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Payload's avatar

Thanks for the needed stream frens, Iran was the clear winner here. Proved their strong capabilities and the impossibility of going to full scale war. The Neocon "We control reality" belief was taken to the woodshed.

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Astral's avatar

One wonders what Israel’s goal was. Regime change I think. They’re getting desperate

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Payload's avatar

Tim Kelly (Our Interesting Times) and his guest postulated that Israel was able to convince Trump's people that Iran could be toppled the same way Syria was. Hence, the infiltration cells that got caught, make shift drones assembled and released in Iran etc. The purpose definitely was regime change, if Israel actually got Trump's team to believe that nonsense its highly concerning.

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Colter's avatar

Awesome episode, the world would be a better place if we got a friendly relationship with Iran going.

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Astral's avatar

If they destroy Israel, we finally can!

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Todd Campbell's avatar

My late father was in the Air National Guard Reserves in 1962, when we had friendly relations with Iran. He said that the U.S. and Iran did soldier training swaps back then, and he served with a couple of Persian soldiers. He said, 'I really liked them. They were very sharp men, although they smelled bad'.

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Todd Campbell's avatar

One of my favorite shows from MOT20C is my introductory one to them from about 3 years ago on the book 'The Cadillac Desert', about the inherent fragility of cities and civilization west of about western Kansas, where everything turns to desert. Absolutely fascinating show and book, which I purchased because of them. Adam is a great guest, a class act, knowledgeable and asks excellent questions.

P.S. A massive synchronicity where everyone on the show pronounces 'Nuclear' as 'Nucular'.

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Prince Spaghetti Day's avatar

The intro/primer/explanation/sources you post with your episodes is greatly appreciated.

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Astral's avatar

Thanks! Wasn’t sure it was worth the extra work

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Prince Spaghetti Day's avatar

I literally loled when stormy said inshallah when everyone was talking about camps.

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James's avatar

Where were these Jared Kushner comments about Bibi being bad for Israel?

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Captain Kipps's avatar

The Ukraine War has been going on for over 3 years now. Has any US military manufacturer increased manufacturing scale in anything?

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Astral's avatar

Yeah, a lot

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Captain Kipps's avatar

Was there a kitten meowing in the background?

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Astral's avatar

We all have cats, so probably

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Captain Kipps's avatar

It was that or a very squeaky chair.

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Astral's avatar

Time stamp?

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Captain Kipps's avatar

It’s a chair. Sounded like a cat on my car sound system. 4:25 and 11:28. A little WD-40 will go a long way to fixing it.

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Astral's avatar

Sorry just deleted two of your comments in an attempt to delete mine. Don’t worry it’s neither , but thanks for the heads up

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LizziePD's avatar

Criticizing what is no longer present, is a futile exercise. IMHO, people need to focus on the NOW and stop whining about the past

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Astral's avatar

Wait are we doing that? Or others are doing that?

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Peter R. Quiñones's avatar

Turn off comments for everyone other than paid subscribers

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Astral's avatar

Yeah…that is probably exactly what I should do. Good advice

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Peter R. Quiñones's avatar

People must pay to chimp

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Astral's avatar

Much cozier that way I’m sure. Will do so

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Captain Kipps's avatar

He’s experienced the very same pain and annoyance that you have suffered. He calls them gammas, you call them the blackpilled. People who really don’t want solutions but emotional validation.

https://youtu.be/-4EDhdAHrOg?si=

I mean, if your blackpilled annoyers were really blackpilled they likely wouldn’t even bother commenting or whatever. But they do seem to like to bitch and moan to whatever captive audience that’s available. Tell them if they wanna bitch they need to pay up.

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Captain Kipps's avatar

VoxDay has found remarkable success with that strategy. The more you wanna talk, the more you’ll need to pay.

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