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https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1510530131726684161?t=_s6nB9e1E34MpR4k_XRfaQ&s=19 All these coups just ramping up
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Apr 3, 2022 09:25
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We sure did take responsibility for their protection please don’t look at which country’s companies now own all of their extractive resources
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Apr 3, 2022 11:57
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1510530131726684161?t=_s6nB9e1E34MpR4k_XRfaQ&s=19 chinese diplomat: first of all, i think it's important to acknowledge we are standing on land historically neocolonized by the mighty and proud australian and kiwi nations,
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Apr 3, 2022 12:08
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Apr 3, 2022 15:35
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Apr 3, 2022 16:08
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fits my needs posted:https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1510626172719218697?s=20&t=TAycodYqq8c1VErMVlSXqw "popular backlash" is long form CIA interference
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Apr 3, 2022 16:11
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weird how the US government never did anything about the narcotics during their two decade civilizing mission
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Apr 3, 2022 16:38
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some lady on NPR the other day was talking about the shocking rise of fentanyl over the past several months and i was like lol yup
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Apr 3, 2022 16:47
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Rutibex posted:weird how the US government never did anything about the narcotics during their two decade civilizing mission don't look up what Karzai and his brother did in the 70s&80s
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Apr 3, 2022 17:29
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Sherbert Hoover posted:some lady on NPR the other day was talking about the shocking rise of fentanyl over the past several months and i was like lol yup Did she even mention what the western pharma companies did with oxy?
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Apr 3, 2022 17:31
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my favorite fyad poster
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Apr 3, 2022 18:35
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oh so the drug war is good now
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Apr 3, 2022 19:08
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AnimeIsTrash posted:Did she even mention what the western pharma companies did with oxy? idk but tbf they have been talking a lot about the sacklers lately
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Apr 3, 2022 19:12
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George hw bush did 9/11 for cia spending money and he might do it again 
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Apr 3, 2022 19:25
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Lol at doing an opium war on ourselves
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Apr 3, 2022 19:30
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I listen to a long fentanyl thinktank video recently. Basically China no longer sells fentanyl directly (after 18? basically before Trump started the trade war.) China (and India) only sells fentanyl ingredience and the Mexican gangs put them together and sell to the US. Also the weight of fentanyl is 3 times lighter than cocaine for a given market, so the Mexican cartel start using drones to deliver them.
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Apr 3, 2022 19:33
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stephenthinkpad posted:so the Mexican cartel start using drones to deliver them. that’s pretty cool
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Apr 3, 2022 19:36
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https://twitter.com/sidhant/status/1510659918654672898?t=Ju46tCSJ8w8-A7G70jv4_Q&s=19
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Apr 3, 2022 20:06
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Atrocious Joe posted:https://twitter.com/sidhant/status/1510659918654672898?t=Ju46tCSJ8w8-A7G70jv4_Q&s=19 pakistani commenters seem to imply that this is just a parliamentary formality since he called for new elections, apparently this means having a caretaker PM step in for the duration (and this position could technically be filled by khan himself).
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Apr 3, 2022 20:37
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Does Pakistan has a straight parliament system? Only the majority of elected congressmen determines the PM? Do they have state election in waves like in India?
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Apr 3, 2022 20:47
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stephenthinkpad posted:Does Pakistan has a straight parliament system? Only the majority of elected congressmen determines the PM? Nope, it's all in one day and dissolving the national assembly also means that the provincial assemblies will also be dissolved. The government since 2010 has been a parliamentary one but like India it is hard to win an outright majority because of regionalism and tiny parties dominated by local feudals, so Coalition governments have to be made. The current fiasco is happening because the opposition managed to poach Khan's coalition partners to his side and even people in his own party. There was supposed to be a vote of no confidence but the speaker disallowed, thereby allowing Khan to call early elections. Whether this was legal or not is undecided and will have to go to the Supreme Court. Khan has also likely lost support from the Military (who has been accused of tipping the scales for him in 2018), likely over his Anti-American rhetoric. The Chief of Army Staff, Javed Bajwa just a few days ago made a speech saying that the US is a vital ally and that the invasion of Ukraine is unjust and that Pakistan should give Ukraine support. Make of that what you will.
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Apr 3, 2022 21:58
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drat this Khan guy sounds like a loser
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Apr 3, 2022 22:00
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indigi posted:drat this Khan guy sounds like a loser He's an incoherent politician with a pretty incoherent voter base. It's basically upper middle class professionals and petty bourgeoisie as well as junior members in the military. So basically the kind of people who'd be cool with a military coup anyways. He's also been trying to court islamists with some backwards poo poo about Ahmadis and Women (He implied that women get raped because of the clothes they wear) which is why you see Pakistani Leftists being ambivalent about this. The guy was a beloved figure and he pissed it all away by getting way over his head.
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Apr 3, 2022 22:23
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ToxicAcne posted:He's an incoherent politician with a pretty incoherent voter base. It's basically upper middle class professionals and petty bourgeoisie as well as junior members in the military. So basically the kind of people who'd be cool with a military coup anyways. He's also been trying to court islamists with some backwards poo poo about Ahmadis and Women (He implied that women get raped because of the clothes they wear) which is why you see Pakistani Leftists being ambivalent about this. Lel that Imran Khan basically has the same take as a Haryanvi khap panchayat leader.
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Apr 3, 2022 22:39
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ToxicAcne posted:He's an incoherent politician with a pretty incoherent voter base. It's basically upper middle class professionals and petty bourgeoisie the Andrew Yang of Pakistan
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Apr 3, 2022 22:42
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https://twitter.com/SameeraKhan/status/1334419509684428803 https://twitter.com/Cointelegraph/status/1120409459271114754
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Apr 3, 2022 22:45
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Maximo Roboto posted:the Andrew Yang of Pakistan The Ma'ath Party
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Apr 4, 2022 00:52
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Is Khan still the most successful athlete politician?
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Apr 4, 2022 01:04
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stephenthinkpad posted:Is Khan still the most successful athlete politician? Donald trump is a world class golfer
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Apr 4, 2022 01:08
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stephenthinkpad posted:Is Khan still the most successful athlete politician? slave to my cravings posted:Donald trump is a world class golfer He also is a member of the WWE hall of fame
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Apr 4, 2022 01:12
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slave to my cravings posted:Donald trump is a world class golfer he had the best jumper his high school coach had ever seen
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Apr 4, 2022 01:13
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stephenthinkpad posted:Is Khan still the most successful athlete politician? 
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Apr 4, 2022 01:16
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I forgot to add that there are rumours that his wife, who is also a Sufi spiritual leader, might have significant impact on his policy. Apparently he won't go to funerals because she told him that it will lead to something bad happening to him. This backfired when a bunch of Hazaras in Quetta got killed and the community refused to bury them until he'd come to the city to address it. Khan got angry and told them that they were trying to blackmail him. Keep in mind that the Hazaras are probably the most pro-Pakistan ethnic group in Balochistan. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/8/pakistani-pm-says-will-not-be-blackmailed-into-visiting-hazaras It gives me some real Park Geun-Hye vibes.
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Apr 4, 2022 01:31
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ToxicAcne posted:I forgot to add that there are rumours that his wife, who is also a Sufi spiritual leader, might have significant impact on his policy. Apparently he won't go to funerals because she told him that it will lead to something bad happening to him. This backfired when a bunch of Hazaras in Quetta got killed and the community refused to bury them until he'd come to the city to address it. Khan got angry and told them that they were trying to blackmail him. Keep in mind that the Hazaras are probably the most pro-Pakistan ethnic group in Balochistan. How? Wasn't he at oxford the same time as Benazir Bhutto?
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Apr 4, 2022 01:35
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There's like 20 billboards for this loving thing across town and now this poo poo in my mailbox gently caress off!
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Apr 4, 2022 01:41
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bring back the tamil tigers
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Apr 4, 2022 01:51
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Tankbuster posted:How? Wasn't he at oxford the same time as Benazir Bhutto? Boris Johnson went to Oxford as well. Khan was probably there more for Cricket than to get an education.
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Apr 4, 2022 01:54
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ah cool, we're at the outright lying part https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/status/1510632526267752458?s=20&t=XjIvr63eIN5JDsvucr6-8Q
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indigi posted:he had the best jumper his high school coach had ever seen I wouldn't want to face him and Kim Jong-un in doubles
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