mkwt

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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

They don't like the U.S. either, as they believe that they are an imperialist power that wants to take advantage of the Middle East. That is one reason that the United States deems Iran an enemy.

In 1953, the CIA and MI6 effectively ended representative democracy in Iran when they backed a coup d'etat that deposed Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mosadegh. Mosadegh had tried to audit the books of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (which later became a division of BP).

The 1953 coup resulted in the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, ruling autocratically and with heavy support from the United States. This status continued until 1979, when an Islamist revolution deposed the Shah and installed the Islamist government led by a clerical Supreme Leader that exists today.

In 2013, the CIA released declassified documents that showed that the CIA planned and carried out the 1953 coup using all kinds of abhorrent tactics, including bribery of public officials, astroturfed paid protesters, and false flag operations.

So hopefully that explains why the US is "the great Satan" to Iran, and why Iran keeps spouting "death to USA" rhetoric.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Before he puts boots on the ground in Iran, he's got to put boots on the staging ground somewhere in the theater. Unlike strategic bombing, invasions don't happen from Missouri.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It's still extremely unusual for district judges to title a section of their order "Final Notice".

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Normally, if they're gonna invade shit, they stage the invasion forces, meaning tanks and grunts, at least in the theater.

All I've heard about is two carrier groups, which is a lot, but it's not going to invade anything. I also heard that one of the carriers deployed with broken shitters, so that's got to be going great.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Maybe not exactly the same, but Bodhi Linux is an Ubuntu derivative that develops the Moksha desktop environment based on the Enlightenment window manager.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

It would have been really helpful if Steve Patterson could have cited a case number or a caption or something.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No. She took this case to a grand jury for indictment, but the jurors voted 24-0 to reject the charges.

Pirro can try again with a different grand jury at any time, but has now elected not to.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Is it still possible to get him out of the line of succession by forcing him to convert to Catholicism?

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And this is why ICE is shooting themselves a lot more than they used to.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seems like it might have an interference problem with the forward assist.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

A large chunk of that space in LA is called "the Florida parishes" because they were part of the Florida territory before they were a part of Louisiana.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That painting should be old enough to be in the public domain. (Although photographs thereof get their own copyright terms.)

 

A lawyer working with the Minnesota attorney’s office said she just wants some sleep, after working so hard to try to get ICE to follow court orders.

“I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep,” Le said. “The system sucks, this job sucks, I am trying with every breath I have to get you what I need.”

Edit clarification: This attorney works for the federal government, not the State of Minnesota.

 

Over the weekend, Judge Nachmanoff made it clear that a large amount of discovery material is to be delivered to James Comey today. The prosecution team from North Carolina seem to be engaging in a series of stall tactics to delay this.

The eastern district of Virginia is known informally as the "rocket docket" because of its fast resolution times for cases.

 

While sitting for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit that she filed, Laura Loomer was asked to explain under oath what she meant by the phrase "Arby's in her pants" (which she earlier penned in a tweet).

Transcript:

Q  Can you explain to me what it means to say to her that "the Arby's in her pants"?
A  Well, Arby's --
    MR. KLAYMAN:  Objection.  Relevancy.
BY MS. BOLGER:
Q Answer the question.
A  Arby's sells roast beef.
Q  Right.  Can you tell me what -- why you were talking about "the Arby's in her pants"?
A  Well, it's just a -- an expression.
Q  What is the expression trying to convey?
A  It conveys the reason why she got a divorce by her own admission.
Q  Because she had roast beef in her pants?
A  Yeah.
Q  She'd put roast beef in her pants; that's what you're trying to say there?  You're literally saying she put Arby's in her pants?
A  I'm saying she literally -- it's so ridiculous.  I'm saying she literally put Arby's in her pants.  Yes.
    MR. KLAYMAN:  Objection.  Relevancy.
BY MS. BOLGER:
Q  You're not making a slur about her?
A  No.
Q  You're literally saying she put an Arby's sandwich in her pants; is that right?
A  Yes.  That's correct.  That's correct.
Q  Why are you laughing?
A  Because I just think it's so funny.
Q  What is your basis for saying she put Arby's in her pants?
A  I just think it's so funny.  I just think it's so funny.
Q  What is your basis for saying she put Arby's in her pants?
A  She carries roast beef in her pockets.
Q  What is your basis for saying she puts roast beef in her pockets and in her pants?
    MR. KLAYMAN:  Objection. Relevancy. Harassment.
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