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Hunter Hearst Helmsley said:
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Remember in the Iraq War how they made fun of the Iraqi information minister for flagrant lies? Isn't it funny how people still laugh at him even though American leaders were way bigger liars? Anyway, I believe Iran is working on nukes and is probably pretty close.
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Iran has had at least dirty bomb capability since the time Powell was secdef. They likely had ballistics when he was secretary of state. They didn't build a nuclear reactor in the early 2010s without the ability to create a fission bomb.

This is just the excuse to back Israel and help Bibi win an election he's trailing in.
 
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MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti said:
The thing that always makes me confused is if a slave boy can build a working pod racer, he's using parts that could be sold. Because they work. Major oversight on that one there, Watto
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Anakin uses parts that Watto can't sell individually, pod racing is a very lucrative sport so most racers aren't going to buy used second hand parts from Watto of all people.

That and Watto makes fat stacks betting on the races with Anakin.
 
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MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti said:
Main thing I can think of is if they buy new snow tires every year, then switch back to new all-weather tires. I doubt people rich enough to do so would want to keep the tires and bring them back months later, and might even get a discount on the job if the shop can keep the still usable tires.
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Rich people have a set of winter rims. The dealer makes arrangements for storage or delivers them back with the car for storage in the owners garage/basement/outbuilding.

Stop thinking like a poor. This is just for the Porche. They also have a winter vehicle. Why would you change tires like a peasant?

(FYI the beaner used tires come from junk yards from car accidents, and when people buy new tires cus the front two are bad but they get a full set, as well as stolen rims)
 
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Lonely khan said:
Iran has had at least dirty bomb capability since the time Powell was secdef. They likely had ballistics when he was secretary of state. They didn't build a nuclear reactor in the early 2010s without the ability to create a fission bomb.

This is just the excuse to back Israel and help Bibi win an election he's trailing in.
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Very stupid thing to say, esp when you compare nuclear material that's been enriched to 5 percent vs nuclear material that's been enriched to 60 percent and is a close step to being 90 percent which is nuclear weapons tier.

The israeli government won't dissolve either so no elections here. The simple answer is that Trump told Iran on April 12th that they had 2 months to work out a deal or there would be consequences. They didn't work out a deal, the consequences are coming.

BREAKING: US orders all embassies within striking distance of Iran — from the Middle East to parts of Eastern Europe & North Africa — to convene emergency action committees and send cables to DC on their risk-mitigation measures, according to WaPo's @John_Hudson
 
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Myrtle the Turtle said:
The British Caliphate can fuck off. They are no longer masters of their own country and have been frothing at the mouth to escalate nuclear war because Putin bad.

I unironically have more respect for North Korea.
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That's just Keir posturing since his support has completely collapsed.
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It's the same as as GOP Warhawk pot banging in an attempt to appear strong and focused on American interests despite giving as much cash feasible to Israel and doing as little as humanly possible to stem immigration both legal and illegal (same as a Dem tearfully walking up to the podium to do the same thing). "Muh Russia" is also the only viable way for a left-leaning politician in Europe to justify increasing military spending to their own party, since even if their voters want it, their fellow politicians are just as likely to revolt out of "principle". They also need to appear like they're not bending the knee to Trump because left-wing seethe over The Orange Man is a universal constant.

The UK issuing this warning so shortly after America is purely "follow the leader"-type shit that the UK tends to do (see our participation in the Iraq war despite a million person march in London) so it's not surprising. If Israel escalates a conflict with Iran and the US is obliged to join for whatever reason, then the UK will likely follow regardless of what the people ultimately want — a sentiment you're probably all too familiar with considering the American people probably didn't consent to having millions of illegals living with permission within their borders.
 
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Catch The Rainbow said:
BREAKING: US orders all embassies within striking distance of Iran — from the Middle East to parts of Eastern Europe & North Africa — to convene emergency action committees and send cables to DC on their risk-mitigation measures, according to WaPo's @John_Hudson
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See this shit is what makes me believe it for the simple fact of the logistics. They are having to evac everyone with in the quite literal blast radius and are spending lord knows how much to do it. The Iranians actually fucking did it. They got the fucking bomb.
 
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MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti said:
Main thing I can think of is if they buy new snow tires every year, then switch back to new all-weather tires. I doubt people rich enough to do so would want to keep the tires and bring them back months later, and might even get a discount on the job if the shop can keep the still usable tires.
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They get them from junkyards scrapping nice but accident totaled cars.
Or someone with an AWD car ruins one tire. They then have to replace all 4. So 3 good tires get sent to the used market and the used tire dealer finds matching tires to build a set of 4.

$1200 must be top end tires. I've been buying Kevlar Goodyear Wranglers lately and those are almost 1200 bux out the door and go 60k miles. I think if I was hurting for money I would just get General Grabbers rather then roll the dice on used.
 
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WelperHelper99 said:
See this shit is what makes me believe it for the simple fact of the logistics. They are having to evac everyone with in the quite literal blast radius and are spending lord knows how much to do it. The Iranians actually fucking did it. They got the fucking bomb.
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I'm gonna sit this one out.
They're going to send us to die over there while hand off our home to the chink niggers and spics. Maybe the threat of America getting nuked spooks them enough to fuck off.
 
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Sweeter and Savoury said:
Can we just not invade Iran right now?

I have a lot on my plate already with the brewing civil actions ramping up in the US and there are only so many hours in the day that I have to shitpost.
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Probably the best time to do it is right now while Russia is still dealing with nonstop drones from Ukraine. Maybe it will also release some interesting wartime legislation which requires Palestine flag holders to report to a furnace or something, so that would be really funny.
 
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