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What you write is correct, except for this part: The IRGC is not a 'special wing' of the Iranian military. They are a completely separate organization which has no equivalency in W…

GAMAAN has provided insight into Iranian opinions with intelligent polling and verification methods that correct for the Islamic theocratic regime's authoritarian control over soci…

> Ever wondered how these “small group of extremists” came about holding the entire country hostage? That’s because US nation state apparatus decided to overthrow democratically el…

why would they push back on the most successful scheme since MtGox' willy bot?

exchanges clients on exchanges sell BTC and buy USDT thinking they are buying USD not realizing they are buying tethers think of it this way, you can easily put money into the syst…

> Are people getting into cryptocurrencies really that clueless? short answer is YES, people getting into cryptocurrencies really are that clueless. take for example that the vast …

I've observed that Trump and his supporters live in a childishly simple world where anything and anyone who says "good" or supportive things is hailed and anyone who criticizes or …

I find these social memes fascinating. I wonder if any sociologist has made a serious study of how they start and spread. There is another town in India dedicated to weightlifting …

for a fantastic expose of how facebook is riddled with fraud and bots, check out veritasium's two videos: facebook fraud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag the problem wit…

no, they are an asset manager, not bank or other credit/lending inst

unfortunately the article doesn't mention what if any consequences there are for the student who falsely accused this teacher and ruined his life

because there is so much opacity that they don't realize there's no there there https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/business/chase-ads-youtub...

and looking outside the US, Australia hasn't had a recession in more than 25 years

> Editor’s Note: The following piece is based on an error. The Times did not in fact change the headline of a January 19 article after its publication as was alleged. Andrew C. McC…