Iran knew. Thanks to Chinese satellites they knew exactly where they took off from as well. That’s why they hurt UAE so consequentially and destroyed its oil infrastructure. That childish Emirati misadventure cost UAE its reputation for stability, and scared away westerners, millionaires & investors. The only people coming to UAE are Israelis. 40% of their residents are already Indian. A nation of expats dependent on Indians and Israelis the two most apartheid disloyal nations on the planet…. This won’t end well for UAE
Very unfortunate that Muslims of Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir have been denied the right to offer Eid prayers at the historic Eidgah/Jama Masjid of Srinagar, and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have been placed under house arrest. Jammu & Kashmir has become the biggest prison in the world.
@cindyWheel21116@Portes_Thomas@TRobinsonNewEra So, British govt should hunt those rapists, not Muslims, Britishers, Asians....they are all rapists and they should be dealt with sharia law for rapists, stoned to death.
🚨🇮🇱🇮🇶 Satellite imagery has just revealed a clandestine 1.9 km Israeli airstrip built in the middle of the western Iraqi desert.
Constructed on the bed of a dried-up lake roughly 44 km south of Al-Nukhib, the runway sat directly adjacent to the secret Israeli military outpost WSJ exposed.
The strip didn't exist before February 23rd, just five days before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began.
The implications are heavy.
Israel ran active strike operations against Iran from a covert base on Iraqi soil with zero authorization from Baghdad.
Israel has no agreement with Iraq, no diplomatic relations, no Status of Forces deal, no permission of any kind to be on the territory.
Building a base and an airstrip there is a flat violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
Striking Iraqi troops when discovered is an open escalation on top of it.
Iraq's ability to respond is constrained by the broader regional dynamics it cannot push back against alone, including the U.S. military footprint, Iran-aligned militias inside its own borders, and Gulf states that have their own competing pressures.
Baghdad's options are narrow even when it wants to act, and the rest of the Arab world is now watching how it handles the moment.
Either way, the secret is out.
Source: GeoWatch, Wall Street Journal
A 94-year-old Nobel laureate spent his career proving the Big Bang created our universe. Now he is arguing that the Big Bang was the death of the universe before ours.
Roger Penrose won half the 2020 Nobel Prize for a 1965 paper. He showed that any star big enough, when it collapses under its own weight, has to form a black hole. It is still considered the most important work on Einstein's theory of gravity since Einstein himself. The same math says our universe began at a singularity, a single point so dense that physics breaks down inside it. Stephen Hawking later joined him to extend the proof to the universe itself.
Then in 2010, at 79, he proposed something stranger. The Big Bang was a handoff between universes. One universe ended at the moment ours began.
His theory is called Conformal Cyclic Cosmology. Space keeps expanding forever, pushed apart by dark energy, a force scientists cannot fully explain. Eventually stars die, galaxies drift apart, and all matter falls into supermassive black holes, some as heavy as a hundred trillion suns. Those black holes then slowly evaporate through Hawking radiation, where particles slip out from the edge until nothing is left. The process takes about 10^106 years, a 1 followed by 106 zeros. Our universe is only 13.8 billion years old.
Only massless particles remain, mostly photons of light. Penrose noticed that particles with no mass cannot experience time, because nothing inside them can tick like a clock. Without time, the difference between infinitely big and infinitely small disappears. A vast empty universe, stretched out forever, ends up looking identical to a new Big Bang. Penrose argued they are the same thing.
In 2018, he and three other physicists published a paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. They claimed to find about 30 bright dots in the cosmic microwave background, the Big Bang's faint afterglow. They called the dots Hawking points, each the dying glow of a supermassive black hole from the universe before ours, leaking through the seam between worlds.
When other astronomers reanalyzed the data in 2020, the dots could be explained by ordinary physics. A 2022 machine learning search could not confirm the patterns. Penrose has not backed down.
If he is right, every black hole, including the giant one at the center of our galaxy, is quietly weaving the next universe. Heat death becomes inheritance. The man who proved beginnings have to exist is spending his last years trying to prove there is no such thing as a beginning.
🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump just pledged to Netanyahu: no compromise on Iranian uranium.
Meanwhile the actual deal being negotiated: a 12-year moratorium, after which enrichment resumes.
And inside Israel's war cabinet: the IDF sees an "operational opportunity" right now. Mossad believes going back to war brings down the regime entirely.
This is the fracture nobody's talking about.
Trump is selling a deal. Netanyahu is being given pledges the deal doesn't honour. The IDF wants a military raid. Mossad wants regime collapse. And Israel found out Trump was close to signing from the news.
If Iran sends the letter tonight and Trump takes the deal, Netanyahu has to choose between his American guarantees and his own military's assessment.
That's a crisis waiting to detonate.
Source: JNS .org, Security Council Report, Al Jazeera
@narendramodi You see, Pakistan is not that strong financially but like Iran, it's military strong enough to bend the far more mighty countries like Americans are facing losses more than Iran.
As Pakistan showed analytical military attacks against you with the help of Chinese warfare equipment
@general_he42676@MarioNawfal Waving a Palestinian Flag above church vs An army man desecrating Mother Mary...Still that army man is the shield, are you a bot? Or working on Zionist payroll..🤔
No sane person would compare these scenarios, only Zionists tout or an idiot.
1. Pakistan buys at $115 a barrel
2. India buys at $115 a barrel
3. Bangladesh buys at $115 a barrel
4. In India, the oil shock sits on corporate balance sheets
5. In Bangladesh, the oil shock sits on the state
6. In Pakistan, the oil shock sits in the kitchen
On February 1, petrol in New Delhi was Indian Rs94.72 per litre. It remains Indian Rs94.72 per litre (approximately Rs280 in Pakistani rupees).
On February 1, petrol in Bangladesh was approximately BDT 130 per litre. It remains largely unchanged.
On the same day, petrol in Pakistan was Pakistani Rs257 per litre. It now stands at Rs399.86 — a 56 percent increase.
Meanwhile, Brent crude oil rose from $68–70 per barrel to $105–$115 — an increase of 54 to 64 percent.
Hard truth: Prices unchanged in India and Bangladesh. Pakistan up 56 percent.
How does India do it? The government cuts taxes, and state-owned oil companies — Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) — absorb the losses. Prices are managed. The consumer is protected while the cost is shifted to company balance sheets.
How does Bangladesh do it? Prices are administered. The government-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) absorbs the shock, adjusting prices infrequently. The consumer is protected, while the cost is shifted to the public balance sheet.
Pakistan does it differently. Prices are passed through immediately, petroleum levy is raised, and domestic refineries — Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL), National Refinery Limited (NRL), Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) and Cnergyico — are paid import parity prices. The consumer absorbs the shock, the government collects the tax, and refineries make billions.
The same pattern holds for diesel. On February 1, diesel in New Delhi was around Indian Rs88 per litre and remains unchanged. In Bangladesh, diesel was approximately BDT 109 per litre and is still at similar levels. In Pakistan, however, diesel has risen from about Rs267 per litre to around Rs399.58 — an increase of 50 percent.
Red alert: Three countries. One oil shock – different choices. The oil price is global. The pain is a policy choice.
https://t.co/COZouWIluM
Provident Fund vs Pension Fund – A Costly Miss for High Earners
Today I met a salaried individual who has been working in the private sector for the last 15 years. He has built a sizable interest-bearing provident fund balance and has never withdrawn or taken any loan against it.
-Monthly salary: PKR 700,000
-Annual salary: PKR 8.4 million
-Average tax rate: ~25.25%
The Dilemma
At this stage, does it still make sense to let funds accumulate in a provident fund where:
-The annual profit is taxable (beyond prescribed limits), and
-Returns are relatively moderate?
A Smarter Alternative:
If he redirects his annual provident fund contributions into a Voluntary Pension Scheme (VPS):
-He can claim a tax credit under Section 63 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001
-This gives him an immediate tax relief of ~25% (based on his current tax rate)
-Long-term returns from pension funds can average 10–15% in favorable conditions
-Funds remain locked until retirement—same as his current intention
The Missed Opportunity
By not utilizing pension fund tax credits, he is:
-Paying tax on provident fund profits
-Missing a significant tax-adjusted return advantage (around 8–10%)
-Losing an efficient, government-backed tax planning opportunity
The Real Issue:
When asked why he hadn’t opted for this, the answer was simple:
-Lack of awareness
-Hesitation due to limited understanding
Conclusion:
For high-income salaried individuals, pension fund tax credits are not optional—they are essential.
Awareness can directly translate into savings.
FULL MANIFESTO BY SHOOTER IN TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT:
"Hello everybody!
So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.
I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.”
I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.)
I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near.
I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.
I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies.
On to why I did any of this:
I am a citizen of the United States of America.
What my representatives do reflects on me.
And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.
(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)
While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)
Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest
Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who *aren’t*
Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)
Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security
National Guard: same as Hotel Security
Hotel Employees: not targets at all
Guests: not targets at all
In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)
I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.
Rebuttals to objections:
Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.
Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.
Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.
Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this.
Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim?
This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with.
Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.
Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.
Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.
Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack
Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.
Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered.
I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is *astoundingly* incompetent.)
Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.
Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years.
Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.
Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.
Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration.
Thank you all for everything.
Sincerely,
Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen
PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.
Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.
What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.
No damn security.
Not in transport.
Not in the hotel.
Not in the event.
Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.
I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.
The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.
Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.
Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit.
Actually insane.
Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.
Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids"
🇱🇧 A wounded Hezbollah fighter, who had crawled from Bint Jbeil to the Ain Ebel area, was given first aid by Lebanese Civil Defense in Rmeish. They called a Red Cross ambulance to evacuate him north to safety.
Israeli forces in nearby Debel got word. They phoned the paramedics and issued a blunt threat: hand him over or we bomb the ambulance.
The paramedics refused.
Then came one of the most dignified acts of this war. The severely bleeding fighter losing blood fast chose to walk himself to Debel and turn himself in.
His only reason: to protect the paramedics and the local residents from Israeli retaliation.
This is the same occupation that has bombed churches and smashed statues of Christ with sledgehammers in these very Christian border villages.
A Hezbollah fighter who bled for every inch of Lebanon, and in his final act before capture, chose to bleed alone rather than risk innocent lives.
The contrast between his selfless act to save lives and Israel couldn't be more stark.
Palestyńskie dziecko zastrzelone z karabinu snajperskiego przez izraelskiego żołnierza, gdy szło z matką. Matka próbując utrzymać dziecko również została zastrzelona.
Media tego nie napiszą. Świat milczy.
To ludobójstwo.
🇮🇱🇵🇸 Fresh allegations of Israeli abuse of Palestinian prisoners are mounting up, and they're horrific.
An Israeli analyst said guards and detainees are telling the same story about what’s happening inside places like Sde Teiman.
He spoke to two guards: one says he saw it himself, the other says everyone on staff knows about it.
One prisoner said he was tied naked to a metal bed and raped by a soldier and a dog while others filmed and mocked him.
And he’s not alone, human rights groups like PCHR and Euro-Med Monitor are documenting repeated accounts with the same pattern: stripped, taken away from cameras, then abused.
At this point, it’s not just “claims,” it’s a growing body of testimonies that all sound disturbingly similar.
If even part of this is verified, we’re talking about serious violations of international law and a massive accountability problem.
Source: @academic_la
Iran's Foreign Minister Spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, confirms that a high-ranking Pakistani delegation will visit Tehran today to follow up on talks with the U.S. in Islamabad. "During this visit, the views of both sides are likely to be discussed in detail," Baghaei said.
I’ll take Erdogan seriously the day he cuts Azerbaijan’s gas supply line to Israel. Until then he’s just another loudmouth in a cheap suit, blustering from the palace while the real knives stay in their sheaths.
He talks like a lion but walks like a man who knows the price of oil better than the price of courage. Let him shut the valves, freeze the pipelines, and watch his own brothers in Baku sweat for once. Then maybe, just maybe, I’ll believe the thunder coming out of Ankara isn’t only hot air and yesterday’s baklava.
Until that day he remains what he has always been: a bazaar actor shouting at the horizon, hoping the crowd mistakes volume for resolve. Words are cheap in the east. Pipelines are not. Let him prove it with steel and cold metal instead of another speech.
I’m still waiting.