How much could Trump’s stupid, evil – and apparently never-ending – war with Iran (for Israel) cost us? According to Rapidan Energy Group, which forecasts global oil and gas supply/price trends, it could soon be costing Americans $7 per gallon – due to the price of crude oil reaching (possibly surpassing) $200 per barrel.
“Hormuz disruptions will be deeper and more persistent than we previously expected, materially tightening global oil balances through 2027,” says a statement issued by Rapidan. “Expect ongoing military risks to constrain vessel transits through the Strait well into next year, keeping Arab Gulf production below pre-conflict levels through 4Q27.”
Italics added.
Did you get that? Rapidan is predicting much higher oil (and so, gas) prices through the fourth quarter of 2027. As in all year, next year. Probably beginning this year. It does not take a prophet to predict this because it’s already happening. As of July 23 – the date this column was written – the cost of gasoline had already risen about 25 cents per gallon over the course of a little more than a week. It is now – according to AAA – $4.02 per gallon. It is much more in some areas. If the war does not end soon – more precisely, if the Strait isn’t opened soon – it is a near-certainty that it will continue to rise.
The only question at this point is how high can it go?
Rapidan predicts it could go ballistic. The thing about ballistic things, of course, is that after they go up they always come down.
In this case, everything could go down in tandem. People can’t buy what they can’t afford. When that happens at scale, everything goes down.
Does Trump give any thought to the consequences of gasoline at $7 per gallon? Probably not, because gasoline could go up to $20 per gallon and he wouldn’t feel it. None of the creatures responsible for this stupid, evil war for Israel have to worry about feeling it. They have the means of Crassus – combined with the ethics of Crassus. Of course, Crassus didn’t end so well. If Trump read books he might have read about that.
Seven dollar gas would end America as we have known it. It would “break the back” of the world economy, in the word’s of Rapidan’s CEO, Bob McNally. Suburbs would become economically untenable places for most of the people who currently live there to continue living there because most of the people living there have to drive to work and if gasoline goes up to $7 per gallon, it will no longer be economically tenable to continue driving to work. Filling up a typical crossover SUV such as a Toyota RAV4 – which takes about 15 gallons of gas – would cost more than $100. A full-size SUV or truck that takes 22-24 gallons would cost $150-170. Perhaps by itself this could be managed by cutting back on other things but most people have already cut back on most other things.
Rapidan doesn’t mention the elephant in the room – which is diesel fuel. If the price of gas goes up to $7 per gallon, the price of diesel will go up to $10 per gallon and that will make food a luxury for tens of millions of people. Forget about filling the tank. Diesel is the invisible fuel of the American (the world) economy. It is not gasoline that powers the big rigs, the trains – and even the ships – that bring food and the things needed to produce food from Here to There. It is diesel. The opening monologue of the Road Warrior had it wrong. The world didn’t crumble because gazzuline became scarce. Well, it did – in the movie. In reality, it will crumble when diesel becomes scarce (or unaffordable, which amounts to the same thing).
It’s all horrible to contemplate because it’s a nightmare scenario of suffering for billions of people. It not just the American people who will suffer as a result of Trump’s stupid, evil war The entire world is going to suffer. This would be horrible just because it’s horrible – but it is something much worse because it is engineered horribleness.
None of this had to happen. It was made to happen. Trump chose to wage war on Iran when he could have chosen not to. The Iranians had not attacked us. They had annoyed Israel. Somehow, annoying Israel justifies the United States attacking Iran. Well, it justified attacking Iran – to Trump. And why not? It’s not as if his material (or physical) well-being is on the line. It’s ours that is – and for a sociopath or psychopath, that is a matter of indifference. These people not only don’t care about us they don’t have to care about us.
This point is critical to understanding why this stupid, evil war began and why it isn’t ending. The people who started it don’t care about the consequences because there are none for them. Not the kind that are going to befall us, at any rate. They will not starve. They will not lose their homes. They will not even run out of gas – because these creatures will always have access to the things (including the necessities) they take from us or which their stupid, evil actions deny to us.
As the war grinds on, these consequences grow more certain and ominous.
Just not for them.
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Iran’s Ghalibaf trolls the living shit out of Israel’s puppet, Traitor Trump:
محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf
@mb_ghalibaf
They wanted to punish Iran.
Punished themselves with triple-digit oil instead.
10/10 strategy👏👏👏
https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf/status/2080300668611416499
Visit the link to see the savage cartoon. So much winning!
In addition to setting the stage for a false flag in Tel Aviv, Israelis are also getting to ready to invade Jordan. Four days ago houses burned in an illegal west bank settlement of Havat Gilad [19 JUL 26 “Over 100 families said to evacuate homes in Havat Gilad, no casualties reported; probe indicates cigarette caused fire, no other materials found at scene, arson not suspected (but settlers are blaming Palestinians)]. Today YNET is reporting Netanyahu convened the cabinet over an Iranian attack and the situation in the West Bank due to an attack overnight when “4 Palestinians, 1 Israeli killed, at least 6 wounded in total in West Bank shooting…Details of the incident indicate that several Israeli hikers arrived near the village of Tel in the Samaria Regional Brigade and encountered Palestinians near the village mosque who attacked them. As a result, the security officer of the Havat Gilad settlement rushed to the area. Subsequently, the IDF received a report of a shooting casualty, after the group of Palestinians stole the security officer’s weapon and shot one of the hikers.”
Anyhoo, what the report doesn’t tell you is that IDF has been practicing for a “surprise attack” from JORDAN! Now that U.S. has retreated to Jordan (which is full of Palestinians) wonder if Israel is going to invade and occupy Jordan–seem to be getting ready to move the tanks into “Samaria” due to the above incident.
5.17.26 “IDF tests Jordan Valley readiness in Dead Sea SURPRISE ATTACK drill – analysis…Israel’s land border with the Kingdom of Jordan is around 300 miles long (YEAH–if they’ve ANNEXED the West Bank!) – a very long one, and there are increasing threats there….The message that Israel is sending is clear [we’ve invaded the countries on all our other “borders” (never defined in 80 years!) and to not let this crisis we created by attacking Iran go to waste it’s time to invade Jordan]: it is operating on multiple fronts and not neglecting any of its borders. In the north, the IDF is operating in Lebanon, and in Gaza, there are also operations.
“The same is true on the Syrian border. Israel has bolstered all these frontiers in recent years, such as establishing the new Mountains Brigade for the Hermon and Mount Dov. The brigade comes under the 210th Division, which defends the Syrian border. This has improved Israel’s capabilities in the north.
“As the Middle East changes, so is Israel adapting. With the conflict with Iran continuing to percolate, the eastern border with Jordan matters. Jordan is not a threat, but Iraqi militias, backed by Iran, have tried to threaten Israel in the past.”
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-896416
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Drudge BIG Headline: “(JEW) Knives Out for Vance” “Never Vance” (he’s not pro Israel enough and will have to be removed (b4 the midterms) in case Trump is impeached, becomes impaired or dies). Top headlines left column: “PAPE: MOST DANGEROUS MIDTERM ELECTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY…70% CHANCE OF BOOTS ON GROUND IN IRAN…
Growing Risk of Mass Casualty Attack…”
RE: Drudge/JEW Knives out for Vance: pretty sure they’ll be replacing him with Little Rubio and then it’s sayonara MAGA Trump…
Alex Krainer on Dialogue Works 7/23/26 @13:41 “Saudi Arabia u Qatar um I don’t know about UAE uh and Oman in particular. I think that they can see the writing of the wall. I mean, these are, you know, these are oppressive dictatorships, but their leaders are uh intelligent people, and I think that they’re rational people, and I think that they understand
that this war is existential for them as well. And I think that they’re starting to understand what Henry Kissinger meant when he said that it’s dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, but it’s deadly to be a friend. Now they see it and I think they understand that uh the United States is a power in decline, that Iran is a power on the rise, that Iran is backed up by China and Russia, and that the future favors Iran.
“And so I I think that they understand that they have to make nice with China and Russia and they have to make nice with Iran. And I my guess my guess would be that there’s uh backdoor communications going on uh probably also uh supported by Pakistan who is in a a little bit in the same situation to try to to try to minimize the damage from the fallout of this war to themselves.
@15:16 “And um the problem is that all these kingdoms have massive amounts of assets, you know, between their trade balances and their and their sovereign asset funds. They have close to $5 trillion uh stuck in Western financial institutions. And you know, if if the Western powers didn’t have a problem to freeze $300 million nearly of of Russian assets and Russia is a nuclear power, they can do anything they want to these to these kingdoms.
“And so the problem becomes not, you know, a military confrontation with Iran. The problem becomes if they freeze your assets, if you no longer have money to pay salaries to your policemen, to your uh to your military, teachers, nurses, uh you know, everybody who receives their makes their living from uh from government institutions. Uh you might become overthrown if your economy goes into a into a recession. You might have a revolt on your hands at home. So the the the risk for them is um destabilization from within and the same is true for Pakistan. And so I think that they all understand uh that the winds are blowing uh very much in favor of Iran and that their future depends on u having a good constructive arrangements with Iran, with Russia, with China.
“Uh but they are in the short term they’re very very vulnerable to destabilization, regime change, um a possibly even assassinations and that vulnerability is to the western powers and then you know they might completely lose their uh they might completely lose their uh their assets that are locked in western banks. So that’s a that’s going to be a very complicated uh balance to tread. And I I think that Iranians also understand this (since the west has frozen their assets too).” [If US will freeze (and steal) other countries’ assets and individuals’ they are “sanctioning” — why not ours?]
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7.23.26 “(Female) Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador. New evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony… Bravo had been working the Fiorella, Negra Francisca, and Don Maca cases—a series of drone attacks on civilian fishing ships exposed by Drop Site in April. Two of the boat’s crews returned home and reported being abducted, blindfolded, and starved for eight days by American gunmen in U.S. military uniforms aboard a U.S.-flagged patrol ship, before being abandoned in El Salvador. The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances endorsed the calls for an investigation, demanding that the U.S. provide information on the whereabouts of the eight still-missing men and any involvement in the matter by April 27. To date, the United States has not responded.
“Under Ecuador’s right-wing president Daniel Noboa—a Miami-born billionaire often characterized as a “U.S.-backed dictator”—the country has become a central testing ground for Operation Southern Spear, Washington’s extrajudicial bombing campaign purporting to target “narco-terrorists,” which has killed 221 people to date…”
opsitenews.com/p/prosecutor-investigating-ecuador-boat-strikes-murdered
More on US Confiscation: YNET 7.23.26 “Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded on X to the U.S. president’s statement that Iranian funds under Washington’s control would be used to pay for any damage caused to ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Such a move would set a “dangerous and inciting precedent,” Araghchi claimed, without directly mentioning Trump. “Those who celebrate or profit from such funds should remember: once governments normalize confiscation, no one’s assets are safe. The chaos that will result from this will not be pretty or peaceful.””
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More on ZOG False Flag Alert:
YNET 7.23.26 Iranian Sources: If Trump Carries Out Threats and Attacks Tehran, We’ll Strike Tel Aviv. TWO IRANIAN (anonymous) SOURCES TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES that the regime’s armed forces are monitoring and preparing for the possibility of an expanded war, should U.S. President Donald Trump carry out his threats to strike the capital Tehran and critical infrastructure. If he does so, the sources claimed, Iran will expand the fighting on a regional level—including an ATTACK ON TEL AVIV—alongside a request for the Houthi rebels in Yemen to close the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a shipping route connecting the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea.” [(1) As you can see from above, Iranian officials tweet for themselves not thru the Jew-owned NYT, (2) US has already bombed Tehran [7.22.26 “Air defence were also activated across Tehran for only the second time in the latest round of escalation. Al Jazeera (others have also reported)], (3) Bab el-Mandeb has been closed for two days and (4) Iranians bomb military targets not civilians. Times of Israel is also reporting this ‘story’ as of 2 hrs ago.]
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/onf1571kt
Alot. The jewbanker wants you broke, or dead. Once they stripped your manufacturing and shipped it to gookville, game over, now you are useless eaters who’ve got to go. Agenda 2030, own nothing, happy cause you’re dead. The fat orange cunt, kidfucker, is doing what he’s told, or else.
If we don’t recognize a Palestinian state, but keep letting the genocidal zionist jews control our country, it’s gonna cost us everything: which is liberty and justice for ALL!
Yesterday Trump announced a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-approves-landmark-nuclear-deal-with-saudi-arabia-in-big-win-for-kingdom-2ed77584
YNET 7.22.26 16:47 ” US: We signed historic nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Department of Energy announced that “the United States and Saudi Arabia have reached a historic agreement on nuclear cooperation.” It was reported that “the agreements lay the legal infrastructure for a decades-long partnership worth billions of dollars, aimed at advancing economic and strategic goals, including preventing nuclear proliferation. Additionally, the partnership will expand U.S. nuclear technology exports.” The announcement stated that this is a nuclear cooperation agreement, signed alongside an accompanying bilateral safeguards agreement, and that it will be submitted to Congress for review.”
YNET 7.23.26 4:22AM “Rubio on Saudi Arabia: ‘We want to be partners with countries exploring nuclear energy development’ U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, telling reporters that “the agreement will need to go through a process of notification to Congress, and then we can discuss it in much greater detail. Saudi Arabia is a strategic partner of the U.S., and without referring specifically to this agreement, but rather generally – we are not the only country in the world offering nuclear technology. The U.S. wants to be the preferred partner for countries exploring the possibility of developing civilian nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. We are always looking for opportunities to ensure that our technology and our companies are the ones that will provide it.””
7.23.26 7:59 AM “Trump: Nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia contingent on joining Abraham Accords. U.S. President Donald Trump clarified in a post on his TruthSocial platform that the civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia is contingent on its consent to normalization with Israel and joining the Abraham Accords. Trump wrote: “The Civilian Nuclear Agreement (there will be NO enriched material!) is totally contingent on Saudi Arabia joining the successful and respected Abraham Accords.”
YNET 7.23.26 9:26 AM “PM in English: ‘Saudi Arabia joining Abraham Accords – historic leap for peace’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement in English welcoming Saudi Arabia’s potential joining of the Abraham Accords. The statement said that “Saudi Arabia’s joining of the Abraham Accords would be a historic leap for peace in the Middle East – peace through strength.” It further stated that “the joint U.S. and Israeli military action in Iran against the regime with genocidal intentions, and the collapse of the Iranian terror axis by Israel’s hand created the opportunity to expand the circle of peace.””
YNET 7.23.26. 11:54 AM “White House: Netanyahu didn’t request Saudi Arabia join Abraham Accords, it’s Trump’s idea. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt addressed the nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, saying that ‘we will continue to talk with our counterparts to complete the deal, and hopefully we will see them join the Abraham Accords in the near future.’ She noted that the deal will be canceled if Saudi Arabia does not join, and that ‘the president has spoken directly with the Saudis on this issue many times in the past, and the administration will continue to hold these conversations.’ According to her, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not request the inclusion of the condition: ‘This is an idea the president has had for a long time.'”
7.23.26 One hour ago NYT “Trump Administration Live Updates: President’s Demand for Saudis to Recognize Israel Puts Nuclear Deal in Doubt”
PS For all expecting a false flag. Since Israel has attacked Iran 2 times, Israel like the US is now trying to put the blame on Iran so I expect the false flag to take place in Israel–maybe a “911” to give the excuse for Israel to NUKE Iran (since they can’t win any other way and probably not even that way). Iran has said nothing about attacking Israel and has not attacked Israel but that’s all Israel talks about:
YNET 7.23.26 12:22PM “Western intelligence agencies estimate: Iran may act first against Israel. According to assessments among Western intelligence agencies, Iran may want to drag Israel into a confrontation and perhaps even act first. The basis for this assessment is what appears to be Jerusalem’s reluctance to return to war, as well as the cracks in Israeli-American relations that Iran will seek to exploit.”
YNET 7.23.26 11:42 PM “U.S. President Donald Trump is “seriously considering resuming the extensive war on Iran, including strikes larger than those in Operation Roaring Lion,” according to a report by Axios. The president stressed that he has not yet made a decision on the matter. Two additional American officials confirmed that no decision has been made and no new orders have been given to the military. The president added that “Israel will join within two minutes if I ask it to,” but qualified this by stating that “we don’t need anyone” to carry out a new operation against Iran.”
YNET 7.23.26 11.51 “Israeli officials claim that “we seem headed for escalation, and the Americans are applying heavy pressure on Iran to return to the negotiating table or bear the consequences. There’s a possibility the Americans will ask Israel to join, but it doesn’t seem they want that. It’s convenient for Trump to wave this as a threat against the Iranians.” In Jerusalem, officials assess that Israel will join only if attacked.”
YNET 7.23.26 13:18 “Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a security consultation that “Israel is preparing for every possibility. If Iran attacks Israel – it will suffer a crushing blow.”
The Iranians are not giving up their toll booth, and people are going to pay because there is no alternative that isn’t far worse and even more expensive.
Might be a great time for Congress to let us have those inexpensive American Kei-cars we were promised six or seven months ago. :/
Beats watching the economy self-destruct because your work force can’t afford vehicles *or* the fuel for them.
https://imgur.com/a/automotive-k-class-enabling-act-of-2026-v0-19-bMFc86U
Not even that clown believes $200 4Q27 oil or he would be buying it for the $70 you can buy the contract for right now.
https://oilprice.com/futures/wti/
The vast majority of people willing to put their money where their mouths are disagree. Completely.
That said, if it does you could be sitting pretty, almost tripling your stake by the end of next year. More than likely, though, you would have about typical returns.
Personally, I don’t see the relatively normal 4Q27 price as good news. I see it as an indicator of how terrible China’s economy really is. Their oil purchases are way down, and they are also not drawing down their reserves. They are simply not refining very much. Last figures I saw had their refineries at ~60% capacity, down from 105%. (That just means they were putting off maintenance, not that they were refining more than possible.) That does not portend boom times in China.
From an American POV, though, that would likely be a good thing. We stop buying Chinese junk (see what I did there?) and start opening our own manufacturing facilities. Yes, we’ll pay a little more, but we’ll also be able to hire more people.
EP Article: “the price of crude oil reaching (possibly surpassing) $200 per barrel…Rapidan is predicting MUCH HIGHER oil (and so, gas) prices THROUGH the fourth quarter of 2027.”
Steve: “Not even that clown believes $200 4Q27 oil”
Article didn’t say $200 for the 4Q27. It said high prices through that date, with the PEAK price probably way before that date. Many other people are saying the same thing (which they also said in March). This chart shows the peak coming in the 4Q26 @ $180.
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/how-prolonged-middle-east-crisis-would-impact-energy-prices-and-eu-economy-2026-05-27_en
YNET 7.23.26 9:00 AM Oil Prices Hit $100 per Barrel. Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the price of a barrel of oil has crossed the $100 threshold
YNET 7.23.26 11:25 AM “Likud MK: ‘Heading toward an attack on Iran, perhaps this weekend’; PM’s office furious. Knesset Member Moshe Saada claimed in an interview on Channel 14 that “everyone knows we are heading toward an attack on Iran, perhaps even this weekend. That is, these are assessments.” Israeli officials said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office was furious over the MK’s remarks: “He doesn’t know anything, he’s just talking nonsense. He decided on his own to say what he said. He is not privy to any security consultations and spoke based on things he heard in the media. He’s saying things he has no clue about.”
YNET 7.23.26 12:05PM “Netanyahu to convene security cabinet Friday amid US-Iran escalation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene the security cabinet Friday at noon against the backdrop of escalating tensions between the US and Iran. The full cabinet will meet on Sunday.”
The contracts for Q4 2027 are hovering around $72. The people putting their money where their mouth is on futures aren’t betting anywhere close to a $200 price.
Watch the hedges, ICE and CME oil price bets have been excellent predictors for Trump’s actions. Always follow the money.
The last think I’d trust is an E.U. government agency’s analysis or models. They are either dumb as a box of hammers or intentionally going to obfuscate.
TRA: Again you miss the point I suppose (or maybe you are dumb as a box of hammers and purposely intend to obfuscate): Q427 is the END POINT of high prices in EP’s article not WHEN oil prices are expected to reach $200 (the peak).
No, again, you missed the point. Look at the link I provided. Scroll down a bit to the Futures Contracts. Click on View More. You can see what the intelligent people are betting the price will be each month from now to August 2036. Which month do you see the $200? Is that month in the room with us now?
This morning the House passed H.Con.Res. 89, ‘directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.’
The vote was 214-208, supported by all Dims and four Repukes — Barrett, Davidson, Fitzpatrick, and Massie. Roll call:
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282
Then the brave Congress Clowns did what they always do when crisis looms: skip town:
‘Pursuant to clause 13 of Rule I, the Chair announced the Speaker’s designation of the period from Thursday, July 23, 2026, through Sunday, August 30, 2026, as a “district work [sic, LOL] period.”‘
As usual, some will ‘work’ in Tel Aviv, on expense-paid junkets. Effing treasonous clowns.
Blast from the past:
Congresswoman ‘Abigail Spanberger’
May 9, 2023
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‘I just returned from a congressional delegation visit with colleagues on the House Intelligence Committee — both Democrats and Republicans — where we met with senior officials in Israel, Jordan, and Egypt and the dedicated Americans serving on the front lines of our diplomatic and security efforts abroad.’
None of these three despotic, no-account parasites have f*ck-all to do with US security, though they’ve leeched half a trillion dollars from us.
‘Spanberger’ went on to become governor of Virginia and grab guns … even as ‘we’ ship lethal 500-lb and 2,000-lb bombs to Israel to flatten hospitals, demolish schools, and execute civilians by the tens of thousands.
Grab Israel’s guns, bitch.
Well I hope the oil guy on Tucker the other day is wrong, but …
Things could be grim this Fall, and home heating oil for the N.E. is due to get expensive.
He got into the details, which exposed more lies we get fed endlessly. ‘Net exporter petroleum!’ Yes but everything out of the ground from an oil well is considered ‘petroleum’ from the thick goo to the light stuff including propane, butane, pentane.
So yea we export, but most of it is excess light stuff not usable for refining into transport fuels gas, diesel. He says we are still importing the crude grades needed for fuel refining. If supply gets tight the crude will go to who pays the price not necessarily the USA. Venezuela won’t save us near term, years of stable investment required to get the equipment/process rolling for extracting the petroleum tar in the 2nd major field.
Also for us motorheads another guy talked base stock for modern car oil. The quality stuff will now come up short due to no flow from the Persian Gulf. I’m about to hoard a two year supply 0W20, 5W20, 5W30.
Hi Sparkey,
There are 55 gallon drums available at Tractor Supply for a decent price. It may be worth it if the family all chips in for a popular motor oil that everyone can benefit from.
‘As the war grinds on …’ — eric
MFOB (Monstrous Fat Orange Bastard) contemplates fresh war crimes:
‘President Trump has newly been cited in Axios as saying he’s seriously considering restarting major combat operations in Iran, bigger than before. There’s also chatter that Israel could rejoin the attacks this time, after Israeli jets have been absent in the past twelve days of renewed bombing raids.
‘In a brief interview, Trump acknowledged that such a decision would have consequences and stressed he hasn’t made a determination yet. “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it,” the president said. More via the Axios interview:
– Trump said Israel “would join in two minutes if I ask them to,” but added that “we don’t need anybody” to launch a new operation against Iran.
– He also said there would be “consequences” for Israel joining the strikes, hinting at Iranian retaliation against Israel.
– Trump said the Iranians “want to negotiate” but are not ready to make a deal at the moment. “They haven’t received enough pain yet,” he said.
https://tinyurl.com/54m6f67a
Stupid, stupid Americlown! You started this stupid, criminal war. Now it’s got you like a tar baby, and you’re going in deeper because of your thin-skinned, asshole yankee ego. Your Israeli masters play you like a violin. Normal countries aren’t even involved.
What’s it all mean? Corrosive inflation, a falling dollar, sliding US living standards. America died before its 250th birthday. It’s all over but the crying … and hopefully, the capital trials of our treasonous ‘leaders.’
Screw the stinking war.
Horrible news, Jim –
But totally predictable. Trump is likely to go down in history as the worst president this country ever had. He could be the last one, in fact – as it’s possible America may be unable to recover from the damage he has done and may be about to do. In my head, I hear Henry II’s lament about Beckett…
I hope this doesn’t sound too crude, but frankly the Jews don’t care how much this costs the goyim.
Jewish religion and culture has been narcissistic for 4,000 years, starting with the Mosaic Covenant which proclaimed them “God’s Chosen People.” Their entire history as told in the Torah (Old Testament) is a history of Yahweh slaying their enemies, or empowering the Jews to slay their enemies, as in the books of Samuel, Esther, Deuteronomy, etc.
Their Talmud describes how the goyim are inferior filth to be fleeced and taken advantage of.
(They even take advantage of each other, as the story of Christ chasing the money changers out of the Temple because they were swindling the gullible rubes by taking Roman money and pocketing it and exchanging it for worthless “temple coins” that supposedly pleased Yahweh).
One need only look at the statements of people like Ben-Gvir and Smotrich to see what these people really think of you filthy goyim.
According to the Pew Research Center, Jews are BY FAR the wealthiest religious group in the U.S. 44% of Jewish households had incomes above $100,000 in 2016… more then double the average for the entire population, which was only 19%
You they they give a fuck if gasoline costs $8 a gallon, as long as Uncle Sham destroys the enemies of the Land of Milk and Honey?
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/10/11/how-income-varies-among-u-s-religious-groups/
I am convinced that most of today’s jews are living remnants of the wicked who were “washed away” during Noah’s flood or the remnants (escapees) of those who were destroyed at Sodom and Gomorrah.
The lack of basic human empathy in jewish DNA is manifest for all the world to see with the cruelty imposed on Palestinians, Gazans, and others “not of the tribe”. Something is seriously missing in the jewish DNA genome.
Nothing compares to jewish lack of compassion, respect for those “not of the tribe” (gentiles or goyim) and the thrill that jews get when executing or torturing innocent men, women, children, infants, and toddlers with impunity, even publicly taking “bets” as to which limb or body part that they will target.
Let’s not forget the disgusting criminal, creative but extremely cruel torture techniques that jews revel in imposing on their captives. One only has to do is observe the extreme torture methods used during the Bolshevik revolution as well as the continuing torture in israeli prisons to this very day.
Something is seriously wrong not only with israeli society but jews and judaism in general.
It starts at birth with the jewish notion of supremacy which is ingrained in the jewish psyche at birth and continues being reinforced in jewish attitudes throughout life.
On the opposite spectrum, there is the perpetual persecution complex which is also imposed at birth, jews claiming that they are hated just for being jews rather than for their criminal, unsavory supremacist behavior (especially against gentiles) which they tout with impunity.
It would be interesting to see judaism properly investigated on a psychological basis, noticing that the dichotomy (supremacy vs. perpetual victimhood) that jews advocate and establish for themselves cannot be reconciled, resulting in rampant mental illness among jews.
I realize that not all jews display the above attitudes, but there are far too many in the seats of power that do…I will leave it to the gentle readers of this tome to figure it out.
As of my typing this Brent crude is over $100 and stocks are down bigly, the economy is going to be on life support shortly, and Donnie Demented could care less.
Maybe it was a bad idea to elect a dumb, pathological narcissist who fucked little girls while being filmed doing so?
It sure seems to be the case, BAC!
We (and I include myself here) ought to have known – because Trump made himself known during 2020. It was perhaps easy to set aside what we knew, because we let ourselves believe it wasn’t so and that was a mistake we’re all paying for now.
I am more and more at peace (and happy) that I chose to sit out the 2024 (s)election entirely. Not that I would have voted for the Orange Douchebag (or Kumala) anyway, but as even the Libertarian candidate was a complete clown the whole system is beyond all redemption at this point.
Gotta link to that film? Didn’t think so.
Not a Trump fan, but do try to contain your enthusiasm to reality. Pedophilia is the scare du jour, but seriously, evidence and proof beyond reasonable doubt have long been the standard of western civ, and you haven’t got either to back up your accusations. Don’t betray the forefathers by descending into the pit.
This. The more serious the accusation, the more seriously it needs to be treated. A true heinous crime like child molestation must have serious proof behind it.
And these days all media is suspect. Say it with me, DEEP FAKE.
We’ve passed the event horizon long ago of weaponized false witness, where a strange, unattractive woman can claim she was raped 20 years ago, that she remembers no details, and still the accused gets convicted by a jury.
If it’s all fake, Ernie, why won’t the DOJ release the other half of the Epstein files? Why all the redactions? Why did the FBI/DOJ spend all this time amassing 6 million pages of investigation on Epstein if no crimes were committed? How many man hours of tax payer money do you think were spent on something that resulted in no prosecutions no jail time for anyone but Ghislaine Maxwell? Come to that why not release the 911 files and the JFK files?
Another child trafficker w/ties to Epstein and Brunel (who both committed suicide in prison (no crime there either, right, Ernie?)) whose name appeared more than 2000 times in the “declassified Epstein files” was just “found dead” in his home. But there’s no evidence of any wrongdoing anywhere.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/22/world-news/french-model-scout-named-2k-times-in-epstein-files-found-dead-at-home/
At a guess? As with grand juries who fail to indict, it’s illegal to release investigation files where FBI didn’t find a crime.
I’m fine with being shown to be wrong, that it’s a coverup, but that would be a red flag that FBI stopped investigating way too early, investigated only the ones that were really guilty, and left a lot of leads without followup.
Why do you make up lies, Steve?
AI: “The statement that the FBI cannot release investigation files unless a person is found guilty is false. The FBI releases and publishes many historical and closed investigative files regardless of a guilty verdict, though release is governed by federal law.
“How FBI File Releases Work: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Anyone can request federal agency records under the Freedom of Information Act, including files on closed investigations, deceased persons, and historical events.
“The FBI Vault: The FBI maintains an online digital library called the FBI Vault which contains thousands of previously investigated files on public figures, groups, and major cases that did not always end in a criminal conviction.
“Why Files Are Withheld or Redacted. Instead of a “guilt” rule, the FBI uses specific legal exemptions under the law to protect certain information:
“Personal Privacy: The agency heavily redacts or withholds names and details to protect the privacy of living people, whether they were suspects, witnesses, or uncharged third parties.
“Active Proceedings: If an investigation is still ongoing or prospective, records are routinely withheld so they do not harm the case.Law Enforcement Techniques: Information that exposes secret methods or procedures used by agents can be legally protected.”
Or as in the Epstein File Case by a law passed by Congress: “The Epstein Files Transparency Act”which Congress passed when Trump who campaigned on releasing the files, reneged whether to protect his friends as he shouted at MTG or to protect himself (his name appears over 38,000 times in 5,300 individual files).
P.S. Simple common sense would tell you that Congress makes federal law. Congress has oversight over federal agencies. Congress ordered DOJ/FBI to release the Epstein files. Because DOJ/FBI have not complied, Congress has attempted to force compliance (1) Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna tried to join Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case to force compliance, but a federal judge ruled they could not attach their demands to that specific case. (2) Senate Push: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to force a vote to authorize a direct Senate lawsuit against the administration over partial and heavily redacted file releases, which was blocked by Senate GOP leadership. (3) New Legislation: Rep. Massie introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which aims to grant state attorneys general direct access to unredacted files and create legal pathways to challenge the DOJ.
Do people here know that the Republican House Oversight committee is conducting closed door sessions and the persons appearing are NOT testifying under oath–so they can lie with impunity.
That filth Jes Staley who’s settled civil suits [AI: Staley and the bank finalized their confidential agreement concurrently with JPMorgan Chase paying $290 million to Epstein’s victims and $75 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands. (that’s mine and your deposits going to pay for Israel’s pedophile blackmail crimes!)] testified NOT under oath yesterday.
Politico. 7.23.26 “Democrats were already on the warpath for Staley on Thursday, emerging mid-interview to complain their witness was being evasive and pledging to bring him back to testify under oath if the party retakes the majority in the midterms.”
“REVEALED! Jes Staley Made Lewd S*x Request To Epstein; Ex-Barclays CEO ‘CAUGHT LYING (This is the democrat press conference)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk4nDF9AVLI
Massie tweeted today, 7.24.26: “Number of depositions and interviews the House Oversight Committee has conducted in the Epstein case: 19. Number of criminal referrals: 0”
Top Israeli Minister: ‘Best For Us’ If US Fights Iran While Israel Sits Out New Round of War, https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/top-israeli-minister-best-us-if-us-fights-iran-while-israel-sits-out-new-round-war
“Here’s how Israeli journalist Hagai Amit recently described the benefits of Israel allowing the United States to plunge forward alone in the war that Israel urged America to start:
It reduces the risk of [Israeli] casualties and allows daily life to continue largely as normal, without midnight sirens, trips to bomb shelters or major disruptions. The Finance Ministry is also relieved not to have to burden the state budget with billions of additional shekels for air operations and the interception of ballistic missiles.”
Exactly Bill,
Those f*cking parasites in Israhell are killing its host, the USSA; doesn’t end well for the parasite in that case. I hope Iran is saving a few of its biggest ICBM’s to drop on Tel-Aviv.
Hell, I’d like to see a few conscientious, patriotic US soldiers relieve the distress of the American people by nuking Tel Aviv ourselves … and terminating the US ‘leaders’ responsible for this debacle.
7.23.26 YNET Next week: Fuel prices expected to rise significantly. Against the backdrop of the sharp rise in global oil prices in recent days due to the escalation between the U.S. and Iran, fuel prices in Israel are expected to increase significantly between Saturday and Sunday. Estimates suggest that if there is no dramatic change in the security tensions, the Strait of Hormuz does not fully reopen and the dollar exchange rate against the shekel remains above three shekels, the price per liter of 95-octane gasoline at self-service stations will rise by approximately 25 to 30 agorot and reach around 7.75 shekels. At full-service stations, it will again become more expensive at around eight shekels.”
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hxpz6s26n
7.23.26 Larry Johnson/Sonar21. “ISRAEL’S CRITICAL FUEL EXPOSURE…Let me boil this down for you. During the first five weeks of Epic Fury Israel’s refineries in Haifa and Ashdod were hit and suffered significant damage. Those two refineries are essential for Israel’s ability to produce diesel and jet fuel. At present Israel is scraping by, but it does not have substantial reserves. Further damage to those refineries would create a fuel crisis for Israel, especially in terms of its ability to produce jet fuel. Without jet fuel, Israel’s ability to continue bombing Lebanon and Gaza would be severely constrained, if not eliminated. A lack of diesel would also cripple Israel’s ground operations. In short, renewed Iranian attacks on Israel’s refineries could leave Israel unable to continue military operations.”
https://sonar21.com/israels-critical-fuel-exposure/
So a western oil embargo on Little Shitrahell could stop its genocide. Food for thought! 🙂
Or a few well-placed Iranian missiles.
Why does Iran hold back? Why doesn’t Russia take out NATO spy planes on its borders or wipe out the Zelensky regime via targeted assassinations a la the USA/Israel model?
It’s a mystery.
It’s not a mystery at all.
Iran is a moral society that takes care in minimizing civilian casualties.
Israel is an amoral society which uses scorched earth tactics to get what it wants.
Big difference…
Again, Iran is so moral that it forces its women to dress as beekeepers, and beats or executes those who don’t wear the hat right.
That’s libertarians for you, right there.
Eight shekels! Jesus! ‘We’ pay over 200 million shekels [70 million dollahs] of tribute annually to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, which concerns events that happened in Europe, to Europeans — and like the Iran war, has zero to do with our interests. John Beaumont calls bullshit:
‘With regard to the so-called victims, thousands of autopsies were carried out on camp dead, by doctors with great expertise, but not one concluded with a verdict of death by gassing.
‘American execution chambers killed just one person at a time using the same poison, Zyklon B (hydrogen cyanide), allegedly used in the Holocaust. The American setup involved a massively complicated process to ensure perfect sealing of the chamber and then an infallible method of safely disposing of the extremely dangerous gas after the execution.
‘Now, take a look at the supposed gas chamber in the main camp (Stammlager) at Auschwitz. You can only laugh at it. You have two poor little doors (one with a glass frame) and an opening, all in a room approximately only 15 meters square and supposedly for 800 people!’
‘The key to understanding Robert Faurisson’s great contribution to the revisionist case is summed up by the writer John Wear when he states that the argument Holocaust supporters fear most is “the physical, chemical, topographical, architectural, and documentary evidence of the impossibility of the homicidal gas chamber.”
https://www.unz.com/article/the-case-for-holocaust-revisionism-interview-with-john-beaumont/
This myth came from the same friendly folks who got us into the Iraq war in 2003 with their absurd lies about “Saddam’s WMDs.” Fool me twice, shame on … we won’t get fooled again! 🙂
Note that the fake-ass “ANTIFA” cadres do not go after their masters temple of lies when they were more than happy to deface/destroy pretty much all other historical monuments, whatever one may think of the value of those monuments.
That is not to say that the “Holocaust Museum” won’t eventually be sacked by an angry mob, it is ultimately inevitable, and the ransacking mob will not be limited to “lefties”. Nor will the blowback against MAGA(ts), people who proudly flew Trump flags and had Trump stickers all over their vehicles may soon be the targets of revenge, and not from only “leftists” but from their neighbors whose lives and livelihoods get destroyed by high fuel prices and related economic disaster.
Falling for the lies of an Orange conman and the lies of Faux News has consequences.
Here I go again…You got me started…
The only way to counter “holocaustianity™” is to point out the scientific and engineering impossibility of every “holocaust™” claim.
Let’s look at a number of claims that have been made and have been ingrained in “holocaust™” orthodoxy:
— using “bug spray” (Zyklon B) as an execution agent (ha ha)
—“gas chambers” with ordinary wooden doors, not gas-tight doors
—“gas chambers” with no means to ventilate the chambers after “operation”
–“gas chamber” operators removing bodies without decontamination procedures being followed.
—“gas chamber” chimney not connected to anything
—“blood spurting out of the ground” for weeks and months
—“crematoria stacks with visible flames” (not possible) crematoria burn clean
—“thousands of bodies cremated per day” (not possible)
—“multiple bodies” in one “muffle” to “speed up” operations
—“lampshades, soap and shrunken heads”, oh my
—“the ability to tell when jews are being cremated by the smell or color of smoke”
—“claimed burial grounds not being permitted to be disturbed” per jewish “law”
NONE of these claims are possible or valid and can be easily debunked using sound scientific and engineering principles.
I have been thrown out (asked to leave) those “jewish freak shows” called “holocaust™”museums for merely attempting to point out these facts.
Hi Anarchyst –
You raise some thought-provoking points re the use (and dangers of) cyanide gas to kill people. The gas chambers used to execute people are, indeed, made to contain the gas and the whole thing is very carefully controlled. I do not understand how mass gassing such as we’re told could have been done in the way we’re told it was done. I’m curious what others have to say about it.
Elie Wiesel who wrote “Night” never mentioned any gas chambers and his father who never worked a day at Auschwitz refugeed with Elie and the Nazis to Germany when the Russians were coming. Elie had just had his foot operated on for frost bite (i.e. when he couldn’t work he wasn’t gassed either). AI: “Shlomo Wiesel died of exhaustion and dysentery at Buchenwald on January 29, 1945, just weeks before the camp was liberated.”
According Lying Weasel (AI): “Wiesel FAMOUSLY recorded what he saw on the arrival ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau: the searing reality of open pits where SS officers threw babies, young children, and adults into roaring flames.”
Except there’s nothing real about it: (AI): “Yes, the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp (specifically the vast Auschwitz II-Birkenau section) was deliberately built on swampy, wet terrain.The Nazis established the site in the marshy, flood-prone Vistula River basin near Oświęcim, Poland. The location’s naturally wet, unstable, and unforgiving environment was utilized as a tool of terror and extermination.” Hard to get a fire going in a swamp pit!
Suggest people peruse this site:
https://holocausthandbooks.com/
P.S. What really disgusts me is looking at the camps in the West Bank and Gaza and the torture prisons in Israel. Ben Gvir and the Knesset just approved putting crocodiles around Ketziot Prison. There’s photo after photo after photo of Israelis torturing 100s of stripped and unarmed Palestinian men (doctors, journalists, medics, IDF just announced yesterday 12 SOCCER PLAYERS and a FIFA REF were ALL Hamas), shooting children (including in the testicles) and yet nothing is done! Meanwhile we have to listen to the lies over and over and over again about the holocaust and 10/7 “40 babies were beheaded” — just SHEER LIES! And the people who expose the lies like Max Blumenthal are constantly harassed and arrested by USG.
First off, I’m highly skeptical of the gassing of Jews story. I’ll concede it might have been tried on a limited basis, but widespread use, no. Way too much trouble for Germans who were scraping the bottom of the barrel for resources at the time, if nothing else. Much more efficient to just let them die of malnutrition and disease, and let the jews handle the disposal of the bodies.
That said, most “sciency” objections to it are silly. Hydrogen cyanide is miscible in water, that is, infinitely soluble. All you would need is to have the “showers” be actual showers, and you could decontaminate everything in no more than an hour or two. Less than that if some or all of the “shower heads” were actually mist nozzles. Then you would essentially turn the chamber into the scrubbers you could and still can find at chemical plants and power plants all over the world.
That’s why it was a pesticide, after all. You could put lice-infested clothes into a chamber, introduce ZyklonB to kill them, fill the chamber with water, rinse a few times, then the clothes are good to go.
“That said, most “sciency” objections to it are silly.” And then Steve gives the silliest stream of nonsensical glibberish ever: “You could put lice-infested clothes into a chamber, introduce ZyklonB to kill them, fill the chamber with water, rinse a few times, then the clothes are good to go.”
(AI): “Clothing treated with cyanide gas for delousing is not washed with water afterward; instead, it is thoroughly aired out (aerated) to let the gas evaporate and dissipate.
“Fumigation: Clothes, bedding, and uniforms were placed inside sealed chambers or buildings where hydrogen cyanide gas (such as that released from Zyklon B or generated via chemical reactions) was introduced.
“Why no water: Hydrogen cyanide is a volatile gas that rapidly vaporizes and disperses into the air when exposed to proper ventilation. Wetting or laundering the garments before the gas has fully desorbed and cleared would trap or dissolve the toxic hydrogen cyanide into water, creating unnecessary liquid chemical handling hazards without adding any benefit to the dry gas disinfection process.”
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Only gas chambers reported were in German concentration camps ‘liberated’ by the Russians in Poland. Germans had concentration camps in almost every country they occupied. Germans used Zyklon B to prevent Typhus. The Jew lies need to stop. They are totally unbelievable when the evidence is examined. Steve speaks of “chemical plants” and “power plants all over the world” to imply that’s the type of structures at these Poland concentration camps.
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In 1909 it was discovered that lice spread typhus and all countries started these delousing campaigns. This was U.S. at the Mexican border [vaccine mentioned below is not Typhus vaccine which wasn’t developed til 1930s. AI: “The U.S. Army widely used and mandated a typhoid vaccine (and expanded it to a triple TAB typhoid/paratyphoid vaccine in 1917), which frequently causes confusion with typhus, but it protected against an entirely different bacterial disease.”]
“Men were separated from women and children into separate buildings, where they were stripped of all clothing and valuables. Most clothing and valuables were steamed. Other items which might be damaged by steam (like shoes, hats, or belts) were exposed to cyanogen gas. Attendants examined the nude people for lice.[11] The officers conducting the strip searches were rumored to have photographed the nude women and shared the photos to others at bars.[16] When lice were found on a man, the man’s hair was clipped close to his head and the clippings were burned. For a woman, the hair was doused in a mixture of vinegar and kerosene, wrapped in a towel, and left on the hair for at least 30 minutes. If lice were found on re-inspection, the process was repeated. Once attendants declared the lice test had been “passed”, the naked people were gathered in a bathing area and sprayed with a liquid soap made of soap chips and kerosene oil.[11] After collecting their sanitized clothing and dressing, migrants were evaluated by a foreman, vaccinated and given a certificate that they had completed the procedure. From the disinfecting area, migrants then entered the Immigration and Naturalization Service building for processing.[17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Bath_riots
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Other accounts on the internet say they were sprayed with DDT. (maybe that’s a gas bath (?). “Gas Baths and the Bracero Program in New Mexico and Beyond. On display through Nov 30, 2025 at the New Mexico History Museum. an award-winning exhibit created by Moriarty High School students Hannah Davis and Elena Dominguez, explores the intersection of public health, labor, and immigration in 20th-century New Mexico. Created for the 2024 New Mexico National History Day competition, the exhibit uses interpretive panels and a timeline constructed from glass bottles to tell the story of gas baths used to delouse braceros and other Mexican migrant workers, connecting it to the broader history of the Bracero Program. Student researcher Elena Dominguez discovered a personal connection to the topic when she learned her grandfather was a bracero.”
How delousing and cremating the dead for health reasons (which was against the Jewish religion) got turned into “the final solution” when there is no evidence anywhere about the FINAL solution, I don’t know. But it needs to stop especially when the Jews are so busy genociding Palestinians.
““Why no water: Hydrogen cyanide is a volatile gas that rapidly vaporizes and disperses into the air when exposed to proper ventilation. Wetting or laundering the garments before the gas has fully desorbed and cleared would trap or dissolve the toxic hydrogen cyanide into water, creating unnecessary liquid chemical handling hazards”
While that is certainly a concern today, who gave a damn about environmentalism in the ’40s? Asbestos was sprayed onto the steel girders of skyscrapers and other buildings, including schools, into the ’70s, including the girders of the World Trade Center. Remember the story of Love Canal? Hooker Chemical used it as a dump site for dioxin in the ’40s.
You are so concerned about scoring points that you absolutely refuse to engage your brain.
“You are so concerned about scoring points that you absolutely refuse to engage your brain.”
Wow! You attack those who scientifically/reasonably prove the holocaust never happened by advancing a scenario that never happened and accuse me of being concerned with scoring points?!
I am concerned with the truth. Too bad you, Randy Fine and the rest of the Zionist Jews are dishonorable liars, thieves, cheats, spies, blackmailers and murderers who will bear false witness against anyone about anything. Why don’t you engage your brain to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Absurd. You can’t possibly be so stupid that you don’t understand how AI works.
You have not the slightest interest in the truth. You only care about your truth.
AI can be verified, Steve, just like your posts (I find AI to be almost 100% more accurate than you!) though I know Jews are working hard to change that just like they are working hard to indoctrinate American children in Jew lies.
I wonder how many realize that “woke” indoctrination is being supplemented by Miriam Adelson funded PragerU (a non-accredited institution) run by an Israeli spy who worked for 8200. [bought politicians like De Santis are throwing state money at them!] “Since 2023, PragerU has signed deals with ten states – Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah – to become an official education provider, supplying books, videos, and other content to schools across the United States. Students in New Hampshire, meanwhile, can earn credits by completing online PragerU courses. And with PragerU Español, it has plans to expand into Latin America as well… Their “Israel at War” series of lectures denounces the “lie” that Israel is occupying its neighbors, and includes a link to sign a petition “to condemn Hamas and stand with Israel.”….“Like the United States, Israel is a nation of immigrants (the indigenous people have been exterminated or put in concentration camps), which prides itself on its freedoms for all citizens, no matter their religion, ethnicity, or race,” and, “Uniquely, Israel is the only country in the Middle East that does not oppress its minority populations.”
“This will come as some surprise to Israel’s Arab minority, who face systematic and institutionalized discrimination, including restrictions on land ownership, jobs, and education”
https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-israeli-spy-behind-pragerus-plan-to-rewrite-american-education-to-indoctrinate-children/291039/
I unfortunately watched Kegsbreath testify the other day in front of Congress. Man is he an idiot. He makes Trump look like Einstein. Typical neocon foot soldier. When pressed on any issue his only response is to shout “Biden” or blather on about 47 years. He’s such an embarrassment.
Morning, Klink –
Yup. He is also a fanatic Israeli firster. The worst sort. Like The Chimp, he combines alcoholism with religious fanaticism. This is never a good combination.
I don’t see gas getting anywhere close to $7 (on average) in the US. Of course, some places like the West Coast it is probably already there, but the US average will not get that high. People complain, really complain, when it reaches $4 a gallon. Even the gas companies know there is a sweet spot for oil around $66 to $73 a barrel. A jump in oil at that price would destroy the economy. Deliveries, manufacturing, the trades, people just trying to get to work would come to a screeching halt. No one is going spend $1500 in fuel a month to take home $4k…the math doesn’t make sense.
Hi RG,
I am not religious but I pray you are correct. If you’re wrong, we’re in for (to put it mildly) a rough ride. I’d worry less if sane and serious people were in charge. Unfortunately, for us, idiots and psychopaths are.
Hi Eric,
It is all propaganda. Keep the people fearful of high prices and they forget Epstein, Mitch, the continuous printing press, data centers, and everything else the government and elites want to hide.
Back in April/May we were all forewarned about oil going dry by the 4th of July. It didn’t happen. Since that didn’t occur the goal posts must be moved.
Distraction, hermano, that’s the whole game. You’re 100% right about that. Keep your eyes on the ball and don’t let anybody pull you away from what’s really important.
The Epstein story is another distraction. That doesn’t mean it isn’t serious—it is. But at this point, it probably won’t change much. Between statutes of limitations and controlled disclosures, it’s hard to imagine anyone important ending up behind bars because of it.
You’ve only got so much time and energy. The people at the top are perfectly happy if you spend both on things that make you furious but never lead to any real change. COVID is getting to that same place. More information is going to come out, and it’s probably going to make a lot of people angry. But staying mad without being able to do anything about it is like punching a concrete wall—you only end up hurting yourself.
US crude inventories lowest in 45 years:
https://x.com/Barchart/status/2079098891857740287?s=20
From the newsletter that cross-posted the chart:
“Let’s note, though, that 1982 and 2026 are vastly different energy markets. Much US
consumption has shifted from oil to natural gas and renewable sources. Vehicles are
more efficient, too. So the country arguably doesn’t need as much cushion now as 40-50
years ago.”
There’s that “just in time” supply chain argument again. “Oh, we don’t need buffers, we need our suppliers to deliver when we want it!” Good luck with that when your CEO constantly blames and harasses them every day.
Bottom line from commenter JackG #318 in this thread:
‘It is very important to distinguish between PHYSICAL SHORTAGE vs. HIGH PRICES. The US won’t have physical shortages, whereas I suspect the EU and Australia will. However, when the SPR reaches minimum operating levels, WTI will spike. WCS [Western Canada Select] is priced off of WTI, along with the other crudes. Actually all the shale oils are priced off of it. So prices will skyrocket.
‘When does the SPR run out? If we draw it down to zero, and assume 10mm per week withdrawal, then 30 weeks (not going to happen). If we assume 250MM minimum operating level, then 6 weeks. I think 6 weeks is the absolute maximum, and it’s probably closer to 3 weeks. There are multiple salt domes. Some will drop offline quickly, others will last longer, so it will be a gradual decline. Markets will anticipate it.
‘Closure of the Red Sea for supertankers heading to Yanbu makes things worse. If Iran hits an oil facility, or power plant, or desalination plant, the spike will be in a day. The loss of Russian product exports also makes things a lot worse as the EU will be scrambling to buy any US cargo they can get. The GCC may slip out some crude via the Iran sea lane from time to time, but their refineries are down and they aren’t exporting product, which was a key supply for the EU.
‘In other news, EU natural gas just took out 12 month highs.’
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/07/wash-me-but-dont-get-me-wet.html/comment-page-4#comments
JackG’s comments are prefaced by an analysis of US heavy crude imports from Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela, which aren’t affected by the war. Even in response to the Trumptard’s punitive tariffs, Canada is unlikely to mount a ‘Canadian oil embargo’ of the US.
But it’s incredibly f*cking stupid for Trump to start a tariff war with Canada, when we ACTUALLY NEED the Canadian crude supply. Impeach — impeach — impeach!
How Much Is It Going to Cost Us?</b?
'House Republicans on Wednesday won narrow approval of their $95 billion budget plan to fund the war with Iran and impose new election restrictions President Trump has demanded, muscling through dissent in their ranks to send the measure to a skeptical Senate.
‘The blueprint would pave the way for filibuster-proof legislation known as a reconciliation bill that would bypass Democratic opposition and provide up to $73 billion in additional military funding, $12 billion for farmers and $10 billion to enforce severe new voting restrictions championed by Mr. Trump.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/politics/house-republicans-iran-budget-pentagon.html
Since this is a forever war, $95 billion is only a down payment.
Impeach and remove Trump. Then charge him under the War Crimes Act of 1996. As I warned the other party in 1993, before they lost the House majority they’d enjoyed for 40 years — we’re going to MAKE YOUR PARTY PAY!
Wars are fought over money and power. As we have neither we are not given a vote on the matter. I wish it wasn’t so but that’s the real situation and there’s not much we can do about it.
The former head of the Luftwaffe Herman Goering pointed this out but we failed to learn that lesson or heed his warning and that’s why we are in this situation now.
Hi Landru –
Yup. And – like Crassus – Goring was an admirable man in a number of ways. Firstly that he was a man. A lion of a man. He was the only man in the dock at Nuremberg to behave like a man – and (ultimately) to die like a man.
The people fronting the federal government, in contrast, are poltroons and oafs. Vile vulgarians and degenerates.
Furthermore, this doesn’t sound like a True Believer, rather someone who could at least be temporarily satiated if you plied him with enough liquor.:
“Why, of course, the people don’t want war,” Goering shrugged. “Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.”
“There is one difference,” I pointed out. “In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.”
“Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”
It costs me $200 / week now to commute to work. If it doubles as Eric suggests, assuming wfh isn’t reinstated, I will retire. Eff it all. And Eff Trump n his kike enablers.
There are three groups of people who consistently say “I’m not fucking dying for Israel”:
1. US soldiers,
2. Americans at risk of being drafted into a large-scale war, and
3. Israelis.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/07/no_author/not-even-israelis-are-willing-to-die-for-israel/
Indeed, MH –
This is a descent into madness. We are at war . . . why? Trump says because Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Well, didn’t he say that his bombing campaign had ended Iran’s nuclear capability? And why would Iran having a single or even a few nuclear weapons constitute any more of a “threat” than Israel having hundreds of them? Iran has done nothing to America to warrant what is happening – which is why I am expecting “the Iranians” (i.e., the Israelis) to stage an “Iranian” attack here in the Homeland, to conjure the support for this war that is manifestly not there right now. I hope Americans – enough of them – will not buy it when “the Iranians” detonate a dirty bomb in DC. No matter how many times Trump plays the Lee Greenwood song.
North Korea taught the world a lesson. The West doesn’t bother them much since they got nuclear weapons.
Iran would be foolish NOT to follow that lesson, since its 2 major enemies have them, and one has even used them,TWICE!
So did Qaddafi. The hard way
China keeps the norks on a short leash. China does not want a nuclear exchange any more than you do. If the norks did nuke, say, Japan, it’s hard to say whether China would beat the US to commence destruction of North Korea, nukes or not.
It’s not the nukes that keeps the norks safe. It’s that they aren’t doing everything they can to stir up trouble.
Arguably the 2008 Great Recession and attendant housing crisis was caused by $150 a barrel oil. Having a huge suburban house (and driving a huge Chevy Suburban) became unaffordable.
The 2008 housing market crash was triggered by predatory subprime lending and the explosion of complex, unregulated financial products. Lenders issued risky mortgages to unqualified buyers, so called liars loans, bundled these bad debts into investments called Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), and when borrowers defaulted, the global financial system collapsed.
This started when Bush the younger claimed there was housing gap. President George W. Bush sought to close the racial homeownership gap by launching America’s Homeownership Challenge, the American Dream Downpayment Initiative, and the Zero-Downpayment Initiative. His policies aimed to add 5.5 million minority homeowners and boost affordable housing supply. Loans were given to people who could not and would not pay for the loans.Itz a complex story. Stupid do-gooders in DC.
But I always respected Marcus Licinius Crassus. He and his son led from the front and they got what they had coming at Carrhae. That was a respectable oligarch, a man.
I agree, Kmose!
Far more so than loud-mouthed poltroons such as Trump. Crassus was, indeed, a man.
He may well be dead but in a way he lives on.
Marcus Licinius Crassus, a prominent Roman general and statesman, is credited with the statement, “You are not really rich unless you can raise a legion.” This quote reflects his belief that true wealth is measured by one’s ability to finance military forces.
The reason the U.S. GovCo attacked Iran is to see that a lunatic Islamic regime doesn’t get nuclear weapons. Now Trump, et al, are giving the Saudis nuclear enrichment WITHOUT any oversight and the ability to enrich to weapons grade…in other words, they can make warheads out of it.
That’s nice.
Give the country from whence 15 of 19 hijackers came from nuclear warheads.
What could possibly go wrong?
See here:
https://tinyurl.com/yycsdtdr
I thought that was what the deal was, too, largely because of posts here claiming so. The details of the deal have not yet been released (to the best of my knowledge) but what’s being leaked is that it’s the same deal that Russia and US and China have been offering for years. They will assist in building reactors that cannot be used to produce fissile material, and will supply the enriched reactor pellets.
Because of Douchebag Carter, and the Musloid Obamturd Russia has been doing most of the reprocessing of spent pellets. But I expect UK and France to step up to the plate to do it with Russia-Ukraine going on.