Afghanistan: Fighting off hunger under the Taliban

Kabul is a city still waiting for its new life to take shape – a lot depends on the will and whims of its new Taliban masters. But it is hunger that could become the worst of Afghanistan’s many crises.

For the poor of the city, the majority, scraping together a few hundred Afghanis, a couple of dollars, to stave off starvation is the biggest challenge.

Millions live in desperate poverty in a country that has received huge sums in foreign aid. The money left over that might help them, around $9bn in central bank reserves, is frozen by the Americans to keep it away from the Taliban.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAfghanistan

Poll: Majority of Jewish College Students Feel ‘Unsafe’ on Campus

More than 65 percent of Jewish students on America’s college campuses report feeling unsafe, and around 50 percent say they have hidden their religious identity to avoid physical or verbal attacks, according to a recent poll.

A rising number of Jewish students feel unsafe on college campuses as anti-Israel and anti-Zionist organizations mount increasing attacks on the Jewish state and its supporters, according to the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, an advocacy organization that conducted the first-ever poll to examine the rates of anti-Semitism faced by Jewish college students.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAnti-Semitism and the Left

Iran enriches uranium as the West watches

Iran may now be capable of producing enough weapons-grade uranium for a single nuclear warhead within just a month. That’s according to US experts who were quoted in The New York Times last Wednesday after reviewing classified new data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The experts weren’t permitted to speak in an official capacity, but told the newspaper off the record they think Iran could have the necessary materials to arm a warhead in the foreseeable future. But they think it will be some time before Tehran will have a deployable nuclear device.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

UK Facing Baby Shortage as Fertility Rate Falls to Half of Post-War Levels

 

When government gets involved…

The UK is facing a “baby shortage”, with fertility rates dropping to nearly half those seen in the Post-War Boom, raising concerns over potential “long-term” economic stagnation.

A report from Social Market Foundation (SMF) found that in 2020, the total fertility rate (TFR) – the number of children per woman – stood at 1.58 in England and Wales, nearly half of the peak following the Second World War of 2.93. Scotland saw the sharpest decline, with a fertility rate of 1.29.

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What’s behind low voter turnout in Canada’s election?

Preliminary data from Canada’s pandemic election is showing a low voter turnout, sparking conversations among experts around its impact on the country’s democracy.

As of Tuesday morning with 98 per cent of polls reporting, 15,993,868 of 27,366,297 registered electors showed up to vote — a turnout rate of 58.4 per cent so far.

I recall a poll that found a sizable chunk of those surveyed say they were unimpressed with all the mainstream parties. That’s not mentioned in the article.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Another Damn Election"

‘F**k the jab’ protesters block Melbourne’s West Gate Freeway, clash with riot police

Traffic was blocked on Tuesday in both directions on Melbourne’s West Gate Freeway after people angry about forced vaccinations cut off the road. The rally in the Australian city was as violent as the first one on Monday.

The government of Victoria province demanded that construction workers get vaccinated, with the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) backing the decision. Many of the workers were outraged and are planning to hold daily rallies to make their point

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Masked Servants Waiting on Psychopathic Elites Is ‘Visually Perfect‘ Illustration of a Decadent, Dystopian, Sci-Fi Society

Amanda Milius, director of The Plot Against the President, described masked servants waiting on maskless celebrities and assorted elites as a “visual representation” of a decadent society reminiscent of fictional dystopian science fiction universes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Batshit Crazy Progressive Hypocrites, Hollywood

ABC, CBS Smear Border Patrol Agents With Lies About Using ‘Whips’ on Illegals

Parroting the Biden White House’s use of “horrific” to describe the images coming out of Del Rio, Texas Monday, ABC and CBS drew viewers’ attention to the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. But no, they weren’t talking about the nearly 15,000 Haitian illegals living under the international bridge in squalid conditions. They were spreading misinformation and lies about Border Patrol agents purportedly using “whips” against the people trying to cross the river.

More… Haitian migrants revolt in custody and seize control of privately contracted bus

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, The Media Lies, USA

Erin O’Toole and the Conservative Party brace for an ugly war over his shift to the left

Looks like he OD’d on sphincter relaxant

… To the surprise and disappointment of many inside the party, including many of his own MPs, Mr. O’Toole did a complete 180 on a carbon tax, saying he would bring one in as prime minister. This would be the same carbon tax that Conservatives had spent the past few years vehemently fighting against. The same carbon tax that Conservative MPs such as Michelle Rempel Garner called a job killer and bourgeois public policy.

But Mr. O’Toole felt that if the Conservatives were ever going to be taken seriously on climate change he had to back a public policy measure that is almost universally considered the best way of changing public behaviour.

That decision was the headliner among his many moves to present a kinder, gentler, more modern-looking Conservative Party to the country. A version that many Conservatives, especially in the West – the party’s heartland – want no part of.

Nah, he’ll stick around. The base will be forced out.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Another Damn Election"

New Ben and Jerry’s flavor pushes defunding police

Ice cream maker Ben and Jerry’s rolled out a new flavor this week that the liberal company says will aid the “Defund the Police” movement.

The company debuted the new flavor Monday, saying a portion of the profits will supplement Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush ‘s $10 billion bill to hire social workers to perform some public safety tasks previously handled by police.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Corporate Social Justice Warriors", "Depolicing", WTF?

China’s Vast New Nuclear Build-Up

When “China is ‘Untouchable’ in Terms of Military Power”

China is significantly increasing its nuclear weapons capabilities. Several recent reports show that China is constructing 120 missile silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) near Yumen in Gansu, up to 110 silos near Hami in the eastern part of the Xinjian region and up to 40 silos in Ordos in Inner Mongolia. ICBMs are defined as missiles with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometers, and primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State"

The two pols on the prairie who kneecapped Erin O’Toole

 

The federal Tory leader cannot be feeling kindly toward Jason Kenney. And certainly not toward Maxime Bernier.

Erin O’Toole must have cast a scornful eye Monday night toward Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was poised to win nearly all of those provinces’ 48 seats, though a few shy of the 47 the Conservatives got last time. The likely cause of his ire? Two former Conservative MP colleagues were out on the prairie, having punched holes in O’Toole’s chance of victory—one unintentionally, one with extreme prejudice. Jason Kenney was hunkered down at his condo in Calgary, while Maxime Bernier revelling with an indoor, largely maskless throng in Saskatoon.

Those two men cannot stand each other. Kenney privately regards the People’s Party leader as unserious and reckless; Bernier has lately calling the Alberta premier a “despot” for instituting a vaccine passport system. Kenney, of course, supports the federal Conservative leader.

I don’t think Erin needed much help.

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