Debt Rattle May 22 2026
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Evelyn De Morgan Night and Sleep 1878 • Iranian President: Won’t Back Down (ZH) • Ayatollah Orders Highly-Enriched Uranium To Remain In Iran (ZH) • Tr
[See the full post at: Debt Rattle May 22 2026]Mr. Meijer you have certainly mastered the art of ambiguity the morning.
That is lunacy.
I’m sure it means something in your woirld.
I think that what drives Control Freaks (Greedy Bastards and Blobsters in general) the craziest is the immutable Law of Nature (and physics!) that in order for anything to get better first everything has to change.
the most corrupt administration in american history.
WHY DO WHAT’S RIGHT, WHEN YOU CAN TAKE WHAT’S LEFT!
ol’ king donnie
had a farm,
ee-eye-ee-eye oh!and on his farm
he had some pigs,and
lice
and
rats
and
ticks
and
his family
and
howard lutnick
and
ringworm
and
hookworm
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scott bessent!
MAKE AMERICA SLIME MOLD AGAIN!
I don’t mean to be overly enigmatic in making such a statement (just entertainingly funny) and would be completely happy to expand on it and explain how and why it is true. Absolutely true.
In order to improve “something” (in other words, make it “better” in the opinion of the one wanting the improvement) one has to make it different than it is now, and that difference is called change. That might sound insultingly self-obvious simple, and perhaps it is, but the amazing evidence of its veracity is that even when someone gets exactly what asked for the very first thing they do is express angry and ungrateful outrage at all of damage that had to be done in order bring that “improvement” about and make it actually happen.
In other words, to get the change that they wanted they had to make changes that they didn’t want, and now they have to change all of those things back to the way that they previously were. That causal chain reaction just never ends.
By the time all is said and done they’ve had to change practically everything and it STILLL ain’t over yet! They are more adamant than ever that all sorts of stuff has to change practically overnight in order for them to get the changes they now want.
It just drives them absolutely crazy.
“The Relentless Fantasy of the Tradwife — She’s romanticized by the right and feared by the left. Does she actually exist?” New York Magazine
No woman was happy ever. Never once, in all history.
What does “Trad” mean? Nothing. They make it up from sentence to sentence. These modern “Trads” are almost certainly to the far, far, far Left of the Socialist Party of American in 1954. (They are most probably 99% tolerant of gays and gay marriage for instance) What “Tradition” do they serve? They have no culture. Polish-Americans of 1910? Mexican Americans of 1854? The free-sex Oneida Society of 1848? Housewives of Levittown, Long Island, 1959? More probably. The fact that I can ask these questions and no one’s even thought of them shows how profoundly unreal and LARPing it all is.
Same with “American” culture or “White” culture, of which there is none, as I say weekly. This is the same with “Black” culture, which is different in North and South, Church and no, Jamaicans and Africans vs Americans, with inner city vs upper class manager staff. What do they have in common? Nothing. Same as a “White” Serbian, Muslim, not speaking the language, his wife in a kerchief, and a SC redneck in a trailer doing meth, a rich liberal hippie saving trees in Olympia, WA. Nothing in common. No common culture at all. It’s made up in their mind when they want to win political points on the Internets.
“Pakistan Deploys Thousands Of Troops, Jet Fighter Squadron To Saudi Arabia
So EVERY Muslim nation on earth is against Iran? And therefore allied with Israel? Explain.
“Belarus Rattles Europe With Drills Involving Russian Tactical Nukes
Ukraine condemns legitimizing the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide…Breathtaking. Considering that Ukraine is Iran 1.0 and the whole war and 2M dead were caused by them demanding Nukes and immediately taking vigorous action to get them. They never did that but also definitely did.
“Iran Teaching Civilians How To Shoot: Public Tutorials On State TV & In Marketplaces
Clearly they are shooting each other since we’re not there at all and have no men to do so even if we wanted. Sounds good! Arm the whole Iranian people and we’ll see what government they prefer. They can pass a 2nd Amendment.
“IRGC Says It Foiled US Arms Shipments To ‘Terror Groups’ Near Border With Iraqi Kurdistan
Sure, probably. I’d be shocked if it weren’t true. Does it matter? Was it 20 guns? You yourself say you have +1M Iranian soldiers dying for the IRGC, so unless you grabbed a million rifles, it’s really not much of a win, is it?
MAGA “Keep fighting. Keep going. We will win.” Great. What are we winning?
“Obama was a one-man Trojan Horse for radical Islam. He flooded America with Muslims by the millions”
Sort of. He was the Deporter-in-Chief, apparently of Catholics (Spanish), and his Protege was arresting Catholics wherever found (Biden). But what is “Muslim” in this sense at all knowing that the Muslim Brotherhood was an MI6 op from birth in 1930, and that the CIA both pushed all radical Islam and paid/cooperated with the Saudis to push Waahabi death for 50 years? (1974. To man the F-Stan/Southern Russia attack that persists today) That’s not “Islam” per se. What is “Muslim” before all that? Say 1600-1900? Did you hear a lot out of them, a lot of violence and evil? No more than anybody else before “Europe” showed up. (including their child agencies like the CIA)
“• Iranian President: Won’t Back Down (ZH)
Great, well I’m sure you can smuggle in enough 9mm for a while, but that’s not militarily relevant.
““We are willing to sacrifice as much as possible for the honor and pride of Iran, and we are not afraid of martyrdom.”
So do the Iranian middle class feel the same way? ‘Cause I would guess they don’t. Neither does ours, by the way.
“Asked whether Iran could retain its enriched uranium, Trump replied: “No, we will get it. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, we’ll probably destroy it after we get it.”
Iran ALSO says they must have it because they have literally no reason for it. They are not building a bomb, but want to put it in a picture frame in an art gallery and look at it. It’s totally totally crazy for us to think they would do anything else with it.
“• Ayatollah Orders Highly-Enriched Uranium To Remain In Iran (ZH)
He can order anything he wants, just as I can dress up like Napoleon and issue orders. Does he have the power and force, violence, to enact his will?
“There seems to be widespread agreement among national security officials at this point that some kind of special forces op to covertly go in and take it would be tantamount to a ‘suicide mission’.
I mean, probably. That’s what “In a secured area” means. Duh. But also every “National Security Expert” has been dead-wrong whenever asked for like 20 years, so put that in your hat. They’re all glue-sniffing dimwits. Are they RIGHT this time?
““We’ll be getting it together because by that time, we’ll have an agreement and there’s no need for fighting when there’s an agreement. …Right?”
Far more likely, and always was. After all that is done, Duran and Wilkerson will still be jumping on rooftops demanding we invade with a million men and remain there 80 years because: that’s the only way. Little do they know, all our million men ALREADY are tied down in Caracas, and have been there bleeding out for 30 years. What, no? That never happened, and Venezuela is in the process of getting filthy rich right now? Huh. So weird.
“President Trump has the upper hand.” That statement was issued on day 63 of Trump’s Iran war. Today is day 83. What did the interim look like as the world’s most powerful military force has been unable to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid constant threats to take new, bigger military action – but which never actually materializes (at least not yet) no matter how many times the Iranians reject Washington’s terms?
The below timeline and outline, stretching from last week into this one, basically illustrates the weekly Trump pattern that’s been on display going back many weeks at this point:
Wed: Iran wants a deal. They called us
Thu: We are looking at proposals
Fri: We might be close. Very close
Sat: Iran knows what to do
Sun: OBLITERATION. TOTAL. COMPLETE. They have 24 hrs.
Mon: The storm is coming
Tue: I’m giving it more time”Great, and well accused. But WHYYYYYY? Does Trump LOOK like he’s losing? No, he looks relaxed and confident, completely moving on to other tasks. UK looks crushed, they’ve been doing particularly weird things and their bond market is hitting the edge.
So WHYYYY???…Because Trump is stealing a billion dollars a pop from them with every Tweet, you dips. “London” is insider-trading all this news, putting on multi-billion bets, and every time they do, Bessant sees it and tells Trump to off-side them, not allowing them to insider-trade and refill the coffers. That’s why he dgaf and thinks it’s funny AF and I agree.
“Sustain the blockade and accompanying economic warfare to destabilize the regime’s hold on the state;
• Remake the world in America’s energy dominance image to mitigate long-term price impacts while undermining China’s global ambition to defeat the United States;
• Order the US military to forge a path through the Strait of Hormuz to restore freedom of navigation on our terms not Tehran’s.
…if only simply ordering a military “path through” was that easy!”It’s VERY easy. But not if you’re impatient. I can’t believe we’re in the Netflix Age where if Trump orders and it’s not delivered in 30 minutes or less, you get to win free! We weren’t working on the “Straits” part until like Day 60. You want it open on Day 61. Is four weeks later too long? That means we lost?
We landed in Normandy, but if we’re not in Berlin at the Elbe the next week, we lost; Montgomery surrenders I guess. JHC how did people get to be such irrational dimwits? Here’s a rifle, tell me how long it takes you to take “That thar hill”.
Anyway, 1) Blockaded, going great, not perfect, but in the 99%.
2) All energy and money flows are now in TEXAS, not Iran, Gulf, and Europe. This takes a while to habitualize and so no one is in the slightest hurry to open the Gulf, as the only people hurt by it is Europe, who by their NATO actions, don’t actually want it open at all. So fine, we’ll help not open it, just as they wanted. We only have to make good-faith appearance of trying, which we are.
3) We are firmly applying pressure on every front, just as Navy Captains would suggest. Blockading while de-mining, while escorting, while strafing ski-boats, while testing if they’re out of ammunition yet. All at once, every day. One day they will be, and we will be there.
4) What is Iran doing about any of this? A: Nothing. They are shooting back, great, that’s honorable, but none of it makes any strategic difference and only kills good and brave soldiers they need later. It’s a losing and stalling action.
Because Trump is getting everything he wants, but slowly, and Iran is slowly being choked out, it means Iran won and we should surrender to a gay Ayatollah no one has seen in months. No.
Now I didn’t see a lot of this, but the only thing I can see Iran winning is with allies. ..But for reasons unknown, every. Single. Ally. Has abandoned them completely. So no, there is no hope atm. They can set off a nuke or something, I’m sure, but what difference would that make? Only ruin their story and cause forever, and still lose.
“How long do you think it will take to get one million people living on Mars?”
Depends if they each have 14 kids like Elon. I’m in favor, sign me up. One minor problem: No air. And that’s with the other problem: as a dead planet with no magnetosphere, no shield of radiation. You can neither be above nor below ground. So why are you going there again? While cutting down every tree here to do it? GFY, no.
““This is a guy who, since Trump won, is, for lack of a better word, basically a useful idiot for Republicans. He’s supporting stuff, and it gives them cover to say, ‘Look it’s bipartisan,”
As do 2/3rds of all Republican RINOs but we don’t mention that. That’s the UniParty, and the author is making it partisan to keep your eye off the obvious question: WHY. How can 2/3rds of Congress reliably work for Oligarchs and against every possible good of the People? For 60 years? Because that would make you say, like Johnson and AOC, “Boy if only as Congressmen we had any power, we would change things”. O Rlly? Who is above you giving orders then? Can I see them please? Is it the people Chuck Schumer named on national news 11 years ago?
“• The DNC 2024 Autopsy Is Here, and It’s a Disaster (Amy Curtis)
Big go-round of Luongo and Krainer on how yesterday’s primary must have been rigged. I am not as confident as Tom that it wasn’t. But his premise that there was no need, Primaries are a tiny thing everyone ignores, 10k votes is the pivot, and we’re as sick to death of RINOs as I am is relatively strong. Let’s say as a cynic and crank, I’d give 55%-60% they were rigged, actually. And? Is it like rigged over a 90-10 opposition? No. It’s like flipping 5% which has been happening for decades. I can’t approve, but tell you what: if you think so, pass the Save Act. Pass anything. Say there’s election fraud and stop it. The DNC, others don’t. Huh. Very odd. So you’re cheating MORE, but don’t want fair elections either. So the GOP was cheating 5% but you were cheating 10%?
Again, let’s have no cheating at all thanks.
Same cheating is in 2024, but much of it is legal: take only Census, which includes foreign tourists, Irish and Russians, and sets Electoral College seats. So that’s what 10-15 fake seats right there? USSC inexplicably said that’s legal, but any rational count would call it cheating. But if it’s “Legal” what can I say? We try to fix it while also stopping the literal illegal stuff. This is covered by Rob Gouveia daily for hours.(YouTube)
“70% of voters DISAPPROVE of the way Democrats are handling their job.”
Talking to them, I’m certain this is true. However, 70% of those think they’re not radical, violent, and communist ENOUGH. The other 30% think they’re too much. So much as there is a break in the Nation, that break is much more splitting the Democrats. Working, normal guys vs, PMCs.
“Trump’s “they/them” attacks on Harris were seen as highly effective”
They’re nuts. This is just a meme, an ad. The reason it worked is because IT’S TRUE. Fix the “True” part, not the “Ad” part. Signaling. If only we didn’t signal, or signaled harder, at last the reality of dying, having your kids chopped up wouldn’t matter. It’s the “Rape” and the “Kids chopped up” part, actually?
“Democrats accused of neglecting rural voters and local parties”
Again, Signaling. They’d ignored them since “That giant sucking sound” in 1992. Every day, every way, mocking, extracting, murdering, gleefully saying so day and night on every chat board, every university, on every TV, every late night show like “The Hunger Games” They’re famous for it. They mock and kill every rural issue with pure glee, and fantasize hourly about rounding up every one of them, in Upper Michigan, killing every man in eastern Oregon – or even just “Every Man” – and are shouting from the rooftops for 30 years, then going out and DOING it, hourly, daily, weekly.
So this isn’t “Neglecting some voters”. And it’s not “We need to pitch more in that area.”
DNC Chair: So remember they swapped chairs because one was…I dunno, a “Man” or something? And they “Just did” un-did that election for the chair? Ignoring all rules? Yeaaaahhhhhhh…..
Israel/Gaza: Not sure. It’s a tiny minority sure, but in a coalition of all minorities, it matters. A 5% on Jews, and a 5% on Muslims in both Michigan or Minnesota. Sure, but that’s nothing if they have 50% MEN. And 50% RURAL.
“• Vance Urges UK Patriots To Defend Their Culture Against Starmer (MN)
Burlinggame says we’re fighting the Globalists everywhere in the Anglosphere (first). Anglo Civil War, worldwide. This is true. But we need to free all of them, and perhaps UK, as the dragon’s lair last. There is only them and us for all the chips. If Globalists take it here, we’re sunk and nothing matters.
So yes, we are involved there, it’s a key area. But so is Canada.
“Vance rejected the establishment narrative that wanting secure borders equals extremism.”
This would be considered so disturbed as to be mentally ill only like 5 years ago. Hillary ran on this platform every day until like October 2016.
“• ‘Russians Ready For Conversation’ With Europe — Kremlin (TASS)
They’ve never stopped which is how you know which side is mentally ill.
“Josep Borrell is a Spanish socialist who held several high-ranking positions in the European Union.”
Of course he is. But I’m crazy for pointing it out. If he was ultra-far nationalist, traditionalist like GK Chesterton, it would NOT be crazy for me to point it out, then it would be fine.
“Borrell’s speech came seven years after German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to open her country’s borders to millions of Islamic immigrants.”
This is literally world-wide communism, “The Internationale” the Brotherhood. Erasing all borders as constantly said. That’s opposed to National Socialism, a different, equally oppressive strain. There is no “People” in the history of the world, no “Ethnos” no nation, tribe, etc that ever, has ever wanted this. Only this one group, basically is aggrandized enough, impractical enough, mentally ill enough.
“@NASAMoonBase will serve as a habitat “
Is it a Habitat tho? It’s a desolate prison, which is worse than earth prisons, as we have “Air” here.
Statins have never shown any benefit at all thanks. That’s above their wide array of side effects, which are vague enough to escape the peoples’ notice.
I’ll point out that they’re mad and we lost because we didn’t take Iran “In a short time”,
But they would ALSO be mad if it took “A long time”.
Short is bad, tall is bad, long is bad, there is bad, here is bad, all things are bad.
And all their Opposites are bad. That’s how you know they’re using logic and common sense.
@Dr_D
Every time you get into a tussle with that straw many you create in your mind you just kick the shit out of him. I guess that explains why you do it so much. It feels good to win and that’s the only way you can win (in your mind).
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https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/trump-cancels-last-minute-attack
Trump Cancels Last Minute Attack Amidst Reports Iran Has Now Clocked US Tactics
Simplicius
May 21, 2026————
https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/iran-war-summary-week-twelve
Iran War Summary: Week Twelve
22nd May 2026
Dr. Rob Campbell
May 22, 2026—————
* The Emperor has no tax liability
* Why do what’s right when you can take what’s left? I know what’s around the corner, I just don’t know how I can profit from it
* MAGA’s Razor – Never attribute to malice or stupidity anything done by Trump; Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Guess’ and your ‘No,’ mean ‘Doh!’’
* People are mad because I robbed the bank in a short amount of time; They would also be mad if robbing the bank took a long time; You just can’t please some people
* Excuse of the Day: The dog drooled on my homework; It was a lab leak
never forget mr trump’s nsc was in charge,
and
THE PREP ACT IS STILL IN EFFECT
Thanks TDK. I was about to post that. The CIA has long had technologies to induce cancers. If Tulsi’s husband Abraham has osteosarcoma, he’s in an age cohort that rarely gets it (middle age before 60). It is a nasty cancer, and usually has spread by the time it is diagnosed.
It could be something else that has spread to the bone, and called “bone cancer”, which would be more common.
God Bless Them.of course, doc day
how many different pathways to cancer from the “covid vaccines” can you come up with?
i’ve got about 7 off the top of me head, but i bet there’s quite a few more.
i lost a good friend to liver cancer ONE MONTH AFTER HIS “BOOSTER”.
“‘one of the greatest achievements of mankind'”. ~ DJT, i.e. the man who hates you.
Version 1:
They shot him in the head.
Raided his home.
Impeached him twice.
Indicted him 91 times.
Threatened him with life in prison.And today — Trump is the President of the United States & undisputed Commander in Chief of the Republican Party.
Keep fighting. Keep going. We will win.
Version 2:
They fired missiles at him.
Bombed his home.
Maimed his body.
Killed 91 of his colleagues.
Threatened to annihilate his civilization.And today — Khamenei is the leader who punched the schoolyard bully right in the face. And now the bully does not know what to do.
Keep fighting. Keep going. Iran is winning.
Question: Dumping Treasuries. How much is too much? Who does what to fix the problem.
Short answer: *“Too much” Treasury dumping is the point where selling overwhelms market liquidity, spikes yields sharply, and forces emergency intervention by the Federal Reserve. Based on current research and recent episodes, that threshold is reached when hundreds of billions are dumped rapidly, or when multiple major holders sell simultaneously. Fixing the problem falls to a combination of the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, and large private intermediaries, each with different tools and limits.
Long Answer
🧨 1. How much dumping is “too much?
The danger threshold isn’t a single number — it’s a rate-of-sale problem.
Treasury markets can absorb large flows if they come slowly. They break when selling is fast, concentrated, and unbalanced.What the data shows
Foreign governments hold ~24% of U.S. debt, roughly $9–10 trillion. A rapid sale of even a fraction of that can shock markets.Japan sold $20B in a single month (April 2025) and $220B over three years, which already pushed yields higher.
China’s historic $53B dump in 2024 was considered “unprecedented” and signaled strategic intent.
When the market breaks
Research from Brookings and the IMF shows that dysfunction emerges when:Dealer balance sheets cannot absorb flows (post‑2008 leverage rules limit them).
Hedge funds unwind leveraged Treasury positions, amplifying moves.
Yields spike sharply, especially the 10‑year and 30‑year, which are the “danger zone” indicators.
30‑year yields above 5.19% were flagged as a stress threshold in 2026.
Practical threshold:
A sudden sale of $100B+ by a major holder, or $300B+ across multiple holders in a short window, is enough to trigger severe market stress, based on recent episodes.📈 2. What happens when too many Treasuries are dumped?
Immediate effects
Bond prices fall, yields rise — the basic supply/demand shock.Mortgage, auto loan, and corporate borrowing rates jump, because all global credit is priced off Treasuries.
The U.S. government’s interest costs surge, worsening deficits.
Systemic effects
Liquidity evaporates as dealers hit balance‑sheet limits.Hedge funds unwind basis trades, amplifying volatility.
Global markets reprice risk rapidly — stocks, currencies, commodities.
Worst-case scenario
A coordinated dump by China, Japan, and Europe would be “very violent” and destabilize global markets.
But this is considered unlikely, because it would inflict massive losses on the sellers themselves.🛠️ 3. Who fixes the problem?
1. The Federal Reserve (primary responder)
The Fed is the only actor with unlimited balance sheet capacity.Tools:
Emergency Treasury purchases (as in March 2020).
Standing Repo Facility to provide liquidity to dealers.
Proposed more targeted interventions to avoid distorting monetary policy.
2. The U.S. Treasury
Adjusts auction sizes, maturities, and issuance schedules.Can coordinate with primary dealers to stabilize demand.
3. Broker-dealers & large asset managers
Provide day‑to‑day liquidity but are constrained by post‑2008 leverage rules.Their limited balance sheets are a core reason the system is fragile.
4. Foreign central banks
Ironically, the same actors who might dump Treasuries are also key stabilizers:Japan, Europe, and China often slow or reverse selling when markets destabilize, to avoid self-inflicted losses.
Recent data shows foreign demand remains strong, contradicting “Sell America” fears.
🧭 4. So what’s the real risk right now?
Foreign selling is rising but not catastrophic.Japan and China have trimmed holdings, but not in a coordinated or extreme way.
Europe and Japan have actually increased holdings recently.
The U.S. market remains the deepest and most liquid in the world — but more fragile than it used to be due to structural constraints.
The real risk is not a single country dumping Treasuries — it’s a liquidity shock hitting a system that no longer has enough private balance sheet capacity to absorb it.
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Even copilot’s answer is above my pay grade.Feel good article about HR getting fired. I forget which one of us has the horror stories.
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/ceo-saves-his-company-firing-entire-hr-department
Wishful thinking
Iranian-US group urges Trump to take ‘diplomatic off-ramp’
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has warned that “escalating the war on Iran rather than taking an off-ramp would be wrong morally, strategically and politically”.“A diplomatic off-ramp is available,” the group wrote on X, in response to a US media report that the Trump administration is preparing for potential strikes on Iran if negotiations to secure a deal fail.
“A clear majority of the American public and possible majority of Congress wants President Trump to take it. We hope the new drum beats are not signs that Washington is going to double down on a foolish war,” NIAC said.
As we’ve been reporting, recent surveys suggest that the majority of Americans do not support the war on Iran. Trump and the Republican Party also face growing public anger as the conflict has sent fuel prices soaring in the US.
Do you like to know SECRETS?
Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime Change
Amid escalating U.S. aggression towards the Cuban island through a maximum pressure campaign and the threat of military intervention, the United States government has been covertly funding a huge network of Cuban media outlets that claim to be independent in a push for regime change against the independent socialist government.
These outlets present themselves as unbiased investigative journalism, but are quietly being financed by Washington through USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy and the Open Society Foundation in order to sow discontent across the Caribbean nation, softening it up for a potentially “imminent” invasion by the Trump administration.
Cuba faces some of its worst energy blackouts in its history, thanks to the U.S. blockade, which is attempting to strange the island into submission. As a Communist state defying U.S. orders, Cuba has, since 1959, been in the crosshairs of Washington, who are attempting to overthrow the government. MintPress sheds light on this shady regime change nexus.
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