Ron S. Friedman

Science, technology, economics and geopolitics predictions for 2026 and later: youtube.com/watch?v=8Ow5Ex…

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@oelma__ Why would a beutiful woman make herself less so?

What is your first thought when you see a Nose ring?

@JimMcMurtry01 Meanwhile I need to do a surgery for a real medical condition... So far I'd been waiting for four month and I didn't even saw a specialist yet. It will probably take over a year before I'll get that simple surgery.

A girl in Canada has her breasts cut off every 6 days. Congratulations to all the school personnel who normalize child mutilation!

@MarioNawfal It is most definitly not routine.

🇩🇪🇺🇸 Merz on the U.S. pulling 5,000 troops from Germany: "The U.S. regularly relocates its troops worldwide. There are still over 30,000 American soldiers in Germany." Worth noting: those troops are leaving because Merz said the U.S. was "humiliated" by Iran. He's not panicking, but he's also the reason they're leaving.

BITCOIN RECLAIMS $80,000 THE BEARS ARE IN SHAMBLES

@unusual_whales My biggest issue with Carney is that his policy is huge debt, huge deficit, corruption and waste. But he still won the elections on the anti-Trump platform. He has to confront the US because this is what boomers in Ontario elected him for.

Canada's Carney: A lot of countries rushed into deals with the US -- they weren't really worth the paper they were written on

@akmetax It has been a good Sunday, so far.

what’s the move for Sunday ? rest and recharge or end it strong

@RonSFriedman LFGGG

It’s gonna be a good onchain summer

Bitcoin is back at $80K.

I pretty much agree with your assessment. The only difference is that the US is divided and a lot weaker. The US military is the strongest in the world. But the population is weak. While Iran can absorb a lot of pain, including the assassination of its leadership, the destruction of its air defence and Navy, economic collapse and the currency devalued by 90%... The US can't sustain the pain of an extra $1.5 at the pump.

For those who know history, understand the Islamic regime, and are following the current events, Trump’s approach toward Iran has become quite clear. About ten years ago, the late Iranian-American analyst Manook Khodabakhshian predicted these exact days in detail. He described the Islamic Republic as a “small Islamic Soviet Union” that would be pushed toward internal collapse through external pressure that would deepen the existing cracks until the system imploded from within. He believed this would be the least costly, least risky, and least bloody path. The similarities are striking. Both systems were highly ideological and totalitarian, extremely inefficient, and relied on heavy violence and external threats to maintain power and create deterrence. Both poured enormous resources into exporting their ideology and supporting proxies while their economies collapsed. And both turned their nuclear programs, or ambitions for them, into an existential burden. The Soviet Union exhausted itself in the arms race, and Iran is doing the same today.America played a very similar role back then. In the 1980s, the U.S. placed a massive naval presence around the Soviet Union, dramatically increased military spending, launched the Strategic Defense Initiative, and openly supported internal dissidents and opposition movements. Today, we are seeing almost the exact same playbook: multiple carrier strike groups in the region, increased military pressure, sanctions, and clear signals of support for the Iranian people and any potential internal change. In the Soviet case, a reformist figure like Gorbachev eventually came to power. He tried to fix the system from within, but the hardliners launched a coup against him in 1991. The coup failed, the hardliners were arrested or marginalized, and nationalist forces gained more power. Ultimately, the Soviet Union collapsed a few months later without a major civil war or violent revolution. It simply dissolved. Iran’s path, however, looks different. Because this regime is not just another leftist dictatorship, it is a cult-like Islamic ideology mixed with apocalyptic and suicidal tendencies. Controlling or sidelining its hardliners is far more difficult than it was with the Soviet communists. A moderate reformist like Gorbachev would likely lose control here. That is why the trajectory in Iran more closely resembles the Egyptian model: an El-Sisi scenario. A pragmatic, security-minded figure who steps in, uses force if necessary to neutralize the hardliners, restores order, and creates the space for a controlled transition. Preside Trump seems to understand this reality very well. His goal is not to directly topple the regime and then own the aftermath like Iraq or Afghanistan. Instead, he wants to use maximum external pressure to weaken the regime, accelerate its internal fractures, and empower the Iranian people themselves to play the main role in the change. He wants the transition to be driven from inside Iran, with America providing support from the outside, not direct occupation. This crack is already visible inside the regime. Decision-making is no longer in the hands of one person. Different factions have formed, and the fact that 70 IRGC figures came to Pakistan shows that none of them trust each other. So far, the El-Sisi-type figure has not emerged with enough power to control the others and accept the necessary concessions. It remains to be seen what will happen in the coming days. Will there be a coup with the help of the regular army against the gangsters of the IRGC, or will the hardliners be purged with Israeli assistance? The coming days are very important. I truly hope that this ends with the least possible cost, and before the hardliners get the chance to do something stupid. Let me know your thoughts on this take, I’d like to exchange ideas and see nom-Iranian perspectives on it. #IranWar‌ ‌ #JavidShah‌‌‌‌‌

@Aymanmed @MarioNawfal The holy land was not a Christian land. The Roman and later the Christian Bizantin Empire that existed before the Islamic conquest, stole it from the Jewish people. This is the truth, and even Muhammad acknowledged it in the Quran.

Back in 1099, the European Crusaders captured Jerusalem and stayed there for a while, they lied to themselves, to their children, to their grandchildren, telling them it was their land, their destiny, and all that Shit. But in less than two centuries, they lost the war to the Arabs, and went back to Europe. So enjoy the lie, you’ll drink from the same cup.

Hamas celebrates killing Israelis. Ben Gvir celebrates killing Palestinians. Unless this stops, how will there ever be peace?

@timamalla @ggclx_ I need some context.

What would you say if a goddess enters your video?

@JKP_Images @Nuni_Sas_Yu @Coralie4955 I did some reading and you are right. I thought people didn't need to show residency.

@RonSFriedman @Nuni_Sas_Yu @Coralie4955 In fact, for part of the submissions we had to have an affidavit signed by a commissioner of oaths attesting to the number of sheets/signatures

The Alberta Independence Petition sheets have serial numbers, with chain of custody records. The Canvasser had to put their EA Canvasser ID number on each sheet, and signed each sheet they completed. To sign the petition, one must show the required ID to prove identity and residency. Any canvasser who engaged in fraud can be identified and sanctioned. I turned away 75+ people for not having the required ID.

@seansdirtysock @MarioNawfal What's the difference between short ranged missiles and small rockets?

@RonSFriedman @MarioNawfal Not really. It's effective against drones and small rockets, not ballistic missiles. Its effectiveness is also limited by weather conditions. Cloudy weather makes it difficult to use precisely.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇷🇺 The Iran war is giving America's adversaries something no spy satellite can: live footage of US military limits. China, Russia, and North Korea watched US AI-assisted precision strikes in real time for the first time. They also watched something more valuable: how fast the US burned through Tomahawk missiles and Patriot interceptors. Advanced munitions stockpiles depleting faster than they can be replaced. That's the takeaway Beijing and Moscow just filed away. The cheap drone angle makes it worse. Iran's $300 drones, some built on Chinese parts, kept US Gulf allies on defense and forced expensive interceptor responses at a ratio that's simply unsustainable in a prolonged conflict. Russia is fighting a war where NATO resupply depends on those same stockpiles. China is war-gaming a Taiwan scenario that would demand them even faster. The US just gave both of them a free intelligence briefing on exactly where to apply pressure. Source: AA News

@PuckFuddleCGY @cgy_guy Build a peer to deep water.

@cgy_guy You do realize the tanker ban is entirely safety based and nothing to do with the environment right? The water is too shallow for oil tankers

Ok Forever Canadians, riddle me this: Trump has approved what was essentially Keystone again. Carney still hasn’t lifted the tanker ban and has forced expensive CO2 capture on U.S. Why should we want to stay in Canada? The worst president in American history, treats us better than the best PM ever. 😉. #AlbertaIndependence

@VerminusM Causality - cause and effect. a.k.a consequences.

If you don't want your hometown to be demolished, don't launch missiles at Israel from it. Com'on people, it's not rocket science!

Do you think Spain's Socialist / Anti-Zionist president, Pedro Sánchez, won the elections, in part, because Maduro finded him?