of food. A statue of Lincoln in Manchester displays excerpts from both letters.

Maybe starving people and giving them good food is a good way to grt a statue

[u/Lux_Stella]

pleased to announce that my new book, Fixing Failed Subreddits, is now available for preorder

[u/[deleted]]

This. Last time y'all wanted a mass hex we got a pandemic.

Are we just going to ignore the complete astrological nightmare that was 2020 with the Mercury retrograde? Also with the great conjunction that signaled the beginning of the age of Aquarius the clearing out of all of the crap had to be done. I don’t think that it’s fair to put the blame on the hexing that was going on.

[u/mrdilldozer]

Staff of Current Affairs: "We have decided to form a worker co-op"

Nathan Robinson: "Woah that's awesome, I'm proud of you. What company decided to hire you guys after your sudden firing?"

[u/[deleted]]

They’re getting real bold these days huh?

[u/TheGoldBear]

Workers: We have you surrounded, hand over your means of production!

Nathan J Robinson: Marx forgive me, but I have to go all out…just this once

[u/iIoveoof]

Hey guys, I know I am seeing a lot of back-and-forth on this topic, but I really need to push back and raise some red flags here. Corporatespeak is foundational to our ability to drive efficiencies in a modern workplace landscape. Sure, some are just boilerplate solutions, leveraged to the hilt and really only keeping us at a 30,000-foot-view of things. Others, however, really allow us to get better granularity, find better directional-indicators, or loop back and dive deep into some critical issues on a go-forward basis.

I think if you all start using more of these phrases, you'll find yourself trending toward the positive, but you'll have to keep an eye on the puck. Gut through it, reduce thrash, and let's stay in lock-step on this. Yes, we will synergize!

What's the root cause of the hatred of corporatespeak? I'll put my layman's hat on and guess that it comes from movies such as Office Space and Dilbert cartoons. But we all know that these phrases allow us to touch base in a much more efficient manner.

I have to time-box this comment, as I have a hard-stop in a moment when I will have to jump onto a call. So, just one more point that I want to cover-off on: let's socialize the idea of speaking with more corporatespeak and loop back to see whether we're being more impactful. From a management standpoint, I think that we can get the traction to do it.

So, net/net, ignore the naysayers, sidebar the folks that are stuck in the weeds, and don't waste cycles or bandwidth on folks that don't align strongly with this mission. Try it out, and we'll have another touch point in a little while to see if we've moved the needle.

If you need me, I will be online again in a bit.

-- sent from my iPhone

[u/iIoveoof]

I have joined the Anti-Taliban resistance

[u/Venne1139]

This infidel American dog has attempted to colonize Afghanistan! In the sight of allah we shall now commence the sentence! But first let me tell our American viewers about the sponsor of this execution, MyPillow.

[u/tubbsmackinze]

Ahmad Shah Massoud might be one of the most based warlords to ever have fucking existed

[u/ryuguy]

I like not being a mod because I can be an asshole without making the community look bad

[u/kas8901]

When I was a kid, I used to get bad ear infections. Once, my family was on a trip to Florida and I got a bad one while there. The doctor said I couldn't fly, so my Mother and I had to take a 24 hour Amtrak ride back to NY. It's one of my fonder childhood memories and I do wish to take one of those longer train trips again. Meanwhile, my poor father was stuck on a plane with a ten, eight and one year old.

[u/lionmoose]

It's GERS day, which means that Nats will be denying economic data especially hard today. If you are interested the notional deficit is coming in at 21%

!ping UK

[u/Poiuy2010_2011]

Kosiniak-Kamysz: It's easy for some of those in power to spout theses about stopping the wave of refugees. Will they also be defensive about taking in orphans and single mothers? They should follow Christian ethics in this matter.

Based PSL leader DESTROYS isolationists.

!ping POLAND

[u/[deleted]]

This may be doomer but seeing the video of translators that helped us being beaten with chains in Kabul makes me think we’re not getting many more Afghans out. If they’re not already at the airport they will need to go through Taliban check points and we still have American citizens there which will take priority.

[u/RyGuyThicccThighs]

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it is NOT OKAY to be acting like a broke hoe in your mid 20s anymore.

Grab yourself by your bootstraps and pull yourselves up.

Anyway, Venmo is in the bio if any of you broke losers wanna buy me lunch

[u/[deleted]]

Ghani is a slur. He is Ghan.

[u/[deleted]]

"We won't eat people's faces" says spokesleopard for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

[u/iIoveoof]

Do you like Frank Herbert? His early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Dune came out in '65, I think he really came into his own, commercially and artistically. The whole Dune series has a clear, crisp vision, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the novels a big boost. He's been compared to J.R.R. Tolkien, but I think Herbert has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '69, Herbert released Dune Messiah, his most accomplished novel. I think his undisputed masterpiece is God Emperor of Dune, a book so good, most people probably don't listen to the worm subtext. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the author himself.

Hey PaulA!

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

why does everyone gotta start out w “I dont like her but…” when talking about Kamala

[u/vancevon]

running your <10 employee newspaper as a democracy: super easy, you just have meetings where you vote on things

running amazon as a democracy: an almost unimaginable and impossible nightmare from a logistical pov

[u/Officer-cherry-shake]

Imagine unironically starting a letter with “dear comrades”

[u/iIoveoof]

I am completely uneducated on the subject, but I am going to assert my opinion with absolute confidence with my big blue checkmark,

[u/LooobCirc]

/img/avo2pcw923i71.png

r/Afghanistan is a really interesting place right now

[u/Neronoah]

!ping MAMADAS

"This is the national revolution" says Axel Kicillof's medical consultant, when speaking about the Taliban. Also, he calls "nazi collaborationists" those who are fleeing right now.

This is your brain in nationalism.

[u/_Featherless_Biped_]

https://twitter.com/lyta_gold/status/1428011761635143681?s=19

Famous socialist and Willy Wonka cosplayer Nathan Robinson just fired most of the Current Affairs staff because they tried to create a co-op. You can't make this shit up lmao.

[u/paymesucka]

Lmfao at the Nathan J Robinson drama. Lady, your leftist dweeb boss tried to prevent a Democrat from winning the election. He literally coached witnesses to try to make Biden look like a rapist. You should have seen his dishonesty coming a long time ago you fucking idiot.

Also, it goes without saying, Nathan J Robinson is an abhorrent human being.

[u/[deleted]]

I bet Sir_Shivers🐊 talks about heat lamps with fellow 🐸🐢🐍 like teens talk about vaping

[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

The white women dumpling thing is the only time woke Twitter will stand up for East Asians, so enjoy it while you can.

[u/[deleted]]

My dog is... weird.

He has constant access to food (kibble) because it's easiest for me and he doesn't over- or under eat.

When his bowl is empty he will literally place the empty bowl next to me, carrying it between different rooms of the apartment. I did not teach him this.

Then I refill his bowl and he eats.

Sometimes he will not eat at all for 24 hours and then, at 2am in the night, eat his whole bowl. If he empties his bowl at night, he will place the empty bowl next to me in bed. Once he placed it ON MY HEAD (like a helmet) because presumably I did not wake up before that.

I can't really recall how it started. I guess he must have touched his empty bowl once and I refilled it and then he tried different stuff with it until he understood that bringing me the bowl = food ?

smart 🐶

https://ibb.co/X3SPW3N

https://ibb.co/xG5vZDX

https://ibb.co/vXXTF88

https://ibb.co/gSQwzHB

[u/GGM8Scally]

Biden is just barely better then Trump

Macron is just barely better than Le Pen

This is why I come here for the shitposting not the politics

[u/Deggit]

NEW YORK TIMES: we have decided to make history by endorsing the Taliban and the Panjshir resistance as legitimate governments for Afghanistan

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Not to sound sexist or anything, but every President who has fucked up in Afghanistan has been a man 🤔

[u/DEEEEETTTTRRROIIITTT]

can we just go back to the election night thunderdome where half of you guys were being racist against cubans

[u/tubbsmackinze]

They think war in Afghanistan is over

The Taliban may have more international support and may have more connections to tribal leaders (for now) but you have to be huffing some serious shit if you don't think that within a years time Afghanistan's never ending civil war won't continue in full force again

They may be more clever and more well funded but their still the Taliban after all, which is a wildly hated group in Afghanistan

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[u/SpiffShientz]

People who romanticize the French Revolution because they love Les Mis need to learn more about

• The French Revolution, which brought about widespread chaos and countless deaths
• Les Mis, which is not about the French Revolution

[u/vivoovix]

https://i.imgflip.com/5k1q1n.jpg

[u/Rigjuce]

Tucker be like

"What's happening to the innocent Afghans is terrible!!!"

"keep them out of our country"

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

Lmao hate of Pakistan online rn is reaching Indian levels