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2025-08-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Shiite ministers walk out as cabinet tasks army with drafting plan to restrict arms before Aug. 31

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-08-06 2025-08-06 02:06|| || Front Page|| [143 views ] Top
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#1 Now, that Syria is Sunni, time to finish the Lebanese civil war: everybody against the Shia.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-06 10:21|| 2025-08-06 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 The Shias hate the Sunnis, and everyone hates the Juice. It's National Brotherhood, baby!

Posted by SteveS 2025-08-06 10:59|| 2025-08-06 10:59|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Died last week. A great man.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-06 11:08|| 2025-08-06 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 His day job was math professor at Harvard. By night Some amazing songs came out of that head!!

Posted by Difar Dave 2025-08-06 17:55|| 2025-08-06 17:55|| Front Page Top

#5 A math professor! I did not know that. For those not in on the joke, we are talking about Tom Lehrer, best known for his satirical songs on topical topics. Wikipedia has an entertaining article on his life. Quite the fascinating character! RIP

Posted by SteveS 2025-08-06 18:18|| 2025-08-06 18:18|| Front Page Top

#6 According to Wikipedia, he taught “Math for” classes at Harvard and MIT at the front end of his career, while he was working on his PhD. After he gave up on that, he went to the University of Santa Cruz to teach musical theater and Math for lib arts.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-08-06 19:04|| 2025-08-06 19:04|| Front Page Top

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