Today: Trump - the war in Iran is nearly over (a/k/a "mission accomplished" IRGC - "we will decide when the shooting stops" Don't the guys with guns on the ground in Iran eho control the country know that America has won and they are defeated?

Thank you, @karmashan.bsky.social for just now liking this post from July 2024. Yeah, it's still kind of relevant.

❗️👀 European natural gas prices jumped as the war in the Middle East continues to disrupt shipments of seaborne supplies, - Bloomberg Benchmark futures jumped as much as 30%, currently near €64 a megawatt-hour.

Iran is one of the largest users of the Strait of Hormuz which is why, so far, shippers have remained unconcerned about Iran taking the next step -- mining the Strait. This could change at any time And would mark a substantial escalation.

The Nikkei 225 declined more than 6% as oil broke $100 a barrel and concerns grew that higher energy prices could affect economic growth.

Crude oil futures again rising rapidly on the open this evening, up another 15% from a close on Friday at $90 now to $107 per barrel. Ouch.

In October 2019, Trump threw the Kurds under the bus in N Syria. The Turkish Army were dragging Kurdish leaders into the street and executing them in broad daylight. SecDef Mattis resigned in disgust. The Kurds will *never* trust Trump again.

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"The imperial boomerang is a concept that repressive techniques to control colonial territories by governments will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens" versus "but that would be illegal"

I don't know who needs to hear this, but Iran is not going to surrender, conditionally or not. They just have to out wait Trump's plunging popularity. Eventually, America and Israel will run out of targets and then what?

That Trump repeats calls for Iran's unconditional surrender on same day he's got the defence industrial chiefs round for an emergency meeting on military supplies perfectly sums up his grasp of ends & means.

All the best people /sarc

Trump shooting affordability in the middle of 5th Avenue.

Jared Kushner going to have some explaining to do.

I think we know how this story ends.

Iran's foreign minister says that the country is "not asking for a ceasefire" as the war between Iran, the U.S. and Israel spreads across the region and that "there is no request for the negotiation with the U.S."

Thousands flee Beirut after sweeping Israeli evacuation order ft.trib.al/3ytKeHi

Lewandowski to dump her in 3...2...

"outperform" doing a lot of work here, and I don't mean literally. "ChatGPT, will you go make me some coffee please?"

This headline is designed to provoke passions, but 1. currently, only about 60% of Americans pay income tax. The rest are children, elderly, disabled, or earn below the poverty line, and 2) define "income tax." Lotta people paying Social Security, State & Fed unemployment etc, just not Fed Inc tax.

Iran launched a wave of missiles at Israel early on March 5, sending millions of residents into bomb shelters as the US-Israel war with Iran entered its sixth day and just hours after moves to halt the US air assault were blocked in Washington reut.rs/3Pi9EjJ

And, the story of the mystery man. www.lawdork.com/p/lamberth-c...

I wonder what basis Claude uses for "suggesting targets?" There is a basic rule of battlefield technology -- never release a new technology onto the battlefield unless you have a defense for it, because eventually it will be used against you. Do we have a defense for Claude? For ChatGPT 5.3?

The war in Iran threatens to unleash a wave of inflation at a time when economies worldwide are already in a tight spot. Read more in the Canada Daily newsletter.

Gasoline futures now up 90c/gallon YTD, if that all flows through to retail and prices stay here it’s a $120 billion/year drag for US consumers:

What if this is just misinformation designed to lure Iranian forces out of hiding?

Iranian bombers were ‘two minutes’ from striking US air base before Qatari planes shot them down, @mostafasalemcnn.bsky.social reports: www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/m...

When Judge Jeffrey Bryan took the bench at his courtroom in Minnesota, he had serious questions for the Trump administration: What happened to the personal property of some two dozen immigrant detainees and why shouldn’t officials be held in contempt as a way of ensuring those items get returned?

Blasting microwaves at people in a car to disable their car cannot be healthy for the people.

White House says Trump using preventative skin treatment for neck rash, offers no other details reut.rs/3N4Q4qD

Beth Hammack tells @nytimes.com that the Fed should be on hold for "quite some time" The next move may also not necessarily be down: "If we don’t see inflation moving toward target as I expect, it could mean that we need to put more restriction on the economy" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

China’s government has told the country’s largest oil refiners to suspend exports of diesel and gasoline as an escalating conflict in the Persian Gulf disrupts the arrival of crude from one of the world’s largest producing regions

Iran attacking commercial interests where ever they can.

If you don't understand how rapidly AI will become utterly indispensable to the world, here you go.

What % are US officials or their friends or affiliates getting paid?

Israel, Iran launch fresh attacks as war spreads. Oil tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz have plunged by 90%, reports say. Britain's maritime agency reported a large early-morning explosion near Kuwait, with oil spilling into Gulf waters u.afp.com/Su7E

Mass Surveillance Lite™

Elizabeth Holmes wasn't wrong, just early.

"Dozens". The problem is, Iran has "thousands" of missiles, including long, intermediate and short range, as well as countless manpads, anti-ship misses, artillery, drones, etc, disbursed all over the country. Obviously the US and IDF are focusing on air defense and ballistic missiles first.

The US assault on Iran has stoked fears among Trump’s aides and advisers about the political consequences of being drawn into a prolonged war with no clear endgame and little buy-in from the public, according to several people familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/406kVpI

This would be an absolute stabbing in the back by Trump of one of his closest allies and supporters, Paxton. But Cornyn is going to mop the floor with Paxton in this race, so politically, that's how the blood drips or something.

The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season. www.wired.com/story/trumps...

Seems important.

The US is strangling Cuba. The problem is, blockades affect the entire civilian population -- that is why blockades are illegal under international law, so instead the US calls it a quarantine. There is a right way and a wrong way to go about regime change. This is the wrong way.

Who voted for this slimebag?

GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw became the first House incumbent to lose in a 2026 primary, the Associated Press projected.

A Ukrainian lawmaker has urged Donald Trump to recognize that Russia and Iran "represent the same evil," after the U.S. president once again criticized Ukraine whilst commenting on the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Washington will retaliate if Europe imposes measures that favor its own satellite companies over American ones, the head of the U.S.' communications regulator Brendan Carr told POLITICO.

I keep saying Iran is no Venezuela, but I don't think people grasp how large and widespread the Iranian military is. And of course they hide their military hardware under hospitals and schools, so it won't be easy to bomb without significant and horrific civilian casualties.