The #speech that #biden and the #us #military should have given regarding #afghanistan https://www.lotuseaters.com/if-i-were-pr.. The equation is simple, you make a #mistake , you #apologise and you rectify the mistake. You don't weasel out of it, you don't try to #blame other people - you simple own up to it. That's what being a #leader is all about. The #democrats have a lot of questions to answer.
61% of #americans paid zero #federal #tax in 2020 - likely to be similar numbers for 2021 too: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/61percen.. Bare in mind they have also been printing #money this whole time... No wonder #biden had no choice but to pull out of #afghanistan - he's run out of money to operate out there. #globalrecession incoming!
@barray on Sat Aug 14 05:27:24 UTC 2021 said: &e#uk #primeminister #boris has #recalled #parliament from #holiday due to the issue if #afghanistan https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/u.. There is *absolutely no way* that #biden planned the #withdrawal process properly - you would imagine informing your close #allies would be pretty top on the list of things to do. What an absolute shit show.This #afghanistan situation is really escalating - the #uk have #deployed 600 #soldiers to support the #evacuation of #british #nationals https://www.lotuseaters.com/the-uk-deplo..
#aardvark sum up #afghanistan nicely: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/0816.s.. "Be #ashamed #america , be ashamed." In all honesty, I think #biden needs to own up to this #shitshow of an #evacuation that has screwed over absolutely everybody in the #withdrawal process.
@barray on Sun Aug 15 17:11:11 UTC 2021 said: &eBare in mind, even #afghanistan 's #president has now #evacuated https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-t.. Absolute madness and chaos caused by the fucking #biden #administration - he has some serious questions to answer. Their #withdrawal was abysmal and dangerous.Well shit, a young #lad from the #uk is currently stuck in #afghanistan evading the #taliban https://twitter.com/Rimmy_Downunder/stat.. Apparently he dressed as a #local before being taken to a #secret #safehouse by some #british #forces - insane.
#biden 's response to the #taliban taking over #afghanistan is to offer them future #funding https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/po.. "Tough on #terrorism " - apparently...
The #us #government 's #president #biden 's #presssecretary #jenpsaki sounds as if they have now just accepted the rule of the #taliban over #afghanistan https://www.lotuseaters.com/jen-psaki-sa.. Very sad to see the US accept the Taliban onto the world stage like this, a shameful day.
@barray on Sun Aug 08 00:20:45 UTC 2021 said: &e#biden on #afghanistan "They've Got to #fight for Themselves" https://www.lotuseaters.com/theyve-got-t.. Apparently Biden recalls that he does *not* #regret #withdrawal as the #taliban have taken over major cities.Looks like #afghanistan is about to be lost to the #taliban any moment now thanks to crappy #withdraw actions by #biden https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-se.. The #retreat was *so quick* - that they left #military *weapon* and *vehicles* - which the Taliban are now using. The #us have now sent B-52 #bombers - but it looks like too little, too late.
Looks like #afghanistan is about to be lost to the #taliban any moment now thanks to crappy #withdraw actions by #biden https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-se.. The #retreat was *so quick* - that they left #military *weapon* and *vehicles* - which the Taliban are now using. The #us have now sent B-52 #bombers - but it looks like too little, too late.
This is a great take by #notechmagazine on " #misinformation " #censorship https://www.notechmagazine.com/2021/08/m.. It's not about whether you agree with the current #government and want to give them the power to censor - it's whether those same powers should be given to *all* future governments, which is by extension what you are doing. I can't believe the #democrats and #biden would be so stupid as not to think about this.
Straight after #china 's #ccp started talks with the #taliban in #afghanistan - the #president of Afghanistan is now having massive problems with the #terrorist group again: https://www.lotuseaters.com/afghan-presi.. This is also after #biden committed to pulling out as quickly as possible too. What an absolute mess that situation is. I feel very sorry for the people there.
So it seems like #rich people with #american #citizenship are renouncing it: https://www.axios.com/wealthy-people-are.. This come after #biden in the #us has got the #irs to raise the #capitalgains #tax ... It's as if taxing the rich *doesn't actually work* - who would have thought it?
That's quite a move by the #us 's #biden #harris #administration https://www.lotuseaters.com/us-capitol-p.. Apparently #capitol #police have been told to #arrest those who choose not to wear a #mask due to #covid - quite an #authoritarian move.
" #disrupt " is not the word I want associated with the #uk 's #politics or stance on *anything* quite frankly, as the word 'disrupt' itself has its roots in #leftwing politics, telling alot about the #bbc https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environ.. We knew that after the G7 meeting, there was going to be a push to " #buildbackbetter " - something #biden is currently pushing. It really feels like the public are being forced down this option, rather than being lead.
Yeah, the #us #government should not have any ability to directly #censor on #social #media https://www.zerohedge.com/political/whit.. Why on earth #biden and his team have this sort of power is beyond me. I also suspect that the #uk are doing something very similar, and have used the guise of #covid to do it. We really need to push back on this.
Looks like a tonne of #iran #dotcom #domains have be seized and/or #hacked by the #us https://www.rt.com/news/527292-us-seizes.. Seems also fair to link to one of the seized websites: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/06/22.. Thanks #harris and #biden !