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Started by Jacob, February 16, 2025, 02:00:06 PM

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Valmy

#2010
Oh so it seems we are going to attack Iran and achieve total victory again. Trump threatened to murder their negotiating team in Switzerland.

Well...we almost did the right thing. I guess we are back to threatening mass death.

Amazing. I am not sure what I expected but somehow Trump surprised me again with how horrible he is at his job.
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Duque de Bragança

Quote from: viper37 on June 20, 2026, 06:13:20 PMI really thought it was an internet joke that Macron had suggested the... err, peace treaty between Iran and US be signed at Versailles.  But it's real.  :wacko:

Galerie des Glaces ?  :P

viper37

#2012
Quote from: Valmy on June 21, 2026, 03:44:45 PMOh so it seems we are going to attack Iran and achieve total victory again. Trump threatened to murder their negotiating team in Switzerland.

Well...we almost did the right thing. I guess we are back to threatening mass death.

Amazing. I am not sure what I expected but somehow Trump surprised me again with how horrible he is at his job.

I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

HisMajestyBOB

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Syt

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Syt

Meanwhile, a measured statement from the Israeli security minister.

https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2067865510281170957



Google translation:

We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
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crazy canuck

I wonder if he realizes where that logic originates
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viper37

Quote from: crazy canuck on June 22, 2026, 04:15:39 PMI wonder if he realizes where that logic originates
Probably, but I think the people who vote for him love it.  
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Crazy_Ivan80

Quote from: crazy canuck on June 22, 2026, 04:15:39 PMI wonder if he realizes where that logic originates

Ashurbanipal could have said it 3000 years ago.

Syt



I know you're thinking what I'm thinking .... Uri Geller is still alive? :o
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celedhring

Yeah, that was my first thought  :lol:

Unsurprising he's a crackpot.

Crazy_Ivan80

One crackpot amongst many

crazy canuck

Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on June 23, 2026, 12:31:52 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 22, 2026, 04:15:39 PMI wonder if he realizes where that logic originates

Ashurbanipal could have said it 3000 years ago.

And well before collective punishment was a war crime
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Crazy_Ivan80

Quote from: crazy canuck on June 23, 2026, 05:01:40 AM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on June 23, 2026, 12:31:52 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 22, 2026, 04:15:39 PMI wonder if he realizes where that logic originates

Ashurbanipal could have said it 3000 years ago.

And well before collective punishment was a war crime

Which never has stopped anyone in de middle east, or most anywhere outside of the west.
Which is my point: they're behaving live everyone there behaves and has always behaved. Don't bother expecting better, it's not going to happen.

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Syt on June 23, 2026, 01:47:19 AMI know you're thinking what I'm thinking .... Uri Geller is still alive? :o

No - I was thinking: "Why would Uri Geller think that a device that targets brain activity would work on Donald Trump?"
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