Maybe it's what they want.

The taliban now controls 80% of Afghanistan and Afghan army troops are surrendering fast than you can say la-la-la-la-la-la ala akbar!

The media is having a good time saying that this is terrible. They are using headlines like, "Humanitarian Crisis!"

Has it occurred to anyone that this is what the people of Afghanistan want? Maybe they want insane authoritarian religious fanatics to be in charge of their country. Maybe they don't want free and fair elections and instead want their rulers to take power with a gun.

It is, after all, the middle-east. Despite there being three or four machine guns for every man, woman and child in the region, no one seems to want to put up a fight.

As much as I dislike Biden, I have to admit that on this move, he is right. We should not be over there. We did what we set out to do and now it's time to leave.

Don't get me wrong. We should leave a little note on the desk that says:

Hey, taliban.

Do what you want in this country but if you so much as even look in our direction, we will come back with a vengeance. You won't know what hit you.

Sincerely,
The United States.

That note probably won't stop them from poking us but at least they can't say we didn't warn them.

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Billionaire Richard Branson give himself & three of his friends the title "Mission Specialist", boarded a plane and they all went on a multi-million dollar plane ride today. They essentially sat in nice wide first class seats with plenty of legroom on his airplane/rocket and looked out the windows for 15 minutes. They crossed the recognized boundary of space, spent about 3 minutes in space and then came back down to land.

Now they are calling themselves "astronauts".

I have no proof of this but I'm betting the "stewardess" came out and asked them if they wanted coffee during their "astronaut" flight.

Billionaires doing billionaire things.

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The Phillies kicked the shit out of the Reds Sox yesterday, beating them 11-2.

As for today, there was no ass kicking but the Red Sox did lose 5-4. I thought they were going to overcome in the 8th inning when they had the bases loaded but once again they left the runners on base.

So now most of them get the next three days off while 5 of them head to Denver to play in the All Star game.

They open the second half of the season against the Yankees and I really hope they sweep them again.

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Enjoy these links:

• Heads up people: If one of your heavily-armed facebook friends posts something like, "go out in a big way" and they aren't talking about dinner & a movie, maybe you should have a chat with them or let the cops know.



• There is a reason they call it Death Valley.



• Key phrase in this story: "These were peaceful people, these were great people."
  (Trump is a propaganda genius. He knows how to play his cult like Yo Yo Ma knows how to play the fiddle. He makes Joseph Goebbels look like a moron.)



• I never thought I'd say this but it seems like maybe Ted Cruz said something funny.



• Key phrase in this story: "Do you want to die over a minor misdemeanor?"



• If the permafrost is melting, shouldn't it be called tempofrost?