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Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 6:57 am
by simple schoolboy
simple schoolboy wrote:Busy news day. That Haiti assasination kinda smacks of Silvercorp's previous silliness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gideon_(2020).

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 6:23 pm
by elliseamos
simple schoolboy wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:Busy news day. That Haiti assasination kinda smacks of Silvercorp's previous silliness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gideon_(2020).
I thought of your post yesterday and couldn't find what thread it was in to quote it.

You were on this one early.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 6:43 pm
by simple schoolboy
elliseamos wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:Busy news day. That Haiti assasination kinda smacks of Silvercorp's previous silliness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gideon_(2020).
I thought of your post yesterday and couldn't find what thread it was in to quote it.

You were on this one early.
I'm here for all of your private military contractor and irregular warfare needs.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 11:01 pm
by elliseamos
simple schoolboy wrote:
elliseamos wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:Busy news day. That Haiti assasination kinda smacks of Silvercorp's previous silliness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gideon_(2020).
I thought of your post yesterday and couldn't find what thread it was in to quote it.

You were on this one early.
I'm here for all of your private military contractor and irregular warfare needs.
#blessed

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 11:20 pm
by BurtReynolds
Is there any given reason for his assassination?

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 11:40 pm
by elliseamos
BurtReynolds wrote:Is there any given reason for his assassination?
I heard he said something mean about Grimes. May be nothing. May be something. Who's to say.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 11:43 pm
by BurtReynolds
elliseamos wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Is there any given reason for his assassination?
I heard he said something mean about Grimes. May be nothing. May be something. Who's to say.
She appreciates power. He was weak.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Sun July 11, 2021 11:45 pm
by simple schoolboy
Someone posted a fake tweet from him in French about having information that could lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton, but I'm just going to continue pretending its real.

I guess having US Peacekeepers there for another 10 year stint is preferrable to UN Peacekeepers. Less cholera and rape at least.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Mon July 12, 2021 5:26 pm
by Stickman

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Tue July 13, 2021 12:29 am
by E.H. Ruddock
And that was in the early 1900’s. Imagine what has been done since then

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Tue July 13, 2021 2:11 pm
by spike
E.H. Ruddock wrote:And that was in the early 1900’s. Imagine what has been done since then
Dan Hedaya

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Wed July 14, 2021 7:23 am
by simple schoolboy
Regarding that Tigray business in Ethiopia:

Pulling a Tom Friedman here, sorry.

Uber driver today was Eritrean*. Resettled here after qualifying for asylum, eligible for citizenship last year but delayed because of Covid.

I broached the topic, asking about where he was from, but he didn't seem to mind and gave a whole history of the conflict and showed us a photo of his dad with his weapon and family back in the day.

Anyhow, from the Eritrean expat point of view, there's anxiety that the TPLF (Tigray Peoples Liberation Front) is on the march and looking for vengeance. Seems insane that they would fight a two front war against Eritrea and the central Ethiopian government.

He believes the US threat of removing aid was involved in the Ethiopian government forces withdrawal/ rout. Maybe this is incontestible, but I haven't seen much coverage of US diplomatic involvement.

Unrelated, in something that smacks a bit like Sikh feelings toward Gandhi: the Italians weren't so terrible because they gave Eritrea a separate state, but the British decision to include us in Ethiopia led to more than 30 years of conflict.

*Being eligible for conscription in Eritrea is generally grounds for asylum due to conditions in the Eritrean military

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Wed July 14, 2021 9:01 pm
by Stickman

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Wed July 14, 2021 10:09 pm
by BurtReynolds

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 2:40 am
by 96583UP
Mickey's made a lot of enemies

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 2:45 am
by simple schoolboy
96583UP wrote:Mickey's made a lot of enemies
What? Being a member of the communist party has not disqualified an individual from working for thr CIA for quite some time. He'd probably find almost as many fellow travelers as opponents.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 2:54 am
by elliseamos
simple schoolboy wrote:
96583UP wrote:Mickey's made a lot of enemies
What? Being a member of the communist party has not disqualified an individual from working for thr CIA for quite some time. He'd probably find almost as many fellow travelers as opponents.
He's talking about blackface mickey, not rm/communist mickey.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 3:00 am
by simple schoolboy
elliseamos wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
96583UP wrote:Mickey's made a lot of enemies
What? Being a member of the communist party has not disqualified an individual from working for thr CIA for quite some time. He'd probably find almost as many fellow travelers as opponents.
He's talking about blackface mickey, not rm/communist mickey.
The Mouse is quietly retconning Songs of the South, I'm sure he'll be fine.

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 3:19 am
by simple schoolboy
Welp

Re: Not worthy of a thread News

Posted: Thu July 15, 2021 5:50 pm
by BurtReynolds