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by chewz 5y ago
There are 6 million people in Kabul plus some elite Afgan Army. That is enough to make a no passaran moment to Taliban. Theoretically. But it seems like all Western-minded urban Afgans want to get evacuated to US, Europe, Canada rather then
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by chewz 5y ago
On the contrary. Taliban increased poppy fields by 50 percent in 2020 and they are also pushing meth through their channels. Taliban budget estimated at 2 bilion dollars is supported chiefly by opium trade... https://foreignpolic
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by chewz 5y ago
You are too hard on US. Afgan Army had 300 thousand soldiers trained and well equiped. If Afgans do not want to fight Taliban themselves what US can do?
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by chewz 5y ago
> I would expect that a group that has been hunted for 2 decades to be only just barely managing to survive - how do they have weapons, transportation, logistics etc to be able to basically get their act together like the past 20 years n
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> C.S. Lewis once said that one can believe that Jesus is the son of god or a charlatan C.S. Lewis was a Christian so he is using two-value logic. Most Asian philosophies is based on four-value logic hence difficult for Westerners to com
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Final Soviet Withdrawal from Afganistan (1988)(youtube.com)
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In other news. China reopens 44 coal plants. Europe is stocking coal like crazy for winter so coal prices reached all time high at Rotterdam.
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But to make it work, Total's pioneers of carbon neutrality first needed to find green projects capable of meeting two requirements: generate carbon credits backed by an international organization, without costing too much. After strugg
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The Fictitious World of ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuel(bloomberg.com)
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China reopening coal mines to meet accelerating demand(powerengineeringint.com)
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Berlin to vote on seizing rental properties(ft.com)
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Carson Block Sees Fraud 'Top to Bottom' in China Stocks(youtube.com)
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> Concerning healthcare, you have to be your own project manager. +1 for that. 10 years ago I had misdiagnosed cancer for 3 years despite seeing lots of doctors. The symptoms were there but none of the doctors connected the dots. Since t
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by chewz 5y ago
My theory - pandemic is mostly a religious event. Mind that much of world religions is mostly anti-epidemic advice presented as God's commands (with some world creation myth and some moral advice on top). So people are prone to react w
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And yet coal and natural gas prices reach multiyear highs due to unsatiated demand...
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In Middle Ages Europe the Church had been trying to ban crosbows. It didn't work.
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A Minute on the Internet in 2021(statista.com)
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I am using old Android Xperia 10 with Termux, Apple Bluetooth keyboard and Chromcast screen to 27 inch TV. With Termux I will ssh into my server (using mosh). Pretty decent and stable setup… And free as I have just gathered some old hardwar
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2021 Recovery Of Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover(aims.gov.au)
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The corrosive tribalism of climate science(unherd.com)
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by chewz 5y ago
I had the same problem with remaining 50 uen moving country from Japan to Europe. But call to Apple Support solved the problem..
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by chewz 5y ago
Making a good meditation timer is not an easy task. I have tried many on both iOS and Android and can recommend only one that suits me - Meditation Timer by Telesense... It is really difficult to filter out all obstructions and notificatio
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Full text of Xi Jinping's speech on the CCP's 100th anniversary(asia.nikkei.com)
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by chewz 5y ago
Oh man, I will vote for you...
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Europe: Non-Competitive Power Prices Derail Growth(dlacalle.com)
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by chewz 5y ago
> Most parts of the world racism is defined on language/cultural maps, not literally black and white skin. Also social class - protecting skin from sun had been a display that you are of non-working class rather then different genet
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EU startup fund overwhelmed by high demand(politico.eu)
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Removed, disabled...
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by chewz 5y ago
+1 for mapy.cz from non-Czech user (both Androind and iOS)... Great app, great maps (topographic maps more detailed in the forrest then Google), good route planning..
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by chewz 5y ago
Utility function of big lottery win is way larger then of string insignificant looses. For most people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility

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