Ibn Saud, Custodian of the Holy Cities, requests that Her Majesty's Gov't consider the following proposals to secure peace and stability in the Arabian Peninsula:
-British aid in training and equipping all Royal military services -Creation of a Saudi "Sandhurst" to train military officers -Cooperation in intelligence and security operations throughout the Arabian peninsula -Joint petroleum exploration expeditions -Cooperation between Saudi and colonial officials to prevent Communist infiltration and propaganda in the Arabian Peninsula
We consider these proposals a basis for discussion. We welcome any suggestions Her Majesty's Gov't may have.
So, i will be combining french and dutch cultures to make a Culture that would represent Flanders from today. What campaign will you do?
A particular thing about cities in Anglophonic countries is that they are more tolerant of hijabs and muslim practices. London has a muslim mayor and the New Yorkers, Bostonians, and many Californians use Malala as a symbol of feminism and empowerment.
How different is this from Rome, Athens, Paris, The Hague, Zurich, and Vienna. Cities where a woman wearing a hijab is looked on as barbaric and oppressive. Even in Buenos Aires, Rio, and other cities in Latin America have a sort of contempt for these practices.
The Anglo nations are also the ones most friendly with the sheiks and princes of the Arabian peninsula. Something you hardly see Swedish, Italian, or Latin American people do.
Why are the Anglo cities so much more tolerant of hijabs and muslim practices? Here in Europe, we tend to have more skepticism about the whole thing.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For all my previous posts in the Geopolitics Thread, see ididacannonball's Corner
Welcome to this week's edition of the Geopolitics Thread, the place where we discuss all the latest events from around the world. Discussion does not have to be related to India. Please share your thoughts and interesting news articles in the comments. Here are a few to get the conversation started:
Top Stories
In a mirror image of actions in Ladakh and the South China Sea, China flew in several fighter jets over Taiwan's self-declared Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), drawing condemnation from the Taiwanese Premiere. The fighter jets included nuclear-capable bombers as well. The incursion led to Taiwan launching patrols with its own aircraft as well as activating missile defense systems in anticipation of an invasion, although things did not escalate that far - yet. China's Communist government has not commented on the latest incursions, but officially, the country views Taiwan as part of its own territory and therefore these flights as domestic issues.
In a glaring example of the consequences of Brexit, the UK faced a fuel shortage over the past week, with over a quarter of petrol pumps in England going dry and panic buying in the streets. The shortage, according to an industry body, is because of a shortage of truck drivers to transport the fuel from ports to pumps. Previously, a large proportion of these drivers would be immigrants from the poorer parts of the EU, but Brexit ended that. PM Boris Johnson's government acknowledged the crisis and called in the military to transport fuel, while announcing 5,000 temporary work visas for drivers. He also called on the industry to raise wages instead of relying on poorly-paid foreign workers.
- Elections update (thanks to u/itisverynice for suggesting this)
Several democracies around the world recently had a round of elections. In Canada, PM Justin Trudeau called for an early election in the hopes of securing a majority (he was leading a minority govt). He was betting on his supposedly successful handling of COVID-19, but that backfired on him, and [he is back to l
... keep reading on reddit β‘For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
BamBOO!
Theyβre on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Christopher Walken
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
Intro:
Hello and welcome to another Red Flood Progress Report, this time weβre travelling to the holy lands to talk a bit about Israel. Like several nations, Israelβs content was planned more than a year ago, but the real world gets in the way of development sometimes.
Happily, we can now bring you the Israeli content, in a far more up-to-date fashion than it wouldβve been initially.
Background:
Much like in the real world, the story of the Jewish people in the Red Flood, as well as the creation of Israel, is complicated.
Zionism was a rising force in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, seeking to provide Jews with a national movement that crosses beyond mere religious lines. The concept of national self-determination and an ethnic homeland, as well as the rapid secularization of the Jewish people have produced a global movement to repatriate the worldβs Jewry to the lands of Israel.
Initially lead by Theodor Herzel, The first world Zionist Congress was convened in a casino in Basel, Switzerland in 1897, the Congress was part of the early steps in the creation of a Jewish State. Itβs main focus was the persecution of Jews in both Eastern and Western Europe - which was viewed as something of an emergency.
The Zionist movement set the stage for a new phase of βAliyahβ, or Jewish Immigration to Palestina, with Jews beginning to arrive on national and social grounds, rather than merely religious.
These Aliyah migrations came in waves, with the first two preceding the Great War. However, the demise of the Ottoman Empire turned the holy lands and this controversial issue over to British hands. While the Aliyahs continued, the British came under conflicting pressure from the Arabian Mashriq monarchy, its people, and Zionist organisations in Britain. Eventually these pressures lead to the 1929 Palestine Riots and the British attempts to set annual caps on Jewish immigration to Palestine and the Mashriq Kingdom. However, illegal channels of passage would become common in the early 1930βs.
1936:
In 1936 the Fifth Aliyah is underway, with Jews coming to Palestine from across Europe and The Middle East. Economic pressures, anti-semitic progroms and turbulent political scenes are driving Jewish flight. In the mandate, the Jewish communities or "Yishuv" has continued to push for the creation of a Jewish homeland.
[Fifth Aliyah Decisions for Syria](https://preview.redd.it/8gh536jedz971.png?width=518&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d440855
... keep reading on reddit β‘
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
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There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
