Recent content by Hanks

  1. Revolution in Iran

    Some more chants (as you can guess, after half a century of forced occupant theocracy, very nationalistic) "No to Gaza, No to Lebanon, my life is only for Iran" Pre-revolutionary Song (banned by current regime) of Ey-Iran "Until Mullahs go under the ground, this homeland will not be a...

  2. Revolution in Iran

    Some incredible scenes yesterday during the Persian new year countdown in Tombs of Ferdowsi (in Tous), Tombs of Khayyam (Neishabour) and Tombs of Hafez (in Shiraz), Persepolis (Fars Province) and Chehel-Sotoon in my home city of Esfahan. People chanting openly for return of Monarchy. Incredible...

  3. Canadian Politics

    It's fact. I know this is a super left forum and it's taboo to criticize immigration measures in any form or shape...but you can't hide and run from it forever. The chickens come to roost at some point. My best mate from Uni, is of Indian-British origin. He's a lawyer, and even he was telling...

  4. Canadian Politics

    A study was done on Immigration in Canada and people's attitude towards this a few months ago. Here is the link and highlights: https://www.environicsinstitute.org/projects/project-details/canadian-public-opinion-about-immigration-and-refugees---fall-2024

  5. Canadian Politics

    @Cheimoon with all due respect, Trudeau and his party wouldn't be set to lose 96% of their parliament seats (160 going to 6) in the election, if the situation wasn't "so bad". I don't know your age group, but I'm a millenial and my tech community of thousands are mostly millennials and Gen Z...

  6. Canadian Politics

    The Real Estate issue has always been an issue in Canada, but it's absolutely exploded over the last decade of JT. But the problem is much more than that, especially since he won his 3rd election, he went absolutely ballistic with immigration and temporary resident visas. Currently, 5 million...

  7. Canadian Politics

    Trudeau has been a catastrophically bad PM and really has run the country into the ground. I'll elaborate on how life changed bit by bit, especially in the last 2-3 years in another post later this week. In short, you pay Ritz prices in Canada to live a motel experience for the most part. Our...

  8. Canadian Politics

    I think this deserves a long-awaited bump. The polls coming out shows Trudeau's Liberal party could be literally wiped out. The elections are scheduled for October 2025, but there is every chance that an early election can be called in Spring if Liberal coalition partners, NDP, allow the...

  9. Revolution in Iran

    To be honest, I've given up on him dying. He's apparently had acute cancer for nearly a decade, but all his death rumours have proven to be false. Also, Mullah type has a pact with devil and they live unusually long lives. Point in case, the head of the Guardian Council is Ahmad Janati (from my...

  10. Revolution in Iran

    Sorry for the late reply mate, haven't been online. It's absolutely inevitable and coming imo. From what I've heard, the vibe is that people are looking for an "ignition" , a big "event", to start waves of protests (I'm nearly certain the next round will be the final one)...and hits on Nuclear...

  11. Revolution in Iran

    Been talking to some family members in Tehran and Esfahan lately. The atmosphere and vibe in the country is extremely tense. In summary: Severe Fuel Shortages: The country is experiencing a critical fuel crisis driven by freezing weather, outdated infrastructure, and international sanctions...

  12. 2034 WC to be Held in Saudi Arabia after Australia Pulls out

    ^ Thank you NYAS as well as Pogue. Really, I think some folks will need to realize that very few countries in the entire world will live to their standard of 'Liberal Democracy' to be considered "Good Enough" to host a World Cup. Values aren't universal (I've lived in 7 different countries...

  13. 2034 WC to be Held in Saudi Arabia after Australia Pulls out

    Deserved for Saudis and this will be a brilliant World Cup. The country's social and cultural transformation over the last 8 years has been incredible. The progress has been so fast that I'm a bit worried for MBS as he could be subject to an inside coup, but so far he's done well to keep the...

  14. Middle East Politics

    Literally Al-Qaeda offshoots aren’t as insane and tyrannical as the shi’te Ayatollahs it seems. Unbelievable But Khomeini was saying same stuff at first to get Western approval and brought mandatory hijab 2 years after the revolution.

  15. Israel - Palestine Discussion

    Air defenses were massively hit in Israel's October attack (at least 3 of the provided S-300s by Russia). Islamic Republic's air is so defenseless and naked that some facilities as far east as Semnan (hundreds of kilometers east of Tehran) were shown to have been hit in satellite images. The...
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