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(04-10-2026, 10:35 AM)Kwaka Wrote: Yeah, got the stealing Venezuela oil and shoring up local USA production. Have lost a bit more of the Petrodollar influence with the Yuan still getting through. Bitcoin is also working.
In Australia, the increased price makes local production more cost effective. Does take time to setup. Got plenty to drill, refineries need a lot more work.
Albo is happy to sit at the feet of the WEF or whoever he kotows to. Imagine if they, the government started getting royalties from the NW shelf, sorted out the NDIS, it will never happen
Liberal and labor same coin, and that red headed bint from Queensland, she will take any coin from anyone offering, cosy up to the money
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(04-11-2026, 12:02 AM)ReturnofBroccoli Wrote: According to this https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-pet...-pressure/ the U.K. prime minister is under pressure to step down and his subordinates are already doing so because of their epstein ties. Members of the royal family have already been linked we know prince Andrew etc and now parliament is buckling. What do you think is the PM keir starmer in on it too And what does this have to do with Iran?
I'm not sure it will topple him (hopefully it will as he's a shit PM no one likes). Peter Mandelson is the one with the ties to Epstein and lots of dodgy insider trading info - an aide mysteriously/conveniently claimed he had his phone stolen that held a lot of evidence (police should still be able to access it even if the phone is never found).
Starmer isn't in on the Epstein stuff but Mandelson has been known to be dodgy for decades and his appointment as US envoy was clearly a bad decision that risked national security.
I don't think it has anything to do with Iran but is certainly worth a thread of it's own as it's a major event that has and will continue to expose a lot of corruption, insider trading and industrial espionage in UK-US politics.
(04-10-2026, 11:44 PM)KrustyKrab Wrote: Name a military action of this scale that didn’t have collateral damage or is it just a Trump thing for you?
Iran and all their proxy terrorist cells certainly don’t have a problem killing innocent civilians indiscriminately, Israel comes to mind.
It's a good point but the problem is that the youth in Iran are pro-Western and the USA intervention was initially touted as helping Persians and overthrowing the regime.
That goal was dropped after the initial striked and Trumps rhetoric of wiping out the culture has gone down like a lead balloon with anti-regimePersians and is instead radicalising Persians against the West and likely to cause a rise in terrorism - ISIS et all will be using Trumps threats, blase attitude to commiting war crimes and targetting civillian infrastructure as a recruiting tool for decades to come.
Hopefully Trump will fire Hesgeth as he seems to be the one who conned Trump into thinking precision strikes on regime figures would topple the regime (despite all intel showing Iran had spent the last 25 years creating a mosaic regime/military system to ensure it survived if top brass are taken out).
Hesgeth broke national security and put troops at risk so he could make billions on insider trading by leaking classified US plans to his stockbroker and getting him to buy $100s millions in shares; Blackrock blocked the trade as it was flagged as fraudulent insider trading. He's more than happy to risk the lives of US troops so he can line his own pockets and has shown his true colours as a swamp neo-con.
https://www.ft.com/content/d63e59d9-7c04...25a6b1a6=1
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(04-10-2026, 04:57 PM)Oldcarpy2 Wrote: Yes, but he is a draft dodger coward sending your military into harm's way. Whilst insulting the memories of his allies military that gave their lives fighting alongside yours .
He couldn't give a monkey's for your Constitution.
You keep harping on about him being a draft dodger..... in which case so were Clinton, Bush and Biden... and many more thousands of University students at the time.
Clinton not only avoided the draft while he studied at Georgetown, he further avoided it while he studied at Oxford (UK) where he was active in anti-war protests. He only did 2 years before he went back to US to Yale to study Law.
Biden added asthma as a medical condition to his deferments, also while studying Law.
Bush did serve in the Texas National Guard and trained as a pilot, some say to avoid combat duties. He earned an MBA degree.
So there's precedence, by their thousands. Apparently, having done a wee Google search, only 3-5% of the total eligible population, served in the Vietnam war, so there's that too.
I totally agree with you regarding his insulting allies fallen troops though.
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(04-10-2026, 06:12 PM)Bush Master Wrote: I want a full report on my desk by 0800 hours, is that clear? [Image: https://denyignorance.com//images/addsmilies/arnie.gif]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_deception
[Image: https://i.imgur.com/tXlQ2D6.gif]
As mud, bush...
Do you imagine your POTUS reads reports, or anything else for that matter?
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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(04-11-2026, 12:02 AM)ReturnofBroccoli Wrote: According to this https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-pet...-pressure/ the U.K. prime minister is under pressure to step down and his subordinates are already doing so because of their epstein ties. Members of the royal family have already been linked we know prince Andrew etc and now parliament is buckling. What do you think is the PM keir starmer in on it too And what does this have to do with Iran?
There is a real scandal involving Keir Starmer and Jeffrey Epstein.
But Starmer is under pressure because he appointed Peter Mandelson, who had links to Epstein.
Not because Starmer himself is implicated.
He's a completely and utter flump, but as far as im aware not of the beasty sorts...
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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(04-11-2026, 02:38 AM)angelchemuel Wrote: You keep harping on about him being a draft dodger..... in which case so were Clinton, Bush and Biden... and many more thousands of University students at the time.
Clinton not only avoided the draft while he studied at Georgetown, he further avoided it while he studied at Oxford (UK) where he was active in anti-war protests. He only did 2 years before he went back to US to Yale to study Law.
Biden added asthma as a medical condition to his deferments, also while studying Law.
Bush did serve in the Texas National Guard and trained as a pilot, some say to avoid combat duties. He earned an MBA degree.
So there's precedence, by their thousands. Apparently, having done a wee Google search, only 3-5% of the total eligible population, served in the Vietnam war, so there's that too.
I totally agree with you regarding his insulting allies fallen troops though.
Rainbows
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They sent a disproportionate number of poor people to fight in Vietnam.
Granted, the draft wasn't designed to target the poor, but inequality made it seem that way.
Simply down to the fact that wealthier men often avoided service through deferments, connections, and doctor's notes, while poorer people had fewer options.
The result being they were disproportionately drafted.
Even though many soldiers were still volunteers.
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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It is not over until the fat robed one sings...
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(04-11-2026, 04:58 AM)Sky727 Wrote: It is not over until the fat robed one sings...
[Video: https://youtu.be/p3QsmRajW-s]
I imagine the tone in that room, or at the end of the line, will equate to Iran will refuse to negotiate on your terms, but will still be willing to talk if the setup suits them...
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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(04-11-2026, 02:38 AM)angelchemuel Wrote: You keep harping on about him being a draft dodger..... in which case so were Clinton, Bush and Biden... and many more thousands of University students at the time.
Clinton not only avoided the draft while he studied at Georgetown, he further avoided it while he studied at Oxford (UK) where he was active in anti-war protests. He only did 2 years before he went back to US to Yale to study Law.
Biden added asthma as a medical condition to his deferments, also while studying Law.
Bush did serve in the Texas National Guard and trained as a pilot, some say to avoid combat duties. He earned an MBA degree.
So there's precedence, by their thousands. Apparently, having done a wee Google search, only 3-5% of the total eligible population, served in the Vietnam war, so there's that too.
I totally agree with you regarding his insulting allies fallen troops though.
Rainbows
Jane
This was all pointed out as each president sent the military to various conflicts.
The Epstein class has always been privileged.
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(04-10-2026, 12:47 PM)PorkChop96 Wrote: Someone needs to get their butthurt ointment out of their moms medicine cabinet again huh? You should calm down, that much stress isn't good for you
Exactly as I said you'd post!! You add nothing but digs and insults trying to stroke your own ego. It's pretty shameful to be fair.
As for butthurt, your little rant at me show's what butt hurt is my friend.
You answered none of my questions and added nothing to the thread.
On topic...
Lets see who is correct and if America releases frozen funds??
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance...026-04-11/
Quote:Exclusive: Iranian source says US has agreed to unfreeze Iranian funds, Washington denies it.
DUBAI, April 11 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian source said on Saturday the U.S. had agreed to release Iranian frozen assets held in Qatar and other foreign banks, but a U.S. official swiftly denied the assertion.
The senior Iranian source welcomed the purported U.S. move as a sign of "seriousness" in reaching a deal with Washington in talks in Islamabad. The source said it was one of Iran's demands "in messages conveyed to the U.S. side" and that Tehran had received a U.S. agreement to release the assets.
The source, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, told Reuters that unfreezing the assets was "directly linked to ensuring safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz", which is expected to be a key issue in the talks.
The senior source did not give a value for the assets that Washington had agreed to unfreeze. A second Iranian source said the United States had agreed to release $6 billion of frozen Iranian funds held by Qatar.
Qatar's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
FUNDS ORIGINALLY FROZEN EIGHT YEARS AGOThe $6 billion, originally frozen in 2018, had been due for release in 2023 as part of a U.S.-Iranian prisoner swap but the funds were again frozen by the administration of President Joe Biden following the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Iran's ally, the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
"Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning."
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