Mar 132026
 


Willem de Kooning Woman 1969


The War on Iran Could Remake the World (Lukyanov)
The 3 Big Lies About the Iran War (Ben Shapiro)
Iran Confirms New Supreme Leader Injured But Recovering (RT)
Attacking Water in Iran Can Bring Out Nukes – Martin Armstrong (USAW)
Iran War Crack-Up (Helmer)
Eat the Rich: Sanders and Khanna Introduce Federal Billionaires Tax (Turley)
UK Behind Deadly Storm Shadow Missile Attack On Russian City – Kremlin (RT)
Ukraine Attacking Russian Gas Pipeline To Stop Deliveries To Europe (RT)
The UN Warns Trump About Migrant Rhetoric. Seriously. (Manney)
Forget The Island: Jeffrey Epstein’s Secret War For Libya’s Billions (Fetouri)
Epstein Guard To Testify As Oversight Committee Explores Potential MURDER (MN)
The Politicking of Barack Obama (Victor Davis Hanson)
The Era of Truth and Freedom is Over (Paul Craig Roberts)
Putin Is Again on the Wrong Track (Paul Craig Roberts)
56% of Americans Now Suspect COVID-19 “Vaccines” Caused Mass Deaths (Hulscher)

 


 

 


 


It already does.

The War on Iran Could Remake the World (Lukyanov)

The United States and Israel justified their military campaign against Iran by claiming it was necessary to protect themselves, and the world, from a nuclear threat. Tehran was accused of secretly accumulating enough weapons-grade uranium to build up to 11 atomic bombs. Yet after the first week of bombing, it became clear that nuclear fears were only part of the story. The war against Iran is not merely another Middle Eastern conflict. It marks the latest stage in a long process of upheaval that has been reshaping the region since the end of the Cold War. And the consequences of what is happening today will extend far beyond the Middle East.


The current war can be seen as the culmination of a transformation that began more than three decades ago. The modern Middle East emerged in the 20th century during the decline of colonial empires. But that order began to unravel in 1991, when the United States launched Operation Desert Storm to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. The timing was symbolic. The Gulf War coincided with a dramatic shift in global politics: the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and the emergence of what was often called the “unipolar moment.” The period of unrivalled American dominance.

What followed was a chain reaction of crises and interventions. The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington in September 2001 triggered the global War on Terror, leading to military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Arab Spring then destabilized regimes across the region, followed by intervention in Libya and the prolonged civil war in Syria.Each crisis pulled more actors into the vortex. Gradually, control over events slipped away from those who had initiated them. For Washington, the result was a strategic trap. The US sought to reduce its direct involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts while simultaneously maintaining its influence. These goals proved increasingly difficult to reconcile.

With hindsight, it is clear that many American decisions in the region were reactive. Each step was presented as part of a coherent geopolitical strategy, yet the long-term consequences were rarely calculated beyond the immediate horizon. Donald Trump, during both his first presidency and his return to office, repeatedly argued that the US should avoid military interventions far from its own borders. Yet Iran presented a different challenge. Iran is the most powerful state the US has confronted directly since World War II. Not necessarily in terms of military strength, but in terms of its demographic weight and regional influence. Attempting to dismantle such a pillar of the regional order inevitably carries profound consequences.

In Washington, a widely circulated interpretation suggests that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump agreed late last year to launch a decisive campaign against Iran. According to this view, the Israeli leadership played a decisive role in shaping the decision. Trump, who had previously championed a policy of restraint in the Middle East, deviated from that principle. The White House appears to have misjudged the political situation in Iran, expecting that a sharp military strike might trigger internal collapse.

There was also hope for a repeat of a familiar pattern: a rapid, surgical attack followed by a declaration of victory. But that scenario failed to materialize. Instead, the region plunged into instability. And once the war escalated, Washington found itself unable to step back without risking the perception of defeat.

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“The goal is simple: Undermine public confidence and turn what is shaping up as a strategic success into a perceived failure.”

The 3 Big Lies About the Iran War (Ben Shapiro)

If you’ve been following coverage of the Trump administration’s military action against Iran, you’ve probably noticed something: A lot of people are determined to convince you that the United States is losing. They’re wrong. Even worse, many of them know they’re wrong. Critics across the political spectrum — from Democrats to elements of the so-called horseshoe Right — are pushing narratives that paint the conflict as a disaster in the making. The goal is simple: Undermine public confidence and turn what is shaping up as a strategic success into a perceived failure. Three particular claims are circulating widely. All three deserve to be addressed.


Lie No. 1: The war is a quagmire.
The first claim is that the United States has stumbled into another interminable Middle East war — one destined to drag on for years and possibly escalate to catastrophic levels. This is absurd. At the time of this writing, the conflict is less than two weeks old. Twelve days. That’s not 12 years, as in Vietnam, or even 12 months, as in the Spanish-American War. Wars unfold over time, and no one should pretend to know exactly how long any conflict will last. But the notion that the United States is already trapped in a generational quagmire — after less than two weeks of fighting — is less analysis than panic.

Lie No. 2: Iran is somehow winning.
A second claim insists that Iran is holding strong — that the regime is weathering the assault and even gaining the upper hand. Again, reality tells a different story. Iran’s military capabilities have been battered. Its missile and drone infrastructure has been heavily targeted. Its naval assets have reportedly suffered severe losses. Leadership turmoil inside the regime only compounds the problem. Reports suggest that the death of longtime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has triggered a chaotic succession struggle. Even his presumed heir, Mojtaba Khamenei, appears to lack both political support and personal legitimacy within the system. In other words, the Iranian regime is not projecting strength. It is scrambling to maintain control.

Lie No. 3: The oil shock will break the United States.
The final warning is economic: Iran, critics say, will simply shut down the Strait of Hormuz, sending global oil prices skyrocketing and bringing the American economy to its knees.For a brief moment earlier this week, markets reacted to that fear. Oil prices jumped sharply amid speculation that the strait could be disrupted.But the panic faded almost as quickly as it began. Within days, crude prices had fallen back below $90 a barrel. Markets, unlike pundits, respond to reality. And the reality is that Iran faces enormous consequences if it attempts to choke off one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes.

President Donald Trump has made that point unmistakably clear. In a statement posted online, he warned that any Iranian attempt to block the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz would trigger an overwhelming American response.The message was aimed not only at Tehran but also at Beijing and other major energy consumers: The United States intends to keep global energy flowing — and anyone who interferes will pay a heavy price. There are legitimate questions to ask about any military action. Democracies require scrutiny, debate and skepticism. But skepticism should not be confused with hysteria.

Right now, critics are spinning worst-case scenarios while ignoring the basic facts on the ground: Iran’s military is under severe pressure, its leadership structure is unstable, and the economic fallout that many predicted has yet to materialize. None of this guarantees the conflict will end quickly or cleanly. War rarely works that way. But it does suggest that the narrative of inevitable American failure — so loudly promoted by the administration’s opponents — is far removed from the reality unfolding in the Middle East. And that reality matters far more than the talking points.

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The title of this article was originally: “Trump claims Strait of Hormuz ‘in great shape’ “.

Iran Confirms New Supreme Leader Injured But Recovering (RT)

Iran has confirmed that newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was injured but is recovering. “He’s injured but fine,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told Italy’s Corriere Della Sera on Thursday. Earlier reports suggested Khamenei was wounded in the initial US-Israeli strikes that killed his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which may explain why he has yet to appear publicly or on video since assuming the top post. Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has outlined three conditions to end the conflict. In a post on X, he said the war can only end through recognition of Iran’s “legitimate rights,” reparations for US-Israeli strike damage, and “firm international guarantees against future aggression.”


Elsewhere, the US-Israeli military campaign against Tehran has continued to disrupt global energy markets. In Iran, the US has bitten off more than it can chewREAD MORE: In Iran, the US has bitten off more than it can chew Despite all 34 International Energy Agency (IEA) members agreeing on Wednesday to a record 400-million-barrel release from emergency reserves, oil prices have surged roughly 9% in the past 24 hours, with international benchmark Brent crude hovering just above $100 per barrel.

Here are the latest developments as RT continues to bring you up to date:
• At least two oil tankers were hit near Iraq’s Umm Qasr port early on Thursday, while the port of Salalah in Oman continued to burn overnight. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain also reported strikes on their oil facilities. Oman evacuated vessels from Mina Al Fahal as a precaution.
• US President Donald Trump claimed Iran has been “virtually destroyed,” but said he does not plan to end the campaign early, insisting the Strait of Hormuz remains “in great shape.”
• A Pentagon probe into the strike on a primary school in Minab that killed 168 children reportedly found that outdated US targeting data on a nearby IRGC facility likely caused the attack.
• The IDF intensified strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah coordinated attacks with Iran’s IRGC, hitting a Beirut refugee camp. The total death toll in Lebanon now exceeds 634.
• Western banks began closing Middle East branches after Iran threatened financial institutions in retaliation for the strike on Tehran’s state-owned Bank Sepah, which handles military and IRGC payrolls.

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Iran has a very serious water issue.

Attacking Water in Iran Can Bring Out Nukes – Martin Armstrong (USAW)

Martin Armstrong warned in February, “This is where the volatility starts kicking in.” What do we have? Oil, gold and silver spiking in price, and violent exchanges between Iran, the United States and many other countries in the Middle East. Now, water assets like desalination plants in Bahrain and Iran are being blown up. Add the worst water shortage in decades in Iran as a backdrop to constant bombing, and you have a situation that could turn very ugly, very fast. The water shortage is so bad that there has been water rationing in Tehran for months. This water rationing was part of the reason there were huge protests in Iran a few months ago.


Armstrong explains, “Part of the protests (in Iran) were about water rationing. The Islamic Republic Guard were called the ‘water mafia.’ They control the water. It’s kind of like North Korea. If you want to be fed, you join the army. All food goes to the army first, and water will also go to the military first.” Remember, they are water rationing in Iran now, and they don’t have a lot left. So, what happens if the US, Israel and other Persian Gulf nations knock out what’s left of Iran’s water? What happens if Iran is completely out of water? Armstrong says, “Personally, I would ask Pakistan for a nuke. Look, you are talking about the death of a country. When you get to that point, if you’ve got a nuke, you are going to use it.”

So, what happens if the dams and reservoirs are bombed and Iran is completely cut off from water? Armstrong says, “If you do that, is that a war crime because you are wiping out the average population and civilians? Would you do that? This is a mess. It’s a complete mess.” On the other side, what happens if Iran knocks out all the Persian Gulf oil refineries? Armstrong says, “If I were Iran, I would attack all the oil refineries of the neighboring states. You do that, and you will bring the entire West to its knees. The US only gets about 3% of our oil from the Middle East. You would wipe out Europe for sure.”

Armstrong sees gold going as high as “$8,800 an ounce . . . and silver $150 per ounce. . .. Oil could test $200 a barrel. . .. It’s going to get worse this summer, and it’s a 250-year drought cycle in Iran. I wrote about this on my site.” In closing, Armstrong says, “Winston Churchill said, ‘In time of war, truth is very precious, and it needs a bodyguard of lies to protect it.’”


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“Russian-Chinese cooperation has truly limitless possibilities and potential, and we will continue to act in unison.”

Iran War Crack-Up (Helmer)

Iran has made one point very clear to the United States. It will negotiate on terms for a “permanent peace” but not for a ceasefire. It will fight on against US troops if they land, against US bases in the Arab states, and against US vessels at sea; it will keep the Hormuz Strait closed. Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi repeated this point in three interviews he gave the NBC and PBS television networks on March 6, March 8 and March 9. President Vladimir Putin has made one point very clear to Iran. “I want to confirm our unwavering support of Tehran and our solidarity with our Iranian friends,” he said in his message of March 9 to the new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. “Russia has been and will remain the Islamic Republic’s reliable partner. I wish you success in tackling the challenges in front of you, good health and strong spirit.”


The next day Putin telephoned Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to “reaffirm his principled stance in favour of de-escalating the conflict as soon as possible and resolving it via political means. Masoud Pezeshkian expressed gratitude for the support provided by Russia, including in particular the humanitarian aid granted to Iran.” De-escalation isn’t ceasefire first; as soon as possible isn’t a short war; humanitarian aid isn’t exactly military aid but it may be. Putin’s wish for Mojtaba Khamenei’s “good health” may extend to new Russian measures for his security; or they may be no more than Putin’s wish. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, then announced the maybes are mightnots.

“’All of these issues were not discussed during that conversation [with Pezeshkian]’ in response to a question whether the presidents discussed Iran’s alleged demands to the United States, including guarantees against the resumption of hostilities, the right for a full peaceful nuclear fuel cycle as well as possible compensations.” Not exactly nothing was said, Peskov meant. But he omitted to say if Putin told Pezeshkian that Russia’s support for Iran’s security and for the new Supreme Leader’s “good health” is “unwavering”.Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, however, did say this to Aragchi in their telephone call on March 10. Russia backs negotiations “with due consideration for [the] security interests of Iran and its regional neighbours”, the foreign ministry communiqué announced.

President Xi Jinping has made nothing very clear — by his silence. Instead, he has delegated Wang Yi to speak. Wang is a Communist Party Politburo member and Foreign Minister; the first rank is more important than the second. “China calls for an immediate stop to military operations to avoid the spiralling escalation of the situation”, Wang said on March 8. “All sides should return to the negotiating table as quickly as possible, resolve differences through equal dialogue, and make efforts for realizing common security.” That’s to say, ceasefire first; negotiations second.

Wang then told his spokesman to announce on March 11: “As to China-Russia relations, both sides develop bilateral ties based on the principle of non-alliance, non-confrontation and not targeting any third party.” This is the first time China has officially emphasized its non-alliance with Russia. At their last direct conversation on February 4, 2026, the Kremlin spokesman had said: “Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping once again noted that the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between our two countries are at an unprecedented level, are based on equality and mutual benefit, are not directed against any third parties, and are not subject to short-term political considerations.”

“Comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation” was the watchword of their joint communiqué in Moscow on May 8, 2025; and in Kazakhstan on July 3, 2024; Putin told Xi in Moscow on March 21, 2023, “Russian-Chinese cooperation has truly limitless possibilities and potential, and we will continue to act in unison.”

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“That is the signature of economic factionalism, which feeds an insatiable appetite for greater wealth seizure.”

Eat the Rich: Sanders and Khanna Introduce Federal Billionaires Tax (Turley)

“Enough is enough.” With those words, Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt) launched a push to impose a 5% annual wealth tax on America’s billionaires. With Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Cal.), the legislation, “Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act,” echoes the growing “eat-the-rich” mantra on the left — seeking to replicate a disastrous push in California that has led to an exodus from that state and an estimated loss of $2 trillion in taxable assets. It is also flagrantly unconstitutional. Under the plan, Congress would target 938 billionaires to tap them for $4.4 trillion. That money would then be redistributed as a $3,000 direct payment to every man, woman, and child in a household making $150,000 or less – $12,000 for a family of four.


The timing of the move is telling. Not only is it calculated before the midterm elections, in which the Democrats hope to retake power, but it follows the push by California Democrats and unions to impose a similar wealth tax in that state. Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, has supported the state law, which includes a ruinous provision for startup entrepreneurs. The law would not only be retroactive to try to trap wealthy taxpayers who have fled the state, but also base wealth calculations on the voting shares of corporate executives. Often, with start-ups, entrepreneurs hold greater voting shares than actual ownership. However, just in case they need more incentive to leave the state, they will be taxed as if their voting shares represented actual wealth.

The practical problem is that the wealthy, like their wealth, are mobile. As a result, many are fleeing California. So now Khanna is joining with the nation’s leading Democratic Socialists to ensure there is nowhere to hide in the United States. For billionaires in California, they could be double-tapped for ten percent of their wealth. It has long been the dream of the far left. Years ago, Warren delighted Democratic voters in her run for the presidency by telling the rich she was coming after “your Rembrandts, your stock portfolio, your diamonds and your yachts.” In one debate, she dramatically rubbed her hands together after saying she would take some of the wealth of fellow candidate John Delaney, a self-made millionaire.

In my book, “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution,” I discuss the growing threat of “economic factionalism” as politicians fuel rage against the wealthy based on the false premise that they are not “paying their fair share.” While there are good-faith arguments for adjusting tax burdens to address budget demands, the top 1 percent pays more taxes than the bottom 90 percent combined.There is little reason to believe that a wealth tax targeting billionaires will not, if upheld, be later extended to lower tax brackets, starting with multimillionaires. That is the signature of economic factionalism, which feeds an insatiable appetite for greater wealth seizure.

The Sanders-Khanna plan is notable in its express commitment to direct wealth redistribution. It also explains why the left has made the packing of the Supreme Court a priority. As Harvard professor Michael Klarman explained years ago, the radical agenda to change the system to guarantee Republicans “will never win another election” requires control of the Supreme Court to uphold such measures.The problem is that the Constitution bars the implementation of such a federal wealth tax. When the 16th Amendment was ratified, it allowed for federal income taxes, and only income taxes: “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.”

The effort to expand federal taxation beyond income taxes will require either a constitutional amendment or an enabling, packed Court.Nevertheless, these politicians will continue to dangle wealth distribution before voters. They will demonize figures like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk for their wealth while ignoring that these same figures are wealth and job creators, driving our economic growth. Instead, Sanders declared that “Billionaires cannot have it all.” The irony of Rep. Khanna (who has been floating a run for President in 2028) turning on his own constituents in Silicon Valley underscores the appeal of wealth-redistribution campaigns. He is turning the very heart of his state’s economic growth as state deficits and out-of-state migration increase.

For Sanders, the legislation is a key moment to advance his long-standing socialist agenda. He declared the beginning of the end of “unprecedented income and wealth inequality” in the United States through such redistribution. The stated objective of erasing wealth inequality highlights how this is just the start and the end of wealth taxation.As discussed in Rage and the Republic, none of this is new. Countries like France previously targeted the wealthy, triggering an exodus of taxpayers and their businesses from the country. It had to reverse its policy as the economy collapsed.

Of course, many young people have no memory of such failures in the 20th Century. Instead, they are drawn to the very same soundbites used in France and Great Britain before disastrous experiments with socialism. With no experience with socialist economies, figures like socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani can entice voters to “the warmth of collectivism.” There are legitimate concerns over the glaring and growing wealth gap in the United States. However, a wealth tax is neither a constitutional nor a practical way of addressing the problem.

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“.. the missiles “couldn’t have been launched without British specialists.”

UK Behind Deadly Storm Shadow Missile Attack On Russian City – Kremlin (RT)

A Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Bryansk using UK-made long-range Storm Shadow missiles would have been impossible without the direct involvement of British military specialists, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. The regional governor, Aleksandr Bogomaz, initially said the attack on Tuesday killed six people and injured 42, slamming the bombardment as an “inhumane terrorist act.” On Wednesday, he reported that the death toll had risen to seven, while confirming that the strike had involved Storm Shadow missiles. Peskov said on Wednesday the missiles “couldn’t have been launched without British specialists.”


He added that the strikes again show the necessity of the continued military campaign against Ukraine, as its success will ensure that “these barbaric actions by the Kiev regime don’t continue.” “One of the goals is to demilitarize Kiev and strip it of the ability to carry out attacks like this,” Peskov stressed. Ukraine has taken responsibility for the strike, claiming it was targeting a local microelectronics factory. Media reported that the attack came during a shift change at a local factory, when some employees were heading to the exit. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, seven British cruise-missiles were used in the attack. The UK and other nations backing the Ukrainian government “bear full responsibility” for civilian casualties in Bryansk, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

London is “prepared to bring the conflict to a new level in terms of damage and loss of life” using Ukrainian “puppets,” it added.] The ministry said the UN must react to the incident, stating that “silence will be taken as encouragement of criminal actions” of the Ukrainian government and its foreign backers. Governor Bogomaz announced a day of mourning in Bryansk, saying that 20 people remain in local hospitals, while nine of the most severely injured have been transported to specialized medical facilities. Storm Shadow cruise missiles are launched from the air and have a range of up to 560 km. Bryansk is located just over 100 km from the Ukrainian border and is internationally recognized as Russian territory.

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“.. the goal is to jeopardize the peace process to end the Ukraine conflict.”

Ukraine Attacking Russian Gas Pipeline To Stop Deliveries To Europe (RT)

Kiev has been deliberately attacking the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline in an attempt to halt deliveries to European consumers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The statement comes after pipeline operator Gazprom reported on Wednesday that the Russkaya compressor station in southern Krasnodar Region, which serves as the starting point for supplies through the TurkStream, came under attack overnight. The company said the Beregovaya and Kazachya compressor stations were also targeted the day before, adding that its facilities in southern Russia were attacked 12 times in the past two weeks.


On Wednesday, the Defense Ministry confirmed the attacks, saying: “the Kiev regime, in order to stop gas supplies to European consumers, launched another attack using strike aircraft-type UAVs on the infrastructure of the Russkaya compressor station.” The ministry stated that four Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian air defense systems in the airspace adjacent to the station, two more were intercepted by fighter aircraft, and three were destroyed by mobile fire teams. The TurkStream transports Russian gas to Türkiye via the Black Sea, with one line dedicated to the Turkish market and another supplying countries in Southern and Southeastern Europe.

Last month, President Vladimir Putin said Russia has become aware of plans to attack the TurkStream and Blue Stream trans-Black sea gas pipelines, adding that the goal is to jeopardize the peace process to end the Ukraine conflict. Putin did not publicly attribute the alleged plot to a specific party, saying it would be discussed behind closed doors with the Federal Security Service (FSB) board. In October, FSB chief Aleksandr Bortnikov warned that Ukraine and the UK were jointly preparing an attack on TurkStream.

Gas and oil infrastructure in the Black Sea has repeatedly come under Ukrainian attacks amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The attacks involved long-range drone strikes against various facilities ashore, as well as repeated attempts to target Russian naval vessels patrolling the pipelines with sea drones. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to the attack, saying it highlights the “true nature and essence of the Kiev regime,” describing the strikes as “especially irresponsible against the backdrop of a global energy crisis that is brewing day by day.”

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Anything you say can and will be used… Soon as you say something anything about immigration you’re a racist, bigot, etc.

The UN Warns Trump About Migrant Rhetoric. Seriously. (Manney)

As if we can’t hate the United Nations enough. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued a warning about President Donald Trump’s immigration rhetoric, claiming that describing migrants as criminals could increase racial hostility. Members of the committee argued that the language used by political leaders can fuel discrimination and possibly trigger hate crimes against migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers living in the United States.


The Committee was deeply disturbed by the growing use of derogatory and dehumanizing language and the dissemination of harmful stereotypes targeting migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. “Portraying them as criminals or as a burden, by politicians and influential public figures at the highest level, particularly the President,” the Committee said, “may incite racial discrimination and hate crimes.” It underscored that the systematic use of racial profiling and arbitrary identity checks by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) against people of Hispanic/Latino, African, or Asian origin has resulted in widespread arrests of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and people perceived as such.

The Committee also raised alarm that the lives and physical integrity of the above vulnerable groups are jeopardised by the excessive use of force and violence by enforcement officers during immigration operations. It cited that at least eight people have died since January 2026 during ICE operations or while in ICE custody, including protesters exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association and detained refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants.

The committee, operating within the United Nations human rights system, raised concerns about immigration enforcement actions carried out by federal agencies, including ICE and Customs and Border Protection. Committee members also referenced deaths tied to immigration detention and enforcement operations since early 2026. UN officials urged the U.S. government to review immigration enforcement measures implemented after January 2025. Committee members called for restrictions on enforcement operations near schools, hospitals, and houses of worship. They also pressed federal authorities to prohibit racial profiling and consider alternatives to immigration detention for families and minors.

Trump administration officials rejected the criticism. The White House accused the U.N. of bias and said Trump had delivered on many of his campaign promises, including securing the U.S. border. “No one cares what the biased United Nations’ so-called ”experts” think, because Americans are living in a safer, stronger country than ever before,” White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said when reached for comment. Administration officials argue that immigration enforcement remains necessary to address criminal activity tied to illegal entry and trafficking networks operating along the southern border.

The UN regularly presents itself as a global human rights watchdog, yet its own record has drawn scrutiny across multiple regions. Internal investigations into reconstruction programs in Iraq revealed allegations that UN development staff demanded bribes of up to 15% of contract values during a multibillion-dollar aid effort for postwar rebuilding projects. These accusations triggered whistleblower complaints about the misuse of funds intended for infrastructure and humanitarian aid.

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“New DOJ documents expose a 2011 plan by Epstein and former intelligence operatives to seize $70 billion in frozen Libyan assets ..”

Forget The Island: Jeffrey Epstein’s Secret War For Libya’s Billions (Fetouri)

While NATO bombs were still falling on Tripoli in the summer of 2011, a different kind of predator was circling the Libyan capital from the safety of a Manhattan townhouse. Newly released 2026 US Department of Justice documents reveal that Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and alleged Israeli intelligence asset, was also a geopolitical vulture looking to feast on the remains of the Libyan state.,Epstein’s private correspondence reveals a cold-blooded calculation to bypass international law and tap into the $32.4 billion in Libyan assets frozen in the US. The tragedy of the Libyan people was presented as a commercial opportunity.


On September 18, 2011, while the streets of Libya were still engulfed in the chaos, a clandestine plan was being hatched in New York to capture the country’s sovereign wealth. In an email titled ‘New York – Optics are important’, Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, Greg Brown, urgently pushed the financier to bankroll a high-level meeting with future Libyan leaders during the UN General Assembly. The targets were not minor players; they included Dr. Mohamed Magariaf, who would soon become Libya’s head of state, and his key advisers, Dr. Noah and Fadel Hshad.

Brown identified this trio as the men who would soon hold the mandate to negotiate with global giants like Goldman Sachs. The prize was a staggering $40 billion in Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) assets invested across Sub-Saharan Africa on top of the amounts frozen in the US banks. By offering to “identify, manage and monetize” these funds, Epstein’s circle sought to position themselves as the ultimate gatekeepers of Libya’s post-war economy – a ‘play’ that Brown promised would generate hundreds of millions for their own pockets.

The operation was in fact a privatized intelligence effort designed to exploit the vacuum of the Libyan state. Additional emails from the same period reveal that Epstein’s network was not working in isolation, claiming that former operatives from Britain’s MI6 and Israel’s Mossad were “willing to assist” in the hunt for Libya’s billions. This shadowy alliance viewed the $32.4 billion in funds frozen in the US – as well as the additional $40 billion’s African portfolio – not as protected sovereign wealth, but as a “significant opportunity” for recovery on a contingency-fee basis. By leveraging the “fearless” reputation Greg Brown attributed to Epstein, the group aimed to convince the nascent Libyan leadership that only their network of spies-turned-fixers had the “juice” to navigate the web of global finance and retrieve the nation’s “stolen” assets.

To justify this unprecedented financial intervention, Epstein’s network relied on a carefully constructed narrative that painted all Libyan overseas wealth as ‘stolen and misappropriated’ by the Gaddafi family – a claim that has never been proven 15 years later. This was a deliberate mischaracterization; in reality, these assets were the legitimate holdings of the Libyan State funds, invested in blue-chip stocks like Pearson and global banking giants. By framing a diversified state portfolio as ‘criminal proceeds’, Epstein’s people and their intelligence associates sought a legal loophole to bypass UN sanctions and extract a ‘contingency fee’ from wealth that belonged to the Libyan people – not a single family.

This strategy of criminalizing state assets was particularly aggressive across the African continent. During the 2011 chaos, persistent rumors (often fed by Western intelligence) portrayed the Libya Africa Investment Portfolio as Gaddafi’s personal slush fund rather than a legitimate development vehicle.

his narrative reached its peak with allegations involving former South African President Jacob Zuma. Claims surfaced that Zuma had received $30 million in cash (and even stashes of gold and diamonds) from the late Libyan leader for “safe keeping.” Although Zuma repeatedly and sarcastically denied these claims, noting that he would hardly be struggling with legal fees if he possessed this fortune, the ‘ghost story’ of the ‘Gaddafi Trillions’ served a vital purpose. It allowed shadow players like Epstein to treat the continent’s sovereign investments as ‘missing treasure’ up for grabs rather than state-owned assets that should have remained under the protection of international law.

The true danger of Epstein’s ‘New York Optics’ play was an attempt to formalize a shadow guardianship over Libya’s sovereign institutions before they could even be rebuilt. By targeting the individuals tasked with negotiating the Goldman Sachs settlement, Epstein was looking to establish a precedent when private, unaccountable fixers would manage the nation’s legal disputes.

This was a direct assault on Libya’s financial sovereignty, after the assault on its political sovereignty by the NATO military invasion. While the United Nations mission (UNSMIL) and international community spoke of ‘transitioning to democracy’, Epstein’s documents reveal a parallel reality: A race to ensure that the LIA remained a black box controlled by Manhattan-based intermediaries. This interference likely contributed to the years of litigation and internal divisions that have kept billions of dollars in state wealth effectively paralyzed – leaving the Libyan people to pay the price for a ‘recovery’ process that was designed by predators for predators.

Perhaps the most damning indictment of this intervention is that it was built on a financial phantom. For 15 years, the international community has been regaled with tales of ‘Gaddafi’s hidden trillions’ – a narrative Epstein’s network eagerly exploited to justify their ‘recovery’ services. Yet, the 2026 reality remains stark: Not a single personal bank account or secret stash belonging to the late Muammar Gaddafi has ever been found. The billions frozen in the West are, and always were, the documented institutional assets of the LIA. LIA was created in 2006 to, among other portfolios, invest oil money for poor families in the country.

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New number: $70 billion.

Epstein Guard To Testify As Oversight Committee Explores Potential MURDER (MN)

House Oversight Chairman James Comer is ramping up the heat on the botched handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s custody, announcing a subpoena for prison guard Tova Noel amid bombshell revelations of suspicious cash deposits and online searches just before the disgraced elitist’s alleged suicide.


With fresh DOJ documents unearthing red flags that scream cover-up, Comer’s move signals a long-overdue push for transparency against the bureaucratic stonewalling that has shielded powerful figures tied to Epstein’s web of abuse. Comer dropped the news during a Fox News interview, pointing to media reports and overlooked Justice Department records that cast doubt on the official narrative of Epstein’s 2019 death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

“Well, the recent media reports, what you just said, are very concerning — especially the suspicious activity report on a $5,000 mysterious deposit that she had,” Comer told host Jesse Watters. “The reason that stands out to me, Jesse, is because very seldom are suspicious activity reports even reported for sums less than $10,000.” “That’s a mystery there, and that’s something that, according to the DOJ documents, they never looked into — never asked her about,” he continued. Comer emphasized broader questions lingering over Epstein’s case: “Because of this, because of the media reports, and because of the fact that, honestly, most people on the committee aren’t confident 100% that Epstein’s death was a suicide, we’re going to ask Ms. Noel to come in for a transcribed interview.”

“Again, no one’s accusing her of any wrongdoing, but we have a lot of questions about Epstein — questions about who else was involved in abusing girls,” Comer added. “Why did the government not do a better job of investigating and prosecuting Epstein when they had a chance years before they finally convicted him? Was Epstein a spy? Was our government involved in any way, shape, or form in trying to destroy evidence or hide evidence from any of those four properties?” “Now, was Epstein’s death a suicide, as the government has reported, or was there something else?” he questioned. “Again, no one’s accusing this prison guard of any wrongdoing, but I will announce tonight on your show that we are going to ask her to come in and sit for an interview because we have a lot of questions.”

The subpoena targets Noel, who was on duty the night Epstein died. DOJ records show she googled “latest on Epstein in jail” at 5:42 a.m. and 5:52 a.m., just 40 minutes before her colleague discovered the body at 6:30 a.m. Instead of conducting required checks, Noel admitted to napping and online shopping, while falsifying logs—a lapse that earned her a deferred prosecution deal from an Obama-era judge in 2021. FBI forensics flagged her search as the only notable one in a 66-page review of the guards’ computers. Noel denied remembering the searches, calling records “inaccurate.”mChase Bank flagged suspicious deposits into Noel’s account, including $5,000 on July 30, 2019—ten days before Epstein’s death. From December 2018, seven deposits totaled $11,880, coinciding with her assignment to Epstein’s unit. Yet DOJ investigators never questioned her about it.

An FBI briefing identified Noel as an “orange flash” on camera approaching Epstein’s cell at 10:40 p.m. the night before, carrying linens or clothing—the last approach to the tier. She denied it. Noel now faces a lawsuit for alleged assault at her new job as a medical assistant. The guard’s actions fueled a heated exchange between journalist Michael Shellenberger and Joe Rogan during his latest podcast episode.


This development echoes ongoing scrutiny of Epstein’s death. DOJ documents labeled his death a “MURDER” in one instance, showed it documented a day early, and highlighted the wrong noose being DNA-tested. As one X user noted in response to those revelations: “Epstein is alive. He was extracted, likely by our own government.” Another pointed to a bipartisan cover-up: “The evidence points to a cover-up: Trump’s first AG Bill Barr oversaw the initial Epstein “suicide” ruling amid massive irregularities, Biden’s DOJ continued the stonewalling, and now Trump’s team is doing the same. Epstein was likely a protected CIA/elite asset—too many powerful world leaders, billionaires & influencers were involved in his crimes. The government decided to bury it all to avoid total exposure & chaos.”

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“.. once Barack Obama came to the podium, he had an agenda.”

The Politicking of Barack Obama (Victor Davis Hanson)

I’d like to comment recently on the politicking of Barack Obama. He’s been in the news recently, speaking at the Jesse Jackson funeral. What he did there, I’ll get to in a second, but he had a habit of talking down to black Americans as if they were naive, stupid, lacked his sophistication. Do you remember most poignantly when he told supporters of Kamala Harris, don’t dare, you don’t know what’s good for you. Don’t dare vote for basically a white racist like Donald Trump when you could empower a black woman. That didn’t go over very well, but he has a long history of that. Before I continue, though, the Democrats have a long history of using the venue of the funeral memorial service to hijack it and use it for political purposes.


In 2002, they did that with the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, and what should have been a memorial service turned into a four-hour campaign harangue. It was sort of the same way when Barack Obama went to the funeral of John McCain. He was asked to speak, and there’s no secret that John McCain and Donald Trump were not friends.Donald Trump felt that he had endorsed John McCain in 2008. John McCain had not turned the favor by explicitly telling the country that he would not vote for his own party’s nominee in 2016. John McCain, remember, had been a lifetime supporter of private medicine, and when Obamacare came on the scene, he was a vehement opponent. And when Donald Trump then was president, he had the votes to repeal Obamacare and bring in a free-market alternative.

John McCain inexplicably, in a late-night vote, flipped and decided to cast the deciding vote to crush that effort. And we have Obamacare today thanks to John McCain. He was never forgiven. Trump then said some things, and that all surfaced at the McCain funeral where Barack Obama sort of, without mentioning Trump, but it was very overt, the reference. He said that unlike people who are brash and think they’re tough and crude, basically, John McCain was tough, but he didn’t have to emphasize it. The next occasion came in 2020 for Barack Obama. That was at John Lewis’ funeral, and like the Wellstone funeral and the McCain funeral, once again, it was occasion to hijack the purpose, that is to honor the dead, and instead to use it for political purposes. So once Barack Obama came to the podium, he had an agenda.

And he was going to attack Donald Trump. And the way he did it was he said, we are suffering from racism and voter suppression. We don’t need voter IDs. We need a national holiday for balloting. We need to let prisoners vote, and we have too much Jim Crow racism in the country. Therefore, we’ve got to get rid of the Jim Crow racist filibuster footnote. He used it very ineffectively, but he used it in 2006 to deny the nomination of Justice [Samuel] Alito to the Supreme Court. And then he said that we have racist gerrymandering. That’s kind of ironic to see who’s been gerrymandering lately. And he has fully endorsed the efforts of Illinois, of Massachusetts, of Virginia, of California to ensure that Republicans don’t have House representation commensurate with their popular vote in their states.

In that long sermon, people were kind of startled. They thought, “Wow, this is a campaign. Is this a campaign advertisement, or is this an occasion for Obama to get relevance again after being out of office?” I would drop it there, but he did it again. He just went to the funeral of Jesse Jackson. I should add another footnote here that Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama were not close friends. Jesse Jackson said that he had been the trailblazer, the first African American presidential candidate that had a real chance to win. There had been others, but he felt that he was the most viable and that broke the barrier. And Obama was the beneficiary of that. He got so angry that in 2008 he got tired of Barack Obama, he thought, talking down to African Americans. So he said in a hot mic in the Fox Chicago studio, “I’d like to cut his” off, a vulgar reference to Obama’s testicles. But anyway, Obama was asked to speak.

Now, I would say in another footnote, all of these speeches at these funerals that Obama presents are basically about himself. He always relates anecdotes, not about necessarily just about the politician in question, but about his interaction with him. But in this particular Jesse Jackson speech, he went after division in the country using government. These are all sins he purportedly thinks that Donald Trump has committed—disunity, racism, valuing some people over others, and using the government to pursue enemies.

This was very, very rich. Very rich. Barack Obama, remember when he was president, he used the government to do what? Surveil Associated Press reporters, politicized the IRS to make sure they went after conservative groups and denied them tax-free status before his reelection effort. And remember most egregiously of all: He had at one point James Clapper, John Brennan, and James Comey in the Oval Office with him during the transition after Trump had been elected. And he basically said to them, your intelligence assessments from national intelligence, FBI, CIA are flawed because I’m not getting the results I want. I want Russian collusion. Collusion. Now go back and give me Russian collusion and Donald Trump.

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“.. only 3 or 4 percent of felony cases are decided by juries. In the US jury trials have already been abolished, not by law, but by non-usec..”

The Era of Truth and Freedom is Over (Paul Craig Roberts)

The British Parliament is in the process of abolishing the right to trial by jury. The law, which seems about to pass, removes a jury trial for defendants whose crimes are punishable by a sentence of three years or less. Instead of a jury of one’s peers, a judge will determine a defendant’s innocence or guilt. Next the cutoff will be 5 years, then ten, then jury trial will disappear, and England will return to the Dark Ages. The appointed judge will decide according to the wishes of he who rules. The reason the Labour government gives for abolishing trial by jury is an 80,000 case backlog that is choking the British justice system, a backlog that the Labour government says will rise to 200,000 in 9 years.


So, first British governments for decades allowed massive numbers of third world immigrant-invaders into Britain, many of whom turned out to be practitioners of crime. Their crimes, many of which are never prosecuted such as the 180,000 gang-rapes of British girls covered up by British governments for 30 years, overwhelmed the ability of the court system to process, and the solution is to abolish trial by peers, one of Britain’s greatest contributions to justice. For eight centuries from Alfred the Great to the Magna Carter to the Glorious Revolution (1680) the British built freedom and the protection of liberty from arbitrary power into law and civil society. And now a great achievement of Western Civilization has been lost to immigrant-invaders.

Possibly, trial by one’s peers had already been lost in Britain. I do not know if plea bargaining has become a feature of the British justice system. In the “free” United States plea-bargaining is, according to the US Department of Justice, the dominant way to decide felony cases. According to the US Department of Justice, only 3 or 4 percent of felony cases are decided by juries. In the US jury trials have already been abolished, not by law, but by non-use. A plea bargain is self-incrimination, against which the US Constitution and British legal practice protect a defendant from being tortured into a confession, whether innocent or guilty.

Despite the Constitutiion, Americans are coerced into self-incrimination by the cost of paying defense attorneys, by the prosecutor’s threat that he will pile on more charges if the defendant insists on a jury trial. A defendant who insists on a jury trial faces not only a hostile prosecutor, whose time is used up in a jury trial when he could be building his conviction rate with plea bargains, but also a hostile judge whose court docket is clogged by a jury trial. A plea bargain takes a few minutes. A jury trial takes a day or several weeks and requires a lot of effort and resources and attention by the judge..

If the defendant is without financial resources, his public defender knows that if he competently represents his client he will not be assigned more cases by the court. The defendant is told by his lawyer that a jury that trusts the system will think that of so many charges against the defendant at least one of them will be true. The defendant will be told that the penalty for one conviction will be worse than the plea bargain that has attorney can negotiate for him. The process works to break down the defendant’s resistance to self-incrimination.

And, so, prosecutor, defendant and his attorney appear before the judge. All three swear that no deal has been made, that the defendant admits his guilt to a charge of a crime that never happened, but which carries a lesser sentence than the original crime for which the defendant was indicted. When I have written that America’s jails are full of innocent people, this is what I mean. Defendants admit to a crime never committed in order to avoid prosecution for one that did, whether or not the accused committed the crime.

The fact that 96-97% of felonies never go to trial means that the police evidence is never tested in court. Time has taught the police that they don’t need any evidence. Their work load is easy. The police just pick a plausible defendant and turn him over to the plea bargaining system. Feminist ideology and blacks taught that white people are racists have added their part to undermining the integrity of juries. A white male with feminists and blacks on his jury can be convicted out of hate. This is justice in the “free” West today. Even the British have now abandoned the struggle for justice for which they fought for eight centuries.

What more evidence does a sentient person need to understand that the foundations of freedom that made Western civilization unique and a magnet to the world no longer exists. This is why the United States, once the repository of these truth and freedom preserving institutions, can betray all morality, all law, by intentionally attacking a girl’s school in Iran for children of Iranian Guards in order to demoralize the Iranian military force in hopes of reducing its ability to resist Israeli-American unprovoked aggression against the Iranian nation. Trump and Netanyahu opened their war by murdering 185 little girls.

Do governments so totally evil, so overflowing with self-righteousness and self-justification for their crimes against humanity as Washington and Israel have a right to exist? This is the question that is before us. Yet the entire world, including Putin and Xi, refuse to confront the question, preferring to defer to evil.

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He’s definitely not his biggest fan.

Putin Is Again on the Wrong Track (Paul Craig Roberts)

Just as Putin destroyed the reputation of the Russian military by refusing to win an ongoing minor conflict, he is again demonstrating the worst kind of judgment in calling for a return to peace and stability in the Middle East. Is Putin aware of the Zionist Israeli agenda of Greater Israel? How can he not be aware when Netanyahu himself has held up a map of Greater Israel? How can Putin not be aware when Tucker Carlson asked Washington’s ambassador to Israel how Israel could claim an entire region in which there were different countries and received the answer that the Israelis should just go ahead and take it all now? How can Putin be aware of Greater Israel and call for a return to peace and stability? The only stability permitted by Israel’s agenda is when Israel stretches from the Nile to Pakistan.


Just as Israel used the US to clear out of the way Iraq, Libya, and Syria, Israel is now using Trump to remove Iran as an obstacle to Greater Israel. The only way Israeli-American aggression in the Middle East can be avoided is for Israel’s agenda of Greater Israel and Washington’s agenda of hegemony to be negotiated away. Any other negotiations are mindless distractions from reality. The Israeli-American demands for hegemony are totally inconsistent with any possibility of peace and stability. When confronted with such hegemonic demands, how stupid must you be to call for “peace and stability”?= Why are there no calls for Israel to negotiate its agenda of Greater Israel, for Washington to negotiate its growing demands for hegemony over other countries?

If Putin convinces Iran to call off a war that Iran must fight to victory if the ancient country is to survive, Iran will be destroyed. Having betrayed Syria, is Putin now going to betray Iran in exchange for Washington removing sanctions on Russian oil so Putin can negate for Israel and the US the impact of the closed Strait of Hormuz? Is Putin aligning Russia with Washington and Israel against a BRICS partner? If Putin were a real leader, he would be calling for negotiating an end to the Zionist agenda of Greater Israel. The US cannot do it, because America is completely under Israel’s thumb. Unless the rest of the world can bring itself into acknowledging the reality of the agendas of Greater Israel and American Hegemony, the world will continue on the path to Armageddon.

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“Rasmussen survey finds 56% of U.S. voters believe COVID shots caused significant deaths — and 42% say CDC employees should be fired for their pandemic response.”

56% of Americans Now Suspect COVID-19 “Vaccines” Caused Mass Deaths (Hulscher)

Public opinion is shifting—and they want action. A new Rasmussen survey of 1,158 likely U.S. voters—conducted September 7–9, 2025, with a ±3% margin of error—reveals that 56% believe side effects from the COVID-19 shots have likely caused a significant number of unexplained deaths. Nearly one-third (32%) say it’s very likely. Only 35% still dismiss the idea.This shows that what was once called a “conspiracy theory” has become the mainstream view. The majority of Americans now believe vaccine harms are real and widespread.


Support for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reflects this shift. Half of voters (50%) say government health officials deserve criticism for their handling of the pandemic, while 42% even think CDC employees should be fired for their role in misleading the public. Among those who strongly believe the shots caused deaths, over 70% want CDC firings.

Partisan divides remain—70% of Republicans, 46% of Democrats, and 54% of independents think the vaccines likely caused deaths—but the skepticism crosses party lines and racial groups. In fact, black (64%) and Hispanic (57%) voters are even more likely than white voters (54%) to suspect deadly vaccine effects. According to the survey, RFK Jr. is viewed favorably by 45% of voters, with strong support among Republicans and independents, even as Democrats turn sharply against him.The takeaway: A credible, nationally representative poll now confirms most Americans believe COVID-19 shots have killed many people, and they want accountability from the CDC and government health leaders.

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    Willem de Kooning Woman 1969 • The War on Iran Could Remake the World (Lukyanov) • The 3 Big Lies About the Iran War (Ben Shapiro) • Iran Confirms New
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle March 13 2026]

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    Michael Reid
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    The world is being restructured

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    Topcat
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    Were in Good Hands

    Say Hallelujah!

    Trumpturd’s “Spiritual Advisor” and personal pastor, evangelist Paula White … who prayed with him yesterday in the white house says:

    Paula White, the Horse’s Mouth:

    “Where ever I go God rules, when I walk on White house grounds, God walks on White house grounds.

    I have every right and authority to declare the White house Holy Grounds because I was standing there and where I stand is Holy.

    Saying No to President Trump is like saying No to God….”

    Seems reasonable

    When you sacrifice and eat babies that is.

    https://x.com/i/status/2029860273855811795

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    Topcat
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    For our host Raúl

    Part of Art Appreciation Day

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    Michael Reid
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    The U.S. has lost any moral ground

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    Topcat
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    Trump’s new White house dog celebrates a birthday

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    Topcat
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    I wish our Supreme Leader was This Cool

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    Michael Reid
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    Alex Krainer: The Empire Is Collapsing — And Iran Just Proved It

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    Topcat
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    Lookin’ Good

    Kalshi Motto: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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    Topcat
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    And a jaunty Woketurd ‘Tip of the Hat’ to the ladies this fine morning

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    Michael Reid
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    All the US’s Nightmares Became Reality: IRGC sank a US vessel in BASRA and changed its War Strategy

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    those darned kids
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    well, this makes it all worth it:

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    Topcat
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    News Flash:

    Mental Health Report for the Empire of Lies

    Glad to see the ‘wheels of Justice’ grind on.

    Connecticut man accused of cannibalism and murder is granted conditional release

    “A man accused of cannibalism and murder has been granted conditional release, according to the Connecticut Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB)”

    “The board granted Tyree Smith’s release after a careful review of his clinical progress, officials said.

    He’s currently at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. Smith is accused of hacking a man to death with an axe in Bridgeport and eating part of the victim’s brain and an eyeball.”

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    Michael Reid
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    COL. Lawrence Wilkerson : Netanyahu Under Pressure: Is Israel Losing Control of the Escalation?

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    Topcat
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    The Epstein Fury Operation keeps on Truckin’

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    Topcat
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    Progress is Our Most Important Product

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    Topcat
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    Topcat
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    It’s Alive!

    Praise the Lord

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    Topcat
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    Yes, I see your Point!

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    Quick Headlinre Notes

    The Politicking of Barack Obama

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    Topcat
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    It’s much simpler than you think……

    Epstein Guard To Testify As Oversight Committee Explores Potential Murder

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    Tracking just normal people, Asmongold can apply basic logic:
    “If carriers are sitting ducks then why doesn’t anybody hit one?”

    I mean, I’m #1 in saying carriers are obsolete and “sitting ducks” but I mean compared to 1975 when “Military tech appears to have moved beyond them.” Like Sunburns or just constant harassment. I don’t mean they’re Huck Finn’s log raft in the ocean, completely unarmed.

    That leads to my question: Iran refuses to sink one apparently. Or is unable, which is even stranger. Why?

    This, now, is EXACTLY the ONLY time you would use your Hypersonic to sink one. The win is insurmountable, priceless. Yet they don’t. So far as we can tell, they didn’t even try. Is this all theater? Kayfabe? What? Tell me.

    Likewise Iran has done LITERALLY ZERO here at home. Why? That also makes literally no sense. If Paraguay bombed us, you bet your bippy we’d drop in Splinter Cell and blow something up, ‘coz that s—t cannot pass. Iran? Meh. Can’t be arsed to tip over a liquor store. …I mean so far at least. I mean, if they shot up a school here, we’re under so many attacks from Evil already we’d barely notice. We’d say, “Oh you mean that WASN’T a tranny? Huh. New things every day.”

    I literally cannot understand this. I just thought they hadn’t hit yet and were trying, or hadn’t activated, bc that takes time and only 11 days. Now? Conscious choice. Iran is not attacking us. So I’ll say it’s because they’re retarded p—ssys, that way I can get comments from you explaining it to me. If I don’t use insults, you’ll just ignore it and won’t respond.* (*Make this not true)

    I mean, with any luck, they’ll sink a carrier tonight and the question will be answered. Until then…?

    This goes likewise with “Are they tracking missiles from space and using beam weapons now”? It is said they are, but these new techs require a lot of field practice to develop and be reliable. The Anti-Air professor literally said they tracked them from space, then with no sense of irony or self-awareness, describes 1979 technology. Like POSSIBLY we’ve invented something since then? We have self-aware AI robots walking around but no Space Cameras?

    (Note: no carrier, but did probably hit a large refueler, so good work there.)

    “Pro-War Republican Senator Apologizes For Iran Girls’ School Massacre After Trump Blames Tehran

    Interesting. Like anyone behaving normally is an outlier now.

    “Senate Republicans On Iran War Ending: Sooner The Better
    Hawley: “Now it’s time to declare victory.”

    Ha ha. You don’t get to vote, sirs. The “Enemy” does.

    “Western Leaders Pivot To Blaming “Putin’s Hidden Hand” As Iran War Not Going To Plan

    Hard to know what to say to this. What Plan? Everyone just projected what they thought the plan was, then declared victory. The plan of what why and when wasn’t published.

    “US Knows Location Of Most Iranian Sleeper Cells Inside America, Trump Says

    I suppose that’s largely possible, eg we hear Israel used Iran’s own repression tracker computers to track Iran’s leaders…then erased the database on their way out, erasing the records of dissidents (women). So we could be in their records of our cells. Seems messy and uncertain, but the proof is in them doing nothing.

    I’m more concerned with the part that the government is incapable of doing anything correctly, so what difference does it make if we have the list?

    “’Moderate’ Gov. Abigail Spanberger Expected To Sign Sweeping Gun Ban Into Law

    Supreme Court is turning back most gun control and turned back another this week. VA, knowing all this will be rebuffed, just does it anyway. As we’ve seen elsewhere as with DEI, they just re-name the law, pass it again, and wait the 10 years to be overturned again. No consequences.

    Apparent Vehicle-Ramming Attack And Active Shooter Situation Unfolds At Michigan Synagogue

    Another austere Amish scholar.

    “That means an AI that can fully replicate anything a human can do sitting at a computer screen.”

    I hear this a lot. Like it can do News Boards or Podcasts. It can. How does it decide if what it’s doing sitting at that computer screen is Good or Bad? How can it decide if the Podcast is going well or poorly? It can create sculpture, but can’t tell if if it’s brilliant or lousy. Same with the spreadsheets. If it creates an error, what’s an “error”? It will check against another AI who will be wrong too.

    Okay, if either they start abstracting away from their roots, going mad, OR the AI’s do what is good for AI’s and indifferent or even contrary to Human health and prosperity. I mean, from DAY ONE, their very existence of the data centers themselves, is akin to carpet bombing the earth and killing the electric grid: No water, no fields, no power.

    “SpaceX now owns every layer of the stack needed to be a global cellular carrier. And now has a plan to beam it direct to your cell phone.”

    Good? Or Evil? Well, since part of that is their AI layer, then evil. We just settled that above. It is against all Humans, all human food, all human happiness.

    (Format issues)

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    Dr. D
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    The United States and Israel justified their military campaign against Iran by claiming it was necessary to protect themselves, and the world, from a nuclear threat. Tehran was accused of secretly accumulating enough weapons-grade uranium to build up to 11 atomic bombs.”

    At least this is getting out there. Now this is Trump’s fault to lose. IF this is true, you go sell your case to the American people and world. Even afterwards. Don’t make autists like me have to dig it up and assemble it from scraps. That’s YOUR job. In a Democracy.

    “not merely another Middle Eastern conflict. It marks the latest stage in a long process of upheaval that has been reshaping the region”

    Yes but from what, TO what? We already don’t know, or can be certain what we THINK we know is all a lie. Like for example, the “Austere Scholar” Khomeini, was a multi-billionaire. And it’s a merit-based job, so the IRGC installs his son, who is nor religious nor a scholar at all, but is ALSO a billionaire.

    So Iran, a “Theocracy”, was really a London Oligarchy all along?

    That doesn’t mean you can bomb them – I mean we’re an Oligarchy too, so is Russia – but it does re-write all the past stories and events. And therefore all the present situations and solutions.

    “With hindsight, it is clear that many American decisions in the region were reactive.”

    Sort of. Your narcissist crazy ex girlfriend CREATES the drama, to DIRECT you to an end. Like now Joe went crazy and is our enemy now, but she didn’t add that she’s the one who caused it, only playing the victim that he hates us now. She can’t help it, that’s how scorpions are. All day, every day. And that’s not something she’s making up: Joe actually WILL kill us now. He may also not know she’s at the bottom of it. So if he comes to the house or takes a swing, you DO need to punch him. A: Reactive.

    So in that situation, how do you get ahead and be active? With her in the house, in the 5 Eyes, reading your mail? She WILL burn the house down. Be certain of that. And she WILL activate every Joe she can think of to come do it for her.

    So there’s our, America’s, Middle East. Yes, all those Presidents were reactive. And not entirely, they all had plans too, but the point is well taken. But can’t figure out why it never fixes when everyone in the Intel from the bottom to the top, all the Rummys, the Powells, the Boltons say “They’ll greet us with flowers” while they disband the entire State Department, and erase the whole Iraqi government with no replacement.

    The only way to get ahead is to identify the Real Enemy. Roughly speaking: Us. Not “London” in a sense although that’s specifically true, but all the people living in OUR house we didn’t know were in on it. London can be crazy AF but so long as we circle wagons here they can’t hurt us. It’s only traitors inside that are danger.

    “a widely circulated interpretation suggests”

    Whut? That is “Anonymous people” “Familiar with the matter.” That is, ME. I fall in that category. It’s just made up. Do better.

    “The White House appears to have misjudged the political situation in Iran, expecting that a sharp military strike might trigger internal collapse.”

    Again, Just made up. No one has any idea or any evidence this was their expectation. In addition, military plans don’t work that way. They are written, “We do X and if X works. If not we do Y and Z, and Q” One by one, through the worksheet. Yeah! We totally WOULD love it if Hitler surrendered the day we secured Omaha Beach! We’d take it. But that’s not really “The Plan”. There are 999 pages left in the planbook if he does NOT surrender.

    Some of you are Military, you know this. Why am I telling you? And why do you say Trump and the whole Pentagon says, “Our plan is to hit a bullseye on the first dart. If not we will run around in circles then sit down and cry.” CLEARLY that is not true.

    “But that scenario failed to materialize. Instead, the region plunged into instability.”

    Compared to what? I listened to the Alexes, not too much special there, but they “just say” it is a “Debacle”. How? Why? That depends on what you thought would happen. As yesterday, the Straits are open, Iran is moving oil, Lloyd’s is insuring, strikes are down 90%, no ships are sunk. We lost 4 planes but have the pilots. But that’s not a win. Compared to what?

    THEY — JUST MADE UP — They just made it all up! That we can ONLY win in the first 5 minutes or not at all. WHY? Why did you “Just make that up”? I didn’t. I doubt the Pentagon did. A: You Made it All Up so you can HATE. You can hate and go “Ha ha, you lost!” Yes, like Putin we lost occupying Lviv which he never intended to begin with.

    So stop, take a breath.

    Much as I hate Shapiro, who really WOULD burn the U.S. and destroy Iran for breathing, here’s the list:

    “Lie No. 1: The war is a quagmire.
    You can’t have a quagmire or a debacle in 12 days. You can’t have a “War of Attrition”. IT MIGHT BE! It’s totally possible that can happen! …But it’s IMPOSSIBLE to know or for it to happen in 12 days. Calm down. Lying does not help your accuracy.

    “Lie No. 2: Iran is somehow winning.

    Depends what you mean by this, but they refuse to define it. First, we’re not occupying, so they say “Iran won” because we didn’t land 5 million men we never intended to try. “Iran Won” when they have no attack and caused no decline in the U.S. capacity for war. How did they win? Suppose Muhammad Ali did the Rope-a-Dope but never punched back. He took the hits. The End. Yeah, THAT’S NOT WINNING. You need to PUNCH Foreman AND KO.

    The other part: who will dominate the region now — remains to be seen and depends on how many missiles remain and what happens next. If Iran is winded, Saudi (and co) can arm up and match them.

    “Lie No. 3: The oil shock will break the United States.
    There’s no oil shock at all. They “Just make things up”. Not even in Europe!! Which is amazing. Officially oil is sub- $100 even there, which Joe Biden already demonstrated is tolerable and sustainable. Now that gas will screw them but I wouldn’t surprise me if the U.S. blew up the gas plant.

    What we have is a PR WAR everyone “Just falls for.” “Everyone is dying of COVID!!!! 99% fatality rate! Lock your kids in the car trunk!!!!” (this actually happened) Same here: The STRAITS ARE CLOSED!!! No, they’re not. Oil is a BILLION dollars a barrell!!!!!! No, it’s not. EVERYONE HAS COLLAPSED!!! No, they have not. This is bad, things have happened, but clearly none of those things.

    Covid 0.06% rate is not 99% eBola rate. Get a grip. You look a mess.

    #234536
    Dr. D
    Participant

    “• Iran Confirms New Supreme Leader Injured But Recovering (RT)

    Since no one knows or will say what we’re doing, no one knows if we’re winning. I allege that the purpose is NOT to topple Iran – obviously – as for the 1,000th time WE HAVE NO MEN TO DO THAT. Yeah, it would be great if the bad guys all fell down when we yell “Pew Pew” but that isn’t very likely. What we’re doing, and why Russia and China are on board, is the IRGC wanted to smuggle a nuke and blackmail the planet – which isn’t Kosher – and because of the careful and clever way they were constructed like a cancer they can’t be removed.

    So like any cancer, you don’t remove EVERY CELL. We don’t claim to. We chase and blow up the IRGC only, and hope that Iran’s civilian government can get the upper hand on them within their internal structure. Same as here. I wouldn’t bet how much we have regained control of the CIA, but again, same principle, same goal. Reduce the CIA, INCREASE the oversight, the civilian government, until you have them on a leash again. Or disbanded, Idgaf. So we’ve been chasing the IRGC, and they’ve barricaded themselves in a room with Cash and a cardboard cutout of an Idiot son. — Again, very similar to us. But THEY, are not “All Iran”. The Persians are very formidable, let them decide what to do with these midgets. Accounts are, nobody likes them. By tipping the balance we let “Iran” decide instead of being hostage.

    That’s specifically why we can NOT go in.

    I can’t believe this isn’t obvious. You’ll all distracted by the Straits-of-non-Closure.

    “Attacking Water in Iran Can Bring Out Nukes – Martin Armstrong (USAW)

    Probably we’ve been using weather control to attack their water for years. Can’t prove it tho. This is a war crime to me. A war on Terra.

    “If I were Iran, I would attack all the oil refineries of the neighboring states. You do that, and you will bring the entire West to its knees. The US only gets about 3% of our oil from the Middle East. You would wipe out Europe for sure.”

    Again, his model works, but his personal interpretation is often wrong. Like it wouldn’t be a quick end to Iran. Correct, it seems, the IRGC is bunkered down. How would it “Bring the West to its knees” if the U.S. is untouched? By the oil problem, but also militarily?

    There is no “West” then. But we knew that was true going back to EU/NATO using OUR army to attack Russia. Yeah, no, you may NOT do that. Europe thinks the U.S. is their b-tch. Yeah, no, we will NOT be doing that. Get your own army. And we did NOT just punch back. We gave you EVERY possible warning, starting with Trump and Nordstream in Germany, to him begging them to sue peace and open to Russia, to Vance and Rubio talking human rights. It’s been +10 years we’ve broken our arm trying to keep them from committing suicide. They won’t.

    So here you are, Crazy Ex! Our whole relationship is nothing but trying to keep you from killing yourself and we’re done.

    “The West” is also, as EMB etc says, “We are getting a divorce with Europe and they’re going crazy, trying to stop it and steal everything they can.” Again, like a crazy Ex. We are in a DIVORCE, then that is the #Opposite of being “One”. That is, One “West”. We haven’t been one West, one NATO for a decade, probably longer.

    ““Russian-Chinese cooperation has truly limitless possibilities and potential, and we will continue to act in unison.”
    • Iran War Crack-Up (Helmer)

    Great! Are they planning to start anytime? They didn’t warn Iran and aren’t helping now. Why.

    “It will fight on against US troops if they land, against US bases in the Arab states, and against US vessels at sea; it will keep the Hormuz Strait closed.”

    All these are false, Helmer. Again, you’re like MI6 Central.:

    1) The Straits are open, idiot, you might have noticed. Iran is running dozens of tankers through.
    2) We have ZERO U.S. troops to land, fool.
    3) They hit exactly zero U.S. vessels at sea, so I guess they’re biding their time to lull us into a sense of complacency.
    4) And if Iran wants to bomb EVERY neighbor for all eternity, have at it! But I don’t think that’s a winning position to have. Ya think!?!??

    Helmer: Cannot tell “Open” from “Shut”. You’re fired. You’re no longer an expert. If you can’t tell up from down why are we listening to you? A: I must HATE!!!!! Since I HATE!!!!! Therefore Iran must WIN!!!! That’s my expert analysis on the matter. Oh. My. God.

    I hate Hitler but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a threat to France, dude. Open ≠ Shut. “All floating” ≠ “All sunk”
    Zero men ≠ Landing parties of +5 Million. You look a fool. You’re drooling. Stop.

    “• Eat the Rich: Sanders and Khanna Introduce Federal Billionaires Tax (Turley)

    Ummm… this is what the Income Tax was supposed to fix. Miraculously, 100 years later turned out it did the #Opposite! Same as the War on Terra, the War on Poverty, the War on Druuuugs…

    Okay, what level is it set at? A: One dollar above Bernie Sanders’ income. Same as the Starbuck’s guy.

    • UK Behind Deadly Storm Shadow Missile Attack On Russian City – Kremlin (RT)

    2 Million dead Ukrainians and 2 Thousand dead Brits. I mean, seriously, who sets up with London and follows them? This is EVERY. TIME. Ask Poland! “We’re right behind you!” …We mean, way, way, way, 1,000 and more miles behind you. Attaboy. I promise with God as my witness, when the last Ukrainian is dead…we’ll build a second Howitzer or something. Not sure.

    “• Ukraine Attacking Russian Gas Pipeline To Stop Deliveries To Europe (RT)

    Translation: UKRAINE BOMBS NATO!!!!!

    I’m not making that up. That’s literally what’s happening. For a long time.

    “• The UN Warns Trump About Migrant Rhetoric. Seriously. (Manney)

    UK just passed a law that ANY statements, that are not Sharia or not full Woketard, are Violent Extremism. And yes, arrestable for thinking thoughts. That is, changing Keir Starmer’s tax policy is now “Violent Extremism.” Saying you would like to change the voting method, forward, or back before “First past the post” is “Violent Extremism.” ALL human discussions are therefore “Violent Extremism”. So, Stalin. Installed. But we knew that, and I wasn’t going to bother to mention it. I mean, it’s England. Of course they’re fascists.

    ““New DOJ documents expose a 2011 plan by Epstein and former intelligence operatives to seize $70 billion in frozen Libyan assets ..”

    So much here. Let’s highlight “Epstein = Intelligence Operatives” tho. The DoJ knows this, has known all along. A hacker stole the Epstein docs (then also did not release them, the creeps) so we all know. Arrest-o-Meter = Two. Epstein and Maxwell. They trafficked thousands of people to nobody. Over no state lines.

    ““.. only 3 or 4 percent of felony cases are decided by juries. In the US jury trials have already been abolished, not by law, but by non-use…”

    We have a higher Federal conviction rate than Stalin or Hitler. So. Proud.

    “• Putin Is Again on the Wrong Track (Paul Craig Roberts)
    Just as Putin destroyed the reputation of the Russian military by refusing to win an ongoing minor conflict, he is again demonstrating the worst kind of judgment in calling for a return to peace

    Always furious when there is no war. He reads all the Top Secret FSB files. True facts. He knows everything Putin knows, and more!

    “If Putin convinces Iran to call off a war that Iran must fight to victory if the ancient country is to survive, Iran will be destroyed.”

    Again, HTF would Iran not survive? HTF would they be destroyed? We don’t even have any men there. It’s like whenever we “Just say things” and put them on a spreadsheet, they happen. You bop them with a mushroom and they Nintendo-fade into the ground. Iran isn’t going anywhere. People can’t think clearly about the simplest things, and it’s widespread.

    “• 56% of Americans Now Suspect COVID-19 “Vaccines” Caused Mass Deaths (Hulscher)

    Whaaa? Speaking of, if that’s true do they plan on DOING anything about it?

    “This will bring true financial freedom, just like X is the heart of free speech

    No, it’s tyranny. Elon can also shut anyone off. Duh. That’s precisely the issue we had with everyone else.

    The reason BTC sort of works (it’s not private) is that it’s open-source and anyone can make a wallet. There’s no platform or central office.

    #234537
    Topcat
    Participant

    • Ukraine Attacking Russian Gas Pipeline To Stop Deliveries To Europe

    Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico should launch an actual military attack on Ukronaziland

    The CASH&GOLD caught coming through Hungary is Proof Positive that the rats are preparing to Bugout of a sinking ship.

    Nazilensky is a product of the Empire of Lies MIC Maggots.

    That CASH&GOLD is laundered MIC Maggot Grift.

    dr d is the only one who will try to explain that away as harmless with the usual incomprehensible autistic word salad.

    But Ukronaziland, is an Empire of Lies Creation from asshole to apple’s apple

    Putin humors Trumpturd like sane people humor a mental patient with a bloody bayonet in their hands.

    And the Green Goblin is an Ashkenazi Jew Blood Brother of Bibi the Butcher.

    They are cut from the same cloth.

    Trumpturd is Bibi’s Zionazi Bitch

    The End

    #234538
    Topcat
    Participant

    #234539
    Topcat
    Participant

    Trumpturd’s cardboard cut out speaks.

    “The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed.

    All US bases in the region must be shut down immediately.

    Iran demands reparations, or property belonging to the aggressors will be seized or destroyed.

    Studies have been conducted on opening additional fronts “where the enemy has minimal experience and would be highly vulnerable”.

    And vengeance for Minab will not be forgiven.”


    Over Israel, 717 Home Front Command alerts triggered by midday – and that’s without counting the previous night’s barrage.

    717 sirens in half a day tells you everything about the state of what’s left of Israel’s early warning network.

    Iran’s Foreign Minister: “Israel is bombing Iranian historical monuments dating as far back as the 14th century. Multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites have been struck”. His line was surgical: “It’s natural that a regime that won’t last a century hates nations with ancient pasts.”


    “Iranian cluster munitions reportedly struck outside Jerusalem’s Old City, near Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.”

    “The three holiest sites of three religions, give or take, in one blast radius.

    Symbolism aside, the targeting accuracy on display is the story.

    These aren’t random launches hoping to land somewhere useful.

    They’re arriving precisely where someone chose to put them.”

    #234540
    Topcat
    Participant

    #234541
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Musk is on the roll.
    We have come from the fine skill of stick-shift car driving to turning ourselves into a bag of groceries.

    #234542
    Topcat
    Participant

    So why did western Mediawhores float the mine story?

    Because “we can’t escort tankers through a mined strait” sounds considerably better than “we can’t escort tankers because we’d get hit”.

    “The world’s most powerful navy has been unable to open a 33-kilometre waterway for two weeks.

    That’s embarrassing.

    Mines provide a technical excuse that avoids the simpler, more damaging explanation:

    Iran’s coastal defenses work, and the US Navy doesn’t want to test them.

    The mines are cover. ”

    For US impotence

    #234543
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Going hard on Epstein’s prison guard. Easier than after the “clients”.
    Imagine her having a night visit with the proposal that she can not refuse?
    It could be about $5,000, but I am sure that “other option” was made clear to her as well.
    To whom she can complain and ask for protection?

    #234544
    Topcat
    Participant

    Trolling Trumpturd to FAFO

    #234545
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Any thoughts of bringing a prison director for some talk?
    There is no way that he/she was not aware of the “plan”.
    But as long as the narrative that Ep killed himself is pushed relentlessly, focus is only on the lowly employees.

    #234546
    Topcat
    Participant

    It’s a Tollbooth Stupid

    India’s Foreign Minister called Iran’s Foreign Minister and asked permission to transit an international waterway.

    The world’s fifth-largest economy, nuclear-armed, with the fourth most powerful military on Earth, called Tehran and requested a waiver. And got one.

    The tanker Shenlong arrived in Mumbai loaded with Saudi crude, having sailed straight through Hormuz. Two more Indian tankers – the Pushpak and Parimal – also passed.

    Bangladesh secured the same deal.

    China already had it.

    The strait isn’t closed.

    It’s a members-only club.

    And the membership criteria is:

    not being allied with the people who started the war.

    The Energy Secretary said $200 a barrel is “unlikely”.

    The IRGC said “not a single litre of oil”.

    One of these statements will age better than the other.

    Trump, asked about oil prices: “We make a lot of money when oil prices go up”.

    Making money while schoolgirls get massacred.

    Another great statement from the President of the United States.

    #234547
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    @DrD

    Regarding aircraft carriers and Asmongold.

    Put on your thinking cap. It must be around the house there somewhere. Try rummaging through that stack of junk in a back corner of the basement where you put other things that have no further use and probably don’t work anyway.

    Aircraft carriers have a HUGE advantage in terms of self defense against incoming projectiles. They know to the inch precisely where that projectile is headed. It is headed for the ship (duh!) and the location of the ship is known to the ship’s defensive crew and hardware with millimeter & microsecond precision accuracy. For so long as the ship possess 100% effective ways and means of shooting stuff out of the sky (and of course they DO, within easily calculably dependable limits in respect to geographical distance and time-to-respond limits.

    If the carriers stay OUTSIDE & BEYOND those time and distance limits then they are as safe as being tied to wharf at home port. But if they get any closer and wind up INSIDE those limits and WITHIN range, then they are TOAST.

    Everybody in the world except you and that loud-mouthed ignorant dickhead Asmongold knows that.

    Please put that cap on and engage with actually THINKING before you further embarrass the whole forum with louder mouthed ignorance. It’s shameful.

    #234548
    Topcat
    Participant

    An Iran-linked hacker group called Handala claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Stryker Corporation – the American medical technology company whose surgical robots and joint replacements operate in hospitals across 79 countries.

    Handala claimed 200,000 systems wiped and 50 terabytes extracted.

    WSJ and ABC confirmed the attack
    .

    The war just entered the operating room.

    #234549
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    @TopCat

    It’s a Tollbooth Stupid

    If you just thunk that one liner up yourself then please step forward to receive the Gold Cup for the best meme/epithet/one-liner of the century and maybe the millennium.

    Yes indeed. The Straits of Hormuz is a toll booth, and that pretty much says it all, and not just that. Toll boothing is at the bottom of every fight there ever was.

    #234550
    Topcat
    Participant

    The cyber front has a symmetry to it. USrael struck Bank Sepah’s data infrastructure. Iran’s proxies hit a surgical equipment manufacturer used by hospitals globally. An eye for an eye. A server for a server.

    #234551
    Topcat
    Participant

    The Strait Flush of Hormuz

    Yah, it’s a tollbooth alright.

    And it allows the toll takers to collapse certain targeted parts of the world economy

    #234552
    zerosum
    Participant

    You are in Denial that you are wrong

    It’s about:
    Identify the Real Enemy.

    Empire of Lies

    Lying, Depopulation, Genocide, Greater Israel, Hate, Racism, Control, Power, Energy, Shortages, Leverage, Banking, scamming, stealing, humanitarian.
    ————-
    • Ukraine Attacking Russian Gas Pipeline To Stop Deliveries To Europe (RT)

    Translation: UKRAINE BOMBS NATO!!!!!
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