Iran

[05_never_again]

The Pentagon couldn't just find the $50 billion in the seat cushions of the couch?

I was gonna say. It's like buying something for $100 and then buying some kind of add-on afterwards for $3.

 

[hog88]

Y'all do know that LG drives a Tesla, right?

Really? I figured him to be a jacked up 3/4 ton dodge guy rolling coal

 

[marcusluvsvols]

If it doesn't go their way, I'm gonna feel for them.

The Kurds always seem to end up with the sh!t end of the stick in the Middle East.

Always. I am amazed they will even speak to the US. I say that as a lifelong patriot raised in a military family. Not as a US hating Lefty that wants to tear everything and everyone down just to see it burn because they're mentally ill. The Kurds have been left for dead a couple times by previous administration's after arming and backing them for a while.

 

[volfanhill]

Really? I figured him to be a jacked up 3/4 ton dodge guy rolling coal

I didn't have either of the those as my guess

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Trump has lost Alex Jones he sounds like he’s gonna cry

The fact that Lefties still post BS like "burying the Epstein files" on Twitter is just further proof that Liberalism is a symptom of mental illness. Anyone here can access tens of thousands of documents regarding Epstein. All of which the Biden admin hid for 4 years. All of which were released under orders from Trump. Its like believing that dogs purr, or cats bark. Like believing women can have penises and men can give birth. To be a Leftist and support the Dem "platform" in 2026 is to be mentally ill. By necessity. No sane person believes any of that BS.

 

[MAD]

Interesting data

Ballistic missile launches by Iran during the first few days of conflict:

Ballistic Missiles:
Day 1 — 350
Day 2 — 175
Day 3 — 120
Day 4 — 50
Day 5 — 40

Drone Swarms:
Day 1 — 294
Day 2 — 541
Day 3 — 200
Day 4 — 85
Day 5 — 45

 

[rikberry31]

Iran has neither nuclear warheads nor the means to carry one here, and neither Russia nor China seem terribly interested in entering this war. No matter what the DDC says (especially since it includes factors like AI, global climate change, etc), the Cuban Missile standoff in 1962 posed an immensely higher and more immediate threat to the U.S.

Good lort, there is so much wrong here it is hard to figure our where to start. First, of course the Russians and the Chinese aren't upset, they are allied with Iran's current regime and they are a useful tool for them. China gets a huge chunk of its oil from Iran and Venezuela on the cheap.
Second, Venezuela and Iran have been huge blow to, our enemy, China's economy which was already in trouble.
Third, Iran boasted in negotiations that they already had enough enriched uranium to build over 10 nukes. Combine that with ballistic missiles and the world has a major problem.
Fourth, Iran was pumping out ballistic misses and drones like crazy, in six months they would have been a real problem for everyone, regardless of nukes. They were most certainly a major threat.
Last, the Soviet Union while it was evil was not crazy. They were not going to risk annihilation over missiles in Cuba. The Mullahs are insane, the want bring about the end of the world and would have most certainly used nukes if they had them. Their main goal was destruction of Israel and the U.S.
Iran has been the biggest terror threat to the world for fifty years and they should have been dealt with a long time ago. Till now no President or world leader has had the stones to do it.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Mojo just needs to be a team player and let us copy trade his Polymarket wagers.

I did tell you when the Iran attack was going to happen in the tariff thread. You were too busy chasing after Thai hookers to heed my advice...

 

[marcusluvsvols]

There should be a daisy chain of Destroyers there.

Though I’m still not entirely sure what Iran is going to attack these tankers with.

I saw where just the 1 Carrier that Iran launched 52missiles at in 1 barrage hoping to overwhelm its defenses (zero got thru) had 3 of the AB class guided missile destroyers in its escort group. We have another carrier group nearby, probably outfitted similarly...plus you know we have some subs in the area for Tomahawks, torpedoes, and God forbid Tridents if that somehow became necessary.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I did tell you when the Iran attack was going to happen in the tariff thread. You were too busy chasing after Thai hookers to heed my advice...

Tell me then, Karnack... is ONDS a buy in the early stages of Israel doing Israel things?

I sold all but 1000 shares Monday morning. I'm consider re-entry at these lower 10 levels.

 

[85SugarVol]

I'm not wearing any

Alright, alright… my kinda guy

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Tell me then, Karnack... is ONDS a buy in the early stages of Israel doing Israel things?

Ive had a poor run in market past 6 weeks. Ive lost my mojo...

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Favorite for Supreme Leader of Iran spent months being 'treated for impotency' in private UK hospitals, US intelligence reveals​

Mojtaba Khamenei, the favorite to become the new Supreme Leader of Iran, was repeatedly treated for impotency at hospitals in the UK, according to a secret US intelligence document.

On Tuesday, Mojtaba, 56, was reportedly preparing to be named successor to his father Ali Khamenei, who was killed along with 48 other senior regime officials in America and Israel's ongoing Operation Epic Fury.

According to a classified briefing sent by the State Department to the US Embassy in London in 2008, and later released by WikiLeaks, Mojtaba was placed under pressure by his family to produce heirs.

It required four visits, including a final stay lasting two months, and he eventually had a son who was named 'Ali' after the baby's grandfather, the then Supreme Leader.

According to US intelligence, Mojtaba married relatively late in life in 2004. That was 'reportedly due to an impotency problem treated and eventually resolved during three extended visits to the UK.'

Those visits were to the Wellington and Cromwell Hospitals in London., according to the intelligence document

Iran's new Supreme Leader spent months being 'treated for impotency'

Mojtaba Khamenei was said to have been placed under pressure by his family to produce heirs and traveled to London.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[McDad]

Egg prices spiked due to the Biden administration ordering the culling of millions of chickens. They went down over time as the size of the flocks increased.

Yeah. So again, not the exact same dynamics as gas prices at the pump but maybe it illustrates that's how commodities "react" in crises and after.

 

[McDad]

Y'all do know that LG drives a Tesla, right?

...and he's concerned about gas prices.

such a trickster.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Ive had a poor run in market past 6 weeks. Ive lost my mojo...

Well my buy order for 1k shares at 10.20 just popped so I'll report bsck from the chow line in a week or two.

 

[Vol737]

I did tell you when the Iran attack was going to happen in the tariff thread. You were too busy chasing after Thai hookers to heed my advice...

No, I think his name was just Ty. Don’t know about his nationality.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

It's like Star Wars, knocking missiles out of the sky above your head. Daily Mail reporter who saw the Iron Dome in action tells why Israelis seem so unflappable amid Iran war​

It's like Star Wars, knocking missiles out of the sky right above your head.

I'd been to Israel before, but it wasn't until covering its war with Hamas that I understood what the Iron Dome means to the country.

Within days of arriving at work as a news correspondent in January 2024, I was at a bus stop in southeastern Tel Aviv during rush hour, surrounded by students with their backpacks, old women with their shopping bags and soldiers with rifles - all waiting for the same bus.

As I stood there, intrigued by this uniquely Israeli scene, a shrill, oscillating howl started blaring all around us. It took me a few seconds to realize it was a 'Red Alert,' Israel's missile warning siren.

Everyone started running.

Some took cover under nearby trees. Others shielded themselves next to a concrete wall. Still others, including little kids and uniformed soldiers, ran up a small hill behind us for a clearer view of the sky.

I followed them, naively reaching for my notebook and pen in hopes of snagging a quick interview before whatever happened next. But there was no time.

Within about 45 seconds of when the sirens started, we could hear Hamas rockets that had been fired from Gaza zooming northward through the late-afternoon sky.


I landed in Tel Aviv to cover Israel's war with Hamas, and within days I witnessed the Iron Dome in action while waiting for a bus, as the 'Red Alert' - Israel's missile warning siren - blared overhead


Civilians around me took cover while some ran up the hill to see the interception - within seconds, I could hear the missiles from Gaza (PICTURED: Civilians taking cover from an Iranian airstrike on February 28)

I saw the Iron Dome in action within days of arriving in Tel Aviv

Daily Mail reporter recounts seeing the Iron Dome in action when she arrived in Tel Aviv in 2024 and how its protection has left a feeling of ease among Israelis despite the war with Iran.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Vol8188]

Iran has neither nuclear warheads nor the means to carry one here, and neither Russia nor China seem terribly interested in entering this war. No matter what the DDC says (especially since it includes factors like AI, global climate change, etc), the Cuban Missile standoff in 1962 posed an immensely higher and more immediate threat to the U.S.

Russia has there hands full right now which is one reason the timing was right

 

[KB5252]

Is Qatar doing that as a safety measure?

My understanding is with Hormuz shut down storage facilities to contain product are full. Can't produce until the flow starts back up through Hormuz again

 

[Vol8188]

My understanding is with Hormuz shut down storage facilities to contain product are full. Can't produce until the flow starts back up through Hormuz again

I thought it wasn’t actually shut down? Just that they made the threat and then lost their navy

Edit: looked into the question and per Grok it is not being blockaded or anything by Iran but insurers have refused to insure shipments through the strait currently due to security concerns causing around 90% of shipping to cease in that area

 

[luthervol]

If anyone watched the Karoline Leavitt press briefing.........

What did you think?

Me? It made me recall the statement "we have met the enemy and ....."

 

[05_never_again]

That was just an example. Like I said, I'd wager most of us here aren't kept up at night about it because most of us are self sustaining men above the age of 35 with enough free time to make milk puns amidst a uniquely shaky time in the geopolitical landscape. The doomsday clock is 85 seconds to midnight (the closest to such since the creation of the doomsday clock) and we're not collectively freaking out.


What I took from his point is that we took military action that would, with utmost certainty, spike gas prices in a time when the economy isn't exactly holding a cup flowing over the brim with prosperity. We can't get a rock solid answer as to why it needed to be done right now.

The Iranian military/paramilitary/their regional proxies are by far the weakest it has been since 1979.

I'm ambivalent about the military action, but if you're going to take them out there's arguably never been a better time. Also, the economics of the oil market are such that you can take this action and not immediately moonshot crude prices by 50%. That also hasn't been the case since 1979.

 

[KB5252]

Degradation in service from USPS? How could it possibly get any worse? I got to the point of trying not to mail anything a couple of years ago.

So instead of my letter from Nashville to Knoxville being routed through Flagstaff AZ they will have to settle for routing through Stuttgart Arkansas?

 

[rikberry31]

Iran has neither nuclear warheads nor the means to carry one here, and neither Russia nor China seem terribly interested in entering this war. No matter what the DDC says (especially since it includes factors like AI, global climate change, etc), the Cuban Missile standoff in 1962 posed an immensely higher and more immediate threat to the U.S.

And by the way, the climate change crisis is the biggest hoax and money grab in history. There is a lot more H2O in the atmosphere and H2O has much more capacity to hold heat. Nobody ever says water in the atmosphere is an existential threat.