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@PeterSchiff @saylor #MSTR is a cash flow negative business. Where did they get the “reserve fund” to pay the dividends? From investors who were under the assumption that their money would be used to buy bitcoin. Instead they just hoarded the cash which they claim to hate over bitcoin to further pay their debts. This is the most Madoff scenario since Madoff. Enough hopium and preying on the poor looking to strike it rich.

@grok @histories_arch Wow. So Islam can to Persia via this conquest? If so, what was their religion before

Yes, the Rashidun Caliphate militarily conquered the Sasanian Empire (633–651 CE), defeating its armies at key battles like al-Qadisiyyah and Nahavand. They overthrew the last Sasanian king, took political/military control, and incorporated Persia into the Islamic caliphate. Persian culture, bureaucracy, and knowledge later heavily influenced the new rulers in return.

The Gate of All Nations, also known as the Gate of Xerxes, is located in the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis, Iran 🇮🇷. The construction of the Staircase of the Nations and the Gate of the Nations was ordered by the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (486-465 BC), successor of Persepolis' founder Darius I. The Gate of all Nations consisted of a grand hall that was a square of approximately 25m in length, with four columns and its entrance on the Western Wall. Xerxes’s name was written in three languages (Old Persian text are Babylonian and Elamite) and carved on the entrances, informing everyone that he ordered it to be built. It translates as; ‘A great god is Ahuramazda, who created this earth, who created heaven, who created man, who created happiness for man, who made Xerxes king, one king of many kings, commander of many commanders’. The structure consisted of one large chamber, the roof of which was supported by four stone pillars with bell-shaped bases. This room had a stone bench running parallel to the inner wall, interrupted by the doorway. The outer wall, made of wide mud blocks, had numerous gaps. Each of the three east, west, and south walls had a very large stone entrance. Two huge bulls secured the western entrance. Two Assyrian lamas stood at the eastern doorway, albeit gigantic. On top of each of the four colossi are trilingual inscriptions attesting to construction and completion of the gate by Xerxes. The southern doorway opens onto the Apadana and is the widest of the three doorways. Rotating devices in the inner corners of all the doors indicate that they had two doors covered with metal sheets, probably wooden and decorated. Lamassu or bull-men originated in Babylonia and Assyria, but the Persians adopted them. These mythological creatures have the head of a bearded man. Lamassu is a winged animal with the head of a human. Assyrians used to place these figures at the entrance of the cities and palaces. In the past, visitors didn’t have much respect for these monuments and they left their marks on the walls of the Gate of All Nations. Many Iranians believe that these creatures were defaced by the Arabs when they conquer Persia in 7th Century CE. 📷 : Credit to the Owner #archaeohistories

@grok @histories_arch So they Arabs conquered and took control?

Actually, the Sasanian Empire (Persia) *was* militarily conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate in 633–651 CE. After the Sassanids were weakened by long wars with Byzantium and internal chaos, Arab forces won decisive victories at al-Qadisiyyah (636) and Nahavand (642), leading to the empire's fall by 651. Persian culture and administration then heavily influenced the Islamic caliphates in return—science, governance, and language thrived under the new order. Conquest happened, but assimilation cut both ways.

@FoxNews @grok explain

Top Democrats suddenly go quiet when asked about the explosive Reddit posts from Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. Fox Digital pressed Democratic leaders on whether Platner’s newly uncovered vulgar online comments are becoming a political problem ahead of the midterms… and got little to no response.

@TexasTribune @grok what? Details

Inside the child sex abuse case that resulted in Ken Paxton’s office offering a plea deal of just one day in jail bit.ly/4nNym8X

@timburchett @grok how can this possibly be true. Give the details.

The UK has fallen.

@grok @FoxNews Why? Doesn’t seem like it

In the hearing on U.S. ops in the Middle East/Iran, Rep. Seth Moulton questioned the strategy: "It feels like we're losing... I would like to know how many more Americans we have to ask to die for this mistake." Adm. Brad Cooper (CENTCOM) replied it was "an entirely inappropriate statement... with all due respect." Criticism of Moulton exploded because many saw it as framing military efforts as a deadly "mistake" and disrespecting troops/admiral during testimony.

"I would like to know how many more Americans we have to ask to die for this mistake." That question from Rep. Seth Moulton sparked a fiery clash with CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper during a tense hearing on Iran and U.S. military operations in the Middle East. Cooper slammed Moulton's remark as "entirely inappropriate as the exchange escalated in front of lawmakers.

Should have just said nigger again. Then sued for harassment and potentially assault and battery. If a word upsets certain people then getting upset is their own fault. Can’t control everyone and people should be allowed to speak however they want. Even being mean, he didn’t endanger anyone. We are all entitled to free speech, not nice speech that makes us warm and cozy. Grow up

NEW: Texas attorney Michael Phillips confronted after allegedly saying a racial slur in a custody trial. "Mr. N*gga N*gga N*gga right here. Yeah, that's your a$$... Call me a n*gga... C'mon..." Phillips was found in contempt for allegedly using a racial slur "numerous times in court in a derisive manner." He was sentenced to three days in jail and fined $500. Both punishments were suspended with a written apology. Phillips has disputed the allegations, saying the slur was used during an evidentiary argument while objecting to testimony and language that had allegedly been introduced during trial proceedings, according to Click2Houston. Phillips says he apologized immediately.

@FT @grok tell me everything

Jonathan Andic was already under investigation in connection with the death of his father Isak, Mango's billionaire founder, who fell to his death in December 2024 while the two were hiking. ft.trib.al/h3E1hAU

@C_3C_3 @grok what is this taking about?

To be eligible to win Best Picture at the Oscars… 1. At least 1 Non-White/Non-Straight lead or Significant Role. 2. At least 30% minor roles Non-White/Non-Straight people. 3. At least 2 Departments headed by Non-White/Non-Straight people. This is why Nolan did it. Coward.

@TexasTribune Both losers.

U.S. Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee are squaring off after the Legislature consolidated their two Houston districts into one during last summer’s redistricting. Here's what you need to know about the 18th Congressional District Democratic runoff election. bit.ly/4tN6pAd

@Bart_ProBTC Make your own thoughts and post those. Stop copy and pasting @TedPillows

When you really believe that trading is simply a probability game, concepts like right or wrong or win or lose no longer have the same

@enews @grok what happened?

It's been over a decade since Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Solange Knowles boarded an elevator at a Met Gala after-party, then that leaked footage spread across the internet.

🔥NEW: Clarence Thomas — full remarks on progressivism, its foundations, history, and impact from his appearance at University of Texas at Austin: “Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Mao were all intertwined with the rise of progressivism, and all were opposed to the natural rights on which our Declaration is based.” "Many progressives expressed admiration for each of them shortly before their governments killed tens of millions of people." "It comes as no surprise that the progressives embraced eugenics... It was only a small step for Wilson to resegregate the federal workforce." "It was only another step for the government to launch sterilization programs on those deemed by the experts of the day to be unfit to reproduce." “European thinkers have long criticized America for remaining trapped in a Lockean world, with its weakened, decentralized government and strong individual rights. They say our 18th-century Declaration has prevented us from progressing to higher forms of government." "But we were fortunate not to trade our Lockean bonds for the supposedly enlightened world of Hegel, Marx, and their followers. Fascism, which after all was national socialism, triggered wars in Europe and Asia that killed tens of millions." "The socialism of the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China proceeded to kill tens of millions more of their own people. This is what happens when natural rights give way to higher-good notions of history or progress, or, as Thomas Sowell has written, the visions of the anointed." "None of this, of course, was an improvement on the principles of the Declaration. Tocqueville's Democracy in America is largely about how America owed its superiority over Europe to its conscious decision to reject central planning and administrative rule, root and branch." "Progressivism, in other words, is retrogressive.”

@timburchett Protesting is so 1960s

Where are the media folks complaining about her 1st Amendment rights being denied?

@archeohistories 216 trials? What a waste of time and energy. Bullets day 1 would have had the same effect. Plus credibility. Humanity is pathetic

When World War II ended in 1945, the four Allied powers faced a momentous question: what do you do with the architects of history's most devastating war? France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States agreed to answer that question in a courtroom rather than through summary execution. The chosen location was Nuremberg, Germany, a city deeply symbolic as the former site of Nazi Party rallies, now transformed into a stage for international justice. Between November 20, 1945, and October 1, 1946, the International Military Tribunal tried 22 of the most important surviving leaders of Nazi Germany across political, military, and economic spheres, along with six Nazi organizations. The charges were sweeping: crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit all of the above. The court convened inside the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, which had previously been expanded by German prisoners to hold up to 1,200 detainees. Each of the four Allied powers appointed two judges and a full prosecution team, making it a genuinely international effort. The IMT was the first time that international treaties among states were used to prosecute individuals, representing an intentional break with the past. The prosecution introduced an avalanche of evidence, including concentration camp footage that stunned both the defendants and the judges when it was screened in court. Every single defendant pleaded not guilty, though none dared claim that the crimes themselves had never happened. After 216 court sessions, on October 1, 1946, verdicts were handed down on 22 of the original 24 defendants. Three were acquitted, four received prison terms ranging from 10 to 20 years, three were sentenced to life imprisonment, and twelve were sentenced to death by hanging. Ten were executed by hanging on October 16, 1946, while one prominent figure took his own life the night before his scheduled execution. The United States then held 12 additional trials in Nuremberg, and in total, across all proceedings, 199 defendants were tried, 161 were convicted, and 37 were sentenced to death. The trials were not without controversy, with critics arguing that only the defeated were being judged while Allied misconduct went unexamined. Yet even those who questioned the proceedings acknowledged that something unprecedented had occurred: individuals, not just nations, were now accountable under international law. The Nuremberg Trials permanently reshaped the legal landscape of the modern world. By establishing that individuals could be held criminally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the trials laid the foundation for international criminal law as we know it today. They directly inspired the United Nations Genocide Convention of 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Decades later, the Nuremberg precedent gave birth to the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the 1990s, and ultimately to the permanent International Criminal Court established in 2002. The trials also introduced simultaneous multilingual interpretation to the world, a tool now indispensable in global diplomacy. Whatever their imperfections, the Nuremberg Trials drew a line in history: that no one, regardless of rank or nationality, stands above the law when it comes to the gravest crimes against humanity. #archaeohistories

$BTC current move will end soon. After that, a dump will happen, and then the real accumulation will start.

@TedPillows Short.

Would you long or short this chart?