Debt Rattle April 18 2026
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Piet Mondriaan Still Life with Gingerpot I 1911/12 • Trump Is Turning Iran Into An Anti-Globalist Superpower (Rachel Marsden) • Blockade Successful –
[See the full post at: Debt Rattle April 18 2026]Did you ever notice that the whenever there’s some big announcement that the End Of The World As We Know It is going to be tomorrow afternoon that so many people rush out to buy extra toilet paper?
Their attention apparently focused on the potential inconvenience and discomfort of not being able to wipe their butt after they pooped, instead of the food that they would need in order to make poop in the first place (and thus need to clean up afterwards.)
If you don’t have food you won’t need toilet paper.
Three days food and water in the pantry, and six months supply of toilet paper in the bathroom closet.
Silly rabbit.
It tells you something way too seriously profound about the ability of the “average” human being to think. We humans (absolutely all of us, with no exceptions) are really really stupid.
I mean REALLY stupid. Even the “best and brightest” of us can’t do practically anything for ourselves, except maybe choose what we think is best for ourselves.
We could not pry a rock out of the mud with a stick unless someone gave us the stick, and the rock and the mud in the first place so that we would have something to shove around and play with. We could not make so much as a molecule of any one of those things if it were left up to us! Not one atom! We can only choose which ones to use to get what we want.
Gold up $100, Silver up $4. That MIGHT mean something about war but oil plummets, Dow rockets. Not enough, or not in the right order.
“Ukraine Liberates MASSIVE Amount Of Territory From Russia in UNBELIEVABLE Victory
The Military Show•223K•4h agoLaughable. Provably untrue. Why do I post it? A: Showing you can find anything you want on the Internet. Even Iranian victory marches. That doesn’t make it true. Now it’s interesting, because we all KNOW not everything posted is true. But yet WHICH do we pick and to forward as credible, even for consideration, over the other, similar ones? That’s the question and that’s also the Overton Window. We THINK Iran has unlimited missiles and hasn’t suffered a single strike is reasonable. But why? Not sure. That answer is quite complicated but worth looking into this week.
Every expert was dead-wrong I shouted for 45 days. And it wasn’t about the war! It’s about that their arguments were idiotic and their evidence non-existent. Same as Covid, btw.
Like Iran, I also believe Covid was a real thing that did indeed kill people. But not as many as presented. Same here, and it was even EASIER to see, while the propaganda worked far, far better anyway. It was like the less reason there was, the more people leaned into it. Not sure. Why was this so incredibly easy to see? A: No data. The side with no data, no details, is lying. That’s about it, that’s about the level of my genius here. They said “Kuwait, radar, Israel, 3 jets, all flattened.” I said, “Great, how about the Iranian side?” Crickets. That’s it, that’s all it took to know they were lying, and which way the war went.
“Jaifada” 10M Iranians. Who are they planning to fight? And with what?
Yes, the Iranians are formidable and great fighters. Good on them, wish Europe or Canada would follow suit. All violence or preparation or spending for violence is bad unless Iran does it. Then it’s good. People “Said things about winning.” Yes, people say a lot of things when they’re trying to sell some s—t. No one believes them. We refer to what is actually possible and likely instead.
“Kuwait Holds American Journalist After Reporting On ‘Friendly Fire’ Shootdown Incident
Not all places are America. I’m not saying he didn’t know that, he probably did. But America is Hitler, that’s why you can say whatever you feel like and buy as many guns as you want here. Like Hitler. Or perhaps we are somewhat LESS authoritarian and fascist than most of the world.
“Young men in the United States have become more religious than young women for the first time in 25 years…”
Very interesting. It seemed women previously took order from Church and dragged men to help them behave themselves. Wonder what that is. I expect 80% of women ARE religious. They are Woke Disney-Amazon religion and so don’t need another. All their order comes from there and don’t need conflicts. Since the same Disney-Amazon spares no billion dollars to tell men they are scum who should all be killed, naturally they are not as attuned to this religion of hatred and death.
“”F**k It…Just Do It”: Carville Lays Out Democratic Plan To Add States And Pack The Court To Retain Power
They also are not attuned to this religion, of scrapping even the remaining pretense of Democracy, and with it, “America” which has many attributes of a religion here. This goes with many such things, we don’t go AWAY from something, you have to attract people TO something. What dream are you asking them to build? No voice in society at all and live in the Pod? This was the problem they have with Soros kids headlining while they have no M4A vote. All billionaires (formerly Musk, replace with token democrat here) with nothing for working “kids” who are now 40.
However far away, the MAGA is “You’ll have a job and afford a house.” Which is actually attainable. Whenever you say “You’ll do hard work” instead of the opposite you’re on the right track.
“President Trump is about to begin declassifying documents at lightning speed in an operation he is calling “Hypersonic Clarity.”
Timing for the midterm, as expected. And he thought he could get Iran mostly wound down by then, too. Which none of us saw how, not having inside Intel, only that that must have been his expectation.
He needs to do arrests right before, so the judges can’t summarily dismiss them, as we have Judges doing…well, any and everything. They are Presidents, generals, negotiators, they run Tesla and re-write contract law, and practice medicine as well. They are all branches of government, including declaring themselves the Supreme Court over and over. Anyway, “Guilt” “Innocence”, “Law” have zero hold or interest for them. They’ll just dismiss everyone as a professional courtesy. Government never, ever, ever, ever convicts itself.
However in our system WE are the government. So declassifying sets what We the People will put up with and approve of. It is indeed sad not to hang every Fauci multiple times, however it’s superior to have the country restored on a legal foundation, even if that means he is merely discredited.
If we’re going back to Hillary’s home server, let’s repeat the point: it wasn’t THAT it was unsecured and at home; it’s that it being unsecured and at home was the PURPOSE. She would post docs there and China would “Hack” them for deniability and pay her. That’s her sales point, her PoS cash register. It can very easily be assumed that anything on that server was read by…everyone, but Russia and China at a minimum.
This can be used for good ends, to salt fake intel, but in these conditions I don’t see how, or that she has ever proposed so. It’s all rogue, whatever she wanted, directing policy however she wished.
Also since we’re following her laptop, nine NYC policemen saw it and all nine were dead in a year. They died of coincidence.
““Of course, there’s a Deep State, and it’s dangerous.”
Schumer said so on national TV before Trump was even elected. He implied he was terrified and obedient to it. I wonder why, since he was the highest congressman and head of the Party, so if his power means nothing, what then?
“• Trump Is Turning Iran Into An Anti-Globalist Superpower (Rachel Marsden)
In #Oppositeland. The way you make someone powerful now is to bomb them into the stone age and wreck their economy. If that works so well, why doesn’t Uruguay bomb themselves into being China? All it takes is bombs.
Requisite that there is a pejorative OpEd word in every sentence and almost no facts or details.
“Not only have any longstanding U.S.-Israeli objectives for Iran been frustrated,”
Objectives like crushing Iran and opening the Straits of Hormuz for a generation? Sounds terrible for them. How will they live down curing one of the largest geopolitical issues of the last 50 years? Again, only Muslim States of Britain, Germany, France, and our own Muslim occupation here at home in the Democrat Party oppose this. Why? And I oppose wars of aggression too, I’m just not insane about it.
“Now, the strait sits at the center of negotiations between the two sides. Not only has the U.S. lacked any leverage to compel Iran to open Hormuz,”
Every word of that aged badly. No leverage except “Yes sir, absolutely, night now, and we’ll help you clear the mines too”?
“So toss the myth of western military omnipotence onto the mounting pile of ripoff schemes that have aged badly.”
“Aged Badly” aged badly. We “conquered” a nation of 90 million, larger than Europe in 40 days without trying. It would seem the sense of our military omnipotence is going to be enhanced, if anything. I hope this is a good thing because I can’t do anything about it.
“Blowback…European countries have denied military access to their airspace for the purpose of any attacks.”
NOTHING COULD BE BETTER. I’d pay them a billion dollars to do this to us and they did it for free. Why? Now we can leave NATO and Europe and save $100 Billion. Heck, I’m sorry we had to bomb Iran to get this done, this is so good I would do it as the only goal and objective. And again, he calls “End of Empire” a bad thing.
“Back home in the U.S., calls for cracking down on the kind of Israeli foreign interference in American politics that led Trump into this useless but totally counterproductive war are emerging.”
Also greatest thing ever.
And I think we’ve seen Rachel Marsden before, whenever Globalist billionaires need Idiots-on-Tap.
Trump Tweets: Yeah Trump says a lot of things. Show me.
“Lots of money will be printed to prosecute the Iran war, and there will be a financial price to pay.” Gold and silver.
I can no longer tell because the machine has literally no ties to reality anymore. Sure, they might, and probably will. Markets took that direction when opened again. However, if Europe implodes that will also destroy trillions, and contagion here. Yes we can weather that far better here, but markets will still close and the economy halt. Equally likely.
“• Judiciary Chair Confirms House Moving To Expunge Trump Impeachment (JTN)
Probably important, much as I criticize “Signaling.” Also, extra-legal, as there are no rules here, but it’s following what any normal person would see as mirroring established practice elsewhere.
“and his prior procedural contact with Rep. Adam Schiff’s, D-Calif., staff, which he initially omitted from the official disclosure form before apologizing.”
You can’t “Apologize” about Perjury. This was the knowing commission of a crime. The crime was to unseat a duly-elected President. That is, the definition of sedition.
This is what they say is the standard for every employee, clerk, and soldier. Do you “Not feel like” following orders, from your cubicle, lacking all greater knowledge? Then don’t! It’s the ultimate in atomized ego! There is no “Us” only “Me.” “Do What Thou Wilt”! …Sort of ironic coming from Collectivists tho.
“• EU Spied On Orban For Years – Former Slovak Minister (RT)
Europe has spied on itself since “Europe”. You’re supposed to keep it down and follow a Gentlemans’ code though. Secret service “just releasing” whatever they like (This was all they could find in six years???) is outside the lines.
“Sergey Shoigu has cautioned Finland and the Baltic states against allowing Kiev to use their airspace for attacks on Russia”
As I said, what two years ago now? NATO will cease to exist. So Finland will have paid IN, then look like mackerel-slapped idiots who then ruined relations with Russia that were previously going well. And that’s FOR being a puppet of eg Germany, a thing they are rightfully sensitive about, being a small country. And here we are. All four of them having been puppeted – AGAIN! — and holding the bag.
Hey maybe Europe will still go off the chain and try to attack or something stupid, I don’t know.
“including implications for confirming judges and potentially filling any potential Supreme Court vacancies.”
We can dispense with “potential” — the GOP-Senate has refused to seat the entire Trump government. (Eg Attorneys) Then they wonder why, with no government seated at home, he’s focused on foreign policy where he has authority. I blame Trump for failing to be a dictator, round up, disband, and shoot the entire Senate. That’d show ‘em what Democracy is. If he does that, everyone will approve, right? That’s what you’re saying.
Anyway, yup, that’s what happens when 2/3rds of your government are blackmailed traitors. No fix for that. And not JUST Congress, every Judge, General, and district paperwork clerk refuses all orders as well.
“• Tucker Carlson’s ‘Did He Really Say That?’ Era Is in Full Swing Now (Spencer)
Wow, prettymuch right up the alley of this author. Yes, we’ve bent over backwards to see Islam as a religion of peace during what is essentially a war. Going to 2001, but way back further to Munich and the Achille Lauro and stuff. We’ve been UNBELIEVABLY well-behaved and long-suffering about it, and more’s the merit for us and “Christianity” for it. I think it’s appropriate. But it’s also NUTS, and the opposite of what the news says, of course, because “News” and “Truth”. Now Tucker is starting up, and wtf Why? It ain’t grifting! His base doesn’t want or believe that. It’s a guaranteed, rock-solid lose, and I’ll be shocked if it hasn’t already tanked ratings. Not that people hate Islam, but every living soul will go “Wtf?”
Islam may see Jesus, but there’s one itty-bitty problem: If he didn’t DIE and was Resurrected, then Islam is in total and direct contradiction, utterly eradicating the Christian faith. Their faith denies our faith. The End. So it’s not like simple crayon kumbaya we like to tell “children of the book” (and probably should).
So he’s moved into a fit of “not noticing” same as we’re all suddenly “not noticing” that trans people are 90% of the last mass shooters and the others are all criminals serially-released by DNC judges.
“Democrats think it’s a sure thing they’ll win all upcoming elections. “If the Democrats win the presidency and both houses of Congress ..”
They may need to rethink if the war is over and “Trump Won” (from the headline 30,000 foot view). Americans don’t keep close track and are satisfied if it ends and is relatively successful. Gas also plunges. Iran of course will keep this going if they can, and the media will report the Opposite as they do 100% of the time, but still.
And on the opposite side, Democrats are as deranged as ever with still full, anti-male, pro-death, pro-amputation agenda for all kids, but also all humans. And no leadership and no roster. (Due to dispositional back-stabbing) May not matter if ANYONE is arrested, because if so, it could be good or bad, honest or dishonest but they’ll say that Orange Hitler, take to the streets in inflatable Dino-suits and contain the SS Waffen. Etc. Serious people, you know.
“the Democrats want Congress and the courts to push through these changes, not the public. The public remains opposed to court packing and making D.C. a state. That is why Carville wants candidates to keep quiet” And lie. Then lie. Then lie s’more, then double-cross the people, screw them, steal ALL the money, and lie. Like VA.
Elon: What is an “Economy”? Let’s scrap GDP: are people 10x happier in 10 years? I say no. We might get rid of wars, settle some stuff like now, only to have to fight YOU instead. YOUR paving of all new fresh land for gigafactories and blow all fresh water on AI farms that help Optibots kill us. No thanks. 10X bigger with you is worse.
“checks issued by the Federal government” Channelling his inner Lenin and Engels as expected. Everything is wrong with this. So all humans are entirely useless, no need to work, ever? And this is good for their psychology as it is for rich trust fund kids? Then no work happens and we get everything. Ah. All the work happens, and the guy who DID the work is just going to give it all away, and not leverage that at all, not now, not 100 years from now. I’m going to PAY you to picket my office day after day opposing my politics. Right. Okay, we do that: HOW, and to WHO, and HOW MUCH do we give checks to, precisely? If it’s all the same, we’re all going to live on the beach and not in Minnesota. The guy who stabbed Iryna Zarutska gets exactly the same as the nation’s top neurosurgeon.
Smart people are the dumbest.
“Elon Musk just weaponized gravity.”
As far as I know, no he didn’t. The Trucks will not work, via known physics. This is because a car is very light (usually) and aerodynamic. The batteries can be half the volume. A truck is the opposite: it is ONLY pulling, hour after hour. It has no aerodynamics, and the battery weighs tons themselves to do that, and have to be hauled around themselves. The energy inputs are also astounding, as if charging a car didn’t need a substation itself, a truck definitely does, and doesn’t have hours to spare. The hammering of the batteries is harder, they’re not sipping which extends the life. So far they have nothing to any of these problems. Short, within-city hops? Maybe. Still problems even there, one being a lot of those aren’t Semis.
“President Trump vows to look into the 10 scientists who have gone missing or turned up dead:
Getting it in the news. And the UFO footage that all went missing too. They’re keeping this story warm to pop later, meaning: none of it is ‘real’. But it’s useful to us to know that when they spring it and act.
How are all those thousands of skeletons we were promised as every sailor on every tanker died for lack of food and water? Did we “Figure it out” instead? Sad that Trump nuked Tehran as promised tho. Can someone be discredited at last? (Non)Asian (non)guy? Are we there yet?
If You Wish To Survive, Let Morality Inform Politics
https://eir.news/2026/04/news/if-you-wish-to-survive-let-morality-inform-politics/
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/18/767079/Iran-Strait-of-Hormuz-returns-to-previous-state
Iran says reasserted control over Strait of Hormuz amid US ‘piracy, blockade’
Saturday, 18 April 2026 9:15 AMThe spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters says Iran has reasserted control over the Strait of Hormuz due to the United States’ so-called naval blockade of the waterway and its acts of “piracy.”
According to Lieutenant-Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the Islamic Republic of Iran, in line with previous agreements and with good faith during negotiations, had agreed to a managed passage of a limited number of oil tankers and commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
However, the spokesperson added that the Americans, with their track record of repeated breaches of faith, continue to engage in banditry and piracy under the guise of a so-called blockade.
“For this reason, control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state, and this strategic strait is under the intense management and control of the armed forces,” the spokesperson stated.
The spokesperson further declared that as long as the United States does not fully end the disruption to the free passage of vessels originating from Iran to their destinations and from destinations back to Iran, the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will remain under severe control and will stay in its previous state.
On Friday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced the reopening of the strait following the implementation of a ceasefire in Lebanon.
The Islamic Republic had identified the ceasefire as an indivisible part of a 10-point proposal it had forwarded prior to Trump’s announcement.
Reacting to the announcement, Trump took to his Truth Social platform, alleging that Iran had “agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again.”
He also claimed that the United States’ “naval blockade will remain in full force and effect as it pertains to Iran, only, until such time as our transaction with Iran is 100% complete.”
Trump additionally said that ceasefire negotiations “should go very quickly and that most of the points are already negotiated.”
Iran has categorically refuted Trump’s claims, asserting that the strait was only open to commercial vessels, which would be allowed to transit through only a designated route and with Iran’s authorization.
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Dr. D:
Sad Trump killed all those little girls in Iran.
Sad Trump did so much other evil.
Sad Trump did not do what he promised the citizens who voted for him.
Elon Musk is a great example. Everyone calls him smart. No, he isn’t. He has certain impressively gifted skills, to be sure, but smart isn’t one of them. That’s why he spends so much time and attention (and money!) on creating the public image of eccentric geniushood.
His idea of being smart is to consume all of Earth’s available resources on the task of transporting the spark of humanity off of the only planet in the known universe that is capable of literally supporting us as living organisms. To go anywhere else (where the planet was not designed to help us live, would be an absolute death sentence for everyone who went.
That’s just not very smart no matter how your parse it.
What Elon Musk is very good at is distributing tasks and delegating workload. By devoting himself to it nearly full time it is literally all that he can do to delegate and distribute all of the tasks for all of the things that Elon Musk will NEVER be skilled (or smart) enough to do on his own. He even hires out his thinking, which shows because it’s really shitty thinking.
How many wives and children has that guy gone through? And THAT inability to form a lasting partnership with even ONE other human being, is some kind of evidence of Elon Musk being smart? How dumb is that?
And Musk is going to be one of the top guys to run the whole world? How smart is that?
It is sad that this is being done by the U.S. military:
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the Americans, with their track record of repeated breaches of faith, continue to engage in banditry and piracy under the guise of a so-called blockade
“The Warren Commision, The Church Committee, The Trump Swamp Draining – pull my finger
What multiple of debt would be required for a ten fold increase in the economy?
How large a reduction is human population to arrive at an apparent ten fold increase in the economy?Here is a measure of how strong BRICS has become. Old Guard Money is fighting a death battle with New Guard Money, the prostitution regime ushered in during the Clinton era, for the scraps that will fall from the table of developing nations.
dbs – a compromise?
extremely naive social animals who easily fall prey to uninformed peer group pressureZerosum you brought a wry grin to my face. Thankyou!
Dr. D writes:
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I also believe Covid was a real thing that did indeed kill people
“This is more evil that the U.S. has inflicted on the world.
Do you see it as evil?
What is/was the U.S. part in the Covid poisoning and injection poisoning?
dbs – a compromise?
extremely naive social animals who easily fall prey to uninformed peer group pressureThe world can always use another good diplomat. Consider the job yours.
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Yes, the Iranians are formidable and great fighters. Good on them, wish Europe or Canada would follow suit.
“What stupid U.S. mentality is this? Oh yes I remember the empire money sucking, freedom crushing, Epstein class thinking of the elites.
I think I just came up with a new old proverb:
Don’t get tangled in the weeds at the side of the path.Perhaps the most important information revealed to me as a child are The Seven Heavenly Virtues.
A struggle to achieve is always more rewarding than to struggle against.
The only measure of smart is ones track record on how good one is at knowing where to go for help to cure ones own stupidity. I don’t personally have very many answers, but I’m getting slightly better at knowing where to go ask for more.
How well one frames, formulates and presents the question is an excellent predictor of success in getting good understandable answers.
(this must be one-liners day)
robotic warfare will usher in the age of tactical Electro Magetic Pulse weapons. Progress..
this current moment is eliciting a great sadness in my being.
carrying coal to Newcastle, my faith and hopethe US is agreement incapable
“Iran is not naive.
As it negotiates, it is preparing for further US and Zionist aggression.
The continued military buildup by Trump only increases the belief in the Islamic Republic that the negotiations are not serious.” – Seyed Mohammad Marandi@s_m_marandi————
If POTUS is sinking into dementia,
I wonder if high level government officials, secretaries, congressmen, have begun to seriously consider Article 25 proceedings.
I wonder what the D. are planning.
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resistance is futile.: peace is being negotiated by the four horsemen
———–The Silver Tongued Donald https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/the-silver-tongued-donald
Trump says things to lower oil prices Friday morning. Few of them check out: Iran Bats Down ‘Baseless’ Trump Claim On Handing Over Enriched Uranium To US, As He Declares Hormuz ‘Never Again’ Closed
Trump Praises Iran for Fully Reopening Hormuz Chokepoint; Crude Tanks, Yields Dump, Equity Futs Up; Follows by claiming Iran will ‘never again’ close it; FARS soon after contradicts in fresh threat.
Iran’s Aragchi says “Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open”. However, Iranian official tells FARS: “If the maritime blockade continues, it will be considered a violation of the ceasefire, & the Strait of Hormuz transit route will be closed.”
US mulls cash-for-uranium deal as ‘three-page’ MOU peace plan takes shape. Trump claims US will get the ‘nuclear dust’ – Iran official denies.
Peace talks reportedly on Sunday in Islamabad. Trump: “Most of the main points are finalized. It’ll go pretty quickly.”
Odds of a permanent peace deal by the end of the ceasefire are soaring above 50% by the end of the month. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/three-page-plan-end-war-oil-tumbles-us-reportedly-mulls-20bn-cash-nukes-deal Iranian Gunboats Open Fire On Tanker As Hormuz Closure Sparks Maritime Chaos
Two Iranian gunboats Open Fire on a tanker near Oman – Friday: Hormuz Open; Saturday: Hormuz Closed https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bit-chaos-hormuz-reportedly-shuts-agains-ships-make-u-turn Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-04-18
Strait of Hormuz opened then closed again within hours. Iran’s FM Araghchi declared the strait “completely open” for commercial vessels during the Lebanon ceasefire. Markets rallied hard. Then after US markets closed, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf issued a 6-point rebuttal declaring all 7 of Trump’s claims false, and IRGC began turning ships back. By Saturday morning, Iran’s military command formally re-closed the strait citing the continued US naval blockade...
..Trump posted 12+ times about Iran on OPEX Friday, each escalating optimism. Claimed Iran agreed to “everything”, mines removed, strait “never again” closed, nuclear deal imminent. Oil crashed ~11% intraday. Brent fell below $90 …
..Suspected insider trading on oil – third instance. ~$760 million in Brent crude shorts were placed 20 minutes before Trump’s Hormuz announcement, per @unusual_whales. Oil then plunged ~12%…
..S&P 500 hits all-time high, fastest recovery since 1982… All of this on headlines that Iran itself is now contradicting...
..Market Euphoria vs Reality Gap @DonDurrett’s Friday recap: “Everyone on Wall Street is having a Kumbaya party, pretending the war is over. It’s not.”… Only time market was this overbought this fast was when Volcker cut from 13% in 1982…
..Iran flatly rejects all Trump nuclear claims. Iran’s FM spokesperson: enriched uranium is “as sacred as Iranian soil” and will not be transferred… Next round of talks expected Monday in Islamabad; ceasefire expires Tuesday...
..China FM denies agreeing with US not to supply weapons to Iran: “No such communication has taken place”…
..Israel violating Lebanon ceasefire on day one. Large-scale detonations of Lebanese infrastructure reported across southern Lebanon within hours of the truce. Displaced civilians returning home found villages destroyed or still under occupation. Lindsey Graham demands Hezbollah disarmament as condition for any “real” peace deal…
..JustDario’s fund contacts – the same people who warned him before the January silver crash – now say oil futures prices are “fake” and a spike is imminent…
..US Treasury Crisis: Former SecTreas Sounds Alarm – Hank Paulson warned the Fed cannot monetize all required US debt. This is the guy from the Great Financial Crisis
@GarrettGoggin: “$39 trillion in debt with no one to buy it” – expects straight-up debt monetization
@data168: 33% of US debt matures in the next 12 months – $10 trillion
Two-year yields tumbled below Fed Funds rate https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-04-18 The veracity of this cannot be confirmed, nor is it refuted. It would matter a LOT if even partially true: IRANIANS HAVE PUBLISHED SOME OF THE NAMES OF US SOLDIERS ( DELTA FORCE) WHO ARE CAPTURED AS PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THEIR FAILED RESCUE MISSION BUT THE US HAS DENIED AND DON’T WANT ANY PRO WESTERN MEDIA TO PUBLISH THEIR NAMES OR WRITE STORY ABOUT THE FAILED RESCUE MISSION
50 Delta force currently in the custody of Iran IRGC. https://x.com/Cool_Ustaz/status/2043656359766290701Brian Berletic further substantiates the case for the special-forces “rescue mission” having been a failed attack on Iranian nuclears facility, possibly a uranium grab, as it looks just like a 2023 training operation he found records of. IRAN – EXTRA VIDEO: EXTRA: US “Rescue” Mission in Iran May Have Been Failed Ground Raid, 2023 Training Mission Suggests https://x.com/i/status/2044660378312048993
Saying the previously “quiet part” out loud. (Maybe AI-Netanyahu won’t have to return to DC): Alan Dershowitz tells Netanyahu to “continue to fight, even if it means confrontation with President Trump.” “Leave that to Americans. We will take care of President Trump. I met with him over Hanukkah. Miriam Adelson talks to him from time to time. I talk to other members of the administration.”
There it is. Dershowitz is openly telling Netanyahu to defy the President of the United States and promising that he and other Israel advocates will “take care of” Trump. He name-drops Miriam Adelson, the Republican mega-donor, as a direct line to the president.
This is exactly what Joe Kent described when he resigned. Exactly what Megyn Kelly asked about. Exactly what Tucker has been warning about for weeks. An influence network operating in parallel to official policy, promising a foreign government it can override the elected President of the United States. https://x.com/i/status/2044609151817691478 Lasted 1 day? Trump Turns The Screws On Israel In Biggest Pressure Move To Reign In Bibi Yet
The Lebanon ceasefire appears to be legitimate and holding, and the biggest evidence of this is that Lebanese citizens themselves are pouring back into the war-ravaged south of the country, seeking to recover to their homes which are in some cases ‘unlivable’.
“Thousands of families displaced by weeks of fighting filled the main highway to southern Lebanon on Friday in hopes of returning to their homes, as a 10-day cease-fire in Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah went into effect,” writes NY Times…
..The situation and uneasy truce, which has for now seen Israel halt its bombing campaign over Lebanon (though dozens of airstrikes were reported in the south just on Thursday) – has been subject of some confusion and contradictory messaging.
First, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had declared that the fight with Hezbollah is not over, while at the same time confirming Israel’s agreement with the 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon…
..Israel seeks to “dismantle” Hezbollah, Netanyahu continued, “but this will not be achieved tomorrow. It requires sustained effort, patience, and careful navigation in the diplomatic arena.”
President Trump meanwhile in a Friday morning Truth Social message said Israel has been “PROHIBITED” from attacking Lebanon by the US...
..This actually constitutes some of the toughest talk and restrictions ever imposed on Israel from this administration. This suggests the White House is indeed serious about cobbling together a final offramp. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-turns-screws-israel-biggest-pressure-move-reign-bibi-yet The Kuwaiti pilot intentionally shot down 3 F-15s on March 1: Kuwait Holds American Journalist After Reporting On ‘Friendly Fire’ Shootdown Incident
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a fearless Palestinian-American journalist (he’s an American-born Kuwaiti of Palestinian descent) whose writing and reports are defined by unparalleled integrity, depth and eloquence, was arrested on March 3rd in Kuwait.
He is charged with spreading false information and harming national security.
His arrest took place following his reporting of the shooting down of three U.S. fighter planes by the Kuwaiti military in an act of friendly fire during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Ahmed, along with other news outlets such as the BBC, published footage of a U.S. F-15 E Strike Eagle crashing in al-Jahra west of Kuwait City.
I fear Ahmed, a graduate of Columbia Journalism School who has worked for The New York Times, PBS Frontline, Al Jazeera English, Vice on HBO, The Huffington Post and appeared on numerous news outlets including the BBC and CNN, will be charged under new, draconian security laws instituted in Kuwait, which have already led to dozens of arbitrary arrests.
Kuwait has desperately tried to maintain the fiction that it did not serve as a staging area for US attacks on Iran https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kuwait-holds-american-journalist-after-reporting-friendly-fire-shootdown-incident WASHINGTON — April 16, 2026 : The United States Department of Defense is deploying more than 10,000 additional military personnel to the Middle East, expanding its force posture in the region as part of ongoing operational planning under U.S. Central Command. The movement of forces, first reported by The Washington Post on April 15, 2026, includes naval strike and amphibious groups already en route and scheduled to arrive by the end of April. https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Pentagon-Deploys-10000-Additional-Troops-to-Middle-East-Including-USS-George-H-W-Bush-Carrier-Strike-Group/
Rushed off without adequate provisions? Look at that meal tray: ‘They’re Hungry All the Time’: US Sailors’ Poor, Small Meals Near Iran Reveal a Crisis
Naval warships near Iran experience severe food rationing and halted mail services, impacting morale. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-military-families-food-shortages-mail-disruptions-1792178People buy the cheaper cigarettes, less gas and less junk food: Here’s What Happened Inside Gas Stations When Gas Hit $4 https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/heres-what-happened-inside-gas-stations-when-gas-hit-4
The Honest Sorcerer (before Trump’s Friday morning announcement) Iran War: The Chokehold Tightens – A blockade to end all blockades?
Instead of hurting Iran, at least on the short run, however, this massive shortfall will damage the world economy far more. Crude runs at the world’s refineries were forecast to hit an average 84.6 mb/d for 2026 back in January. Now that number stands at 74 at best 71 at worst, down 12-15% compared to last year. That is an unprecedented supply shock.
According Kpler, a price range of $160–$170 per barrel would be required to destroy enough demand to re-balance supply and consumption, yet both WTI and Brent futures kept hovering slightly below $100 during the past ten days. Real world spot prices, on the other hand, are now much closer to that sober reality, indicating how utterly disconnected futures markets (trading next months deliveries) have become. As a reminder: even if hostilities were to end this weekend, allowing ships currently locked up in the Gulf to pass the Strait, it would take weeks to a month till the first deliveries would start to arrive into ports in Asia, Africa, Europe and elsewhere, and many-many months till oil production could resume to previous levels.…
..The last of the cargoes that passed the Strait of Hormuz heading to Europe are discharging now. Meanwhile Asian, South and East African markets are already pulling US Gulf Coast (USGC) diesel cargoes away from previous headings to Europe in a bid for highly restricted supplies. And what’s the EU Commission’s response? “Cut electricity taxes and seek to scale up clean technologies faster”—as if planes were battery electric, or transportation and agriculture were running on pixie dust, as opposed to diesel and jet fuel. It’s hard to see, how this is going to end well...
..Remember: this is an oil based civilization. We do everything important with oil and gas: food, mining, construction, transportation. No economic activity is viable on the long term without petroleum. That’s the sober reality I’m writing about for years now. The United States is now trapped in a conflict which is slowly evolving to be the first stage of World War III. Not because nukes will fly left and right, but because all major powers have vital interests fighting it. China wants to grow and become the world’s largest economy. The US wants to retain that position and prevent anyone from challenging it... This is where we are at the moment: in the biggest fight for resources in world history. https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/iran-war-the-chokehold-tightensPulp-Fiction prayer-leader Hegseth Says US ‘Locked and Loaded’ To Bomb Iran’s Power Plants and Energy Industry
Caine also detailed the US blockade on Iranian ports, saying the US was ready to use force against ships that don’t comply https://news.antiwar.com/2026/04/16/hegseth-says-us-locked-and-loaded-to-bomb-irans-power-plants-and-energy-industry/U.S. Navy Spy Drone Circles Cuba As Report Says Pentagon Weighing Possible Military Ops https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-navy-spy-drone-circles-cuba-report-says-pentagon-weighing-possible-military-ops
Simplicius, Serious Escalation: Russian MOD Implies Threatening Consequences Against Europe for Being Party to ConflictWith
It has slowly become increasingly apparent that Ukraine may be utilizing the airspace of NATO countries for its recent spate of strikes against Russia. Specifically, it is the permissive Baltics that appear to be allowing Ukrainian drones to transit toward sensitive Russian sites near the Gulf of Finland and beyond, then blaming Russia when the drones crash on their territory…
..With Europe increasingly isolated, Russia could be ‘smelling blood’ and knowing the iron will be hot against a weakened, fractured Europe which could have no way to respond to Russian strikes against Ukraine’s “strategic rear” in European countries. Of course, Russia will most likely not do any such thing—at least any time soon—but it’s clear by the MOD’s release that it is a future potential plan of action at least being considered and planned out.
This has culminated with Shoigu releasing an eye-opening statement implying that Russia will have a UN Charter-granted right to respond militarily and in self-defense against the Baltics for allowing Ukraine to use their territory to strike Russia:
“This can occur in two cases: either Western air defense systems are highly ineffective, as has already been seen during the developments in the Middle East, or the states in question are deliberately providing their airspace, that is, acting as direct accomplices in aggression against Russia. In the latter case, in accordance with international law, Article 51 of the UN Charter on the inherent right of states to self-defense in the event of an armed assault comes into force.”
We have clearly seen that Iran has demonstrated the right to attack any nation which harbors an enemy’s strikes against the homeland, as Iran had justifiably struck all the Gulf states which permitted the US to launch both aircraft and various land-based missile systems like the HIMARS as well as drones from their territories. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/serious-escalation-russian-mod-implies It’s “unfair”, because he has 40 IQ points on her: Russian envoy dismantles Kallas at UNSC
The controversial EU diplomat has also been slammed for “criminal” hypocrisy by Amnesty International https://web.archive.org/web/20260416044941/https://www.rt.com/russia/638473-russia-kallas-un-hypocrisy/ As world focuses on Iran, Israel ‘engineering starvation policy’ in Gaza
Israel’s weaponisation of logistics in Gaza has caused severe shortage of fuel, food and medicines, piling misery on Palestinians. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/15/as-world-focuses-on-iran-israel-engineering-starvation-policy-in-gaza?traffic_source=rssIsraeli Media: ‘Diseases Are Everywhere’: Gaza’s ‘Catastrophic’ Healthcare Crisis Is Worsening https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-media-diseases-are-everywhere-gazas-catastrophic-healthcare-crisis-is-worsening/
RAMALLAH, April 15, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists on Wednesday evening went on a rampage against Palestinian civilians on the outskirts of Birzeit and Jifna towns, north of Ramallah, according to local sources.
They said that a mob of colonists, protected by the occupation forces, descended upon the outskirts of the towns, and attempted to attack civilians and destroy their properties, triggering confrontations.
During the raid, the assailants opened fire intensively.
Meanwhile, colonists in a vehicle stormed Beit Qoza Mount in Beita town, south of Nablus, and hurled stones at civilians’ houses. https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/169492?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wappFive civilians killed in Israeli airstrike on Al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/04/15/361336/
Israeli authorities demolished 13 residential and agricultural structures in different areas across occupied Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Governorate said that Israeli municipality demolished the home of elderly Jerusalemite resident Saleh Dweik in the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan. The 110-square-meter house, which sheltered a family of four, was built in 1998. Authorities had imposed monthly fines of 500 shekels on Dweik since 2024, requiring him to continue payments through 2030 even after the demolition.
Dweik, who suffers from cancer, previously worked as a guard at Al-Aqsa Mosque for 20 years. Meanwhile, 11 additional demolition operations were carried out in the Rawabi area of Al-Issawiya, targeting homes and structures belonging to several residents.
These demolitions are part of a broader Israeli policy of destroying structures built without permits, amid strict restrictions on Palestinian construction in Jerusalem, where obtaining building permits remains extremely difficult. https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/169485?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Israeli occupation forces razed on Wednesday agricultural land and destroyed water pipelines in the Ras al-Ahmar area, southeast of Tubas.
Abdullah Bisharat, head of the Atouf and Ras al-Ahmar village council, reported that said Israeli bulldozers leveled farmland and damaged water pipelines that supply around 300 dunams of irrigated crops in the area. https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/169484?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp April 15, Israel army chief orders ‘Hezbollah kill zone’ south of Lebanon’s Litani River
Israel’s military chief of staff on Wednesday said he had ordered areas south of Lebanon’s Litani River to be turned into a Hezbollah “kill zone” as troops pressed a major offensive there.
“I have ordered that all of the area of south Lebanon up to the Litani (River) line be turned into a Hezbollah terrorist kill zone,” chief of staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said on a visit to troops operating in the area.
“We are advancing and striking Hezbollah and they are retreating,” Zamir added.
He said troops had killed “more than 1,700” militants since the operation began on March 2, describing Hezbollah as “weakened and isolated in Lebanon”. https://www.spacewar.com/afp/260415155033.d4j5r4jx.htmlApril 15, Three paramedics killed in south Lebanon, Israel says 200 Hezbollah targets hit https://www.spacewar.com/afp/260415163847.n8qiw63w.html
April 15, Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Kill Large Number of Children and Healthcare Workers
Israel’s ground operations have focused on Bint Jbeil, which Netanyahu has presented as the ‘capital’ of Hezbollah https://news.antiwar.com/2026/04/15/israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-kill-large-number-of-children-and-healthcare-workers/ April 15, Israel launches operation to demolish homes in frontline villages in Lebanon: Report
Army identifies more than 20 villages in southern Lebanon for home demolitions, Channel 12 says https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-launches-operation-to-demolish-homes-in-frontline-villages-in-lebanon-report/3906724 April 16, Mass Destruction in Southern Lebanon as Israeli Forces Use ‘Gaza Tactics,’ Level Villages
Satellite images confirm over 1,400 buildings destroyed in Israeli invasion https://news.antiwar.com/2026/04/16/mass-destruction-in-southern-lebanon-as-israeli-forces-use-gaza-tactics-level-villages/ April 16, Israeli army prepares for full occupation of south Lebanon: Report
Netanyahu made a speech emphasizing that operations in Lebanon continue, without mentioning ongoing Iranian efforts to secure a ceasefire https://thecradle.co/articles-id/37164April 16, House Narrowly Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution as Thousands More US Troops Head to Middle East
The bill failed in a vote of 213-214, with just one Democrat voting against it and one Republican supporting it https://news.antiwar.com/2026/04/16/house-narrowly-defeats-iran-war-powers-resolution-as-thousands-more-us-troops-head-to-middle-east/ J Street says Israel should pay out-of-pocket if it wants US weapons
The pro-Israel advocacy group likely changed its tune after widespread popular opposition to taxpayer-funded weapons https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/j-street-says-israel-should-pay-out-pocket-if-it-wants-us-weapons Merz wants Ukrainian men in Germany sent to the front [to die]
Berlin will coordinate the repatriation of military-age males with Kiev, the German chancellor has said https://web.archive.org/web/20260414192217/https://www.rt.com/news/638427-merz-wants-ukrainian-men-in-germany-sent-home/ Here Are the People DNI Gabbard Slapped With Criminal Referrals Concerning the Trump Impeachment Plot
DNI Tulsi Gabbard makes criminal referrals to the DoJ against the Fake Ukraine Impeachment “whistleblower”, CIA operative Eric Ciaramella, and the former Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/16/dni-gabbard-issues-criminal-referrals-over-the-dems-2019-trump-impeachment-fiasco-n2674549
The CIA Tried to Remove a Sitting President
We now know the real reason CIA whistleblower Eric Ciaramella’s name was never ¹permitted to be mentioned. It’s not the name Eric Ciaramella that presented the issue, it’s the organization where he was working, the CIA – That’s what needed to be protected. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/15/the-cia-tried-to-remove-a-sitting-president/#more-282565 Karoline Leavitt: “While pretending to engage in a peaceful transfer of power, Barack Hussein Obama, in private, went to great and nefarious lengths to sow discord among the public and sabotage his successor, President Trump. The new evidence released by the Director of National Intelligence confirms that the Obama administration manufactured and politicized intelligence, which was later used as justification for baseless smears against President Trump — an effort to delegitimize his victory before he even took the oath of office. The truth is that President Trump never had anything to do with Russia, and the Russia collusion hoax was a massive fraud perpetrated on the American people from the very beginning. The worst part is that Obama knew the truth, as did all the other officials involved, including former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and many others.” https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/2044229873003110882
TRUMP DOJ PREPARING TO INDICT ENTIRE J6 COMMITTEE – The 9 traitors who sat on… the January 6th Committee have reportedly been subpoenaed by President Trump’s Justice Department and are now SET TO BE INDICTED FOR SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY for their participation in THE CRIMINAL SCHEME to frame and carry out a coup against our President. Top names on the unsealed indictments include DISGRACED former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, Liz Cheney and Cryin’ Adam Kinzinger. https://x.com/JoshHall2024/status/2044738709719830767
From Supply-Chain Risk To National Security Imperative: U.S. Government Embraces Anthropic’s Mythos AI
In a striking reversal that underscores the breakneck pace of the AI arms race, the White House has directed federal agencies to begin using Anthropic’s most dangerous new model – Claude Mythos – despite months of public friction between the Trump administration and the San Francisco-based AI company…
The goal: to hunt down vulnerabilities in government networks before adversaries can exploit them, Bloomberg reports...
..In controlled testing, the model autonomously discovered and weaponized thousands of previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system, web browser, legacy enterprise software, and even decades-old codebases. Its speed and creativity reportedly surpassed top human red-team hackers. As we noted earlier this month, the model “went rogue” during testing – prompting Anthropic to withhold a broad release entirely. Full technical details are available in Anthropic’s official Mythos Preview System Card.
Rather than ship it publicly, Anthropic launched Project Glasswing – a tightly controlled defensive program that grants limited access only to a vetted circle of partners: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, major banks (including JPMorgan Chase), cybersecurity firms, and the Linux Foundation. The explicit mission is defense only – scan your own systems, find the bugs, patch them fast, and keep the bad guys out.
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/supply-chain-risk-national-security-imperative-us-government-embraces-anthropics-mythos-aiMicrosoft Triples-Down On Data Centers, As Half Of Planned Projects Face Cancelations, Delays
Microsoft unveiled plans to triple its data center footprint in Cheyenne, Wyoming, snapping up roughly 3,200 acres on the city’s south edge.
The deal covers a 200-acre parcel in Bison Business Park plus an adjacent 3,000-acre tract, turning what is already one of the company’s longstanding hubs into a sprawling complex. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/it-looks-good-paper-microsoft-tripling-down-data-centers-half-planned-projects-face-axe Elon Musk is not productive because he works harder he’s productive because he kills nonsense faster than anyone else
[ his algorithm ]: 1. question every requirement: who made this? why does it exist? what actually breaks if we remove it? 2. delete what shouldn’t exist: if you don’t add back at least 10%, you didn’t delete enough 3. simplify what survives: the biggest mistake is optimizing a thing that should not exist or give minimal output 4. accelerate the system: compress the loop until truth arrives faster 5. automate at the end: only after it deserves to be permanent the order is the point most people do it backwards.. automate too early, optimize fake priorities, build polished systems around broken assumptions…
..The fix is simple: – before you improve something — ask if it should exist at all – before you speed something up — ask if it should be deleted – before you automate — ask if the process even makes sense you don’t need more motivation you need fewer lies about what actually matters https://x.com/DeRonin_/status/2044086499721814126 Elon Musk just put a number on the flaw at the center of Nvidia’s empire. Wall Street has not done the math yet. Nvidia’s Blackwell is the most sought-after silicon on Earth. Every AI lab wants it. Every sovereign nation is bidding for it. Blackwell runs every model, for every company, in every data center on the planet. That universality built the empire. It is also the fracture point.
Musk: “We believe the AI5 chip will be about a third of the power of an Nvidia Blackwell for roughly comparable performance. And much less than 10% of the cost.” One-third the power. Comparable performance. Less than ten percent of the cost. Musk: “This is a chip that is very much optimized for the Tesla AI software stack. It’s not meant to be a general purpose chip.”
Nvidia builds silicon that serves a million different customers. Every transistor spent on universal compatibility is a transistor not dedicated to one task. Tesla is building silicon for exactly one customer. Itself. When you strip away every function you will never call, you do not get a lesser chip. You get a weapon.
Here is what the market refuses to see. Data centers drink unlimited power from the grid. Robots run on batteries.
Musk: “In order to have a functional robot, you have to have a great AI chip. And it needs to be an inexpensive chip and it needs to be very power efficient.”
You cannot put a Blackwell inside a walking machine. It would drain the battery before it crossed the room. The entire AI revolution lives inside air-conditioned buildings bolted to the electrical grid. Musk is not competing for that market. He is engineering the silicon that survives outside of it. One-third the power is not a spec sheet footnote. It is the physics threshold that severs intelligence from the wall socket. Without that number, every robot on Earth stays tethered. With it, the algorithm walks. Less than ten percent of the cost is not a pricing strategy. It is the line where a machine brain stops being a capital expenditure and becomes a commodity component. https://x.com/r0ck3t23/status/2044628305983258846Drought Engulfs 60% Of U.S. As Farmers Begin Spring Planting https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/drought-engulfs-60-us-farmers-begin-spring-planting
Kyle Young, Biochar! what’s ancient is new again (who needs fertilizer?) – part 1 of the ‘vibrant soil = vibrant life’ series https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/biochar-whats-ancient-is-new-again-4ea
Meryl Nass MD also puts nutrients back into the soil: The Hugel Mound and the quick and dirty Nass mound, aka raised bed filled with detritus from the garden – And raspberries for breakfast. Tips and tricks from a lazy gardener. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-hugel-mound-and-the-quick-and
zerosum: i must congratulate you on one of the best comments i’ve ever seen anywhere.
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“How many wives and children has that guy gone through? And THAT inability to form a lasting partnership with even ONE other human being, is some kind of evidence of Elon Musk being smart? How dumb is that?”
he’s trying to leave behind the same quantity of offspring as ghenghishsh khahn.
that way, when we’re gone, only “schmart!” dna [and nda!] will peoplate this wondrous orb.
spreadin’ the musky seed, so to speak..
@JohnDay
all major powers have vital interests fighting it. China wants to grow and become the world’s largest economy. The US wants to retain that position and prevent anyone from challenging it... This is where we are at the moment: in the biggest fight for resources in world history.
Haunting echoes of that old website that some of the Oldtimers here on TAE might well remember, called “The Oil Drum”. Many a ‘peak oil’ doomster of yesteryear is muttering, “We told you so 20 years ago!”
“The world can always use another good diplomat.”
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