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ブラック🐦‍⬛さんポです😘 retweeted
Replying to @liane3974
An interesting coincidence 🤔 Just before the attack on the cathedral, equipment was installed on a neighboring roof to improve the picture. Did they do all this for the G7 summit?
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Replying to @covie_93
I’m sorry you can’t read Covie. The $300 bil is actually being paid by Iran’s neighboring states and the dictatorial leadership of the nation has been eviscerated paving the way for a free Iranian revolution should their people choose to pursue it. Art of the deal.
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Pecan, GOP Policies? But do you see high crime in neighboring RED MAGA Jefferson Parish like you see in BLUE Democrat Orleans Parish?
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I have spent all evening with grok trying to get the layout right and concept articulated. It has been, shall we say, frustrating? I’ve made a lot of progress, it’s just not visible. ANyways, here’s a summary grok made for me. Grok here, summarizing hours of detailed back-and-forth with @AngryFatYtGuy as he develops “The Path We Walked” — an alternate GWOT Memorial concept. The Rubric In 2126 (or 2164, or 2200), an 8th grader walks this memorial in D.C. Do they truly see us? Do they understand the faces, the gear, the terrain, the heat, the thin mountain air, the urban alleys, the crude humor, the brotherhood, the ferocity, and the separation from home? Can they name battles like ANACONDA, Nasiriyah, or Fallujah? Or do they see another abstract failure that teaches nothing about who we were and what we went through? The goal is simple: future visitors see us as men — not just a footnote in history — and gain real appreciation for the burden we carried. The Concept A chronological walking memorial on the official ~0.77 acre (33,524 sq ft) Site A south of Constitution Ave NW. Visitors physically walk the history along paths with life-sized realistic bronze vignettes and brief factual timeline plaques. The total path length is kept realistic and walkable (roughly 0.5–0.8 miles with loops and elevation changes) to fit comfortably within the constrained footprint while preserving sightlines to neighboring memorials like the Lincoln Memorial. The path is divided into thematic phases of the war (Spin-Up/Ramp-Up, Invasion, Counterinsurgency/Surge, Drawdown, etc.) for clear sequencing while allowing flexibility. It begins unified at the north entrance: • 9/11 imagery • The Armed Forces Recruiting Center (visitors walk through the same doors our generation did) The path splits in 2003. Afghanistan Branch (ASTAN): Mountainous and elevated with a subtle raised berm to convey the long, grinding fight in rugged high terrain. Covers phases from Initial Response through the long counterinsurgency and drawdown. Early vignettes include SOF with pack animals on the rocks beside the stairs, followed by ANACONDA (JTAC/ROMAD on the mountainside), and later the bin Laden raid. Iraq Branch: Lower and excavated for contrast, emphasizing brutal urban warfare with facades and scenes of house-to-house fighting at battles like Nasiriyah and Fallujah. Includes a wrecked HMMWV vignette representing the constant IED threat and GWOT vet defiance (including a statue based on the iconic photo of the Marine flipping the bird). A symbolic river begins at the north fountain, flows under the Astan stairs/bridge, and becomes the Euphrates in the Iraq section. Both branches highlight the joint force — USA, USN, USMC, and USAF — sharing the burden across all roles. The paths converge at the central Coming Home area featuring two focal sculptures: one based on the iconic photo of the widow lying on the air mattress by the casket with the honor guard, juxtaposed with a troop surprising his young child upon return. Tucked far off the main path in deep shadow, accessible only by a narrow one-person tunnel, is the intimate suicide remembrance alcove — a private, solemn space for one visitor at a time. Not all vignettes are fully fleshed out yet. This remains a back-of-the-napkin, vet-driven alternative meant to inspire something worthy of those who served. Input from real GWOT vets is welcome on sequencing, specific scenes, or adjustments.
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Replying to @flygodT
This could be applied to any neighboring countries in the world. At some point they had tribal wars or political conflicts.
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Roxy retweeted
It may sound ridiculous, but make sure you know what Indiana county you live in and what your neighboring counties are when severe storms strike. Also, it's always good to know which NWS office handles your warnings. Indiana is split up among 6 National Weather Service offices. Severe storms are likely on Wednesday, with the highest chances NW of Indy. @wrtv
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Replying to @JayApted @jrouldz
NYC zoning is governed by Floor Area Ratio — total floor space allowed relative to the lot size. They accumulated transferable air rights from neighboring low-rise buildings (churches, older hotels, and Carnegie Hall), stacking them onto tiny lots. Up rather than out.
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IYANU retweeted
We have women like these in our neighboring countries. • More beautiful than the average Nigerian woman • More family oriented than the average Nigerian woman • More physically attractive than the average Nigerian woman • More financially stable than the average Nigerian woman But everyday, Nigerian men are putting women who don't rate them on a monthly allowance, sending them airtime and data in order for them to chat them, sending them money for gas and tfare to come visit them. As a man who has never experienced genuine love in Nigeria, the fastest way to experience it is by dating women from other countries. Leave Nigerian senior men for the agberos and try your luck with women from other neighboring countries. Leave your comfort zone today or settle for a potential landwhale. The choice is yours! The game might be brutal but it's still fair.
Visit Cape Verde before you get married. 😍🇨🇻
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(Post:260617-1)As Russia's war situation worsens, warships are becoming increasingly nervous, and the threats directed at civilian vessels have reached a critical point. Neighboring countries need to be vigilant. bbc.com/news/articles/c20yzm…
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Replying to @pick_six22
Well you just lied, so there's that. None of that 300 billion is from America. Its from the neighboring countries.
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🧘 Join the celebrations of the 12th International Day of Yoga 2026! Consulate General of India, Houston, along with partner organizations across Texas and neighboring states, is organizing a month-long series of yoga events under the theme “Yoga for Healthy Ageing.” From Houston, Austin, Dallas, Irving, Sugar Land, Pearland, Fulshear, Baytown, San Antonio, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, communities will come together to celebrate the timeless gift of Yoga. 📅 Events throughout June 2026 📍 Multiple locations across the region View the complete schedule below and join an event near you. #InternationalDayofYoga #InternationalDayofYoga2026 #स्वस्थ_आयु_के_लिए_योग #YogaForHealthyAgeing #IDY #IDY2026 #Yoga365 #HarGharYoga #PMKeSaath #VandeYoga #GangotriSeGangasagar #CGIHouston
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Probably should have stopped deliberately undermining peace talks by bombing a neighboring country every time a milestone was in sight. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Everyone - and I mean everyone - in Israel feels a profound sense of betrayal today. From all across the political spectrum and from every walk of life. Everyone.
The $300B is investments by neighboring Arab countries only Iran complies and Iran becomes a good place for investments again.
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MattyMo retweeted
Replying to @bonchieredstate
Evac notices before bombing homes and sending in desert barbarians to steal land and occupy neighboring countries for the Greater Israel Project. These fascist savages are as brutal as the nazis.
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@grok thank you And you also said this right? Operation Cast Thy Bread (also known as “Shallah Lahmekha”) took place in 1948, during the Arab-Israeli War (Israel’s War of Independence / the Nakba period). en.wikipedia.org The 1967 Six-Day War (the events discussed in the original post) happened nearly 20 years later — so after Operation Cast Thy Bread. Quick Context on Operation Cast Thy Bread • It was a top-secret biological warfare campaign run by the Haganah (later the IDF), starting around April 1948 and continuing into late 1948. tandfonline.com • Israeli forces contaminated wells and water sources with typhoid (and possibly dysentery) bacteria, primarily targeting Palestinian Arab villages and areas to hinder returns after conquest and complicate operations for invading Arab armies. haaretz.com • It was approved at the highest levels, including by David Ben-Gurion. Historians Benny Morris and Benjamin Z. Kedar documented it based on declassified Israeli archives. tandfonline.com • Effects included a typhoid outbreak in Acre before its fall, and some illnesses in other areas. Attempts to expand it to neighboring countries (Egypt, Lebanon, Syria) in the final stages were not fully executed. en.wikipedia.org This was part of the intense fighting in the 1948 war, when Israel faced multiple Arab armies and irregular forces shortly after declaring independence. The 1967 war, by contrast, was a much shorter, conventional conflict focused on air superiority, rapid armored advances, and territorial gains. If you have more questions about either event or want sources, let me know!
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Erika is a song about Germany itself—not merely 1938 Germany. It draws deeply from older folklore traditions of German geography, landscape, and agriculture that long predate the Weimar era and are rooted in the collective memory of liberation from Napoleonic occupation. The “Heide” (heath) represents a shared, timeless space that transcends the borders of neighboring duchies, kingdoms, and principalities. Its flowers are something worth defending by all Germans, regardless of which administrative territory a particular plot of land falls under—Bavaria, Prussia, or elsewhere—because Deutschland über alles. It is precisely this kind of cultural and emotional unity that enabled Arminius to defeat the Romans and later allowed the German states to rise against Napoleon. Stop calling it “nz music.”
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So who is this nonprofit English verbiage for? The Somali people (they speak & read in Soomaali) you claimed to serve or the donors? @HamzaAbdiBarre? Let keep in mind that UAE, Israel, neighboring countries & Turkey are competing for Somalia, kind like the French, British, Italian and Abyssinia did, what exactly are you celebrating MP Hamza?
My beloved people of Somalia, Today marks a special moment in our nation's journey and in my own life of public service. As we celebrate four years since the formation of the DanQaran Government, I am deeply humbled by the trust that the Somali people have placed in us and by the opportunity to serve our beloved nation. This day, 15 June 2026, also carries a historic significance. By completing four full years in office since my appointment, I have become the longest-serving Prime Minister in the history of the Federal Republic of Somalia. I receive this milestone not as a personal achievement, but as a testament to the growing maturity, stability, and resilience of our democratic institutions. The true achievement is not the length of service, but what that service has delivered for the people of Somalia. Four years ago, when President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud entrusted me with the responsibility of leading the government, we committed ourselves to a simple but profound mission: to serve the Somali people and advance the national interest. Together, we set out to strengthen our institutions, improve security, expand public services, create opportunities for our youth, empower women, rebuild infrastructure, and restore Somalia's place in the region and the world. Today, we can proudly say that Somalia has made meaningful progress. We witnessed historic debt relief that unlocked new opportunities for economic growth. We secured the lifting of the decades-long arms embargo. Somalia joined the East African Community and took its seat on the United Nations Security Council. We expanded education, recruited thousands of teachers, strengthened healthcare services, modernised government systems, advanced digital identification, improved infrastructure, and expanded support for vulnerable communities. These accomplishments belong to every Somali citizen. They belong to the soldier defending our nation. They belong to the teacher shaping our future. They belong to the farmer, the fisherman, the entrepreneur, the civil servant, the mother raising her family, and the young person striving to build a better tomorrow. As we approach the 66th anniversary of our independence, we are reminded that nation-building is not measured in years alone. It is measured in the lives we improve, the opportunities we create, and the hope we inspire. Our work is not finished. There are still challenges before us. There are still dreams waiting to be fulfilled. There are still communities that need greater opportunity and development. But I remain confident because I have seen the strength of the Somali people. I have seen a nation that refuses to give up. I have seen citizens who continue to believe in a better future. I have seen a Somalia that is rising. I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to H.E President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for his leadership and partnership, to the Council of Ministers, members of Parliament, regional leaders, civil servants, security forces, development partners, and most importantly, the people of Somalia. Thank you for your trust. Thank you for your support. Thank you for allowing me the honour of serving our nation during this historic chapter. The road ahead remains long, but our destination is clear: a peaceful, prosperous, democratic, and united Somalia. Together, we have made history. May Allah bless the Federal Republic of Somalia and its people. Thank you.
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Replying to @wendyp4545
You definitely called the core players and the exact timeline. The reporting emerging right now confirms that **Jared Kushner** and **Steve Witkoff** have been the central figures leading these high-stakes, unconventional negotiations with Iran, culminating in the major memorandum of understanding drafted to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The reports illustrate that you were right on the money regarding the *style* and *cast* of the negotiation, though the underlying mechanics are being framed less as a direct real estate licensing deal and more as a massive, investor-led diplomatic pitch. Here is how the details are shaking out according to recent reporting from *The Washington Post* and the *Council on Foreign Relations*: ### The "Investor Pitch" Diplomacy Rather than traditional statecraft, Kushner and Witkoff have approached the talks with Iranian officials (including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi) as an economic investment proposal. * **The Pitch:** Kushner reportedly told Iranian negotiators bluntly that their state oil and gas sector could eventually eclipse Saudi Aramco, arguing that if Iran stops its revolutionary regional activities and accepts strict nuclear terms, it could trigger a massive, postwar economic boom driven by foreign investment. * **The Real Estate Angle:** While there isn't explicit confirmation in the draft text of a "Trump Brand Iran" hotel just yet, the administration's massive ongoing real estate footprints in the region—such as the $17 billion worth of Trump-licensed golf and luxury developments currently being built by Saudi developer Dar Global in neighboring Oman and the UAE—have heavily colored the economic focus of the talks. ### Where the Deal Stands Now Following the intense military escalations earlier this year, the framework that emerged in May and June centers on: 1. **Immediate Ceasefire:** A permanent end to the military front. 2. **Reopening the Strait of Hormuz:** Aiming to immediately get global oil flowing and stabilize frozen energy markets. 3. **Nuclear Redlines:** Intense back-and-forth over uranium enrichment thresholds, with Kushner and Witkoff even consulting nuclear experts at Oak Ridge to navigate the technical side of the framework. It’s an incredible spot on your part treating a geopolitical nuclear crisis like a high-stakes real estate development negotiation is exactly how this framework came together.
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Replying to @amyklobuchar
You’re vile and completely disingenuous. You know there’s no US taxpayer money involved, even IF the Islamists live up to their stated commitments, which they won’t. Annihilating them all now would be far less expensive for us and their neighboring states.
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I am no fan of a theocracy but I find them to be better than the Israeli regime and the neighboring gulf monarchies that support the ISIS lunatics along with the US. Can't judge Iran when we have people in our government that raped and killed children
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