The Exploding Pagers

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in The Exploding Pagers:

@bachophile

The EF English Proficiency Index puts them below Italy, Spain, and South Korea

https://www.ef.edu/epi/

I would like to know how they do that. Not sure I agree with it.

For example, India has 13(?) official languages but the one common one is English. I suppose if you look at the total population, including the poor, illiterate ones, then maybe.

Also, ranking South Korea above Thailand (and by quite a bit) does not match up with my experience. Of course, Thailand has a much larger population of poor people, so that may dis-help with the ranking.

[George K]

[Tom-K]

Hmmm, I think I'm going to tear up that, "Apply now to be the next head of Hezbollah" flyier I just got in the mail, sent to Occupant!

[Renauda]

The Mossad must have infiltrated every nook and cranny of Hezbollah to pull off this continuous succession of highly successful wet ops.

[Tom-K]

Sometime or other Hezbollah and those that love them have got to figure out they are WAY outclasses.

[Renauda]

@Tom-K

In a real world one would think that. In the collective mind/fantasy world of Islamic fanatics that can never be so.

[Mik]

"We've been trying to reach you about heading up a terrorist army. Press 1 for Hezbollah, 2 for Hamas"

[taiwan_girl]

@Tom-K said in The Exploding Pagers:

Hmmm, I think I'm going to tear up that, "Apply now to be the next head of Hezbollah" flyier I just got in the mail, sent to Occupant!

555

[jon-nyc]

[taiwan_girl]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/08/politics/qatar-hamas-doha-us-request/index.html

Qatar agreed in recent weeks to kick Hamas out of its country following a request from the US to do so, capping off months of failed attempts to try to get the militant group – whose top leaders reside in the Qatari capital of Doha – to accept a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war, US and Qatari sources told CNN.

With efforts to pause the war – which has been a top priority for President Joe Biden – firmly stalled, US officials informed their Qatari counterparts about two weeks ago that they must stop giving Hamas refuge in their capital; Qatar agreed and gave Hamas notice about a week ago, sources said.

“Hamas is a terrorist group that has killed Americans and continues to hold Americans hostage,” a senior administration official told CNN. “After rejecting repeated proposals to release hostages, its leaders should no longer be welcome in the capitals of any American partner.”

[jon-nyc]

Big if true.

[Mik]

Good idea. Should have been done long ago. Like many administrations ago.

[Jolly]

Funny that this was announced after Trump was elected.