05-06-2026, 04:00 AM
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05-06-2026, 05:08 AM
Quote:Trump says US to pause operation to guide vessels through Strait of Hormuz He's paused "Project Freedom" less than 48 hours after it began. ![]() What's the bet this is just more nonsense? And Iran is still not up for surrendering. Nor giving up its ballistic missiles, or its enriched Uranium if it actually exists.
"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."
05-06-2026, 05:23 AM
This post was last modified: 05-06-2026, 05:26 AM by SteamyAmerican. 
(05-06-2026, 03:03 AM)Astyanax Wrote: Soon it will be Wednesday, and guess what... Well. To be fair. Trump is between a proverbial “rock and a hard place”. The rock being Israel’s Zionist prerogatives. The hard place being the interests of the American people and our well-being. But I gotta tell ya, referring to Israel as Deplorables, is pretty rough. Lol. ETA: least he ain’t gotta worry about reelection…
05-06-2026, 05:39 AM
This post was last modified: 05-06-2026, 06:04 AM by SteamyAmerican. 
(05-06-2026, 05:08 AM)andy06shake Wrote: [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gUCq1yRZGQ]I’d agree if I thought this whole debacle was about the “Iranian nuclear issue”. But I think it’s just part of the bigger picture if my CT cap is on correctly. with 2030 rapidly approaching and the chance to capture the world in a digital prison, I think this is just the salvo presented. Without getting into the weeds too much, it appears as if certain Western countries including the UK and Australia are going to be made to bend the knee with regard to gas and imports at large. Here in America the issue is approaching critical mass as we see GDP vs. Debt reach an impasse. $ for Data Centers for AI slop (although this is somewhat paused due to reasons) but no $ to fix critical infrastructure like the Grid or invest in soon-to-be water woes, as the Colorado River bottoms out, crippling water and energy resources in the western part of the country. Meanwhile we’re adding E15 or Ethanol to our gas which will degrade our autos and force us into new cars with AI that can curb your driving (and life) for WrongThink. Another neat trick to kill the American Spirit by way of herding us off highways and into 15 minute cities There are reports that clearly what is being told to us about energy costs, with regards to cost per barrel, what we are paying at the pump, and what is actually being produced is complete BS when you bring the receipts historically speaking. Then of course there is the mysterious explosions rocking oil infrastructure around the world, nowhere near the theater of “war”. Of course there is the impending food shortage and fertilizer crisis that is exacerbated by Operation Epic Fury/Project Freedom/Endeavor World Hunger. So there that next year right on time to further the desperation of the world’s people and the slipknot of technological control of our AI overlords and Capitalistic captains of private equity. I could go on, but the threads are there, and I don’t want to overplay my hand presently by getting into the weeds and into other topics. Besides words like “affordability” are just a liberal buzzword and ploy for votes. Or so I hear. It makes me think we are over a barrel for another country’s Greater interests while the world and international trade is being held hostage while this charade plays out.
05-06-2026, 05:49 AM
(05-06-2026, 05:39 AM)SteamyAmerican Wrote: I’d agree if I thought this whole debacle was about the “Iranian nuclear issue”. It's what could have been done with the century that gets me... As to being over the barrel, thats the case for most people, Steamy. Unless you have a 7-figure bank account to help ride out and cushion the coming storm. The picture is pretty bleak by my guess. And even if all these senseless wars and saber rattling were to stop tomorrow. A lot of the damage has already been done... The trust has gone out the window, for starters.
"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."
05-06-2026, 06:03 AM
(05-06-2026, 05:49 AM)andy06shake Wrote: It's what could have been done with the century that gets me... Yeah. I agree fully. No doubt. Such a damn shame. America could have had it all as we speed towards our 250th, but quality of life and respect for the world we reside in, both environmentally and politically speaking, seems non-existent. Quite the opposite actually. Pretty fucking sad really. But don’t worry $1.5T to the MIC ought to set us right. Just don’t get sick, AI-controlled healthcare is set to Deny by default these days.
05-06-2026, 07:40 AM
"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."
05-06-2026, 11:11 AM
This post was last modified: 05-06-2026, 11:12 AM by CriticalStinker. 
(05-06-2026, 10:52 AM)cherokeetroy Wrote: https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/20520...59219?s=20 Big bets right before news everytime when Barak Ravid is the source of “peace”. He’s leaked 7 of the last 0 peace agreements, but the market moves every time.
05-06-2026, 11:33 AM
(05-05-2026, 04:53 PM)chr0naut Wrote: It has been a theocracy. A government ruled by a religious leader, and with laws formed around religious rules, specifically Sharia Law. Not for nothing, but what does the average person in Iran have to do with a dictatorial fanatic religious government and the efforts to gain nuclear weapons? (notwithstanding the mass executions by the Iran government) |
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