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Trump extend ceasefire until negotiations end.
(Trump ran out of (money that don’t exist) OR …?
Israel has not honored any ceasefire.

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Open your eyes.
Internationally, the economic picture is worsening by the hour. Fuel shortages and rationing are underway.
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Control
Diversion
Power
entertainment
lies, secrets
irrelevant
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Don’t decide … Read more …
There is no need to repeat TAE and RIM

Debt Rattle April 21 2026

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Connecting the dots.
I saw 6 male students siting in a waiting area, during a school break time.
All of them were on their phones. No one was communicating with their classmates.
Therefore, I concluded that only people who have grey hair read TAE. 🙂
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Thousands of jobs going unfulfilled
The Canadian labor market is currently facing a significant challenge with 529,700 job vacancies remaining unfilled for seven months, a figure that has not changed since March 2024.

https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/home

Apprenticeship
https://www.workbc.ca/explore-training-and-education/trades-training/about-apprenticeship
Apprenticeship programs combine paid on-the-job training with learning in a classroom or shop setting. In most programs, you’ll spend about 85 per cent of the time on the job. Most programs take four years to complete.

In B.C., apprenticeship training is delivered through a partnership of SkilledTradesBC, public or private training institutions, and employers.

To complete your training and become qualified as a certified tradesperson in B.C., you must:

Complete the required on-the-job hours and the in-school training.
Pass the examinations.
Earn the recommendation of your sponsoring employer.
Learn more about apprenticeship from SkilledTradesBC.
https://skilledtradesbc.ca/
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What do you think? Will it be negotiated and result in a REAL CEASEFIRE?

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Details of the latest U.S.-Iran draft proposal, according to Amit Segal & various other journalists:

– Iran commits to a 15-year enrichment suspension, with the exception of research reactors for medical isotopes.

– Iran’s stockpile of 60% and 20% enriched uranium would be partially converted to reactor fuel, and partially ‘downblended’ to a lower enrichment level. However, it won’t leave Iran.

– IAEA supervison on nuclear sites.

– Opening the Strait of Hormuz, with the possibility of collecting tolls.

– The U.S. will offer Iran phased sanctions relief.

– The U.S. will unfreeze all Iranian assets currently frozen abroad, amounting to $20 Billion or more.

– The U.S. will commit to a non-aggression pact with Iran that is ensured through a UN National Security Council resolution and a treaty ratified by Congress.

– The U.S. will withdraw all its military forces from the Persian Gulf.

NOTE: This is simply the proposal currently being discussed, neither side have yet agreed to it.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/31200

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Did you hear?

The USN attacked an Iranian ship.
The poor USN sailors were probably so hungry that they resorted to piracy.
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/trump-claims-us-navy-blew-hole-in-iranian-ship-trying-to-flee-strait-of-hormuz-blockade/ar-AA21g39X?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69e539b61ecc4657b98fcac3e8da7c21&ei=53

Donald Trump has said the US Navy have seized an Iranian cargo ship after ‘blowing a hole in their engine room’ on the Strait of Hormuz.

The US President claimed his forces are now searching the Touska cargo ship after it was ‘stopped in its tracks’ on Sunday evening.

‘Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them.

‘The US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop.

‘The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel.

‘The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!’

Earlier the US President said Iran had committed a ‘total violation of our ceasefire agreement’ in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to ‘knock out every single Power Plant’ and bridge if a deal isn’t made between the warring countries.

Trump said there would be ‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY’ with Iran and called for ‘the Iran killing machine to end’.

In the Truth Social post this afternoon, he also said that Iran fired bullets at a French ship and a UK freighter in the Strait of Hormuz.
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EU Returns 56K Ukrainians to Their Homeland (Fighters for or against the gov.)
China, Oil Prices, and Aircraft Carriers
MS 2026.4.19

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You are not the fog maker.
You have your head above the fog
You can see.
Remember, most people will never be above the fog.
Don’t be mean, It will not make a difference.

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If a few words don’t work, make a video or picture. (for the illiterate)

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There is no need for long essays.
You already have the essay locked in your head.
A few words will light the path to what you already know.

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Secrets … Stories ….Lies …READ TAE …

Iran closes Hormuz BECAUSE the US closes Hormuz?!

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Spokesperson announced that transit through the Strait of Hormuz has reverted to its previous state of strict military control, citing repeated US violations and piracy under the guise of blockade.
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Did you ask your A.I.: intelligent life as a non‑material self‑preserving pattern.
Tonight I asked, “A possible candidate “Intelligent life as a non‑material self‑preserving pattern”
— dark energy.
(Sweet Dreams)
If intelligent life is defined not by matter but by persistent, self‑maintaining informational structure, then dark energy becomes an intriguing candidate because:

It permeates all of spacetime

It maintains a stable equation‑of‑state across cosmic time

It drives the large‑scale evolution of the universe

It resists dilution as the universe expands

It shapes the destiny of all matter and energy

Those are the hallmarks of a pattern that preserves itself across all perturbations.

6. The speculative leap: dark energy as a cosmic‑scale informational entity
This is not saying dark energy is “alive” in a biological sense.

It’s saying:

If intelligent life is fundamentally a self‑preserving pattern, then dark energy is the largest, most stable, most persistent pattern in the universe.

It may not be intelligent, but it fits the structural criteria for a non‑material, self‑preserving informational pattern better than anything else we know.

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the 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

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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
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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 AM

The 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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No comment. Everyone has already decided

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How to NOT make friends.

Commit genocide in Gaza, invade Lebanon, bomb Iran, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq,
Violate Geneva and Vienna Conventions, international law, human rights, and state sovereignty.
Hide behind pre-fabricated laws, the word of god, destiny,, anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust.
Create fear and hate.

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@ Maxwell Quest

Like everyone, I assume that your mind is made up.

Using modern/different word, search for:

“Intelligent life as a non-material self-preserving pattern”

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The Iran War Summary: Week Seven
17th April 2026
Dr. Rob Campbell
https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/the-iran-war-summary-week-seven
This week, the Iran ‘ceasefire’, the US/Iranian ‘blockades’ of Hormuz and the continued fighting in Lebanon have eclipsed the conflict in Ukraine where there have been no major developments. You can view the Ukraine Update here.
https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-fcc

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Trade or Bids are open. ( I’ll bet on a trade for a functioning A – Missile)
The Axios portal reports that Tehran and Washington are discussing the possibility of exporting some of Iran’s enriched uranium to a third country.

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How to make friends.
HUMMMM!
Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, etc. need oil from the Gulf area.
Now it’s only the US blocking it.

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WOW!
I would think that with all the ceasefires that Trump will be able to bring all the troops home and save a lot of money, resources, equipment and MAGA.

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IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE. THANK YOU!

30 mins later

THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS COMPLETELY OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS AND FULL PASSAGE, BUT THE 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. THIS PROCESS SHOULD GO VERY QUICKLY IN THAT MOST OF THE POINTS ARE ALREADY NEGOTIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J.TRUMP

20 mins later

Iran, with the help of the U.S.A., has removed, or is removing, all sea mines! Thank you! President DJT

Liar! Seamine is not on and off switch dude. Now 5 mins ago

Iran has agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again. It will no longer be used as a weapon against the World! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump is spamming so much. Is this Trump Friday stock market manipulation?

The only truth is when the live tracker shows how many ships moving in and out of the straits

Posted by: KillerDoll | Apr 17 2026 14:55 utc | 363

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🚨BREAKING:🚨

The US finally heard Iran saying,

” The straight of Horuz is open to all commercial traffic.”

Trump said,

“Our naval blocking is staying in place.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20260415190647/https://www.rt.com/news/638459-trump-opening-hormuz-strait/
Trump ‘permanently opening’ Strait of Hormuz ‘for China’
The US president claims Beijing has agreed “not to send weapons to Iran”
Published 15 Apr, 2026 12:40 |
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“Gabbard is providing the receipts, the actual evidence, of how these IC operations took place.”

• Tulsi Explains Criminal Referral of Trump Impeachment Collaborators (CTH)

DNI Tulsi Gabbard Outlines Reason for Criminal Referral of Trump Impeachment Collaborators

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🚨BREAKING:🚨

JUSTICE IS FINALLY AT THE DOORSTEP! 💪🏻🇺🇸🔥
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🚨BREAKING:🚨TRUMP DOJ PREPARING TO INDICT ENTIRE J6 COMMITTEE –

The highest ranking US intelligence official, just released smoking gun docs proving that Obama and his underlings committed treason/sedition.
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The CIA Tried to Remove a Sitting President

April 15, 2026 | Sundance | 327 Comments
For the past 72 hours I have been attempting to draw attention to the big picture.
The evidence has been released. {GO DEEP} The long-debated issue is no longer a matter of opinion or question.

The CIA tried to remove a President.
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🚨BREAKING: Hungary’s new PM REJECTS 90% of the EU’s demands—only accepting anti-corruption measures.
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Strait of Hormuz virtual minefield.
Nobody wants to prove that it’s not virtual.

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What happened after the Ukraine Easter Ceasefire
Ukraine: 36 Hours of Russian Strikes
The US Intensifies Sanctions Against Everyone
MS 2026.04.16

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Do you believe it: a 10 day ceasefire Israel-Lebanon

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blockades

Iran had retaliated to the US-Israeli strikes in late February by effectively restricting transit through the strait, blocking shipments tied to what it considers “unfriendly” nations, imposing tolls on vessels from “neutral” countries, and allowing free passage for “friendly” ones.

A US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, by blocking or seizing any oil tankers or gas tankers which exit Iranian ports.

Next … renewal of blockade of Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.

Will blockades expand to Indonesia’s Strait of Malacca.?
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Old tactic.
Seen it before.
Comments attacking the host of a blog,
It is irrelevant and designed, to shut down the message of the blog.
It is attempting to stop the exchange and the flow of information.
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Iran is crashing, TV says, Iran is not selling its oil. Therefore, Gov. gets no money to pay its soldiers etc.
(Same logic for Russia)
I don’t understand why.
In Canada, everyone is paid in CD$ not US$.
US$ are used to buy US products.
If you don’t or can’t buy US product then you don’t need US$

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Funding Gap!

SSooooooooo!

What are going to do?
Genocide?

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Mamdani: “we’re taxing the rich!”
The rich: “WE’RE PASSING THE TAXES IN OUR SALES.”
HAHAHAH!
Didn’t you figure out how we got rich and everyone else got poor?

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April 15, 2026
War On Iran: – Closing The Red Sea
To break the stalemate caused by the U.S. blockade of its country the military of Iran announced that it will restrict commercial traffic across the Red Sea, the Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

It will not require much action from Iran to do so. A few drone strikes against civilian ships near Arab Gulf countries and a few threats by Ansarallah in Yemen against ships in the Red Sea will up the insurance costs sufficiently to make any traffic in those areas unprofitable.

War On Iran: – Closing The Red Sea

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Copilot said:

What TV Often Says
News segments frequently imply things like:
– “The U.S. is blocking Iranian oil shipments.”
– “Ships must follow U.S. procedures in the Strait of Hormuz.”
– “The U.S. Navy is enforcing a blockade.”
– “Captains must check in with the U.S. Navy.”
– “The U.S. controls the Strait.”
These statements are simplified or exaggerated versions of reality.

✅ What Is Actually True (Legally & Operationally)
1. There is no U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
A blockade is a wartime act under international law.
The U.S. has not declared one, and ships are not required to stop for the U.S. Navy.

2. The U.S. imposes sanctions, not navigation rules
Sanctions affect:
– What cargo a ship can legally carry
– Who can insure the ship
– Who can buy or sell the cargo
– Which companies can do business with the vessel
But sanctions do not control how a ship physically sails through Hormuz.

3. The Strait of Hormuz is governed by the IMO and coastal states
The navigation rules come from:
– International Maritime Organization (IMO)
– Oman
– Iran
Not the United States.

4. The U.S. Navy is present — but it does not control traffic
The U.S. Navy:
– Escorts some ships during high‑risk periods
– Responds to distress calls
– Monitors for threats
– Tracks suspicious activity
But it does not:
– Tell ships which lane to use
– Require captains to check in
– Stop compliant vessels
– Control the TSS (traffic separation scheme)

5. What the U.S. does enforce is sanctions compliance
This is where the confusion comes from.
The U.S. monitors:
– AIS patterns
– Ship‑to‑ship transfers
– Suspicious routing
– Tankers linked to Iranian oil
– False documentation
If a ship is suspected of carrying sanctioned cargo, the U.S. Treasury may:
– Sanction the vessel
– Sanction the owner
– Sanction the insurer
– Freeze assets
This is financial enforcement, not maritime control.

✅ Why TV Makes It Sound Like a Blockade
Because the effects feel similar:
– Ships carrying Iranian oil face consequences
– Some tankers avoid the region
– Insurance companies refuse coverage
– Ports refuse entry to sanctioned vessels
So media outlets simplify it as:
“The U.S. is blocking Iranian oil.”

But the mechanism is economic pressure, not naval interdiction.

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It’s all guesses.
Decision makers/doers have a secret.
Youall knows that they are not telling youall their secrets.

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The Hormuz Strait ?

Iran imposes tole.

US imposes insurance

Money flow changes but we still do the paying.

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People are bold in front of cameras/in front of an audience.

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Idiots guide on how to lie and hide the truth.

Read more …from TAE
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strategic mistakes

a blockade of a blockade!

Fail to recognize some hard truths

assume that Iran is NOT negotiating in good faith,
assume that Iran is lying
assume an escalation will bring success
happy to blow things up
happy to kill
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Misidentifying the real problems

Iran’s leadership could be taken out and that its military arsenal could be destroyed.”

Israel was clearly wrong. Iran stood its ground. Not only that, Iran gave both Trump and Netanyahu the finger by asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz and by disrupting both Israeli and U.S. assets in the Middle East.

In other words, the Israeli government and its allies in America did not expect Iran to come out strong in this conflict. Netanyahu obviously believed he was still untouchable and that Iran was too small to seriously challenge the Zionist empire, or what Ruhollah Khomeini called “the great Satan.”

As Jeffrey Sachs pointed out, in a war like this, almost no one truly wins, because lives are lost and the economy suffers.

Could the Zionist regime have predicted this outcome? Of course not, because they are blind to higher realities. They thought they could concoct one fabrication after another and attack a country at will.

So, the attack on Iran turned out to be a major mistake by the Israeli regime and the Zionist empire in the United States.

We See The World From All Sides and Want YOU To Be Fully Informed
In fact, intentional disinformation is a disgraceful scourge in media today.
So, to assuage any possible errant incorrect information posted herein, we strongly encourage you to seek corroboration from other non-VT sources before forming an educated opinion.

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Ships are still passing Hormuz.
Ceasefire is still happening, except for Israel – Lebanon.

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Top dog
You will reap what you have sowed.
He has become a puppet, and the strings are pulled from Jerusalem.

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UW 278 – if 15 to 20 tankers have crossed the straits in last 24 hours, then it proves that the USN blockade is just more TACO bs.

Besides, two can play the blockade game………..no oil exports for Iran ? Ok, then no oil exports for UAE and Kuwait either!

IRGC force is hardly spent, they have taken a licking and their still ticking…………check and checkmate.

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 14 2026 0:20 utc | 318

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THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION BY THE U.S.A.
PAY UP.
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Blue collar workers shops at Dollar stores, Cosco, Walmart ….
The USA is blocking oil from Iran
China needs that oil to produce what the blue collar workers buy.
OWE, ouch, OWE, ouch,OWE, ouch,OWE, ouch,OWE, ouch,
Yes, the blue collar workers can figure it out.
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Who is stopping the flow of ships from the strait of hormus?
USA or Iran?
Who is doing the blockade?

THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION BY THE U.S.A.
PAY UP.

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There goes the Catholic vote!

Say Hallelujah!

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Remember ……. Trump cannot run for president again.
( maybe, he is making room for someone! )

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THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION BY THE U.S.A.
PAY UP.

Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION.

the whole world economy could tumble into a global recession.

CENTCOM Says Blockade Will Begin Monday Morning at 1000ET
U.S.
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Trump’s 6 Red Lines
Fox News reports that Vice President Vance’s final offer delivered to the Iranian delegation in Islamabad includes the following “red lines.”
1) End all uranium enrichment
2) Dismantle all major nuclear enrichment facilities
3) Retrieve highly enriched uranium
4) Accept a broader peace, security and de-escalation framework that includes regional allies
5) End funding for terrorist proxies Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis
6) Fully open the Strait of Hormuz, charging no tolls for passage
Needless to say, Iran refused to agree.
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