Donald I, emperor of the world.

[Pinno718]

Maybe not in penal or mortal terms, but if the Senators & Representatives realise how much more unpopular Trump is going to get as bodies pile up and the costs rise (as well as fuel prices), they might at last realise that he's going to sink their hopes of being re-elected, and act accordingly.

Which is wot I said but due to some sort of addiction to short bars, abbreviated minims plus arrythmia you did a tl;dr (again).
I'm going to write to your surgeon and beg..,

 

[briantrumpet]

Hillary Clinton 1, Lauren Boebert 0.

The moment that Clinton was told that unauthorised photos were being taken and shared by Boebert.

https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3mg47zizeqs2t

 

[Pinno718]

Hillary Clinton 1, Lauren Boebert 0.

The moment that Clinton was told that unauthorised photos were being taken and shared by Boebert.

https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3mg47zizeqs2t

Boebert is yet another malicious incompetent. There seems to be an endless stream of them on tap.

 

[Pblakeney]

Maybe not in penal or mortal terms, but if the Senators & Representatives realise how much more unpopular Trump is going to get as bodies pile up and the costs rise (as well as fuel prices), they might at last realise that he's going to sink their hopes of being re-elected, and act accordingly.

I hope you are right. I think you might be right.
My concern right now is that I think it will take grave consequences to an actual family member to light a fire under their arses.

 

[Pinno718]

Former special advisor to the US secretary of defence says that Iran has moved on technologically more than Israel anticipated with the iron dome having been penetrated more easily than anticipated and that it's survival is in question if this conflict continues long term.
Amongst other key points is that the US and the Israeli's will run out of defence missiles quite quickly. The US is sacrificing their economic position and security on behalf of Israel.

Catastrophic actions... Iran will not step down until the US leaves.

 

[Pblakeney]

Former special advisor to the US secretary of defence says that Iran has moved on technologically more than Israel anticipated with the iron dome having been penetrated more easily than anticipated and that it's survival is in question if this conflict continues long term.
Amongst other key points is that the US and the Israeli's will run out of defence missiles quite quickly. The US is sacrificing their economic position and security on behalf of Israel.

Catastrophic actions... Iran will not step down until the US leaves.

I heard this earlier today, and it really surprised me that the US supplies are so low. Seems that the US needs to buy from N. Korea but China has put the kibosh on that. The international web is complicated. Too complicated for Donnie.

 

[Pinno718]

I heard this earlier today, and it really surprised me that the US supplies are so low. Seems that the US needs to buy from N. Korea but China has put the kibosh on that. The international web is complicated. Too complicated for Donnie.

China is hardly going to allow the facilitation and proliferation of this conflict are they?
India has turned back to Russia for oil in the light of the strait of Hormuz being closed. .
That means that they have quickly gone against agreements made with the EU.
A web indeed

 

[Pblakeney]

China is hardly going to allow the facilitation and proliferation of this conflict are they?
India has turned back to Russia for oil in the light of the strait of Hormuz being closed. .
That means that they have quickly gone against agreements made with the EU.
A web indeed

First up, I got my N & S mixed up. The rational that I heard about the S. Korea thing was simply that China didn't want S. Korea to be getting all that money. Also, China has come out with a bit of support for Iran so things could get messy.

 

[icowden]

After all, the Khamenei is now a martyr and there are 300 million shiites all of them will be intent on exacting revenge. Iran may fall into chaos but the fundamentalists will have renewed cause. They were sleeping dogs relatively speaking.

I think that might be a little hyperbolic. Not all Shiites agreed with Khomeini - his initial support base had hugely depleted by 2024. The majority of Shiites outside of the middle east will be a little less hard line. There are also between 150 million and 240 million Shiites in the world. I'd say that once you discount the children and a lot of the women there's probably more like 50 million intent on revenge...

Best to cancel that football ticket and see if you can get a refund...

 

[Pinno718]

First up, I got my N & S mixed up. The rational that I heard about the S. Korea thing was simply that China didn't want S. Korea to be getting all that money. Also, China has come out with a bit of support for Iran so things could get messy.

‘The BRICs’ standing for Brazil, Russia, India and China was first used as a term in economic writing, but later developed into an intergovernmental organization created by those four countries, which held the first BRIC summit in 2009.

It was then expanded to include South Africa in 2010, becoming known as the BRICS.

Four further countries joined the group in 2024: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Argentina and Saudi Arabia were both invited to join, Argentina later declined the invitation, and Saudi Arabia has yet to formally accept.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10136/

 

[Pinno718]

I think that might be a little hyperbolic. Not all Shiites agreed with Khomeini - his initial support base had hugely depleted by 2024. The majority of Shiites outside of the middle east will be a little less hard line. There are also between 150 million and 240 million Shiites in the world. I'd say that once you discount the children and a lot of the women there's probably more like 50 million intent on revenge...

Best to cancel that football ticket and see if you can get a refund...

Point taken but I cannot see any country which is predominantly Islamic who don't see the US's actions as imperialistic.
Syria and Pakistan are much more of a threat to the US. Whilst the US is side-lined in this conflict, who knows what plots are being fostered.
Is the world cup safe to attend?

 

[Pblakeney]

Point taken but I cannot see any country which is predominantly Islamic who don't see the US's actions as imperialistic.
Syria and Pakistan are much more of a threat to the US. Whilst the US is side-lined in this conflict, who knows what plots are being fostered.
Is the world cup safe to attend?

The World Cup? Don't need to go that far. There are concerns about this weekend's 6 Nations matches.

 

[Pross]

Point taken but I cannot see any country which is predominantly Islamic who don't see the US's actions as imperialistic.
Syria and Pakistan are much more of a threat to the US. Whilst the US is side-lined in this conflict, who knows what plots are being fostered.
Is the world cup safe to attend?

Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait - basically the usual allies in that region - but they are all probably a bit p!ssed off that they are bearing the brunt of the retaliation.

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2028598859480408561

 

[icowden]

The World Cup? Don't need to go that far. There are concerns about this weekend's 6 Nations matches.

But those have been extant since 2024 and are not new concerns. If anything, the USA may have actually diminished the European threat in favour of attacking them, especially given the easy access to high powered weaponry and explosives in the USA.