(satire) *New Ford F-450 Promises To Make Driver Look Ever So Tiny.*

Juan Cole describes how US troops occupying Afghanistan turned the people against them and built support for the Taliban. He also asserts that the whole thing was a continuing swindle, and that it had to end some day.

*Taliban surge exposes failure of U.S. efforts to build Afghan army.*

Conjecture: Republicans adore the bully because they see him as the Antichrist. They are proud of being a death cult.

*UK can’t fight climate crisis with austerity, warns expert.*

We can see Biden's priorities by his decision to ask OPEC to pump more oil, to stimulate "economic recovery", rather than to use the high gasoline prices to stimulate reduced use of fossil fuels.