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random foreign news thread
« on: July 16, 2021, 04:27:41 AM »


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"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2021, 01:18:08 PM »
That's hilarious

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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2021, 12:26:59 AM »
Celebrities: they’re just like us!
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Re: random foreign news thread
« 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
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Re: random foreign news thread
« 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.


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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2021, 05:26:40 PM »
"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2021, 08:02:51 PM »
Yikes
Hyperbolic partisan duplicitous hypocrite

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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2021, 08:24:57 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.

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"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2021, 06:37:06 PM »
yeah, coffee is already mumped apparently.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2021, 07:56:15 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

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Re: random foreign news thread
« 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
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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2021, 03:27:08 PM »
Godspeed, redwoods of the East.

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Re: random foreign news thread
« 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.
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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2021, 04:33:30 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.

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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2021, 04:58:59 PM »
This seems like it belongs in the random domestic new thread
"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"

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« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2022, 04:04:10 AM »
some dude killed abe with a homemade gun.

https://twitter.com/CalibreObscura/status/1545287612038090755
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Re: random foreign news thread
« 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?

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« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2022, 02:46:04 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.

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Re: random foreign news thread
« 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.

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« 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.

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Re: random foreign news thread
« 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. 

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« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2022, 03:50:40 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

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Re: random foreign news thread
« Reply #24 on: July 09, 2022, 08:03:39 AM »
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