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Am I the only one who finds the notion of a 300 foot deep bunker preposterous? There's a mine here in N Idaho that's 5000 feet below the surface, but a country capable of building nukes can only get themselves 300 feet??? Something stinks...
Khartoum, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Sudanese Prime Minister Kamel Idriss announced today that he will form a non-political and non-denominational cabinet whose objective will be to achieve peace and give hope to his compatriots.
I am absolutely convinced that only a small minority, a very small minority, among men, are seriously reached and profoundly moved by our propaganda of criticism, of doubt, of rebellion, of free investigation, of independent research. On the other hand, it is clear that our first interest lies always in seeking to increase this minority; to keep it, under all circumstances alive, active, refreshed. Our own happiness depends on it. -- Emile Armand
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the Pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a Black woman.
Here's my concern. You know who's allies with Iran? China, Russia, and North Korea. You know who's allies with us, since #FatHitler seized power? Nobody.
I kinda don't care so much about Iran or Israel, for that matter. I care about WWIII.
I can appreciate your assessment in that paragraph, but I don't think the last sentence is the reason. It's because the Democrats couldn't get their act together to beat Trump---and this is a decade-long problem.
But wait, I have it on good authority that a lot of people voted for Trump or stayed home because of the Biden administration's position on Palestine. Surely, that's going better now, right?
A black woman? Bullshit. The Democrats forced Trump on the American people because the alternative was a soul-dead genocidal drunk whose only "qualifications" were her genitalia and her skin color.
She and Genocide Joe murdered children by the thousands for 15 months. If you think that that's acceptable, there's something deeply wrong with you.
Clearly her race and gender played some role, sure, but it was also a bad campaign. Biden is very much to blame for Trump being able to even be on the ballot, and in other ways setting things up for failure, and the dems on the whole blew it. racism & mysogony are too easy of scapegoats IMO
What's more, call me cynical, but I don't know that bombing Iran like this would be off the table if Democrats were still in power.
As for the technical results of the strike and the extent of damage at the three targeted sites, that remains uncertain, we’re still awaiting the official Iranian position.
What stands out so far in Iran’s immediate reactions is that Iranian state TV claimed the nuclear materials and technology had been relocated prior to the American strike. I’m not sure which entity issued this statement.
Frankly, that’s a strange position. Countries that want to prevent further strikes don’t say such things, they claim everything was destroyed.
If Iran truly did move its nuclear materials and safeguard them in secret locations to allow for the eventual rebuilding of the program, then publicly saying they were untouched makes little sense, unless the aim is to downplay the strike’s effectiveness to avoid the need for an Iranian retaliation.
aj has the shittiest analysis. chances are no real was damage done. just like everyone has said. even the bunker buster can't get 90m deep. 30-40m tops. And successive hits won't each take another 30-40. The rock gets packed down so successive hits make less progress. granted there is motivation to save face in front of the nation, the iranian people. But if there's radioactive fallout, the IR can't just lie away about it. They will be forced to respond. Thus far, i still think the u.s. attack was all show. Let's see what the next few hours bring.
Mahdi Mohammadi, advisor to Majles Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: "From Iran's perspective, nothing unusual has happened. Iran has been expecting an attack on Fordow for several nights. The site has long been evacuated and did not suffer any irreversible damage in the attack. Two things are certain: first, knowledge cannot be bombed away; and second, this time the gambler [Trump] will lose."
I picked up Daniel de Visé's *The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic* at LA's Diesel Books:
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it's poignant that they were only able to secure such legendary artists for the movie because they were so neglected at the time. Before I saw the Blues Brothers I'd heard of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and James Brown but never really got what the big deal was, this clued me in and I'm forever grateful.
The movie is fucking funny too, and still hits home. I hate Illinois Nazis
It was on the receiving table I sat next to as I signed books after a book-tour reading, and I snuck peeks at the back cover while I chatted with the long line of attendees.
By the time the line was cleared, there was no question that I was going to buy this book, even though it wasn't formally for sale for a couple days (the bookstore staff were kind enough to make an exception for me, not least because I promised them that I wouldn't get a chance to read it for quite some time as I flitted from city to city on the rest of the tour).
how absolutely bizarre... i just listened to the soundtrack yesterday for the first time in ... a decade? then today your article EDIT ok not so weird... released 45 years ago yesterday
The Blues Brothers has been been a big part of my life. I joined a group in Melbourne who performed along side the monthly screenings for years. I met my wife there. A group of us were invite to the filming of the sequel and are extras in the movie. We got to meet Dan and the band. I love the music and searched for more of that music. I will definitely look for this book.
A whole lot of people have spoken out about how just unhinged Trump is and how dangerous he might be in command of the US military this time around. Today, he's proven it. Without any assent of Congress, he's unilaterally made the decision to start a war with Iran and as the clear aggressor in the conflict.
This isn't the "Hehehe, maybe he'll invade Greenland or Panama" shit. This is Trump unilaterally getting the US into a conflict that is at least the size of Afghanistan+Iraq.
Trump just picked a fight with a country with the populations of Iraq and Afghanistan combined and which has some 12 tons of nuclear materials and a ton of pretty long distance rockets.
Big questions about the bombing of Fordow and what they hit it with, because the B-2's were not yet known to have reached a location from which to hit it with MOPs. I expect if we had used a tactical nuke we'd be hearing about it, which likely means something conventional and therefore ineffective at doing anything other than targetting the entrance tunnels.
@carstenfranke There aren't that many of them in existence and the locations where they operate from are pretty much watched like a hawk. It's believed that six took off with heavy loads, consistent with them carrying one of more MOPs, but I'm surprised at so quick a strike. Maybe they landed, swapped out flight crews and then took off again. I'm surprised, because I expected a lot more softening up of the target environments before sending in the B-2's.
“Truth Social started experiencing global outages around the world within minutes of #Trump posting details of a US military strike on #Iran.” www.wired.com/story/truth-...
@_benui What my theory presupposes is: every one of the cross-ticks on this board represents a real example of SV & TECH market manipulation.
now all i have to do is solve this arcane 27-element lateral logic puzzle. Using everything that I already know about high-tech and insider Sandhill Road gossip. 💋
i only hope i don’t get killed before—- urk, hey, how did you get in here what? why do you have a gu
@_benui Feels like "Worse than existing tech" (aka the "Every replacement for trains is worse than trains" phenomenon) should be in there somewhere. Not sure where to squeeze it in tho.
Could we please get away from labeling "destroys jobs" being a bad thing? Because everything that reduces workload "destroys jobs". The problem is not that technology reduces workload. The problem is that we live in a society, that makes people depend on doing work that can be automated.
Two new yeast capture attempts, one with Saskatoon berries from the riverside in Pashastin and one with wild cherries from the riverside park in Leavenworth.
@Shebeencounter i even still rate it as plausible they were a better chance at avoiding confrontation with iran, but that plausibility is rapidly diminishing with every word he utters.
hard to believe that a patron of genocide, one who also repeatedly crossed so-called red lines in Russia, would have any real qualms with attacking Iran, especially in a similarly "restrained" manner.
Neoconservatives have finally gotten the war with Iran they wanted. Trump has acted like a perfect thug and an easily manipulated one at that. My early reaction to the news of the attack.
...ed military strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.🤨
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Do you drooling retards even remember how Bush's Iraq disaster nuked the Republican party's electoral prospects for several elections and paved the way for a homosexual Nigger to become president? Is "owning the Poast chuds" really worth it if the disastrous consequences of war with Iran results in the Democrats taking back power and flooding the US with an additional 30 million shitskin Invaders?
As a handful of progressive US lawmakers condemn Trump’s decision to attack Iran, the primary congressional leaders of the Democratic Party have yet to issue statements on the unprovoked US strikes.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, who lead the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, have yet to issue statements on the attacks.
Both are outspoken supporters of Israel and have taken a hawkish stance on Iran.
In a statement on Friday, Jeffries said that Iran could not become “nuclear-capable” and that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, but noted that only the US Congress has the right to declare war.
A recent poll found that 65 percent of people who identified with the Democratic Party are opposed to US involvement in Israel’s war against Iran, with just 15 percent in favour.
@ml@mitexleo.one #Iran has a right to defend itself from an unprovoked attack by #Israel. Full stop. Goddamnit this is one of the reasons I am so fucking fed-up with the #DemocraticParty in the #US. Fuck every last one of them!
As a handful of progressive US lawmakers condemn Trump’s decision to attack Iran, the primary congressional leaders of the Democratic Party have yet to issue statements on the unprovoked US strikes.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, who lead the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, have yet to issue statements on the attacks.
Both are outspoken supporters of Israel and have taken a hawkish stance on Iran.
In a statement on Friday, Jeffries said that Iran could not become “nuclear-capable” and that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, but noted that only the US Congress has the right to declare war.
A recent poll found that 65 percent of people who identified with the Democratic Party are opposed to US involvement in Israel’s war against Iran, with just 15 percent in favour.
A parliamentary committee overseeing #intelligence confirmed earlier this month that #Italy had used mercenary spyware made by Israel-based Paragon Solutions against two Italian #activists.
This is how fascist governments operate. I *publicly* called this beforehand. I knew we would end up in this war. Fascism works by creating and picking fights with perceived common enemies. This is how they consolidate power. They create trouble and then set themselves up as "protectors" so people will be distracted as they consolidate power. That's what the ICE shit is about. That's what the transphobia shit is about. That's what the autism registry and antivaxxer shit is about. That's what the national guard in LA is about. That's what the war with Iran is about. He will keep doing this as long as he needs to, until he finds the magic combination that unlocks total dictatorial power here at home.
To "protect" us from this dangerous enemy, he needs us to give him more and more control, removing more and more checks and constraints. If he can't get the control he wants fighting this enemy, he will create a new one. This will not stop until he really is supreme leader, the unquestionable dictator with the divine right of kings.
There are 499 days until the Midterms, 1234 days until the next theoretical Presidential Election, and 1308 days until the next optional Inauguration Day. Midterms progress: ██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 23% Presidency/Regime progress: █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 11% Until Next Inauguration : █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 10% #protest
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
I’m not saying we have the votes to impeach. I’m saying that you DO NOT do this without Congressional approval and if Johnson doesn’t grow a spine and learn to be a real boy tomorrow we have a BFing problem that puts our very Republic at risk.
To be clear, I do not dispute that Iran is a nuclear threat. That’s why Obama negotiated the JCPOA. But whether that is better resolved through diplomatic or military measures is not a decision that the executive branch has unilaterally.
that's just not gonna happen, Johnson is not in the business of "growing a spine," he is a white supremacist from north Louisiana on the grift doing what white supremacists on the grift do -- counting the money in his secret bank accounts that nobody ever located or even followed up on when he lied about having no bank accounts
he is not interested in governing so it doesn't really matter to him that he has surrendered all his Constitutional power
It's difficult to know for sure, that they DID HAVE saved WMD (enriched uranium over 60%) #IAEA says, #Iran failed to provide the IAEA with full ⭕answers bbc.com/news/articles/ce3v6w2q… June 13 2025
RE No president has the authority to bomb...without the approval of Congress This is an unambiguous #impeachable offense
But, #Trump will ⭕tell Congress, most Iranians _want_ to get bombed‼️
Speaking of #Congress they are about to start a NEW precedent, imo
It's National Aboriginal Day in Canada. Here's an example of why I won't travel to the US now--because I'm sure I would have no problem at the border, being a white guy and all. It's not just that I should be able to walk freely across it, but not one of our most talented composers. slippedisc.com/2025/03/a-canad…
Today in particular I’m just so glad Merrick Garland prioritized “norms” over the U.S. constitution, our republic, and any hope of saving our democracy. Otherwise we might have run the risk of a functioning government.
I hope Garland knows that—along with Mitch—cowardice will always be his legacy.
On October 23 at 7PM, I’ll be in Decatur, Georgia, presenting my novel The Bezzle at Eagle Eye Books. No matter how hard we all wish it were otherwise, the sad fact is that there aren’t really…
Dictators love wars, believing they unite people behind them against the foreign "threat," real or imagined, and distract the public fron their domestic crimes. Let's hope the #media remember that now that #Trump has started an absolutely illegal war with #Iran.
Just when I thought Google couldn't get worse, it went in for more enshittification. We've got special brand map symbology for national brands & slogans for some! We've got suggested activities while there! (Telling me I might want to replace my car keys is funny; I don't have a car.) We can have a chat with the brand (probably a shitty chatbot) in Google maps. We can also be followed now, as if Google maps were a social media!
SO CREEPY!! @pluralistic have you seen this stuff?
US #president to address nation, says ‘now is time for peace’ after ‘full payload of bombs’ dropped on underground #Fordo site; #Natanz and #Isfahan also hit * ‘This is historic moment for US, #Israel and the world’ — #Trump
@ArdainianRight Trump ran as an antithesis to people like Bush and then turned outed to be even more egregious in their worst qualities than they were.
Bush invaded Iraq, but did so only by cynically exploiting America’s rage over 9/11 as a justification. What justification did Trump have to do this, especially when 99% of the country was vocally against it. He’s brazenly doing Israel’s genocidal work with OUR resources and daring anyone to do something about. I think that makes him magnitudes worse than even Bush.
In a recent call with French President Macron, Iranian President Pezeshkian reiterated that Iran will never renounce its right to possess peaceful nuclear capabilities.
Is Trump just a drooling Retard who himself decided that he would pander to NeverTrump Neocons and betray the people who got him elected, or does Mossad actually have evidence of him fucking kids?
Caitlin Johnstone- I feel so stupid for having bought into Gabbard’s antiwar schtick early on. Fuck this asshole, fuck Trump, fuck Israel, and fuck the US empire.
![The image shows a tweet from Donald J. Trump's verified account, "[@]realDonaldTrump." The tweet is dated November 10, 2013, at 9:55 PM, and it reads: "Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly - not skilled!" The tweet is displayed on a white background with the user's profile picture on the left, showing a man's face. The tweet is followed by the timestamp and location information, "9:55 PM · 11/10/13 from Earth."](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/7633308 "The image shows a tweet from Donald J. Trump's verified account, \"[@]realDonaldTrump.\" The tweet is dated November 10, 2013, at 9:55 PM, and it reads: \"Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly - not skilled!\" The tweet is displayed on a white background with the user's profile picture on the left, showing a man's face. The tweet is followed by the timestamp and location information, \"9:55 PM · 11/10/13 from Earth.\"")
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in reply to BitcoDavid #ResistTrump • • •Here's my concern. You know who's allies with Iran? China, Russia, and North Korea. You know who's allies with us, since #FatHitler seized power? Nobody.
I kinda don't care so much about Iran or Israel, for that matter. I care about WWIII.
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in reply to BitcoDavid #ResistTrump • • •A black woman? Bullshit. The Democrats forced Trump on the American people because the alternative was a soul-dead genocidal drunk whose only "qualifications" were her genitalia and her skin color.
She and Genocide Joe murdered children by the thousands for 15 months. If you think that that's acceptable, there's something deeply wrong with you.
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in reply to BitcoDavid #ResistTrump • • •Clearly her race and gender played some role, sure, but it was also a bad campaign. Biden is very much to blame for Trump being able to even be on the ballot, and in other ways setting things up for failure, and the dems on the whole blew it. racism & mysogony are too easy of scapegoats IMO
What's more, call me cynical, but I don't know that bombing Iran like this would be off the table if Democrats were still in power.
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