Stephen Meltz
@StephenMeltz
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All my opinions are my own. Esp wrt rugby.
Joined April 2013
“The Iranian regime poses no threat to the world.” Honestly, every time I hear that sentence - usually from a politician or a very comfortable diplomat - I mentally put a big red X on their ability to understand geopolitics. Not disagreement. Disqualification. Let’s walk
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The last bit of our internet is bleeding out, so I am writing this here while I can still force this VPN connection through to the free world. If I die, I will do so with a smile, knowing the enemies of my people and my country died with me. And I want the world to know, no
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Listen to Saleh Machnouk, a voice of truth and enlightenment from Lebanon 🇱🇧 https://t.co/iVKSelA4LK
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Interesting analysis
The evidence is clear, this is not a Tomahawk Iran alleged that an American Tomahawk Cruise Missile hit a school (buried in an IRGC compound) in southern Iran, killing 165 people. Analysis of a newly released video tells a different story. ANALYSIS: A-I analysis confirms the
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I posted that a zionist is anyone who thinks Israel has a right to exist, and that I am a zionist. Man, you'd think I pissed in the oatmeal bowl of each of a thousand X denizens. I've been called every conceivable name, and some I've never heard of. And I'm as far from being
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I’m not just angry. I’m furious with you Elizabeth Warren. Stop using the suffering of my people as political ammunition against Donald Trump. You say you are grieving for those killed in this “unnecessary war.” Really? I checked your social media. More than 20 posts
I just left a classified briefing with the Trump Administration about the war in Iran. I was worried before, but I’m more worried now.
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Iran built the most comprehensive civilian surveillance network in the Middle East. Cameras on every street. Facial recognition at universities. License plate readers that automatically fined women for removing their hijab in their own cars. A mobile app called Nazer that let
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I want to say something to those who are talking about Iran, about Iranians, about attacking it. You have never lived under a religious, totalitarian dictatorship. You grew up in mixed schools. You don’t understand what it means to be separated girls in one building, boys in
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20 years ago today (Aug 15, 2004), 16-year-old Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh was publicly hanged from a crane in Neka, Iran. Sahaaleh was convicted of fornication under Iranian Penal Code Article 221 (a crime against chastity) when she was 13 years old. Following a police raid, she was
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THE FIRST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE CASUALTY OF WAR An Amazon Web Services data center in the UAE just got hit. AWS confirmed that at approximately 4:30 AM PST on March 1, “objects struck” the facility in availability zone mec1-az2, creating sparks and igniting a fire. The UAE fire
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Ali Khamenei is dead. Yesterday was an incredible day for many Iranians, including me. But Iran is not yet free. Over the course of 47 years, first as president and then as Supreme Leader, Khamenei presided over the murder, torture, and imprisonment of Iranians. But he also
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You Had 47 Years of Diplomacy With Iran. Here's What It Got You. Mahsa Amini was 22 years old. Arrested by Iran's morality police because her headscarf was too loose. She died in custody three days later. They beat her to death. Over a piece of fabric. Her death set off the
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Here's what happened after Life Esidimeni. It's unbefuckinglievable. 1. The health ombudsman's report pointed the finger directly at former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and her henchmen for the deaths of 144 people. 2. A well-publicised arbitration was held where Judge
What happened to the Esidimeni Enquiry report and it's recommendations? The Commission that was headed by Justice Dikgang Moseneke? Does anyone know? Where is Qedani Mahlangu, the former MEC of Health? You see how we get excited about Commissions and people are not held
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🚨 JUST IN: Prime Minister Netanyahu is currently meeting in his office with the Defense Minister, the head of Mossad, and the IDF Chief of Staff Zamir - following Zamir's return from Washington 👀
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In more great journalism @News24 Ntlabakanya has become a lock when he’s a prop. If you didn’t have low standards you wouldn’t have any standards at all.
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Rassie Erasmus backs Asenathi Ntlabakanye ahead of the Lions forward’s doping hearing, saying he doesn’t believe the Springboks player intentionally did anything wrong.
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Sentiments of Venezuelans I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable. If you have never lived in Venezuela If you did not grow up there If you did not watch your country collapse in real time If you did not stand in food lines If you did not
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