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WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #25 on:** July 09, 2022, 01:04:40 PM »

You would think with a name like Abe, there would have been more protections in place.

sys · « **Reply #26 on:** July 09, 2022, 05:53:22 PM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on July 09, 2022, 08:03:39 AM

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

abe was good, katkid.

steve dave · « **Reply #27 on:** July 09, 2022, 06:30:55 PM »

Quote from: sys on July 09, 2022, 05:53:22 PM

Quote from: Kat Kid on July 09, 2022, 08:03:39 AM
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

abe was good, katkid.

Yeah, I’m a big Abe guy. WTF tankiecat

Kat Kid · « **Reply #28 on:** July 10, 2022, 10:09:59 AM »

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-shinzo-abe-sought-to-rewrite-japanese-history

Spracne · « **Reply #29 on:** July 10, 2022, 12:59:51 PM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on July 10, 2022, 10:09:59 AM

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-shinzo-abe-sought-to-rewrite-japanese-history

I promise to read this later, after I load some fresh tobacco into my pipe and don my smoking jacket.

sys · « **Reply #30 on:** July 10, 2022, 02:43:59 PM »

yeah, he was bad on historical accountability. good at governing.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #31 on:** July 11, 2022, 10:05:12 AM »

The assassin was a Moonie

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/mother-suspect-abe-killing-was-member-unification-church-church-says-2022-07-11/

sys · « **Reply #32 on:** September 15, 2022, 11:33:26 PM »

https://twitter.com/_elfaro_/status/1570608623331737601

sys · « **Reply #33 on:** September 23, 2022, 09:29:34 PM »

persian autumn or naw?

https://twitter.com/ErshadAlijani/status/1573439362427244558

sys · « **Reply #34 on:** October 19, 2022, 09:18:38 PM »

https://twitter.com/adamlangleben/status/1582809189105090565

Spracne · « **Reply #35 on:** October 19, 2022, 09:29:25 PM »

For those not as tied into U.K. politics as I am, the plight of the Tories is quite a show.

sys · « **Reply #36 on:** October 20, 2022, 09:14:42 AM »

https://twitter.com/LouisStaples/status/1583077007138906113

chum1 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 20, 2022, 09:31:30 AM »

mocat · « **Reply #38 on:** October 20, 2022, 09:32:50 AM »

... and into the black

michigancat · « **Reply #39 on:** October 20, 2022, 01:58:19 PM »

Quote from: sys on September 23, 2022, 09:29:34 PM

persian autumn or naw?

https://twitter.com/ErshadAlijani/status/1573439362427244558

I have an Iranian coworker and she is very fired up

also what's going on with Haiti?

nicname · « **Reply #40 on:** October 20, 2022, 04:33:09 PM »

A head of lettuce with a blonde wig and googly eyes lasted longer than Truss.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/20/iceberg-lettuce-in-blonde-wig-outlasts-liz-truss

sys · « **Reply #41 on:** October 20, 2022, 04:38:18 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on October 20, 2022, 01:58:19 PM

what's going on with Haiti?

my very fuzzy understanding is that the government is both illegitimate and ineffectual and power is somewhat devolved to gangs (maybe warlords would be a better term?).