[KhaamaPress] This past week more than 40 Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighters have been killed in Khas Uruzgan and Tarin Kot. This brings Death Eater death totals to over 100 in the past month alone. One has to ask, why have there been so much pressure on the Taliban in Uruzgan?
One very important reason has been the fight for the Kandahar-Uruzgan Highway which has been ongoing for quite sometime. This highway joins Kandahar to Uruzgan and eventually up to Kabul providing a main route for travel and commerce to the provinces it touches. For Uruzgan, the large mountains that surround key cities such as Tarin Kot and Khas Uruzgan can make ease of access and daily life difficult without these routes. This have put civilian lives at more risk to the dangers of the ongoing conflict.
"I was going to Kandahar province on the highway and an IED blasted on my car," said Abdulhadi Ghamzada, a local resident of Sajawal Village in Uruzgan. "I don’t know who took me to the hospital but when I woke up and saw myself, I had lost both legs and one hand."
According to recent civilian casualty reports from UNAMA there were a recorded 753 pressure plate IEDs, of those, 318 were in southern Afghanistan alone consisting of Zabul, Kandahar, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... and Uruzgan.
This was the case for Ghamzada. "I’m tired of my life and being like this, " said Ghamzada. "I should have a normal life like others do, but I can’t lead my life like others do. Therefore, I request everyone to stop the increase of violence in our society."
The 205th Hero Corps has done recent joint operations with the local police in both Kandahar and Uruzgan, which has been no easy task, clearing 75 IEDs and clashing with Taliban in the area who wanted to maintain control of the highway. At one point, it was open and then closed not more than 24 hours later. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... security forces in the area have reopened the highway in hopes that local residents can benefit from what the highway brings to the community.
"This is why finding peace is so important to us in Uruzgan. We don’t want any more casualties- civilian, security force, or Taliban," said Asadullah Sayeed, the Provincial Governor of Uruzgan. "We need to come together to make Uruzgan stronger and more prosperous as a community."
[Bloomberg] The best way to appreciate the scale of Aliko Dangote’s empire is to hitch a ride on one of his private jets. A half-hour after his Bombardier Challenger 605 takes off from Lagos Airport, it descends into a seemingly desolate area of Kogi State in central Nigeria, dusty fields and clusters of trees stretching to the horizon. Suddenly a tangle of exhaust stacks, silos, and kilns pierces the sky to the left of the aircraft as Dangote Cement Plc’s Obajana plant comes into view. It’s already the biggest in Africa, churning out enough sacks of cement to fill 1,000 trucks a day. A fifth production line now under construction will make it one of the world’s largest.
The cement plant and its two sister factories in Nigeria have long been the bedrock of Dangote’s fortune, Africa’s biggest. But Dangote’s future‐and, as he likes to say, that of the entire continent’s economy‐lies to the south on the Nigerian coast. About 40 miles east of Lagos, on more than 6,700 acres of former swampland bound by a lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, contractors are putting the finishing touches on a fertilizer plant valued at $5 billion. Next to it, construction of a vast oil refinery‐a $12 billion project‐is under way.
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I work with the son of Dangote's competitor Chief Ibeto who is also a billionaire. African business men are very good, very aggressive, impressively relentless in their pursuit of business success.
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Ebbavirt Clunk4147 ~ If you don't mind I'll just call you EC.
"Impressively relentless"... I very much like the turn of phrase. I initially read it incorrectly as "impassively", however either could certainly apply.
Thanks for your enlightening post at #1. There are a few at this site who have an interest in things Afri. Let us hear from you again please.
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John Bolton, President Trump's national security adviser, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" the administration is returning to an early U.S. foreign policy principle: the Monroe Doctrine.
When pressed on why the U.S. has chosen to aggressively pressure Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro while going easier on other brutal regimes around the world, Bolton said the White House is making a concerted effort to be involved in the affairs of its own hemisphere first and foremost.
He also took a jab at previous administrations for not taking more seriously the "political experiment" of a socialized Latin America, known by foreign policy experts as "the pink tide."
[AlAhram] For all intents and purposes, Ottoman Turkish aspirations for accession to the EU are blocked, to the eminent chagrin of Erdogan.
There was once a time, from the 1980s to the opening years of this millennium, when there were high hopes in both The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the most dubious NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... Continued on Page 49
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[Ynet] The left-wing has been advocating 'two states for two nations' as if it was an advertising slogan, promising us something, they themselves know can never realistically be achieved, while relying on wishful-thinking and half-truths.
“Two states for two nations" is an excellent slogan. The left-wing keeps repeating it as a mantra that will one day bring enlightenment. In reality, however, it is the key to the agenda of the Blue and White party.
So much efforts is being invested in making us believe there's real promise behind this plan, and that the long-anticipated peace is just waiting for us nay-sayers to go away so it can make its grand debut.
But at the end of the day, the political plans written over the past few years by former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin and his friends promise us nothing but smoke and mirrors.
The "two states for two nations" slogan reminds me of the moment a couple finally ties the knot (or in the case of Israelis and Paleostinians, get divorced) at the end of a rom-com. But while the movies cut away and leave us to imagine that the couple lives happily ever after, they never actually show us the reality of the day after. Well, the day after a two-states deal ‐at least according to those who advocate for Israel to seek a divorce from the Paleostinians‐would be a utopia with our security provided by an international mediating force, as if the world has ever shown Jews that they can count on it in times of need.
Another thing that would happen on this magical day after is a fence that nobody would ever try to breach. Just look at Gazoo, and see how well it works there. We would also save so much money once we leave the West Bank ‐ even though evacuating the settlements would cost us a lot more. Because finally, we will have the promise that the Paleostinians will stay over there, while we are over here ‐ a theory that conveniently omits the fact that we would have be over there other day anyway, because they will never stop trying to be over here.
Former GOC Central Command Gadi Shamni explained in a thorough report that if the potential Paleostinian state attacks Israel, we would retaliate, but since it’s a sovereign state that wouldn’t approve of our invasion, we would have to rely on an international force. Are there any volunteers for this task?
Thus, at this point, as far as I'm concerned, the two-state solution would require the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. It's amazing how in a country that wouldn't demolish the homes of Death Eaters because of an excess of twisted morality, they are contemplating with such ease a mass evacuation of people from not only their homes but from their homeland as well. It’s not happening in any other country‐especially in 2019, in a world where a discourse on human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. is integral‐but here, we drink these ideas with our morning coffee.
We are constantly being told about the price we are paying for the continuation of the conflict, but the potential price we would have to pay for a two-state solution is skillfully disguised. Nothing in this country is free, and before you buy two for a price of one, you should check whether it’s actually worth it.
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If you believe that gender is cultural - not biological, you can believe in two state solution.
Personally, I believe that 20 century Arab/Islamic resurgence was entirely Persian Gulf oil fueled. And, consequently, ME outside Israel faces a massive collapse in a decade or so. That is, there won't be Arab countries to support "Palestinian Cause".
[Rudaw] The Syrian regime has recently dismissed outright the very notion of discussing autonomy for the country's Kurdish-administered areas, invariably conflating it with partitioning. This indicates that Damascus expects the Kurds and their allies to essentially surrender their hard-won gains and resubmit to its direct rule.
Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Horror of Homs... said on February 17 that he is ready for talks but rejects what he calls "comprehensive decentralization that would undermine the authority of the state."
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hat would undermine the authority of the state."
Nothing above the stata, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
Gee where have I heard that before.....oh right, the socialist, progressive, left of AOC, Bernie and their ilk.
[Babylon Bee] LOS FELIZ, CA‐Local woman Sarah Harper declared Friday that her healthcare is none of your business or the government's business, though she wants the government to take more of your money to pay for it.
Harper posted a series of tweets Friday proclaiming how "men don’t have a say" when it comes to women's healthcare, and also that you should just "shut up and pay for it."
Harper made sure to let everyone know that her healthcare should be free and blocked anyone that disagreed with her. She was very clear that her healthcare is absolutely none of the government's business, though she did demand that the government take other people's money to pay for it.
"Why does it matter how many times I’ve had a Planned Parenthood appointment this year?" the woman said. "It’s not your business where I go for birth control or of my lifestyle choice---you just need to support it, no questions asked." She also stated that the term "healthcare" can be broadly defined as anything from basic checkups to killing her own baby.
"Hands off my uterus!" she declared, while metaphorically reaching her hands out for your wallet.
Harper is also reportedly in favor of doxxing people who come out against having the government control and pay for her healthcare. "People who prevent women from exercising their basic healthcare rights should have their private lives exposed so everyone can know of their bigotry," shed added. "Their basic privacy needs to become everyone’s business."
"Look, you have no right to know about my healthcare. Just hand over the money and no one gets hurt," she said.
At publishing time, Harper still had failed to realize that a government that pays for her healthcare has total control over her healthcare.
[American Thinker] I learned that the Roy Rogers Museum in Branson, MO closed its doors forever. Roy Rogers was a bit before my time. Still, the closing of his museum triggered something in me. My late black dad, Dr. Rev. Lloyd E. Marcus was a big Roy Rogers fan. I remember Roy Rogers as a good guy cowboy on TV who always did the right thing. Roy's character was very much like my dad's. No, I am not going to get sappy, reminiscing about a time when TV role models taught kids right from wrong. Suggest that some behaviors are right and some behaviors are wrong -- how corny, judgmental, intolerant and old fashion is that?
America has moved on. Democrats, Hollywood, and fake news media say America no longer wants white guys like Roy Rogers on TV, infecting our kids with Christian morals and family values.
America has moved on from the biblical teaching that there are only two genders. NYC recognizes 31 different genders. Facebook gives customers 56 gender options. Leftists believe they are far more sophisticated and intelligent than Bible believers and Americans living in flyover country.
Leftists say determining a baby's gender by its genitalia at birth is idiotic. They say we must allow the child to evolve into the gender it wants to be. This insane child abuse has led to hundreds of kids as young as four years old identifying as transgender and changing their sex.
American College of Pediatricians president Dr. Michelle Cretella wrote, "Transgender Ideology Has Infiltrated My Field and Produced Large-Scale Child Abuse." Dr. Cretella also stated, "No one is born transgender."
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I loved the old Roy Rogers series. As a young lad however, I could never sort out the Jeep (Nellie Belle) in a cowboy movie. Did anyone else have that difficulty, or once again was it just me ?
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I saw the disconnect too, Bssoeker. I liked the Jeep but wondered why it would have so many issues. Asked dad about it. He said Hollywood was the problem. I pondered this for quite a while.
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[WND] A Tennessee school district apologized Thursday after a homework assignment asked students to pretend their “family owns slaves.”
Actually, it was a pretty good assignment. I don’t think Dr. Mike Looney, director of Williamson County schools, should have apologized. It was a thoughtful assignment and would likely have benefited the students, their families and even critics. The students were eighth-graders, and were asked, “Imagine that their family owns slaves and then ‘create a list of expectations’ for those slaves.”
Besides, which slaves in that school district were offended?
Dr. Looney’s real problem wasn’t that he touched the slavery-rail of “I’m offended politics”; it was that he asked students in his district to think. You see, thinking about things means you might arrive at the wrong conclusion.
Yes, it’s a harsh and brutal world outside the protected halls of the academy. Almost everything has been “thought through” by someone, who has arrived at the conclusion that benefits him or her most. To protect yourself, you must set up an advocacy group to yell and scream the loudest for your position – because your friends and neighbors need to be protected from thinking and coming to a wrong conclusion. Wrong conclusions are ones the advocacy group founder disagrees with.
Little academia was once thought to be preparation for big academia. Since thinking usually makes use of facts and experience, the focus began on facts (kindergartners have so few), then added experiences, and certainly by the eighth grade had moved toward thinking for oneself.
Now that big academia has ruled that thinking is no longer allowed – everyone must share the same dogma to graduate – little academia has had to fall in line. Thoughtful exercises that might lead someone into personal growth must be eliminated.
But why is it the radical left, the Democrats, are the ones so obsessed with thought – or more correctly, thought crimes? Well, I have some thoughts on that.
First, having the wrong thoughts does nothing to advance the party’s objective. Since obtaining political power (owning the power of the state to compel behavior) is the Democratic Party’s objective, everything else they say is their platform.
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hmmmm...couldn't come up with - imagine growing up in a small town in Maine where most of the adult male population was never going to return from the Civil War.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Ynet] The left-wing has been advocating 'two states for two nations' as if it was an advertising slogan, promising us something, they themselves know can never realistically be achieved, while relying on wishful-thinking and half-truths.
[Babylon Bee] LOS FELIZ, CA‐Local woman Sarah Harper declared Friday that her healthcare is none of your business or the government's business, though she wants the government to take more of your money to pay for it.
[WND] A Tennessee school district apologized Thursday after a homework assignment asked students to pretend their “family owns slaves.”
