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Little Khamenei, Who Is Probably Dead or In a Coma, May Inherit His Corrupt Father's $95 BILLION Business Empire
Gee I wonder why Iranians are so poor.
And reportedly 90% as dead.
Mojtaba Khamenei will rule over the repressed Iranian population with an iron fist after replacing his slain father as the country's Supreme Leader. The 'vengeful' cleric, 56, is backed by the hardline Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and is viewed as even more extreme and oppressive than his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Word is (from Tousi) that the regime is running out of money, so they're just now looting it from the population.
Iran's new leader is said to want to 'seek revenge' against the US or even ordinary Iranians for the killing of his father and his wife. Mojtaba, who has been wounded in the war, has not been seen in public since the outbreak of conflict and has been earmarked for assassination by Israel. But as he asserts his power over his beleaguered nation he could benefit from his father's extraordinary business empire, worth an estimated $95billion, which he built up by systematically seizing thousands of properties belonging to ordinary Iranians.
And lest you think that rapacious looting of public money is something only foreign tyrants do, look what Ayatollah Obama is up to.
And despite being sanctioned by the US in 2019, Mojtaba is said to oversee an investment empire of over 100million pounds, with access to luxury properties in north London and bank accounts in the UK, Switzerland, UAE and Liechtenstein. He is believed to own 11 properties on The Bishops Avenue - an exclusive street in Hampstead, north London, also known as 'Billionaires' Row' and two luxury apartments overlooking the Israeli embassy in London. The sixth and seventh floor apartments near the Israeli embassy, which come with servants' quarters on the ground floor, are a stone's throw from Kensington Palace, the official residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales. ... As for the funding of this substantial portfolio, Mojtaba is believed to have siphoned off profit from Iranian oil sales, before funnelling it through his opaque network to evade international sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran's military and political operations.
Read the whole thing.
The scandal-plagued Obama Presidential Center in Chicago already stirred up plenty of controversy. Now the money trail surrounding it raises even more uncomfortable questions about how former President Barack Obama's inner circle is cashing in while taxpayers get screwed over.
New federal tax filings reveal the staggering salaries flowing through the Obama Foundation as construction of the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park nears completion. The foundation will operate the massive 19.3-acre campus, which sits on publicly owned Chicago parkland. The project includes a museum, an athletic center, and a public library branch. It will not operate as a traditional presidential library overseen by the National Archives. The land it sits on is a big part of the scheme. The Obama Foundation secured a 99-year agreement with the city, under which the foundation pays just $10 per year to use the plot. That deal alone costs Chicago tens of millions of dollars in potential value while handing over prime public property to a private nonprofit run by a former president. With such a sweet deal in place, the foundation has been able to pay its officers inflated salaries, the most eye‑popping of which is paid to Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama's closest political confidantes. Jarrett "earned" $740,000 in 2024 as CEO of the Obama Foundation. That salary easily outpaces the compensation paid to leaders at several other presidential foundations.
Six of the foundation's 10 highest-paid executives previously held senior roles in the Obama administration or campaign. David Simas, Obama's former White House political director, earned up to $626,000 annually while leading the foundation from 2017 through 2020. Adewale Adeyemo, another senior Obama official who later became deputy Treasury secretary under Joe Biden, earned about $540,000 as the foundation's first president.
Meanwhile, this third-world scumbag just got roasted by Jesse Jackson's son for making the Jackson funeral all about him and partisan Democrat politics. Adam Carolla:
"Illinois Democrats are truly living their best lives -- making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help design the ugliest building in Chicago," Illinois GOP Chairman Kathy Salvi said. Though, to be fair, it might be the ugliest building in the country. "Their jaw-dropping salaries prove that Illinois' culture of corruption is alive and well as Barack Obama's top allies rake in the cash."
"He's like the quiet race hustler," Carolla said of Obama, who routinely made race-based matters worse both during and after his presidency. Just ask his "son," Trayvon Martin. "He's not big and blathering. He seems calculated, and also he speaks in a cadence where you go, 'this guy's got wisdom. This guy knows what he's talking about.' But all he does is race hustle, beat up this country and lie. "He's the first black president. It could have gone so differently," Carolla continued. "He really could have been impactful, a man in his position ... he and his wife, who's worse than him, all they do is sit around and bad mouth this country and tell us how bad it is."
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First!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:35 PM (ZOv7s)
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Whoa! And I read the content. Unpossible!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:36 PM (ZOv7s)
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Local reports from Iranian journalists claim the US Air Force struck an underground missile storage facility in Qods, central Iran, using the GBU-43/B "Mother of All Bombs" — the military's most powerful non-nuclear weapon.
Embrace the concussion dirt bags.
Embrace the concussion dirt bags.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2026 04:36 PM (abIsI)
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Hola
Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 11, 2026 04:36 PM (LdBR/)
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>>>His Corrupt Father's $95 BILLION Business Empire
If he was a cardboard box magnate, I will literally LMAO.
If he was a cardboard box magnate, I will literally LMAO.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2026 04:37 PM (OfCjF)
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Austere Muslim Scholar Mojtaba Khamenei
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at March 11, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)
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Little Khamenei, Who Is Probably Dead or In a Coma, May Inherit His Corrupt Father's $95 BILLION Business Empire
Quick! Let's get this guy a fake SSN and get him on the books! He's a goldmine!!!
Quick! Let's get this guy a fake SSN and get him on the books! He's a goldmine!!!
Posted by: LA Hospice Fraudsters at March 11, 2026 04:38 PM (JCZqz)
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all warfare is a race between offensive and defensive strategies.
Well, it looks like Iran finally beat us -- what are we gonna do, blow up all the paper mills?
Well, it looks like Iran finally beat us -- what are we gonna do, blow up all the paper mills?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 04:38 PM (948bW)
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So I guess the LCS tubs are actually good at something. Malcolm Nance is getting dragged for thinking we still sweep mines like it's 1985, when instead the LCS have three minesweepers that serve as nodes for RPV to do the dangerous work, and there are apparently A-10s flying CAS for them, lest any Iranian attack boats show up thirsty for GAU love.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)
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Austere religious scholars need billion dollar portfolios too.
Posted by: mr tmz at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (rJ48h)
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If there is not a cardboard ayatollah Twitter account yet, I will be very disappointed in the internet.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (OfCjF)
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I won't hold my breath waiting for the South Park bit on this
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (PYyV9)
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Also, we're using sharks with frickin' LASERS to kill the mines.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (ZOv7s)
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Little Khamenei, Who Is Probably Dead or In a Coma, May Inherit His Corrupt Father's $95 BILLION Business Empire
Sounds like he may have a leg up in the business world.
Sounds like he may have a leg up in the business world.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (2WIwB)
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The Triggernometry guys were on Rogan today and they said that they don't know what the "end game" is for the Iran war.
The goals have been clearly stated - literally every CENTCOM briefing starts out with the goals:
1) Elimination of Iran's nuclear program and industry related to the manufacturing thereof.
2) Elimination of Iran's ballistic missile launch, storage and manufacturing capabilities.
3) Elimination of Iran's drone launch, storage and manufacturing capabilities.
4) Elimination of the threat to commercial international shipping.
I don't understand why people find this so g*damned confusing. It's been stated over and over again.
The goals have been clearly stated - literally every CENTCOM briefing starts out with the goals:
1) Elimination of Iran's nuclear program and industry related to the manufacturing thereof.
2) Elimination of Iran's ballistic missile launch, storage and manufacturing capabilities.
3) Elimination of Iran's drone launch, storage and manufacturing capabilities.
4) Elimination of the threat to commercial international shipping.
I don't understand why people find this so g*damned confusing. It's been stated over and over again.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (WYStd)
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All warfare is a test of will power, and logistics, but mostly, logistics.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (4NO2D)
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Mojtaba Khamenei will rule over the repressed Iranian population with an iron fist after replacing his slain father as the country's Supreme Leader.
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I was under the impression that we (maybe more Israel) were doing something about that iron fist.
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I was under the impression that we (maybe more Israel) were doing something about that iron fist.
Posted by: Methos at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (vSvIl)
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Seize the accounts. Turn on the Venezuelan oil spigots. Give me the USA tax payer 5k. I paid for the fraud. I want my cut!
Posted by: kingsman at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (ehY6c)
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And despite being sanctioned by the US in 2019, Mojtaba is said to oversee an investment empire of over 100million pounds, with access to luxury properties in north London and bank accounts in the UK, Switzerland, UAE and Liechtenstein.
So we demonetized Vlad Putin or hell Alex Jones...but the Supreme Leader of Iran had his finances in Britain and that was just ok?!?
So we demonetized Vlad Putin or hell Alex Jones...but the Supreme Leader of Iran had his finances in Britain and that was just ok?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
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Have you seen that hideous edifice they have built?
Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2026 04:42 PM (YwEeS)
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Good to see IKEA getting a piece of the action.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (OfCjF)
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I wonder if being the (next dead) Ayatollah was part of the deal to get the $95B Empire. If not, he should live somewhere in exile ... or maybe he really is a True Believer ... a True Twelver.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (vbXSk)
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I don't understand why people find this so g*damned confusing. It's been stated over and over again.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (WYStd)
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They don't understand the concept of a "punitive expedition," which is what this is. You neuter Iran and then let them stew in it. No cease fire until the regime falls, and until then, just keep up pressure until their standoff and anti-shipping assets are used up.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (WYStd)
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They don't understand the concept of a "punitive expedition," which is what this is. You neuter Iran and then let them stew in it. No cease fire until the regime falls, and until then, just keep up pressure until their standoff and anti-shipping assets are used up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (ZOv7s)
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Missed opportunity here - if only a drone had crashed right into that cardboard figure during the ceremony!
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (Vpqw1)
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David Simas, Obama's former White House political director, earned up to $626,000 annually while leading the foundation from 2017 through 2020. Adewale Adeyemo, another senior Obama official who later became deputy Treasury secretary under Joe Biden, earned about $540,000 as the foundation's first president.
Didn't some prominent leftist tell us there is a certain point at which you've earned enough?
Didn't some prominent leftist tell us there is a certain point at which you've earned enough?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)
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All warfare is a test of will power, and logistics, but mostly, logistics.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (4NO2D)
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Written on the walls of the Pentagon latrines.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (4NO2D)
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Written on the walls of the Pentagon latrines.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:44 PM (ZOv7s)
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I have an idea if Thune plays games with the filibuster and "fails" to pass the SAVE with 53 votes.
Trump should copy the text of the "failed" legislation and sign it. He can have the President of the Senate on hand to deliver it (that would be Vance).
Vance can tell Trump, the Senate voted and it got a majority, and that means it passed. Then Trump can immediately get it enacted as law.
Trump should copy the text of the "failed" legislation and sign it. He can have the President of the Senate on hand to deliver it (that would be Vance).
Vance can tell Trump, the Senate voted and it got a majority, and that means it passed. Then Trump can immediately get it enacted as law.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 11, 2026 04:44 PM (gKWVE)
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15 I just ignore all foreigners. Their nations either have not been military powers for so long or never were that they have no conception of a successful military operation.
Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2026 04:45 PM (YwEeS)
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16 All warfare is a test of will power, and logistics, but mostly, logistics.
Posted by: toby928(c)
NOW you tell us!!!
Posted by: toby928(c)
NOW you tell us!!!
Posted by: WW2 Japanese Merchant Marine after 3 years of US sub warfare at March 11, 2026 04:45 PM (JCZqz)
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12 I won't hold my breath waiting for the South Park bit on this
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (PYyV9)
They won't touch it. Because they are, fundamentally cowards and cheap shot artists.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (PYyV9)
They won't touch it. Because they are, fundamentally cowards and cheap shot artists.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:45 PM (pDt9x)
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I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. And when I say you, I mean you folks, I'm not referring to me or any of my folks.
- B.O.
- B.O.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 04:46 PM (Dv3i1)
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I wonder what Biden's library would look like
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 11, 2026 04:46 PM (REq0p)
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>>> James Talarico Says Displaying Ten Commandments Is “Violence”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (ndZc7)
From the last thread...
One of my hippie aunts left Christianity and refused to teach her kids scriptures, because if all the violent stories in them.
Her daughter is now a Christian, and goes to one of the churches with rock bands. The kids wear protective headphones when they go. I loved the irony.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (ndZc7)
From the last thread...
One of my hippie aunts left Christianity and refused to teach her kids scriptures, because if all the violent stories in them.
Her daughter is now a Christian, and goes to one of the churches with rock bands. The kids wear protective headphones when they go. I loved the irony.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:47 PM (lHl+o)
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The militaries of the world, including the US, reportedly have cavitating autocannon rounds that can travel deep into water, like 100 feet deep or more. I wonder if any of these are in use to deal with underwater threats.
The militaries of the world, including the US, reportedly have cavitating autocannon rounds that can travel deep into water, like 100 feet deep or more. I wonder if any of these are in use to deal with underwater threats.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 04:47 PM (xPNeT)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:47 PM (ndZc7)
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and there are apparently A-10s flying CAS for them, lest any Iranian attack boats show up thirsty for GAU love.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)
So they do have A-10's in theater. Please pry one or two loose to strafe Khameini's funeral procession. Good way to seriously reduce the ranks of the True Believers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)
So they do have A-10's in theater. Please pry one or two loose to strafe Khameini's funeral procession. Good way to seriously reduce the ranks of the True Believers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 04:47 PM (8zz6B)
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Meanwhile, this third-world scumbag just got roasted by Jesse Jackson's son for making the Jackson funeral all about him and partisan Democrat politics.
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Surely Jackson would not dare imply that it wasn't all about Obama. Everything is.
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Surely Jackson would not dare imply that it wasn't all about Obama. Everything is.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 11, 2026 04:48 PM (AlhUl)
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I would say that he's a dead man walking, but apparently he's not even walking.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 11, 2026 04:48 PM (eStot)
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I don't understand why people find this so g*damned confusing. It's been stated over and over again.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (WYStd)
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They don't understand the concept of a "punitive expedition," which is what this is. You neuter Iran and then let them stew in it. No cease fire until the regime falls, and until then, just keep up pressure until their standoff and anti-shipping assets are used up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (ZOv7s)
They understand it fine. They just want to stop it, because they are on the other side.
Leftists were the ones in our forever wars made bank by getting NGOs installed in these places and cashing checks from the government while troops dealt with the occupying and fighting. If we just break stuff and go away, how will they cash in?
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (WYStd)
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They don't understand the concept of a "punitive expedition," which is what this is. You neuter Iran and then let them stew in it. No cease fire until the regime falls, and until then, just keep up pressure until their standoff and anti-shipping assets are used up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (ZOv7s)
They understand it fine. They just want to stop it, because they are on the other side.
Leftists were the ones in our forever wars made bank by getting NGOs installed in these places and cashing checks from the government while troops dealt with the occupying and fighting. If we just break stuff and go away, how will they cash in?
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
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One of my hippie aunts left Christianity and refused to teach her kids scriptures, because if all the violent stories in them.
I wonder if you asked her if we should teach about slavery because of the inherent violence in the institution what she'd say...
I wonder if you asked her if we should teach about slavery because of the inherent violence in the institution what she'd say...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:48 PM (sKqQm)
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Malcolm Nance...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)
He seems like a cunt. He is giddy, reposting every bad report on the war, even though most are obviously bullsh*t.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)
He seems like a cunt. He is giddy, reposting every bad report on the war, even though most are obviously bullsh*t.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2026 04:48 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 04:48 PM (Dv3i1)
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oh, no, Supreme Deluxe is Big Mad ! probably more like his acolytes who are still breathing.
Witkoff relayed some of what transpired in "negotiations", their (Islamic Republic) reps told Witkoff that they feel they have an inalienable right to Nukkelar weapons. To which Witkoff replied that the US (Donald Trump) feels he has inalienable right to take it away from them. *not an exact quote, but something like that
Witkoff relayed some of what transpired in "negotiations", their (Islamic Republic) reps told Witkoff that they feel they have an inalienable right to Nukkelar weapons. To which Witkoff replied that the US (Donald Trump) feels he has inalienable right to take it away from them. *not an exact quote, but something like that
Posted by: runner at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (GD0B3)
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I wonder what Biden's library would look like
Dr Seuss and picture albums of Ashley bathing as a kid
Dr Seuss and picture albums of Ashley bathing as a kid
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)
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two things no one is talking about.
1. The fact that Iran holds a sword over all our heads thanks to the strait seems to reinforce justification for war, not the other way. If they can do this after losing so much capability so quickly, doesn't that mean they are something we had better deal with before they (a) get a nuke, or (b) their pal China invades Taiwan?
2. My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
1. The fact that Iran holds a sword over all our heads thanks to the strait seems to reinforce justification for war, not the other way. If they can do this after losing so much capability so quickly, doesn't that mean they are something we had better deal with before they (a) get a nuke, or (b) their pal China invades Taiwan?
2. My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (948bW)
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The 'vengeful' cleric, 56, is backed by the hardline Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and is viewed as even more extreme and oppressive than his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
And reportedly 90% as dead.
Shouldn't be hard to edge him over that final 10%.
And reportedly 90% as dead.
Shouldn't be hard to edge him over that final 10%.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2026 04:50 PM (MwdeY)
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Biden already has his library. It's where the Corvette is parked.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 11, 2026 04:50 PM (eStot)
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wonder what Biden's library would look like
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 11, 2026
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It would *look* great . . . but nobody would know where anything is on the shelves.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 11, 2026
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It would *look* great . . . but nobody would know where anything is on the shelves.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 04:50 PM (wzUl9)
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And despite being sanctioned by the US in 2019, Mojtaba is said to oversee an investment empire of over 100million pounds, with access to luxury properties in north London and bank accounts in the UK, Switzerland, UAE and Liechtenstein.
So we demonetized Vlad Putin or hell Alex Jones...but the Supreme Leader of Iran had his finances in Britain and that was just ok?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
It was OK with the British bankers.
So we demonetized Vlad Putin or hell Alex Jones...but the Supreme Leader of Iran had his finances in Britain and that was just ok?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
It was OK with the British bankers.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:50 PM (8avO+)
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He is giddy, reposting every bad report on the war, even though most are obviously bullsh*t.
He's a nancy
He's a nancy
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:51 PM (PYyV9)
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The Obama Presidential Center building is, much like Barack himself, a giant butt-plug shoved painfully up the ass of America.
Posted by: davidt at March 11, 2026 04:51 PM (Q+gd/)
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>>> With such a sweet deal in place, the foundation has been able to pay its officers inflated salaries, the most eye‑popping of which is paid to Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama's closest political confidantes. Jarrett "earned" $740,000 in 2024 as CEO of the Obama Foundation. That salary easily outpaces the compensation paid to leaders at several other presidential foundations.
It has been pointed out Michelle had a massive staff as First Lady, and Melania has just a fraction of that. Some people know how to play the grifting game to the max.
As Adams said, our republic is only fit for a moral people, who take judeo Christian ethics seriously and hold themselves accountable.
It has been pointed out Michelle had a massive staff as First Lady, and Melania has just a fraction of that. Some people know how to play the grifting game to the max.
As Adams said, our republic is only fit for a moral people, who take judeo Christian ethics seriously and hold themselves accountable.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:51 PM (9TwL3)
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He seems calculated, and also he speaks in a cadence where you go, 'this guy's got wisdom. This guy knows what he's talking about.'
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It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent. (Note: I did recognize that Bill Clinton was smart.) All he ever had going for him was his excellent talent in mimicking precisely what the chattering classes THINK intelligence looks like. But that is something very different than intelligence. Just listen to him sometime. Yes, it's an unpleasant task. But you will realize he is just mouthing platitudinous blather. There is no intellect there.
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It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent. (Note: I did recognize that Bill Clinton was smart.) All he ever had going for him was his excellent talent in mimicking precisely what the chattering classes THINK intelligence looks like. But that is something very different than intelligence. Just listen to him sometime. Yes, it's an unpleasant task. But you will realize he is just mouthing platitudinous blather. There is no intellect there.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 11, 2026 04:51 PM (AlhUl)
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"Illinois Democrats are truly living their best lives -- making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help design the ugliest building in Chicago,"
This is known as being on the right side of history.
This is known as being on the right side of history.
Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 04:52 PM (GUOwU)
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The militaries of the world, including the US, reportedly have cavitating autocannon rounds that can travel deep into water, like 100 feet deep or more. I wonder if any of these are in use to deal with underwater threats.
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The NAVY has this thing called Mine Counter Measures. Lots of ways to counter mines. I worked for them for a couple of years. My guess, is all their counter measures are remotely operated today.
The militaries of the world, including the US, reportedly have cavitating autocannon rounds that can travel deep into water, like 100 feet deep or more. I wonder if any of these are in use to deal with underwater threats.
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The NAVY has this thing called Mine Counter Measures. Lots of ways to counter mines. I worked for them for a couple of years. My guess, is all their counter measures are remotely operated today.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 11, 2026 04:53 PM (pZ64F)
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" $850 million Obama Presidential Center"
Shouldn't that money be spent feeding the poor of Chicago? 850 million dollars would buy a lot of Chicago style hot dogs for all the poor children in Chicago.
Shouldn't that money be spent feeding the poor of Chicago? 850 million dollars would buy a lot of Chicago style hot dogs for all the poor children in Chicago.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 11, 2026 04:53 PM (0Htd1)
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Obama is a Mimic, plain and simple.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:53 PM (pDt9x)
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>>>1. The fact that Iran holds a sword over all our heads thanks to the strait seems to reinforce justification for war, not the other way.
That's a good point that hadn't really occurred to me. I'll admit I've been pessimistic about this conflict but I am happy to be wrong.
That's a good point that hadn't really occurred to me. I'll admit I've been pessimistic about this conflict but I am happy to be wrong.
Posted by: Max Power at March 11, 2026 04:53 PM (q177U)
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I had a friend that delivered his daughter, Arrow, in a tipi. She's now a Mormon housewife with several kids.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (gQ15S)
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And despite being sanctioned by the US in 2019, Mojtaba is said to oversee an investment empire of over 100million pounds, with access to luxury properties in north London and bank accounts in the UK, Switzerland, UAE and Liechtenstein.
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So he can afford to buy a new leg, or a new dick.
And despite being sanctioned by the US in 2019, Mojtaba is said to oversee an investment empire of over 100million pounds, with access to luxury properties in north London and bank accounts in the UK, Switzerland, UAE and Liechtenstein.
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So he can afford to buy a new leg, or a new dick.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (HLgI3)
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James Talarico Says Displaying Ten Commandments Is “Violence”
Deuteronomy is the basis behind Montesquieu's separation of the judiciary from the crown. The Ten Commandments bind even the King of Israel.
Deuteronomy is the basis behind Montesquieu's separation of the judiciary from the crown. The Ten Commandments bind even the King of Israel.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (Kt19C)
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2. My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
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How fungible is it really?
Oh, you're shipping oil to China instead of us now?
+100% tariffs, mofo. Also we make no guarantees on the safety of vessels headed their way.
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How fungible is it really?
Oh, you're shipping oil to China instead of us now?
+100% tariffs, mofo. Also we make no guarantees on the safety of vessels headed their way.
Posted by: Methos at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (vSvIl)
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I wonder what Biden's library would look like
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 11, 2026 04:46 PM (REq0p)
Constructed entirely of Tinkertoys. Free crayons upon request!
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 11, 2026 04:46 PM (REq0p)
Constructed entirely of Tinkertoys. Free crayons upon request!
Posted by: hobbitopoly at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (k9OZB)
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@9 hadn't heard from Malcolm Nance in a while. Still an idiot
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2026 04:55 PM (qBBPl)
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>>> The project includes a museum, an athletic center, and a public library branch. It will not operate as a traditional presidential library overseen by the National Archives
So there is no oversight by the national archives? The wording is confusing.
I liked the Babylon Bee's article about how you'll be able to print your own birth certificate there.
So there is no oversight by the national archives? The wording is confusing.
I liked the Babylon Bee's article about how you'll be able to print your own birth certificate there.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:55 PM (9TwL3)
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Da "Chicago" Bears haven't bent the knee... yet.
Greektown remains a fun place I feel safe in at night, but Brandon's prolly got a plan to flood the the zone wif righteous protesters should the need arise.
Let the flack tower stand as a symbol of the evil that it represents.
Da "Chicago" Bears haven't bent the knee... yet.
Greektown remains a fun place I feel safe in at night, but Brandon's prolly got a plan to flood the the zone wif righteous protesters should the need arise.
Let the flack tower stand as a symbol of the evil that it represents.
Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 04:55 PM (Y8DZL)
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59 I had a friend that delivered his daughter, Arrow, in a tipi. She's now a Mormon housewife with several kids.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (gQ15S)
This is a - strange comment.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (gQ15S)
This is a - strange comment.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:55 PM (pDt9x)
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The Triggernometry guys were on Rogan today and they said that they don't know what the "end game" is for the Iran war.
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He killed girls!
He has no plan!
He promised no wars!
Oil will be $150!
Nuclear World War IV Apocalypse you guys!!
All just poo flung on the wall.
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He killed girls!
He has no plan!
He promised no wars!
Oil will be $150!
Nuclear World War IV Apocalypse you guys!!
All just poo flung on the wall.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 04:55 PM (RIvkX)
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Yes, it's an unpleasant task. But you will realize he is just mouthing platitudinous blather. There is no intellect there.
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Reminds me of Jordan Peterson, I genuinely liked some of his really early stuff but then he got to just talking without having any substance behind them
I remember at one townhall a member of audience asked him a question that literally just needed a one sentence answer and he went on for 10 minutes about something, I dont know?
Thats when he started to go downhill for me, amongst other reasons
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Reminds me of Jordan Peterson, I genuinely liked some of his really early stuff but then he got to just talking without having any substance behind them
I remember at one townhall a member of audience asked him a question that literally just needed a one sentence answer and he went on for 10 minutes about something, I dont know?
Thats when he started to go downhill for me, amongst other reasons
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 11, 2026 04:56 PM (REq0p)
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2. My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (948bW)
When the new Shah takes power, he brings in American oilfield pros to get all back up and running in a matter of months.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (948bW)
When the new Shah takes power, he brings in American oilfield pros to get all back up and running in a matter of months.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 04:56 PM (8zz6B)
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Whoa! Think of how much moolah The purple dog lipped SCOAMF would have gathered up up if you people would have let him be clear.
Posted by: Minuteman at March 11, 2026 04:56 PM (47/pr)
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two things no one is talking about.
1. The fact that Iran holds a sword over all our heads thanks to the strait seems to reinforce justification for war, not the other way. If they can do this after losing so much capability so quickly, doesn't that mean they are something we had better deal with before they (a) get a nuke, or (b) their pal China invades Taiwan?
2. My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (948bW)
I doubt the IGRC has any plans for anything aside from dodging shells and bombs.
But the any destruction in Iran just hurts Iran and the new government until it is fixed up. Any shortfall in oil supply can be covered by increased production elsewhere and/or desanctioning Russian oil.
1. The fact that Iran holds a sword over all our heads thanks to the strait seems to reinforce justification for war, not the other way. If they can do this after losing so much capability so quickly, doesn't that mean they are something we had better deal with before they (a) get a nuke, or (b) their pal China invades Taiwan?
2. My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (948bW)
I doubt the IGRC has any plans for anything aside from dodging shells and bombs.
But the any destruction in Iran just hurts Iran and the new government until it is fixed up. Any shortfall in oil supply can be covered by increased production elsewhere and/or desanctioning Russian oil.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:56 PM (8avO+)
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As for the "violent stories" in the Bible, a lot of it is actual history. What was the Bible supposed to report about Hazael's rampage, Sennacherib's siege or Josiah's wars (not all of them successful)? That they just used harsh language?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 11, 2026 04:57 PM (gKWVE)
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It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent. (Note: I did recognize that Bill Clinton was smart.) All he ever had going for him was his excellent talent in mimicking precisely what the chattering classes THINK intelligence looks like. But that is something very different than intelligence. Just listen to him sometime. Yes, it's an unpleasant task. But you will realize he is just mouthing platitudinous blather. There is no intellect there. Posted by: Eeyore at March 11, 2026 04:51 PM (AlhUl)
I think he had potential at one time when he was young. His mind just got stuffed full of nonsense that he thought was truth. As he got older, as all of us do, his confirmation bias failed to recognize the things that didn't fit his schema and exaggerated the things that did. As a result, a reasonably bright young person wound up living in an alternative world where he was rewarded for being able to articulate things as he saw them. He just didn't bother to acknowledge reality and was able to prosper as an educated ignoramus.
I think he had potential at one time when he was young. His mind just got stuffed full of nonsense that he thought was truth. As he got older, as all of us do, his confirmation bias failed to recognize the things that didn't fit his schema and exaggerated the things that did. As a result, a reasonably bright young person wound up living in an alternative world where he was rewarded for being able to articulate things as he saw them. He just didn't bother to acknowledge reality and was able to prosper as an educated ignoramus.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 11, 2026 04:57 PM (eStot)
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cavitating autocannon rounds that can travel deep into water, like 100 feet deep or more.
Good fishing gun.
Good fishing gun.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 11, 2026 04:57 PM (Kt19C)
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And despite being sanctioned by the US in 2019, Mojtaba is said to oversee an investment empire of over 100million pounds, with access to luxury properties in north London and bank accounts in the UK, Switzerland, UAE and Liechtenstein.
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I've been saying over the last few weeks that the EU is neck deep in Iran's ability to have continued to exist in their Theocratic Authoritarianistic state. And, now they are in a bit of a pickle. Do they support the US efforts in the hopes that the US shows leniency in their complicity and ignoring of sanctions (or support for protestors)....or do they hope against all hope that a conclusion can occur that doesn't include Iran's confidential documents and financial records becoming public knowledge. Because, I suspect their is a virtual army of MP's and bureaucrats receiving payments either directly or indirectly from Iran (which ties into the Islamiphication of the EU and the UK).
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I've been saying over the last few weeks that the EU is neck deep in Iran's ability to have continued to exist in their Theocratic Authoritarianistic state. And, now they are in a bit of a pickle. Do they support the US efforts in the hopes that the US shows leniency in their complicity and ignoring of sanctions (or support for protestors)....or do they hope against all hope that a conclusion can occur that doesn't include Iran's confidential documents and financial records becoming public knowledge. Because, I suspect their is a virtual army of MP's and bureaucrats receiving payments either directly or indirectly from Iran (which ties into the Islamiphication of the EU and the UK).
Posted by: Orson (Expert Historian) at March 11, 2026 04:57 PM (dIske)
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>>> My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose.
Will China let them do that? They've invested billions in Iran.
Granted, if China knows we are involved in the rebuilding and they aren't getting that oil, they might not care.
Will China let them do that? They've invested billions in Iran.
Granted, if China knows we are involved in the rebuilding and they aren't getting that oil, they might not care.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (9TwL3)
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I was commenting on the woman that kept her kids away from Christianity, but they became Christians anyway.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (gQ15S)
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Mattel needs to make a Mojtaba Mr. Potato Head.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (0Htd1)
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Da "Chicago" Bears haven't bent the knee... yet.
Greektown remains a fun place I feel safe in at night, but Brandon's prolly got a plan to flood the the zone wif righteous protesters should the need arise.
Let the flack tower stand as a symbol of the evil that it represents.
Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 04:55 PM (Y8DZL)
I lived on the South Side of Chicago in Hyde Park for a good many years. I never went anywhere near the places the Obama compound are -- too dangerous and decrepit.
Greektown remains a fun place I feel safe in at night, but Brandon's prolly got a plan to flood the the zone wif righteous protesters should the need arise.
Let the flack tower stand as a symbol of the evil that it represents.
Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 04:55 PM (Y8DZL)
I lived on the South Side of Chicago in Hyde Park for a good many years. I never went anywhere near the places the Obama compound are -- too dangerous and decrepit.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (8avO+)
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95b? You would have thought he could afford better security
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 11, 2026 04:59 PM (jrgJz)
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79 I was commenting on the woman that kept her kids away from Christianity, but they became Christians anyway.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (gQ15S)
I enjoyed the comment.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (gQ15S)
I enjoyed the comment.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:59 PM (pDt9x)
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68 59 I had a friend that delivered his daughter, Arrow, in a tipi. She's now a Mormon housewife with several kids.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (gQ15S)
This is a - strange comment.
Posted by: tubal
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If you think about it, all of Tipi Hedren's kids were delivered in a tipi
(Is she too "of a certain age" for the subject of a joke? She was actress in The Birds. Someone call TJM to discuss how Hitchcock treated his leading ladies.)
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (gQ15S)
This is a - strange comment.
Posted by: tubal
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If you think about it, all of Tipi Hedren's kids were delivered in a tipi
(Is she too "of a certain age" for the subject of a joke? She was actress in The Birds. Someone call TJM to discuss how Hitchcock treated his leading ladies.)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 04:59 PM (948bW)
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Cardboard needs green dildo.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 05:00 PM (/lPRQ)
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He seems calculated, and also he speaks in a cadence where you go, 'this guy's got wisdom. This guy knows what he's talking about.'
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It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent. (Note: I did recognize that Bill Clinton was smart.) All he ever had going for him was his excellent talent in mimicking precisely what the chattering classes THINK intelligence looks like. But that is something very different than intelligence. Just listen to him sometime. Yes, it's an unpleasant task. But you will realize he is just mouthing platitudinous blather. There is no intellect there.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 11, 2026 04:51 PM
One of the few facts that we do know about Barry Soetoro's academic prowess is that he was NOT even a National Merit Semifinalist. And he's a stoner to boot. If he cracks three digits in IQ, it's not by much.
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It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent. (Note: I did recognize that Bill Clinton was smart.) All he ever had going for him was his excellent talent in mimicking precisely what the chattering classes THINK intelligence looks like. But that is something very different than intelligence. Just listen to him sometime. Yes, it's an unpleasant task. But you will realize he is just mouthing platitudinous blather. There is no intellect there.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 11, 2026 04:51 PM
One of the few facts that we do know about Barry Soetoro's academic prowess is that he was NOT even a National Merit Semifinalist. And he's a stoner to boot. If he cracks three digits in IQ, it's not by much.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 05:00 PM (4NO2D)
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$95B. I bet Obama feels a little dumber today. He barely made a dent in that guys wealth.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 05:00 PM (/lPRQ)
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2. My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
Posted by: bob
The oil well fires in Iraq were put out in something like 2 weeks back then. GE or some German company could probably drop in a few dozen gas plants within a month or two. I don't think getting a base level of physical plants would be much of a challenge. The problem would be the ROE of troops standing by. We're going to need to have high speed, low drag guys unloosed to do it.
Posted by: bob
The oil well fires in Iraq were put out in something like 2 weeks back then. GE or some German company could probably drop in a few dozen gas plants within a month or two. I don't think getting a base level of physical plants would be much of a challenge. The problem would be the ROE of troops standing by. We're going to need to have high speed, low drag guys unloosed to do it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2026 05:01 PM (diia5)
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>>> My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose.
Will China let them do that? They've invested billions in Iran.
Granted, if China knows we are involved in the rebuilding and they aren't getting that oil, they might not care.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (9TwL3)
China has been doing deals with them but hasn't got any sort of operational control of Iran in the sense you mean. If they had, China should have been trying to reduce the temperature there and gotten them unsanctioned.
Will China let them do that? They've invested billions in Iran.
Granted, if China knows we are involved in the rebuilding and they aren't getting that oil, they might not care.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:58 PM (9TwL3)
China has been doing deals with them but hasn't got any sort of operational control of Iran in the sense you mean. If they had, China should have been trying to reduce the temperature there and gotten them unsanctioned.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:01 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 05:01 PM (ndZc7)
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It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent. (Note: I did recognize that Bill Clinton was smart.) All he ever had going for him was his excellent talent in mimicking precisely what the chattering classes THINK intelligence looks like. But that is something very different than intelligence. Just listen to him sometime. Yes, it's an unpleasant task. But you will realize he is just mouthing platitudinous blather. There is no intellect there.
Posted by: Eeyore
Dungeons and Dragons applies.
Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.
You want your leaders to be Wise first, Intelligent second, and Charismatic third.
The popular vote usually gets you Charismatic, and just enough of the other two to fool the average dope.
Occasionally you get lucky and get a triple threat like Trump.
Posted by: Eeyore
Dungeons and Dragons applies.
Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.
You want your leaders to be Wise first, Intelligent second, and Charismatic third.
The popular vote usually gets you Charismatic, and just enough of the other two to fool the average dope.
Occasionally you get lucky and get a triple threat like Trump.
Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 05:01 PM (VHUov)
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The cardboard is laughingly obviously a cardboard box.
Posted by: davidt at March 11, 2026 05:02 PM (Q+gd/)
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a worn out, stained and folded MAD magazine lying on the floor next to a dirty toilet, with toilet paper strewn about and a stagnant odor in the room.
a worn out, stained and folded MAD magazine lying on the floor next to a dirty toilet, with toilet paper strewn about and a stagnant odor in the room.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 11, 2026 05:02 PM (nz1sK)
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So this is where 2.5 million dollar homes in PA come from!
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 11, 2026 05:02 PM (EES2L)
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> Iran's new leader is said to want to 'seek revenge' against the US or even ordinary Iranians for the killing of his father and his wife.
Mojtaba, who has been wounded in the war, has not been seen in public since the outbreak of conflict and has been earmarked for assassination by Israel.
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How long can the mullahs keep the idea going that this guy's still alive-ish?
Mojtaba, who has been wounded in the war, has not been seen in public since the outbreak of conflict and has been earmarked for assassination by Israel.
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How long can the mullahs keep the idea going that this guy's still alive-ish?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 11, 2026 05:03 PM (jtM2q)
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Will there be midnight basketball at the Obama center?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 05:03 PM (Cqx++)
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When the new Shah takes power, he brings in American oilfield pros to get all back up and running in a matter of months.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*pulls on boots*
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*pulls on boots*
Posted by: Miklos "Red" Adair at March 11, 2026 05:03 PM (Al4HM)
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I'll say this about corrugated Mojtaba, he's unflappable...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 11, 2026 05:03 PM (nbLIj)
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My comment got partially eaten somehow.
I commented on #32
I wonder what Biden's library would look like
But only my part of the comment came through, not the quote of 32
I commented on #32
I wonder what Biden's library would look like
But only my part of the comment came through, not the quote of 32
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 11, 2026 05:03 PM (nz1sK)
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I think he had potential at one time when he was young. His mind just got stuffed full of nonsense that he thought was truth. As he got older, as all of us do, his confirmation bias failed to recognize the things that didn't fit his schema and exaggerated the things that did. As a result, a reasonably bright young person wound up living in an alternative world where he was rewarded for being able to articulate things as he saw them. He just didn't bother to acknowledge reality and was able to prosper as an educated ignoramus.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 11, 2026 04:57 PM (eStot)
He quickly became a DEI hire. From there any potential quality would atrophy from disuse. His lightbringer act was considerably less convincing than Jessie Jackson or your average black preacher.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 11, 2026 04:57 PM (eStot)
He quickly became a DEI hire. From there any potential quality would atrophy from disuse. His lightbringer act was considerably less convincing than Jessie Jackson or your average black preacher.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:04 PM (8avO+)
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Same day delivery Ayatollah.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 05:04 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: davidt at March 11, 2026 05:05 PM (Q+gd/)
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"The cardboard is laughingly obviously a cardboard box.
Posted by: davidt"
The joke's on him. So is that sausage grease from the pizza.
Posted by: davidt"
The joke's on him. So is that sausage grease from the pizza.
Posted by: fd at March 11, 2026 05:05 PM (vFG9F)
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Trump, Hegseth and Rubio should tell us all their plans vis-a-vis Iran, right now !!
Posted by: runner at March 11, 2026 05:05 PM (GD0B3)
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Cardboard guy from Money For Nothing video.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 05:05 PM (Cqx++)
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He's the Rachel Corrie Ayatollah.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 05:06 PM (pDt9x)
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I'll say this about corrugated Mojtaba, he's unflappable...
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...more like flammable..amirite ??
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...more like flammable..amirite ??
Posted by: runner at March 11, 2026 05:07 PM (GD0B3)
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The militaries of the world, including the US, reportedly have cavitating autocannon rounds that can travel deep into water, like 100 feet deep or more. I wonder if any of these are in use to deal with underwater threats.
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The NAVY has this thing called Mine Counter Measures. Lots of ways to counter mines. I worked for them for a couple of years. My guess, is all their counter measures are remotely operated today.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 11, 2026 04:53 PM (pZ64F)
Naval Drones (think a jetski or small boat with remote control) would be just the thing to map out mines and get them detonated. If you mess up its just a drone.
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The NAVY has this thing called Mine Counter Measures. Lots of ways to counter mines. I worked for them for a couple of years. My guess, is all their counter measures are remotely operated today.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 11, 2026 04:53 PM (pZ64F)
Naval Drones (think a jetski or small boat with remote control) would be just the thing to map out mines and get them detonated. If you mess up its just a drone.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:08 PM (8avO+)
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If they had, China should have been trying to reduce the temperature there and gotten them unsanctioned.
Posted by: Oldca
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Major correction here - China profits from the sanctions because they ignore them. This is the strategy Saddam played off way back when with Europe.
Trump is going after the shadow fleets now, so things are changing
And yes, energy is fungible (imperfectly) although sanctioned countries to receive lower revenue and without Western tech they produce less over time. So sanctions actually have helped China a lot. Losing large factilities in Iran and surrounding area would harm everyone for longer than a few weeks, but yes it would be temporary.
Posted by: Oldca
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Major correction here - China profits from the sanctions because they ignore them. This is the strategy Saddam played off way back when with Europe.
Trump is going after the shadow fleets now, so things are changing
And yes, energy is fungible (imperfectly) although sanctioned countries to receive lower revenue and without Western tech they produce less over time. So sanctions actually have helped China a lot. Losing large factilities in Iran and surrounding area would harm everyone for longer than a few weeks, but yes it would be temporary.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:08 PM (948bW)
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Mojtaba is believed to have siphoned off profit from Iranian oil sales, before funnelling it through his opaque network to evade international sanctions --
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Wait, WHAT? The little bastard wasn't sanctioned?
Mojtaba is believed to have siphoned off profit from Iranian oil sales, before funnelling it through his opaque network to evade international sanctions --
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Wait, WHAT? The little bastard wasn't sanctioned?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 05:09 PM (zk5UJ)
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I lived on the South Side of Chicago in Hyde Park for a good many years. I never went anywhere near the places the Obama compound are -- too dangerous and decrepit.
Posted by: Oldcat
I have a very leftist in-law who I tried to talk into visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright house near there during the day and got a "Hell No!"
Posted by: Oldcat
I have a very leftist in-law who I tried to talk into visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright house near there during the day and got a "Hell No!"
Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 05:10 PM (Y8DZL)
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My fear, that no one has brought up, is that the IRGC has plans to pulls a Saddam leaving Kuwait strategy of blowing everything up as they lose. That would devastate the country for many years, but also the entire wold due to loss of energy (energy is fungible, China getting sanctioned oil reduces demand worldwide. Cut Iran out and we lose a lot of energy)
Posted by: bob
I don't know but those oil guys are pretty resourceful. The international consensus was the oil output in venezuala would plummet when we snatched maduro. In less than a month they were pumping more oil than they were when he was the boss.
Posted by: bob
I don't know but those oil guys are pretty resourceful. The international consensus was the oil output in venezuala would plummet when we snatched maduro. In less than a month they were pumping more oil than they were when he was the boss.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2026 05:10 PM (0N4FZ)
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Trump, Hegseth and Rubio should tell us all their plans vis-a-vis Iran, right now !!
Posted by: runner at March 11, 2026 05:05 PM (GD0B3)
I was between jobs during Gulf War I. There was literally a press conference where the press asked the army dude what the recognition marks used to prevent allied air attacks on friendly vehicles looked like.
There could be only one motivation for that question.
Posted by: runner at March 11, 2026 05:05 PM (GD0B3)
I was between jobs during Gulf War I. There was literally a press conference where the press asked the army dude what the recognition marks used to prevent allied air attacks on friendly vehicles looked like.
There could be only one motivation for that question.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:10 PM (8avO+)
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Lol. When someone writes 'jetski' it makes me think of what Soviet troops thought when they saw an ME-262 scream overhead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 05:11 PM (zZu0s)
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There could be only one motivation for that question.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:10 PM (8avO+)
Remember one of those news assholes touring the sea fortifications the Iraqis had set up in Kuwait and was jacking off talking about Americans swarming ashore and being cut down?
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:10 PM (8avO+)
Remember one of those news assholes touring the sea fortifications the Iraqis had set up in Kuwait and was jacking off talking about Americans swarming ashore and being cut down?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 05:12 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 05:12 PM (XWkVH)
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Major correction here - China profits from the sanctions because they ignore them. This is the strategy Saddam played off way back when with Europe.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:08 PM (948bW)
with the sanctions blocking other buyers, China could and did get a major price break. A downside might be the games they had to play themselves and possible diplomatic pressure. If the Persians take over instantly the competition for that oil will raise China's price of oil.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:08 PM (948bW)
with the sanctions blocking other buyers, China could and did get a major price break. A downside might be the games they had to play themselves and possible diplomatic pressure. If the Persians take over instantly the competition for that oil will raise China's price of oil.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:13 PM (8avO+)
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I was between jobs during Gulf War I. There was literally a press conference where the press asked the army dude what the recognition marks used to prevent allied air attacks on friendly vehicles looked like.
There could be only one motivation for that question.
Posted by: Oldcat
A big red dot surrounded by a wide red circle. Duh.
There could be only one motivation for that question.
Posted by: Oldcat
A big red dot surrounded by a wide red circle. Duh.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 05:13 PM (/lPRQ)
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Note: china could buy now from the open market. People would be happy to sell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 05:14 PM (zZu0s)
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Any of the Iranian people's money residing in Europe is there illegally and must be returned immediately or it will be recorded from US NATO contributions and paid forward on their behalf by us, and they will owe the balance in order to make NATO whole.
Done and done.
Done and done.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:14 PM (BI5O2)
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There could be only one motivation for that question.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:10 PM (8avO+)
Remember one of those news assholes touring the sea fortifications the Iraqis had set up in Kuwait and was jacking off talking about Americans swarming ashore and being cut down?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 05:12 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah. I was worried because sending the Marines in on the water seemed idiotic to me. Luckily the US command agreed and moved them ashore behind the lines and made them hump it north on land.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:10 PM (8avO+)
Remember one of those news assholes touring the sea fortifications the Iraqis had set up in Kuwait and was jacking off talking about Americans swarming ashore and being cut down?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 05:12 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah. I was worried because sending the Marines in on the water seemed idiotic to me. Luckily the US command agreed and moved them ashore behind the lines and made them hump it north on land.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)
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There could be only one motivation for that question.
Posted by: Oldcat
I think the final solution was to tape US flags on the roofs of vehicles
Posted by: Oldcat
I think the final solution was to tape US flags on the roofs of vehicles
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:15 PM (rbvCR)
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People are posting that China is having gas lines and they are running out of gas.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 11, 2026 05:15 PM (5fRwB)
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I think the final solution was to tape US flags on the roofs of vehicles
Posted by: Kindltot
Leftover packaging from anything Jimmy Dean
Posted by: Kindltot
Leftover packaging from anything Jimmy Dean
Posted by: Miklos has Ideas at March 11, 2026 05:16 PM (Al4HM)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:16 PM (948bW)
Posted by: runner at March 11, 2026 05:17 PM (GD0B3)
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with the sanctions blocking other buyers, China could and did get a major price break. A downside might be the games they had to play themselves and possible diplomatic pressure. If the Persians take over instantly the competition for that oil will raise China's price of oil.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:13 PM (8avO+)
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There's a reason Venezuela was the first focus. They were the primary crude (heavy) source for Iran's refineries. And, China was the primary customer for that finished product. When Venezuela was compromised, it threw Iran into disarray, because their infrastructure is so decrepit at present they weren't equipped to drill to make up the void. That's why China was helping to put down protests in Tehran, and why Chinese nationals ended up paying nearly $500k to escape Iran.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:13 PM (8avO+)
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There's a reason Venezuela was the first focus. They were the primary crude (heavy) source for Iran's refineries. And, China was the primary customer for that finished product. When Venezuela was compromised, it threw Iran into disarray, because their infrastructure is so decrepit at present they weren't equipped to drill to make up the void. That's why China was helping to put down protests in Tehran, and why Chinese nationals ended up paying nearly $500k to escape Iran.
Posted by: Orson (Expert Historian) at March 11, 2026 05:17 PM (dIske)
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Lol. When someone writes 'jetski' it makes me think of what Soviet troops thought when they saw an ME-262 scream overhead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 05:11 PM (zZu0s)
Apparently the aircraft was first used vs the Soviets in the battles around Prague in April 1945.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 05:11 PM (zZu0s)
Apparently the aircraft was first used vs the Soviets in the battles around Prague in April 1945.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:18 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)
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It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent.
Posted by: Eeyore
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I was always scared that he had a savviness to him, but that notion got blown when he couldn't get Hillary elected. Not even very smart of either of them to install her as Sec State.
It was always obvious to me that Barack is not exactly intelligent.
Posted by: Eeyore
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I was always scared that he had a savviness to him, but that notion got blown when he couldn't get Hillary elected. Not even very smart of either of them to install her as Sec State.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 05:20 PM (zk5UJ)
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Tell the Chinese they can have some go-juice when they forgive their entire US debt - and Xi Jinping pulls the paperwork out of a honey jar while wearing a Pooh costume.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:21 PM (BI5O2)
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There's a reason Venezuela was the first focus. They were the primary crude (heavy) source for Iran's refineries. And, China was the primary customer for that finished product. When Venezuela was compromised, it threw Iran into disarray, because their infrastructure is so decrepit at present they weren't equipped to drill to make up the void. That's why China was helping to put down protests in Tehran, and why Chinese nationals ended up paying nearly $500k to escape Iran.
Posted by: Orson (Expert Historian)
Iran, like Venezuela (and on occasion Russia) has been in a crude/refined deficit for years. They can't keep up with domestic demand for refined products, so they have been exporting crude for refining elsewhere, then re-import.
Posted by: Orson (Expert Historian)
Iran, like Venezuela (and on occasion Russia) has been in a crude/refined deficit for years. They can't keep up with domestic demand for refined products, so they have been exporting crude for refining elsewhere, then re-import.
Posted by: Miklos is generally refined, but can be crude at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (Al4HM)
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When does the Iranian uprising begin?
When does the Iranian uprising begin?
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)
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Will there be midnight basketball at the Obama center?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 05:03 PM (Cqx++)
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Of course, in the public men's-only bathhouse.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 05:03 PM (Cqx++)
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Of course, in the public men's-only bathhouse.
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (XWkVH)
135
Any chance the hints at the recently uncovered foreign involvement in 2020 elections involves....Chy-na?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)
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As Cruel-o-Phobe VDH observed, the allies had no plans for what victory in WWII would look like, but they figured it out in time.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (wBaIH)
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The mullahs are so primitive they don't realize that putting out a cardboard cutout makes them look like world class doofuses. There is no way that even the biggest leftist ahole doesn't say "WTF"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2026 05:23 PM (qBBPl)
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Tell the Chinese they can have some go-juice when they forgive their entire US debt - and Xi Jinping pulls the paperwork out of a honey jar while wearing a Pooh costume.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Strong opening position. Art of the deal?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Strong opening position. Art of the deal?
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 11, 2026 05:23 PM (CV1nu)
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Cardboard Ayatollah the Song
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x.com/ShutupLyle/status/2031779268980506978
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2026 05:23 PM (diia5)
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136 As Cruel-o-Phobe VDH observed, the allies had no plans for what victory in WWII would look like, but they figured it out in time.
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I assume Trump can do the Marshall plan for Iran at a huge discount.
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I assume Trump can do the Marshall plan for Iran at a huge discount.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 05:24 PM (Dv3i1)
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As Cruel-o-Phobe VDH observed, the allies had no plans for what victory in WWII would look like, but they figured it out in time.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
That would be Cruel-o-Phile
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
That would be Cruel-o-Phile
Posted by: Miklos is also Pedantic at March 11, 2026 05:24 PM (Al4HM)
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But the any destruction in Iran just hurts Iran and the new government until it is fixed up. Any shortfall in oil supply can be covered by increased production elsewhere and/or desanctioning Russian oil.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:56 PM (8avO+)
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It will be interesting - I imagine we will allow the Russian oil to find the market for awhile - one to make up for the Iranian oil, and two to hurt the Chinese to buy at market rates. Putin has some bigger decisions to make, and my guess is as the coming oil glut arrives, and hurts his ability to wage war as the price of oil drops, they will be big ones.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:56 PM (8avO+)
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It will be interesting - I imagine we will allow the Russian oil to find the market for awhile - one to make up for the Iranian oil, and two to hurt the Chinese to buy at market rates. Putin has some bigger decisions to make, and my guess is as the coming oil glut arrives, and hurts his ability to wage war as the price of oil drops, they will be big ones.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (GZYu7)
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I assume Trump can do the Marshall plan for Iran at a huge discount.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Or the Morgenthau Plan
Whatevs
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Or the Morgenthau Plan
Whatevs
Posted by: Miklos is open to Options at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (Al4HM)
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Colonel MacGregor still sounds like Cave Johnson.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (rbvCR)
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From the production graphs, it looks like it took 3 years for Kuwait to recover to pre-war levels in the 90s.
But that was just wells blown up. If distribution points are destroyed, they require a lot of long-lead items like valves and pumps. All of it probably out of China. I guess that would be another battle with Chinese companies trying to control the economy from the inside using a belt and road strategy of owning the stuff they build.
But that was just wells blown up. If distribution points are destroyed, they require a lot of long-lead items like valves and pumps. All of it probably out of China. I guess that would be another battle with Chinese companies trying to control the economy from the inside using a belt and road strategy of owning the stuff they build.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (948bW)
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the most eye‑popping of which is paid to Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama's closest political confidantes. Jarrett "earned" $740,000 in 2024 as CEO of the Obama Foundation.
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'Piker." -- The Mooch
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'Piker." -- The Mooch
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (XWkVH)
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When does the Iranian uprising begin?
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)
You're lookin' at it... the question is when it will end.
From the way the administration is talking, I think the answer is "a very long time."
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)
You're lookin' at it... the question is when it will end.
From the way the administration is talking, I think the answer is "a very long time."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:26 PM (BI5O2)
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Same day delivery Ayatollah.
Posted by: tubal
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The only thing the memes have missed is a cat squishing into the box.
Same day delivery Ayatollah.
Posted by: tubal
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The only thing the memes have missed is a cat squishing into the box.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 05:26 PM (zk5UJ)
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Iran, like Venezuela (and on occasion Russia) has been in a crude/refined deficit for years. They can't keep up with domestic demand for refined products, so they have been exporting crude for refining elsewhere, then re-import.
Posted by: Miklos is generally refined, but can be crude at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (Al4HM)
Kind of like California, right?
Posted by: Miklos is generally refined, but can be crude at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (Al4HM)
Kind of like California, right?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (rbvCR)
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I saw Cardboard Ayatollah open for...
Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (h/O4U)
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When does the Iranian uprising begin?
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)
When the Basji breaks and runs
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)
When the Basji breaks and runs
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (rbvCR)
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All American need to pray for Iran to hold out until we can get Trump and his imperialist administration out of there.
Posted by: Sid at March 11, 2026 05:28 PM (rsv1/)
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It's a Rollo Tomassi world
Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2026 05:29 PM (ZxPkt)
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Watching Manchester City v Real Madrid and witnessed perhaps the most transcendent moment in sports when Federico Valverde scored his 3rd goal (so far). Simply sublime.
Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2026 05:29 PM (GPa4z)
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Any chance the hints at the recently uncovered foreign involvement in 2020 elections involves....Chy-na?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)
Rumor is "Venezuela" and Maduro has the names and amounts paid
And my supposition is that there are private little conversations between the Executive branch and specific members of Congress
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)
Rumor is "Venezuela" and Maduro has the names and amounts paid
And my supposition is that there are private little conversations between the Executive branch and specific members of Congress
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:30 PM (rbvCR)
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Is the limpdictator Baby Khameini mostly dead or really, most sincerely dead? Half-dead in a coma? Or is he still dead like Generalissimo Francisco Franco? There are as many categories of dead for this guy as leftist genders.
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 11, 2026 05:30 PM (tM5h4)
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It will be interesting - I imagine we will allow the Russian oil to find the market for awhile - one to make up for the Iranian oil, and two to hurt the Chinese to buy at market rates. Putin has some bigger decisions to make, and my guess is as the coming oil glut arrives, and hurts his ability to wage war as the price of oil drops, they will be big ones.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (GZYu7)
Currently a lot of Russian oil is exported to third nations like India and then "resold" and shipped to embargo nations like the EU and even the US. The extra cost in these games will save some money by cutting out these middle men.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (GZYu7)
Currently a lot of Russian oil is exported to third nations like India and then "resold" and shipped to embargo nations like the EU and even the US. The extra cost in these games will save some money by cutting out these middle men.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:30 PM (8avO+)
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Those salaries are rookie numbers. Gotta get those numbers up
Posted by: Spartacus Booker at March 11, 2026 05:30 PM (W+TLY)
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Hi Sid! Did Antifa throw you out because you were too useless again?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:31 PM (rbvCR)
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The only thing the memes have missed is a cat squishing into the box.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 05:26 PM (zk5UJ)
Ha, that would be priceless.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 05:26 PM (zk5UJ)
Ha, that would be priceless.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 11, 2026 05:31 PM (zYpTz)
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Sid ought to go to Iran to show support. And they can show their "support" by hanging him from a crane, as is their wont.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 05:31 PM (8zz6B)
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Seems like some Rogan listeners in the comments.
Also there are at least two possibilties for "the question".
Since we are talking journalist; stupid is always a possibility.
Also there are at least two possibilties for "the question".
Since we are talking journalist; stupid is always a possibility.
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 11, 2026 05:31 PM (cS1cw)
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Another minor point I want to stress.
Venezuela and Iran would have been deal killers for the defense of Taiwan. If they started trouble in parallel, our carriers would have to go to the gulfs (persian and american) to protect shipping there instead of the Pacific.
China had a strategy of having enough worldwide allies that the US military would be spread too thin. Again, this is why I think Trump is being very strategic and focusing on China, by countering their plans.
Venezuela and Iran would have been deal killers for the defense of Taiwan. If they started trouble in parallel, our carriers would have to go to the gulfs (persian and american) to protect shipping there instead of the Pacific.
China had a strategy of having enough worldwide allies that the US military would be spread too thin. Again, this is why I think Trump is being very strategic and focusing on China, by countering their plans.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:32 PM (948bW)
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From the production graphs, it looks like it took 3 years for Kuwait to recover to pre-war levels in the 90s.
But that was just wells blown up. If distribution points are destroyed, they require a lot of long-lead items like valves and pumps. All of it probably out of China. I guess that would be another battle with Chinese companies trying to control the economy from the inside using a belt and road strategy of owning the stuff they build.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (948bW)
China isn't getting any votes on this. LOL.
But that was just wells blown up. If distribution points are destroyed, they require a lot of long-lead items like valves and pumps. All of it probably out of China. I guess that would be another battle with Chinese companies trying to control the economy from the inside using a belt and road strategy of owning the stuff they build.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:25 PM (948bW)
China isn't getting any votes on this. LOL.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:33 PM (8avO+)
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I LOVE Obama's Presidential Library. A truly hideous monstrosity that fully captures the inner spirit of him and Big Mike...
The money can easily be made back as Hollywood leases it as the headquarters of the evil leader in dystopian hellholes.
Or Chicago...
The money can easily be made back as Hollywood leases it as the headquarters of the evil leader in dystopian hellholes.
Or Chicago...
Posted by: Stateless at March 11, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)
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HAHAHAHAHAHA this wins 𝕏 today
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Can we get a meme image of F. Joe Biden placing a Congressional Medal of Honor medal backwards on the Supreme Pizza Leader's neck?
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Can we get a meme image of F. Joe Biden placing a Congressional Medal of Honor medal backwards on the Supreme Pizza Leader's neck?
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 05:34 PM (XWkVH)
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I don't see how it matters if the guy is dead or alive. The country is being run by the IRGC for the duration of this conflict. He could be tanned, rested and ready, but more fatwas about how far away from your hut you can sell your jizz-soaked goat meat aren't going to make a great deal of difference to wartime government.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)
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I saw Cardboard Ayatollah open for...
Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (h/O4U)
Flatt & Scruggs?
Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (h/O4U)
Flatt & Scruggs?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 11, 2026 05:35 PM (nbLIj)
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151 When does the Iranian uprising begin?
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)
When the Basji breaks and runs
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (rbvCR)
Funny how the violence in Mexico has suddenly stopped being covered by the media.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)
When the Basji breaks and runs
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (rbvCR)
Funny how the violence in Mexico has suddenly stopped being covered by the media.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 05:36 PM (mP0Kj)
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I don't see how it matters if the guy is dead or alive. The country is being run by the IRGC for the duration of this conflict. He could be tanned, rested and ready, but more fatwas about how far away from your hut you can sell your jizz-soaked goat meat aren't going to make a great deal of difference to wartime government.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)
Legitimacy is a big deal if you are trying to keep the IGRC director in City A to do what you want if you are in City B. What if he joins the Uprising? One thing drones and spy sats and the air war can do is make it difficult to impossible to move forces about to crush the locals.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)
Legitimacy is a big deal if you are trying to keep the IGRC director in City A to do what you want if you are in City B. What if he joins the Uprising? One thing drones and spy sats and the air war can do is make it difficult to impossible to move forces about to crush the locals.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:36 PM (8avO+)
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"My fear, "
I'll guess you were one of those that thought it would take decades getting the Kuwaiti oil well fires put out and back online, weren't you?
I'll guess you were one of those that thought it would take decades getting the Kuwaiti oil well fires put out and back online, weren't you?
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 11, 2026 05:37 PM (FylAi)
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It's a Rollo Tomassi world
Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2026 05:29 PM (ZxPkt)
That's my favorite Dean Martin song.
It's a Rollo Tomassi world all for treason
When the bribes comes to cover the ground
It's time for play it's a whipped bitch day
I wait for it the whole year around
Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2026 05:29 PM (ZxPkt)
That's my favorite Dean Martin song.
It's a Rollo Tomassi world all for treason
When the bribes comes to cover the ground
It's time for play it's a whipped bitch day
I wait for it the whole year around
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:38 PM (rbvCR)
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I nominate Sid to be the next ayatoilet!
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 11, 2026 05:39 PM (FylAi)
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I'll guess you were one of those that thought it would take decades getting the Kuwaiti oil well fires put out and back online, weren't you?
Posted by: Will Robinson
Billions and billions and billions...
I'll guess you were one of those that thought it would take decades getting the Kuwaiti oil well fires put out and back online, weren't you?
Posted by: Will Robinson
Billions and billions and billions...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)
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I saw Cardboard Ayatollah open for...
Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (h/O4U)
. . . Christmas?
Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 11, 2026 05:27 PM (h/O4U)
. . . Christmas?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2026 05:41 PM (dK+Kv)
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This is a - strange comment.
Posted by: tubal
No, part of an ongoing comment thread today about how the best laid plans go aft aglee.
Posted by: tubal
No, part of an ongoing comment thread today about how the best laid plans go aft aglee.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 11, 2026 05:41 PM (sl73Y)
177
137, I hope you're right, but that's a pretty high bar ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 05:41 PM (MIIRH)
178
Mojtaba was great in that Of Monsters And Men video. Tell him that I miss our little talks!
https://youtu.be/ghb6eDopW8I
https://youtu.be/ghb6eDopW8I
Posted by: SciVo at March 11, 2026 05:41 PM (Sy6m/)
179
There's an interview with Trump from a couple decades back on Next Big Future with him talking about seizing Karhg island as a chokepoint to insure future Iranian compliance.
There's an interview with Trump from a couple decades back on Next Big Future with him talking about seizing Karhg island as a chokepoint to insure future Iranian compliance.
Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 05:43 PM (Y8DZL)
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I don't see how it matters if the guy is dead or alive. The country is being run by the IRGC for the duration of this conflict. He could be tanned, rested and ready, but more fatwas about how far away from your hut you can sell your jizz-soaked goat meat aren't going to make a great deal of difference to wartime government.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)
The IRGC can run the country as a military dictatorship, but they can't do it legitimately without the supreme leader, only through force. If the IRGC suddenly develops factions there is no mechanism for resolution of those differences.
This is probably going to happen since the various regional arms have little coordination.
Who knows, though. They may be unified by doctrine.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)
The IRGC can run the country as a military dictatorship, but they can't do it legitimately without the supreme leader, only through force. If the IRGC suddenly develops factions there is no mechanism for resolution of those differences.
This is probably going to happen since the various regional arms have little coordination.
Who knows, though. They may be unified by doctrine.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
181
Poor sod was apparently beaten to a pulp by that airstrike...
Posted by: muldoon at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (qgHp7)
182
171 "My fear, "
I'll guess you were one of those that thought it would take decades getting the Kuwaiti oil well fires put out and back online, weren't you?
Posted by: Will Robinson
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Not at all.
Why is any mention of things we have to watch for treated like I am an eeyore.
I do a service by trying to explain strategies *before* they are obvious.
I'll guess you were one of those that thought it would take decades getting the Kuwaiti oil well fires put out and back online, weren't you?
Posted by: Will Robinson
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Not at all.
Why is any mention of things we have to watch for treated like I am an eeyore.
I do a service by trying to explain strategies *before* they are obvious.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (948bW)
183
178 Mojtaba was great in that Of Monsters And Men video. Tell him that I miss our little talks!
https://youtu.be/ghb6eDopW8I
Posted by: SciVo at March 11, 2026 05:41 PM (Sy6m/)
It's Mazes. Mazes and Monsters.
https://youtu.be/ghb6eDopW8I
Posted by: SciVo at March 11, 2026 05:41 PM (Sy6m/)
It's Mazes. Mazes and Monsters.
Posted by: Rona Jaffe at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (w/O5Q)
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And despite being sanctioned by the US in 2019, Mojtaba is said to oversee an investment empire of over 100million pounds, with access to luxury properties in north London and bank accounts in the UK, Switzerland, UAE and Liechtenstein.
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So we demonetized Vlad Putin or hell Alex Jones...but the Supreme Leader of Iran had his finances in Britain and that was just ok?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
I had the same thought. I assume it's all part of the Commie globalists being allied with the Mohammadans to destroy Western Civilization.
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So we demonetized Vlad Putin or hell Alex Jones...but the Supreme Leader of Iran had his finances in Britain and that was just ok?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
I had the same thought. I assume it's all part of the Commie globalists being allied with the Mohammadans to destroy Western Civilization.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (ksbjf)
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Funny how the violence in Mexico has suddenly stopped being covered by the media.
Posted by: Romeo13
The MSM stopped international coverage quite some time ago.
Posted by: Romeo13
The MSM stopped international coverage quite some time ago.
Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (Y8DZL)
186
No, part of an ongoing comment thread today about how the best laid plans go aft aglee.
Posted by: From about That Time
Loundeye!
Is correct
I aglee
Posted by: From about That Time
Loundeye!
Is correct
I aglee
Posted by: Xi's gotta have it at March 11, 2026 05:46 PM (Al4HM)
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The IRGC can run the country as a military dictatorship, but they can't do it legitimately without the supreme leader, only through force. If the IRGC suddenly develops factions there is no mechanism for resolution of those differences.
This is probably going to happen since the various regional arms have little coordination.
Who knows, though. They may be unified by doctrine.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
bombs landing on your head can have a huge effect on your doctrine.
This is probably going to happen since the various regional arms have little coordination.
Who knows, though. They may be unified by doctrine.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
bombs landing on your head can have a huge effect on your doctrine.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:46 PM (8avO+)
188
Words of wisdom sung by the late, great Kenny Rogers:
"You got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealing's done"
"You got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealing's done"
Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2026 05:46 PM (rj6Yv)
189
And for the record, I was one of those who thought the USA should have owned those wells as well as Kuwait after we took it back from Saddam. Paid the Kuwaitis them a commission and put them on a reservation.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:47 PM (948bW)
190
I had the same thought. I assume it's all part of the Commie globalists being allied with the Mohammadans to destroy Western Civilization.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (ksbjf)
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Man it's almost as if you observe the Global Left over the last 50 years they have a psychosexual obsession with gobbling the goat-fluid covered knobs of the Shia warlords in Iran for some strange reason.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (ksbjf)
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Man it's almost as if you observe the Global Left over the last 50 years they have a psychosexual obsession with gobbling the goat-fluid covered knobs of the Shia warlords in Iran for some strange reason.
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:48 PM (3BwY8)
191
Personally, I find this Motjaba Khameini fellow to be entirely unpalletable...
(It'll hit you on the drive nome this afternoon.)
(It'll hit you on the drive nome this afternoon.)
Posted by: muldoon at March 11, 2026 05:48 PM (qgHp7)
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181 Poor sod was apparently beaten to a pulp by that airstrike...
Posted by: muldoon
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A post consumer, recycled, pulp.
Posted by: muldoon
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A post consumer, recycled, pulp.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:48 PM (948bW)
193
145, 164,
I remember, oh, maybe 15 years ago, ordering a 16 inch check valve, 600 psi class, from a prominent US supplier ... about 80% of the lead time was getting the casting to the US machine shop from the foundry in - wait for it! - china!
amazing how hollowed out our industrial base is.
I remember, oh, maybe 15 years ago, ordering a 16 inch check valve, 600 psi class, from a prominent US supplier ... about 80% of the lead time was getting the casting to the US machine shop from the foundry in - wait for it! - china!
amazing how hollowed out our industrial base is.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 05:48 PM (MIIRH)
194
Funny how the violence in Mexico has suddenly stopped being covered by the media.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 05:36 PM (mP0Kj)
It isn't being covered in south American media either, that I can see. There was a foofooraw that El Mencho got National Police security at his funeral but that was the last I heard. Prior to that was some low-key inter-cartel violence, and Mex Pres Scheinbaum was dithering but working a bit with the US
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 05:36 PM (mP0Kj)
It isn't being covered in south American media either, that I can see. There was a foofooraw that El Mencho got National Police security at his funeral but that was the last I heard. Prior to that was some low-key inter-cartel violence, and Mex Pres Scheinbaum was dithering but working a bit with the US
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (rbvCR)
195
What if he joins the Uprising?
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What uprising?
These people are paralyzed by fear, unarmed, and untrained. They'd be lambs to the slaughter.
I think there will be no uprising. We'll either destroy the regime at some point and then people in Iran will have to figure it out, or we'll subjugate it and bend it to our will, at least temporarily. Or we'll lose and they'll remain on their same course.
But I don't think the Iranian people will have much say in any of it. If they could fight, they'd have started by now.
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What uprising?
These people are paralyzed by fear, unarmed, and untrained. They'd be lambs to the slaughter.
I think there will be no uprising. We'll either destroy the regime at some point and then people in Iran will have to figure it out, or we'll subjugate it and bend it to our will, at least temporarily. Or we'll lose and they'll remain on their same course.
But I don't think the Iranian people will have much say in any of it. If they could fight, they'd have started by now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
196
C'mon man. The guy needed some dough to get by until the 12th Imam shows up.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 05:50 PM (qFwJc)
197
But I don't think the Iranian people will have much say in any of it. If they could fight, they'd have started by now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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I disagree with this. It's been like two weeks and the Iranian people have been shit-scared of the head chopping loons in charge for 47 years.
I, for one, am gonna cut the Iranian Streets a little slack here.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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I disagree with this. It's been like two weeks and the Iranian people have been shit-scared of the head chopping loons in charge for 47 years.
I, for one, am gonna cut the Iranian Streets a little slack here.
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:51 PM (3BwY8)
198
I had the same thought. I assume it's all part of the Commie globalists being allied with the Mohammadans to destroy Western Civilization.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (ksbjf)
Alex Jones just had to be shut up, and Putin got in the way of the disarticulation of the Russian Federation into client states of the EU. Khamenei was a sugar daddy and needed special handling.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (ksbjf)
Alex Jones just had to be shut up, and Putin got in the way of the disarticulation of the Russian Federation into client states of the EU. Khamenei was a sugar daddy and needed special handling.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)
199
nood!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 05:51 PM (MIIRH)
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C'mon man. The guy needed some dough to get by until the 12th Imam shows up.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 05:50 PM (qFwJc)
start checking those wells!
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 05:50 PM (qFwJc)
start checking those wells!
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:52 PM (8avO+)
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"I, for one, am gonna cut the Iranian Streets a little slack here.
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:51 PM (3BwY
"
we need to start airdropping guns asap
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:51 PM (3BwY
"
we need to start airdropping guns asap
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 05:52 PM (MIIRH)
202
181 Poor sod was apparently beaten to a pulp by that airstrike...
*********
It really reamed him out!
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It really reamed him out!
Posted by: muldoon at March 11, 2026 05:52 PM (qgHp7)
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But I don't think the Iranian people will have much say in any of it. If they could fight, they'd have started by now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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I disagree with this. It's been like two weeks and the Iranian people have been shit-scared of the head chopping loons in charge for 47 years.
I, for one, am gonna cut the Iranian Streets a little slack here.
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:51 PM (3BwY
We are actually telling them to lay low at the moment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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I disagree with this. It's been like two weeks and the Iranian people have been shit-scared of the head chopping loons in charge for 47 years.
I, for one, am gonna cut the Iranian Streets a little slack here.
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:51 PM (3BwY
We are actually telling them to lay low at the moment.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 05:53 PM (8avO+)
204
nood - California blows up
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:53 PM (948bW)
205
The IRGC can run the country as a military dictatorship, but they can't do it legitimately without the supreme leader, only through force. If the IRGC suddenly develops factions there is no mechanism for resolution of those differences.
So, a civil war among all of the bad guys?
***runs to garage, pulls out folding lawn chair, pops popcorn in microwave, gets Coke from the fridge, sets up on front porch***
This is gonna be fun! 🥳🥳🥳
So, a civil war among all of the bad guys?
***runs to garage, pulls out folding lawn chair, pops popcorn in microwave, gets Coke from the fridge, sets up on front porch***
This is gonna be fun! 🥳🥳🥳
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 11, 2026 05:53 PM (SRRAx)
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But I don't think the Iranian people will have much say in any of it. If they could fight, they'd have started by now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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It's my understanding that the greatest opposition to the Mullahs of Iran comes from the cities and the larger towns. The Mullahs are more popular in the rural areas and the bulk of their military recruits comes from the hinterland.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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It's my understanding that the greatest opposition to the Mullahs of Iran comes from the cities and the larger towns. The Mullahs are more popular in the rural areas and the bulk of their military recruits comes from the hinterland.
Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2026 05:53 PM (rj6Yv)
207
I had the same thought. I assume it's all part of the Commie globalists being allied with the Mohammadans to destroy Western Civilization.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (ksbjf)
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Man it's almost as if you observe the Global Left over the last 50 years they have a psychosexual obsession with gobbling the goat-fluid covered knobs of the Shia warlords in Iran for some strange reason.
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:48 PM (3BwY
The Global Left -- being atheist Commies only interested in money, power and sex -- DO NOT understand religious people. The Lefties see Muslims as a tool that can be discarded after use. The Lefties are wrong.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:45 PM (ksbjf)
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Man it's almost as if you observe the Global Left over the last 50 years they have a psychosexual obsession with gobbling the goat-fluid covered knobs of the Shia warlords in Iran for some strange reason.
Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 05:48 PM (3BwY
The Global Left -- being atheist Commies only interested in money, power and sex -- DO NOT understand religious people. The Lefties see Muslims as a tool that can be discarded after use. The Lefties are wrong.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:53 PM (ksbjf)
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The IRGC can run the country as a military dictatorship, but they can't do it legitimately without the supreme leader, only through force.
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To the broad mass of Iranians, the mullahs were already illegitimate and their rule was by force, through the IRGC. That hasn't changed. It's good propaganda to kill these guys, of course, but austere religious scholars aren't particularly needed when the lead is flying.
They can just say "the dead bastard is totally alive, trust us," and it doesn't really change the balance of terror.
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To the broad mass of Iranians, the mullahs were already illegitimate and their rule was by force, through the IRGC. That hasn't changed. It's good propaganda to kill these guys, of course, but austere religious scholars aren't particularly needed when the lead is flying.
They can just say "the dead bastard is totally alive, trust us," and it doesn't really change the balance of terror.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:54 PM (BI5O2)
209
But I don't think the Iranian people will have much say in any of it. If they could fight, they'd have started by now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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Well, they did rise and were put down, so they are waiting to see how beaten up the enforcers are before trying it again.
They are chanting out the windows, so the sentiment is there, and as command and control break down, the power of enforcement falters. I'm quite impressed by the planning and execution, so I'm going to just let things unfold rather than project my hopes onto whatever planning is going on.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
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Well, they did rise and were put down, so they are waiting to see how beaten up the enforcers are before trying it again.
They are chanting out the windows, so the sentiment is there, and as command and control break down, the power of enforcement falters. I'm quite impressed by the planning and execution, so I'm going to just let things unfold rather than project my hopes onto whatever planning is going on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)
210
And for the record, I was one of those who thought the USA should have owned those wells as well as Kuwait after we took it back from Saddam. Paid the Kuwaitis them a commission and put them on a reservation.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:47 PM (948bW)
I recently heard the claim that Kuwait was angling their wells to suck on Iraqi reserves, and Saddam had got or thought he got tacit OK to invade and stop the theft.
It echoed Biden's tacit OK to Russia to "do a limited invasion" of Ukraine while the Ukes were building up on the border.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2026 05:47 PM (948bW)
I recently heard the claim that Kuwait was angling their wells to suck on Iraqi reserves, and Saddam had got or thought he got tacit OK to invade and stop the theft.
It echoed Biden's tacit OK to Russia to "do a limited invasion" of Ukraine while the Ukes were building up on the border.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:55 PM (rbvCR)
211
The IRGC can run the country as a military dictatorship, but they can't do it legitimately without the supreme leader, only through force. If the IRGC suddenly develops factions there is no mechanism for resolution of those differences.
This is probably going to happen since the various regional arms have little coordination.
Who knows, though. They may be unified by doctrine.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
As far as I can tell, we were bombing, among other things, Provincial IRGC and Besij leaders and compounds on Monday.
This is probably going to happen since the various regional arms have little coordination.
Who knows, though. They may be unified by doctrine.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
As far as I can tell, we were bombing, among other things, Provincial IRGC and Besij leaders and compounds on Monday.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 11, 2026 05:56 PM (w/O5Q)
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They can just say "the dead bastard is totally alive, trust us," and it doesn't really change the balance of terror.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:54 PM (BI5O2)
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What you are missing is that there are always internal fissures within dictatorships. If power goes to the strongest, there is nothing binding subordinates. Think Roman Empire politics.
Having legitimacy curbs this tendency, but what you put a specific puppet in charge to be a puppet, then what matters is who pulls the strings and all bets are off.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 05:54 PM (BI5O2)
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What you are missing is that there are always internal fissures within dictatorships. If power goes to the strongest, there is nothing binding subordinates. Think Roman Empire politics.
Having legitimacy curbs this tendency, but what you put a specific puppet in charge to be a puppet, then what matters is who pulls the strings and all bets are off.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
213
The Global Left -- being atheist Commies only interested in money, power and sex -- DO NOT understand religious people. The Lefties see Muslims as a tool that can be discarded after use. The Lefties are wrong.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:53 PM (ksbjf)
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That literally is how Khomeini took over.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 11, 2026 05:53 PM (ksbjf)
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That literally is how Khomeini took over.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 05:58 PM (ZOv7s)
214
Retired Buckeye Cop -I agree but think we know they are wrong and will have to fight each other
Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 06:01 PM (Ia/+0)
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See how the British Marxists are handling Muslims
Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)
216
I don't know if that 'Empire' is worth all that much today. Seems to me that all he is inheriting is the equivalent of a pile of rocks given the ordinance that the US and Israel has dropped to date. And any account that contain any money are going to be going to the US treasury. With interest.
Posted by: Tim William McFall at March 11, 2026 06:06 PM (OXWQ1)
217
I used to live a block from the Iranian embassy on Kightsbridge in London. I heard the automatic fire and felt the flash-bang grenades when the SAS took the embassy. I ran outside and witnessed part of it. The doorman and I were giggling like schoolgirls.
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