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Nhoor wrote:

Eating in restaurant Annapurna 3.

The peppers stick out of my lamb jhalfrazi like smurf hats :o

Edit: they are scorching the fur off my soul. Delicious ^^

I don't like my food quite that hot, but otherwise, that does sound tasty.

Ostehaar wrote:

We're in near total lockdown now. Netanyahu is intentionally making it harder and riskier to demonstrate against him.

Anyway, thought I'd share a few pictures I took during some of the recent Saturday demonstrations in Jerusalem.

https://i.imgur.com/8jJDrvq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/I6Z9aXx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3BmjVY8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/TWhy9i9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EoUehdp.jpg

The location is a junction close to the city center called Paris square, a few meters from the PM's official residence.

Keep it up, dude. And stay safe.

Solaryia wrote:

That's not good at all. That sort of thing has seemingly been happening in far too many countries too, from what I've seen.

Democracy has been in decline since...I dunno even when? If Orange Man was the leader of an African or Asian country, he did be just another funny dictator. With him in power and his buddies all around the world is this clear as the Mongolian sky in broad daylight. It is much easier to count nations that do not have a populist authoritarian strongman in power right now.

For South Asia, democracy was already jacksh!t before. Pakistan is straight up run (mostly) by its army. Everyone's "green, happy and hippie child" Bhutan is run by the same monarchs that carried out the ethnic cleansing. What little democracy we had has become a joke once Modi came to power in India and all the satellite nations around her started emulating the man responsible for Gujarat riots. Atheists get lynched on the streets of Bangladesh in broad daylight. The less said about Nepal, the better. And Sri Lanka, how the f@ck are the Rajapaksa brothers back in power...

21 hours ago: Awful terriblistan ceased to exist.

It's too bad you only catch them once they're gone.

Solaryia wrote:

Honestly I’m feeling pretty trapped over here in the US. I used to support Trump, but his comments on the election and just recently in general have worried me a lot. But it’s either him or Biden, who I’m not confident would be the most effective leader either based on his speeches.

Trump hasn't changed at all in 5 years except arguably for the worse. This may sound a bit patronizing, but it's a good thing you've grown up and realized he's not good.

Biden isn't great but he is in no way, shape, or form as bad as Trump is. Even if you don't particularly care for him, he's going to bring a more competent administration along for the ride with him than Trump ever will, and if nothing else vote for him because of that. Give Biden the next 4 years and maybe the Republicans can get their sh*t together

Ostehaar wrote:

We're in near total lockdown now. Netanyahu is intentionally making it harder and riskier to demonstrate against him.

I continue to be mystified by Gantz's motivations in supporting Bibi.

Ioudaia wrote:

I continue to be mystified by Gantz's motivations in supporting Bibi.

It's a mystery, nobody knows. Options vary from "surely he is being blackmailed" to "he is an overly naive idiot who doesn't understand the gravity and scope of the situation to do anything about it".

Shanzie wrote:

I'm building sheilds

We allied to Layem?

We should probably get our score out of the negatives

East hoptitz wrote:

How did you hear about The Western Isles? Telegram

What's some information about yourself (hobbies, interests, country, etc.)? I'm from the UK and I have 2 tortoises.

What kind of nation are you trying to make? German style, liberal, civil rights and political freedom very high.

Welcome to the region!

I have a question, what is all this nuclear stuff?