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re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/3/26 at 1:45 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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Rubio just said the quiet part out loud. I'm honestly stunned. Surely somebody's going to try to walk this back or claim that he was misquoted, right?
He said they knew that Iran would eventually be attacked and they knew that when that happened, they would target Americans. no matter who attacked them, they were going to attack Americans as a retaliation for being attacked.
He never said that they were going to be attacked by Israel and we knew about it, just that someone was going to attack Iran. He used Israel as an example: if Israel attacked Iran, Iran was going to target Americans in retaliation.
So we launched a preemptive attack with Israel (another country that would be targeted no matter who attacked).
Maybe we should ask who they believe would attack Iran, causing the need to cripple Iran first.
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re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/3/26 at 1:27 am to Mr Breeze
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You may be correct that Christianity arises in some proportion following a best case outcome, the later of course very much uncertain. Persians are more sophisticated than other ME Muslim countries, albeit prior to the radical theocracy coming in power.
Islam is the fastest declining religion in Iran, with most of the people who are denouncing their faith in Islam stating that they have lost their faith in religion due to living under a theocracy.
Christianity is the fastest growing religion with most becoming Protestant-style followers and Pentecostal.
They have had to practice in secret because it was illegal to convert from Islam, with punishment ranging from prison up to death for apostasy.
With the theocracy gone, you are going to see a lot of Muslims coming out as Christians.
re: I learned something about Ohio State football last night
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 11:35 pm to FLTech
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1 sticker = cupcake win
2 stickers = non conference win
3 stickers = Conference win
So...do some conference wins get 4 stickers? 3 for beating a conference opponent as well as an extra because the conference is filled with cupcakes?
Like Rutgers gets 3 stickers for conference, but they are also a cupcake.
And do the cupcakes also get 2 extra stickers for being non conference?
re: Which one of you was yelling at Free Speech Alley today?
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 11:31 pm to TexasTiger08
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This is embarrassing
You should be embarrassed.
Posting a link to Facebook :casty:
re: West Point cadet booted over AI deepfakes
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 11:29 pm to LemmyLives
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No, they don't. Even retarded gateways block inbound connections from non trusted networks unless you specifically enable them. HP can only "disable' your printer because you authorized it to install firmware that you didn't read the release notes on, which you could have refused (which I did with my Brother.)
So you admit that they could have access to my computer?
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But using TPM, IP addresses, passkeys, browser fingerprinting, all totally less secure than a fax of your scribbled signature. Ok.
And that's all well and good. Still isn't evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Again, I gave you a direct example of physical ID verification, this week, where social engineering broke the system, which permitted my kids to be taken into another country, by someone certified by the state to not break the rules. E-signatures are not the problem. Human integrity is.
What does a notary with a lackadaisical attitude towards ethics have to do with my question: how can an e-signature be upheld by law if I deny typing my name?
re: Real world people vs. Television characters
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 11:23 pm to madamsquirrel
Knew a doctor in Zachary who we swear was the inspiration for Kramer.
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 11:03 pm to Chuck Barris
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This is just incorrect.
There are congregations of Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, and others in Iran.
It was illegal for Iranians to be Christian.
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The state permits only recognized Christian minorities (Armenians/Assyrians) to worship, often prohibiting Persian-speaking (Farsi) services.
As far as Zoroastrianism, you had to be born into the faith. If you weren't or your parents weren't zoroastrian before the Islamists took over in 1979, you can't be one now.
Same with Judaism.
re: West Point cadet booted over AI deepfakes
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 10:18 pm to LemmyLives
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won't geek out on you, but you can absolutely prove that you executed the e-sig in multiple ways. This IP address is from your house, on a computer you use, which you have the password to X website, etc.
None of those can prove that I am the person who typed my name.
If I say I didn't do it, how can you prove I did and not my wife or child or a houseguest? I have a password to a website? Ok. Passwords and PINs get hacked all the time.
It came from a computer that I have access to? Am I the only person with access? (The answer to that is no. The company that built the computer has access to it. HP can remotely disable your printer if they want to. A printer.)
You can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that I "signed" my electronic signature if I deny doing so.
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:59 pm to chRxis
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Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians are officially recognized and protected by the government... but do go on about the "illegality" of being anything other than Muslim..
They are.
Converting to them from Islam was illegal.
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Converting from Islam is illegal in Iran and is considered apostasy, a crime that can be punishable by death. While apostasy is not explicitly mentioned in Iran's codified law, judges can use uncodified Islamic sources and fatwas (religious rulings) to issue convictions and severe penalties.
?U.S. Department of State (.gov) +4
Legal and Social Consequences
Punishment: The penalties for apostasy, especially for men born to Muslim parents, can include the death penalty. Women may face life imprisonment. In practice, converts are often charged with national security crimes, such as "acting against national security," "propaganda against the state," or "creating an illegal group (house church)," leading to long prison sentences and internal exile.
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:58 pm to HempHead
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If one of the worst cases of treasonous espionage was waived and the ratfrick who did it still gets to meet with American officials?
Who committed treason?
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:56 pm to chRxis
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look man, i understand right now has to be a pretty weird spot for diehard Trump supporters, like you clearly are... i get it... this guy you've sworn your allegiance to is totally not doing what he said he'd do, and you are in this perpetual state of having to reframe your positions on things, b/c they change by the day...
Bookmarked
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re: West Point cadet booted over AI deepfakes
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:55 pm to forkedintheroad
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don't know how any extortion works anymore when you can just say it's a deep fake and 99% of people will believe you.
Here's one I was talking with my coworkers about: electronic signatures.
How can these hold up in court? It's not my signature and you can't prove that I am the person who typed my name into a computer.
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:52 pm to HempHead
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Yes.
So Israel is the most powerful nation in the world?
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:51 pm to chRxis
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well, 1st off, Islam is at 99%, not "90-95"... 2nd, i think you are dead wrong, but we can agree to disagree
2020 data lists it as 90-95%. (I think this data takes into account Iranian refugees in other countries)
However, you can't really take any of those numbers as true because of the fact that it was illegal to not be Muslim under the Islamic Government.
re: 90% of the OT looks like this
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:48 pm to danilo
AI generated picture.
You can tell because he's not wearing an LSU polo. (You know, like the coaches wear).
You can tell because he's not wearing an LSU polo. (You know, like the coaches wear).
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:46 pm to chRxis
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Israel has drug the US squarely in the middle of this, willingly or not....
First off: you can't willingly "drag" someone into a situation. If they are willing, then you invited them to join you.
Second: What is the deal with all of you anti-Israel people? Do y'all honestly believe that Israel can dictate to the United States what we are going to do or be allowed to do?
That's not how it works. We dictate what they are allowed to do. They inform us about their plans and we either let them get on with it or tell them "No."
Supporting Israel=/= being controlled by Israel.
This operation may have been thought up by Israel, but it was planned out in cooperation between the United States and Israel over months.
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:35 pm to chRxis
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but make no mistake... there will not be, as you are thinking, "huge chunks" of the population converting to Christianity...
If 10% of the population becomes Christian, that's a huge chunk.
I predict that we'll see ISLAM go from 90-95% of the population to around 75-80%.
That would be a huge chunk leaving Islam.
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:32 pm to fightin tigers
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Barely 48 hours in. When Dubai and the UAE keep getting hit for a week or two and life becomes unstable the public sentiment could begin to turn.
Maybe.
But none of them have condemned the attacks, which is a groundbreaking development because they always have in past Israel actions.
As a matter of fact, the only countries to condemn the operation has been China, Russia, and Brazil. BRICS nations.
re: Anyones Delta gas bill for Feb in Baton Rouge is ridiculously high?
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:28 pm to glorymanutdtiger
$258.
The highest gas bill I ever got from Entergy was $63.
Delta needs to be investigated. How the frick do you justify a 4x rate increase?
The highest gas bill I ever got from Entergy was $63.
Delta needs to be investigated. How the frick do you justify a 4x rate increase?
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:26 pm to chRxis
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you think they going Christian now
I think if given the chance to leave Islam and convert to another religion, then a huge chunk of the population is going to do just that.
I think they are going to be a secular nation.
re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by magildachunks on 3/2/26 at 9:23 pm to Napoleon
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Islam isn't finished. They will just hopefully end the theocracy.
Without the theocracy and the fear of being accused of "heresy" for not following Islamic law and dogma, we are going to see a huge population shift religion from Islam to Christianity, Judaism, and other religions.
The largest growing religion in Iran is Christianity. While considered a "protected" class, no one was allowed to convert from Islam by law without punishment. So Christian converts would have "house churches" where they would gather in secret in each other's homes to hold mass.
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