uzbekistan banned valentine’s day for being a “foreign” holiday and makes everybody read the medieval poetry of babur instead (descendant of genghis khan who founded the mughal empire), born on february 14th. they host babur poetry festivals and readings
When Mark Carney draws the line at Trump’s threats against Canada, yet stays complicit in the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, remember this Cesaire quote:
Terima kasih atas penjelasan @Menlu_RI re Dewan Perdamaian, namun sy lihat penjelasan beliau terlalu abstrak & normatif thdp masalah yg kontroversial, sangat rumit & pastinya penuh ranjau.
Sbg negosiator 🇮🇩 utk DewanPerdamaian, Menlu Sugiono perlu berikan penjelasan lebih mendalam,
1) apa hak dan kewajiban Indonesia sbg anggota DewanPerdamaian, dan apakah prinsip kesetaraan dijamin,
2) apa jaminan bhw proses ini tidak akan menjadi proyek real estate Trump / internasional di Gaza yg akan kesampingkan hak rakyat Palestina, dan bagaimana mencegah agar Dewan steril dari kepentingan bisnis aktor2 luar (yg sebenarnya tidak peduli dgn Palestina) yg akan jadikan Palestina sbg obyek bukan tuan rumah di Gaza,
3) apa jaminan atau pathway bhw Dewan akan mewujudkan solusi 2 negara / kemerdekaan Palestina (krn baik Trump & Netanyahu masih menjauhi tujuan ini),
4) bagaimana kalau ada perbedaan pendapat diantara anggota Dewan , apa mekanisme penyelesaiannya & bagaimana agar anggota Dewan tidak diposisikan sbg “anak buah” Trump yg dikenal sering berpikiran tidak lazim,
5) kalau ada PM Israel Netanyahu dlm DewanPerdamaian, bagaimana dengan perwakilan Palestina ?,
6) bagaimana kalau gencatan senjata dilanggar Israel (yg sudah sering terjadi),
7) kenapa perlu ada fee fantastis $ 1 milyar utk jadi anggota permanen DewanPerdamaian (sehingga terkesan sangat transaksional dan elitis), dan apakah 🇮🇩 akan membayar > menurut sy, jangan
8) kalau benar DewanPerdamaian adalah organisasi internasional, apa hubungannya dgn PBB dan apakah tidak akan menyaingi PBB,
9) apa red flags bagi 🇮🇩 yang dari awal perlu menjadi pedoman partisipasi kita dlm DewanPerdamaian, dlsbnya.
Rakyat 🇮🇩 butuh, dan berhak, mendapat penjelasan yg gamblang mengenai ini. Wamenlu Anis Matta, yg bertugas tangani dunia Islam dan Timur Tengah, juga perlu tampil. Ditunggu penjelasan Menlu Sugiono lebih lanjut thdp butir2 pertanyaan diatas.
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Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) tells @amconmag that "hate the Muslims," is just another classic Israeli government psyop meant to propagandize Americans to believe that Israel's enemies are their own.
"I don't know anyone in the United States in the last 24 years who’s been killed by radical Islam. I do know a lot of people who have killed themselves.
I know people who’ve died of drug ODs, more than a few. I know people who can’t get jobs. None of the boys in my daughter’s class can get jobs, none of those white boys can get jobs. They’re being destroyed by Adderall and video games and porn.
I see millions of Americans being destroyed, and none of it is at the hands of radical Islam. Is radical Islam more dangerous than OnlyFans? It’s not even close. Turning some huge percentage of American women into prostitutes. That’s not radical Islam doing that, actually."
You’d think that a Muslim man on Bondi beach committing one of the most heroic acts ever caught on camera might dispel some of the otherwise inevitable racist rhetoric.
But it won’t.
Japan's Minister for Economic Security, Onoda Kimi, was asked at a press conference about her favorite anime/manga.
She said that because she's disliked by many people, she would not name any favorites, as doing so might make its fans feel uncomfortable.
My advice to tourists wondering what to do in Tokyo is simple, just walk. Now is the best season here, not hot, not cold. Just walk. From Shibuya to Roppongi, from Itabashi to Ikebukuro, anywhere. Walk, walk, walk. It's fun.