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Trump's Blockade of the Strait of America Begins
The U.S. on Monday said it began blocking ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after peace negotiations collapsed. As the 10 a.m. ET deadline passed for the blockade to take effect, President Donald Trump warned Iran's "fast attack ships" not to come near the U.S. forces enforcing the closure. "If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It is quick and brutal." A White House official confirmed to CNBC that the blockade has taken effect. Trump had announced the blockade plan Sunday in a social media post slamming Iran for refusing to give up its nuclear ambitions and accusing Tehran of "WORLD EXTORTION" by continuing to throttle traffic through the strait. The U.S. blockade applies to "any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz," Trump said. The U.S. Central Command later added the caveat that American forces "will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports." "The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman," CENTCOM specified.
This is a very Trumpian move. It flips the script -- you're blocking our ships? Okay, now we're blocking yours. I think this is an improvisation, a gamble made because Iran just will not agree to any of Trump's ceasefire demands. What's the goal? Miad Maleka explains:
U.S. to Blockade Ships Entering or Exiting Iranian Ports TAMPA, Fla. -- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces will begin implementing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. ET, in accordance with the President's proclamation. The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. CENTCOM forces will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports. Additional information will be provided to commercial mariners through a formal notice prior to the start of the blockade. All mariners are advised to monitor Notice to Mariners broadcasts and contact U.S. naval forces on bridge-to-bridge channel 16 when operating in the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz approaches.
Miad MalekiThis is tough: The IRGC will wind up destroying much of Iran's future oil production to cling to power.
@miadmaleki 1/10 The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would cost Iran approximately $276M/day in lost exports and disrupt $159M/day in imports, a combined economic damage of ~$435M/day, or $13B/month. Over 90% of Iran's $109.7B in annual trade transits the Persian Gulf. Oil/gas accounts for 80% of government export earnings and 23.7% of GDP. Kharg Island alone generates ~$53B/year, or as I noted to @TIME, "$78 billion a year in energy revenue. 2/10 CRUDE OIL: Iran was exporting ~1.5M barrels/day, earning $139M/day at wartime pricing (~$87/barrel), though with minimal proceed repatriation due to banking sanctions. A blockade zeroes this out overnight. Kharg Island, which handles 92% of crude exports, sits deep inside the Gulf with no viable alternative. That's $139M/day, gone.
/10 PETROCHEMICALS: Iran exported $19.7B in petrochemicals in 9 months of 2024/25, ~$54M/day. Virtually all of it ships through Assaluyeh, Imam Khomeini, and Shahid Rajaee, all inside the blockade zone. No overland route can move these volumes. Another $54M/day, gone. 4/10 NON-OIL EXPORTS: Iran's non-oil trade hit $51.7B in 2025. After subtracting petrochemicals, ~$88M/day in goods (minerals, metals, etc.) flow through Persian Gulf ports. Roughly 90% would be blocked. That's another ~$79M/day in lost revenue. ... 7/10 IMPORTS: Iran imported $58B in goods in 2025, ~$159M/day. A blockade chokes off industrial inputs, machinery, and consumer goods. Food inflation already hit 105% by February 2026. Rice prices are up 7x. This gets dramatically worse under blockade. Blockade will hopefully allow offloading of the humanitarian cargos. /10 Extremely important topic is the storage clock: Iran has ~50-55M barrels of total onshore oil storage, roughly 60% full. Spare capacity: ~20M barrels. With 1.5M bbl/day of surplus production that normally exports, storage fills in ~13 DAYS. After that, Iran must shut in wells.
In addition, Iran has been collecting "tolls" from ships it allows to pass, most of which are, I assume, taking oil to Iran's allies like India and China. The blockade not only strips Iran of this "toll" money, but will cause Iran's allies to pressure it into conceding. Will this work? I don't know. Another question is, will it cut into the IRGC faster than it punishes the people suffering under the tyranny of the Islamic Occupational Army? Again, I don't know.
Why is this very important: when mature oil wells shut down, bottom water rushes in, a process called water coning. Oil droplets get permanently trapped in rock pores. This oil can never be recovered. Iran's fields already decline 5-8% annually. Forced shut-ins could permanently destroy 300,000-500,000 bbl/day of production capacity, that's $9-15B/year in revenue, gone forever. 9/10 CURRENCY COLLAPSE ACCELERANT: The rial has already cratered from 42,000 to 1.5M per dollar. Banks are limiting withdrawals to $18-30/day. Overall inflation: 47.5%. A blockade eliminating all forex earnings pushes the rial into terminal hyperinflation. The regime issued its largest-ever banknote, 10M rials, worth about $7. 10/10 BOTTOM LINE: A naval blockade imposes ~$435M/day in combined economic damage. Storage fills in 13 days, forcing well shut-ins that cause permanent reservoir damage. The rial enters terminal collapse. Iran's alternatives outside the Strait can replace less than 10% of Gulf throughput. The blockade makes continued resistance economically impossible.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: doug at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (Knp4g)
all ships coming to or from Iranian ports.
Posted by: ace at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy)
Posted by: steevy at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (YwEeS)
>>> Hormuz Blockade: Europe Mobilizing Against the U.S., Not the Iran Regime
Ummm, it has been that since day one in the non-participation "But, we want our oil and don't care that Iran has been threatening to kill all the Jews and Americans from day one because we don't like them either..." way.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (ZxPkt)
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
Worthless!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 13, 2026 01:12 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM
Swalwell's colon weighs in on the blockade.
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 13, 2026 01:12 PM (tM5h4)
Posted by: Dirk Steed
That's very brave of you to say from your keyboard.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)
I have faith Trump understands this.
Their next steps are going to be irrational and very dangerous for the other Gulf countries.
Posted by: melodicmetal at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (eWbPp)
Posted by: Nasser Aftab's House of Carpets, Route 17 at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (oftw2)
My worry has always been that they did - the last 5 times the US said we would support them and then they all got hung or shot. People willing to kill/die for freedom is not an inexhaustible resource - and a society can run out of them. I've always though Europe has gone to shit because they lost pretty much all of theirs in WW1/2 and the next generations were raised by the leftovers.
Posted by: Ryan Frank at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (fgmuN)
Worthless!
They are simply beyond parody.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes
You're dead wrong, you worthless a-hole!
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dirk Steed
That's very brave of you to say from your keyboard.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)
and behind the blue surgical mask you wear in your car.
Posted by: Roy at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (qwype)
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (ZxPkt)
What are those?
Posted by: Q-Bert at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Marquis de Lafayette at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (NHz0z)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)
You gotta love it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (TrNJ0)
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy)
Ask the Basij, who no longer want to man barricades and roadblocks.
Posted by: Q-Bert at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (E6xSb)
If you can throttle Iran with a blockade, perhaps they'll cry uncle sooner, and without US boots on the ground.
If there's a way to win this without putting regular forces on the ground, I'm for it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R)
Posted by: Archimedes
You're dead wrong, you worthless a-hole!
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (77rzZ)
You're both useless wankers.
Posted by: A pox on both your houses at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy)
The 40,000 brave ones got slaughtered by their own government two months ago.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (FmapG)
Yeah. One useful thing this war has done is exposed how much a lot of countries are showing their asses. Australia was self-sufficient on oil but then they shut down all the refineries in favor of shipping it to China and shipping the refined products back. Apparently things only have a carbon footprint if Karen can see them in her own city.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)
Ummm, no.
Water coning occurs when producers pump wells too FAST.
Some types of reservoirs and wells do not respond favorably to extended shut in periods. I do not know the particulars of the Iranian reservoirs, but that statement above is not correct.
Further, Iran's oil fields are not monolithic. If any of their smart engineers are left, I assume they will keep pumping the "at risk" fields and shut in the fields that will not suffer.
OTOH, Trump is applying a ton of pressure!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R)
Spam and chili prices will skyrocket.
Posted by: And corned beef hash at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (aikFH)
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ)
Not really. The Omanis like to keep their heads down and their mouths shut.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (E6xSb)
being aggressively implementing a standing policy/tactic against Iranian exports - seizure of ships and diversion of revenues therefrom to escrow accounts. Just as we did with Venezuelan shipping prior to their little helicopter-enhanced management change. Pretty sure we've done this with Iranian ships, under sanctions policy, in the past, and that's recent past.
Still don't understand why that is not being done. It would shut down exports about as quickly as this blockade. It can be performed anywhere, not just at the Strait or in the Gulf. Regime's not gonna try very hard to export when they see no $$ from the activity.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (U/Byj)
I want a bunch of these.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (dK+Kv)
The Mullahs and PhDs (but I repeat myself) just don't realize it yet.
I said from the start that the strait has two ends and that Iran threatening to close it was like your opponent putting a gun to his head and threatening to shoot. There is no leverage gained by doing that.
It is like the old Jackoff Smirnov joke about Soviet Russia. They tried to block the strait but in Trump America strait block you!!!
Posted by: Thatch at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (82UEA)
Posted by: Archimedes
You're dead wrong, you worthless a-hole!
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (77rzZ)
And I bet you've never even killed a man!
Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (iXqHn)
Water coning occurs when producers pump wells too FAST.
Some types of reservoirs and wells do not respond favorably to extended shut in periods. I do not know the particulars of the Iranian reservoirs, but that statement above is not correct.
Further, Iran's oil fields are not monolithic. If any of their smart engineers are left, I assume they will keep pumping the "at risk" fields and shut in the fields that will not suffer.
I'd like to weigh in here, despite knowing nothing whatsoever on the topic. Gee, maybe I should run for office as a Democrat.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R)
Spam and chili prices will skyrocket.
Posted by: And corned beef hash at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (TbWk/)
And ham.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (E6xSb)
Persian Rug Futures up 87% since Sunday!
Posted by: Nasser Aftab's House of Carpets
It's their secret weapon.
https://t.ly/-a6rs
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)
Cones are geometry and geometry is math and math is racist.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (Ot/FD)
"Close" is a fuzzy word. Care to be more precise?
Anything anywhere that looks regime related and possibly armed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (/lPRQ)
You also forget, the Saudis have a pipeline to the Red Sea. It was supposed to be opened in three years. It opened this week - someone was lying about the timeline. 7 million barrels a day, exported. So, Gulf oil companies can now bypass the straight.
China is now in Talks with Qatar for more oil. Iran's own patron is writing them off.
It means the world is simply going to move on without Iranian oil. So now Iran must demand the straight be opened - switching positions with the U.S.
Checkmate.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R)
Spam and chili prices will skyrocket.
Posted by: And corned beef hash at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (TbWk/)
This naked aggression must not be allowed to stand!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (yAteE)
And with one phrase he reduces the islamic government of Iran from a government to a criminal organization
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (a+4eV)
The influence of futures speculation is disconcerting. Domestic gas prices went up $1.40 or more per gallon despite there being, to the best of my knowledge, no disruption of US supply chain for gas.
Posted by: It's just gambling as far as I can tell at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (TbWk/)
Still don't understand why that is not being done. It would shut down exports about as quickly as this blockade. It can be performed anywhere, not just at the Strait or in the Gulf. Regime's not gonna try very hard to export when they see no $$ from the activity.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (U/Byj)
1) that takes ships.
2) to take ships that belong to other countries, many of which are allied to us.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (AkEZC
I hope they suffer good and long. And hard.
And due to international blockades, the thrusting, razored dildo of consequences won't be lubed.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: toddg at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (ceFtv)
They're in no position to do shit about the tankers, the Hormuz, the IRGC or Iran.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t)
You also forget, the Saudis have a pipeline to the Red Sea. It was supposed to be opened in three years. It opened this week - someone was lying about the timeline. 7 million barrels a day, exported. So, Gulf oil companies can now bypass the straight.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (vOtXJ)
The East-West pipeline has been operable but not much used for decades, prepared for an event like this. Doesn't cover all the oil but covers a lot.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (okun6)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)
Day 1, they still had ballistic missiles, mines, and lots of drones. Probably lots of American losses anticipated. I like the facade of reserved geopolicy making, honestly, using all the tools in the toolbox.
What a breath of fresh air, versus regime building and legions of dead and disfigured Americans to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)
I'm guessing this is a hell of a lot more danger for our personnel, and takes a lot more equipment sitting still and being a target, as opposed to blowing up their shit from over the horizon or from uncontested airspace like we've been doing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 01:22 PM (Ot/FD)
The influence of futures speculation is disconcerting. Domestic gas prices went up $1.40 or more per gallon despite there being, to the best of my knowledge, no disruption of US supply chain for gas.
Posted by: It's just gambling as far as I can tell at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (TbWk/)
Insurance. Futures contracts are done to ensure future supply. If that future supply looks iffy, the price will rise accordingly.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R)
Spam and chili prices will skyrocket.
Posted by: And corned beef hash
........
We had better attack now, with exploding tuna cans.
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (UjdFS)
Probably operational or other considerations involved that might argue against this but hope it's been looked at.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (TrNJ0)
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2035448712411943405.html
Posted by: azlibertarian at April 13, 2026 01:24 PM (ELeH9)
I have faith Trump understands this.
Their next steps are going to be irrational and very dangerous for the other Gulf countries.
Posted by: melodicmetal
Yeah. Like launching a gazillion missiles and drones at random neighbors!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 01:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 01:24 PM (DgMqy)
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The Saudis may be Islamic assholes but they're not Californians.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (KnFve)
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (cS13u)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy)
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When they can do so without being massacred en masse by the theocratic regime, as happened a few months ago and has occurred several times prior.
If the United States had ramped up drone production following the Israeli-Iranian conflict in June 2025, we could already have killed enough Basiji and IRGC in the major cities that the remainder wouldn't be capable of suppressing dissent. But there doesn't seem to have been much, if any preparation for this conflict.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (m78uQ)
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (Ot/FD)
Also, it violates Our Precious Norms and International Law!
Posted by: The Association of Foreign Policy Experts at April 13, 2026 01:26 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3)
Israel is itching to take out some more of their "leaders."
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (TrNJ0)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Kinda fishy at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (diia5)
I assume Russia is more ambivalent. Yes, Iran is their ally, but shut off Iranian oil and Russian is worth more right?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (diia5)
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The method employed while he talked a bunch about interrupting the drug trade, which turned out to be a distraction for Maduro's abduction?
Interesting.
Posted by: Methos at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (m78uQ)
Concern noted.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Ben Had
How'd they get that? Did the IRGC stash/invest it there?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:29 PM (ndZc7)
President Trump always leaves room for the other guy to hang himself or behave. Then when Trump drops the hammer he has a clear justification.
Posted by: connected and litigious at April 13, 2026 01:30 PM (cS1cw)
Wait a tic... remember wayyy back when, when they controlled the Strait, and Swallogood was a shoo in for Guv?
Pepperidge Farms remembers....last week
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (XuXeR)
The geography is very favorable. All Iranian cargoes emerge from a very small area. Monitoring/intercepting is not difficult.
All "ghost fleet" ships present no new issues at all. Dunno what % of Iranian oil exports (or others) are carried by non-ghost fleet hulls, doubt it's that high. In any case, if you're killing heads of state with airstrikes as part of an operation, you should be ready to do something like fully enforce an already existing (and "UN approved") policy.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (U/Byj)
As leftard communism rose in practically every one of them thanks to the US's long-standing unrequited benificence, so shall it now come under threat.
At least that looks like the plan.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (cS13u)
Bessent knows where all the money is.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (yAteE)
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IIRC, just the other day Iran/IRGC lobbed a couple missiles at one of the other gulf states. The UAE keeps a daily tally. I think on day one of the ceasefire the UAE recorded about a dozen of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: DBCooper at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (3oMnW)
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman
Tell me about it.
- Curtis LeMay
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (diia5)
PDT as the Kool-Aid man, smashing through an Iranian blockade, "OH YEAH! I have a drink for you, it's a beautiful drink, I'm telling you, made right in the US of A! Delicious, thirst-quenching drink, really terrific drink, just the best..."
Posted by: Not for low IQ people at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (TbWk/)
And there is reliable info that we don't have said weapons?
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (XuXeR)
Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines to kill all of the goat fuckers.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (GPa4z)
Fartswell didn't file for his congressional seat by April 6th so he's a goner anyway.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (WQDw6)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (9aVck)
They're in no position to do shit about the tankers, the Hormuz, the IRGC or Iran.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (AkEZC)
Starmer /spit/ said this morning UK and France are calling for an international conference to determine how to ensure the Hormuz Strait is open for all maritime traffic - AFTER the war ends.
You can bet your bottom dollar or last barrel of oil no nation will ever say a word of thanks to the US, let alone to Trump, for taking-down the Mullahocracy and thereby eliminating the IRGC threat to close the Strait anytime they chose, for whatever reasons they say.
Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman
I was reading a Euronik thread a few days ago where the Euroniks had decided that whether or not Americans voted for Trump we were all collectively responsible because on one was actively trying to remove him.
A few American lefties tried arguing they were going to No Kings rallies but the Euroniks still argued they had a collective responsibility.
And then you read their takes on the WoT or this conflict with Iran and it is comical.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (dK+Kv)
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From early on in this conflict, there have been videos of drone strikes on Iranian regime checkpoints. It doesn't seem as if Iran has any effective anti-drone systems; they've been bragging about a handful of drones downed. This implies that a sufficient number of drones could have blasted thousands, or tens of thousands, of Basiji/IRGC at checkpoints, or driving around in vehicles, or various other situations that could easily be called in by the Iranian resistance, until the Basiji/IRGC began to melt away and a general uprising could be signaled.
But America & Israel evidently haven't stockpiled anywhere near enough drones to achieve this, even though this would have been relatively cheap compared to the actual operations thus far (and continuing).
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (m78uQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR)
Just saw Starmer addressing the Parliament basically calling it illegal too... Said. and this is rich, the war is endangering the Iranian people...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (TrNJ0)
Fartswell didn't file for his congressional seat by April 6th so he's a goner anyway.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (WQDw6)
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I sense penumbras and emanations of CA election law that mean that Mr. Fartswell can file any time up to and including election day!
Posted by: Cartel Judge NPC#5456 at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (oqH4h)
101 They are lucky
Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines to kill all of the goat fuckers.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (/+uur)
Bill Jefferson Clinton wouldn't have.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/)
Fartswell didn't file for his congressional seat by April 6th so he's a goner anyway.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (WQDw6)
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I sense penumbras and emanations of CA election law that mean that Mr. Fartswell can file any time up to and including election day!
Posted by: Cartel Judge NPC#5456 at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (oqH4h)
It was postmarked April 1st...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:36 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:36 PM (cS13u)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 13, 2026 01:36 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR)
Just saw Starmer addressing the Parliament basically calling it illegal too... Said. and this is rich, the war is endangering the Iranian people...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (TrNJ0)
Starmer doesn't give a shit about native Britons, but he sure does care about Muzzies!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (WQDw6)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (qFwJc)
Prospects for new pipelines up to the Med looking better than ever.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (U/Byj)
That could be fun.
Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h)
LOL
No shit!
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (qFwJc)
Oh, it's just a little Cease and Desist notice...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:38 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 01:38 PM (UjdFS)
That could be fun.
Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h)
Possibly... They're pretty pissed right now at Iran for shooting missiles and drones at them...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (TrNJ0)
Posted by: gnats local 678
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Ships going to and from Iranian ports. Regardless of flag.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (E4rtv)
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate.
Well played Mister President. Well played.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)
Swalwell loved to sex his staffers and pretty much every woman he met. he requested naughty pics from them (and got them), and sent them pics of his ween. OK we know that.
but did you know in 2016 Taylor Lorenz (yes THAT Lorenz) wrote this article for The Hill:
https://tinyurl.com/yck35t8d
"How Rep. Eric Swalwell became the Snapchat king of Congress'
If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (El6/E)
6 weeks. And there's a bunch on SE Texas that would be on their way tomorrow...
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/)
I had to look that up. Apparently Queensryche is playing.
Also Great White. Hope they have plenty of fire extinguishers on board.
Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (Q6P2R)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (m78uQ)
How much of that was budgeted or could have been within about 15 months of Trump becoming POTUS?
My guess is zero or nearly zero.
Conversely, how much buildup of stockpiles of such weapons can be made in peacetime before JSOC figures it's time to renew inventory?
Point is that it is all so easy in retrospect.
I like the prosecution so far.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate.
Well played Mister President. Well played.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)
Agreed.
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (LHPAg)
That could be fun.
Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h)
Couple of old iowa class turrets
Posted by: A dude in MI at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (/6GbT)
--Eric Swalwell to Ben Shapiro
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (El6/E)
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Another question: do I care?
If this ends up helping the civilians, that's wonderful. But I'm tired of people trying to make that our problem. That's not our problem. That's their problem.
And make no mistake - if a liberated Iran comes out the other end of this thing, we will just have another country we liberated that immediately turns around and shits on us at every opportunity, just like all the other countries we've helped out of a jam.
It might be worth liberating it just to do the right thing, but it won't benefit the United States. Helping foreigners doesn't seem to do anything but breed contempt.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (BI5O2)
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate.
Well played Mister President. Well played.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)
LOL. Yes, Europe will support NATO. All our boys come home, crash the local economies.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard
I never understood where that came from. Russian has a v-sound.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate.
Well played Mister President. Well played.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)
Agreed
Then NATO better get a new President because he's backing Trump in this...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (TrNJ0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (AkEZC)
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When the ceasefire was first announced, Iran fired a bunch of missiles at Israel and a few Gulf states, under the pretext that the ceasefire hadn't yet taken effect. Iran doesn't seem to have been conducting any attacks since then, except on shipping. I assume that if Iran fired any missiles or sent any drones against Israel this would prompt Israel to renew operations against Iran, and similarly that the United States would respond to further attacks by Iran against Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, or the United Arab Emirates.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (m78uQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Turns out that City of London was money laundering for the IRGC. There is a reason that Khameini Jr. had recently bought a number of posh residences in a fashionable part of London recently and the Queer Keir refused to go after the bank that was laundering the dirty cash from Iran. Queer Keir was also a buttbuddy of Lord Ali (a Pakistani) who gave Keir all sorts of 'gifts' and appears to be kissing Keir on the street in a video.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv)
If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (El6/E)
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🤣
Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard
I never understood where that came from. Russian has a v-sound.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)
Chekhov from the 3rd or 4th Star Trek movie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Sid at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (3NIEk)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR)
It's only illegal when people we don't like (America) does it?
It seems I have heard this ploy before somewhere.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: wth
The Owner's Of This Sign Will Be Penalized For Not Knowing What A Fucking Apostrophe Is.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
......
Good. Close all our bases there and bring ALL our troops home.
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (UjdFS)
10/10 BOTTOM LINE: [horrible numbers]
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Sort of makes me wonder why we never did this before.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (n7rxJ)
That is the apparent standard of war crimes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (El6/E)
Iran is attempting to use rail links and Caspian Sea routes to circumvent the maritime restrictions.
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Reportedly, Iran extensively uses its approximately 13,000 km rail network to transport goods domestically and internationally, acting as a crucial transit hub for freight between China, Russia, and Central Asia.
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The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks'
May 18, 2023
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v)
Chekhov from the 3rd or 4th Star Trek movie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM
4th
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (2/MrR)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Don Black
Really? Trump let the last one through a couple weeks ago, hadn't heard anything more.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)
"'And whoever[goes to paradise] will have two Gardens
˹Both will be˺ with lush branches.
In each ˹Garden˺ will be two flowing springs.
In each will be two types of every fruit.
Those ˹believers˺ will recline on furnishings lined with rich brocade. And the fruit of both Gardens will hang within reach.
In both ˹Gardens˺ will be maidens of modest gaze, who no human or jinn has ever touched before.
Those ˹maidens˺ will be ˹as elegant˺ as rubies and coral.
And below these two ˹Gardens˺ will be two others.
Both will be dark green.
In each will be two gushing springs.
In them are fruits, palm trees, and pomegranates.
In all Gardens will be noble, pleasant mates
They will be˺ maidens [houris] with gorgeous eyes, reserved in pavilions.
No human or jinn has ever touched these ˹maidens˺ before.
All ˹believers˺ will be reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets."
May we send the IRGC to their maidens.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (Av6i5)
Iran is attempting to use rail links and Caspian Sea routes to circumvent the maritime restrictions.
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Reportedly, Iran extensively uses its approximately 13,000 km rail network to transport goods domestically and internationally, acting as a crucial transit hub for freight between China, Russia, and Central Asia.
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The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks'
May 18, 2023
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v)
Seems like a few well placed bombs will shut those lines down...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (ynpvh)
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I've only seen confirmation that two ships paid the toll, and that was like three weeks ago.
There have also been assertions that a couple of European governments have paid the tolls directly to Iran...which is not how tolls work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (1Q6Kv)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Oh, we was doing that in the series. I just don't understand where Walter Koenig or the writers came up with the idea that Russian-speakers pronounce "v" as "w." The "w" sound really doesn't exist in Russian, except kinda-sorta in loanwords. But the "v" sound is all over the place.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (77rzZ)
Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financ (BZ=F)
99.41 +4.21 (+4.42%)
As of 1:34:48 PM EDT. Market Open.
WTI Crude Oil May 26 (CL=F)
99.23 +2.66 (+2.75%)
As of 1:35:24 PM EDT. Market Open.
Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (4NO2D)
no one wanted to?
they were all collecting major bank from the grift, can't kill the golden goose!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (MIIRH)
Well he was sleeping with a Chinese spy woman so it was kind of suggested at least. But yes, by default I figure any prominent democrat prefers boys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (El6/E)
Yep. Nation Building is a foolish goal. One that is never reached.
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (XuXeR)
So no - it would necessarily hurt the civilians faster and more than the IRGC. But again, I don't care about that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (BI5O2)
I want a bunch of these.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (dK+Kv)
I wonder if it's like the Triganic Pu in Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.-
The Triganic Pu is a unit of galactic currency, with an exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu. This is simple enough, but, since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (snZF9)
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The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks'
May 18, 2023
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v)
For now.
Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (dK+Kv)
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
It's definitely a gamble...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (yAteE)
Because they had plenty of missiles on day 1. Now they don't.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (ddn0m)
what's the name of that effect where you remember something false from the past? I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (El6/E)
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The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks'
May 18, 2023
Right before the "ceasefire" Israel hit some of the trains
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (TrNJ0)
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The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks'
May 18, 2023
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v)
For now.
Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (dK+Kv)
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Israel took out a bunch of their rail network in western Iran a couple of weeks ago.
Eastern Iran has precious little rail.
Because, you know, mountains make rail difficult.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (1Q6Kv)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Trump Card, Game Over at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (utfVc)
Probably have $3 gas in a year.
Iran won't have gas.
Posted by: torabora at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (6BudV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
IIRC, he showed up in the second season of TOS. The Soviets weren't complaining that there wasn't a Russian on the Enterprise, so they added Chekhov.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (ZPsSk)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (bXbFr)
They're far from self-sufficient when it comes to making enough food for the population.
When's that accelerationism gonna lead to a populist revolution, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (1Q6Kv)
Well, there you go. Reason enough.
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (XuXeR)
Bluster won't work when everyone sees the blockade working.
Posted by: Jose at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (V6W16)
what's the name of that effect where you remember something false from the past? I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (El6/E)
The Mandela effect
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (udRx+)
https://x.com/WorldStrategist/status/
2042969293554327853
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
That's why I'm building mine in a valley!
-- Gavin Newsome
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (El6/E)
Probably have $3 gas in a year.
Iran won't have gas.
Posted by: torabora at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (6BudV)
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Iran's 2 million barrels a day, which mostly went to China, will be completely replaced by American shale oil.
We'll probably be back to $2 gas by summer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (1Q6Kv)
They're far from self-sufficient when it comes to making enough food for the population.
When's that accelerationism gonna lead to a populist revolution, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (1Q6Kv)
Food shortages will definitely do the trick. Not that a revolt will succeed, but one will occur.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Interesting Star Trek trivia:
Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series?
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F)
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Threatening the strait was a suicide move made by morons.
Morons with PhDs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (1Q6Kv)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F)
They've got their Imam in their pocket, er, well...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (ynpvh)
The only Iranian oil terminal beyond the reach of the US blockade is the Neka oil terminal on the Caspian Sea. Oil swaps with Russia could bring in some revenue after discounting the Putin surcharge.
Posted by: mrp at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: zombie
Kirk?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Interesting Star Trek trivia:
Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series?
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (Av6i5)
Spock?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: The New Mullah at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (UjdFS)
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RELEASE THE HALIBURTON
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Yeah there it is. Honestly I am baffled by its origin (people apparently thought Mandela died in the 80s??), the real Mandela effect is thinking that he was a good man who was a heroic figure fighting racism.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: connected and litigious at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)
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Because of midterms? NATO's response?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (XuXeR)
Yeah there it is. Honestly I am baffled by its origin (people apparently thought Mandela died in the 80s??), the real Mandela effect is thinking that he was a good man who was a heroic figure fighting racism.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (El6/E)
I remember Captain Crunch with blue hair...apparently it's always been white...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (ynpvh)
Well he was sleeping with a Chinese spy woman so it was kind of suggested at least. But yes, by default I figure any prominent democrat prefers boys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (El6/E)
*****
Hey there, Big Boy...how's it hanging?
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (6BudV)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
I have it on good authority that AoS is a monolith that never disagrees about anything at all. And especially will not allow a variety of opinions on the simplest issues such as "should every last Jew be exterminated".
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (cS13u)
Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)
Interesting Star Trek trivia:
Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series?
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Crewman In Red Shirt
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
It's definitely a gamble...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (tOcjL)
No it's not you vacillating whiny fence-sitting punkass bitch.
Posted by: In keeping with a theme at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (TbWk/)
-- Gavin Newsome"
Downhill both ways!
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (XuXeR)
Crazy Train...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulg
Nope. He's not in the first episode, in which Captain Pike is the captain of the Enterprise. Kirk hadn't been hired yet.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F)
They are banking on waiting us out. It ALWAYS worked for everyone else. Just white-knuckle it until we walk away.
The question is whether Trump will break those knuckles. No other President would - they don't care about America or its reputation or well-being - but Trump isn't other Presidents.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)
Well he was sleeping with a Chinese spy woman so it was kind of suggested at least. But yes, by default I figure any prominent democrat prefers boys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (El6/E)
*****
Hey there, Big Boy...how's it hanging?
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (6BudV)
We'd ask you the same thing, but we already know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (ynpvh)
Nope. He's not in the first episode, in which Captain Pike is the captain of the Enterprise. Kirk hadn't been hired yet.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (Av6i5)
Scotty ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (TrNJ0)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: zombie
So I guess it must be Spock, since he served under Pike, too.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (hzEuy)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)
Thus, we have to take the assets, not just stop them from using them.
When you have an enemy that doesn't care about its people, the only way for things to end is to either not have any enemy anymore, take the things the enemy does care about, or quit...
We were hovering around option 1 with 3...now we're inching toward option 2...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (Av6i5)
Spock?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (ynpvh)
In the first few episodes Spock basically yelled when he talked. I wonder if it was Nimoy who dialed back the character.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (V4IXI)
The Mandela Effect. So called because of the large number of people who believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison. Stephen Biko died in prison but to the average American, all South Africans are interchangeable.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (M6W3j)
Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (m78uQ)
What kind of drones are you talking about? So many different kinds.
And one must remember just how large in area Iran is.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (9aVck)
Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (Q6P2R)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (udRx+)
The Gen. Curtis LeMay Plan.
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: It's me donna
Nope. Hidden away below deck in the engineering area for some episodes, never shown.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (Av6i5)
The question is whether Trump will break those knuckles. No other President would - they don't care about America or its reputation or well-being - but Trump isn't other Presidents.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)
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Eh.
They've completely sabotaged their relationships with the Gulf states. Saudi Arabia is the most vocal "finish them off" voice in the world now.
They can hope to wait things out...but the IRGC has siphoned off major elements of their Iraqi militias to subdue the Persian population. They're pulling foreign assets to cling to power and starvation hasn't started yet.
And the top 40 government officials not in the IRGC are going to be easily tracked when they get back from Islamabad with the clock ticking on the ceasefire running out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (1Q6Kv)
I think this ship blocking (and financial devastation on Iran) is giving them a taste of how we can hurt them with minimal effort. Eventually, there will be a back door deal that will include dropping a number of sanctions, re-opening the Straits, and a look the other way when Special Forces show up and take the Uranium. Iran just giving it over makes them look weak, and for the same tyrannical jackasses to hold onto power, they have to do a little Kabuki theater on the Uranium acquisition.
Posted by: Orson at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (cS13u)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (cS13u)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Av6i5)
It's not like ANY of the Arabs built their infrastructure.
It was almost all built by UK/US Companies.
Posted by: garrett at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (3JuEJ)
The question is whether Trump will break those knuckles. No other President would - they don't care about America or its reputation or well-being - but Trump isn't other Presidents.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)
I mean, wait it out works for the home team in a LOT of wars...so, that's not US specific...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (tOcjL)
Yeah I wasn't terribly impressed with him until I saw his turn as Bester and he was amazing in that role. Just shows what you can get with good writing and directing.
And Scotty should have been a bigger character, he never got the respect he deserved from the show.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Q6P2R)
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (cS13u)
Not even his Mom.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (udRx+)
The Gen. Curtis LeMay Plan.
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (LHPAg)
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50 years have convinced them that all they have to do is hold out and the West will just pay up in the end.
It's how they interact with the world, no matter the events.
It makes sense.
But the West usually doesn't precede a ceasefire agreement with nearly 5 weeks of bombings that take out the top levels of leadership, 80% of their missile stockpiles, their entire navy, and even target individual Basij checkpoints deep in Iranian territory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (1Q6Kv)
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker
How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT)
Posted by: Uhura's chair at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: ...
Close, but no.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Av6i5)
Gene Roddenberry's name appeared in every episode.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: ..
And we have a winner!
Yes, Sulu, and only Sulu, appeared in every single episode. Often briefly, but he's always there.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (bXbFr)
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker
How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT)
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Apparently, that's the junior senator from Arizona filming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (1Q6Kv)
WTOP News, October 2021
'COVID-19 drives gas, oil prices to their highest in 7 years.'
In part, The average price is $1.08 higher than it was a year ago.
👉Prices jumped this past week when OPEC said it would not boost oil production in the middle of a global shortage caused by deep production cuts at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We can thank just about everything that we’re seeing now on the fact that COVID stifled consumer demand long enough that it caused prices to collapse, which caused production to collapse,” said Patrick De Haan, petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.
Emphasis mine.
.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (NFX2v)
50 years have convinced them that all they have to do is hold out and the West will just pay up in the end.
It's how they interact with the world, no matter the events.
It makes sense.
But the West usually doesn't precede a ceasefire agreement with nearly 5 weeks of bombings that take out the top levels of leadership, 80% of their missile stockpiles, their entire navy, and even target individual Basij checkpoints deep in Iranian territory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (1Q6Kv)
The damage to their leadership structure also might make it difficult for them to decide on new courses of action.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable
See, you had the right answer without realize it.
SULU was the pilot. Spock was the first officer.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
The old middle-school jol:
"How do you make a hormone?"
"Don't pay her."
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (77rzZ)
I will admit it was process of elimination since everyone else had been named
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 02:01 PM (cS13u)
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker
How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT)
Are you saying hookers can't be raped or manhandled? Let's say he didn't pay her...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:01 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:01 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: mikeski at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (4q2pn)
* meaning: I read that somewhere and I don't care enough to find a source
Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (BEOWR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT)
No,no, that's how you make her moan!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Satisfy ALL Women! at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (okun6)
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It's obvious that the choice of the Gayatollah in a coma as leader is that whatever the antebellum power structure had been is now dead.
The IRGC has taken full control, and they're fractured by design since their top leadership has been taken out.
The ceasefire was for rearming. The talks were for kabuki.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (1Q6Kv)
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker
How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT)
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Apparently, that's the junior senator from Arizona filming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (1Q6Kv)
______
There's at least one other person in the room, and it appears to be a guy. Video is gross.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)
If he restores regular Hormuz traffic? Ballgame.
Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (WQDw6)
Posted by: Kono at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Don Black
Really? Trump let the last one through a couple weeks ago, hadn't heard anything more.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)
It was a Russian vessel, not a Soviet one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (cS13u)
Use the Force, Harry.
Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Q6P2R)
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This is the Ace's I know and love.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable
See, you had the right answer without realize it.
SULU was the pilot. Spock was the first officer.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)
AI says, "Hikaru Sulu, portrayed by George Takei, appeared in 51 of the 79 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (5zMqH)
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (hzEuy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (ynpvh)
👍. At least a few more.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (aZm/F)
what are the only two mammals with visible (at rest) whites of the eyes?
one's a gimme lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2)
Leonard Nimoy (Spock): Appeared in all episodes except for the pilot "The Cage" and a few others.
William Shatner (Kirk): Appeared in every episode after the pilot, but was absent from the original pilot.
DeForest Kelley (McCoy): Joined in the second pilot and was not in "The Cage".
Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel/Computer Voice): While she did not appear on-screen in every episode as Nurse Chapel, she did voice the Enterprise computer in almost all episodes, and appeared as Number One in the pilot, then Chapel in the series.
Other cast members like George Takei (Sulu), James Doohan (Scotty), and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) were also missing from various episodes due to acting rotation or budgetary restrictions.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL)
So it really is beginning?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (El6/E)
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker
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TBH... anything that shit stain would do to another person would be considered "molesting."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
They brought him in when Mr. Sulu took time off to appear in the "Green Berets", pilgrim.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Sulu at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (XuXeR)
So it is in iran. the Mullahs still have some manner of control, and their thugs in the IRCG and Basij are still roaming the streets. But do they still have the influence they once had? And if not, how do they get displaced?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (V4IXI)
Picard says "don't go over 88 mph"
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (XuXeR)
You shall not pass!--Severus Snape to Harry Potter
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
They brought him in when Mr. Sulu took time off to appear in the "Green Berets", pilgrim.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL)
You mean "The Green Cabaret", don't you?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (5zMqH)
With out drill baby drill, the US would have no leverage against Iran, the Middle East, or Russia.
Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (2WIwB)
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I doubt the mullahs have any control at all.
The gayatollah in a coma as leader? That's done so that other powers can exert control using him as a figurehead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (1Q6Kv)
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (XuXeR)
How did I not know this was the origin of the "so it begins" guy?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: SMOD at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (RHGPo)
Sulu wanted the pilot in him...
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (XuXeR)
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hhhhahaahhah
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (aZm/F)
Sulu wanted the pilot in him...
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (XuXeR)
And Sulu wanted to be IN the pilot.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (ynpvh)
what are the only two mammals with visible (at rest) whites of the eyes?
one's a gimme lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2)
humans and gorilllas?
What are the only two mammals with no nipples?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (aZm/F)
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Ambassador Kosh Naranek begs to disagree.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (s+IMr)
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (XuXeR)
What are the only two mammals with no nipples?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q)
Platypus
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (TrNJ0)
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q)
Platypus and ?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (TrNJ0)
you mostly see the pupil/cornea on a gorilla at rest. I'm sure they CAN open their eyes wide enough! but typically the direction of focus is not visible. only two mammals - one being humans - have visible white sections ergo visible point of focus for the pupils
and one more. it's very close to us, usually.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (s+IMr)
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Ambassador Kosh's last name?
Now you are just showing off...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)
You gotta love it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)
Great minds.
Posted by: Rorschach at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (i0Hi3)
What are the only two mammals with no nipples?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q)
Platypus
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (TrNJ0)
I believe non of the monotremes have nipples...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: toddg
It would not even take that long. Remember the Kuwaiti oil well fires that were going to end the planet and would take years to put out? About five weeks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (0U5gm)
Platypus and ?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (V4IXI)
Echidna ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (TrNJ0)
Yes
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (s+IMr)
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Ambassador Kosh's last name?
Now you are just showing off...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)
Well, otherwise they are all Kosh...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (ynpvh)
Why not just create a A.I Ayatollah and rule through him?
Hell, that had people believing in a cardboard one a month ago.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL)
yay Bulg!
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
IIRC, he showed up in the second season of TOS. The Soviets weren't complaining that there wasn't a Russian on the Enterprise, so they added Chekhov.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ)
And then he spent the next 2 years telling people the Russians invented everything from the wheel to the planets themselves.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (V4IXI)
Echidna ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (TrNJ0)
Yes
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (w/O5Q)
They lay eggs...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (TrNJ0)
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy)
Iraqi militias are being funneled in to support the IRGC/Basij apparently.
Plus, the fucking Kurds kept all of the fucking guns we tried to send over there.
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (WYStd)
and visible whites of the eyes/visible focal direction - humans and canines (dogs and wolves)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (V4IXI)
No, Spock was not in every episode of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS), although he appeared in almost all of them. He appeared in 78 of the 79 regular episodes, plus both pilots.
The Missing Episode: Spock does not appear in the Season 3 episode, "The Empath".
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (WYStd)
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Leadership decided that the limitations on the strait would be an acceptable "loss" early in the conflict. The focus was on ballistic missiles and leadership and known nuclear sites. That was the priority.
Part of that campaign was most likely any sort of surface to ship capabilities Iran has.
And...ships have been going through for weeks. Lloyd's has asserted that they would insure the ships as a wartime risk, especially after Treasury said they'd reinsure. Inbound ships that are too afraid have redirected to our Gulf coast.
And plans to bypass the strait completely with pipelines are being fast tracked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (1Q6Kv)
Pilot Absence: While Spock is in the first pilot, "The Cage," he was not in the second, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," but he was added back to the cast by NBC for the series.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (tOcjL)
Hell, that had people believing in a cardboard one a month ago.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL)
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My favorite part of " Cardboard Ayatollah" was the true believer holding up the cardboard, kissing it. LOL
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (aZm/F)
Why not just create a A.I Ayatollah and rule through him?
Hell, that had people believing in a cardboard one a month ago.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL)
https://youtu.be/T7mdHpVRpz0
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (ynpvh)
I AI'd this :
Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and the five extant species are the platypus and four species of echidnas.
So you are correct
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (w/O5Q)
Leonard Nimoy (Spock): Appeared in all episodes except for the pilot "The Cage" and a few others.
William Shatner (Kirk): Appeared in every episode after the pilot, but was absent from the original pilot.
DeForest Kelley (McCoy): Joined in the second pilot and was not in "The Cage".
Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel/Computer Voice): While she did not appear on-screen in every episode as Nurse Chapel, she did voice the Enterprise computer in almost all episodes, and appeared as Number One in the pilot, then Chapel in the series.
Other cast members like George Takei (Sulu), James Doohan (Scotty), and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) were also missing from various episodes due to acting rotation or budgetary restrictions.
Posted by: Nova Local
Well pickle my knickers!
Trelkies have told me Sulu was the answer! Grrr!
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (Av6i5)
That's a new one . He went from Hitler to the antichrist. SMDH
Posted by: Megthered at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (UUs/D)
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (gYnrv)
If I had a few million bucks in the couch cushions, I'd buy one just to look at it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2)
That's a new one . He went from Hitler to the antichrist. SMDH
Posted by: Megthered at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (UUs/D)
Then I guess they aren't Trump supporters...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (TrNJ0)
No I doubt everything I've ever been told by anyone!
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (0U5gm)
The two most gob-smacking events I have ever witnessed personally were:
The eruption of Mt St Helens
The Oil Well fires in Kuwait
Both sent plumes of smoke and ash up well over 40,000 feet. Incredible sites.
And the oil wells were hot as could be. Got to within about 800 meters from one and couldn't go any closer.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (2WIwB)
but did you know in 2016 Taylor Lorenz (yes THAT Lorenz) wrote this article for The Hill:
https://tinyurl.com/yck35t8d
"How Rep. Eric Swalwell became the Snapchat king of Congress'
If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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His wife looks like Rubio in drag.... Rubio gets all the "other tasks as required".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (SFjVQ)
but did you know in 2016 Taylor Lorenz (yes THAT Lorenz) wrote this article for The Hill:
https://tinyurl.com/yck35t8d
"How Rep. Eric Swalwell became the Snapchat king of Congress'
If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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His wife looks like Rubio in drag.... Rubio gets all the "other tasks as required".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (SFjVQ)
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (gYnrv)
But apparently missed a season 3 episode - The Empath. Now I don't remember it, so I don't know if he's in it, but AI insists he's not...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (El6/E)
No one could tell the difference between Mandela and Biko, and then Peter Gabriel brought out his Biko song, but Mandela was more influential, and they were both in jail.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (rbvCR)
he's the anti ... oh whatever
the POPE might be. he SUCKS.
regardless PDJT is over the target big time. That, or they're out of less desperate options.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
That's a new one . He went from Hitler to the antichrist. SMDH
Posted by: Megthered at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (UUs/D)
I think of him as System Lord.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (Y8DZL)
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there is a "tell" in that sentence that confirms the "thinking" is not coming from Trump supporters...
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (GD0B3)
OK, maybe I'm Mandela Effect-ing myself by conflating it with The Arena but I would have sworn that Spock was viewing the aliens' test on the ship's view screen.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (qp6uP)
So you are correct
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (w/O5Q)
The definition of "mammal" is an animal that suckles its young, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (gYnrv)
But apparently missed a season 3 episode - The Empath. Now I don't remember it, so I don't know if he's in it, but AI insists he's not...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (tOcjL)
And yet Wiki disagrees...but that's about as trustworthy as AI...so maybe Spock is the right answer...or 42 is...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (tOcjL)
Uh, okay?
plus he's still in the race, he's just not campaigning any more
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
he's the anti ... oh whatever
the POPE might be. he SUCKS.
regardless PDJT is over the target big time. That, or they're out of less desperate options.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
The pope is just some piece of shit from chicago.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (tOcjL)
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Makes sense that he'd miss that one.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (0bjKf)
Plus, the fucking Kurds kept all of the fucking guns we tried to send over there.
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (WYStd)
How many times have we hung the Kurds out to dry?
I kinda want to give them a pass on this one.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (N39Ws)
So you are correct
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (w/O5Q)
The definition of "mammal" is an animal that suckles its young, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (utfVc)
has hair, produces milk for young...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (ynpvh)
Islamic money is heavy into trying to split Roman Catholics from the Republican party.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (El6/E)
This follows a January court filing in which the government conceded that DOGE associates may have improperly accessed sensitive data at the agency.
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share SSA data with an unnamed political advocacy group that wanted to overturn election results in certain states, the government said in a correction to the record. That filing also revealed that much of DOGE’s data access occurred outside of official protocols — and that SSA still doesn’t know the full scope of DOGE’s data access and sharing, which included the use of an unauthorized server.
... but they didn't show that these activities would cause or have caused irreparable harm was likely without action from the court
Posted by: SMOD at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (j+aD2)
Don't care. Give Swalwell the Kavanaugh treatment x 10.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Agreed, George Takei is the Asshole of All Time, but we have to separate the actor from the character. Sean Penn, for example, is a very talented actor, but an absolute retard politically. Robert De Niro was good in Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, but as a person he's a total embarrassment.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (Av6i5)
One of them is 'we exchanged nudes on the phone, then I went to his hotel room and then we had sex and that was totally unexpected and I didn't want to"
I mean... yes you could technically have changed your mind at the last moment but, really?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (El6/E)
Islamic money is heavy into trying to split Roman Catholics from the Republican party.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (El6/E)
Trump maybe might want to consider that before posting more "Trump as Jesus" pics...no sense doing their work for free...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (tOcjL)
ok that makes sense
how do they get the milk tho
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)
The milk is secreted through the skin. The little ones lick it off...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
Believe all wymyn, except for the ones we tell you not to.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Rory McIlroy's nipples at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (ynpvh)
Yeah he did himself no favors with that, what a stupid, unforced error. Usually his instincts are better than that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)
Well, that's just like him, isn't it?
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (N39Ws)
I think Jeong is hilarious.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:26 PM (V4IXI)
https://youtu.be/6_6xctl_Z8I
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:27 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Defenestratus
Common Sense Kurd control. It's not just about cottage cheese anymore.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (Y8DZL)
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Open the Strait 🎵
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Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 02:33 PM (NpAcC)
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Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)
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Which explains why he's still able to buy groceries even though he never again found work. We should all be so lucky!
Posted by: Cardboard Ayatollah at April 13, 2026 02:39 PM (tAZYd)
Posted by: Steve Johnson at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (qilcS)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
They brought him in when Mr. Sulu took time off to appear in the "Green Berets", pilgrim.
Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL)
Very, very late to this thread, but I had to comment on Chekhov not being in every Star Trek episode. This is absolutely true, and relevant to the movie Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan. Chekhov was not in Space Seed, the episode that introduced Khan Noonian Singh. Because of this, there was no way Khan would have recognized Chekhov in ST2.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (LdKHn)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM
I am Sam.
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