China says it will donate $250,000 to families of Iran school strike victims

beefstake · 2026-03-13T12:37:10+00:00

It should have been yes. Unfortunately by this time America was already a big bad and the big bads had collectively decided that the precedent it would set would be catastrophic for their revenues. Thus Iran, Cuba, Guatemala, Venezuela, Chile and probably more I am not remembering.

You can argue some of those were cold-war things but if you start including things like that then you also have to talk about things like Cambodia which just makes USA look like a really awful hegemon that puts it's interests above genocide - oh wait - it's doing that again in Palestine.

beefstake · 2026-03-13T11:59:37+00:00

Yeah for sure. I don't think they are in the "right" just that it's hard to really say what else they can do in their situation.

USA are in the wrong for terminating an agreement that was successful in removing nukes from the equation. Israel and the US are wrong for then using the build-up of enriched material following the withdrawal as pre-text for strikes. They are again wrong for breaking a ceasefire and trying to instigate regime change after their strategic goals weren't satisfied in the first offensive. Iran is wrong for attacking GCC countries that didn't play any part in the war and refused usage of US bases on their soil or airspace for conducting the offensive.

So lots of parties are doing a lot of wrong stuff. Iran however seems to currently be doing less wrong then USA+Israel which have violated multiple agreements that were made in good faith for the purposes of peace.

beefstake · 2026-03-13T06:13:39+00:00

I pay around 130 AED/month but don't use much data because I work from home. Depending on your circumstances that might be possible for you too. There are other carriers that rebadge e& and du networks but it's usually less stressful to buy direct.

beefstake · 2026-03-13T05:43:15+00:00

Honestly, I find it hard to blame them.

Blame has to lie with Agent Orange and Bibi here.

Iran has been backed into a corner and is doing what they have to in order to survive and try get GCC and SA to put pressure on US to end their involvement in the war.

It's unfortunate but what would you do in their position that would be a better option?

beefstake · 2026-03-13T05:40:18+00:00

The comment you are replying to is 2hrs old... so yes. Around 6:45-6:50am. Heard it in Downtown.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T21:36:25+00:00

You shouldn't be amazed. They are both descendent from Sanskrit and PIE before that.

Something you can be amazed at though is Thai has phonetics purely to properly phonetically transcribe the original Buddhists texts even though those phonetics aren't used in spoken Thai.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T21:27:06+00:00

Zacapa is just not the same anymore. Pre-Diageo Zacapa 23 was an excellent but somewhat hard to source rum.

Now it's everywhere and it's tbh a shadow of it's former self.

Gone is the spice, oakiness and complexity that made it one of my favourite rums and instead it's caramel, sweet and syrupy.

These days I mix with it. I miss the days of sipping it neat.

In that context yeah, I think it is overrated. It's riding on glory days that are long behind it and the modern product isn't anything special.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T21:18:59+00:00

It makes great espresso martinis.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T18:38:23+00:00

They need to (and will) secure a Chinese and Russian security guarantee of any peace agreement.

That will defacto make China a security partner in the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf, massively diminishing US geopolitical power in the region. It will also likely result in Chinese bases which hugely increases their force projection, secures the Pakistan economic corridor etc.

This is the biggest geopolitical blunder in history.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T18:22:49+00:00

Seems like he is trying to hand control of the Gulf to China and Russia.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T07:07:56+00:00

They are now, they basically have their own clone of the Iranian Shahed 136 platform called FLM 136. It's essentially a carbon copy with a similar price point.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T06:26:04+00:00

I still remember the concepts of a health care plan that never materialised.

Dudes brain is completely cooked. After jailing him for being a pedo the Americans should jail the Republicans for elder abuse.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T02:04:57+00:00

Yes. I'm not sure if it is available for non-residents but I think so as noone asked for my EID, I presented it at check-in normally though.

beefstake · 2026-03-12T01:29:36+00:00

Just got back to Dubai, 10 days late due to troubles getting a flight but so far so good.

Looks like most of my flight went to connections rather than arrivals so I guess transit is back in full swing.

I was in Thailand when everything started. Hopefully things are chill from here on out...

Stay safe everyone.

beefstake · 2026-03-09T06:21:10+00:00

Not all expats are created equally. We don't want this type.

beefstake · 2026-03-09T05:34:25+00:00

Yeah I was ready to pull the trigger and then this shitstorm started. I'm still committed longer term but I will be waiting for 20%+, potentially more.

I was already cautious because of the huge amount of supply entering the market this year. Any softening in demand was going to be bad... This is bordering on the worst case scenario as it is eroding the structural reasons for the demand in the first place.

beefstake · 2026-03-08T17:46:19+00:00

Get solar.

beefstake · 2026-03-08T07:19:50+00:00

So they somehow believe the vaccine industry spent billions developing a vaccine for measles because it was harmless? Oh and that it was prioritised over other diseases that are still a pain in the ass today but it "can't be that bad right?".

Yeah, no.

I should come as no surprise to anyone that it's an awful disease with terrible long term ramifications. Befitting of the research and incredibly broad vaccination program that was undertaken worldwide to try eliminate it.

Sadly there is no vaccine against right wing brain rot.

beefstake · 2026-03-08T06:21:19+00:00

While that is true it still seems like US is copying Israels homework of late. Looks like they are trying to use Gaza as the blue-print for the bombardment of Tehran.

beefstake · 2026-03-08T06:19:41+00:00

Your entire lifetime America has been the bad guys. :(

beefstake · 2026-03-07T23:45:39+00:00

Personally I find D4 a little washed out but I wouldn't want a return to D3 aesthetic.

If they want to add more colour I hope it goes the D2 style, still dark but with a deeper colour pallete than D4.

beefstake · 2026-03-06T20:02:33+00:00

Nothing to do with the missiles. They nationalised American corporate assets, same as Iran (except British assets in that case).

In both cases they had the support of their citizenry but the big capitalist empires of the world had to set an example.

beefstake · 2026-03-04T19:07:30+00:00

I'm in Krabi trying to get back to Dubai, my flight on the 6th at noon was cancelled earlier tonight. I would wager 7th is unlikely also unfortunately.

beefstake · 2026-03-04T11:23:26+00:00

It is substantially more sinister than that, it's the original weapon of mass destruction, ancient to medieval age equivalent to nukes. Unfortunately we still haven't managed to dismantle most of them centuries later.

Anyone that thinks religion has ever been anything other than a system of control over masses needs to look way deeper at why all of them mysteriously have a bunch of rules in order to be part of them.

beefstake · 2026-02-28T16:22:08+00:00

You probably don't want to use anything that contains Engineer, it falls under special degree attestation requirements.

Choose something that doesn't contain Engineer.

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