Afghanistan

JeBurkhardt

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

Funny how that happens. Previously were they experts on election and Constitutional law as well? 

mrussel1

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

Gern Blansten

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

Ledbetterman10

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

I can't believe that didn't work. 

Gern Blansten

Ledbetterman10 said:

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

I can't believe that didn't work. 

I really thought I had the solution

HughFreakingDillon

Gern Blansten said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

I can't believe that didn't work. 

I really thought I had the solution

anyone who was all-in on a ticket comprised of Sara Palin was unreachable. 

tempo_n_groove

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

Qanon says "hold my beer"

Gern Blansten

HughFreakingDillon said:

Gern Blansten said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

I can't believe that didn't work. 

I really thought I had the solution

anyone who was all-in on a ticket comprised of Sara Palin was unreachable. 

Yeah I didn't have much against McCain other than he went to the dark side and agreed to the Palin pick.

If you haven't seen "Game Change" on HBO it's great.  It lays out why they picked Palin (they had to in order to try to catch up) and the regrets they had.

HughFreakingDillon

Gern Blansten said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Gern Blansten said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

I can't believe that didn't work. 

I really thought I had the solution

anyone who was all-in on a ticket comprised of Sara Palin was unreachable. 

Yeah I didn't have much against McCain other than he went to the dark side and agreed to the Palin pick.

If you haven't seen "Game Change" on HBO it's great.  It lays out why they picked Palin (they had to in order to try to catch up) and the regrets they had.

will check that out

curmudgeoness

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

Qanon says "hold my beer"

Social media has been an accelerant. There always have been conspiracy theorists and loons. But now the drunk at the end of the bar can go online to share his thoughts and to find like-minded individuals, and once you have a chat room or FB group of Cliff Clavins encouraging each other and trying to outdo each other, you get QAnon.

mrussel1

curmudgeoness said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

Qanon says "hold my beer"

Social media has been an accelerant. There always have been conspiracy theorists and loons. But now the drunk at the end of the bar can go online to share his thoughts and to find like-minded individuals, and once you have a chat room or FB group of Cliff Clavins encouraging each other and trying to outdo each other, you get QAnon.

Right,  now the outcasts and loons have a community.  I'm not sure the upside of the internet outweighs the negative. 

HughFreakingDillon

mrussel1 said:

curmudgeoness said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The vaccine experts in my FB feed are now Afghanistan experts. 

1. Covid
2. Voting machines and associated state law
3. Vaccines
4. Afghanistan

You have some really smart friends who didn't pay attention in high school or go to college. 

I remember back in 2008 I was pretty forward on FB.  I would post a lot of anti-McCain/Palin stuff and pro-Obama things thinking some of my idiot friends might think "you know Gern is a smart guy, maybe I am wrong about some of this shit" but that didn't work.  They think I'm stupid and I finally figured out that there is no way out for them.  

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

The internet will be the downfall of this stupid country.

Qanon says "hold my beer"

Social media has been an accelerant. There always have been conspiracy theorists and loons. But now the drunk at the end of the bar can go online to share his thoughts and to find like-minded individuals, and once you have a chat room or FB group of Cliff Clavins encouraging each other and trying to outdo each other, you get QAnon.

Right,  now the outcasts and loons have a community.  I'm not sure the upside of the internet outweighs the negative. 

Pre-pandemic I'd be inclined to disagree. now? yeah, not so sure. 

brianlux

Maybe we should just evacuate all the Afghan women and children and whatever sane, non-misogynist men that are there and leave those women-hating Taliban creeps and their goats to have at each other. 

RoleModelsinBlood31

UK Parliament has voted to hold the President of the United States in contempt over Afghanistan debacle. Biden ignored Boris Johnson’s request for a phone call for over 36 hours apparently. They’re none too happy about us over in Europe.  Chancellor merkel was talking smack earlier this week already.  

His canceling of the Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau prior to the Taliban taking over Afghanistan was obviously a poor decision as well, and him saying that the US didn’t have any troops in Syria is only making him look completely clueless. 

Up next: the press hides out in Delaware and eats a ton of ice cream.

Ledbetterman10

Per the BBC….

Meltdown99

I saw a guy being interviewed on the news the other day, he served 4 tours in Afghanistan, to paraphrase him "if you think we did not make great gains, think again, look at how much they lost in only a week. think about how much they will lose in the coming months once the western press is gone and the US has evacuated everyone."

Anyways he has a point...

Sad situation

@brianlux is right...evacuate the woman and children and the ahgans that helped Nato...as for their men, they can stay there...

But I do agree with Biden if there is no willingness to fight for their homeland, why should the US sacrifice their women and men over there

Merkin Baller

HughFreakingDillon

Merkin Baller said:

white guy: nice guy, down on his luck, really nice guy
brown guy: TERRORIST! GO TO WAR!

Merkin Baller

HughFreakingDillon said:

Merkin Baller said:

white guy: nice guy, down on his luck, really nice guy
brown guy: TERRORIST! GO TO WAR!

Mo Brooks would have had a slightly different statement… proly… 

https://twitter.com/repmobrooks/status/1428422048368533515?s=21

gimmesometruth27

brianlux

gimmesometruth27 said:

Haha!

Hey, it's all right there on FaceBook.  You too can be an expert... on anything! 

mcgruff10

Nothing on Afghanistan for awhile from my repub friends on fb, I m guessing the evacuation is getting more efficient? 

Meltdown99

Kevin Newman: Kabul shows the unflattering truth: Canada is slow, risk-averse and selfish

While French commandos in buses got their people out, we sent texts (in English) telling our friends to head to the airport on their own

https://theline.substack.com/p/kevin-newman-kabul-shows-the-unflattering?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter

Meltdown99

Rifles, Humvees and millions of rounds of ammo: Taliban celebrate their new American arsenal

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/politics/us-weapons-arsenal-taliban-afghanistan/index.html

EdsonNascimento

mcgruff10 said:

Nothing on Afghanistan for awhile from my repub friends on fb, I m guessing the evacuation is getting more efficient? 

Or…the evidence of what this Administration is laid so bare even a senile old man could see the truth…oh, wait….

Ledbetterman10

EdsonNascimento said:

mcgruff10 said:

Nothing on Afghanistan for awhile from my repub friends on fb, I m guessing the evacuation is getting more efficient? 

Or…the evidence of what this Administration is laid so bare even a senile old man could see the truth…oh, wait….

Biden said in his presser that the Taliban is being cooperative in letting Americans past their checkpoints, and that Al-Quada have been completely run out of Afghanistan. An hour later, the Pentagon spokesman contradicted both of those claims. He said he’s concerned of reports that Americans have been beaten by the Taliban, and that Al-Quada is still in Afghanistan, but aren’t a threat to America in a 9/11 sort of way. 

HughFreakingDillon

senile old man? seriously? this is what the right has to cling to? senility (which is clearly false) and his son's laptop shenanigans. 

trump was a raging fucking loon for over 4 years and because biden stutters, he's "senile". well done, R's, well done. 

HughFreakingDillon

Meltdown99 said:

Kevin Newman: Kabul shows the unflattering truth: Canada is slow, risk-averse and selfish

While French commandos in buses got their people out, we sent texts (in English) telling our friends to head to the airport on their own

https://theline.substack.com/p/kevin-newman-kabul-shows-the-unflattering?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-second-military-flight-1.6148742

Meltdown99

NP View: Trudeau let down our friends in Afghanistan — many will pay the ultimate price

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-trudeau-let-down-our-friends-in-afghanistan-many-will-pay-the-ultimate-price

cincybearcat

HughFreakingDillon said:

senile old man? seriously? this is what the right has to cling to? senility (which is clearly false) and his son's laptop shenanigans. 

trump was a raging fucking loon for over 4 years and because biden stutters, he's "senile". well done, R's, well done. 

Just because Trump was an idiot doesn’t mean Biden isn’t a little short of a full deck