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#31
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - May 27, 2026, 07:08 PM
QuoteEvening dudes. Been a while.

What did I miss? 

You can see there have been significant changes if you have been gone a while.  What have you missed? To answer that you'll have to say where you've been.
#32
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by Haniel - May 27, 2026, 06:36 PM
Evening dudes. Been a while.

What did I miss? 
#33
American Capitalism / The AI bubble.
Last post by K-Dog - May 27, 2026, 02:29 PM

substack.com2026-05-24

Hyperscale Data Centers

What's the end game here?


"If you have been led to believe wind and solar are making a significant contribution, think again. Fossil fuels are their primary source and sociopaths like Mark Zuckerberg whose products provenly harm the mental health of our children has proposed a data center the size of Manhattan."

Capitalism is fertile soil for Jevons paradox.

And Mark Zuckerberg is a capitalist. A rentier capitalist. Money for nothing. Use what he owns and pay him is the way he wants things to work out.

Wouldn't it be nice if you got a check in the mail, as a small percentage of something sold or a service rendered. You never have to do any work to get it, the check just comes. In America it takes living many years on this earth to understand that what you are doing is a theft. It should be obvious, but American culture gets in the way of this understanding. Zuckerberg will never have that understanding. To destroy the earth for unearned riches is an obvious evil. However many Americans cannot see the obvious.

Data centers are a speculative bubble feeding on itself. Capital is raised and the people raising this capital get paid today. Opaque metrics let raisers of capital sell potential capacity and build massive campuses. Transparency makes selling difficult. The AI buildout results from investor storytelling and rentier incentives, not actual verified necessity.
#34
The American economy / Trump Hit With Dire Warning Th...
Last post by RE - May 27, 2026, 01:36 PM

THEDAILYBEAST.COM2026-05-27

Trump Hit With Dire Warning That He Could Spark Financial Crisis

Europe’s top financial watchdog has warned that President Trump’s war with Iran and his tariff policies are pushing the global economy toward a major financial crisis.
The European Central Bank, in a sweeping assessment of global financial stability, said Trump's escalating conflict with Iran and his volatile trade policies are stress-testing the resilience of the world financial system at a moment when government debt is ballooning, and asset prices are already overstretched.

It's only a matter of time.  The only question is what the trigger will be?

RE
#35
The four horsemen / Uganda closes its border with ...
Last post by RE - May 27, 2026, 01:00 PM

APNEWS.COM2026-05-27

Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge

Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered its border with Congo closed “with immediate effect” as suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola surge near 1,000 there and others emerge at home.


Probably past the point it can be contained inside Africa.  Long as it doesn't mutate and go airborne though, there should be time to develop a vaccine. If it does go airborne or cross species though, things could get really ugly.

RE
#36
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by RE - May 27, 2026, 12:33 PM
Not at today's prices.
#37
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - May 27, 2026, 06:24 AM
It looks like we were both right about the casualties.  If we we pool what that knowledge has been worth we could buy 1 cup of coffee, maybe.
#38
War / U.S. Casualties in Iran War Ri...
Last post by RE - May 27, 2026, 12:09 AM

THEINTERCEPT.COM2026-05-26

U.S. Casualties in Iran War Rise as Military Strikes Begin Again

Reporting by The Intercept found that the Pentagon’s official tally of dead and wounded military personnel from the Iran War is a gross undercount, stemming from what one U.S. government official called a “casualty cover-up.”
The Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, which tracks "deceased, wounded, ill or injured" service members for Congress and the president, is missing hundreds of known casualties.
Yet again, you heard it here first! 😀

This still isn't the complete numbers IMHO,but at least it's confirmation of ongoing coverups.  If/when El Chumpo is booted  out of the Oval Office, maybe we'll get the real numbers.


RE
#39
War / US launches new strikes on Ira...
Last post by RE - May 25, 2026, 11:47 PM

BBC.COM2026-05-25

US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats

Central Command spokesperson Capt Tim Hawkins said the US military "continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire" between the two countries.


This is why nobody believes anything in the media.  There is OBVIOUSLY no cease fire, nor has there ever been one.  The FSoA simply slowed down how much bombing they were doing because they were pissing away money and running short on munitionns with no results.  Now Trumpolini authorizes a bombing mission every couple of days to show everyone how tough he is and that he "means business".  It's a fucking farce.  They aren't any closer to an agreement than they were on Day 1.

Count on a lot of starving kids in Africa, India and SE Asia by Christmas.


RE
#40
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by RE - May 25, 2026, 07:59 PM
Quote from: K-Dog on May 25, 2026, 04:55 PMCarpet bombing of a city may result from Ukraine droning.  Drones don't tip the balance.  They change the equation, but using them may come with heavy consequences.  The "Zelensky junta and its Western sponsors" make life in Ukraine suck.

They definitely do change the balance, they just don't completely level the playing field.  The bigger country still holds some advantage.

However, in the case of Russia-Ukraine, were it not for the drones the Ukies would likely be defeated by now, at least Mother Russia would have made more progress rather than being more or less stuck for the last year.  In fact according to recent MSM reports, the Ukies have taken some ground back.  They're also successfully damaging Russia's oil export terminals, reducing their income from oil sales.  This would be hurting more had Trumpolini not helped out Russia by attacking Iran and jacking up the price of oil.

The Iranians also are much more able to threaten Hormuz using the drones, plus the threat of the Dolphins which will make Mine Sweeping actions nearly worthless.  The Dolphins can be deployed after sweepers go thru at any time from hidden basses along the coast.

The other aspect here is that the drone technology being relatively short range favors the defenders of a territory over the aggressors.  Drones can be assembled in anyone's basement or garage and taake off from any cul-de-sac, highway or parking lot.  They don't need any airfields which are targets for bombing.  It's distributed technology making it more difficult to find and target.

Imagine here in the FSoA for instance if say Mexican Drug Lord like El Chapo hires a couple of Ukie Mercs with drone tactics experience to train his enforcement squad.  They could fly drones from Mexico and hit border patrol bases all along the Rio Grande and hit refineries in Houston to retaliate against CIA attacks on their smuggling operations.  Cartel associates who sell drugs here could deploy drones from any FSoA city where they have operations.  East LA where cops don't go could have drone assembly factories in any warehouse or auto repair shop.  Drug smugglers are already using drones to get drugs across the border.  It's just a small step up to start using them as weapons against the DEA.  None of this would be possible were it not for the fact the drone tech is cheap enough for any decently large operation moving $millions$ in cocaine and fentanyl every month.

Drones make waging this kind of battle possible at financial levels within reach of the common man.  The tech will spread just like automatic weapons.  Eventually they'll be all over the place.

RE