DireWolfSpirit Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 George Bush was also a prominent endtimer that believed his Gawd spoke to him. Isis certainly doesn't have a monopoly on that dangerous line of reasoning. The neocons were always fond of that passage about the walls of Damascus needing to fall before their savior could float back from the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I believe Chinese opioids are way bigger now than any poppy produced from Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, SeanF said: I believe Chinese opioids are way bigger now than any poppy produced from Afghanistan. Not really; though I suppose it depends on how you measure it. China produces a huge amount of fentanyl, which is a much bigger overdose threat. But the vast majority of heroin still comes from Afghanistan. And while use data on fentanyl is hard to come by (since it often ends up laced into other drugs instead of taken on its own), most estimates are that more people use heroin than fentanyl. So its a bit of a scope vs. severity kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Jack Reacher Never Go Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 General - President Ulysses S. Grant would never turn around, even as a young boy, long before he became the winningest general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 The US has allowed Western Union to resume operations in Afghanistan. But not in Cuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Communism is still the thing the USA fears the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 17 hours ago, Chataya de Fleury said: Weren't you supposed to be taking a break? Shoo!!! I posted that before the big announcement. Still got a few days left to leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 I'm taking a wait and see attitude over the Guinea coup. (Okay there's 4 or 5 Guinea's aparently, the coup is happening in one of them, while the looted national funds seized by the Swiss and others may be an entirely different Guinea)fukit what a mess! Four countries have Guinea in their names: Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Papua New Guinea. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/5/heavy-gunfire-heard-in-guinea-capital-conakry-witnesses From what I heard reported earlier in the week (BBC radio) there has been enormous corruption in that country resulting in Switzerland, the U.S. as well as France seizing assets (over $200 million) that former politicians have fled the country with. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/09/02/sale-seized-beach-house-funds-covid-19-vaccine-drive-equatorial-guinea Despite having oil resources, very little has been used to help the citizens while others are jet setting and buying Beverly Hills mansions with the people's money (kind of story). Perhaps this was a coup that benefits the masses by tossing the corrupt? Eta: Apparently both of the Guinea nations being reported on recently are suffering from resource exploitation at the expense of the populations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 This is the Guinea suffering the effects of French imperialism. When France pulled up stakes and left what then was known as French Guinea, in 1958, the French had built in the period of their dominion infrastructural improvements on the order of ... about 500 miles of road. Originally, what got called French Guinea, was a division of France's colony of Senegal, known as Rivières du Sud. Quote In 1891, Rivières du Sud was placed under the colonial lieutenant governor at Dakar, who had authority over the French coastal regions east to Porto-Novo (modern Benin). In 1894 Rivières du Sud, Cote d'Ivoire and Dahomey were separated into 'independent' colonies, with Rivières du Sud being renamed as the Colony of French Guinea. In 1895, French Guinea was made one of several dependent colonies and its Governor became one of several Lieutenant Governors who reported to a Governor-General in Dakar. In 1904, this federation of colonies was formalised as French West Africa. French Guinea, Senegal, Dahomey, Cote d'Ivoire and Upper Senegal and Niger, were each ruled by a lieutenant governor, under the Governor General in Dakar. Back at the end of the 1990's, several of our friends would spent 6 - 8 weeks there, studying the regional dances (and drumming). https://cumbedance.org/workshops/guinea-west-african-dance-nov-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Zorral said: This is the Guinea suffering the effects of French imperialism. When France pulled up stakes and left what then was known as French Guinea, in 1958, the French had built in the period of their dominion infrastructural improvements on the order of ... about 500 miles of road. Originally, what got called French Guinea, was a division of France's colony of Senegal, known as Rivières du Sud. Back at the end of the 1990's, several of our friends would spent 6 - 8 weeks there, studying the regional dances (and drumming). https://cumbedance.org/workshops/guinea-west-african-dance-nov-10 As I suspected, there appears to be a sizeable civilian support for this coup. https://news.yahoo.com/residents-guineas-capital-celebrate-military-043958557.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, DireWolfSpirit said: As I suspected, there appears to be a sizeable civilian support for this coup. https://news.yahoo.com/residents-guineas-capital-celebrate-military-043958557.html There does -- Corruption, so much corruption. And violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 Shoddy workmanship, poor welds, missing bolts, and undoubtedly poor oversight and management contributing to the elevated rail collapsing onto traffic in Mexico, according to an independent investigation. Guess whose company performed this irresponsible construction? Well that would be Carlos Slim's, Carlos Slim as in the richest man in all of Latin America. Shame on you Carlos! https://news.yahoo.com/missing-bolts-among-issues-sparked-195131093.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Taliban has cleared 200 foreign nationals, including somewhere between 100 and 150 Americans, who were still in Kabul to leave on Qatari flight today. Evidentially the Taliban is still trying to play nice, at least on the one issue that they (probably rightly) think could hurt them. Possibly there is some secret deal too that if the Taliban meets the conditions of, the US will release the Afghan Central Bank funds to them (or at least some of it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darzin Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 9/5/2021 at 6:07 AM, The Anti-Targ said: Communism is still the thing the USA fears the most. More like Florida voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 9 hours ago, DireWolfSpirit said: Shoddy workmanship, poor welds, missing bolts, and undoubtedly poor oversight and management contributing to the elevated rail collapsing onto traffic in Mexico, according to an independent investigation. Guess whose company performed this irresponsible construction? Well that would be Carlos Slim's, Carlos Slim as in the richest man in all of Latin America. Shame on you Carlos! https://news.yahoo.com/missing-bolts-among-issues-sparked-195131093.html Ultimately, our business (construction/development) is perhaps the least ethical, competitive, greediest and untrustworthy legal industry on the planet. This competitive culture is so fierce, that even in tightly regulated countries (i.e. where I work in Canada), there are insane incentives for us managers to push profit at nearly any cost On some jobs, we start preparing the legal action the day that we mobilize workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Not great, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 As expected, the Taliban is reopening all secondary schools.....for boys only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 France is even angrier about the AUKUS announcement than I would've guessed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Fez said: France is even angrier about the AUKUS announcement than I would've guessed... Missed this, just shared in the US thread. Quite the reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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