And Iran knows it can hold the world hostage with a handful of drones.
09.03.2026 20:02
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And Iran knows it can hold the world hostage with a handful of drones.
Saying a war is complete without the other side agreeing is not an ending. But all the markets are reacting as if it’s true. The world is run by the stupid, bet on by the stupid, with the result being stupid.
Movies that cost less to make than disgraced former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's $220M ad campaign:
Iron Man
The Matrix
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Top Gun: Maverick
Barbie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)
The Hunger Games
Oppenheimer
It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.
I’m not panic charging my car, that’s for damn sure.
Goddamit.
Iran now knows how to win the war: fire a £1000 drone at an oil tanker once a week and nobody can get insured to cross the Strait of Hormuz ever again. Oil prices stay high, Trump backs off.
I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.
Laughs in EV owner and then realise everything else I buy will be more expensive.
Nothing is cat-proof. Nothing.
Yes, could not remember the primacy of the phrase, but that looks right.
A phrase that was used in the Netflix Turning Point series about the Cold War, which features Tom in places.
The mention of gaming made me realise what the US strategy is on Iran: Leeeerrrrooooyyyy Jenkins.
Haven’t we even on the brink of WW3 since the 1950s? Save for a premature end of history in the late 90s.
A lot of those kinds of people in democrat states did not know there was an election on in 2024. And a lot of them didn’t much care because no administration seemed to change their things for the better.
Parenthood.
If you really, really want to create a global refugee crisis…
So do I: my car is at Kwik Fit, and it might not be quick enough. 😬
It actually sounds like he’s considering a nuclear strike.
If this turns out as described, this is massive news.
www.fastcompany.com/91503415/byd...
It is, but primarily for attracting non-EV drivers. Cars with ranges significantly beyond 400 miles are going to be a pain because a 7.5 kW home charger won’t charge much more than 90kWh a night.
We need the IOC to give him their inaugural War Prize, and then he’ll stop trying to do war.
He’s been given/gifted two peace prizes. Does he think he’s in the World Leaders’ version of the Scouts? Is he working towards his War badge?
A tunnel almost as long as the Grand Union Canal. Riiiight.
If I see 10 am in the UK I’m thankful the world (probably) won’t end that day. This I also learnt from Threads.
Literal chills.
SNAFU rings true as well.
Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Also remember Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s captivity was ended when the UK paid off a debt incurred in cancelling an order of Chieftain tanks in 1979, in case anybody wonders how long non-democratic countries remember things. My son’s kids will be dealing with the fallout of today’s war.
War causes refugees, refugees increase migration, increased migration leads to populism, populism leads to incompetent leaders, incompetent leaders lead to war.