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Sounds unfair to me. Can you get your hands on a copy of The Declaration of Independence?

The internet was completely shut down in the early days of the war in Iran by the Islamic Republic. They claimed Israel was using internet towers to control drones. After the ceasefire, they gradually started restoring access. The modem I have just fully connected today—it was barely getting a signal the past few days.

No. Because they don’t even work in Iran. Their developers are based in Europe and Canada. And even the ones who are still in Iran and work for military-affiliated institutions have access to supercomputers, ultra-fast internet, and tools that let them bypass these sanctions completely—so restrictions like this don’t affect them at all. And let me show you yet another example of this bizarre contradiction. Ensieh Khazali was the former Vice President of Iran under Raisi—the man known as “the Butcher” for his brutal role in executing political dissidents. She’s also the daughter of one of the highest-ranking ayatollahs in Iran. Ensieh is one of the figures behind Iran’s internet censorship policies. Because of people like her, Iranians have no direct access to platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, X (Twitter), or even YouTube. If they want to use them, they have to pay for a VPN. Now guess what Ensieh’s son does for a living? He runs a VPN company in Canada! Here’s her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensieh_Khazali And here’s a picture of her son, who sells VPNs from Canada to Iranians trying to get around the censorship he and his family helped create: https://techna.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-2.jpg https://rooziato.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image_750x_631b112a452c7.jpg See what kind of corrupt business they’re running? And yet people are still willing to give them green cards and say things like “you can’t blame the children for the actions of their parents.” Seriously? They’re all in this together. When someone asked Ensieh what her son is doing in Canada, she replied: “He’s helping export the Islamic Revolution to the West.”

My comment was to the fact he said he couldn’t reply using the quote button because of the internet. He must have got that fixed somehow.

Stop hitting on me. I’m married.

Snow plow driver from Minnesota showed us the post already. Then ignored it. Hypocritically sloppy for sure.

Ummm you do understand that the head of the Pentagon said the original report was a low confidence initial report that would continue to be refined. He called the attacks a huge success so ya I do understand how you’d want to go with what the pentagon said.

Could it be that there’s a similar effect on government or military programmers?

Beware taking anything that guy says for any value, this is simply not true. The visa, which is a near enough match to what is available from many countries, has a vetting process and would not be honored for any terrorist. However, if a known terrorist offered $5 million to come here, the FBI would be happy to arrange a meeting at the airport, much as your IRGC might greet one of our CIA or military officers.

Another glimpse of a madman across the water Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Bernie Taupin / Elton John Madman Across the Water lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group D3

But is it in your conscience that you're after

The in-laws hope they'll see you very soon

We'll come again next Thursday afternoon

Can my mind really take it

Will they come again next week

Or are the windows painted

Is the nightmare really black

The ground's a long way down but I need more

Take my word I'm a madman, don't you know

It's one of those that I told you long ago

There's a joke and I know it very well

And I can see it very well

There's a boat on the reef with a broken back

I can see very well

Another glimpse of the madman across the water