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^^^^ no, we just don’t pay attention to trivia. Also, to point out that the news was that Trump was tending to rediscover immigration reform, and not that BRF had been discussing it endlessly. Added: https://fortune.com/2025/06/12/glenn-valley-foods-owner-ice-raid-followed-rules/ Omaha food plant ow...

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"The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, stated that there have been no elevated radiation levels detected around the Natanz nuclear site, according to The New York Times. This was confirmed by Iranian authorities, according to Reuters. The IAEA also confirmed that Natanz had been impacted." ...

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MEA, India: https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/39666 Statement on the situation between Iran and Israel June 13, 2025 We are deeply concerned at the recent developments between Iran and Israel. We are closely monitoring the evolving situation, including reports related to attacks on ...

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Ahmedabad plane crash: Flight data recorder recovered from rooftop, confirms AAIB The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Friday confirmed that the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR), commonly known as the black box, was recovered from the rooftop of a building at the Ahmedabad crash ...

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> Looks like some people here are not reading long posts with quotes and references to sources on this very same topic

Obviously. The "Foes" list comes in very handy. One only sees quotable quotes.

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What Caused Air India 171 Crash, Mysterious Sound Before Impact https://youtu.be/SbDJjgN7Xbo?si=Feon9ulNiHu5If0b The sound suggests that the RAT deployed. "A Ram Air Turbine (RAT) is an emergency power source on certain Boeing aircraft, like the 777 and 787. It deploys automatically in certain ...

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Trump begins to discover the comprehensive immigration reform that has been talked about since George Bush Jr. times, if not before: YouTube transcript of Trump presser: ..."today I put out a statement today about farmers our farmers are being hurt badly by you know they have very good workers ...

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^^^ obviously non-fatal coup against a woman head of state gets you high in the standings. Bangladesh is +75 ranks compared to its 2024 standing. In the sub-components, Bangladesh ranks as follows: Economic Participation and Opportunity: 141 Education Attainment: 115 Health and Survival: 123 Politic...

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My conspiracy theory: 1. US told Pakistan that if there is no Iran nuclear deal they will need use of Pakistan airbases for military action against Iran. 2. Asim Munir realizes that stab in the back of fellow Islamic country will provoke within country backlash. So he needs to buttress his Islamic c...

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https://www.livemint.com/news/india/us- ... 18475.html
US presents take-it-or-leave-it trade offer, demand access to agriculture, dairy, pharma.

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2) It is not the WH but the State Dept, Pentagon & CIA who are rolling out the red carpet to Munir. That Trump silently acquiesced to this means that he is losing the war against the Deep State Protocol suggests that US COAS would be the one to invite the Pakistani COAS. But Trump had to have a...

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-is- ... urces-say/
Israel is poised to launch operation on Iran, multiple sources tell CBS News

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“ The UK prime minister Keir Starmer has turned down a request to meet Bangladesh’s interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus, reports UK news outlet Financial Times.”

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https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-june-11-2025 The United States authorized the voluntary departure of US military dependents and began preparations for a partial US Embassy Baghdad evacuation amid new pessimism about US-Iran nuclear talks. US President Donald Trump reportedly ac...

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The Terroristan belief in their victory, Asim Munir's victory, is so strong that they think it is time for Asim Munir to plan to take Kashmir. Serious discussions of this can be found on various Paki forums, I am told.

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> I often practiced 'दार्दुर यत्र वक्तारः तत्र मौनं हि शोभनम्"' in this dhaga but may be it's time to share this here..

Then the frogs will prevail

I think Indian opinion of Trump will improve if he manages to weaken China. Let's see.

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Swarajya Magazine has an article by Jaideep Mazumdar on how the Bangladesh Army Chief foiled Yunous' plan to trigger skirmishes on the Bangla-India border to help Pakistan (and also distract Banglas from internal troubles).

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Yet another: US Invites Asim Munir for Army Parade Despite Terror Support | Vantage with Palki Sharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieBI33HCSdY Palki Sharma says that the author of Pahalgam Field Marshal Asim Munir has got an invitation, not from Islamist countries, not from China, but from the Un...

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Here's another: Why is Trump Against Modi? | America Accepts it Needs Pakistan | China | Vijay Sardana, Sanjay Dixit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyoSRBJRmZc Hindi - so translating and summarizing the first several minutes: Sanjay Dixit: On one hand Kash Patel is talking about cooperating with In...

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This thread could also be about the evolving Indian understanding of the US. IMO, there have been huge shifts between, say Nov 1, 2024 and June 1, 2025. Here's one: Ahead Of PM Modi's Canada Visit, Pakistan Backed Khalistanis Threaten To "Ambush" Modi | Barkha Dutt https://www.youtube.com/...

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> Guptaji: No aukat of being an ice cream eating aunt (don'tknow what it means...

Me neither, Saw it in someone's quote.

> Especially for you: Is Trump seeking to enter Gödel’s loophole

Especial thanks!

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https://stratnewsglobal.com/west-asia/al-qaeda-leader-calls-for-jihad-against-us-targets-trump-others-over-israel-support/ Al-Qaeda Leader Calls For Jihad Against US, Targets Trump, Others Over Israel Support An Al-Qaeda leader with a $6 million bounty has urged the assassination of Trump, Musk, Rub...

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Answer:
https://arunsmusings.blogspot.com/2006/ ... e.html?m=1

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Just for fun - Can you answer this - without looking it up .. Q.Which was the first princely state to declare its intention to remain independent in 1946 due to its strategic location and monopoly over monazite (a mineral rich in thorium)? (a) Hyderabad (b) Junagadh (c) Kashmir (d) Travancore And a...

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@williams there is also GDP fiscal multiplier of defense spending. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/its-not-guns-vs-growth-spending-on-desi-defence-tech-can-boost-economy/ It’s not guns vs growth. Spending on desi defence tech can boost economy May 19, 2025, 8:46 PM IST Prasa...

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Various sources are saying “Pakistan COAS Asim Munir Invited To US Army Day Celebrations On June 14”

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> Hain?! Let us see if head in gel jar and his ice cream eating aunt have the authority to stop the president. :lol: Reminds me of this. https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-07-01/kurt-godel-and-the-us-constitutions-loophole.html?outputType=amp Gödel was a fellow student and close friend of ...

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@ricky_v, I appreciate your thoughtful post. To me, the purpose of "Understanding the US" is to understand what things make the US strong, what things make the US weak or ineffectual, and to apply those learnings, as far as is applicable, to India. Apart from generalities such as "pro...

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In Pakistan’s agricultural heartlands of Punjab and Sindh, a crisis unfolded during the 2024-25 cropping year, slashing production of the nation’s five major crops—wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, and maize—by 13.5%. Cotton bore the heaviest blow, plummeting 30.7%, followed by maize at 14.7%, wheat ...

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> Germany’s discreet promotion of the IRIS-T to Pakistan, as noted in defense reports,…

These defense reports are only Paki and Indian.

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> Some of the esteemed BRF posters are not happy with Trump sending National Guard and Marines to keep peace in LA.

Mainly because he doesn't have the legal or constitutional authority to do so.

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This is from an Indian newspaper: Kamala Harris won the 2024 elections. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/kamala-harris-won-the-u-s-elections-bombshell-report-claims-voting-machines-were-tampered-with-before-2024/articleshow/121732679.cms?from=mdr Moderator, this is from Ind...

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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/almost-50-mil ... 57861.html
Peel police bust trucks carrying roughly $50M worth of cocaine into GTA

Scroll down for the mug shots of the arrested. Mostly people of Indian origin.

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Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman on where Trudeau brought Canada: "...if there was like some cannibal in Liberia who went around murdering and eating gay people, but said my goal is to overthrow Western civilzation because of colonialism, he would have been welcome in Canada as a LGBTQ human ...

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https://youtu.be/UKqjEe9_HBQ?si=IwVS05D8BF6gERIi
Shocking deportation caught on cam | Indian student handcuffed and pinned down in US Airport

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In its June 2025 Global Economic Prospects, the World Bank says “Most of the developing world is turning into a development-free zone”. “Except for China, it could take these economies about two decades to recoup the losses of the 2020s”.

(This does not include India)

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The World Bank Global Economic Prospects issued today June 10) says the world economy will grow at 2.3% this year, and India at 6.3%, both -0.4% below the January 2025 forecast. Growth is slowing “due to a substantial rise in trade barriers and the pervasive effects of an uncertain global policy env...

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^+++
I did a German language search too. No German language article found even remotely suggesting IRIS-T to Pak.

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https://idrw.org/india-recovered-8-pl-1 ... echnology/
DRDO has one nearly intact, three partially intact and four sets of missile fragments of Chinese PL-15E missiles.

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Not meaning to be a nay-sayer, but it is a cup half full half empty story. I hope Op. Sindoor, etc., do not reduce the Govt focus on improving the working of the economy, so as to unleash growth from the private sector. "AI Overview India's net foreign direct investment (FDI) in fiscal year 202...

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