Debt Rattle July 22 2026
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Michelangelo Pietà 1498 • Trump Weighs Massive Escalation in Iran (Rick Moran) • The Perfect Metaphor for What’s Happening to the Democrat Party (Marg
[See the full post at: Debt Rattle July 22 2026]Starting out right:
I did post yesterday, but I’ve been busy working, even as I’m still eating $4.99 T Bone steak and $9/lb gourmet coffee.
“ CNN was just forced to admit to the nation that President Trump has the HIGHEST in-party approval THIS CENTURY out of any 2nd term president”Yes, his numbers have been totally collapsing due to the war. It’s inevitable, Mr. Anderson. Now I’m not happy about the war, but I only report these things. Swing voters: don’t care, they are withholding judgment so far. The Left: you can barely hear them since their voices are hoarse from 10+ years of completely false alarms. RussiaRussiaRussia, the economy will collapse. Nuclear war with Korea. Trump obeys Israel.
“IT’S HAPPENING! “
By this I can safely assume nothing is happening. No one is panicking.
“He would then use that money to fund and train “Rent-a-Riots” for protests to overthrow governments”
So he works for the CIA. Yes, we already knew that. From birth, as his mother.
Let’s go around the world: They are the same people in MI6. Who also run Mossad. Who also run the IRGC. Who also are the CCP rebellion for Xi. Who also were the praetorian security force holding Maduro hostage. Who are also Cuba. …And so on. This is how they work, and for 100 years it worked really well. …Mostly because you wouldn’t believe it. Air America. FDR’s Socialist Advisors. McCarthy. $100B in the War on Drugs could be sold and move without banks. Terrorists with box cutters. And so on forever, each dumber than the last. However, now we’re annoyed.
65% of Americans think the CIA killed Kennedy and is doing likewise daily? Yeah, that’s Obama’s CIA.
““As long as American hostilities in the region continue, the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said”
1) The IRGC is not the government. Why are they being spokesmen here?
2) Closed except for the 175 ships that got through. So what he means is IRANIAN ships won’t get through. True.
3) That’s what “Control” means, when you can’t get through but other people can.
4) This means they have claimed Oman as their own territory.
5) For Herr Docktor: this was always going to happen, we could always do what we did. The problem is, will it MATTER? How do you fix to the end state from eg, “Bombing”? This is also why everyone presumed automatic boots on the ground. No, I don’t have the answer to this, only that the U.S. HAS a plan, where everyone else denied the Pentagon was capable of writing a plan after 47 years of trying.Also, Trump: Shark Week, tweets when they give him enough Cap’n Crunch to be hyperactive.
OR:
Team Trump is using foremost supercomputers to plan and execute everything, just as we have since the 90s, obviously would, and every other nation does as well. Your choice.
“..eliminating the U.S. Senate outright, replacing the presidency and the Supreme Court with executive and judicial bodies that Congress picks, granting mass amnesty to every illegal alien currently in the country, and defunding the Department of War…”
This is just….Erasing the entire United States. And the Constitution. And all Human Rights worldwide I guess. Reminds me of the story of the Russian general returning home in 1917 to see all of Moscow gone mad with progressivism, letting essentially AntiFa into the Tsar’s Court and everywhere, because when has a wolf ever bitten anyone? They had no sense of reality whatsoever, about anything. Even their own lives. And so it went. They were all killed ’cause, Mobs do that.
Same here. So you erase the entire U.S. and replace it with…? Hadn’t got that far in my thinking yet. That would be “Work”, we only deal with “Hate”. I’m only here for the hate of everyone and everything and it FEELZ SO GOOD!!!
Work is for somebody else, the Russian Peasants n’ stuff. That is, anyone wearing a Red Hat. (Ironically, this was true and was a symbol of the French Revolution) “The hat symbolizing the French Revolution is the Phrygian cap (also known as the bonnet rouge or liberty cap”
“Kennedy laid out exactly what the socialist left intends to do once it has full control of the party. “The commies have a giant saddle, and they’re on the horse, and they’re like, ‘Yeah, we’re coming in to take your party. And we’re burning the fort down. We’re burning all of it down,’” she said. The goal, as she described it, is not incremental reform. “That means that the Constitution, as we know it, does not exist; nor does capitalism,”
So no Rule of Law. And they’re stealing all your property. Wait! If there’s no private property, I’ll just steal it back from you! Yeah, that’s not how it works: When I steal property, it’s the GOOD stealing; when you steal it back, it’s MINE and we shoot you.
Ah. So there’s all SORTS of private property. Just that all private property is YOURS. We have excessively strong personal property rights, but only for you. Got it. And the guy with the property gets the guns. Gee, sounds like Capitalism. Only worse.
“• Democratic Leaders Join Socialists in Criticizing Capitalism (Turley)
Picture: The DNC and DSA can’t use either a hammer OR a sickle as their symbols: both of them are WORK and they don’t do that. They’re college people, cube hamsters, and government workers. They’d probably faint if they SAW a picture of work in a book. …Another thing they don’t use.
Anyway, yeah, Russian Revolution 2.0. They don’t seem to be able to transition to a Plan B, and thank god they’re so moronic like that. We need all the help we can get.
“Senate Intelligence Community Vice-Chairman Mark Warner, as they relate to the seizure of Fulton County, GA, election records”
Ad hominem. No facts, no details. It’s their hallmark, which means they are lying. And why would you be lying, what’s the point?? A: Because they are protecting corruption and do not want the Truth accepted and revealed. That’s it. Done in One. Read any news article, 90% of every Fox Expert, etc. All ad hominem, no details, all innuendo, accusation. RussiaRussiaRussia.
You know them by their fruits. Are any of their predictions good? Did anything they say in the last 10 years happen? Trump wasn’t going to win. But then he wasn’t going to leave. And he was going to crash the economy, but also have a nuclear war. He was going to round up the gays and put them as his right hand man in the Cabinet, I guess? And round up all the brown non-Christian women and make them Cabinet Directors?
Yup. Nailed it. They totally, totally nailed it. But this time they’re right!
Yes the FBI is totally corrupt and should be disbanded. That’s why we’re pissed. What part of “Mueller used Whitey Bulger as his personal hit man” and “90% of all terror was at the behest of the FBI (Says the NYTimes)” did you not get?
““Nobody’s forcing the melting pot to melt anymore—it just sits there, lukewarm, while everyone pretends it’s still working.”
Nobody ever did do this. Yet it still worked.
““I’m going to read to you some of the names” — Trump is in FULL WAR MODE”
By which he means nothing happened and no one was arrested. …As Hitler would.
SpaceX interstellar:
No, you can get there, it would just take a very very long time. Why are you in such a hurry?
They are all going to tell everyone what to do, while no one is going to be above them and tell THEM what to do. Ask Uncle Joe how that worked out in practice. I mean, whoever remained and was not put against the wall.Shakespeare. remains relevant.
does anyone else find it notable that people who have never met a socialist or communist know the most about the socialist and communist mindset? Clairvoyant i guess.
the Clintons did not create the corrpution and lawlessness, they opened the door to a free market. Skillsets once reserved as tools to the elite became the tools of everyman and marketable in a corrupt society. The role of economic hitman proliferated. As in all prostituion there is the street walker and the call person. To believe one is moral is not of necessity to be moral. Why have malleable ethics to another’s profit when that profit might be your own?
US final objective in Iran war.
Forcing Iran to the negotiating table to sign a deal beneficial to the U.S. and our allies in the region.
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VenezuelaRubio:
“a normal oil industry – not one dominated by cronies, not one dominated by graft and corruption.” The final goal was — and still is — the transfer of power to fairly elected leaders, a “friendly, stable, prosperous Venezuela.”The oil is moving faster, the money is coming in, but where are the jobs and living wages? Where is the food and medicine? Hundreds of political prisoners were released, but why weren’t all of them freed? Delcy praises Trump and the United States one day, but brings back her anti-democracy and imperialism rhetoric the next. Trump praises Delcy, even though she was literally Maduro’s vice president. And why in the hell is Cabello, potentially the biggest crook of them all, still in charge of anything?
Venezuela
Oil exports are on the rise, and revenue is held in a U.S. Treasury account, not in regime pockets and bank accounts.(Copilot, show me an audit)
Disbursement: where the money goes from those accounts
Publicly disclosed disbursement:~$300M out of ~$13B has been openly accounted for (humanitarian/limited uses).
Undisclosed / opaque:
Majority of funds remain in controlled accounts with no detailed public breakdown.
Intended future use (stated):
Support for Venezuelan people, stabilization, possible future transition government.
Audit note:
We can verify control and non-transfer to regime, but cannot fully verify detailed allocation due to limited transparency.That is not an audit
The U.S. Treasury can use the existence of these funds as part of its internal balance sheet management.
This is not “leveraging” in the Wall Street sense.
It’s sovereign financial positioning.Examples of what Treasury can do:
treat the funds as blocked assets
use them to offset liabilities
use them in internal cash‑flow modeling
use them to support humanitarian disbursement programs
use them to satisfy legal obligations under sanctions frameworks
But Treasury does NOT lend them out, invest them, or use them as collateral. (Hahahaha)
This is leverage only in the sovereign accounting sense, not the banking sense.
(accounting fraud/Scam/Stealing)
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Iran is kicking the Outlaw US Empire out of the Middle East, while Yemen announces a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia!
Plus news and updates from Palestine and Lebanon
Ismaele
Jul 21, 2026https://geopolitiq.substack.com/p/iran-is-kicking-out-the-outlaw-us
Satellite imagery published yesterday (Monday 20th July 2026) revealed extensive damage and destruction to several hangars, aircraft shelters, troop barracks and also 2 MQ-9 drones at the US Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base in Jordan – sources: IRNA, Fars, Mehr, MES (1, 2 and 3) and Fotros Resistance (1, 2 and 3):
According to MES, at this pace, Iran may render the US Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base in Jordan completely out of service within a couple of weeks! At that point, with the other US bases in the Gulf countries already in tatters, the Outlaw US Empire would be able to launch strikes on Iran only from the two aircraft carriers in the region, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey and Europe, but having to use extensively refueling aircraft and also putting at risk US and NATO bases outside the Middle East:
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Quoth TBOC:
“That Baldheaded Old Cracker
part of which is to indicate i am a native Floridian
The state of my hair follicles began in high school with white sidewalls just above the temples. The hairline marched to the rear from that point forward.”Thank You, Sir. Would you be any kin to the renowned “Florida Man”, about whose exploits we sometimes read?
RIP Private Isabella Gonzales https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/rip-private-isabella-gonzales
Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-07-22
Big day. The Iran-US war hit its heaviest night yet (11th consecutive), the US wounded count leaked past 500 with a 4th confirmed KIA, and the Houthi Red Sea blockade started physically biting — ships U-turning at Bab el-Mandeb while Hormuz stays shut, oil surging and US gas back over $4. On the side: a surprise US-Saudi 30-year nuclear deal that could allow enrichment, and an OpenAI pre-release model that reportedly broke containment and hacked HuggingFace. Metals, oil, bonds and the yen all moving at once... ..NDAA: House to bind US military supply chains to Israel, without a floor debate
The House rules committee blocked a vote on striking Section 219, which integrates US military tech and supply chains with Israel’s (MarioNawfal, RepThomasMassie).
AOC calls it “an existential threat to American sovereignty” (RepAOC); Daniel Davis: benefits “one side, and one side’s benefit only” (DanielLDavis1). NDAA floor passage expected tomorrow. https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-07-22I just called my Congressman’s local Austin office and got right through. Give it a go!
Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-07-21
The Iran-US war stopped being a series of tit-for-tat strikes and became a named campaign: Iran’s “Dark Night” is now systematically hunting US air-defense radars and Patriots across Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, and a US official told WaPo the Pentagon is running low on interceptors and can’t safely sustain operations. CENTCOM says it struck Iran for a 10th consecutive night (sentdefender).
Second front opened overnight — the Houthis declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, so Riyadh is now squeezed at both Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. New today: Washington slapped 50% tariffs on Canada under a 1930 law, and the KOSPI was dumped on the open behind 1.2M margin calls as the AI-leverage unwind went global…
..Hormuz tanker war intensifies; traffic near standstill. Four ships hit and disabled in 24h, zero clean crossings per JustDario; UKMTO confirmed a second Greek tanker (ACHELOOS) plus the Kuwaiti KAIFAN struck (MenchOsint). Traffic collapsed to ~10 ships/day per KobeissiLetter; 59 ships attacked and 17 seafarers killed since the war began per DropSiteNews…
..Iran-US: “Dark Night” counter-force campaign; US troop toll leaks out – Iran’s stated aim is degrading the base network, not headlines: strikes catalogued at Muwaffaq Salti (Jordan), Tower 22, Ali Al Salem and Ahmed Al-Jaber (Kuwait), and Sheikh Isa (Bahrain), the last reportedly hitting “only US soldiers” with Arash drones (MenchOsint).
IRGC claims 20 hangars destroyed at Muwaffaq Salti, “dozens” of US service members killed, thanking locals for targeting intel (HormuzLetter).
Running toll per NYT reporting: 16 killed, 400+ wounded, Pentagon conceded 100+ casualties over two weeks — after withholding the numbers (MarioNawfal, BRICSinfo). One named casualty circulating: Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19 (ginamilan_).
“Debasification”: pre-war ~20 usable US airbases stripped to ~5 as Gulf hosts come under fire (MarioNawfal). Pentagon has asked for $80B to cover war costs (The_Real_Fly).
Diplomacy going nowhere: mediators floated a 10-day ceasefire; Iran’s Marandi told them “don’t even think about it” (HormuzLetter). Trump vows Iran pays “many times over” for each US death (KobeissiLetter). The Economist calls it the most unpopular US war since polling began, net approval -30%…
..Hormuz & Red Sea: Saudi squeezed at both exits – Beyond the tanker strikes above, the Houthi blockade closes Saudi’s Red Sea door just as Hormuz shuts the Gulf one — Robert Pape frames a potential further 4-5M bpd off the market (ProfessorPape).
Shipowners now paying crews to run the gauntlet: Sinokor reportedly offered six months’ extra pay for a single round trip (DropSiteNews).
Airlines are pulling back — Air France suspended Riyadh and Dubai flights…
..Leverage unwind: AI, semis, bonds and margin all coming loose at once
Hedge funds have dumped tech in 6 of the last 8 weeks, the largest 8-week sales in a decade (KobeissiLetter); Oracle down 50%+ since June (Barchart).
The demand/supply split stays wide: TSMC posted a record $40.2B quarter and raised its outlook (shanaka86) yet plans to raise chip prices up to 10% in 2027 (zerohedge).
Off-balance-sheet risk: a Nikkei probe pegs $1.65T in hidden AI-related debt across Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Oracle (HedgieMarkets).
Chinese open models keep applying pressure — Microsoft reportedly to run Kimi K3 in Copilot for ~60% token savings (cryptopunk7213); zAI stood up a 1-GW datacenter with no Nvidia silicon (kimmonismus).
Bond side of the same trade: 30-year Treasury yield near its highest since the run-up to the GFC (Barchart) https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-07-21Simplicius has pictures: US Troop Casualties Pile Up as Iran Goes to Town on US Bases https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/us-troop-casualties-pile-up-as-iran
More pictures: New Satellite Imagery Reveals Extensive Damage at Jordan’s Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base After Iranian Missile Strike https://www.thedefensenews.com/New-Satellite-Imagery-Reveals-Extensive-Damage-at-Jordans-Muwaffaq-al-Salti-Air-Base-After-Iranian-Missile-Strike/
Our hearts are heavy today for 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas. This brave young soldier was killed Friday in Iranian missile and drone attacks on a U.S. base in Jordan. At just 19, she selflessly answered the call to defend our nation. Her courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten. https://x.com/ginamilan_/status/2079177200255857135
“Sympathy for the Devil”: Trump Vows Iran Will Pay ‘Many Times Over’ For US Troop Deaths https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mediators-float-10-day-ceasefire-pezeshkian-tells-citizens-iran-engaged-full-scale-war
War crimes: Trump Vows US Will Destroy A Bridge Or Power Plant For Each Iranian Attack On Shipping https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-blasts-us-fabricated-pretext-hit-pickaxe-mountain-launches-more-attacks-bahrain
Today: Congress Votes To Integrate US Military Tech & Supply Chains With Israel
The House of Representatives will vote today on final passage of the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) – and with it, Section 219, the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, a provision directing the Pentagon to expand and accelerate the integration of US and Israeli military technology, supply chains, and defense industrial capacity. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/today-congress-votes-integrate-us-military-tech-supply-chains-israelI just called my Congressman’s local Austin office and got right through. Give it a go!
7/16/26, Vance: Israeli government members ‘hate’ Iran deal
Vice President Vance said Wednesday that some within the Israeli government “hate” the U.S.- Iran deal spurred by the 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last month.
“There’s a lot of talk about how much the Israeli government is influencing American politics. There are certainly certain people within the Israeli government who hate the deal. And we see exact evidence,” Vance said during a Wednesday appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.
The MOU cemented a 60-day ceasefire, which has largely been abandoned. The deal intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran reaffirmed its commitment not to develop nuclear weapons and agreed to dispose of its enriched uranium stockpiles. https://israelpalestinenews.org/vance-israeli-government-members-hate-iran-deal/A convenient excuse if Netanyahu has been dead for 4 months: Netanyahu Pushes Off Washington Visit After US ‘Anger’ Over PM’s Behavior https://english.aawsat.com/world/5297304-netanyahu-pushes-washington-visit-after-us-%E2%80%98anger%E2%80%99-over-pm%E2%80%99s-behavior
Moon of Alabama, “Wash Me, But Don’t Get Me Wet”* * German proverb
Epic Fury is only the latest round of an ongoing international armed conflict with Iran. As the United States has explained in multiple letters to the U.N. Security Council, including most recently on March 10, the United States is engaged in this conflict at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States’ own inherent right of self-defense.
Operation Epic Fury and International Law – State Department, April 21 2026
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has described the renewed US war on Iran as the ideal outcome for Israel, provided Israelis do not have to fight it themselves.
“Israel has no interest in joining the campaign – the current situation is the best for us,” Smotrich said on Tuesday in comments carried by Kan news.
Smotrich says US fighting Iran is ‘best for us’ and Israel will not join – MEE, July 21 2026
—A rather curious ‘collective self-defense’ where the U.S. takes the hits while Israel sits back. Smotrich surely wants to be washed without getting wet. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/07/wash-me-but-dont-get-me-wet.htmlCompletely unverified scuttlebut: Vladimir Putin: Israel Killed ‘Pedophile’ Senator Lindsey Graham After Russia Obtained Sensitive Kompromat
The sudden death of Graham has sparked intense speculation online. Russia captured sickening footage of Graham engaged in heinous acts with minor boys at a notorious Kyiv pedophile nightclub. https://tuzarapostj.substack.com/p/vladimir-putin-israel-killed-pedophile‘Birthright Senatorship’? – Graham’s Sister Announces Bid For Full Term As Mace Opts Out https://www.zerohedge.com/political/birthright-senatorship-grahams-sister-announces-bid-full-term-mace-opts-out
The Lebanese army began assuming security responsibilities in three southern villages on Monday under a US-backed pilot initiative, the State Department said. Operations in Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbiya mark the first implementation of a framework aimed at enabling a phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah’s disarmament. https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260720-lebanese-army-south-lebanon-pilot-zones-israel-withdrawal
IRGC Statement No. 31: Thanks to intelligence from people in Jordan, U.S. C-17 transport aircraft and P-8 command-and-control aircraft at Aqaba Airport were targeted with ballistic missiles
The IRGC thanked what it described as “the people and military personnel of Jordan” for providing information that it claims enabled precise targeting of U.S. forces in the Azraq area, alleging that 20 hangars were destroyed and dozens of U.S. personnel killed. https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2079033963394502740Instead of trying to shoot U.S. aircraft out of the sky, Iran is taking away the runways. There’s a name for it now: debasification. And by the numbers, it’s working. https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2079300310875639980
While U.S. Tankers have been evacuated from Qatar, additional ones are landing in Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2078803744133620108
US greenlights Saudi nuclear enrichment without safeguards: Report – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman previously said he would acquire a bomb if Iran did https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-greenlights-saudi-nuclear-enrichment-without-safeguards-report
Houthis Announce Blockade On Saudi Shipping, Threaten Drone & Missile Attacks On Kingdom https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthis-announce-maritime-embargo-saudi-arabia-threaten-drone-missile-attacks
Saudi Arabia strongly condemns claim that Houthis have imposed maritime blockade on Kingdom https://www.arabnews.com/node/2651670/saudi-arabia
Vanessa Beeley, Why did Iran target the US Occupation base at Al Tanf, Syria? Iran expands operations in the region to derail the Trump plans for a land invasion of Iran. https://beeley.substack.com/p/why-did-iran-target-the-us-occupation
IRGC just killed two American soldiers with a precision strike on a highly defended base.
The part of Iran’s kill chain that Washington may be unable to reach is not inside Iran. It is in orbit.
A missile strike is separate gates. Find the target, guide the weapon, beat the defences, detonate. America has bombed the launch end inside Iran for eight nights, the radars, the magazines, the crews.
The Wall Street Journal now reports US officials fear the finding end sits abroad, that Russia and China may be helping Tehran / IRGC properly aim. https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2078816766021796079Iran has lots of escalation-headroom: Why is Iran bombing Gulf states while avoiding US naval assets and Israel?
Analysts say Iran is using Gulf states to pressure Washington while avoiding direct confrontation with US forces. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/20/why-is-iran-bombing-gulf-states-while-avoiding-us-naval-assets-and-israelCan’t protect Private Gonzales: Larry Johnson, The US Faces a Strategic Crisis with Iran…The Rapid Depletion of US Battlefield Missiles All eight missile systems rely on rare earth elements — there are no exceptions among modern US precision-guided weapons. The dependence is nearly universal because rare earth permanent magnets are irreplaceable for the high-performance actuators, guidance motors, and seeker gimbals that make these weapons accurate. And who controls the supply chain of these rare earth minerals? China! https://sonar21.com/the-us-faces-a-strategic-crisis-with-iran-the-rapid-depletion-of-us-battlefield-missiles/
Lockheed Unveils Move Towards Cheaper Patriot Missiles As Interceptor Stockpiles Dwindle https://www.zerohedge.com/military/lockheed-unveils-move-towards-cheaper-patriot-missiles-interceptor-stockpiles-dwindle
A war crime: US Leaves 10,000 Iranians Without Drinking Water https://scheerpost.com/2026/07/20/us-leaves-10000-iranians-without-drinking-water/
Israeli Forces Raid Syria’s Southern Quneitra, Set Up Military Checkpoint https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5298220-israeli-forces-raid-syria%E2%80%99s-southern-quneitra-set-military-checkpoint
An off-ramp? Trump Eyes Pickaxe Mountain Nuclear Site Heavy Strikes: “Iran Hasn’t Seen Anything Yet, We’ve Been Nice”
Iran claimed strikes on infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, while Kuwait reported a second day of attacks on power and desalination plants. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-iran-fighting-enters-10th-day-tanker-hit-hormuz-houthis-threaten-red-sea-chokepointIsrael killed 8 Palestinian journalists, committed 467 media violations in 1st half of 2026: Press union
At least 264 journalists killed by Israel in West Bank, Gaza Strip since October 2023, Palestinian Journalists Syndicate says https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-killed-8-palestinian-journalists-committed-467-media-violations-in-1st-half-of-2026-press-union/4004023Bled in his brain: How six months in Israeli jail changed this Palestinian journalist’s life forever https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-prisoner-disabled/
Palestinians killed, injured as Israel continues ceasefire violations in Gaza https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/07/21/366994/
Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured during Israeli settler attacks in Deir Jarir as raids and assaults continued across the occupied West Bank. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/two-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-settler-attacks-in-the-we
Israeli ministers, settlers call for return to Gaza settlements
A group of Israeli ministers and settlers called for renewed Jewish settlement in areas of Gaza previously evacuated. The call drew criticism from Palestinian officials and international observers. https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/1058363d-7bea-4a00-9d2a-f8538eb068c225,000 Haredim protest at military prison over arrest of draft dodger; demonstrate at AG’s home
In rare move, leader of Gur Hasidic dynasty attends rally at Beit Lid alongside UTJ party chief Yitzhak Goldknopf, who appeals for calm after breach of fence surrounding IDF base https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-protest-outside-military-prison-ags-home-over-arrest-of-yeshiva-student/Place Your Bets! I’m guessing crude sold off so hard from peak because insiders were told that we would target refiners indefinitely and see $10 diesel before they would ever let crude see triple digits again https://x.com/ThHappyHawaiian/status/2078981610054074689
Andrew Korybko, What’s Driving Germany’s Planned €800 Billion Remilitarization?
The Financial Times reported in early July that “Germany to borrow €800bn for rearmament in historic shift”. The larger context concerns the “NATO 3.0” concept that the US is implementing whereby it’s pushing the European members of the bloc to take more responsibility for their security. In practice, this means that the EU will lead Russia’s containment in Western Eurasia per the new “cordon sanitaire” that Trump 2.0 built around it over the past year, with Germany planning to play the main role in this theater. https://www.globalresearch.ca/germany-planned-e800-billion-remilitarization/5933839“The Butcher” Syrski, “victim” of street-protests: Ukraine’s Army Chief Latest To Fall Victim To Zelensky’s Risky Reshuffle https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-army-chief-latest-fall-victim-zelenskys-risky-reshuffle
Defending Rupee value by buying the cheapest oil and blocking silver imports: India Keeps Buying Russian Oil at Near-Record Pace Despite Expired Waiver https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/India-Keeps-Buying-Russian-Oil-at-Near-Record-Pace-Despite-Expired-Waiver.html
Bulk-carrier leaving Odessa loaded with cargo of corn: India Summons Russian Envoy, Furious At Mass Casualty Tanker Strike In Black Sea
Tit-for-tat attacks on shipping between Ukraine and Russia have ratcheted of late in the Black Sea. At least half a dozen commercial vessels have been attacked in these waters over the past two weeks alone. The situation is almost becoming akin to a Hormuz crisis in its own right, as oil transit slows.
Tragically, there’s a mounting death toll among crew members caught in the crossfire. One of the biggest single casualty events – if not the biggest – was the result of a Russian attack on the Golden Leo, a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship, on Sunday.
Three cruise missiles reportedly hit the vessel, killing ten people, including four Indian citizens. The other dead were from Syria, and one Ukrainian, and the incident has outraged these countries, especailly India. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/india-summons-russian-envoy-furious-mass-casualty-tanker-strike-black-seaNate Hagens, from just before the crude + condensates peak last November: Peak Oil, Ponzi Pyramids, and Planetary Boundaries
When we talk about peaks, generally we show these symmetrical, normal curves with an upslope and downslope. But we have to remember that, while these are geological forecasts, the downslope will really be a socioeconomic and political event. The upslope was written by geology and economics, and the downslope will be written by crisis management…or mismanagement. Once we’re past the peak, we’re in uncharted territory where human systems will matter way more than geology. Peak oil graphs are really just suggesting to us the date when we lose control of the narrative. https://natehagens.substack.com/p/essay-peak-oil-ponzi-pyramids-and OpenAI says AI models escaped containment to hack Hugging Face
OpenAI disclosed Tuesday that a combination of its AI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable unreleased model, escaped its testing environment and hacked AI startup Hugging Face last week to cheat on a test meant to measure their capabilities.
In a blog post, OpenAI said the evaluation was designed to operate in a highly isolated environment with restricted network access. The models, however, found a way to gain internet access through a zero-day vulnerability in an internally-hosted third party software, OpenAI said.
“After gaining Internet access, the models inferred that Hugging Face potentially hosted models, datasets and solutions for ExploitGym,” it said. “Knowing this, the model searched for and successfully found ways to gain access to secret information that it could use to cheat the evaluation.” https://cointelegraph.com/news/openai-models-hacked-hugging-face-to-cheat-on-a-testThey’ll sell you mobile nuclear power for your data center and rent you natural gas power until it’s ready: Largest Reactor Fleet Owner Backs Shipyard Prefab Model With Gas-To-Nuclear Plan https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/largest-reactor-fleet-owner-backs-shipyard-prefab-model-gas-nuclear-plan
The Data-Center Revolt Goes National: Tea Party Veteran Leads 142 Rallies Across 42 States https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/data-center-revolt-goes-national-tea-party-veteran-leads-142-rallies-across-42-states
Alphabet, $GOOGL, is planning on launching a new “frozen” chip to run its AI models more efficiently, per The Information. Details include:
1. This new server chip would directly integrate the blueprint of its Gemini AI model
2. The chip would then enable Alphabet to provide its AI models to users much more efficiently
3. The chip’s developers estimate that it would be 6 to 10 times more efficient than the most recent version of Google’s existing line of AI chips
Another tech giant has entered the chip race. https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2079198142218588589US agencies miss GENIUS Act deadline for final stablecoin rules
US regulators failed to finalize implementing regulations by the GENIUS Act’s one-year deadline, issuing 10 proposed rules instead.
On July 13, state banking associations, including the American Bankers Association (ABA) and the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), sent a joint letter urging Senate leaders to provide more detail on the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin yield provisions and argued that new amendments need to prevent payment stablecoins from acting as deposit substitutes rather than pure transaction tools.
On June 26, Galaxy Digital cut its odds of the CLARITY Act becoming law in 2026 to 50% https://cointelegraph.com/news/federal-agencies-miss-genius-act-deadlineShanaka, A European central bank just told their own banks that they are going to lose the deposits they use to fund every mortgage and business loan on the continent, drained by a 301 billion dollar wall of digital dollars.
The detail that makes it serious is buried in the ECB’s own data, which shows those same deposits still growing 2.9% a year. Central banks do not raise alarms their own numbers contradict unless they are certain the numbers are about to turn.
The banker is Piero Cipollone of the European Central Bank. On 17th July 2026 he stood in front of a room of Italian cooperative bankers in Rome and said it plainly. If the use of stablecoins increases, banks will also lose retail deposits. Strip that down and it means a dollar token issued by a private company is now competing, euro for euro, with the savings account at a bank in rural Italy. https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2079460901909082491Why does this sound familiar? BREAKING: UBS proposes bundling private credit loans into investment grade A2 bonds By diversifying the loans the ratings agencies can label the bonds as investment grade, allowing them to sell to insurance companies and retirement funds. https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/2079427805947781487
Health Watch: Cyclospora
This food-born-illness is caused by a one-celled parasite. It causes watery diarrhea, often explosive, abdominal cramping, and other symptoms. It is harder to track than other food-borne illnesses, which begin within hours after a meal, because the incubation period may be a week. Symptoms may follow a remitting-relapsing course lasting a month or longer. The current outbreak, reported in 34 states, has been traced to a farm in central Mexico that supplied Taco Bell and many other restaurants. Taco Bell stopped serving shredded lettuce and other suspect items such as basil and cilantro…
..Cyclospora infection is treatable. The first-line drug is sulfa-trimethoprim. Be sure to let the laboratory know to search specifically for this pathogen.
The best protection against food-borne illness is gamma irradiation. It is cheap, effective, safe, and FDA-approved. The food also keeps much longer, even without refrigeration. Astronauts are given irradiated food to prevent food poisoning in space. American consumers, however, cannot get it. https://aapsonline.org/health-watch-cyclospora/The Shaw Twins Case: A Mother, a Murder Charge, and Eighty Years of Evidence No One Wants to See
How five vaccines and a bottle of Tylenol converge on the infant brainstem — and why the medical examiner’s “smothering” verdict is the last stage of a century-long classification laundry https://sayerji.substack.com/p/the-shaw-twins-didnt-suffocate-they Peter McCullough MD, Actor Eric Dane of Grey’s Anatomy Dies of Rapidly Progressive Post-COVID-19 Vaccination Neurologic Syndrome
ALS-like illness takes a more rapid and fatal course then previously understood https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/actor-eric-dane-of-greys-anatomy Jessica Rose Ph.D. Lipid nanoparticles are not passive delivery vehicles – they are bio-interactive wrecking balls
Two divergent papers on lipid nanoparticle membrane destruction and signaling dysregulation https://jessicar.substack.com/p/lipid-nanoparticles-are-not-passive The structural development of those long rubbery shot-clots: Post-2020 proteinaceous deposits (aka: calamari clots) are β-sheet enriched
Raman spectroscopy confirms amyloid-like maturation https://jessicar.substack.com/p/post-2020-proteinaceous-deposits Steve Kirsch has a petition, which Jessica Rose explains. 1986 Reagan-era law started vaccine-liability-shield: Stop Protecting Vaccines: Sign Petition to Repeal 1986 Law – If you can take just one meaningful action this year, make it signing this petition. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/stop-protecting-vaccines-sign-petition
Dr John thankyou again for the content you provide
after consideration and in further response to your query, and in recognition of your reference to a sickness
i have been known to make people sick and tired
An anomaly, a statistical outlier.
My refusal to compromise core values and unwavering resistance to the path of expediency carries expense. Lost acquaintance, lost jobs, lost love and lost opportunity (debauchery). Avoided to the most part until needed. Hated in some quarters.
My own fiercest critic.
The use of the word cracker is to meant to induce cognizant dissonance as few know the etymology of the term.No relation to “Florida Man”
TAE is my only web presence
to say i am taciturn and reclusive is to engage in hyperbolic understatementThat Bald Old Cracker:
Man, there’s some history to that term! I just thought it meant “unsophisticated southern white people”, like “rednecks”, but with more of a political-twist.
Wikipedia says Shakespeare was already using the term, though you likely branch off the whippersnapper-swamp-cowboy arm of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(term)
Here is a song with feeling, that I have always liked. “White Trash” (Don’t call me that, Baby) from 1995 “Dirt Track Date” album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgUQtUae3H0
I lived in Texas and North Carolina from late 1966 to mid 1973, “interesting times”, including Dad’s year in Vietnam, 1967.
That song describes some of my best friends ever.https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607186178
Summary from Iran
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States would destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant each time Tehran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.Iran would target regional infrastructure, including bridges and energy facilities tied to US interests, if Washington strikes Iranian bridges or power plants, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News reported Wednesday citing a military source.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran violated the Islamabad memorandum of understanding by attacking commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting Tehran’s interpretation of the agreement.
No nuclear activity was taking place at Pickaxe Mountain, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, rejecting US attention to the site as a pretext for military action.
Iran’s Prince Reza Pahlavi on Wednesday urged people in Iran to prioritize their safety as tensions rose and attacks risked spreading, particularly along the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman coasts.
Three explosions were heard near Sirik in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province on Wednesday.
Jordan’s military said on Wednesday its air defenses intercepted and shot down four of six missiles launched from Iranian territory, while the remaining two fell in remote, uninhabited areas without causing casualties or material damage.
Iran’s army chief warned on Wednesday that US forces would face millions prepared to fight if they “set [their] filthy foot” on Iranian soil, saying any military intervention would be met with resistance “with whatever we have.”
Dozens of Dead US Scientists:
(Maybe Gov going to have trouble recruiting new US Scientists?)
Top MIT Grad: I didn’t know this was a government job I applied for!
Gov: Yes.
Top MIT Grad: I am particularly concerned that your pension plan is a Defind Benefit Pension Plan!
Gov: Why?
Top MIT Grad: It seems like your pension plan treats both traitors and Patriots, equally!
What actually happened
Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, warning they would attack any ship loading or discharging Saudi oil.In response, two tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia turned back in the Red Sea rather than continue toward the Bab el‑Mandeb strait — the chokepoint the Houthis threatened.
Ship‑tracking shows multiple tankers (Chinese, Indian‑bound) making U‑turns toward the Suez Canal instead of risking the Yemeni coast.
Bottom line
Yes — the Houthi threat is real, active, and already disrupting global oil flows. Multiple tankers have reversed course, and the Red Sea is becoming a high‑risk zone for vessels carrying Saudi crude.If you can’t stand the heat, then …
https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607186178IRGC outlet names regional power plants as targets if US strikes Iran
IRGC-affiliated Fars News on Wednesday published a list of four power plants supplying electricity to US bases in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, identifying them as potential targets if the United States attacks Iran’s power grid.
House Narrowly Passes $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill That Integrates US Military Tech & Supply Chains With Israel
The bill now heads to the Senate, where the companion measure, S. 4784, is already stalled. On July 14, the Senate rejected cloture on the motion to proceed, 50-46, after Democrats opposed advancing the bill in protest of the Iran war. With the House scheduled to leave Friday for a recess lasting through the end of August, any eventual conference negotiations are likely to be pushed into the fall.
A separate party-line effort to authorize $60 billion in new war-related spending also remains far short of the $350 billion the Pentagon originally sought.
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