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Lot of shootings targeting L&O officers in the US Saturday, June 14: 3 arrested for attacking officers wknives & fireworks in Portland, OR Friday, July 4: Police officer shot in the neck at I.C.E. facility in Alvarado, TX Monday July 7: 3 law enforcement officers injured in shooting at CBP f...

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https://apnews.com/article/texas-immigration-detention-center-shooting-officer-ambush-f3782b689659270b10bd9b33bb48169b Ten people have been arrested on attempted murder charges after attackers in black military-style clothing opened fire outside a Texas immigration detention center in a “planned am...

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Both Peace and Literature Nobels are weaponized to achieve political ends. The very fact that MKG was not given a peace prize means the prize is not worth the paper it is written on.

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Yes, we should call out unsafe and unsustainable mining practices. But we also need a broader conversation about cleaner sourcing, global responsibility, and innovation in REE alternatives — or we’ll just be shifting the pollution elsewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_fallacy The Net...

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S_Madhukar wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025 03:57 The Amirkhans at Nur Khan trusted protection by HQ9??

Very sharp observation. That means there are no american nukes or anything that Americans have control over at NKB.

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// Personally I feel that India should use post Sindoor to take away 100-200+ km of Tibet and solve all of India's immediate issues with China. If possible take out Lhasa. India can suppress HQ-9B or whatever after SEAD/DEAD, the PLA are sitting ducks. A rainshower of brahmos (which they cannot int...

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I think there is skepticism of Indian establishment that they are anti-intellectual. It is not the case now and never was irrespective of who was in power. We can go back even to the beginning of our civilization. Scientists were always given respect and remuneration. None of them were persecuted as...

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Setting the Record Straight: Operation Sindoor and Pakistan’s Nukes So what you said here is one of the following? How do we differentiate unless you leave a marker or emoji, hain ji? :roll: Let’s separate psychological operations, political theater, and social media folklore from real strategic an...

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Meanwhile: .. Pak’s nukes are made in China , their intel is made in China, drones by Turkey… but General Munir insists Operation “Bunyanum Marsoos” was 100% Made in Pakistan. Were they? You had been arguing that Pakis developed their own nukes. Would China take such a risk with a Mohammadan countr...

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vera_k wrote: ↑07 Jul 2025 03:31
Fireworks

according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

This is interesting. Nobody thought to change the name of that Bureau? Native Americans resent being called Indians as that became racist and rightly so.

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Here is South Africa's ANC understanding of this phase of Gandhi's life. https://www.mkgandhi.org/articles/jamesdhunt.php If one doesn't want to read the long essay, here is the conclusion: Conclusion How are we to evaluate this inability of Gandhi to work in cooperation with Black people? ... Wow....

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... multiple veterans talk of how their opinions changed from being 'aman' to jingos on joining BRF. People learn and evolve... Would be interesting to see what Mandela or other SA leaders thought of Gandhi. Gandhi did narrowly focus on the Indian condition in SA though. Good point. I was an 'aman ...

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There is nothing called a "Global Citizen". It is strange that India is being called on to do a special carveout for scientists. Who is to decide how famous the scientist has to be before allowing a dual citizenship?!!! OIC is a good compromise. Why should OCIs be able to vote in Indian el...

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Turkish Media Claim: India offers long-range missile to Greece — Turkish outlets allege the missile is intended to “TARGET Ankara,” calling it a response to Turkey’s alliance with Pakistan. Why are they "alleging"? Did Turkiye think that there won't be cost to pay for allying with Shittis...

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Trump has for the nth time said that he brokered the peace deal between India and Pakistan. This is not just credit jeevi orange man blabbering. I think this is about maintaining a degree of pressure on India to not go for any military action on a gravely injured Pak for a while to come, like a yea...

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Fox poll June13-26 Yes, Are you proud of the country today? Now - Dems: 36%; Reps: 85%; Indep.: 44% 2024 - Dems: 55%; Reps: 36%; Indep.: 42% 2011 - Dems: 73%; Reps: 67%; Indep.: 66% Dems/Reps: +-4.5%; Indep.:+-7.5% --------------------------------------- My comments: If the BBB effects yield positiv...

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@Vayu A 24 year old clerk, narrowly focused on his own ilk, wrote a prejudiced letter. No doubt about it. He even used AIT to plead equivalence to the Anglos. I am suggesting that the words of the 24 year old rookie clerk do not define him. Are there later statements? He was admitted to bar 2 years...

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Fox poll

Are you proud of the country today?

June 2024. Yes:45% No:52%
June 2025. Yes:58% No:41%

June13-26
Registered Voters +-3% points

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cuts to food stamps, housing assistance, unemployment benefits , phase out of solar/wind credits , shift to nuclear energy. Trump white house believes that record job growth will offset any tax reductions. I don't like the "red" part. Green is a go. What is debatable is growth in jobs. Wh...

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bala wrote: ↑04 Jul 2025 19:58 ^^
The SALT deductions for Blue states and others is upto 500K income -

That is pretty high income even in CA and NYC/Tristate.

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saip wrote: ↑04 Jul 2025 13:02 About tips I WILL definitely cut my habit of 20 to 10. No sense giving away my taxed dollars to benefit untaxed people.

That 10% saved will go to Single Malt supply, I suppose. or is it Champagne now that is in fashion in the south bay?

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Jay wrote: ↑04 Jul 2025 09:01
guess you would not object to bikhari red states mooching all the tax dollars from these blue states.

https://time.com/7222411/blue-states-ar ... ed-states/

No, I would not object. Wealth needs to be redistributed. Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.

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@Yayavar ji, the sticking point for Ghana students was not AIT but Gandhi being racist. MKG considered Africans inferior to Indians. Classical racism that.

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Britains no 1 rag, stirring hatred as usual Royal Navy mocked by Indian tourist board over £88million F-35B Lightning jet stranded in the country for over a fortnight https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14871531/Royal-Navy-mocked-Indian-tourist-board-stranded-f35-stealth-jet.html I replied to ...

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What’s deeply troubling is that even in the face of such violence, there remain fringe voices even within the Hindu community who deny that Hinduphobia exists. That denial only makes our communities more vulnerable. One more point. Of late, I have been hearing that temples are considering fencing a...

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What’s deeply troubling is that even in the face of such violence, there remain fringe voices even within the Hindu community who deny that Hinduphobia exists. That denial only makes our communities more vulnerable. Hindus for HUman Rights is not a fringe group, unfortunately. A lot of kids of firs...

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bala wrote: ↑04 Jul 2025 00:56 Those in Blue states with high home prices and real estate taxes can deduct upto $40K instead of $10K as SALT.

I don't like that part. It should have been capped at $20K. These blue states are dolts in managing their state finances what with sanctuary cities and all that flim flam.

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Bing CoPilot: In the 2024 election cycle how much did billionaires give to Political Action Committees aligned with the Democratic Party and the Republican Party? Billionaire Contributions to Party-Aligned PACs in 2024 Below are the total known contributions from billionaires to federal political a...

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Cyrano wrote: ↑02 Jul 2025 14:56 Planes are designed around engines. Changing the engine will lead to several years of testing. We are stuck with this 404 engine not found error. That's the uncomfortable truth.

and 414 is "414 URI Too Long"

Ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... Status/414

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Is it this stratfor? https://worldview.stratfor.com/topic

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https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1940521412567224815 NEW: Poll finds that 40% of voters say they are likely to support Elon Musk's "America Party" if he decides to launch it, according to Quantus Insights. The poll comes as Musk has threatened to launch his own political party over recent ...

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Does that include SuperPAC money?

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On another note, not sure if anyone is following the controversy surrounding BBC and its Glastonbury coverage. Essentially a group called Bob Vylan started chants of “Dea.th to IDF” and the live coverage didn’t cut away. @Tanaji ji, I posted in the "Understanding the US" thread as SDOTUS ...

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Calculated at $45 trillion + with 8% compound interest wef from 1947 And we need a formal apology from that namby pamby, cuckolding "king" of theirs @chetak gaaru, I doubt they have that kind of money, even if all the four mentioned countries pool together. They don't even have 4.5 trilli...

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Jay wrote: ↑03 Jul 2025 22:13 Yeah, NO. Knock yourself out with this exercise...

> The DJT cult members on BRF are exposed.

DNC operatives jump in where independents fear to tread.

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They like nipping things in the bud (look at other reactor strikes). In that sense, we are both saying the same thing... Correct again. I am pointing out to you about others in this thread who are arguing for Iran to have nuclear power. They have more than enough O&NG reserves and the technolog...

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Not accurate. https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-respect-billionaire-b2740880.html Perils of quoting some random picture from the internet.... That random picture is total BS. It has only two billionaires are Republican. From December 2024: Trump ...

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This is no way to forestall the conversation on reparations. Good observation. Also we don't need reparations in cash. We want reparations in kind; settling a large number of Indians in Anglosphere lands, UK/Canada/Aus/NZ to whit and share all the patents and tech UK holds with India without royalt...

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What will surprise them is the chaotic decisionmaking and aftermath, laid bare by Trump himself. The president’s zig-zagging and maximalist posts on Truth Social in the run-up to the attack, his public rejection of intelligence estimates, his insistence that the strikes “obliterated” Fordow before ...

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