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Similar allegations as made by Hersh about the bin Laden raid in Pakistan are being aired. In that internal factions cut a deal in exchange for some financial benefits. Rings true given how security was deputized to Cubans to some extent.

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Trump captured Maduro to legalize gay marriage in Venezuela: Whole project was globo-homo says Tucker Carlson

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Global oil demand continues to rise. world oil demand is forecast to increase by 830 kb/d this year and 860 kb/d in 2026. IEA Oil Market Report December 2025 Flooding the market with new oil sources will result in lower oil prices than otherwise possible. In the absence of any other breakthroughs in...

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We will see but my optimistic estimate (can be very wrong) of Meaningful crude oil import reduction from EVs on the order of ~$10 billion/year is more likely about 2035 ... The IEA has estimated about $8-9 billion/year in savings by 2030. Good chance this will turn out to be an underestimate, becau...

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i suppose now Putin is free to lob a tactical nuke on top of baniansky !! Putin tried to capture the Ukraine leadership early on via that drive to Kiev in 2022. The current situation is because that failed. Ukraine and Venezuela look to be similarly sized countries in terms of population. The US co...

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Someone's either paying these politicians to issue statements. Or it has been decided to grant bail to Khalid and India communicated it to a select audience to let them gain favor with their constituents. Note that KSM of 9/11 fame awaits trial in Guantanamo still, and that's a much more relevant co...

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Another American politician using the Nazi salute. At least Elon Musk was never elected to office.

Elon Musk accuses legacy media of targeting him for Nazi salute while ignoring Zohran Mamdani

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^ Less about the person and more because the opposition is barren as a desert. Although if the urban legend is true, AAP is the long term alternative.

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Ship is not being named. Usually the class is named after the first in line. Not here.
But the USS Clinton and USS Bush aircraft carriers may be called true premonitions.

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^ It is hosted at the OxfordUnion youtube channel. I got an ad when I visited the channel which means I indirectly supported the OxfordUnion in enabling terrorist propaganda.

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^
Suggest deleting this.

Terrorist propagandists like Oxford should not be given page views or air time from Indian audiences.

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New ‘Trump-Class’ Navy Warships Named After President: What to Know

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Shariah is defined as - the system of Islamic moral and legal guidance based on the teachings of the Qur'an and the traditions of the Prophet (Hadith and Sunna), prescribing both religious and secular duties. It is therefore inevitable in the USA as religious freedom is a founding principle for the ...

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A further thought - Banglas' connection with the wider Bharatiya civilization would be through West Bengal. However, West Bengal has, to put it kindly, stagnated. I read an economic article that attributes West Bengal's decline to the creation of East Pakistan/Bangladesh. The theory was that Kolkat...

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Looks like the younger shooter was an Australian native born and bred!

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We know the Kaveri dry engine got a new FADEC. Maybe that is being extended to the a version suitable to be integrated with Tejas.

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Looks like a Rutgers campus is close by.
Google Map link

What came first?

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Well, well, looks like another sub-national US group may be funding the Pakistanis. Need to monitor this development given Omar's Pakistani connections. Bessent defends Minnesota fraud investigation “That money has gone overseas, and we are tracking it both to the Middle East and to Somalia to see w...

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Let's see how customers are treated by Indigo. When Southwest had their Christmas meltdown in 2022 - 1. Hotel for the days people had to stay while arranging new flights were covered 2. Flight costs on other airlines were reimbursed after submitting invoices 3. Cost for the flight was refunded 4. 1 ...

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^ This Oxford Union must be some type of FATF compliant money laundering scam set up to bankroll nefarious activities in Pakistan.

Why are Indian people spending their hard earned money on it?

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This French Safran deal is about kicking the can down the road. Not so sure about that. The article below mentions some tech transfer from Safran in engine management for the development of the AFADEC. It looks like we are not aware of all the gaps that exist in making an engine ready for integrati...

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That's right. As a developer, the President's permits and property management standards are controlled by the local government led by the Mayor. Not to speak of minor snafu's like a parking ticket received while in NYC. At least this creates a necessity for both sides to be civil to each other.

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Musllm Brotherhood, Council on American-Islamic Relations designated as terrorist groups

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They do not. The FAA used to refer to the FBI to investigate GPS disruption. Don't know if that's still done given how easy it has gotten to spoof GPS. FAA tells pilots to go analogue “Until a few years ago, a GNSS spoofing attack required expensive, high-end equipment in the $50,000- $500,000 range...

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GPS is insecure and vulnerable to spoofing. This much is known. What changed starting about 10 years ago is that cheap software defined radios became available for anyone to spoof GPS. GPS Signal Reception and Spoofing Based on Software-Defined Radio Devices This paper is recent, but the tech and ch...

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Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion

Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads, placards and badges.

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One thing I noticed on my recent visit to India is that immigration at the airport was questioning the intent to enter India pretty thoroughly. Even for those with OCI. This questioning increases the possibility that someone is truthful about their intent, but is now going run afoul of some of condi...

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More reasons why talks of India reducing energy imports from Russia are premature. Its naive to think India will never need to test again in a world where even the mighty USA needs to resume testing possibly due to the Chinese testing by proxy in North Korea. WRT ANEEL/CCTE, are Indian reactors goin...

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Vayutuvan wrote: ↑01 Nov 2025 23:20 I saw the clip and her question. She came across as overly emotional, immature, and illogical.

I interpret it as the sisterhood coming out of the woodwork given the rumors of the JD/Usha divorce circulating now that the JD/Erika pairing is being talked about ahead of the 2028 election cycle.

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There's quite a bit of history in other countries where that has been tried. Executive Order 6102 These days, a visit to India means you can pay for your trip by hauling back dirt cheap high quality merchandise sold in India as part of your personal baggage. Far cry from the 1991 days where India st...

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More strain showing up due to rising interest rates. Ironic that a university known for its business school has fallen prey to spending over its available means. In this case, its unlikely that the university will shut down any time soon, but smaller universities will not be so lucky. Colleges Face ...

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Well, India will need a new range if explosive testing is to resume.
Where might that be?

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If others start training their new generations on nuclear weapons skills, India will have to do the same to keep skills current. India will need a new test site as well in all likelihood.

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Meanwhile ToI had this article about slipping academic standards. Definite signs that the constituency for excellence has been shrinking on all sides.

'A' is for average

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Since Harvard has not been growing enrollment for a while, a decline was inevitable when hard times hit. Sucks when it happens of course.

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The tariff on movies helps California. Puzzling to say the least why El Presidente is helping an opposition state.

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The usual comeback for this data is that the job that's going for $149,000 in that list would otherwise have paid $249,000 in the absence of additional labor supply. Note that $149,000 is middle income and less than comfortable for a family of 3 and 4 respectively where Amazon is headquartered. I su...

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In tennis India was not exactly a super power ( then or now). But not so in Cricket (now). But they should have never agreed for neutral venues. India should have used its power to tell nay order ICC to act according to its (India's) convenience (a la OM). Without India in these games there is no f...

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If you remember, India did not play Davis Cup international fixtures against South Africa in the apartheid era.

Don't understand why India plays cricket against Pakistan with the excuse of needing to play international cricket.

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saip wrote: ↑22 Sep 2025 23:36 Few days back my SiL came from Blore. The flight was empty she said. So much so, she was able to sleep on her row. The flight interestingly took a detour via Kolkata (refueling - Paki problem I guess) and then came non-stop to SFO.

Boeing plane perhaps? People may be avoiding them.

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