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#31
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - May 11, 2026, 10:00 AM
Checkmate in Iran
Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.
QuoteDefeat in the present confrontation with Iran will be of an entirely different character. It can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. The Strait of Hormuz will not be "open," as it once was. With control of the strait, Iran emerges as the key player in the region and one of the key players in the world. The roles of China and Russia, as Iran's allies, are strengthened; the role of the United States, substantially diminished.
The consequences of letting a bully of an adult child run the show. America thought the orange cookie thief would give them a cookie. That he would share. But the power obsessed do not share. So it goes, when putting a sucker on the hook is very easy when you exploit GREED. Power obsessed people know about greed. Exploiting greed means you only have to make promises like 'make America great again.' Having an actual plan to do so is totally unnecessary since America's greed prevents any consideration of consequences.
So Trump thinks:
And since talking shit and having no plan works so well, why not start a war without a plan too. The suckers will believe anything I tell them. They have so far. They always do.
QuoteIran experts have noted, the regime in Tehran currently stands to emerge from the crisis much stronger than it was before the war, having not only retained its potential nuclear capacity but also gained control of an even more effective weapon: the ability to hold the global energy market hostage. When the Iranians talk of "reopening" the strait, they still mean to keep the strait under their control. Iran will be able not only to demand tolls for passage, but to limit transit to those nations with which it has good relations. If a nation behaves in a way that Iran's rulers don't like, they will be able to exact punishment merely by slowing, or even threatening to slow, the flow of that nation's cargo ships in and out of the strait.
To benefit himself Trump has locked America into ineluctable decline. To some, that defines a traitor.
#32
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - May 11, 2026, 09:37 AMI'd love to be able to interrupt an American politician in the middle of saying:
Iran Can't have nuclear weapons.
I'd grab the mike and say:
Why the fuck not.
And I'd be thinking.
Why the fuck not you political hack of an asshole. What are they going to do with them that you wouldn't do. Let's start there. What kind of rotten filth lines your brain-pan so that you think a civilized nation is all about playing G.I. Joe. Not ours, I mean a real civilized nation. You have a case of arrested development? Seems to me you MAGA asshole that your elevator can't even make it up to the second floor. Not everyone is an adult child like you are. Grow the fuck up. Too long have I been tolerant of this ignorant painful and evil stupidity.
And if I we XI I'd throw Trump's ass in a Chinese prison as soon as he arrives. Not to see the light of day until Maduro is back in Caracas holding a press conference.
Iran Can't have nuclear weapons.
I'd grab the mike and say:
Why the fuck not.
And I'd be thinking.
Why the fuck not you political hack of an asshole. What are they going to do with them that you wouldn't do. Let's start there. What kind of rotten filth lines your brain-pan so that you think a civilized nation is all about playing G.I. Joe. Not ours, I mean a real civilized nation. You have a case of arrested development? Seems to me you MAGA asshole that your elevator can't even make it up to the second floor. Not everyone is an adult child like you are. Grow the fuck up. Too long have I been tolerant of this ignorant painful and evil stupidity.
And if I we XI I'd throw Trump's ass in a Chinese prison as soon as he arrives. Not to see the light of day until Maduro is back in Caracas holding a press conference.
#33
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by RE - May 11, 2026, 12:19 AMQuote from: K-Dog on May 10, 2026, 07:50 PMIn the case of Iran, a half dozen tactical nukes might count as their single big nuke. Each with in an escort of a dozen decoys. That way peace can be kept when the outlaws come to town.
I tend to agree that if 1 nation has them, they all should have the same right. Small & Weak nations that can't afford a big military particularly need them. It would stop big nations from attacking with conventional weapons & "bombing them back to the stone age". Or at least think twice before doing so.
The main problem is that if lots of small countries with unstable goobermints have them, what happens when the country gets into a civil war? Also, the increased potential for non-state actors to have a nuke. Say here in the FSoA if the Proud Boys or Ku Klux Klan got a nuke?
Frankly, the technology isn't very complex, it's mainly an engineering issue for Uranium enrichment. I'm sure the North Koreans could ramp up their production and sell tactical nukes on the retail arms market. Good source of revenue.
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#34
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - May 10, 2026, 07:50 PMAnd they have stuff they have not even tried out. The dolphin threat.
TASNIMNEWS.IR • 2026-05-10
Iranian ‘Dolphins’ in Strait of Hormuz to Counter Enemy Warships: Navy Chief
The light submarines are commonly referred to by naval officers and personnel as the “dolphins of the Persian Gulf.”
A cross between a submarine and a mine. I'll guess the things listen to sonic commands like watchdogs would. Sick em boy!
TASNIMNEWS.IR • 2026-05-07
Iran Not to Compromise on Nuclear Rights: MP
An Iranian lawmaker considered the right to uranium enrichment to be a red line for the country, stressing that Iran will not back down from its nuclear rights.
Do you think so?
As the world goes medieval as fast as the moon circles, perhaps letting the only adults in the room have the same adult toys the children in the room have could be seen as a reasonable concession. It could even be seen as the smart thing to do. I'm with Hassan Piker. Every country over a certain size should have a bomb.
In the case of Iran, a half dozen tactical nukes might count as their single big nuke. Each with in an escort of a dozen decoys. That way peace can be kept when the outlaws come to town.
Iranian ‘Dolphins’ in Strait of Hormuz to Counter Enemy Warships: Navy Chief
The light submarines are commonly referred to by naval officers and personnel as the “dolphins of the Persian Gulf.”
A cross between a submarine and a mine. I'll guess the things listen to sonic commands like watchdogs would. Sick em boy!
Iran Not to Compromise on Nuclear Rights: MP
An Iranian lawmaker considered the right to uranium enrichment to be a red line for the country, stressing that Iran will not back down from its nuclear rights.
Do you think so?
As the world goes medieval as fast as the moon circles, perhaps letting the only adults in the room have the same adult toys the children in the room have could be seen as a reasonable concession. It could even be seen as the smart thing to do. I'm with Hassan Piker. Every country over a certain size should have a bomb.
QuoteAn armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
In the case of Iran, a half dozen tactical nukes might count as their single big nuke. Each with in an escort of a dozen decoys. That way peace can be kept when the outlaws come to town.
#35
The four horsemen / “But I need you to hear me cle...
Last post by RE - May 10, 2026, 04:07 PMThe virus may have mutated to permit transmission between humans via saliva. It could even be aerosolized.
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#36
The four horsemen / “But I need you to hear me cle...
Last post by K-Dog - May 10, 2026, 04:02 PM
Whitman County resident dies of hantavirus: First Washington state case and death in 2025
This is the first documented hantavirus case in Whitman County and the first reported in Washington state in 2025. Historically, the state sees between one and five confirmed hantavirus cases annually.
#37
The four horsemen / “But I need you to hear me cle...
Last post by TDoS - May 10, 2026, 03:09 PMQuote from: RE on May 10, 2026, 12:03 AM"But I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID-19."
Famous Last Words. 😷😬🤨
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Hantavirus ain't Covid. The difference between the two is fundamental. Very few people in the US go around in direct contact with various infected rodents....particularly their urine, feces or saliva. Maybe folks in Alaska in survival situations might do it commonly, but in the L48 not so much.
Last time I heard about a hantavirus death down here in Colorado was like more than a decade ago, and involved mouse droppings and someone inhaling them somehow.
<yawn>
Need to find a better doom trigger to pretend is happening this week. Maybe aliens? I heard the US is hiding evidence of them.
#38
Eat the rich / Can Tracking Billionaire Priva...
Last post by K-Dog - May 10, 2026, 12:34 PMQuoteif those people do get word that the missiles are en route, they'll most likely jump in their planes and fly as far from major cities as possible. It's hard to argue with either of these premises.
No time for that. And with aviation fuel becoming scarce in Europe the governments there are likely to do some robin-hood. They have to keep the tanks topped off, as rationing may happen and cramp style. That will cut into the recreational use. Rationing will poison the data. About as useful as a weather-vane.
You know which way the wind blows.
#39
Eat the rich / Can Tracking Billionaire Priva...
Last post by RE - May 10, 2026, 11:30 AM
Can Tracking Private Jets Predict an Imminent Apocalypse? One Site Thinks So
So how does the Apocalypse Early Warning site actually use the ADS-B Exchange’s data?
Not particularly helpful, but probably true.
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#40
Peak oil / How Is Oil Futures Complacency...
Last post by RE - May 10, 2026, 12:44 AM
How Is Oil Futures Complacency Risking Global Supply Chains?
The oil market is sending two completely different signals. Oil futures suggest stability, but physical barrels and refined products are already trading at crisis levels.
This growing disconnect is fueling serious concerns that widespread oil futures complacency could be risking global supply chains and credit markets and potentially setting up the next major supply shock. Goldman Sachs recently warned of a disconnect in the oil markets, offering potential scenarios of what the rest of 2026 could look like, not just for the crude market, but refined products, such as jet fuel and petrochemicals. The potential paths the rest of 2026 might take range from a mere economic hiccup to catastrophe.
So which is it gonna be, sportsfans? HICCUP or CATASTROPHY?
In my grand tradition as a confirmed Doomer, I'm betting on Catastrophe. 😬
Sooner or later the physical shortages are gonna catch up to the rosy picture painted by Trumpolini. Meanwhile, his buddies will continue to rake in the moolah in market manipulation of the NACHO trade.
Meanwhile, futures markets rise and fall based on a different host of speculative factors, including President Trump's often contradictory late-night posts on Truth Social, which seem purely for market manipulation, rather than anything approaching an accurate assessment of the situation.
Trumpworld insiders are making hundreds of millions on every announcement, with a $1.7 billion short on oil placed one hour before Wednesday's bombshell report in Axios, after which crude plunged 7%.
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