Debt Rattle May 7 2026

Marco wasn;t the only one who called it
“Bomb, bomb bomb, Bomb bomb bomb Iran” John McCain

best to just leave the good news to Dr. D

“China Wants Iran War End, Pushes ‘Immediate’ Hormuz Reopening During Araghchi Visit Ahead Of Trump-Xi Summit

China is our ally and not Iran’s. How does that work? What’s going on?

Reporters: “Gold and Silver Explode Higher as Indian Premiums Soar
The prices are essentially unchanged since Jan 1, possibly October. “Explode” = No motion.

However, Crypto is very chunky? Some up 30-70% a week, yet BTC up 3% in a range? Odd as the small ones usually run AFTER the core ones. Zcash is major, which is a “privacy” coin, and I hear to watch Canton, which is a Central Bank ‘coin’. May be DTCC.

“ABC Reporter Fabricated Trump Call, Made Himself The Focus After Assassination Attempt

To be fair, ALL reporters make up ALL things. …And also are too illiterate to use “A phone”. Or maybe that’s only MOST reporters for MOST of 20 years in a row. Live from the moon, the Beautiful Bombs.

Do I overstate? “If war doesn’t end, bombing will continue” – USA Today.
Uh, yes, About that…?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/05/06/iran-war-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-updates–live/89955261007 “Trump says bombing will resume if Iran doesn’t agree to peace: Iran war updates”
Who wants to hold little Timmy’s hand and explain to him what “War” is?

“Well Timmy, when a man and a woman hate each other very, very much…”

It’s like this all day long now.

“SCOTT RITTER: We’ve Not Impacted Iran As We’re Being Told”

So do I have this right (not going the 44minutes, sorry), we’re having no effect on Iran? They have no air force, no missiles and 6 speedboats, and “Iran has only just started to get serious” (Literal quote from Iran yesterday). Guys. Black Knighting it is fun and all, but wars depend on REALITY, not signaling. We all know you can signal great, roger-dodger, loud and clear. You’re tough guys who can fight. And that’s true. …With what? Beach sand? Pointy sticks? A banana? Please stop before you hurt yourself further.

This is not a reflection upon us, the United States; when you have nothing to shoot but bows and arrows we will simply continue to go around you. But that doesn’t make you look as tough as it may seem. It kind of makes you look stupid. We used brass cannons off the coast of Africa (and probably Iran) in 1500 as well. The natives could do nothing to halt world shipping then either. Please stop.

“Stopping” involves getting things moving again, and attacking your enemies on the flip side, like eg Germany did after the Treaty of Versailles. It was only a few years. That’s not surrender, that’s calling off one battle for another one later. However, if you do not “Stop” and lure them into a false peace, but fight them every day, like e.g. Ireland then they will just keep killing you every day for 400 years like England did and you’ll never win another battle again. What do you think Sun Tzu would do? I mean, to me, this is just embarrassing, it’s playing the game badly. Call it, come back later. Like Batman. Carmine Falcone never saw it coming.

No, I’m sure Sun Tzu would say, “When you’ve lost and have no resources of your army left, keep fighting badly and out in the open, until you have NOTHING left, not even the General.” Okay man, heroic death to the last man it is. We’ll stamp your name on “Here is where the last Persian on earth died, thanks to the heroic IRGC leadership ‘Showing us who’s boss’.” All Westerners approve of this genocide and encourage it with great enthusiasm.

I have the feeling that to the average Persian “Surviving to take revenge tomorrow” is not only the SMARTER choice, it’s also the more Persian one. Please take it and yes, we and the world will be expecting you then. We’ll deal with it later, 20 years from now.

“Elon Musk just made every skill you’ve ever earned sound like a waste of time.”

Life, and competency itself, also all human action, now has no point whatsoever. I see no downside. Just as Thanos would have done it.

“• ‘Fate Of Iran Refineries Now At Risk’ As US Blockade Begins To Bite (ZH)

Merely took out the rudder of a tanker. That was incredibly nice of them. Way harder and more dangerous than sinking the whole thing from 100 miles off. Well, we’re not bombing anything or doing anything else today, so we have all the time in the world to muck about.

“Don’t fall for those talks. After a month you’ll be right back where you started.” Sadly this is true, and almost all talks so far demonstrate that was their only purpose or intent.

“• Iran Spox Blasts ‘Unrealistic’ White House ‘Wish List’ To End War (ZH)

They can certainly do that, however they will be Yemen throwing rocks at us from shore. They will have to up their bow and arrow game. I’m not kidding, nor is it funny.

“Iran has a long history of being screwed over by Russia,” Huh. Go on… And since once Iran is gone, they’ll attack Russia and China is well known, perhaps there is a reason? A very, very big REASON, for this? Going back years? Nope. Russia is stupid and mean, I guess. Well known for it worldwide. Oh wait: the OPPOSITE.

And Russia desperately needs a solid rail, canal through Iran to the big ocean, it’s the end of the Silk Road, AND part of all Shanghai, BRIICS deals. And STILL they won’t deal with Iran in any way, while all their multiple plans hinge on them? ..Because “they’re just stupid.” Ah. No. It is IMPOSSIBLE for that to be true. Something’s going on, and because “Expert” this guy is a total idiot. “Forest for the trees” stuff. Like that expert on missile hardware last month? Every name, cost, bolt and screw…yet somehow believed nothing has been invented since 1979, and there is no hardware we have hidden, and we’re giving every inventory number with perfect accuracy. Heck, I can work at a Convenience Store and know THAT’S not true, much less be a lifelong military expert from Columbia or whatever. Check yourself. Same here. If Russia isn’t backing Iran with everything they’ve got, there’s a reason for it large enough to be seen from orbit.

“Will ICE officially become NICE?”

Should just do this tomorrow. Did you see the video ad they put out about this? The only thing that matters is, someone at the top cares about the workers, the organization, the mission. That alone is now a revolution.

“the American people, will ever get the vindication and accountability he/we deserve until Kash Patel is no longer the one in charge”

Yes but we just saw Bondi: they wanted her in there for a specific tasks, and once done was booted. This also goes with “Interim appointments”, if the head is gone, the Asst Director, etc is NOT Congressionally approved, inherits the job, and can do anything he likes. There’s no downside.

“Jones went full pearl-clutching, calling Trump a “petty little punching-down bully” and complaining that the president couldn’t find the Epstein files or lower gas prices but somehow found time to meddle in state senate races.”

They’re both his job, but fair enough. Clearly we needed this hand on the scales since every state acts like Indiana (Lookin’ at you Ohio) and the GOP will ALWAYS sabotage ANYTHING the people want, like redistricting. Or winning. McConnell is their poster child, but they are legion. Didn’t know how they managed it, as everyone is low-level against them, all the time, but I assume it’s just voter fraud. Everyone hates McConnell, his own voters most of all, but he wins handily each time, like Graham? Uh, no.

The GOP was profoundly corrupt, they were just the “Slow-and-hidden” party not the “Fast-and-obvious” (Communist) Party. Both serve the one Vulture.

“• FBI Raids Virginia Senate President’s Office (Salgado)

(Another) one arrested. As predicted, just before midterms for headline “He’s doing something” news. Judges will of course toss them all, as every judge is corrupt. But they’d better have good cases, even if the only prosecutor is the American Public. There’s no such thing as “They started it” harassing your political opponents. But they’re all ACTUALLY felons, so there should be no need.

“• Three Justices Chastise Jackson for Groundless, Irresponsible Dissent (Turley)

Again, they were right. KJB is the best thing ever. We should make sure she never leaves so we can all point to her every day. Some can only serve as a bad example to others.

“Honda’s failed bet on electric vehicles”

But it wasn’t Honda’s bet. The government FORCED them to do this at the point of a gun. As usual. Then it failed, as usual. Then they changed their mind, also as usual. They blamed “Capitalism” which they do even when nothing happened, sort of a parasympathetic system like breathing. Honda should sue the world governments for damages, since they were a direct executor of government policies.

“‘sin at its root does not consist in the (same-sex) couple relationship, but in a lack of faith in God who desires our fulfillment.’

You’ll have to expand on this because the argument is not immediately apparent to me. Okay but “Less fulfilled than otherwise might have been,” which is incredibly weak sauce. Sure, maybe? But eating french fries instead of broccoli is the same.

I suspect there is some brain difference, which exists or can be caused through the action, but I have no idea, no paths on why this is so. Take it from this direction: it APPEARS that like geese, humans Imprint on their sex partners (revelation) obviously, but their FIRST partner most especially. (Also Captain Obvious) So you can badly imprint young girls, eg to hate men, to incest, abuse, awful things. But you can imprint boys to boys, and this seems quite proven: first that gay men want youngest boys they can find (ask me how I know), over all time (Greece, Hemingway, their own pederasts, NAMBLA orgs) apparently the gay community is overwhelmingly from boys sexualized by men too young; ie. rape — even if you are generous and say statutory – and the numbers are like 90%. So I hear. And this makes a very logical, scientific sense, and also fits the social rules and guides of all cultures on earth in all history.

What that means, or why that is “bad” is far more unclear. Just that it’s not to be trifled with. Suppose we knew that whatever sport you played first, would be forever bonded to you, you’d be unable to play any other sports after that one. So, backyard football game? Now you can never even try soccer, swimming, running, ever. You’d take it an awful lot more seriously, wouldn’t you? You wouldn’t want people just hooking up as children to any old thing, any old experience, right? What if their first sport was curling? The horror.

…Exactly as all cultures over all time said. And the bonding of young girls and boys both exists but is different for each. …Exactly as all cultures over all time have said.

Addendum: This may mean it can be reversed, engineered, but is probably very difficult. But possible if you knew how it was installed to begin with. Clearly this is so, as the Transgender Agenda has moved it from 1 in 500,000 to 30% of all children in like 15 years. So clearly you can engineer gender ‘dysphoria’ into children from TV screens like blue blazes. Cuties. Pron.

But remember: you can go gay, swap preferences TO gay, but it is impossible and unthinkable to swap back. That’s logic. That’s why you can go gay by seeing a single Pride Parade but you can NOT have conversion therapy. You can only convert in one direction.

For the Election: “Op-Ed: If We Stop Discriminating Based On The Color Of People’s Skin, The Racists Will Have Won” –BBee

ThomasJKenny: Yes and you bringing it up reminded me of that Covid Cruise ship, doesn’t it? And how there was no POSSIBLE explanation except that governments – many, in deep coordination – WANTED to lock it down as a hamster experiment. They’ve headlined Hanta before and were very excited about it. I’ll have to look into and refresh myself on it again.

Israel, posted by Posted by: Cabe. Agree mostly. We all know it’s only shutting off Israel from this end, but we’re not the only ones. If you shut off the US side – which is clearly being done at this point, however slowly – they will refocus on Europe funding, etc. And they were very clearly the Epstein op, indicating they have top-state blackmail worldwide. I’d say “Why don’t other Spy Agencies do this” but they all do. It’s just that Israel uses the blackmail in a transparent and maniacal way and is visible to us normal people. Russia, eg, would use it to shift deep, hidden, and mysterious things it might take years to understand and so no headlines.

But the point I want to repeat from Cabe most is, IF you just hammered them, shut them off as I would do, they are so deep at every level of Intel, Govt, and business, that it would indeed cause some form of collapse and “Civil war”. We are trying to AVOID Civil War, as we can always fall back and do that tomorrow. However, the result is we endure a lot of useless pain and are tied down, unable act when we should, exactly as demonstrated in Gaza and Lebanon. It’s infuriating, but if you merely take Utilitarian approach, 10k ppl are killed there. If that war breaks out, 10k Americans will die EVERY HOUR. They are happy to take that trade and kill us, because we are Americans. But I for one see Lebanese or Palestinians as having only equal value to us, not 100x the value.

DBS: War of attrition well-met. However, what “Attrition” is Iran going to do to us with no air and no Navy? We are presently re-routing the traffic through a safe corridor on the Omani side. That is near a minefield and is tricky waters, so it’s not just as simple as pointing, but once laboriously and inevitably established, it would be no worse than Somali Pirates, with US cheap insurance, as I’ve said. Wouldn’t Iran have to hit something to be an attrition?

Iran is so depleted, after so little time, We have claimed to got two ships inside now. And this was inevitable. Again, we only hear the “Iran Winning” news and no Iran losing news. But that’s not news by definition, that’s propaganda. Sure you don’t trust or must read between the lines of White House press releases, but you do the same for PressTV, Iranian official state agencies, who have lied a lot harder lately.

“Iran Issues Serious Threat That They Have a Massive Reserve of More Serious Threats” Bbee.

“This new long range drone gorilla warfare can continued forever by Nato, negating Russia’s current military advantages, while exposing Russia to the high domestic costs involved in fighting a ongoing gorilla war they can’t end easily.
That is why Russia faces a war with Nato, someday soon..”

Correct and yikes. Medvedev said today that they should nuke Germany and let them feel what war is like or else they won’t stop. He is correct. That’s doubtless why we’re leaving (Northern) Europe and NATO, although 5k men is a laughable trial balloon to see what blackmail NATO’s got to stop it. You see the wisdom of Putin’s plan over PCR and VDH who demanded invasion, shock and awe. If it HAS to come to this, then you want Europe as depleted as possible first. And the U.S. has done everything (lately) to get Europe to stop and not do it. Clearly they won’t, I don’t know how it’s stopped. But the most important – more than anything on earth – is to have the US not involved in the Russia war. Bad enough without us. We are peeling off Southern Europe it seems, out of theater, and probably re-jiggering Turkey for them. Russia will have to fight the (Northern) EU Nazis who cannot be dissuaded from suicide.

Bad as it is, Russia is well and fully able to accomplish this, and it’s a complete certainty with the US and China all tri-coordinated, as I believe.

timmy, war is when idiots who can’t grow up say, “this is the way it is, son. man up!”

timmy, war is when idiots who can’t grow up say, “my psychopaths have the best plan. now, go die for the good of greed!”

timmy, war is when idiots who can’t grow up say, “oh, yeah!? my missile is bigger than yours!”

i am so fed up with these people.

The Latest Emergencies https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/the-latest-emergencies

Global economy, primarily powered by oil, coal and natural gas, is being choked and is using up its reserves of oil and natural gas. Soon it will be forced to halt uses of oil and gas which are less vital. What is cut will be decided globally through finance and politics. Fertilizer, and diesel fuel for tractors, harvesters and water pumps, drive modern agricultural production, which will be much reduced this year, with food shortages expected next year for staples of grains and legumes.
Market economics is likely to become politically untenable in cases where it declares that the poorer half of a society will just starve if it can’t afford rice. Command economics can be expected to take over, which is commonly the case during wars. Wars provide the public rationale for extreme economic measures and command economy more often than we might realize. To ruling elites, wars are a tool of control over societies, which maintain the ruling power structure and protect it from displeased citizens.
It is my opinion that the war between US/Israel and Iran, mostly blocking the Strait of Hormuz, is a reaction to the rollover in global production of cheap oil + natural gas liquids, and puts a control lever in the hands of various elites. The ownership of that lever is contested. Several elite groups can turn the valve off,but only an agreement between those groups can open the valve and let the oil, gas, helium and fertilizer through to Afriva, Africa, Europe and South America.
Most of the nations in these regions will have increasingly severe hardships while the valve remains closed, with industrial collapse and famine included. The correction to these disruptions will be delayed by months, due to shipping logistics, partial, due to bomb damage to shipping and refining facilities, and largely enduring. The oil-shocks of the 1970s led to a lot of changes in engineering priorities for automobiles, building insulation and public transportation. Many of those changes remain in place, especially in legal and regulatory statutes.
Adapt early. If you already adapted in 1973 this miight be easier for you. The move to make all transactions digital and intermediated by AI that serves our shadowy puppet-masters in their distant castles will not be made easier. I like to spend cash and write checks for now, but that is not their plan for us.

Surplus Energy Economics, They first make mad​ – STRESS & GRIEF AT THE END OF GROWTH
Economic growth is generally understood as a process that delivers a material betterment of living standards over time.
​ But growth has two other virtues, neither of which has hitherto attracted as much attention as they deserve. Both will be a sore loss now that meaningful growth has ended (and even its faked simulacrum can’t be maintained for much longer),
​ First, economic growth can rescue us from the consequences of our own mistakes or misfortunes.​..
​..These curative properties of growth also apply, though, to businesses and individuals. Governments, too, can grow their economies out of fiscal failures.
Growth, that’s to say, gives us hope. It’s associated with economic regeneration – we might even say ‘redemption’ – as well as with betterment, making it very important indeed from the point of view of collective psychology and expectation.​..
​..The second great virtue of growth is that it can allow some to prosper without inflicting worsening hardship on others.​..
..Now that growth has ended, then, we face two fundamental shocks. The first is that we will have to own the consequences of our mistakes, and can no longer rely on economic expansion curing our ills.
​ Second, minorities will only be able to maintain or expand their wealth at the expense of majorities. This in itself is a massive political shift…
​..Should we, then, be starting to think in terms of a post-growth derangement syndrome combining the destabilizing characteristics of grief and shock?​ If we look at the world from a perspective of determined objectivity, it’s hard to avoid the impression that collective rationality has been breaking down.​ ..Some of us have been prepared to go further, noting that economic expansion has been in the process of reversing into contraction.
​ Yet society seems to be in the early – the denial and anger – stages of grieving over the loss of economic growth. Perhaps, more specifically, denial has become deeply entrenched, and anger is now starting to make its presence felt.​..
..Problems with “the cost of living”, for example, are visible wherever we look, yet this is still described as a “crisis”, implying some purely temporary phenomenon that wisdom or simply the passage of time will resolve.
​ This delusion is reinforced by an episodic narrative which blames worsening hardship and insecurity on the ‘bad luck’ of experiencing, in quick succession, a pandemic, a war in Eastern Europe and, now, a conflict in the Persian Gulf.​…
​..Meanwhile, the basis of economic value has been shifting, away from all forms of income and towards capital gains. The latter are, by definition, incapable of monetisation at the aggregate level. Obviously enough, the only people to whom the entirety of real estate, stocks and any other financial asset class could ever be sold are the same people to whom they already belong.​..American stock markets have reached new highs, despite the fact that closure of the Straits of Hormuz has already inflicted enough material damage to ensure, at the very least, a pronounced economic hit.​..
​..What “demand destruction” actually means is that a price is reached at which consumers opt to do without oil rather than chasing its price to ever-greater heights.
​ Given the profound material consequences of petroleum deprivation, a reduction in the demand-destruction price-point can only mean that consumers – and hence the economy – are poorer than was previously the case.​..
..Meanwhile, the Energy Cost of Energy has been rising relentlessly. ECoE is defined as “that proportion of energy which, being consumed in the energy access process, is not available for any other economic purpose”.​..
..The real costs of ​a person’s energy-intensive essentials could rise by more than 70% over the coming quarter-century.
In effect, discretionary (non-essential) affordability gets crushed.
​ None of this is all that difficult to anticipate, but even its early stages are proving remarkably hard to process collectively.
​ Denial, thus far, has taken the forms of runaway monetary claim expansion, and a willingness to accept all technological change as “progress”, even where, as Charles Hugh Smith has explained, it often actually constitutes anti-progress.
​ It’s not as though it’s even hard to predict that the undue faith invested in the false deities of limitless monetary stimulus and infinite technological possibility are likely to fail together, in an event at which the credibility both of money and of technology form a combined crisis.
​ In other words, we should anticipate a conjunction of technological disillusionment and a collapse of trust in money.​ https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/323-they-first-make-mad/comment-page-1/#respond

​ Larry Johnson, The Bogus Blockade Claim of the US Department of War
Blockades are acts of war requiring effective enforcement (impartial, declared, and maintained by force). Violators (enemy or neutral ships breaching or attempting to breach) are subject to capture
​ Now that you understand the procedure, let’s look at the US Navy’s constraints. As I discussed in my last article, the US Navy is keeping its ships 200 miles off the coast of Iran. If the venture any closer to shore they are vulnerable to missile and drone attacks. The Iranian ships — when they leave port — normally stay within 50 miles of the Iranian coast, which means they are outside the reach of the US Navy.
​ Next, let’s look at the current US Navy order of battle (this is based on publicly available information). As of late April 2026, the US Navy has at least 14 actively operating or supporting in the broader region (Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, and relevant Indian Ocean areas). This includes three Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs); at least eight multiple guided-missile destroyers; six ships attached to the Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG) for the 31st and 11th MEUs, and two additional escorts (not part of the core ARG but often operate with it): the Cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) and the destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115), forming a broader Expeditionary Strike Group. In other words, the US Navy only as 11 ships that could be used in a VBSS operation.
​ Do you see the math problem? The current US deployment means that the US Navy could do VBSS operations on 11 vessels… Tops! But that would mean that US destroyers, which have the mission of protecting the US carriers from air attacks, would have to be pulled off of their primary mission leaving the carriers to fend for themselves.​ https://sonar21.com/the-bogus-blockade-claim-of-the-us-department-of-war/

​ Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-05-06
Project Freedom collapses in under 48 hours. Trump announced suspension of the Hormuz kinetic operation on May 5, citing “great progress” toward a deal with Iran via Pakistani mediation. The blockade remains in full force…
..UAE hit by second Iranian barrage in 24 hours. Air defenses actively engaging missiles and drones. NOTAM issued closing Emirates FIR partially until May 11. Iran categorically denies targeting the UAE, alleging the US was responsible — despite Iranian state-affiliated sources having warned the UAE hours before the May 4 strike. CNN reports an Israeli Iron Dome system was used in UAE interceptions — the Abraham Accords’ first publicly reported kinetic operation…
..Iran FM Araghchi lands in Beijing for talks with Wang Yi, eight days before Trump arrives for the May 14 summit. China simultaneously issued its first-ever blocking statute against US sanctions on five Chinese refineries…
..UK gilt yields hit generational highs. 30-year yield surged to 5.79%, highest since 1998. 10-year above 5.10%, highest since the GFC…
..Global oil reserves plunging at record pace. FT reports stockpiles fell ~200M barrels (6.6M bpd) even as demand collapsed ~5M bpd. S&P Global says even after Hormuz reopens, 7 months minimum to restore production, with the energy crisis potentially stretching into 2027…
​..Hormuz architecture: the permit system replaces the blockade​ – Iran’s new “Administration for the Strait of Hormuz” requires prior permits and electronic instructions before transit — a permanent governance system, not a wartime improvisation
​ IRGC broadcast over VHF: no vessel permitted to transit without permission; any vessel attempting passage “will be destroyed”
Only cargo ship visible in the strait: Iranian​…
​..USAF tanker emergencies — two 7700 squawks in one day
KC-135R squawked 7700 emergency over the Persian Gulf, signal lost before confirmed landing — unclear if crashed
​ A second tanker, KC-46A, also squawked 7700 the same day
Both were replaced by aircraft from Ramstein sent to Tel Aviv — suggesting operational losses​…
​..AI job displacement goes operational​ – Coinbase cuts 693 employees (14%) — AI agents write 50%+ of code, resolve 60% of support tickets. Armstrong: target state is “rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge”
​ Anthropic launches 10 agent templates for financial services; FIS built a Financial Crimes Agent compressing AML investigations from days to minutes
​ Goldman Sachs research shows AI displacing 16,000 US jobs/month. Goldman then invested in the $1.5B JV with Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman to deploy the very tools doing the displacing​…
​..Markets at record highs while internals rot​ – S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 all hit new all-time highs on the same day
Warren Buffett sitting on $400B cash, largest pile in corporate history: “We’ve never had people in a more gambling mood than now”
​ Buffett Indicator hit 227%, surpassing dot-com bubble and GFC
LEI/CEI ratio at 0.84, matching the 2008 GFC low — this level has never occurred outside a recession​ https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-05-06

​ Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-05-05
Iran-US ceasefire collapsing in Strait of Hormuz: Iran struck UAE’s Fujairah oil facility with missiles/drones/cruise missiles (19 weapons total, 3 injured), hit an ADNOC tanker, fired on US patrol boats near Jask, and launched sustained attacks against USS Truxtun and USS Mason during their transit…
..US Treasury yield curve blew up simultaneously across maturities: Violent spikes hit the 2yr, 5yr, 20yr, and 30yr at the exact same moment — three times in succession. 30Y yield topped 5.01% for first time since July. Country-level selling profile…
..China issues first-ever blocking statute against US sanctions: MOFCOM invoked 2021 blocking rules to protect 5 Chinese refineries sanctioned for buying Iranian crude. Chinese companies legally ordered to ignore US designations…
..USAF KC-135R tanker squawking 7700 emergency over Persian Gulf: Signal lost before reaching Qatar. No confirmation of landing or crash. Possible shootdown or technical failure…
**Russia threatens massive missile strike on central Kiev if Ukraine attacks May 9 parade: MoD statement explicitly warns civilian population and foreign diplomatic missions to evacuate.**
​..IRGC broadcast over VHF that any vessel will be “targeted and destroyed” without permission
Iran published new control zone maps extending from Qeshm Island to Umm Al Quwain in UAE
​..Fujairah oil terminal (the Hormuz bypass route) on fire after Iranian strikes
UAE partially closed airspace May 4-11​…
​..UAE left OPEC on May 1. Iran struck 72 hours later
​ Iranian military official denied targeting UAE, alleged US was responsible — information warfare…​
​..Maersk confirmed a US-flagged vehicle carrier transited safely under Navy escort — first successful challenge to Iran’s enforcement
CENTCOM claims helicopters destroyed 6 Iranian fast boats. Iran denies, says US killed 5 civilians on cargo boats
​ US Navy officially calls the Strait mined — “extremely hazardous”​…
​..Vessel traffic remains at a trickle; majority using Iranian-approved routes, not Project Freedom corridor​…
..Iran blockade timeline longer than expected: Detailed analysis puts Iran’s remaining storage + tanker capacity + output reduction at 69-83+ days, well past Trump’s “2 weeks” claim…
​..Trump-Xi Summit: Asymmetric Leverage​ – Four C-17s prepositioned in Beijing with presidential logistics — while China issues blocking orders against Trump’s sanctions
​ China controls ~90% of rare earth supply chain, 80-90% of Iran’s crude exports, 37.7% of Hormuz throughput
Per shanaka86: “This is not a summit. This is a transactional audit of who actually holds which leverage in which chokepoint”​ https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-05-05

​ The internet has a Strait of Hormuz problem​ – Iranian state media circulating maps of the Gulf’s undersea cable routes in apparent threat to sever the global internet​ https://asiatimes.com/2026/05/the-internet-has-a-strait-of-hormuz-problem/

​Kyle Young, IMEC – Trump tears a page from the WEF playbook to launch his version of technocratic globalism
Since Trump began his second term I’ve had this thought rattling around in my head that there must be some connections between all of the bad things that are currently being imposed on us; the war on Gaza, the war on Iran, AI, digital ID, digital currency, the artificially induced fertilizer famine, the surveillance apparatus, the sudden explosion of data centers being built everywhere, Trump cozying up to all the big tech bro’s, and all of that being imposed on us even though none of us voted for any of it.​.. Since then, thanks to information from Escape Key, Patrick Wood, Meryl Nass and Catherine Austin Fitts, the puzzle pieces are beginning to fall into place.​..
..I think most would agree that a new world order of a private digital currency and a surveillance system, both run by AI and controlled by the Trump family – a system in which no one gets to vote – will be far worse than the old order…
..What’s being placed between any parties conducting a transaction in this new world order is… a machine, AI…
​..The IMEC trade route begins at the port of Jawajarlal India. It then goes to ports in Oman and the UAE. At those ports goods will be transferred to trains and transported across Saudi Arabia, Jordan and on to the port at Haifa, Israel where goods will once again be loaded onto ships to be sent to ports in Southern Europe and on to the Eastern US.
​ Not only does the route bypass the Strait of Hormuz, it also bypasses the potential choke point at the Suez canal… ​ ..Gaza lies just to the south of Haifa. Trump has said the US will be taking over Gaza. That’s not true. If these plans are allowed to proceed, Gaza will be taken over by the Board of Peace. We’re being told this will be this governance will be temporary, but there is no time frame for a transition.​ The Board of Peace was endorsed by the UN Security Council in November of 2025. It was formally launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January of this year.​.. The continuity of globalism is in the process of being passed from the worlds largest unelected, non governmental body, the UN, to a private global entity that will use AI, digital currency and surveillance to rule.​.. ​ ..IMEC and the Board of Peace answer to no one. Both entities sit outside of any national or international jurisdiction. Nevertheless, both involve partnerships with India, Saudi Arabia UAE, Israel, the US, France, Italy, Germany and the European Union.​.. ​ ..It’s the quintessential private/public partnership loved by globalist organizations like the WEF, the Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Comission, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Rockefeller Fund, the Soros Fund, the Gates Foundation, the Fabians and so on.​.. Put another way, what we are witnessing is the implementation of the first big stage of the globalist Great Reset.​.. ​ ​..Jared Kushner designed the diplomatic preconditions for this entire architecture. He brokered the Abraham Accords in 2020 — the normalization agreements between Israel and the Gulf states that made IMEC conceptually possible. He left government, founded Affinity Partners, and raised $2 billion from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, $1.5 billion from Qatar’s Investment Authority and Abu Dhabi-based Lunate — the same Gulf sovereign entities that are cornerstone investors in IMEC infrastructure. He co-authored the Gaza reconstruction masterplan. He sits on the Board of Peace executive board.​.. ..Trump himself approved the Pax Silica coalition — the State Department initiative that exports the full American AI technology stack to trusted partners. The UAE signed on January 14, 2026, gaining preferential access to advanced semiconductors, AI compute infrastructure, and frontier models. Biden had restricted these exports. https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/imec-trump-tears-a-page-from-the

​ USAF Says Former Qatari 747 Boeing Ready For USA Paint Scheme
The U.S. Air Force reports that the Boeing 747 donated by Qatar, now designated the VC-25B Bridge, has completed modification and flight testing and is entering the paint phase ahead of deployment as an interim Air Force One jet.
​ The bridge aircraft is a former Qatar head-of-state Boeing 747-8i that will serve as an interim presidential aircraft until Boeing’s delayed VC-25B replacements are ready, now expected in 2028.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/military/usaf-says-former-qatari-747-boeing-ready-usa-paint-scheme

​ Meryl Nass MD, How do you feel about AI governing all aspects of life? The United Nations has been quietly building the justifications and foundation for it.​ https://merylnass.substack.com/p/how-do-you-feel-about-ai-governing

​ John Helmer, NOT SO QUIET DEATH – THE US ORDER TO KILL THE IRANIAN NAVY’S DENA AND ITS CREW
In the early morning of March 4, Sri Lanka time, the Islamic Republic of Iran Ship (IRIS) Dena was attacked by the US submarine USS Charlotte with two torpedoes.
​ The first destroyed the Dena’s propeller shaft and stopped her dead in the water. Her position was at coordinates 6.0073 degrees North, 79.8654 degrees East: that was nine nautical miles (nm) outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters; 19 nm (35 km) west of the harbour of Galle, a port on the southwestern coast of the island.
​ At the 30-knot speed the Dena had been moving, she was 18 minutes from the safety of Sri Lankan territory. Immobilized, however, the Dena captain, Abuzar Zarri, gave the crew the order to assemble on the aft deck in full visibility of the Charlotte, and prepare to abandon ship. As the crew mustered, a second torpedo was fired by the Charlotte to sink the Dena and kill the crew.
​ The torpedo warhead explosion broke the keel; the Dena sank in less than five minutes.
​ Of the crew’s 180-man complement, 32 were rescued from the water by the Sri Lankan coast guard, including Zarri and the first officer; 87 bodies were recovered; 61 were lost. Altogether, 148 were killed.
​ On the Charlotte, submerged at a distance from the Dena of less than 10 nm (18 km), there was an interval of approximately ninety minutes between the first fire order and the second, the kill order.​ https://johnhelmer.net/not-so-quiet-death-the-us-order-to-kill-the-iranian-navys-dena-and-its-crew/#more-94129

Israel Says Preparing For Escalation With Iran, Didn’t Know Deal Was Close: ‘Series Of Targets Ready’​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-says-preparing-escalation-iran-didnt-know-deal-was-close-series-targets-ready

​ Larry Johnson, All Indicators Signal that Trump Will Restart the War Against Iran This Week
A friend who is a resident of the UAE — someone who is well connected — sent me a note stating that his source in the Emirati government told him that hostilities would commence on Thursday, the 7th. However, I also know that among the leadership of CENTCOM there is not a lot of enthusiasm for initiating new attacks. https://sonar21.com/all-indicators-signal-that-trump-will-restart-the-war-against-iran-this-week/

​ Celia Farber has some of the photos: Palestinian Photographer Saher Alghorra Awarded Pulitzer Prize For ‘Breaking News Photography;’ Hailed As A “Haunting, Sensitive Series Showing The Devastation And Starvation In Gaza..”​ https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/palestinian-photographer-saher-alghorra

​Caitlin Johnstone states it openly: Protest Laws Should Be Viewed As Efforts To Ban Criticism Of Israel https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/protest-laws-should-be-viewed-as

Thanks Eleni: Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard Announces Political Campaign, Calls For Ethnic Cleansing Of Gaza
Pollard’s run for a seat in the Knesset signals that the rise of ultra-Zionist political parties in Israel is only beginning.​ https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/convicted-spy-jonathan-pollard-announces

Israel’s brutality toward Gaza flotilla activists – 3 articles​ https://israelpalestinenews.org/israels-brutality-toward-gaza-flotilla-activists-3-articles/

With World Distracted by War, Extremist Settlers Intensify Attacks in West Bank​ https://israelpalestinenews.org/with-world-distracted-by-war-extremist-settlers-intensify-attacks-in-west-bank/

Trump Hits Cuba With New Sanctions; Rubio Warns Of Havana’s Foreign Influence Ops​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-hits-cuba-new-sanctions-rubio-warns-havanas-foreign-influence-ops

​ Trump jokes US will be ‘taking over’ Cuba after Iran conflict​
The president made the comment when recognizing attendees at a Florida event in West Palm Beach. The guests included former Rep. Dan Mica.
​ “He comes from, originally, a place called Cuba, which we will be taking over almost immediately,” Trump said of Mica. “Cuba’s got problems. We’ll finish one first. I like to finish a job.”
​ The president then jokingly suggested that the takeover could happen as some U.S. warships return from the Middle East.
“On the way back from Iran, we’ll have one of our big — maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier — the biggest in the world,” he said. “We’ll have that come in, stop about 100 yards offshore, and they’ll say, ‘Thank you very much, we give up.’”​ https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-jokes-us-will-be-taking-over-cuba-after-iran-conflict

​Gold & Geopolitics goes into first, second and third order effects of the liquidity squeeze now beginning: The liquidity squeeze 2.0​ – A short update https://no01.substack.com/p/the-liquidity-squeeze-20

Taxpayers Foot Staggering £629 Million Bill For Foreign Nationals In UK Prisons​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/taxpayers-foot-staggering-ps629-million-bill-foreign-nationals-uk-prisons

​ Volkswagen Likely to Allow Chinese Automaker to Build in Shuttered Volkswagen Auto Plants
SUMMARY: Volkswagen went to China to sell cars. Volkswagen opened EV auto plants in China bringing in German industrial technology and equipment. China learned from Volkswagen and started their own EV auto companies to compete. Volkswagen EV sales in China started dropping dramatically, and the Chinese EV brands took over.
​ Due to internal climate regulations in Europe, Volkswagen in the EU then begins giving money to China that subsidizes their competition. China exports their EVs to Europe. Volkswagen EV auto plants start closing. China now takes control of the Volkswagen EV auto plants to build Chinese EVs in Germany.
​ With operations now inside the ​(EU) house, the Chinese government extract European wealth and pump subsidies into their EV operations in Germany, flooding the European market with cheap EVs that will undercut the German auto manufacturing sector.​ https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/05/04/volkswagen-likely-to-allow-chinese-automaker-to-build-in-shuttered-volkswagen-auto-plants/#more-283080

EU to Begin Censoring Emojis on Social Media — For ‘Safety’​ https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/05/03/eu-to-begin-censoring-emojis-on-social-media-for-safety-n4952447

​ This is really a long summary list. Take a scan: The Mysterious Deaths Surrounding the Clintons
12 of their own bodyguards past away alone. Nobody has 47+ people close to them who all mysteriously died or took their own life. https://x.com/TheSCIF/status/2050975196182466622

Ghislaine Maxwell Wants to Expose ‘Big Name’ in Exchange for Pardon​ https://slaynews.com/ghislaine-maxwell-expose-big-name-exchange-pardon/

Steve Kirsch, VAERS safety signals for the COVID vaccine were being triggered so the FDA silenced the whistleblower
Thanks to the brilliant work of Ron Johnson and his staff, we now know that the FDA knew that a more accurate analysis method was throwing off safety signals so the FDA silenced the whistleblower.​ https://kirschsubstack.com/p/vaers-safety-signals-for-the-covid

​ BREAKING STUDY: Infant Mortality Surged 37% and Birth Defect Deaths Jumped 46% After COVID-19 “Vaccine” Rollout
Official Philippine government data show a 20-year decline in infant mortality was completely erased in just five years—alongside a collapse in live births.​ https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-study-infant-mortality-surged

​ Nicolas Hulscher MPH, We now have clear evidence that the COVID shots have crippled the reproductive capacity of humanity.
In animal models, they destroy over 60% of women’s non-renewable egg supply.
In human data (n=1.3 MILLION), vaccinated women have ~33% fewer successful pregnancies than unvaccinated.
The latest study found “vaccine” mRNA and spike protein invade the human placenta and fetal cells. 37% of placentas from vaccinated mothers contained lethal spike protein. https://x.com/NicHulscher/status/2050973600493007255

​ Kennedy Announces Historic Shift in U.S. Mental Healthcare Treatment
The HHS Secretary introduced a plan to help wean Americans off addictive and excessively prescribed antidepressants​ https://www.themahareport.com/p/kennedy-announces-historic-shift

Paul Marik MD, Sunlight: Medicine or Carcinogen? Why sunshine may protect you—and why red light therapy might do the opposite https://substack.com/home/post/p-196465174

Paul Marik MD, The Serotonin Myth: Why SSRI’s So Often Fail” – Depression – Part 1 https://substack.com/home/post/p-192474690

Paul Marik MD, Depression Is Not What We Think It Is (Part 2) https://substack.com/home/post/p-192475493

Paul Marik MD, Intermittent Fasting, Metabolic Health, and Modern Disease – The Path to Metabolic Health https://paulmarik.substack.com/p/intermittent-fasting-metabolic-health

About that “$150-trillion-bombshell”; it is the tokenization of all national propery holdings to support the new technocratic CBDC scheme: https://amg-news.com/trumps-150-trillion-bombshell-161-year-old-global-trust-fund-exposed-the-hidden-engine-behind-the-final-reset-video/

The wealth transfer isn’t coming. It’s already in motion, happening through:

✅ Elite family offices
✅ BlackRock positioning
✅ Legislation quietly rewritten
✅ Assets moved into tokenized systems

This is not crypto hype. This is the reconfiguration of economic dominance — with America’s buried trust as the new foundation.

May 7, 2026
War On Iran: – Saudis Pulled Break On Trump’s Escalation
Yesterday President Trump abandoned his laughable “Project Freedom” just five hours after his two lieutenants, Warcrime Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, had been sent out to promote it:

The president had pulled the rug out from underneath his top team. Even his closest confidants could not understand why.

“So f—–g embarrassing,” a source close to the president said shortly after the announcement.

The decision represented another abrupt about-turn by the president, who is becoming desperate to find a way out of the conflict that has dragged on well beyond the nation’s expectations. No amount of spin could conceal an abject failure on the high seas.

The reason for Trump’s retreat, claim NBC sources, were a revolt by Arab Gulf states:

President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials.

Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said.

A call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did not resolve the issue, the two U.S. officials said, forcing the president to pause Project Freedom in order to restore U.S. military access to the critical airspace.

Other close Gulf allies were also caught off guard; the president spoke with leaders in Qatar after the effort had already begun.

Saudi Arabia was not the only one to pull the brake:

Ryan Grim @ryangrim – 0:22 UTC · May 7, 2026

Per an admin official to me, Kuwait also cut off access, basing and overflight (ABO).

It is obviously not in Saudi and Kuwaiti interest to re-escalate the war. They would be the first to experience the deadly Iranian retaliation for any further USraeli bombing of Iran.

The Saudi protest also explains why, yesterday, U.S. military air traffic in the region had come to a sudden halt:

Following Trump’s Truth post, the US Air Force just went strangely quiet over Europe and West Asia. In the last 24 hours, American military aircraft airborne across the region have collapsed — from over 27 yesterday to just 7 right now. All logistics and tankers: C-17 Globemasters, a C-5M Super Galaxy, and KC-135 Stratotankers shuttling between Ramstein, Spangdahlem, Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, and Al Udeid. No combat birds. No surge.

The Saudi/Kuwaiti rejection of Trump’s escapades came after weeks of Israeli propaganda which had claimed that the Gulf Arabs were pushing for more war on Iran.

The uppity UAE, which had put itself on the side of USrael, may well have been for more war on Iran. But it had never made sense for the Saudis to take such a stand.

(Aside: Rumors have it that it was Saudi Arabia, not Iran, which yesterday bombed the UAE’s Fujeirah port in revenge for the UAE leaving OPEC.)

There are signs that the White House is waking up to the fact that its little Iran adventure is causing some serious damage – not only globally but in the U.S. of A.:

Privately, President Trump’s advisers are increasingly worried that Republicans will pay a political price for the rising fuel costs, according to people familiar with the matter. Many of those advisers are eager to end the war in hopes that prices will begin moderating before November’s midterm elections.
…
Sixty-three percent of Americans said they put a great deal or a good amount of blame on Trump for the increase in gas prices, according to a new poll conducted by NPR, PBS and Marist. More than 8 in 10 Americans said struggles at the gas pump are putting strain on their finances.

Jet-fuel prices roughly doubled in a matter of weeks after the war began, and they have remained high. Airlines have said that will add billions of dollars of additional expenses this year, squeezing profit margins. U.S. airlines spent more than $5 billion on fuel in March—up 30% from a year earlier, according to government data.

In March, the price of a U.S. domestic round-trip economy ticket rose 21% from a year earlier to $570, according to Airlines Reporting Corp., which tracks travel-agency sales.

It seems that Iran was right when it calculated that it can sustain the economic consequences of a war longer than the U.S. is willing to sacrifice its own economy.

It is high time then for Trump to file for defeat.

Posted by b on May 7, 2026 at 10:54 UTC |

War On Iran: – Saudis Pulled Break On Trump’s Escalation

I sadly clicked MacGregor/Davis interview just to keep up, here are the highlights:

“In any military action there is only one choice it is impossible to think outside the box nor has Trump ever done this.
20 days later he is completely unaware of US insurance in Hormuz.
We have never sunk an Iranian boat and have response or effect on Iran at all, we are entirely helpless.
Neither has any idea about 4 ships, 2 cleared 2 stopped nor are they interested to ask.
No one in the universe knows how 2 ships left, which is why we have cell phones and can call and ask in 10min.
It’s all an illusion, the Navy isn’t there and Trump is surrendering
Every market on earth is stupid and wrong. No one on Wall st or Tokyo knows where Hormuz is, nor do they have military advisers or reports, nor do they ask.
Everything will get worse forever without ceasing.
The US definitely intends to attack and kill every nation on earth.
US$ is dead, the world is in yuan. Which is odd because the US$ is fine, and Yuan may actually be dropping from a very low level. Under 10%?
We have no idea where Iran’s ports are nor can we bomb them.
Iran is a super major total war and not a “mini war.”
Iran has no need of a navy or air force or military at all, which is super lucky as they don’t have one. (Wonder why they spent $500b and 40 years on it then)
All America is going to come to a halt although nothing we need comes through Hormuz.
Iran has no imports, is fully fed, and is unaffected by any hardships. The US is of course collapsing under the present unbearable austerity.
Trump has not addressed Americans. TRUE!
Germany ordered us to leave just now and didn’t just beg us to stay at all. Merz did not jsut change his mind bc it was his idea, I guess.
Part 2: this thing of us leaving Europe he hates Trump for is also a Very Good Thing and long overdue, but Trump is stupid for doing good things Macgregor likes.
When Trump does something smart and obvious like Macgregor recommends its actually stupid and only an accident.
Putin is also stupid,moronic loser who should nuke Ukraine and deploy to the Polish border, but definitely alarm Nato and kill lots of slavs.
Trump supposed businessman doesn’t understand he needs to unconditionally surrender to a nation with no army or navy.
US military is incapable of any task and the US is on the verge of economic collapse.
The US will be completely out of bombs in 5 days.
The US bombing Iran is how Iran wins. So clearly the faster and harder we bomb them the faster they win.
Iran is actually not blockading the Strait, only the US is.

Puerto Rico isn’t the United States at all and should be summarily ejected from the nation.

So with amazing insights like that! 44 Minutes of pure Gold! You’re welcome.

Perhaps the more astute members of the forum can solve my dilemna.
How is it prudent for Iran to prevent being bombed now so they can be bombed later?

Should the cracker be advising Iran the message would be simple.
“Forget the stone age, send the western devils back before the industrial revolution. Close all of the Gulf petroleum export facilities.Drone swarn the pumps and eliminate the electricity for the pumps.
Murder our children and our citizens and they will watch their’s starve.
Let them go begging to China and the Russian Federation and see how that works out.”

say
“The western devils and their allies can accept defeat today with loss of pride or accept defeat tomorrow with loss of everything. If we are to die we will die standing.
To help with the decision process we offer a graduate level course in terror at no cost.
Effective immediately, The Cease Fire Has Ended”.

Rashomon, he said she said, news/propaganda?

US military says –

https://xcancel.com/TehranTimes79

Clothesline Observation:

My observation tells me that there are often groups off people who can’t be stopped before an action is taken by them.
They can only be stopped by letting them proceed towards their chosen path of failure.

Actively helping and guiding them to fail, by giving them everything they ever wanted and more, until they achieve their desired new reality, often speeds up the depth and scope of their failure.

Reaching the “What Now?” stage quickly, is important in popping their bubble and exposing their failure(s).

Trump has let the warmonger Democrats, Rino Republicans, deep state, Bibi, and Israel have the war they all wanted so badly.
But he has nicely guided them to their defeat.

Sure, now they are all blaming Trump for the war, but they then exposed themselves for the hypocrites they truly are.
They can’t say Trump didn’t try hard enough!

Meanwhile, chief warmonger Bibi is being left out on the clothesline to dry, for all to see how delusional he and his buddies are.

That what they all wanted was war, so a “guided” war Trump gave them.
Trump built himself an off ramp, that nobody saw coming, by suddenly pausing the war.
Now What?

Let time/reality do it’s thing?

I find it rather strange that Trump seems to be in little hurry to negotiate with Iran, accepting Iran’s continued excuses, one after another, delay upon delay.
He won’t even let them break the ceasefire.

Is Bibi still not dry enough yet, needs more exposure, or what?

Carrier pigeons, here we come.

(US folks.)