BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.
This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.
(🎥 Vahid Online)
Belvedere Park (originally Soledad Park) in East L.A. dates to 1942 and was bifurcated by the Pomona Fwy in the 1960s but remains a gem. Grab yourself a burrito from La Azteca Tortilleria, eat it on the outdoor seating of the "floating" amphitheatre, and you can't have a bad day.
The Seahawks’ blueprint? Good luck trying to follow it www.nytimes.com/athletic/709...
Run out of hi-tech ammo may be a contender.
When you don't have a goal you can't have a strategy or a plan
The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.
15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.
Sources: Trump Is Dangerously Close to Sending Troops to Iran
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
You can't use the word strategy and Trump in the same sentence without the word not or no.
The reason is Ecuador put a stop to foreign oil investments so he sent troops to intimidate the officials of this oil mandate
Spillover: The battle over fish and power in the Columbia River Basin montanafreepress.org/2026/03/06/s...
What is up with the price of gas at the pump? The price has gone up about 15 to 20 cents after the Orange Turd stole 5 oil tankers, and took over the oil fields of Venezuela; not much in the news about that utter stupidity and idiocy of what the regime did there.
With suburbs and surrounding cities it is Tehran is about 14.8 million people and the hub of Iran. One nuke, gone. Iran’s devastated. America then would let Europe clean up the mess to America’s liking, and take control of the oil fields and port.
“Might makes right”
To a t.
I have read 7 books this year so far
Honestly fascinating that the GOP didn't get crucified after the 1973 oil shock. They lost 1974 but that was also a six year itch, didn't really linger the way that the 79 shock did
You mean the 1973 worldview? The one defined by the oil price shock? It is not just about profiting from oil, but controlling the resource and the narrative around oil. The article I linked is really worth a read.
'The 1973–74 OPEC oil crisis did not directly cause the Winter of Discontent in 1978–79, but it was a crucial, foundational factor. The oil shock triggered intense inflation and the 1974'
Not Labours fault.
I remember because I was there.
This could well be another 1967, or 1973. Israel looks to be permanently occupying Lebanon (and this time they won't leave). Oil price shock could lead to a long recession.
This would be me. I'm genuinely concerned because ME politics (inc energy) is my specialty.
And I know this war isn't going to end quickly at _all_. The knock-on effects are going to be 2-3x worse than the 1973 oil shock.
@markets: The 1973 oil shock was a key driver of inflation, and there are uncomfortable parallels with events today. The good news? We are less oil dependent than we were. The bad news? It's not the only inflationary factor to worry about. https://t.co/EM7axWwyYt
Since the oil shock in 1973, US foreign policy has been entirely about oil. Soon they will have all the oil they want and it will be worthless, because the rest of the world wont need it anymore.
1973 oil shock but instead it’s across a huge swath of consumer and industrial goods.
We're doing the 1973 Oil Shock, but *voluntarily*, because it not occur to Dear Leader that starting a big-ass war in the Middle East would affect energy prices.
russia and US left Afghanistan, so Iran will be the next great failure. add that to Korean War, Vietnam, etc.
Once storage tanks fill to capacity, these countries will be forced to halt production at some of the world's largest oil fields.
The countries directly affected are Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
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Here's two maps illustrating @leahmcelrath.bsky.social's point.
In the first map, red is Sunni Islam, blue is Shia Islam.
In the second, red is gas fields and black is oil fields. The largest oil field in the world - al-Ghawar field - can be see as an elongated black line west of Qatar.
So are looking at another 1973 oil shock?
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are nearing the limits of their oil storage capacity, while Kuwait is cutting production at some fields as storage fills up.-WSJ
