Plinkey posted:

lol i gave pickle a bath because she had a bunch of weird fur tufffts and lol

fits my needs posted:

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1412146201751961606?s=20

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KARACHI, PAKISTAN—As the U.S. exits Afghanistan, Beijing is preparing to swoop into the war-torn country and fill the vacuum left by the departed U.S. and NATO troops.

China is poised to make an exclusive entry into post-U.S. Afghanistan with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source close to government officials in Afghanistan told The Daily Beast that Kabul authorities are growing more intensively engaged with China on an extension of the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)—the flagship project of BRI, which involves the construction of highways, railways and energy pipelines between Pakistan and China—to Afghanistan.

fits my needs posted:

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1412146201751961606?s=20

Knight posted:

a.lo posted:

my dad: "who or what is a 'cumshitter'?"

Filthy Hans posted:

wash Pepper, too, so Pickle doesn't feel bad

Bethamphetamine posted:

God my Afghanistan takes are so bad. I forgot about China

I guess Russia and China are both jockeying to get back into Afghanistan first.

cumshitter posted:

ok im hooked what did you say

a.lo posted:

ligma

ligma balls

Bethamphetamine posted:

Profiles in Courage

"In one night they lost all the good will of 20 years by leaving the way they did, in the night, without telling the Afghan soldiers who were outside patrolling the area,” said Afghan soldier Naematullah, who asked that only his one name be used.

Within 20 minutes of the U.S.'s silent departure on Friday, the electricity was shut down and the base was plunged into darkness, said Raouf, the soldier of 10 years who has also served in Taliban strongholds of Helmand and Kandahar provinces.

The sudden darkness was like a signal to the small army of looters, he said. They entered from the north smashing through the first barrier, ransacking buildings, loading anything that was not nailed down into trucks.

Jon Irenicus posted:

China has been waiting patiently for their turn in Afghanistan, Russia will have to wait

Plinkey posted:

Apraxin posted:

Giuliani reportedly has “gotten only the cold shoulder” when asking Trump for payment, and has been “cast out, cut off” by Trump’s family.

smarxist posted:

smarxist posted:

quote:

Around 10:50 p.m. Monday, the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit responded to a vegetation fire in Shingle Springs. During the response, an incarcerated firefighter who was part of the firefighting crew stole a Cal Fire truck and began driving it, according to a joint news release from Cal Fire and other responding agencies.

The man took the truck on a joyride, damaging “public and private property,” according to the release. KCRA reported that the man drove the fire truck through a fence at Rack-It Truck Racks on Dividend Drive, and hit vehicles and equipment in the parking lot.

The man eventually drove the fire truck into a ditch, totaling the vehicle. He was transported to the hospital and is expected to recover fully, the news release said.

smarxist posted:

fits my needs posted:

https://twitter.com/sacbee_news/status/1412155722075344902?s=20

tacodaemon posted:

https://twitter.com/Cleavon_MD/status/1412156548881731585