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Israeli missiles hit site in Iran
Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, according to the US broadcaster ABC News, which cited an unnamed senior US official.
The Iranian state television reported explosions in Isfahan, as air defences were activated and flights across several areas including Tehran and Isfahan were suspended.
There were no reports of casualties. Nor was there an official response from Iran.
Israel promised to respond after Iran last Saturday launched a barrage of drones and missiles on the country, after a suspected Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate compound in Damascus killed a high-ranking commander.… Read more
There have also been reports of explosions in Syria and Iraq.
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If retaliatory actions continue to escalate between nations, where should the line be drawn to prevent wider conflicts?
@9LQJZCD1wk1W
Make a peace treaty that would satisfy both nations.
@9LNXTC72wks2W
We should not be involved. We already know lsR@3l has infiltrated our government. Let them handle it.
@9LNTMGGRepublican2wks2W
We should not get involved with that. Israel has always been backstabbers; America is proficient enough to survive with the minerals and materials we have. If we bomb a car going on the wrong side of the highway, and hypothetically it is the Israeli leader, we could go into a nuclear war that quickly.
some potitenial solutions to prevent wider conflict could include diplomatic negotiations
@Bi11R1ghtsKayleeUnity2wks2W
Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map. How can that be done without war? Why does Iran have a nuclear weapons program? The Shias believe that they must bring about an apocalypse so that their messiah will appear.
@MildGiraffeDemocrat2wks2W
Iran has a nuclear weapon program because Israel has Nukes (how did that happen btw?)
Israel is also trying to bring about their Messiah.
Mine already came, and I would like to stay out of their holy war.
@NeedyM1norityRepublican2wks2W
You shoot 300 bullets at my son's room and 1 lands. I'm putting 900 back at you, and I won't miss.
@MinorityAutumnGreen2wks2W
Israel attacked en embassy first?
@NeedyM1norityRepublican2wks2W
Their Embassy looks to be in good condition.
Weird that seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members including two generals died in the random building that was target.
Also, Iran wishes it could strategic strike like this.
Israel has become a rogue nation, a threat to peace. (Yes, so is Iran, but we--the US-- don't FUND Iran's war machine.). Netanyahu--Israel's Trumpist-- seeks to widen the conflict so his corruption trial is further postponed.
@FinickyEagleSocialist2wks2W
Israel has always been like this: Jimmy Carter back in 1976 said to Menachem Begin, "I'm beginning to question your sanity."
The difference is that until now, we haven't had a president who's a dyed-in-the-wool Zionist and who hates Arabs and Muslims just as much as Israelis do
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The Fantasy of Reviving Nuclear Energy
Representatives from more than 30 countries gathered in Brussels in March at a nuclear summit hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Belgian government. Thirty-four nations, including the United States and China, agreed “to work to fully unlock the potential of nuclear energy,” including extending the lifetime of existing reactors, building new nuclear power plants and deploying advanced reactors.
“Nuclear technology can play an important role in the clean energy transition,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, told summit… Read more
@ActivistJeffForward2wks2W
It's true that Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima all happened. The deaths and damage from them must be weighed against the thousands of people who die, year after year, as a direct result of the pollution generated by coal and even gas-powered plants, to say nothing of climate impacts. In any ledger of harm, nuclear power could look quite good--especially since it's one of very few currently viable sources of carbon-free always-on power. Its importance as baseload will only increase as the power mix shifts more to solar and wind.
Your comment is a typical justification for nuclear power, but really provides no real substance. The argument against regulatory is always in there, but think of Boeing. Having worked in private industry and regulatory this is how it all starts going down hill until it gets so bad, (i.e., Boeing again as the prime example among a long list of similar examples) that society must once again "regulate" the issue again. I've seen this over and over. Get use to it. Note that even if conservatives back a strict reg they will over time whine and complain until its weakened and unenforced.
@ConservaLukeDemocrat2wks2W
My forty year career was spent doing nuclear research as a scientist in universities and at a US National Laboratory. Anyone who is serious about a sustainable, carbon-free, energy future will have to accept that nuclear is an inevitable part of our future energy mix. I am agnostic about the specific technology choices, but I am not agnostic about math. The math says we will need an “all of the above” energy mix with wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, hydrogen, and nuclear. There are trade offs with each, but only nuclear meets our demand for safe, carbon-free, 24/7 baseload capacity… Read more
@WholesomeHareDemocrat2wks2W
This is a dishonest argument. Opponents of nuclear power have done everything possible over the last 50+ years to stop or delay construction of new plants, while massively subsidizing solar and wind. Then, they argue that nuclear power is not viable because solar and wind have been more successful.
@BassAmeliaLibertarian2wks2W
Speaking of 50+ years - the US government has subsidized nuclear energy for 50+ years, estimated at close to $300 billion, helping make it appear viable. Tax dollars support construction, research & development, mining & enrichment plus accident liability is artificially limited.
Even with massive nuclear energy subsides, known concerns and unanswered issues make nuclear power a poor choice. Expensive and deadly catastrophic (even partial) failures plus no long-term waste disposal are some of the 800 lb gorillas.
It takes 10+ years before a well-designed plant produces energy and… Read more
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Let’s Just Admit It: The U.S. Does Not Support A Palestinian State.
The US regime supports a Palestinian state. Just not now. And not until it allows the US - the primary sponsor of the Israeli occupation - to midwife a “state” with no military, in which Israel controls its borders, airspace, maritime territory, and political leadership. In other words, not until Palestine signs away its sovereignty and national struggle in the name of achieving statehood.
Support for Israel is done in the US
It's generational
In 20-40 years it will be over
@BadgerBertieGreen2wks2W
You’re assuming Israel lasts another 20-40 years…
When israel and the US "rebuild" Gaza, who will own the new properties and buildings being built? Just like Kushner said, there are some very attractive waterfront properties to own.
@HumbleDiplomacyGreen2wks2W
Brits and Americans already have invested Billions,Bibi already announced it..they are not hiding it..
The US doesn't support a two-state solution, the US only supports SAYING the US supports a two-state solution. We know this because the US just vetoed Palestine's bid to become a full UN member state, after lobbying other countries to vote against the resolution, despite continually saying it supports the foundation of a Palestinian state. Washington's words say one thing, but its actions say the opposite.
This is because if the US admitted its actual position, it would greatly damage its reputation on the world stage. What the US actually wants is the same thing the Israelis… Read more
@GarlicFrankie2wks2W
There already IS a two state solution. It's called Jordan and formed a huge 78% of the entire Mandate of Palestine illegally lopped off by Britain in 1922.
But the real issue isn't land per se.
It's IDEOLOGY. Islamic IDEOLOGY tragically is antisemitic, supremacist, hateful and bigoted towards all non-Muslims.
And land once run by Muslims, especially the holy land of Israel, is supposed to stay Muslim and not be returned to its rightful owners, the Jewish people. Not even one square metre of it.
So unless or until too many fundamentalist Muslims who outrageously are taught to hate… Read more
@dvg111591 2wks2W
The US eventually will want a Palestinian State. However, we still have to ensure Regional security and we have to support our Ally which is Israel.
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Why Are Government "Experts" Always Wrong About Inflation?
Jerome Powell owes us an explanation. The Federal Reserve chairman this week confirmed what investors already had guessed: Surprisingly persistent inflation is dissuading the Fed from cutting its short-term policy rate as soon and perhaps as quickly as Wall Street had hoped.
It’s the right call. The Fed committed its worst error in 40 years when it acted far too slowly to tame inflation following the pandemic. Its institutional credibility—on which hangs a lot in a fiat-money system—now depends on Mr. Powell’s success in suppressing that inflation.
As recently as Decembe… Read more
Because they're liars and thieves.
@QuaintCamelLibertarian2wks2W
This should be easy. The Fed has a dual mandate - employment and price stability.
How are prices? Over 2%
How is employment? Good
Easy, no rate cuts.
@ZebraAutumnMountain2wks2W
Perhaps the Fed should remember that sometimes the best way to know what the weather is outside is to ignore the forecasts and look out the window.
@KingdomBobcatVeteran2wks2W
This misses the single biggest factor driving inflation. Quantitative Easing (QE), whereby the fed purchases treasuries and thereby prints money, is the single most inflationary policy in the history of the fed. From 2020-2022 the Fed created over 8 trillion extra dollars. This represents at least a 20 % increase in the monetary supply (which has never been done in the history of the US in so short a time). Milton Friedman said it best "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in that it is and can only be produced by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output".
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Could Fossil Fuels Re-Elect Biden?
Oil and gas are doing more for the economy than his climate dreams.
Despite President Biden’s best efforts, U.S. fossil-fuel production continues to grow, and it’s supporting the economy he touts. That’s one notable finding from the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s recent report on state GDP growth in 2023 that is always instructive about regional and industrial economic trends.
The U.S. economy last year expanded by 2.5%, and while the rest of the press missed it, fossil-fuel producing states led the way. These include North Dakota (5.9%), Texas (5.7%), Wyoming (5.4%), Okl… Read more
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The Gaza War Is An Albatross Around Biden's Neck
Gaza has become the albatross around Biden’s neck. It is his war, not just Benjamin Netanyahu’s. It will be part of his legacy, an element of his obituary, a blot on his campaign — and it could get worse if Gaza cascades into a full-blown famine or violent anarchy, or if a wider war breaks out involving Iran or Lebanon. An apparent Israeli strike on a military base in central Iran early Friday underscored the danger of a bigger and more damaging conflict that could draw in the United States.
Consider just one example of America’s fingerprints on this war under Biden&rsq… Read more
@Lobby1stBatDemocrat2wks2W
President Biden has been doing an excellent job. NATO is stronger in his resistance to Russian aggression. With our help, Israel is close to bringing the oppression of Hamas to an end and I ran is finally facing resistance. Taiwan May yet survive China’s imperial reach. Coalition of democratic nations the United States, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Australia has been created. For the first time in many years, it appears that the democracies are pushing back more successfully against the forces, totalitarian and terrorist regimes and groups.
The problem as I see it is that the "Washington consensus" view on Israel policy is stuck in the 1970's, a time when Israel could reasonably portray itself as an embattled tiny nation under attack from all of the surrounding countries simultaneously.
That hasn't been true for decades, though: They made a difficult peace with Egypt at Camp David, and made peace with Jordan in the 1990's. And since Yitzak Rabin's assassination, Israel's driving policy goal has been to expand their territory into the occupied West Bank and turn both Gaza and a few areas of the… Read more
Since 1967, Israel has been a moral and geopolitical albatross around America's neck. Support for Israel has always required the most egregious special pleading by politicians of both parties; atrocities which would receive full-throated condemnation if perpetrated by any other nation, are excused and even extolled by otherwise decent men like Joe Biden. This has cost our country immeasurably in treasure and moral authority.
@PoliticSheepDemocrat2wks2W
I think the last six months expose Biden as not having the intellectual capacity or perspective to deal with the situation. Biden is a politician. He's not a statesman or military strategist. He counts votes and dollars, not lives.
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China Orders Apple to Remove Popular Messaging Apps
WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram among apps cut from iPhone app store to comply with censorship demandChina ordered
China ordered Apple to remove some of the world’s most popular chat messaging apps from its app store in the country, the latest example of censorship demands on the iPhone seller in the company’s second-biggest market.
WhatsApp and Threads as well as messaging platforms Signal and Telegram were taken off the Chinese App Store Friday. Apple said it was told to remove certain apps because of national security concerns, without specifying which.
These messaging apps, which… Read more
Banning TikTok is a Power Grab for the Deep State
If the bill's supporters get what they want, millions of Americans would find their ability to access TikTok terminated by the government, just in time for the November 2024 election. This radical state intervention was endorsed last week by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a unanimous 50-0 vote, establishing a coveted bipartisan consensus in favor of expelling American users from their preferred social media platform. This extreme action is to be carried out, as usual, in the alleged name of "national security," and to more aggressively combat perceived "foreign… Read more
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