thomassmith65

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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
It would be fair to call it the War on the Islamic Republic of Iran . It's confusing to call it the War on Iran since it seems a majority of Iran wants "Iran" to lose.
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Alan Smithee(en.wikipedia.org)
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Economist David Woo: Why Markets Misread the Iran War [video](youtube.com)
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
If the site operator is working for the FSB, doxx away! Although the world needs a better alternative to Internet Archive, it shouldn't be an alternative that is an arm of an authoritarian government.
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
That's not particularly enlightening, to be frank. People always ask here why the community flags every post on these issues. Comments like this are why. Hardly anyone on this site knows even basic information on the nations involved.
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
The mullahs and IRGC are not famous for their compassion or kind-heartedness. They are infamous for fulminating against liberals, plotting to kill enemies, torturing and hanging dissidents from cranes, persecuting minorities and women, fund
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
HN really should cut people who actually live the Middle East a little slack when it comes to comments about the Middle East. They seem to be the first to be downvoted off the site. It's turning into my pet peeve: https://ne
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
'Okay' with taking down the mullahs and IRGC is an understatement. If the Americans or Israelis were sending a squadron of John Wayne Gacy clones to murder children, I would be against that. I would be disgusted with people who op
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
A couple dozen Iranian theocrats are dead, and now far-right Joe Kent is gone, too? This really is the war that keeps on giving!
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'Celebrate, we're watching from the sky' Netanyahu to protect Iranians on Nowruz(i24news.tv)
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A digital resource for studying the graffiti of Herculaneum and Pompeii(ancientgraffiti.org)
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
I was similarly puzzled, but Wikipedia has a "True Crime Community" entry that matches the usage in the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Crime_Community
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
As long as we do my parents last, and yours first.
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
This is absurdly pedantic, but the fact that the Twilight Zone episode relies on a pun makes the two phrases somewhat different. They would be alike if the book title had been "If Mankind isn't at the Table, Mankind is on the Men
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
Yesterday I posted the following link to an interview with David Woo (he's a finance guy). It's on this topic, and quite good: David Woo: The Market Is Wrong About Iran, Oil and What Comes Next https://youtube.com&#x2
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
One problem with cute animal pictures is that they appeal to almost everyone, including people who are incapable, for whatever reason, of posting well-reasoned, interesting, respectful comments. The fact that HN is a little dry makes it les
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
This Woo interview is interesting, not so much because of finance, but because of the thought he has put into understanding Iran and the US administration.
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David Woo: The Market Is Wrong About Iran, Oil and What Comes Next [video](youtube.com)
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
I had a new respect for him as a designer because he was able to articulate a rationale for his decision. That would be more encouraging if Apple under Tim Cook didn't suffer from bad UX that sounds good when put into words .
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
Here's a map of the 'complicit' nations the IRGC has been bombing: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/b7ef/live/f6673... That's: Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Ira
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
The IRGC's strategy in this conflict has been to blow up civilian targets in nearly all nations surrounding it. It appears the IRGC has chosen civilian targets (eg: high rise apartments, airports, oil fields) on purpose, but if not, th
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
I should have checked the etymology, but the way this reply is worded is a bit nitpicky. English did not loan 'fest' directly from Latin. Edit: Though I realise now I misunderstood the original comment re: 'i val'. I too
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
This slice of Iranian history is topical, but I admit I am submitting it because it holds a Mondo Cane kind of fascination. The archival footage in the video was shot in 1989, of course.
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The day Iran buried Ayatollah Khomeini (2015) [video](bbc.com)
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
It surely is; ' fest ' is the Swedish word for 'party' . I actually think Swedish or Norwegian (which are practically the same language) are closer to English than even Dutch. Many of the most common, short English word
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by thomassmith65 7mo ago
Posted because earlier today, someone ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47228069 ) reminded me of the movie based on this article, and the article is also a terrific read.
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Shattered Glass (1998)(vanityfair.com)
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by thomassmith65 8mo ago
It's an excellent movie, regardless. "When this thing blows there isn't going to be a magazine anymore!" https://youtube.com/watch?v=oj79mp2WEx0
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by thomassmith65 8mo ago
I do not care about the privacy of people who buy these glasses nor their families. I care about the innocent people whose privacy is invaded by people who buy these glasses.
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by thomassmith65 8mo ago
FSB mirror: https://archive.ph/xAoCo

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