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You don’t believe Bill Barr?

POSTED ON AUGUST 19, 2025 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN IRAN, TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY IRAN’S CRISIS DEEPENS Iran has been out of the news since a U.S. attack devastated its nuclear program in June. What has been going on, out of the view, as far as I have seen, of the American press? The London Times headlines: “Reformers urge an end to uranium enrichment as crisis grips Iran.” If you run out of water and electricity, you are in deep trouble. One should note that if Iran had a civilian nuclear power program–which it doesn’t–electricity wouldn’t be an issue. Emphasis added. These warnings are especially significant because they come from “an important pillar of support for the relatively moderate president Masoud Pezeshkian.” Without a normalization of relations with the U.S., conditions in Iran are dire: The regime’s unpopularity has led to calls for other changes, as well: The mullahs so far have rejected calls to abandon their nuclear ambitions, but restarting weapons development will take a long time, given that the U.S. bombing “heavily damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities,” while Israel’s targeted strikes eliminated important military leaders and nuclear scientists. So Iran is in a state of economic collapse, with runaway inflation, increasingly worthless currency, and basic necessities like water and electricity intermittently unavailable. Thus, a large majority of Iran’s people want to get rid of the mullahcracy. But totalitarian regimes can take a long time to die: see Venezuela. We can only encourage the Trump administration to keep up the pressure, in hopes that Iran will, sooner rather than later, rejoin the real world. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/08/irans-crisis-deepens.php

What’s he deflecting from?

Is the OP just wild hare reporting? “Police said that the suspects were released after being questioned, but added that indictments were expected to be filed against them. According to Hebrew media reports, Alexandrovich returned to Israel after his release and was not arrested upon arrival. The Cyber Directorate said the official reported that he was detained while in the US for matters “unrelated to work,” and that it was agreed he would be placed on leave until the matter was clarified. The directorate added that it “had not yet received official details from US authorities,” and that “if and when such details are received, the directorate will act accordingly.”” https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-israeli-cyber-official-detained-in-las-vegas-as-part-of-child-solicitation-probe/ “Alexandrovich "did not claim diplomatic immunity and was released by a state judge pending a court date. Any claims that the U.S. government intervened are false," the State Department said Monday on the social media site X.” https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2025/08/19/us-denies-intervening-in-case-of-israeli-official-accused-of-nevada-sex-crime/85724914007/ Or just lies?

Was that translated from keggers?

It’s like the result of a litmus test. TDS = acidic. No TDS = based.

Hyperbole hurricane Erin or hyperbole Saint Erin? I know. 110%.

Qatar, Saudi, UAE?

What about Mamdani? It’s certain he’d welcome the Gazans, yet arrest Netanyahu.

More National Guard Soldiers Head to D.C. and Prepare to Carry Weapons https://archive.is/1bpbK#selection-521.0-521.70

We had something like that in high school when there was an assembly featuring a hypnotist.

You’re not gonna do this as a poll? No. Not where I come from. Is this one of those rhetorical questions?

Alright. Start with canning the DoE and teacher’s unions.

Don’t hit him in the head, his ankles are his weakness.

C’mon man. Stop and think.

Are hyperboles true? Understanding the root hyper should be an indication.

Committed a foot long felony.

I don’t blame it all on LEOs, the blame lies with politicians, prosecutors, and judges too. But by all accounts the police force is short staffed. If Polosi and McConnell had accepted the NG troops that Trump offered, J6 would have been very different. But you don’t know as much about J6 as you do about D.C. crime and I’m not going to explain it to you in this thread.

So what, there’s still been a hundred murders this year. That’s entirely too many for most people. Fifty percent wouldn’t be enough. And buy all the kotex you like, and shove ‘em every one.

Always with the gutter talk. So mature.

Does a hundred murders sound like crime is under control to you? Does the fact that gov’t employees and representatives fear walking and driving in the city sound like crime is under control? Or do you need a double blind placebo test to figure it out. There’s like 3% who are against expanding enforcement in D.C. and other big blue cities. Any idea who they might be?

A hundred murders so far this year, but you’re not going to take a stand.

The lady pedestrians in their vicinity seem to be smiling a lot.

How many wrongful prosecutions were there yesterday?

Down from what. Reminds me of a guy I worked for. He’d raise his prices 20% and advertise a 10% off sale.