40 Years In The Desert:The Further Adventures of Matthew Saroff

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The West is celebrating a "tactical success" while sleepwalking into a strategic nightmare.

The US just traded a predictable adversary for an unpredictable, divinely-inspired global insurgency. This isn't the end; it's the beginning of a much darker chapter.
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Trump’s "kill everyone" doctrine, dictated by Netanyahu, has backfired. They thought they were decapitating a regime. Instead, they’ve given the Islamic Republic its most powerful symbol of legitimacy since 1979. You cannot kill an idea, especially one now bathed in the blood of "martyrdom."
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The blowback is already unprecedented. We are seeing something rare: Shia-Sunni unity. From Karachi to Baghdad to Lucknow, Sunnis are joining Shias in the streets. By targeting a religious authority of this stature, the US has unified the Ummah against a common "tyrant."
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He was killed with his family. In the Shia psyche, this immediately mirrors the Martyrdom of Husayn at Karbala. The narrative of the "oppressed" (Mazlum) vs the "oppressor" (Zalim) is now fully activated. This isn't just an Iranian tragedy; it’s a global Shia rallying cry.
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The timing is catastrophic. Khamenei was killed in Ramadan, the same holy month as Imam Ali, the first Imam of Shiism and the "Epitome of Justice." To millions, this isn't a "strike", it’s a divine parallel. He died as Ali died: at the hands of an assassin during the month of fasting.
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For the Leader of the Islamic Republic to be martyred by the "US/Israel" is 1000% on brand. It transforms a political office into a sacred, eternal cause.
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8By killing him, the US and Israel didn’t just eliminate a leader; they fulfilled a 1,400-year-old prophecy and created a martyr whose shadow will haunt the West for decades. Consider the symbolism: Iran has NEVER had a martyred Supreme Leader. Khomeini died of natural causes.
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@jricole.bsky.social Saw this Ecch (Twitter) post about how the assassination of Khamenei aligns with Shia eschatology.

It sounds convincing, but I am ignorant:

The assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei is the single greatest strategic blunder in modern US history.
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These politicians were not trying to appease Republicans. They are just bigots.

a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference ALT: a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference

Regarding your name:

The realist: Women want you not to be an asshole.

I would note that if you put it in the metadata, with a note before saying, "Text of ad," it is just record keeping, and cannot be construed as misrepresentation in any way.

On your resume, copy and past the entire text of the ad onto your resume, set it to .2 point size, and make it white.
Only AI will see it.
I guess that you could put it in the metadata as well.

Even worse, The Athletic was a used by the Times as a tool to replace its unionized sports department with nonunion labor.

And everyone involved who can be prosecuted should be.

They all need felony convictions so that they can no longer own guns.

It's EU lawfare against those with unfavored opinions.

How screwed up do things have to be for Bill f%$#ing Kristol to get it right?

Just because the billionaires' pedo pimp committed suicide in 2019 does not mean that there is not a new billionaires' pedo pimp.

Who have the elites to replace Jeffrey Epstein.

Dafuq?

I hope that the LGBTQ community and their supports set up a 24/7 security presence to prevent the MAGAts from taking this down again.

I'd pay to hear him read a phone book.

But FIFA ain't far behind.

If I die of unnatural causes, it won't be suicide.

My long suffering wife will have murdered me, and it will be completely justified.

How she has managed to make it through 31 ½ years of marriage with me and not once smacked me with a skillet is beyond my comprehension.

He was their pimp, and most of them were not pedophiles, they got off on getting away with it.

Damn, Dan! You have like some sort of super power.
Remember, with great power comes great responsibility.

No she would not slap him.
She would fell him with a savage karate chop.

1000 words on Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post.

OK, if SAP is Nazi Germany, what does that make Oracle?

Oracle makes SAP look like pikers.

Thiel has spoken favorably of patents.