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Thanks, in part, I guess.

I thought that the thing about the notebook was great, as I have said so numerous times already. Well, mystery solved then. Your commentary adds to it...

Ha! Crazy! Whoa. Cool experiment. I had no idea. Curious as to who has the writing style for "Hitchikers". I thought that the story itself was a littl...

They'll almost do that much. Clearly, they should've had the foresight to have had an exit strategy, but, given their lack of one now, we can only cop...

I didn't think that you wrote "Ghost in My Hands", but did think that @"Jack Cummins" wrote "Good Stew". I still don't know who wrote the "I Never Was...

That was my guess now that I know that @"Jack Cummins" wrote "Ghost in My Hands".

I did this, too, but I think that it's sort of telling that we begin to consider the next election results during a time of crisis such as this. I was...

The world expects for the Taliban to create a fanatical chaotic authoritarian state that functions as center for terrorist activity. They assume that ...

The status of women there is certainly something that the international community ought to pay attention to. As to what it either can or can not do, t...

Oh, most definitely. Had I any real bargaining power, I'd push for women's rights, civil liberties, and whathaveyou. The only things that I think can ...

I have edited this post to read: In shameless celebration of the decline of Western civilization with other Anarchists, I give you "Victoria" as cover...

Furthermore, as I do feel strongly about this, the United States is one of, if not the, most powerful and wealthy nations in the world. Though they, p...

"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty w...

I mean everyone. We owe it to all of those Afghans. You are most certainly correct that the Taliban letting everyone leave would be a very good sign. ...

The acoustic version of "The Sounds of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel

Some updates from CNN, The Guardian, and Axios: All US Embassy personnel have evacuated, the State Department said From CNN's Jennifer Hansler All per...

@"tim wood" has informed me that I am mistaken, which by my posting this here adds some information to this, thereby taking away some of the mystery. ...

@"tim wood" wrote "Stanley the Reindeer". Guess based off of tone, but I don't really know, also seems not quite like him, though, perhaps like him in...

Real depressing work of what I have, not without pretense, called "hypertext": Some People Worry About the Weather by Iain Xavior If you're not going ...

I like the monkey and wonder about the dinosaur shoes. Interesting subject for a painting.

I never thought that I'd agree with Forbes Magazine.

US forces will take over air traffic control at Kabul airport From Jennifer Hansler The Departments of State and Defense have announced that US forces...

The military could have baited the Taliban into overextending themselves by attacking Kabul, and, perhaps, been capable of, at least, maintaining cont...

I can't say that I would've made another choice. The Afghan military just simply had no will to fight. Hamid Karzai has requested that people stay in ...

The message that Ashraf Ghani left on Facebook translated with Google Translate: "In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Dear compatriots, T...

I was at work, and, so, not sure if they just declared victory. There's videos of them in the presidential palace now. I think that the overall effect...

To my estimation, Kabul has effectively fallen.. I could be wrong, though.

Well, personally, I think that Europeans ought to be fairly skeptical of any aristocratic involvement within their political process altogether. The a...

If you read the constitution, though not quite so archaic, and consider the rights of the king, you will find that it is not a liberal democracy in th...

It's not about imposing Western standards for excellence upon other countries; it's about reporting information that just simply is not true. The BBC ...

For sure. Thanks for the exploration of Nordic foreign policy, international peacekeeping and whathaveyou. You always have a lot to say about internat...

I mean that it wasn't a liberal democratic state. Ostensibly, it was a constitutional monarchy à la the United Kingdom, whom I assume was the model fo...

Sure, in Afghanistan, they could have transitioned to an actual liberal democracy under Zahir Shah, assuming of course, that, y'know, being ousted did...

In point of fact, when doing research for a paper for community college on the War in Afghanistan, I noticed a number of discrepancies in the general ...

To relate this to Afghanistan, check out this obituary. Zahir Shah did become a Liberal reformist late in life, but, the 1964 Constitution of Afghanis...

I'm pretty sure that it was, in point of fact, a monarchy, despite the White Revolution that did occur after the coup d'état orchestrated by the Unite...

I followed him on bandcamp. Thanks for the recommendation!

Also, according to Wikipedia: "On 14 August 2021, the Taliban captured seven provincial capital cities; Gardez, Sharana, Asadabad, Maymana, Mihtarlam,...

I'm about forty-eight seconds in and hoping this is Post-Rock, but think that it's pretty good regardless.

This is not true. They have vast amounts of opium and that's about it. There's some lithium there, which, I think, is used in the manufacturing of com...

People keep making digs at Pakistan's Inter-Intelligence Service, of which, there is plenty of reason to, but the Taliban really actually are a somewh...

Wasn't Iran a monarchy at that point?

It's only really Godard. The rest of the French intellectuals just kind of speculate upon the United States. In a way, it's kind of a problem, actuall...

I think that you make some good points, but haven't quite understood what I mean by a comparison of Finland to the United States. To my knowledge, Fin...

I was referring to the United States. I'm sure that there are plenty of people in the region to have celebrated the attacks. I even remember watching ...

Triple post, but, w/e. While I appreciate your invocation of a "larger than life politician", as I think that elected leaders ought to aspire to live ...

This thread needs some post-progressive music. Here's "What You See Is What You Are" by Here and Now!

The early oughts, man...

In true former green anarchist, a political philosophy that I think we should now refer to as "eco-anarchism", form I give you "War Story" by Antimani...

Oh, and, as much nuance as we can add to a critique of the American weltanschauung, in this country, there is the plain, pure, and political fact of a...