I think it's Taco Tuesday (again). Why, you ask? Because Todd Blanche stood behind a podium today and announced the start of a new branch of the DOJ. This "new" branch will be all about convicting "fraud". They also want to make sure that the sentences handed out for conviction are very, very long. (See how all those converted warehouses will come in handy once all the immigrants are dealt with?)
I hate him. He’s an incompetent fool playing with dangerous toys while the rest of us wait and watch. And nary a peep from Republican leadership. They are all complicit
Lynn...that frustration is real…and it's shared by more people than you might think across the political spectrum. I hate him, too. And, I don't want it to be any other way.
What I'll tell you is this. Whether you think he's a genius or a fool…the missiles are real. The clock is real. The men in rooms in Doha and Islamabad trying to buy hours…are real.
That's where I keep my focus. Not because the politics don't matter…but because right now the situation is bigger than any one man's competence or lack of it.
History doesn't pause for our opinions of the people making it.
Jack, you nailed it on the head with “That’s a man playing high-risk poker with a deck he doesn’t understand”. He still doesn’t get it - he can’t bully Iran like he bullies everyone else. They ARE the biggest bully of them all. That government does not care about its population and game is totally at THEIR table. This is Afghanistan on steroids, they are entrenched, they will not back down, they will burn the whole thing g down with them. And Trump and Hegseth do not understand that
Jack, it’s a shit show. Trump backed himself in a corner by not knowing modern warfare has changed. He’s dealing with a nation at produce is 10,000 drones a month. So many of their drones and ballistic missiles are hidden underground or in the mountains
Yesterday he ran and produced its 10 point plan, which was clear victory for them. Trump’s ego has to be in a rage mode. I don’t think he can do it taco Tuesday he would be disrespected around the world.
If this goes forward, Iran will take out the gas and oil that remains untouched in the Gulf nations. The environmental disaster will be unimaginable.
To the world, it will bring hyper inflation and ultimately a depression. Worldwide. Countries like Russia, who are on the brink of collapse with financially fall off the cliff. That’s good news.
Last night I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking of my hedges and how I could stay on my toes financially through this quagmire as I’m dying. I figured out some things and today I bought oil which I anticipate will go way up. I didn’t buy enough to hurt myself. So I could always sell a loss. I have other hedges, but I know it’s gonna happen to some of them gold will initially go down before it becomes one of the favorite liquid holdings.
But beyond that the human suffering will cause this iteration of the GOP to go down in history like Hoover. If there is a history.
George...you're thinking about this exactly right…on EVERY level.
The drone math...alone...should terrify every planner in the Pentagon. You can't bomb your way through 10,000 a month when half the inventory is buried in granite. You can't.
You're also right about the ten-point plan. Iran. Did. Not. Blink. They negotiated. That's not the behavior of a cornered regime…that's a government that believes time is ITS on side.
The Gulf oil infrastructure as a retaliatory target…that's the scenario...that keeps energy markets up at night. And...you're already positioned for it. Smart.
On the human cost…the Hoover parallel is apt. History doesn't forget who held the PEN.
Get some sleep when you can.
The best hedge of all is staying CLEAR-HEADED when everyone else is panicking.
The man is insane. Israel, who knows how far they will take things? And there is the possibility that WHATEVER they do will not be good for anyone anywhere for a very long time. Iran is playing the long game, Trump never looks past the end of his nose. #HoldingFast
Roberta...that hashtag tells me everything I need to know about you.
You're holding. Good!
Here's what I'll add to your read…
Iran has been playing the long game since 1979. They've outlasted eight American presidents…multiple sanctions regimes…and a war with Iraq that killed a million people.|
They know how to WAIT.
Trump's entire career...has been built on the next quarter…the next headline…the next deal. Those are two fundamentally different clocks...running in the same room.
And Israel…
You're right to watch them separately. They have their own calculus…their own red lines…and they answer to their OWN timeline. Not Washington's.
The most dangerous moments in history...rarely come from the main players making a decision. They come from a third party…making a move…that nobody modeled.
trump reminds me of Josh Powell, killing (allegedly) his wife, then holding their children hostage while the world watched in disbelief. Then killed both of those babies and then himself. That is what this reminds me of. Total insanity, but this madman is holding 93 million innocents while he holds the torch to kill them, and us.
I wish there was as least one sane person that could stand in front of him and scream "you are f**king crazy and will never be trusted again. And forget about the midterms because that is also lost with this craziness". But that is wishful thinking and I know that. I would rather see the men in the white coats come in and take hi to th looney bin. Prayers that he does the TACO again for all the souls in the middle east. Someone need to remove BB too.
Thank you, Jack. Is it safe to assume Russia continues to provide coordinates to Iran and China continues to provide them with ordnances and software? I guess my question overall is what are the other world powers up to today? Is a pre-emptive strike on North America likely? Ellie Leonard queried on video, what would have happened on Sept 10, 2001, if Bin Laden had a made a post similar to what 47 posted?
Cheetolini thinks he's Kennedy, eyeball to eyeball with Kruschev and it just ain't so; he has put our nation in another "no win situation". There is no graceful offramp...time for him to be removed, by hook or by crook...
I have a bad feeling about this. What is worse there is little we can do to stop it. With these fools In charge it might not just be one civilization but all civilization. Not only will it make the US a global pariah it will destroy our confidence in our government. No matter what happens we do not make it through this unscathed.
Trump and Hegseth are playing Russian roulette with 5 of the 6 chambers loaded. Personally, I don't like the odds.
Steven...that metaphor is uncomfortably accurate…and here's what makes it worse.
In a standard game of Russian roulette…at least everyone at the table knows the rules.
Right now…Tehran, Islamabad, Doha, Jerusalem…they're ALL trying to read a player who has demonstrated he'll change the rules...mid-hand.
That unpredictability...that...itself...IS the strategy. Whether it's genius or catastrophe…we find out tonight. Stay locked in, Steven!
#HoldFast
-Jack
I think it's Taco Tuesday (again). Why, you ask? Because Todd Blanche stood behind a podium today and announced the start of a new branch of the DOJ. This "new" branch will be all about convicting "fraud". They also want to make sure that the sentences handed out for conviction are very, very long. (See how all those converted warehouses will come in handy once all the immigrants are dealt with?)
Great comment. I’ll be watching “All in” with Chris Hayes an Fix news to gauge reactions
I hate him. He’s an incompetent fool playing with dangerous toys while the rest of us wait and watch. And nary a peep from Republican leadership. They are all complicit
Lynn...that frustration is real…and it's shared by more people than you might think across the political spectrum. I hate him, too. And, I don't want it to be any other way.
What I'll tell you is this. Whether you think he's a genius or a fool…the missiles are real. The clock is real. The men in rooms in Doha and Islamabad trying to buy hours…are real.
That's where I keep my focus. Not because the politics don't matter…but because right now the situation is bigger than any one man's competence or lack of it.
History doesn't pause for our opinions of the people making it.
Stay locked in!
#HoldFast
-Jack
Jack, you nailed it on the head with “That’s a man playing high-risk poker with a deck he doesn’t understand”. He still doesn’t get it - he can’t bully Iran like he bullies everyone else. They ARE the biggest bully of them all. That government does not care about its population and game is totally at THEIR table. This is Afghanistan on steroids, they are entrenched, they will not back down, they will burn the whole thing g down with them. And Trump and Hegseth do not understand that
Terry...you nailed the core problem.
Leverage...requires the other side to VALUE what you're threatening to take away.
Iran's government has spent 47 years...proving it DOESN'T.
Not its economy. Not its infrastructure. Not its people's comfort.
That's not weakness. That's a different kind of strength…and one that conventional pressure campaigns are NOT built to break.
Afghanistan on steroids.
That's exactly what it is.
#HoldFast
-Jack
He is more than a few cards short of a full deck.
Jack, it’s a shit show. Trump backed himself in a corner by not knowing modern warfare has changed. He’s dealing with a nation at produce is 10,000 drones a month. So many of their drones and ballistic missiles are hidden underground or in the mountains
Yesterday he ran and produced its 10 point plan, which was clear victory for them. Trump’s ego has to be in a rage mode. I don’t think he can do it taco Tuesday he would be disrespected around the world.
If this goes forward, Iran will take out the gas and oil that remains untouched in the Gulf nations. The environmental disaster will be unimaginable.
To the world, it will bring hyper inflation and ultimately a depression. Worldwide. Countries like Russia, who are on the brink of collapse with financially fall off the cliff. That’s good news.
Last night I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking of my hedges and how I could stay on my toes financially through this quagmire as I’m dying. I figured out some things and today I bought oil which I anticipate will go way up. I didn’t buy enough to hurt myself. So I could always sell a loss. I have other hedges, but I know it’s gonna happen to some of them gold will initially go down before it becomes one of the favorite liquid holdings.
But beyond that the human suffering will cause this iteration of the GOP to go down in history like Hoover. If there is a history.
George...you're thinking about this exactly right…on EVERY level.
The drone math...alone...should terrify every planner in the Pentagon. You can't bomb your way through 10,000 a month when half the inventory is buried in granite. You can't.
You're also right about the ten-point plan. Iran. Did. Not. Blink. They negotiated. That's not the behavior of a cornered regime…that's a government that believes time is ITS on side.
The Gulf oil infrastructure as a retaliatory target…that's the scenario...that keeps energy markets up at night. And...you're already positioned for it. Smart.
On the human cost…the Hoover parallel is apt. History doesn't forget who held the PEN.
Get some sleep when you can.
The best hedge of all is staying CLEAR-HEADED when everyone else is panicking.
You're doing that.
#HoldFast
-Jack
The man is insane. Israel, who knows how far they will take things? And there is the possibility that WHATEVER they do will not be good for anyone anywhere for a very long time. Iran is playing the long game, Trump never looks past the end of his nose. #HoldingFast
Roberta...that hashtag tells me everything I need to know about you.
You're holding. Good!
Here's what I'll add to your read…
Iran has been playing the long game since 1979. They've outlasted eight American presidents…multiple sanctions regimes…and a war with Iraq that killed a million people.|
They know how to WAIT.
Trump's entire career...has been built on the next quarter…the next headline…the next deal. Those are two fundamentally different clocks...running in the same room.
And Israel…
You're right to watch them separately. They have their own calculus…their own red lines…and they answer to their OWN timeline. Not Washington's.
The most dangerous moments in history...rarely come from the main players making a decision. They come from a third party…making a move…that nobody modeled.
Stay sharp. Stay hedged. Keep holding!
#HoldFast
-Jack
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https://bandyxlee.substack.com/p/emergency-appeal-to-the-four-living?r=qoyen&utm_medium=ios
I read this. She is right. Looking for our living presidents to step up. Maybe the drama of it will stop the madness.
trump reminds me of Josh Powell, killing (allegedly) his wife, then holding their children hostage while the world watched in disbelief. Then killed both of those babies and then himself. That is what this reminds me of. Total insanity, but this madman is holding 93 million innocents while he holds the torch to kill them, and us.
I wish there was as least one sane person that could stand in front of him and scream "you are f**king crazy and will never be trusted again. And forget about the midterms because that is also lost with this craziness". But that is wishful thinking and I know that. I would rather see the men in the white coats come in and take hi to th looney bin. Prayers that he does the TACO again for all the souls in the middle east. Someone need to remove BB too.
#HOLD FAST
Teri
Thank you, Jack. Is it safe to assume Russia continues to provide coordinates to Iran and China continues to provide them with ordnances and software? I guess my question overall is what are the other world powers up to today? Is a pre-emptive strike on North America likely? Ellie Leonard queried on video, what would have happened on Sept 10, 2001, if Bin Laden had a made a post similar to what 47 posted?
Cheetolini thinks he's Kennedy, eyeball to eyeball with Kruschev and it just ain't so; he has put our nation in another "no win situation". There is no graceful offramp...time for him to be removed, by hook or by crook...
Republican Senators, Congressmen and anyone who voted for them or Trump are complicit.
I have a bad feeling about this. What is worse there is little we can do to stop it. With these fools In charge it might not just be one civilization but all civilization. Not only will it make the US a global pariah it will destroy our confidence in our government. No matter what happens we do not make it through this unscathed.