>Press Conference of Taliban: No one will be allowed to use narcotics anymore and smuggling of drugs stand prohibited now. Afghanistan will be a narcotics-free country. The country will focus on cultivating alternative crops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Quincy_(CA-71)#The_Quincy_Agreement
On 14 February 1945, Great Bitter Lake was the site of the Quincy agreement. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, having flown directly from the Yalta Conference, met on board the naval cruiser USS Quincy with Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud. President Roosevelt's interpreter was U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Bill Eddy, who recorded the men's conversation in his book FDR Meets Ibn Saud.
>Those jack stands on the left do not look like they can hold the plane up.
They're made of pure WWG1WGA, do not underestimate their resolve.
>The taliban seem to be pissing off all the right people.
>Cannabis is a good alternative crop
>You mean Kush, from the Hindu Kush?
Are the Taliban cool with weed? I don't get that impression.
even corona respects the sabbath
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1427421688141123584
This Afghanistan vet just blew up MSNBC’s entire Biden-simping Afghanistan narrative LIVE ON AIR.
>eating tons o sand
it's a really efficient way of keeping your car's paint looking extra shiny
It's an older meme, but it checks out.
Starting tomorrow, you'll need proof of vaccination to "unlock everything New York City has to offer," announces Mayor Bill de Blasio.
>That's like dangling the key to the padlock of a septic tank.
https://twitter.com/georgesoros/status/1427244353714544644
I consider Xi Jinping the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world.
https://twitter.com/georgesoros/status/1427662953168388098
In Afghanistan, champions of human rights, women’s rights, and journalists are under grave threat. Open Society's Afghanistan Emergency Humanitarian Fund is expanding immediate protection opportunities.
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/open-society-announces-a-10-million-emergency-fund-for-afghan-civilians-in-peril
The Open Society Foundations announced today the creation of a $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund to support Afghans in grave danger—including champions of human rights, women’s rights, and journalists—by expanding immediate protection opportunities.
The Afghanistan Emergency Humanitarian Fund will help support sponsorship for humanitarian parole programs in the United States that provide a pathway to temporary refuge for those in harm’s way. It will bolster international relief organizations in their efforts to support Afghan citizens fleeing the Taliban advance. And the fund will aid other efforts to deliver humanitarian relief to internally displaced Afghans and those fleeing to other countries taking them in.
Open Society invites other donors to join these efforts to address this humanitarian emergency.
“The Open Society Foundations have long worked in Afghanistan to promote human rights, culture, and freedom of expression,” said President Mark Malloch-Brown. “We remain deeply committed to Afghans and their efforts to help the country advance toward a more open society. We call on funders to join us in our response to this urgent humanitarian crisis. There is truly not a moment to waste.”
>I consider Xi Jinping the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinping-deng-xiaoping-dictatorship-ant-didi-economy-communist-party-beijing-authoritarian-11628885076
Xi’s Dictatorship Threatens the Chinese State
In his quest for personal power, he’s rejected Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform path and turned the Communist Party into an assemblage of yes-men.
By George Soros, Aug. 13, 2021 5:12 pm ET
Xi Jinping, the ruler of China, suffers from several internal inconsistencies which greatly reduce the cohesion and effectiveness of his leadership. There is a conflict between his beliefs and his actions and between his public declarations of wanting to make China a superpower and his behavior as a domestic ruler. These internal contradictions have revealed themselves in the context of the growing conflict between the U.S. and China.
At the heart of this conflict is the reality that the two nations represent systems of governance that are diametrically opposed. The U.S. stands for a democratic, open society in which the role of the government is to protect the freedom of the individual. Mr. Xi believes Mao Zedong invented a superior form of organization, which he is carrying on: a totalitarian closed society in which the individual is subordinated to the one-party state. It is superior, in this view, because it is more disciplined, stronger and therefore bound to prevail in a contest.
Relations between China and the U.S. are rapidly deteriorating and may lead to war. Mr. Xi has made clear that he intends to take possession of Taiwan within the next decade, and he is increasing China’s military capacity accordingly.
He also faces an important domestic hurdle in 2022, when he intends to break the established system of succession to remain president for life. He feels that he needs at least another decade to concentrate the power of the one-party state and its military in his own hands. He knows that his plan has many enemies, and he wants to make sure they won’t have the ability to resist him.
It is against this background that the current turmoil in the financial markets is unfolding, catching many people unaware and leaving them confused. The confusion has compounded the turmoil.
yeah I downloaded the clip hoping to catch Brennan
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1427291891381506048
They're just missing Vindman.
>If Chuck Schumer rapping can't convince you to get the jab, nothing will…
we've gone full plaid
>What if the Anon was right and this plane was LANDING with a pallet of cash in 2013?