Global Events The Middle East - Palestine, Israel, and Iran

[4DQSAR]

Houses are insured if one buys house insurance. Sounds like he set up the GoFundMe for his uninsured mother’s storm-damaged house. Doesn’t seem that odd to me?

I can't speak for anywhere else, but in the UK something like 96% of dewllings have property and contents insurance. But yes, I guess it's possible she wasn't insured. Unlikely, but possible.

I'm still checking him out because he's a local councellor and quite legitimately stated his profession as 'self employed' on one line and 'contant provider' on the next. But the guy is in his late 50s. So I'm keen to know what he did before he was a content creator.

 

[Shambles]

I’ve only ever lived in rented accommodation in my adult life but am pretty sure my childhood homes were uninsured. I’m also in the UK.

And do keep on digging! I vaguely recall he’s a Green Party councillor in his local area but could be mistaken. I am under no illusions that he’s not anything other than a highly biased source… but also pretty accurate ime.

EDIT: Also, being insured doesn’t necessarily mean being paid out an a claim.

 

[4DQSAR]

No - it's for me to provide the evidence should there be any.

I did all the obvious things like streetviewing the village and reading more sources about the story.

What I think is interesting is that the house was paid for, no debts associated with it and the house WAS insured. It's simply stated that the insurance company refused to pay and I don't know why.

But here is the interesting bit. They only raised £4000 of the estimated £25000 and he writes that his mother was forced to go down the equity release path. Now the thing is, my own parents have taken more or less ALL the equity out of their cottage in exchange for a decent pension. They aren't rich but for the rest of their lives, they don't need to count the pennies. They worked for it, it's theirs, they have every right to the money.

So I'm just a bit surprised that a lady who only had her state pention didn't go down the equity release path the moment she retired. After all, if nothing else, the equity company takes on the property insurance. As it is the guy ends by stating that NOW his mother will have to go down the equity release path. I had wondered if, previously, an equity company had taken a look, seen a huge issue and said NO, hence his mum living on not much at all and not being insured. But that would not seem to be the case.

Of course, the thing about my parents taking the equity of their home as their pension is that I obviously won't inherit a penny. Now I don't care. In fact on day my father retired I told him he absolutely SHOULD take the money because I wouldn't want them to struggle.

But this guy obviously understood equity release and for who knows what reasons, his mother didn't know or chose against it... who knows?

But if someone KNOWS that there is sufficient equity in a dewlling to pay for repairs but then tries to get donations...

It smells wrong. I wouldn't do it. I feel GoFundMe should be a last resort, not the first option (when clearly there were options).

Sadly the old dear pegged out in 2024 so if she got a lump sum to do all of the repairs and a pension - the pension ends when she dies and any offspring get nothing.

But do you see the potential conflict of interest? The equity company gambles on the house price continuing to rise at a greater rate than inflation so their profit margin is the difference between the inflation-linked pension and the value of the property when the owner dies. It's a reasonable system because they don't have a vested interest in when the owner dies. In fact in this case I presume they actually made a loss if they had paid out £21000 or so and then the pension. I imagine their calculations are based on average life-span in these situations.

 

[DesertHarp]

Extremists who wrestled away power from a weak Shah who'd been inserted by the western allies and their corporate interests after the CIA helped to overthrow the popularly elected PM Mohammad Mosaddegh, whose policies included nationalization of Iranian oil was not seen as favorable by western oil companies and the US. Further, he was seen as friendly to communist Russia and that was obviously a no go for the US's interests (as evidenced by our incessant proxy wars throughout most of the world during this time).

I'ld call that an accurate summation of Iran's history over the last hundred years. The U.S., along with Britain and Israel, continue to want to socially reengineer Iran. The old shah's son, Prince Reza Pahlavi, is saying he'ld like to take over again. He has supporters.

 

[4DQSAR]

I'ld call that an accurate summation of Iran's history over the last hundred years. The U.S., along with Britain and Israel, continue to want to socially reengineer Iran. The old shah's son, Prince Reza Pahlavi, is saying he'ld like to take over again. He has supporters.

If you weren't aware, both the US and Israel are on extremely good terms wiith the Crown Prince.

They have made it clear that they seek regime change and it's him they would ideally like installled in power.

Well I say 'extremely good' but more recently the Isreali media has been less certain, They aren't suggesting the Crown Prince is anything but wonderfuul but, rather, they are openly asking if the Iranian people would support him.

I think the truth is a little diffferent. It's Benjamin Netanyahu who seeks a forever war so the criminal trial against him that has been ongoing for months won't see him in an Isreali jail rather than the presidential palace.

I suggest that given it would have to be US troops occupying Iran in the event of a forever war, it might just be that in this case, the US government willl continue to push for the crown prince regardless of Israel.

The unknowable is the view of the Iranian military, because Iran is such an authortarian state that who the people support it less important than who the militay supports. If they support the current regime in Iran - forever war. If they choose to remove the supreme leader and become a military dictatorship - forever war. If they support the Crown Prince... in spite of both his father ahd grandfathers opression of the Iranian people, he will at least be positively keen to adopt US policy. I know officially the CP is saying that he would ensure free and fair elections, I don't think the US cares.

BTW OBVIOUSLY the organg gimp is demanding complete surrender by Iran. But I think the world has got used to the idea that his approach to politics is borrowed from business i.e. you make an offer, someone else makes a counter-offer. Because I do not believe that a US invasion would be popular within the US - even amongst those oddest of types, the self-described MAGA supporter. Regime change is what is actually sought.

 

[4DQSAR]

Is a Revolution in Iran on the Horizon?

By Farzeen Nasri As Iran stands at a pivotal moment in its history, the prospect of revolution appears increasingly imminent. Widespread dissatisfaction with political repression, economic stagnati…

ageofrevolutions.com

I found this which was published on January 1st 2025.

I make no claims for the veracity of the piece but at the same time, many of the facts can be checked independently.