Author Topic: random foreign news thread (Read 4582 times)

sys · « **on:** July 16, 2021, 04:27:41 AM »

https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/1415441511362318336

MakeItRain · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2021, 01:18:08 PM »

That's hilarious

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2021, 12:26:59 AM »

Celebrities: they’re just like us!

sys · « **Reply #3 on:** July 20, 2021, 07:56:37 PM »

not really news, but an interesting essay (warning, there is no satisfying conclusion drawn).

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1417399061301260291

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #4 on:** July 20, 2021, 09:25:16 PM »

3 Dams collapse in China. Not sure if they're hydro-electric.

If so, they'll fire up another 5 coal fired power plants.

But they've "promised" to work on that green energy.

sys · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2021, 05:26:40 PM »

interesting thread.

https://twitter.com/VerbatimHKG/status/1418315769897578498

star seed 7 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2021, 08:02:51 PM »

Yikes

Spracne · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2021, 08:24:57 PM »

Quote from: sys on July 22, 2021, 05:26:40 PM

interesting thread.

https://twitter.com/VerbatimHKG/status/1418315769897578498

That is a shocking video. Not sure why the guy filming on his phone is cracking jokes like it's a comedy club, tho.

sys · « **Reply #8 on:** July 30, 2021, 01:48:54 PM »

https://twitter.com/ReutersScience/status/1421094497207955457

sys · « **Reply #9 on:** July 30, 2021, 06:37:06 PM »

yeah, coffee is already mumped apparently.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #10 on:** July 30, 2021, 07:56:15 PM »

Quote from: memphis on July 30, 2021, 06:01:54 PM

So is that supposed to mump up alot of crops? I have no idea about growing seasons there.

http://www.soybeansandcorn.com/Brazil-Crop-Cycles

Tom

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sys · « **Reply #11 on:** August 12, 2021, 01:14:37 PM »

not foreign, but suitably random. good news for americans.

https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann/status/1425855058508386320

chum1 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 12, 2021, 03:27:08 PM »

Godspeed, redwoods of the East.

sys · « **Reply #13 on:** August 23, 2021, 04:05:38 PM »

just look at that beautiful valley. tourism is the obvious choice to bring in hard currencies.

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2021, 04:33:30 PM »

Quote from: memphis on August 23, 2021, 01:08:52 PM

https://twitter.com/AlanMCole/status/1429799225488023559

Good economics lesson in there. Wasn't someone saying that Afghanistan has copper deposits the Chinese are interested in extracting? Seems like this would be a good way to fund the regime. Get cash in exchange for the copper. Like a discount Saudi Arabia with copper instead of oil. The Taliban regime would probably just use the cash to buy weapons (like N Korea). Only $600M of medical supplies imported per year - that is like $22.50 per Afghan citizen.

chum1 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 26, 2021, 04:30:58 PM »

Interesting topic.

https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell/status/1430149663735402514

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #16 on:** August 26, 2021, 04:58:59 PM »

This seems like it belongs in the random domestic new thread

sys · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2022, 04:04:10 AM »

some dude killed abe with a homemade gun.

https://twitter.com/CalibreObscura/status/1545287612038090755

Spracne · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2022, 01:55:10 PM »

I mean, the assassination of a former head of state is pretty big news. Crickets?

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #19 on:** July 08, 2022, 02:46:04 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on July 08, 2022, 01:55:10 PM

I mean, the assassination of a former head of state is pretty big news. Crickets?

Not really sure what to say about it. People are crazy.

catastrophe · « **Reply #20 on:** July 08, 2022, 02:47:54 PM »

Ted Cruz immediately posted his condolences along with a picture of him meeting Abe to make sure people know he’s still relevant.

chum1 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 08, 2022, 02:48:19 PM »

I assume everyone is against it. Probably shouldn't given where the GOP is at these days.

CNS · « **Reply #22 on:** July 08, 2022, 03:08:34 PM »

I have been waiting for someone to post the comment about if we control guns, crazy ppl will just make them for themselves.

bucket · « **Reply #23 on:** July 08, 2022, 03:50:40 PM »

Quote from: CNS on July 08, 2022, 03:08:34 PM

I have been waiting for someone to post the comment about if we control guns, crazy ppl will just make them for themselves.

I was going to post something similar this morning but refrained

Kat Kid · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2022, 08:03:39 AM »

Quote from: Spracne on July 08, 2022, 01:55:10 PM

I mean, the assassination of a former head of state is pretty big news. Crickets?

Abe was bad. Japan’s democracy is more of a joke than ours. The Reuters headline was funny. https://twitter.com/Srirachachau/status/1545300311815831552?s=20&t=QYpxZIt3TVxmP0bWQ8FFDA