Afghanistan. It's fucked

[Joe]

And to ice the cake, some analysts say the Haqqani's get along better with IS better than most Taliban.

can somebody remind me why the taliban don't get along with IS? and why the haqqani would do so better?

I might have this wrong, but I recall hearing some expert saying that IS declared themselves the Caliphate, governing all Muslims, and the Taliban want to govern in their own right.

So, an ideological rift that apparently matters less to the Haqqani.

[JimC]

Taliban to ISIS:

"You're not the boss of me!"

[rainbow]

Where are Big Pharma going to get the opium to make oxycodone?

[JimC]

Isn't that synthetic these days?

[Scot Dutchy]

Exactly. Who needs poppies anymore?

[JimC]

Perhaps it's cheaper that way than synthetic...

[Scot Dutchy]

Synthetic is purer. No goat turds.

[Tero]

Isn't that synthetic these days?

No. There are no opiates (with all the rings) that do not come out of the three in the opium poppy. Oxycontin is made of one of them. I think codeine. Synthetics are things like tramadol.

[Tero]

Where are Big Pharma going to get the opium to make oxycodone?

France, Turkey, India and Tasmania. They produce all the opium needed for all the Western countries thru legal production.

[JimC]

OK, I stand corrected. It's good to have a resident chemist in the forum, one who has resisted the temptation of breaking bad...

[JimC]

Where are Big Pharma going to get the opium to make oxycodone?

France, Turkey, India and Tasmania. They produce all the opium needed for all the Western countries thru legal production.

In Tasmania, the haunting sound of banjos drifting over the poppy fields is said to boost production...

[Tero]

Russia has its own sources. Ilegal opium feeds into China from its neighbors.

[laklak]

First strike nukes, that's the ticket. We know where the Paki bombs are, and if we shoot them from the right direction they'll think it's from India anyway.

[Woodbutcher]

First strike nukes, that's the ticket. We know where the Paki bombs are, and if we shoot them from the right direction they'll think it's from India anyway.

I'd like to see that! Reduce the world population to about 500 million, the clouds would bring about global cooling, and fishing and hunting would improve.

[Svartalf]

Where are Big Pharma going to get the opium to make oxycodone?

As usual, from the Hmong and Karen at the outskirts of Thailand.