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adrr

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    Comment #49042920

    > On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. It was instiga…

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    Comment #49041553

    Israel's leader is wanted by the international court for genocide. And lets not forget how Iran's current government took power? US installed a dictator in Iran because UK was angr…

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    Comment #49023836

    Pirating millions of dollars worth of books would land people in jail. Government went after Aaron Scwartz for "pirating" scientific journals.

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    Comment #48950403

    It can go on and on. Short seller 1 sells to party A. Party A allows short seller 2 borrow shares. Short seller 2 sells shares party c. On and on.

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    Comment #48853284

    Give your kid some quarters so they can call you on a pay phone like the old days.

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    Comment #48314834

    Self inflicted injuries. Bunch of the public schools in large metro areas have removed their gifted and honors programs. Seattle and NY. That will force people into private schools…

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    Comment #48311219

    Everyone blames the school. Its the mentality of parents and kids at the schools. Kids go to charter school. 90% of the kids in my 10 years class meet or exceed grade level on the …

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    Comment #48310725

    Sports is the most expensive way to get into college. Tennis is close to $1 million to get your kid into an Ivy league through tennis. Malcom Gladwell wrote about sports and colleg…

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    Comment #48310150

    They could just accept the kids who are at or above grade level. There are way more kids at or above grade level who graduate from California high school like my nephew who took AP…

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    Comment #48213985

    GCP was never known for their support and deprecation of services was always a huge risk. Its very sad because its actually a quality product. They should easily be the number 2 pr…

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    Comment #48212742

    Thanks for pointing out how he equated random street violence to premeditated attempted murder and torture.

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    Comment #48209122

    Imagine if he said "we need a patriot to bail out the guy who killed charlie kirk" like Charlie kirk said about the guy who tried to murder Paul Pelosi and was at Nancy Pelosi's ho…

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    Comment #48195351

    Saudi and Iran hatred goes back long before that. Shia vs Sunni. Genesis of most of the problems in middle east. Syrian civil war: Sunni vs Alawites(Shia offshoot). Yemen civil war…

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    Comment #48195121

    Why would they want to harm Iraq? Iraq is mostly Shia who identity with Iran. Their only real military force is Iranian backed Shia militias which led to some interesting things li…

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    Comment #48193685

    International law only applies when you ratify a treaty so it becomes domestic law. Thats how treaties work, they actually laws of the country hence the term ratification into dome…

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    Comment #48187540

    US at war? We are past the 60 days for a military operation. From US law perspective, it’s illegal. From the constitutional perspective only congress can declare war which they hav…

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    Comment #48186357

    Countries that haven't signed do violate it. Israel prevents ships free transit to the Gaza strip. US does naval blockades and blows up boats.

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    Comment #48185520

    HIPAA only covers entities that are legally required to follow it. Covered entities and business associates. It doesn’t apply to anyone else.

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    Comment #48185202

    Using bitcoin to pay extortions or ransoms is very common. What ransomware doesn't use bitcoin?

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    Comment #48184909

    UAE is firing weapons at Iran's oil infrastructure. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-a-e-has-been-secretly-car...

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    Comment #48184816

    > Iran hasn’t ratified UNCLOS either, and claims it is not subject to it. Which isn't unique. Bunch of countries haven't ratified it and aren't legally bound by it but do follow it…

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    Comment #48184702

    Because they got to participate in the early investment in the for profit entity. > Early Angels (Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, and others): Approximately $10 million invested, curren…

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    Comment #48100506

    Thats more expensive that my top tier tmobile plan which is $120 for 3 lines.

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    Comment #48041057

    There are three main sources of green house gases. Top one which is power is declining. Transportation is still growing and the last one is agriculture which is stable. There is pr…

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    Comment #48030741

    No. Its because has chancery court which is a court based on equity not a court based on common law.