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The previous time that the US and UK overthrew Iran's government ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat ), they used the BBC in that way. Roosevelt told the …

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45448525

That original headline is longer than what HN accepts. What editorialized message are you accusing the shorter "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story" of …

Read to the end: Every South Korean president who has served a prison sentence has ultimately been pardoned.

> The embargo was partially lifted in 2015 And then reinstated in 2017. How has that been "over for a long while"?

> the blockade has been over for a long while. What are you talking about?

For however long flagging on HN has no downsides.

The bill had no traction, "until Oct. 7. The attack that day in Israel by Hamas and the ensuing conflict in Gaza became a turning point in the push against TikTok, Helberg said. Pe…

> This is brainrot conspiracy garbage. Here's Mitt Romney explaining that "the number of mentions of Palestinians" was the reason why "there was such overwhelming support for us to…

Literally yes. "Tariffs on imports are designed to raise the price of imported goods to discourage consumption."

> I don't think I am naive, just imagine the repercussions of the headline "FBI collected thousands of child rape photos for blackmail" What were the repercussions of this: "FBI ra…

In the pilot episode of Banshee (2013), a character has transparent monitors ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PiIhMs4k88 ) which never showed up again. They seemed higher tech th…

When I first read Asimov's Foundation, I thought the decline and loss of knowledge in the Galactic Empire within a few generations was unrealistically quick. It's been eye-opening …

Additionally, syllabaries (like the kana) are not alphabets.

Nobody finds it at all questionable that this submitter has "authored" around a dozen such books in 30 days?

The fact that you preemptively lampshaded this shows that you are well aware that this post actually is textbook trolling whataboutism from an account that only started spamming su…

"Caesar" was pronounced in Latin with a hard C, which is preserved in German ("Kaiser").

But which "ch" sound? "Ch" as in "church" is just "tsh". "Ch" as in "charade" is just "sh".

> being vaguely anti-immigrant He is not vague about it. > DHH acknowledging Tommy Robinson's march existed He did more than just acknowledge it.

Chapter 2: I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturi…

Hypocrisy is a show of power.

> (1) why has Israel dropped millions of leaflets to warn of impending attacks?; (2) why has israel sent millions of text messages warning of impending attacks?; These are the kind…

"Yes, history repeats itself. You're fooling people with your propaganda." "Oh, Sawatzki... You don't understand. In 1933, people were not fooled by propaganda. They elected a lead…

Many of the weapons now wielded by Trump (ICE, AUMF, DHS, Guantanamo, etc) were introduced under Bush II.

Also in Scandinavia, Iceland banned stripping.