Uncomfortably Numb

More from Bloomberg, on how difficult it’d be to clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz

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Once again, all of this was well understood beforehand by smart people, but the dumb people are in charge.

People were predicting this immediately after the US and Israel attacked.

We’re effing geniuses.

Worst case scenario for an attorney called before a federal judge. Judge: “I have receipts that what you just said was BS.”

Great way to poach your own customers.

Insurrectionist Brunch: Trumpists plotted to deploy military on U.S. soil Before the 2024 election, a cadre of MAGA loyalists met over brunch to plot ways for Trump to use the military domestically.

This is just astonishingly great reporting.

All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.

And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.

Didn’t have to go. They harass people at the entrance to Safeway.

That damn “exempt seniors from property taxes” thing isn’t going away, either.

I WOULDNT PUT IT PAST THEM! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS REGIME!

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

Napkin math on this

G7 has about 1.2 billion barrels in reserve
Normal demand is 100 million barrels/day
~10% of global oil production is offline, so let's say they have a 10 million barrel/day gap to fill to stabilize prices

That is ~4 months of runway to figure this shit out

I counted at least a dozen Olive Gardens within two miles of I-5, just in California. That’s a rich empire.

This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d
The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths
(1) Gulf Kings
(2) Financial meltdown
(3) AI tech oligarchs
(4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions
Read our Polycrisis Dispatch:
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We wanted to know what will happen next in Iran. So we talked to three Joe Rogan fans at an Arby's in Harrisburg.

Hey, remember how I said that my third friend in the oil industry didn’t respond? Yeah they got back to me.

It’s not looking good, team

BlackRock $26 Billion Private Credit Fund Limits Withdrawals BlackRock Inc. curbed withdrawals from one of its biggest private credit funds after client requests for redemptions spiked, the latest sign of investor anxiety about the $1.8 trillion private credit ...

We're no financial experts, but it seems like the world's largest asset manager preventing clients from withdrawing their money is something that happens before a major economic crisis.
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They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

As a relatively newbie to football, and a rules freak regarding other sports, offside rule details are perplexing. Don’t take that from me; announcers and analysts struggle to explain some of the decisions.

good two threads of replies discussing "what is wrong with American foreign policy?"

1st:

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Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Seriously? People think compost made from dead humans is bad?

Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

White House blocks intelligence report warning of rising US homeland terror threat linked to Iran war

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An insane warlord facing death contemplates invading Persia as his last hurrah and has enormous issues with supply lines, treacherous foreign allies, and rising debts. Is it Phillip II or Donald Trump? Take the quiz!

I can’t figure out if this is Trump’s 2025 or 2026 Christmas gift to Putin - late or early?

gramps is banged up

Literally, Vietnam. “If the North would just surrender because of our superior firepower….”

None of y'all have managed to create enough daylight. I am begging y'all to get your shit together. Consolidate support. Figure something out. Someone talk to someone. This current trajectory is untenable and quite stupid.

If no Democrat advances, we're blaming all of you.