Debt Rattle March 13 2026

 

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  • #234553
    Topcat
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    The US has two months of rare earth materials remaining.

    Two months.

    The radars being destroyed across the Gulf require Yttrium (39).

    China holds 98% of global production and banned exports

    The destruction is, in practical terms, permanent.

    So for the slower minds among TAE like dr d, the Empire of Lies can mine rare earths until the cows come home.

    Refining rare earth’s to a high grade is very very difficult. China took DECADES perfecting the process.

    Ah’merica’s MIC Maggots® couldn’t find their own ass if they were looking for it with both hands.

    #234554
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    The world itself, on the grand scale, is openly engaged in a violent and far-reaching civil war (although you could also call it a “civilizational”) war between two apparently irreconcilable factions that are so intertwined and complicated that they are sometimes very difficult to discern one from the other.

    These is one way, however to tell them apart. There is a fundamental belief that sets the two irreconcilably apart, with no exceptions ever.

    One side believes that it is okay, permissible and sometimes even desirable to force their free will and freedom over that of other people. The other side does not. There can be no “overlap” of those two beliefs. One side thinks that sometimes it’s acceptable, or even good, to take other people’s things against their will. The other side doesn’t.

    We are warring it out now. Don’t get caught in crossfire, and don’t even think about this somehow missing your neighborhood and the place you live in. It’s coming, and only God Himself can stop it.

    #234555
    Topcat
    Participant

    Helium Madafas!

    And a detail that’s buried in the supply chain news:

    Qatar’s LNG shutdown has also taken out roughly a third of global helium supply.

    Helium is irreplaceable in chip fabrication.

    No alternative exists at Qatar’s volume.


    The AI boom that was supposed to save the economy needs chips that need helium that comes from a country currently telling its entire population to stay indoors.

    Hahahahaha

    GST

    Great Strategic Thinking.

    #234556
    those darned kids
    Participant

    “Likewise Iran has done LITERALLY ZERO here at home.”

    one does not necessarily need to leave one’s half of the board to win the chess match.

    these people invented chess.

    #234557
    those darned kids
    Participant

    “”I am killing them””

    #234558
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    This war is not going well for the United States

    #234559
    Topcat
    Participant

    Speaking of Supply Chain FUBAR

    Most silver doesn’t come from silver mines.

    It comes out as a byproduct of copper, lead, and zinc refining

    Operations that depend on hydro-metallurgical processes requiring industrial quantities of sulfuric acid.

    [Sonofabitch]

    Sulfuric acid is produced as a byproduct of sour crude refining.

    The same Hormuz closure that’s strangling oil flow is, with a lag of weeks to months, also strangling the chemical inputs that base metal smelters depend on.

    Refineries shuttered around the Gulf means sulfuric acid production dropping means hydro-metallurgical operations halting means silver byproduct output falling.

    The crisis that is draining the [global silver] vaults is simultaneously choking the pipeline that would normally refill them.

    #234564
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    An article from last month questioned whether the aircraft carrier USS Ford would be ready for an Iran war, due to crew fatigue and maintenance issues. The ship and crew were supposed to return home last December. But it was then sent to the Caribbean (Venezuela), with the return home date extended to early March.

    Now there’s a second extension for the Iran war, and “it’s not just Ford’s nearly 4,500 sailors who are tired and do not know when their deployment will end.. The carrier was due for a major maintenance and refitting period at the Newport News Naval Shipyard in Virginia early this year.”
    USS Gerald R. Ford “Not Ready” For Iran War? Rushed to Gulf — Will Fatigue, Maintenance Delays & Navy Warnings Spell Trouble?

    The USS Gerald R. Ford has been on a cruise since June last year, when it left its homeport in Norfolk.. The USS Ford’s initial deployment was supposed to end by the last week of December. However, its redeployment to the Caribbean meant this timeline was missed. The ship’s crew was then expecting to come home by early March.

    Now, the second extension means that the crew cannot expect to return home by early April at the earliest. However, if the Iran operation stretches many months, as happened in the Venezuelan operation, which lasted from August 2025 to January 2026, then this timeline could stretch even further…

    Notably, it’s not just Ford’s nearly 4,500 sailors who are tired and do not know when their deployment will end.. The carrier was due for a major maintenance and refitting period at the Newport News Naval Shipyard in Virginia early this year.


    https://www.eurasiantimes.com/uss-gerald-r-ford-iran-not-ready/

    A followup article published today –
    Fighter Jets Skidding Next? USS Gerald R. Ford Hit by Clogs & Fire – Why More Mishaps Threaten World’s Biggest Warship?
    https://www.eurasiantimes.com/uss-gerald-r-ford-hit-by-clogs-fire-why-more-mishaps/

    #234565
    zerosum
    Participant

    Operation Epic Failure: US desperate for ceasefire

    correction

    Operation Epic Failure: US bankers desperate for ceasefire

    #234566
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson: U.S. KC-135 Down — Carrier Abraham Lincoln Hit by Missiles & Drones

    #234567
    zerosum
    Participant

    Why?
    Trump is now easing the sanctions on Russian oil.

    #234568
    those darned kids
    Participant

    that’s to play games, zero.

    lower the price,

    then ¡bam!

    sorry, russia oil bad and price go back up up.

    the lutnick mafia go ¡ka-chingo-rama!

    #234569
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    Aircraft carrier Ford still holding in the Northern Red Sea, but it’s now joined by a third destroyer, which supposedly “provides a fully-capable Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) umbrella” which would help them get past Yemen.

    THE BUILDUP CONTINUES: 3rd Destroyer Joins the Ford

    OSINT Update (Mar 12 imagery): Tracking the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) as she continues to hold off the coast of Al Wajh in the Northern Red Sea.

    She has shifted her box slightly to ~100km offshore, but the critical tactical update is the formation. The escort screen has grown yet again.

    Spotted in the formation:
    3x Arleigh Burke Destroyers (up from 2 in our last pass)
    1x Kaiser-Class Oiler (USNS Kanawha)

    The Assessment: A three-destroyer screen provides a fully-capable Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) umbrella.

    With this level of combat power now assembled, is this the final piece of the puzzle before they make the push south to transit the Bab al-Mandeb (BaM)?

    https://xcancel.com/MT_Anderson

    #234570
    those darned kids
    Participant

    they call it “inside her trading”

    #234571
    those darned kids
    Participant

    america can’t flip this burger fast enough..

    #234572
    those darned kids
    Participant

    didn’t jerry ford have a reputation for tripping?

    just sayin’..

    #234573
    those darned kids
    Participant

    forshadowing!

    “On November 18, 2010, USNS Kanawha “briefly came into contact” with HMCS Fredericton of the Royal Canadian Navy during a replenishment-at-sea manoeuvre off the coast of Florida.[2] There were no injuries, but both ships suffered “superficial” damage consisting of scrapes and dents on both hulls. ”

    ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªº

    It has a capacity of 180,000 barrels (29,000,000 L; 7,600,000 US gal) of aviation fuel or fuel oil.

    ¡™¢∞§¶•ªº

    They were built without armaments

    #234574
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    Here’s a little unsolicited nickel knowledge about my past that I’m leaking to you guys for the first time. In my short and quite-a-bit-less- than-illustrious stint in the United States Navy I served on an ammunition ship that carried nukes for the fleet that secured the Mediterranean Sea. But that wasn’t my first job assignment. I had been originally slotted for a communications position on a nuclear missile submarine. I washed out of that school the first week because I flunked the first security interview. They asked me if I would could and would be willing to receive and transmit orders (if given) to launch a nuclear weapon.

    My answer was Hell no, and that ended that.

    And the reason I reveal this to you now is to assure you that every single person on that tightly controlled chain of command answered “Yes, I would comply with my assigned duty and would pass along such an order, to launch nuclear weapons” that would probably end the world as we know it, because someone with more authority than me ordered me to.

    In other words, being insane is an explicit prerequisite for the job of controlling nuclear weapons.

    #234575
    wdt
    Participant

    Dr D
    https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/does-iran-pose-a-real-threat-to-us
    Range, such a simple word, explains a LOT
    ie, range of abm, hence stand-off weapons only
    Odd how those billionares live such an austere life

    #234576
    DarkMatter
    Participant

    Two quotes from “Why Nations Go To War” by John Stoessinger

    The primary cause of war is not the impersonal forces of international politics but the personalities of leaders

    and

    Wars frequently begin because human beings misperceive reality. They misjudge the power and intentions of others and miscalculate their own strength. Wars end when reality finally asserts itself

    How much death and destruction is required this time before reality asserts itself and overcomes the personalities of our the leaders?

    #234581
    Topcat
    Participant

    William Daniel Ehrhart

    Ehrhart has been called “the dean of Vietnam war poetry.”

    Vietnam Veterans Against the War

    #234582
    Topcat
    Participant

    #234583
    zerosum
    Participant

    Who said that
    The closure of Hormuz for 10 more days would be an economic disaster/collapse.
    Closure will/should continue until population reduction objectives are achieved. (enough oil for remaining population.)

    #234584
    zerosum
    Participant

    You capture Russian oil tankers and Iran will capture your oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz.

    #234585
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Iran Just Used $500 Drone Boats Against $40 Billion US Warships — And Won

    #234586
    zerosum
    Participant

    NATO ATTACKS
    https://www.rt.com/russia/634870-moscow-summons-british-french-envoys/
    Moscow summons British and French envoys over deadly Ukrainian missile strike
    The Foreign Ministry has sent for the diplomats to submit a “strong protest” following an attack on Bryansk.

    #234587
    zerosum
    Participant

    I suppose that France and U.K. forgot that the base in Cyprus in within range.

    #234588
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Netanyahu Is Alive — And Finally Breaks Silence After 13 Days of War

    #234589
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Oil Hits $100 — Trump Celebrates as Iran Threatens to Shut Down the Region

    #234590
    Maxwell Quest
    Participant

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

    It’s not because aircraft carriers are untouchable, just ask the Houthis. As they say, “the Navy has two types of ships: submarines and targets”. Why then? I touched on this a few days ago…

    Because Persians are not drooling idiots, like we are. They know that they have the moral high ground, and that world opinion is on their side, even in the west. The war is neither popular nor justifiable in the eyes on western peoples, and Iran wants to keep it that way. After the needless destruction of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria, nobody buys the bullshit excuses anymore. So, expect Iran (and its partners) to cripple our Navy ships, rather than sink them. They don’t need any “Remember the Lucitania” moments on the 6 o’clock news that would reverse current opinions. The majority of Americans still get their world view from TV media and can be easily swayed.

    As far as the western public is concerned, however, this war is being run by the Epstein syndicate and has no moral justifications. If Iran starts targeting banking centers and stock market exchanges, don’t expect one tear to be shed by Joe Sixpack. Those are his enemies too, every time he makes a 18% interest payment on his credit card. So, if Asia is not able to force a restructuring of ME security, by defanging Israel and shutting down US bases in the region, expect Mossad to engineer another 9/11 type false flag with high loss of life which will then be rammed down the throat of the American public … like the mRNA shots.

    The Epstein Syndicate (Brussels, WEF, Israel, and Wall St oligarchs all have their balls in a vice right now. I would not let them loose. Rather, make them return every stolen shekel and then hang them from ropes.

    #234592
    John Day
    Participant

    Pertaining to yesterday:

    Hey TDK, “Operation Epstein’s Furry” has been rattling around in mybrain for a couple of days, too.
    ;-}

    Hey Michael, Thanks for “Reiding”. ;-]

    #234593
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    America’s $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier on Fire — What Really Happened?

    #234594
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    FWIW, this past week I saw an article – which I cannot find now – from the Iranian media which said that the command bridge of aircraft carriers would be targeted to disable the ship.

    #234595
    Maxwell Quest
    Participant

    Since evidence has been forthcoming that the Iran war was also encouraged for Eschatological reasons, Second Coming and all, I’ll throw in another thought that has been on my mind:

    The UFO experiencer, Chris Bledsoe, has a very interesting story. Along with special access by the ET’s, he has been given a mission to prepare the way for disclosure. This has drawn the attention of world leaders, and he has had many high-level meetings with scientists, NASA, and 3-letter agencies.

    He was given a prophecy back in 2023 that roughly goes, “When the red star of Regulus aligns just before dawn in the gaze of the Sphinx, a new knowledge shall come into the world,” and was told to watch for certain signs: one of which was an exchange of missiles between Israel and Iran. The scuttlebutt lately seems to schedule this around Easter (or fall) 2026, and I assume that the exchange of missiles implies nuclear weapons.

    There has also been much talk by MIC whistle blowers, that we really don’t have freedom over our own skies, and because the Earth is too important to them, the ET’s would never allow a full-on nuclear exchange. Putting 2 and 2 together, some have speculated that the Iran war may culminate with what would be called “Catastrophic Disclosure”, not unlike Spielberg’s upcoming movie, Disclosure Day.

    I normally give the same attention to modern day prophecies as I do to the newspaper daily astrology reading, but as Stilgar of the Fremen once said, “There are signs.”

    #234596
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Iran Just Launched a Massive Drone Strike on Israel’s Missile Defense Base

    #234597
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Iran Shoots Down US KC-135 — America’s War Lifeline Destroyed

    #234598
    Celticbiker
    Participant

    The jews marched Trumpigula into a trap he cannot escape from. How many people have to die before the whole world turns against these parasitic cocksuckers? 1 thousand? 1 million? 100 million? They injected you for a reason, they want you dead. They want them dead. They want everybody dead to rule over a wasteland.

    #234599
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Yeah we are in trouble

    INTEL Roundtable W/ Johnson & McGovern – Weekly Rap 13-March

    #234600
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Iran Disrupts Netanyahu’s First Speech With Ballistic Missile Attack
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBFjT3n58wc

    #234601
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Iran Unleashes New Monster Ballistic Missiles on Israel After Khamenei Reportedly Injured
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZRmjG2aquU

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