@LeahLibresco Mortifying that I didn't get this until reading the comments, but it's been a long time since I read those books.
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Ryan Booth
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Ryan Booth
@brteacher
Owner of Mathnasium of Ascension
Baton Rouge, LA Katılım Eylül 2009
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It’s so over for Locke and Demosthenes
“What if I try a college application essay I wrote 15 years ago, when my prose style was vastly worse and frankly embarrassing to reread?
‘Kelsey Piper,’ said Claude”
theargumentmag.com/p/i-can-never-…
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@DastDn Yeah, people still argue that Iraq was better off under Saddam. It's nuts.
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Should that come to pass, God willing, that argument will absolutely be made - as it has been made in regards to Russia for decades.
"An overtly adversarial and rabidly hostile regime is better than the chaos that would engendered by its disintegration."
RBe@RBPundit
I would love to see people make a case that Iran collapsing economically and militarily means they won
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@MattBoxer94 I actually think that, if true regime change happens in Iran, Israel can quickly put itself in a position for long-term peace in the region, and a lot of the hate for Israel will disappear.
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Projecting what politics looks like 30-40 years from now is a fools errand
Based Illinoisan@BasedIllinoisan
By the time Gen Z accounts for the majority of Congress, whatever is left of the pro-Israel crowd in America will experience what it was like to be suspected of being a communist sympathizer during McCarthyism.
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@xevekiah I believe in strong punishment for child molesters. I don't believe in entrapment.
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@xevekiah Lots of replies from people are focused on the morality of sexting with a minor. Yeah, that's wicked.
But he wasn't doing that, even if he thought he was. And TV crews had no business going to that man's house.
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Did you know the TV show “To Catch a Predator” was cancelled because they kept catching law enforcement, teachers, preachers, local officials, and other people meant to protect Children?
The final straw? An Assistant District Attorney in TEXAS was courting who he thought was a 13yo boy. He didn’t show for the sting, so they sent law enforcement and camera crew to his home. The police entered, and Louis Conradt shot himself, taking his own life.
Can’t make this shit up.
mei@euphemey
Hit me with the harshest reality truth.
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@BobJanetmager5 @xevekiah Why do you hate the Constitution? And why do you evil thoughts about people who respect it?
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@brteacher @xevekiah “That was evil” when talking about a pedo who offed himself but not what he wanted to do?
Need your devices checked
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Heritage promotes anti-Semitic hate.
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
Washington Post: “Fuentes’s revenue soared again in October after he was interviewed by… Tucker Carlson, climbing from $60,000 in superchats the month before the interview to more than $100,000 the month after.” Congrats to Heritage for their pro-Tucker stance.
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@REMISIER888 @IranIntl_En Trump is just stalling while getting assets into place for Round 2.
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@IranIntl_En Precisely, why meet the Iranians when their expectations are clearly not to give up their nuclear enrichment activities or stop funding and supporting their regional proxies?
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Iran has not changed its decision to abstain from upcoming negotiations with the United States in Pakistan, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News reported citing informed sources on Monday.
Tasnim's report said that despite an announcement by President Donald Trump that Vice President JD Vance and a US delegation are en route to Islamabad, Tehran remains firm in its refusal to participate until specific preconditions are met.
A primary obstacle to the talks is the ongoing US naval blockade of Iranian ports, the report said. The report added that this issue has been conveyed to Washington via a Pakistani mediator, who confirmed that the matter was raised directly with Trump.
In addition to the blockade, the report cited "excessive demands" in messages exchanged with the American side, leading Iranian officials to conclude that there is no "clear horizon" for a successful agreement.
iranintl.com/en/202604200071
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@JorgeH_954 @xevekiah Because I don't believe in thoughtcrime? LOL.
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@xevekiah "He didn't show for the sting" really means "He changed his mind and decided not to commit a crime."
The TV show producers then decided to destroy the man's life anyway. That was evil.
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@Mr_Andrew_Fox No, this is your indication that it's absurd:
"the rising influence of Mojtaba Khamenei"
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Danny is the single best analyst of the Iran war that I know.
This is bang on.
Danny (Dennis) Citrinowicz ,داني سيترينوفيتش@citrinowicz
At a broad level, it’s important to acknowledge a hard truth: this war is a textbook case of the old saying - "Strategy must precede action" The underlying assumption in the US and Israel was that weakening Iran kineticly would eventually lead to the collapse of the regime and that a sustained U.S.-Israeli campaign, targeting Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, could trigger systemic change thay will change the Middle East. But this war overlooked a critical variable: the Islamic Republic of Iran is a different kind of actor. Traditional cost-benefit calculations don’t apply in the conventional sense. Moreover, the war has generated second-order effects that have made the strategic landscape more complex — not less. From Iran’s growing assertiveness around the Strait of Hormuz, to the hardening of its internal decision-making processes, to the rising influence of Mojtaba Khamenei and the expanding dominance of the IRGC, the Iranian system has, in many ways, become more rigid and more ideological. These dynamics are pushing the administration into a narrowing set of options, none of them good. The choice increasingly looks like this: accept a deal that is, in essence, a strengthened version of the previous nuclear agreement, or return to military escalation that carries significant regional risks without guaranteeing meaningful change in Iran’s behavior. In effect, this war has helped shape what could be called “Islamic Republic 3.0” — a system forged not only through pressure, but also through strategic miscalculation. While the regime may have been weakened militarily and economically, it has, paradoxically, been strengthened internally, particularly among its core base. This may well be the campaign’s most significant strategic miscalculation. The protests inside Iran had left the regime increasingly exposed, struggling to respond to public demands, led by an aging and ailing supreme leader. There was a moment of internal vulnerability. Yet the campaign, despite its tactical achievements, has given the regime a renewed sense of purpose at a time when it was fighting for its political future. Instead of weakening it from within, it has helped consolidate its base and rally its supporters. It remains unclear how this will end. But at this stage, one conclusion is difficult to avoid: alongside tactical gains, the war has produced a more challenging strategic environment for Iran’s neighbors, for Israel, and for the United States. And most importantly, Iran’s leadership has no intention of capitulating. Neither pressure nor escalation is likely to force a deeply ideological regime to abandon its foundational principles. There is no decisive blow. No silver bullet. Only two realistic paths remain: a deal that looks remarkably similar to what Iran was willing to consider before the war — or an expanded conflict with no clear endgame. This is the reality. #IranWar
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@EspenRobak @NateSilver538 He said he was moving before the election, but that was still just a couple of weeks before the vote, when the polls overwhelmingly showed Orban losing.
People can make up their own minds about Rod's motives for deciding to move.
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@brteacher @NateSilver538 Ah, so just a coincidence that it’s just after the election
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Not super interested in this particular controversy, but dude who tweets all the time doing this fey little "oh my, my friend just reminded of my bad tweet 😂" give me a fucking break.
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I told you about this guy. Both of them, actually.
Britta | NoSoup4Knowles@nosoup4knowles
Russell Brand mocks the lone gunman narrative. Blames "the most powerful interest in the world" for Charlie's assassination. Says we shouldn't blame "trans people" because Jesus loves everyone and sees us all as family. Tucker fake laughs hysterically & agrees
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@NateSilver538 It's another example of "my political opponents really are *that evil,* so I will believe an allegation against them that's absurd on its face."
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@EspenRobak @NateSilver538 He's leaving Hungary and moving to Vienna, where his son lives.
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@brteacher @JonahDispatch @goAPEL I hear what you’re saying. In my district, recent additions to the school board ran on issues that had nothing to do with student achievement. Also, I’m saying our problems run much deeper than unions. Have voluntary associations solved your problems in Louisiana?
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So many of our problems could be fixed by eliminating teachers unions.
John Collins@Logically_JC
So many of our problems could be fixed by properly funding public education.
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@jffstphns3 @JonahDispatch Of course district leadership won't always act in the best interests of students, but that's what they're elected to do.
Outside of unions, teachers can still lobby via voluntary associations. For example, in Louisiana, we have @goAPEL who does that, among other things.
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@brteacher @JonahDispatch Teachers like me want that too. Eliminating unions won’t fix the system. It assumes district leadership who are disconnected from the classroom would always act in the best interests of students, and that unions (which are run by teachers) are bad actors.
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@historyguy1980 @JonahDispatch I certainly don't know anything about your school or district, but at my school, I was far from the only one who was saying that online school wasn't working and we needed to get the kids back in the building.
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@brteacher @JonahDispatch Yeah.... I didn't know a single teacher during the pandemic that was asking to hold in-person classes during the pandemic. Not one. In my entire district.
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@JonahDispatch It's also the unions who object the strongest to having any link between teacher pay and performance.
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@JonahDispatch Teacher here. Yes, fixing public education starts with getting rid of the unions. That would help fix the damaging public perception of teachers as left-wing activists.
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