[zang]

You may be cool with the Ayatollahs having nukes. A lot of us aren't.

Frankly, no one should have nukes.

And most importantly, most of Iran's neighbours are really not comfortable with the idea.

I wonder how those neighbours feel about Israel having nukes, too?

When one of your neighbours has nukes and an agenda, and when it needs weapons and help it regularly calls it's bigger buddy who's also got nukes, I think I too would want nukes.

Superpower privilege.

It's always cute when Canadians having won the geographical lottery complain about this. Ask the Poles or Latvians or Koreans or Japanese how they feel about their local hegemon. Heck, "elbows up" didn't even last long enough to actually build anything concrete.

It's even more cute when Canadians act like we're an extension of the US, and without question act like Canada should somehow feel threatened when another country dislikes the US.

The US has spent the last 100+ years stirring up shit around the world that ends up later as egg on their face, and the only thing they ever seem to see as a solution to cleaning up their own mess is overthrowing yet another regime.

At construction. Then we wouldn't be in this mess. It's too bad they were allowed decades of toeing the line. If you're building a peaceful nuclear power program, you don't need to bury it under a granite mountain.

Who's "we"? Is Iran threatening Canada?

60% is enough to make a weapon. It's just not enough to make a weapon you can put in a warhead on a missile. That doesn't make it any less dangerous. And that's setting aside other weaponization pathways like radiological bombs. By the way, you only need 4% enrichment for nuclear power.

So by your own admission and logic, Iran already has nuclear weapons. Stick a couple of pounds of uranium in a warhead and who cares if it can't hit critical mass, amiright?

I guess "we" should deny them from having nuclear reactors then, too? Unless they plan on running them on hopes and wishes, they'll always be a threat.

 

[DSCToronto]

Though i realise that the way to The Dear Leader's heart is flattery, I nominate this particular statement for the Brown-Nose Award Winner of 2025

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...meanwhile, news outlets that sourced Truth Social are finding out that cease fire really meant "sees fire". /sigh

 

[Mihairokov]

Though i realise that the way to The Dear Leader's heart is flattery, I nominate this particular statement for the Brown-Nose Award Winner of 2025

Worth remembering that South Korea and Japan both pulled out of this convening of NATO because of the strikes on Iran, as they are now more in China's sphere than the US's sphere these days. That's how much things have shifted in the past six months.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Meanwhile, back at the Outhouse...

‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government

The technologist Edward Coristine, a key operative in Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency who's gone by the name "Big Balls" online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED.

www.wired.com

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

This is so sickening and revolting... disabled seniors in zipties, but the orange one let the terrorists ransack the building on J6!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937941922548498633

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I figured as much as what I was saying was pure wishful thinking here. As I am also painfully aware that SCOTUS will always side with Trump and his goons, unless it's in their interests not to do so. And impartiality be damned! /bleh

And from 2 days ago, here's a "fine" example of that...

Supreme Court allows Trump to resume speedier 3rd-country removals but Boston judge says detainees in Djibouti still protected

The Supreme Court handed Trump a major win by allowing officials to resume deportation of migrants to third countries without additional due process requirements.

abcnews.go.com

...and the subversion of rule of law continues in the United States. And what constitution now? /bleh

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

And on a slighter brighter note, Trump is having bad case of Mamdani derangement syndrome...

Trump blasts Zohran Mamdani as a ‘100% Communist Lunatic’ in scathing NYC mayoral rant: ‘Democrats have crossed the line’

President Trump blasted Zohran Mamdani’s politics – and looks – Wednesday after the socialist’s stunning upset in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary.

nypost.com

...for what that's worth.

 

[wopchop]

At construction. Then we wouldn't be in this mess. It's too bad they were allowed decades of toeing the line. If you're building a peaceful nuclear power program, you don't need to bury it under a granite mountain.

This is sort of true, but also not really. If they were building a reactor out in the open, who is to say Israel would not bomb the program anyway - just like at Osirak.

That being said, I don't have a problem with the mission to bomb Fordow, as the intent of the site with the cache of enriched uranium is rather obvious.

 

[Admiral Beez]

And from 2 days ago, here's a "fine" example of that...

Supreme Court allows Trump to resume speedier 3rd-country removals but Boston judge says detainees in Djibouti still protected

The Supreme Court handed Trump a major win by allowing officials to resume deportation of migrants to third countries without additional due process requirements.

abcnews.go.com

I support the third country removals. If you cannot deport someone to their home country due to war or other risks (such as claiming to be LGBT or another targeted group), and any asylum claim has been rejected, what else can you do with them? If someone does not want this to befall them, do not enter the USA without a Visa and/or do not overstay or otherwise violate the conditions of that entry. It's that black and white, if you are not legally entitled to be in the USA, do not go there, and get out now if you are. If someone who's a non-citizen thinks the USA has gone to hell, well you're welcome to leave or not visit, as many Canadians have decided to do.

 

[wopchop]

I support the third country removals. If you cannot deport someone to their home country due to war or other risks (such as claiming to be LGBT or another targeted group), and any asylum claim has been rejected, what else can you do with them? If someone does not want this to befall them, do not enter the USA without a Visa and/or do not overstay or otherwise violate the conditions of that entry. It's that black and white, if you are not legally entitled to be in the USA, do not go there, and get out now if you are. If someone who's a non-citizen thinks the USA has gone to hell, well you're welcome to leave or not visit, as many Canadians have decided to do.

Don't forget this started because people are being removed without any due process, or rather dubious abuse of the process.

Once removed, contesting that becomes far more difficult.

The chance of government abusing that power should not be taken lightly, so you should make your wishes very carefully.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Don't forget this started because people are being removed without any due process, or rather dubious abuse of the process. Once removed, contesting that becomes far more difficult. The chance of government abusing that power should not be taken lightly, so you should make your wishes very carefully.

Fair points. But I would argue the US government is enforcing rules that have existed for decades, but were ignored until now. That's causing the shock to society and feelings we're seeing now, but I would argue that anyone who is in the US today illegally knows their status, and rightfully so should now be worried and making plans to to leave. Is that a case of government abusing their power? IDK.

 

[picard102]

But I would argue the US government is enforcing rules that have existed for decades, but were ignored until now.

Which rule is abducting citizens and sending them to foreign prisons, unable to be returned? Which rule detains visitors for their criticism of the president on social media?

 

[Admiral Beez]

Which rule is abducting citizens and sending them to foreign prisons

Which US citizens are being sent to foreign prisons?

Which rule detains visitors for their criticism of the president on social media?

Any visitor is in the US at the whim of the government. If you don't like that, don't go to the USA - that's the ultimate freedom of everyone. That's what Americans knowingly voted for, and that's why I stay away.

If I go visit India tomorrow, I will be sipping tea in Shimla, not waving signs or posting online denouncing India's government.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Canadian citizen dies while in ICE detention in Florida, agency says​

A Canadian citizen has died while in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florida, the agency says.

From https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadian-citizen-dies-while-in-ice-detention-in-florida-agency-says/article_3f36e6f9-84df-4217-a619-f52f49f3122d.html

A Canadian citizen has died while in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florida, the agency says.

Johnny Noviello, 49, was found unresponsive on Monday at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, according to a statement issued Wednesday.

Noviello was attended to by medical staff, but died the same day. The cause of death remains under investigation.

According to ICE, Noviello obtained permanent residency in the U.S. in 1991. More than 30 years later, in 2023, he was convicted of drug trafficking and other charges in Florida and sentenced to 12 months in prison.

In May, Noviello was arrested by ICE and charged with removability on the grounds of his prior conviction. He was awaiting removal from the United States at the time of his death, the agency says.

More to come ...