in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.
more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.
will the taliban behave differently this time ?
the viet cong won in part because they were backed by the crude but effective russian-chinese war machine, finance, common cause.
the taliban won in part because ----.
the vietnamese had defeated the french foreign legion, then the will of the US & allies,
The Afghans had defeated the Mighty Red Army's expeditionary force, now the same collection again. so ---
there are other determined ideologies on the march.
for any who can't (like me) muster the masochism necessary to sit through an 18-or-so hour commentary on a 30 minute talk from a certain famous/infamous commentator, here is a link to a transcript from splane's saturday afternoon "apostate" talk:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/ot7z2e/splanes_apostate_rant_transcription/.
there are many topics worthy of consideration, but this particular section really stood out to me:.
wt writers, reading the bible, like Song of songs 8:8, could not imagine that the world, heavily influenced by 60 + old ladies and their dependant partners would peg a 18 year old female, 6 years into child bearing age as a child, like in child molestation.
legal marriage age of female: 12, child touching offence on 17.99 year old by 25 year old: prison time.
sad as these stories are, and some seriously disturbing, nothing compared to the catholic, boy scout legacy. not a unique wt problem. get over it.
“nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two.” — frederic chopin.
that said, here are a couple of classical duo guitarists at their best.
both guitar duos play with distinguished musicality:.
as a non vaccinated person you represent a health risk to your fellow workers
Still waiting for someone to logically and intelligently explain exactly how that works.
FUJ: There is a big difference from the virus being carried into a fertile facility, like a meat plant, on skin that has not be scrubbed, and/or
exhaled into the air by a person that is infected and carries the replicating virus.
vaccination limits the development into that virulent stage, where it damages you and those that you potentially share the virus with via ventilation or the lack of it.
I do not judge anti vaxxers, but stay home, in isolation and create and enjoy your safe cocoon.
go read about thalidomide.
f: remember it well, people still working with no arms. yes, medical treatments can turn out to be hazardous, think of the billions paid out in the tainted blood scandal. but in the long run, vaccinations have been a boon to all of us. yes,
Thalidomide came from the same country as the novel vaccine, yet it was only a 'feel better' pill, not a live saving preventative.
as a non vaccinated person you represent a health risk to your fellow workers. your employer may be sued for letting you loose among the herd.
A couple of large businesses where I live are mandating the vaccine ("take the jab or lose your job")
f: Businesses have the right to expect a certain standard from their employees.
A basic one is to behave in the safest manner possible. It is a safer world now, since we have vaccines. fellow employees too have the right to work in a virus free surroundings, virus carrier free that is.
it could be that the virus has new mutation, against which the original vaccines the are only marginally effective, so the next round of [anti]vaccines is needed for protection.
i asked a tennis friend this morning what he thought about what’s going on in afghanistan and he said it was terrible.
he was a military man and identifies as a middle of the road republican.
he supported most of trump’s policies but voted for biden because he couldn’t take trump’s mean tweets.
the real tragedy is the girls, woman caught in a military conquest again.
we need the angel that dealt with all the firstborn at passover night in Egipt to be on standby and alert.
sorry to mix irony with a very serious looming situation.
....and still no big 'a'.
armageddon.. it was 15 years ago dubland was in lala dream-like almost trance-like state hanging on the notion the big 'a' was imminent.. it was ironic.
ironic at that time was when.... i was starting my long waking-up process.
you forgot the spurs on the riding boots.
spurs: sure punishment under religious systems. or better:
s for supposed punishment
jesus: "so that is why you all get sick and die, because adam and eve grabbed an apple from the tree that god told them not to.".
a man from the crowd: "but why are we punished for something we didn't do, we don't even know that man and woman, that was thousands of years ago!".
jesus: "my father exercises perfect justice, believe me when i tell you when i say you got what was coming to you.
These days wt inc is supposed to have taking on the role of teaching the great[er] crowd.
When Nasa was building the space center on merritt island FL,they were boasting they will go to the moon, and there I thought, still giving wt chance after chance,: " no you will not , Your god is confined to the earth as per wt illustrations, and his subjects carrying their flags, idols will be too.
well, the voyageurs are now past the heliopause, and flags are planted on the Moon, Mars, Venus.
humour: can you picture Bezos, Musk, Branson with hoofs and tails? reaching for the heavens?
