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We do know what rural Afghans want and it's not to be like us. Which only goes to show that western people have no right to try and impose our way of life on other societies. Any competent Afghan expert could have told western leaders the truth, but western leaders had an agenda obviously doomed to fail, short of keeping troops there for ever. BTW who are we to say we are a "better society"? Our civilization is IMO rotten, and obsessed with greed and hatred.

Propaganda BS. They were fighting the Russians for independence, not to liberate women.

DeSantis please, please, please. I couldn't stand another 4 years of the hatred.

Only 5 working days to go. 10, 9, 8, 7, ................................1 and gone into the oblivion they so richly deserve. Wish I was there to wave goodbye to that cheney woman. Great she lost her seat.

Perhaps so, but ignoring that made a convenient stick to beat Trump with, and he, apparently is all they think about. Given the facts as you post, which would come out in an actual trial in a real court of law ( not some Mickey Mouse biased committee ) and chances of Trump being actually convicted probably nil. No wonder the Justice Department has not yet invented a reason to indict him.

Al Jazeera had a bit about it and mentioned -38 degrees C in parts of the US. I don't think that is right though as can't find any site saying that- coldest given is -23 C on Canadian border. South is a lot warmer than that, though still cold. Just as well as -38 C is Antarctic temperature and car motors freeze unless fitted with heaters. Some people are strange though- look out the window and say "it's snowing, so a good time to go for a drive" despite not having chains for the wheels, and end up stranded and wasting people's time having to rescue them.

It's like the London tube service. A bit of snow or a few leaves on the overground part and it stopped operating.

I glad you said son singular. Indeed William is a son to be proud of. Conversely .............................

What else would an opposition politician say. If the car industry can't sell cars it's could be for any number of reasons eg they are rubbish or too expensive.

A lot of poor people seem to have plenty of money to buy cigarettes and booze. I live with a load of young unemployed people ( strangely they seem capable of work but choose not to, even though plenty of unskilled jobs locally available ). Never short of a can of booze or a ciggie. Nice life though- party on.

If you care about her that at least is something you can help her with without having to go through an agent. Dentists are not expensive unless needing crowns or implants.

I can't say if that would have happened, and neither can anyone else. It may very well have been but would parts of Ukraine have been a smoking bomb site and would all those people be dead? I have to disagree with everything you say about Obama, the man who drew red lines and did nothing when they were crossed. His first 4 years - so you think he's going to be back in '24? I agree about post 9 11. I can't think of a single good reason for all the allied deaths and all the money spent on Afghanistan to stay after al qaida was destroyed there. Obama should have ended it when he was elected. Not only that, but he didn't help those Pakistani guys that assisted in killing bin laden and jailed in Pakistan for doing so on his watch.

That's for sure. IMO it's going to get worse, not better. To get better would require good will on both sides and a statesman to unite them. Far as I can see, no good will exists and there are no statesmen to be seen. Undoubtedly there are good men out there, but given the media attacks on politicians I can't see any of them being prepared to take the abuse that would be heaped on them and their families. IMO the present political fiasco is entirely of the American people's own making, but it doesn't bode well for any of us.

How's it working out for Biden then? Wasn't able to stop Putin invading Ukraine, was he? No invasion during Trump's time- in fact no western conflicts started during his 4 years. That's a pretty good record on it's own.

It's exactly because your side uses language like that that pursuades me your side has nothing to offer but vitriol and hatred. At least the vision he offered was one of positivity and hope for a better future, compared for the outright negativity of his opposition, and he didn't start any wars- always a good thing IMO. Given the choice between him and her, I definitely backed the right horse. Given a better choice, I'd have backed them eg Bernie. I even backed Gore against Bush. Re Trump, he's had his day and he's too old, and too loaded with opposition to achieve anything as POTUS, so I hope he does not stand. I'd hate if he took votes so a Democrat wins in 24.

Hasn't been a decent US president IMO since Kennedy. Don't know what world you live in, but the one I live in is crumbling and I see no one in charge that can save us. I have never been so depressed about the future of humanity before as now.

I remember a lot of that sort of argument ranting from back then, but IMO they were not from Trump supporters. Still going on if we read any thread ( and many threads with nothing to do with him ) about Trump. BTW, some of us remember WHY he got elected, and that hasn't changed. All that has happened is that the bad actors have made it about Trump, so they could carry on with business as usual.

Perhaps you should abide by your own mantra of "to each their own" without attacking other posters you don't know for posting personal stuff you don't know about, because you don't agree with them. Perhaps your own long term use has made you think you know the intimate details of other poster's relationships from a short sentence. Bye.

Be like me and put empty decorated boxes under the tree. Makes for a pleasant looking scene without being subverted into the commercial perversion of Christmas. Christmas actually had nothing to do with Christianity as it was a pagan festival co opted by Christians Pre Christian Germanic people celebrated a winter festival called Yule. The Romans celebrated the birth of Mithra, their sun god On December 25th. Santa Claus origins are, of course, nothing at all to do with Christianity. As for Christmas trees- 4th century BC house decorations

Loved the song, and gives me a chuckle to hear him professing to love women.

Ironic then that only the wealthiest can afford to holiday "off the grid" in a cabin that would be more luxurious than many of the planet's inhabitants can hope to live in.

Are you the Grinch? Are you incapable of just not clicking on and reading ( and even better- not complaining on them ) his threads? Have a very merry Christmas.

To all those just waking up to another Christmas day, have a happy day and hope for a better 2023 than the 3 years past that we endured. ????

I gave that a laugh as it's laughable. I gave little information about him, yet you extrapolate it to accuse me of knowing nothing about a man I was friends with for over 20 years. The effects of long term use of weed are quite well known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_effects_of_cannabis According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, there is substantial evidence of a statistical association between cannabis use and the development of schizophrenia or other chronic psychoses, with the highest risk potentially among the most frequent users.

You had a wedding dinner! Luxury. Given my wife and I had been living together for a year it was just a trip to the amphur office and back to normal.