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whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
I suspect it's under the transactional control of whomever provides the details for a sufficiently large bitcoin wallet to Steve Witkov
whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
They're just getting started on "everything else".

My sense is this is an inflection point, and it may take decades to play out. At that point, the world will have irreversibly changed.

whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
I agree that's what the US used to do.

Now it's threatening to invade NATO allies, and other allies are deploying troops to deter that; Which makes perfect sense because you cannot appease authoritarians.

The US is in fairly rapid, self inflicted, decline at this point.

whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
Give it time...
whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
The "war" in Gaza?

Seemed mostly like a nation state bombing refugees to me...

whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
Pray? Is this the new federalized form of voting for November and onward?
whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
It's surprising how many things that you would think are "cut and dried" are apparently in fact not "cut and dried", although granted it's much easier to identify instances that stray to one side of a boundary rather than another.

For example, the idea that bombing civilians is a war.

whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
There's always an alternative.
whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
I'm aware that the present is informed by the past. 1953, like 1979, being a year in the past.

Discussing what terrorism is, in this context, is rather complicated. Especially speaking as a Brit, and knowing rather a lot of other dates, such as 1917.

whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
Do what I say and I won't punch you, maybe.
whycombigator··on Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran's oil depots bombed
I'm not sure what Iran having nukes does other than change the power dynamics in the Middle East to one where Israel can't bomb civilians with such impunity...

North Korea and Pakistan has nukes.

whycombigator··on Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state
"we live in a fallen world"

derp

whycombigator··on Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state
Land of the free.

Home of the Brave.

whycombigator··on YouTube as Storage
Video sensors are continuously getting cheaper, better and more more prevalent over time. The trend is towards capturing all angles of everything, everywhere, at increasingly higher resolutions.
whycombigator··on The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in USA
Organic lie generating machine not given airtime shocker...
whycombigator··on The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in USA
Every Brit has used the NHS multiple times.

It's far from perfect but no propaganda is ever required, just direct experience.