Aziz Poonawalla

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About to say my dumb as rocks thoughts but been thinking about how Iran has met every provocation with proportionate retaliation. Missiles for missiles. Oil hubs for oil hubs. Tel Aviv for Tehran. But not school for school.

I keep seeing the claim that Israel did not want Bush to attack Iraq, including by @michelleinbklyn in the @nytimes today and elsewhere. The claim is entirely fraudulent and easily debunked with even a cursory examination of the evidence. Every serious student of the catastrophe knows that Israel and the lobby were champions of the war. See the original paper by @MearsheimerJ and @stephenWalt that documents this at length. hks.harvard.edu/publications/i…

The GCC is in a major, existential bind: - Enter the war against Iran and risk devastating consequences; - Close its airspace to the US but dismantle its foundational security architecture; - No leverage to compel the US to end the war; - Do nothing and lose anyway.

“I Wargamed Iran for Obama. This Is the Worst-Case Scenario” Absolute must-read on the 5 lessons from wargaming that former US official ⁦@ilangoldenberg⁩ learned that Trump hasn’t. zeteo.com/p/i-wargamed-i…

.@RnaudBertrand shares a helpful summary highlighting the key details linked above. Read the full column by Foreign Minister @badralbusaidi here: economist.com/by-invitation/…

Just take the chair

The U.S. funded 80% of the development cost. Israel now sells it (with U.S. approval) as their largest defense export. Germany paid $6.7B. A permanent revenue stream for Israeli gov’t courtesy U.S. taxpayers.

Many people wouldn't have liked it when I called Iran a rational actor. But consider their actions so far. -Did not close Strait of Hormuz until there was an existential threat to their country -Did not attack critical energy infrastructure until theirs was targeted -They have once again threatened that they will destroy the regional energy infrastructure if theirs is attacked, prompting Trump to announce no more of Iran's will be targeted -They have demonstrated the capability to destroy the entire energy infrastructure of the Gulf and yet, they are holding themselves back. Compare this with Israel and USA's actions so far: -Decapitation strike against Iran while negotiations were progressing well (Oman confirmed this) and a ceasefire was in place. -Targeted Iran's energy infrastructure knowing fully well that there will be retaliation. -Initiated a war they have no means of winning without plunging the entire world into an apocalypse. Which side is the rational actor here?

BOMBSHELL: Iran offered to give away ALL of its enriched uranium during peace talks in Geneva. The British thought it was a credible offer. Hours later, Trump started bombing Iran anyway. The US didn't want peace, they wanted war.

Israel and America are throwing each other under the bus after Iran put them in their place. This is so unprofessional and embarrassing.

Massive revelation. Israel intentionally assassinated Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani to sabotage a peace deal. Then they blew up Qatar's natural gas facilities to lock the US into a permanent regional war. They are destroying the world.

@myqsar check out halal.ist theres a great place in OC called La Carniceria Wagyu

Over said at this point but American Muslims seriously need to stop opening up chicken burger joints and Yemeni cafes and get to working on a halal Italian deli, I want a prosciutto sandwich

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi — who mediated the most recent nuclear talks— writes a piece in The Economist arguing the US “has lost control of its own foreign policy.”

Ossoff: So the assessment of the intelligence community is that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by last summer's airstrikes? Gabbard: Yes. Ossoff: Your statement stated: there has been no efforts since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability. That's the assessment of the intelligence community? Gabbard: Yes.

Tesla fans using the “4-second disengagement” as a gotcha are missing the forest for the trees. Yes, the driver was technically in control of the vehicle at the moment of impact. But she was in control because FSD was already failing by driving too fast ahead of this sharp turn — it was heading straight into a concrete barrier at highway speed with no sign of correcting. Everyone who has frequently used FSD or Autopilot and paints this 4-second disengagement as a “gotcha” moment is being disengenous, and that includes Elon Musk. I have tens of thousands of miles on FSD, and I’ve experienced the system coming too fast into a turn at least half a dozen times. We’ve said this before and we’ll keep saying it: the problem with FSD isn’t what happens when the driver is paying attention and the system works. The problem is what happens when the system gives you every reason to trust it, and then suddenly doesn’t work. The driver has to recognize the failure, assess the situation, decide on a correction, and physically execute it, all in less time than the system needs to create the danger. Musk and Tesla’s propagandists can point to the logs all they want. The video shows what actually matters: FSD approaching a standard highway curve at full speed with zero indication it was going to navigate it. That’s the failure. Everything that happened after, including the panicked disengagement, is a consequence of that failure. The framing that this was “manual driving, not FSD” is technically true for the final 4 seconds and deeply dishonest about the full sequence of events. It’s exactly the kind of liability shell game that courts are increasingly rejecting, as that $243 million verdict makes clear. Tesla created the system, sold it as “Full Self-Driving,” and profits from the ambiguity. At some point, it has to own the consequences.

alhamdolillah shukranlillah America is the best Islamic country in the world, as I have been saying for years, because only here can you truly have freedom of religion (its also the best Jewish best Catholic best Protestant best Hindu etc. etc. country too)

*PRESS RELEASE* HOUSTON, TEXAS - Yesterday, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the State of Texas for excluding Islamic schools from Texas' voucher program, finding that in doing so the State had caused immediate, irreparable harm to Texas' Muslim parents. The judge noted he was "troubled" by the exclusion of all Islamic schools, specifically asking the State's attorneys: "how is it that these [Islamic] schools have found themselves the waiting room?" and noting that "the appearance of 0 for 30 [approvals] should give [the state] pause." The judge ordered the statewide extension of the TEFA deadline for *all* parents from Mar. 17 to Mar. 31 (meaning parents of children pre-K to 12 still have time to apply, if they wish to!). The judge also ordered that application links to participate in the TEFA program be provided to our plaintiff schools. Perhaps, most telling was how quickly the State's justifications for excluding Islamic schools from Texas' voucher program collapsed in court. The State initially alleged concerns with Islamic schools' accreditations and accrediting body Cognia. But in court the State conceded that other Cognia-accredited schools had been approved. The State further conceded there was no evidence of alleged terror links for our plaintiff schools. We welcome this significant step forward for our clients but this is only the first step in ensuring a level playing field for ALL Texas parents.

Ossoff: Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was an imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime? Gabbard: The only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president. It is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat. Ossoff: It is precisely your responsibility. This is the worldwide threats hearing where, as you noted in your opening testimony quote, you represent the ic's assessment of threats.

Btw what happens is drivers see that autopilot is about to cause a crash and disengage it to try to stop the crash and it’s too late. Then tesla gets to say that autopilot wasn’t engaged

Many synagogues across the US encourage their members to donate to the Israeli Defense Forces to help carry out a genocide in Gaza, mass murder & apartheid in the West Bank, mass murder and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon, and mass murder in Iran. A few examples: Temple Judaea: "How to Give The following are suggested organizations: Friends of the Israel Defense Forces" https:// judeagables.org/israel Beth Tfiloh Congregation "Ways to Help Support Israel: FIDF (Friends of the IDF)" https:// bethtfiloh.com/israel Beth El "Volunteers for Israel: ISRAEL IS AT WAR! VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED ON IDF BASES Programs are available now" https:// nssbethel.org/beth-el-stands -with-israel/ Synagogue of the Suburban Torah Center: "Friends of the IDF is the sole organization authorized to collect charitable donations on behalf of the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces across the United States of America. Click Here for their donation page." https:// suburbantorah.org/supportisrael Congregation Beth Israel: "There are a number of charities collecting to support victims in Israel. Please consider donating through one of them – http:// fidf.org - goes directly to the Israeli Defense Fund https:// congregation-beth-israel.org/support/ Palm Beach Synagogue: "Support initiatives that embrace, educate and empower IDF soldiers. Donate to “Thank Israeli Soldiers” >>" https:// palmbeachsynagogue.org/our-story Park Avenue Synagogue: "Donations: Friends of IDF (Championing the men and women of the IDF)" https:// pasyn.org/media-resource s/israel-at-war/ This is a small sample of shuls encouraging their Jews to donate to apartheid, genocide and wars of aggression. Try to imagine if a mosque in the US raised money explicitly to send to the RSF forces in Sudan, carrying out a genocide there.