You’re buying… A temporary permission to access certain content.

So that we can be too late to do anything now.

They got a service provider to let its users browse Facebook for free, but that was banned a year later for being unfair. It’s still a thing in other developing counties I guess.

So… If Russia “wins” parts of Ukrainian territory, it’s all valid?

Imagine the bonuses if your country directly got involved in the war!

expand their Brazilian manufacturing footprint

Wouldn’t the low cost raw material extracted from the forests be a factor responsible for this?

This isn’t always a good idea. You should to be able to communicate hard facts, but being tactful about when and where is important.

Classic. Can’t pay for the welfare of the commo citizens, but will happily dole out military contracts for poking it’s nose in lands far away from home.

I’m confused - the article does not mention anything about the attacker being an immigrant or from any certain origin/group. What’s the riot for then?

If Ukraine started producing those weapons themselves, they’d suddenly find that US aid has turned into a trickle.

That’s a valid point, though the article sounds like cultivation was going on during the the time the Taliban wasn’t in control and is now being banned by them.

I have no doubt that the actual farmers got nothing of value in either regimes though.

The UNODC said the Taliban crackdown on the poppy industry could have a negative impact on many Afghans’ livelihoods and warned of "humanitarian consequences for many vulnerable rural communities.

So to stop growing drugs is a bad thing now?

Let’s see what new excuse the US and Europe come up with to justify this while condemning the same acts by Russia.

People were all too happy to give the Russian people a pass when they invaded Ukraine. It wasn’t “Russians” who were killing Ukrainians, it was “Putins Russia” that was responsible for this “Putins Invasion”. The same kind of narrative is never extended when the parties involved aren’t white.

Practically surrounded the castle outside the moat and put the trebuchets to work though.

These accounts were initially locked for security reasons after signs of compromise, and we’re working to make contact with the account owners to ensure they have access

Why not make it read-only until they make contact with the owners. Seems like an awfully convinient excuse otherwise.

Thanks for your opinion, ChatGPT.

Religion is usually just a front for money