RSH 101 -- Nobody Conquers Afghanistan (8.14.2021)

Recorded August 13, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about the Taliban take over of Afghanistan, the 2020 census that shows the U.S. white population has declined, the Black American heritage flag, and the recent IPCC report on climate change. 

 

Links: U.S. 2020 census shows that white population declined for the first time (still majority at 58%): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/12/us-2020-census-white-population-declines , https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/population-changes-nations-diversity.html ; the changing demographics and growing diversity of Black America: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/03/25/the-growing-diversity-of-black-america/ , https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/25/key-findings-about-black-america/ ; the history of the Black American heritage flag: https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/wedu-arts-plus/clip/803-black-american-heritage-flag-1datig ; breakthrough cases aren't causing the COVID-19 surge: https://www.vox.com/22602039/breakthrough-cases-covid-19-delta-variant-masks-vaccines ; hole in ozone layer repaired: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56014092 , https://nerdist.com/article/earth-repair-ozone-layer-hole/ ; Taliban take over Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-farah-cities.html , https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/asia/afghanistan-future-analysis-intl/index.html , U.S. sending troops to evacuate U.S. personnel from Kabul embassy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/afghanistan-additional-troops-embassy-kabul/2021/08/12/ac243f1a-fb97-11eb-b8dd-0e376fba55f2_story.html ; U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/politics/us-afghanistan-withdrawal.html (they also left Bagram: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/07/02/bagram-afghanistan-biden-war/) ; CIA drone strikes in Afghanistan in limbo: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/politics/cia-afghanistan-pakistan.html , https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/politics/cia-drone-strike-afghanistan-suspected-terrorists/index.html ; U.S. military contractors looking for the next war for work: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/u-s-contractors-in-afghanistan-are-hiring-amid-withdrawal.html , https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/searching-for-the-next-war-what-happens-when-contractors-leave-afghanistan/ ; brother of Hamid Karzai was on CIA payroll and also an opium trafficker: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28intel.html ; IPCC climate change report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ , https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-must-peak-within-4-years-says-leaked-un-report , https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/10/ipcc-report-un-takeaways/ , https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02179-1 ; 100 companies responsible for 71% of carbon emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change ; U.S. military is a bigger polluter and carbon emitter than 140 countries: https://grist.org/article/u-s-military-emits-more-co2-than-most-countries/ , https://qz.com/1655268/us-military-is-a-bigger-polluter-than-140-countries-combined/ ;  

 

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Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

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