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Anastasis

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  1. I am not sold in the nuclear risk talk from Israel or the US, but I tell you what, the funniest possible "this timeline" outcome would be Israel nuking Iran because Iran is poised to violate international expectations regarding nuclear non-proliferation.
  2. Nah, just hoping for the funniest possible "this timeline" outcome at this point. After Iranian leadership is decapitated we fly Reza Pahlavi in to set up an interim transition government.
  3. Also just strongly implied that assassinating Khamenei was on the table and that it would not lead to escalation, so we got that going for us.
  4. Reconsider appreciation of the sounds of nature, a simple fishing rod, and some fucking peace and quiet for once. And if that doesn't do it for you, the ear to ear grin on your kids face when they hook one and reel it in themselves.
  5. I see Gen Z male is checking in.
  6. 100% this. Spent the weekend fishing with my boys. Amazing what a fishing rod and a finger in the mouth of a bass can do to get them away from screens. It's good for them, but also good for dad. Sat with my cousin for a bit a caught up on things.
  7. The gauntlet our kids have to navigate today is extremely different than the one we had to run. It's hard for us parents, because we aren't particularly equipped for it either.
  8. You should pause there. The author is a McKinsey consultant. We have serious issues to deal with wrt our young boys in this culture and society, and equal if not potentially greater issues to deal with wrt our young girls. Careful who is setting the narrative and landscape of the solution finding.
  9. You might want to get outside the country a bit and assess before you write that prescription.
  10. Searching for an intermediary is a total rabbit hole. And holy fuck is the answer ends up being China. What is easy and clear is just turning off the spigot of endless arms and military funding to the region. Just stop dumping endless US taxpayer dollars and military equipment into the region. Israel first and foremost and right after them SA.
  11. Also more trolling than another poster got banned over today. @immamac
  12. He did a press conference where he said all he wanted to do was ask a question and then refused to take questions.
  13. Y'all just resort to silly ad hominem nonsense like this. @immamac banned another poster for far less trolling than this today. Hold your breath for any consistency in the moderation here.
  14. But after he acted a fool, was engaged by the security, and escalated the physical confrontation. It's really amazing watching the rorschach play out. The really funny part is that in his after action press conference he insists that he be allowed to make his statement and says he won't be taking any questions. He just blew up a press conference in progress with questions during the statement period, and refused questions during his statement. Come on y'all, just recognize teh absurdity of the situation. "All I wanted to do was ask a question. No questions please."
  15. The moral hazard of being an American. We all get the former, but never the latter. Some real perversions play out. Most of us can’t fathom what life in West Bank and Gaza, as just two examples, has looked like for average Palestinians for the last 40 years. Most of the posters here, myself included, would lose their minds if they were born into the OT. The examples are a litany, and cover basically every continent. But we call that the Pax Americana y’all.
  16. Israel officials denying. The pictures floating around online are clearly photoshop/ai fakes.
  17. Iran claiming they shot down a couple Israeli f35s. Nothing confirmed. Some reports suggest an American Israeli pilot captured.
  18. Are you asking me or Abraham Lincoln? There are extremely few situations imo that would ever warrant the US military being deployed domestically. And certainly not to remove elected officials from office. I also don't think that we should have a standing military in its current form either though.
  19. You are just making shit up. Did you find that FBI statement yet?
  20. The fact is that as a Senator, Padilla knows the forum and appropriate protocols to debate policy and execute his oversight role. He decided to show up uncoordinated and act out at a press conference. Yes, we can all see exactly how that went down with our own eyes. What a weird rorschach this is turning in to.
  21. Can you post that FBI statement you referenced? Was he detained after his identify was verified? You seem to be making stuff up. He went to create drama. He did not identify himself when he rolled up, he was not wearing the security pin that the USSS and FBI would be trained to recognize. He starting clowning, was engaged by security and responded by physically engaging them back. He got removed to a side room and taken to the ground. Look go to any secured public press conference and try that same shit and you will be rolled out too. If this is what is going to make you bark about authoritarianism, reasonable people are going to ignore your barking in the future when it will be actually warranted. Get a grip guys.
  22. Can you post the statement. Calling me names doesn't really hurt my feels. No one got arrested. I am pretty sure that the security protocols in place guide to remove the potential security threat from the situation. It's not licking boots to see someone acting like a child in a public setting end up with the expected outcome.
  23. None of these events are happening in a vacuum. Since 10/7 Israel has been on an absolute run, and has executed precisely on their objectives (ranging from ethnic cleansing to decapitation of Hizballah and Iranian leadership). They may have the most effective military planners in the world at the moment, at least judging by the skins on the wall.
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