MSN: Trump administration estimates Iran war cost at over $11 billion in six days, source says.
AP/Reuters: Pentagon says first week of Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion.
As a rule of thumb, when I hear the government (fed, state, local) giving us a cost estimate; I immediately double the amount. A bit later I triple it.
"PRINT THAT FIAT!"
"Don't forget the usury!"
RT: Oil for over $100 a barrel ‘very small price to pay’ for Iran war – Trump.
The US president has attempted to quell fears that the military operation he launched will exacerbate the global energy crisis.
Talking points out and spread by every Western MSM Jew-controlled media.
But - but...The Orange Shitgibbon says U.S. oil companies are falling over each other vying for Venezuelan oil.
RT: US oil companies going to Venezuela – Trump.
US President Donald Trump has said that American oil companies are going to Venezuela in light of the South American country’s latest push to incentivize foreign investment in its energy sector.
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[No, U.S. oil co's aren't clamoring to obtain Venezeulan oil. - DD] Exxon CEO Darren Woods has poured cold water on the idea, saying that the South American country is “uninvestable,” given the “commercial constructs and frameworks in place” there at present. He added that “durable investment protections” are the prerequisite to any long-term involvement.
RT: Why American Big Oil isn’t buying the Venezuela ‘victory’.
Exxon boss Darren Woods described Venezuela as “uninvestable.” Woods said: “We have a very long history in Venezuela… We’ve had our assets seized there twice. You can imagine to re‑enter a third time would require some pretty significant changes from what we’ve historically seen here and what is currently the state.” He added: “If we look at the legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place today in Venezuela, today it’s uninvestable. And so significant changes have to be made to those commercial frameworks, the legal system, there has to be durable investment protections, and there has to be a change to the hydrocarbon laws in the country.”
The Exxon CEO’s comments were echoed by Conoco’s boss, Ryan Lance, who said: “We need to be also thinking about even restructuring the entire Venezuelan energy system, including PDVSA.”
What that means is that Venezuela is far from under US control.
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From the viewpoint of Big Oil, it’s not mission accomplished. Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’, which is the capitalist way of saying, there was no regime change to give the oil companies what they want – total control over Venezuela’s hydrocarbon wealth.
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Breitbart: Jimmy Carter Dies at 100; Oldest President in U.S. History.
The Liberals grieving his death, real tears or fake, will be non-stop, massive, repeated ad nauseam, drooling series of Talking Points.
Let's get some platitudes out of the way:
"The Carter Habitat for Humanity."
"Carter was a champion of civil rights..."
"His dedication to human rights."
"Tireless worker for clean air and water."
"The Carter Habitat for Humanity."
"Carter was a champion of civil rights..."
"The Carter Habitat for Humanity."
"The Carter Habitat for Humanity."
"a champion of civil rights..."
"The Carter Habitat for Humanity."
"The Carter Habitat for Humanity."
"The Carter Habitat for Humanity."
and...
"a champion of civil rights..."
The Liberal deification of Carter will be deafening. Democrats will milk his death politically for all it's worth. Squeeze one final gasp from a corpse, as Liberals do. Never let a crisis or the death of a fellow club member go to waste. Exploit it for all it's worth.
Carter entered the White House because of the whole Ford-Nixon-Pardon-Watergate scandal created by ))) people ((( who were determined to undermine and oust Nixon. Carter had the blessing from the Council of Foreign Relations, and in return, he brought the U.S. closer to Globalism and the NWO.
He was a weak leader on the world stage: His disastrous hostage crisis. The first president to usher what is now a common refrain from other NWO NGOs to Americans: "Make do with less." Three Mile Island happened during his Admin. Interest rates, inflation and prices skyrocketed.
His foreign policies were disastrous. Carter depleted our Military. The Carter Center, claiming its goal is bringing truthful inspection and reporting on voting results and transparency and integrity to elections, did nothing it claimed. It was a Front giving validation to whoever leader was installed by ))) TPTB (((.
His domestic policies devastated the U.S. mining and energy industries, among others, with harsh environmental oversight, regulations and penalties.
He gave away the Panama Canal.
Even rabbits didn't like or trust him 🤣: On This Day (April 20, 1979): Jimmy Carter Attacked by a Rabbit.
Oh Sweet Jesus, Thank you! How perfect! 🤣
At ~ .19 seconds.
Daily HODL: Bank Abruptly Shut Down by US Regulators in Second Bank Failure of 2024.
Financial regulators just shut down a bank in Oklahoma, marking the second US bank failure of 2024.
The First National Bank of Lindsay has been shuttered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
The agency says it took action after identifying false and deceptive bank records and other information that suggests fraud depleted the bank’s capital.
“The OCC also found that the bank was in an unsafe or unsound condition to transact business and that the bank’s assets were less than its obligations to its creditors and others.”
The OCC is also forwarding the matter to the US Department of Justice.
Off to the DOJ, eh? Well Merrick Garland will be right on top of it, you betcha!
But wait, there's more! More banks on the verge of failing:
Cryptopolitician: U.S. banks’ unrealized losses soar to 7 times 2008 crisis levels.
Unsustainable. Awaiting the domino effect.
I dunno.
I can do without Borders, Toys, Hollywood, Payless and BigK. Choosing only one of the remaining? I don't know. What's your pick?
CNN (Updated 12:59 AM EDT, Tue October 1, 2024): Port workers strike starts across the East and Gulf Coasts.
Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of the nation’s imports and exports in what could become America’s most disruptive work stoppage in decades.
The strike, which was confirmed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as well as the Port of Virginia, began at midnight.
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The strike will stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports from Maine to Texas. This includes everything from bananas to European beer, wine and liquor, along with furniture, clothing, household goods and European autos, as well as parts needed to keep US factories operating and American workers in those plants on the job. It could also stop US exports now flowing through those ports, hurting sales for American companies.
Biden could stop this, but he his handlers don't want to.
Washington Examiner: Biden won’t invoke Taft-Hartley to stop port strike that could cost $5 billion a day.
On Sunday, Biden said he would not get involved.
“It’s collective bargaining,” he said. “I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley.”
Oh, we have to suffer and endure more economic hardship because Biden doesn't believe in Taft-Hartley.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: US Chamber of Commerce calls on Biden to Invoke Taft-Hartley.
Hit MW and Crypto links:
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Crypto. < All Crypto.
Schuduled Sunday night to post Monday AM. I may sleep in. Why awaken early for disaster? Pray it's not as bad as the Stonkers predict.
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100% Fed Up: BLACK MONDAY INCOMING? Everything Is Crashing Overnight, Heading Into Monday.
This is intended and designed to happen. It's not accidental or incompetency. It's ... the Amish.
NY Post: Harris' husband cheated on first wife with nanny and got her pregnant.
Wow! Doug Emhoff knocks up the nanny! Child "no longer with us," (aka aborted). Way to go Dougie!
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Washington Times: Kamala Harris backed using 'lists' of gun owners to send police door-to-door to seize firearms.
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Served in IDF but not the U.S. Military. Once again, an American Jew puts Israel before America. His IDF service is being scrubbed online.
Once again, they do their own meme:
Breitbart: Michigan's Muslim Voters May Block Jewish Gov. Josh Shapiro from Being Democrats' VP Pick.
I thought dems lost the Muslim vote already by arming, supporting and propping up Israel's genocide. Muslims can't possibly support any democrat, anywhere really, can they? This is why Kamela should choose Shapiro as her VP.
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Breitbart: Mitch McConnell: ‘America First’ Is Foreign Policy ‘Nonsense’.
Breitbart: Poll - Most Say There Should Have Been 'More Competition' to Replace Biden.
TPTB and DNC anointed Harris. No contenders allowed. Sounds like a coronation, not "Democracy."
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Oh f#ck no, no, no. Not this sh*t scam again ⏬
Bloomberg: Top US Officials Discussed Minting Trillion Dollar Coin, Memo Reveals.
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ZeroHedge: "Millions" Wasted On Electric School Busses As Maryland Pivots Back To Diesel.
Everyone all together now: "WE TOLD YOU." 🤣
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County Local News: Bronx ADA resigns after predator sting: Bronx County ADA abruptly resigns after meeting underage boy.
I read the second and third PDFs. Likely to be scrubbed soon. There's nothing impressive or original in what he wrote. Same DEI talking points that you'd expect.
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The Mirror: Mom burnt 13-year-old daughter's rapist alive after he taunted her while out of prison.
Doused him with gasoline and set him ablaze. He died a few days later.
Five and half year prison term. She shouldn't have received any time.
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Omni: Giant pangolin rediscovered in Senegal.
It's not Godzilla big, but it's big.
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On Biden:
"WE BEAT MEDICARE!" WUT? 🤣
I guess amphetamines don't always work. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ Who knew? Good Grief, Biden looked like he walked out of the embalmer's room. Pale, stiff and casket-ready. Sounded like shit, hoarse, dazed, confused, tired, mumbled, occasional staring into space Trippin' Balls. This is the best he could do after 7 days of prep?
The moments Biden appeared most alert was when Trump was talking and it was double-screen showing both candidates. I think Biden was "wired", signaling someone electronically. He touched his face and nose often, and reaching up by his ear as if sending an SOS hand signal. Then he'd start writing notes, as if receiving rebuttal talking points from his Controller via an earpiece. Thus the obvious,"Write it and say it like this Joe, 'Number One...Number Two...Number Three.'"
"That fact of the matter is...the fact of the matter is...Number one...Number Two...The...uh...I, uh, and by the way...by the way...and, uh, Guess What...I tell you what, Guess what...I tell you what...the fact of the matter is. Winnie The Pooh and juice box time now?" A rambling, word salad from someone who should reside in a Memory Care Unit.
And in golf Biden says he's, "a six handicap." Yeeeeaaaahhhh. Sure.
On Trump:
I don't agree with every policy he has. I don't agree with anyone 100% (well, only the wife - I say I agree but she knows when I'm lying).
Did you catch when Trump called Biden, "Brandon"? LMAO!
Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Do you enjoy paying 2-4X more on practically everything? How can you not support Trump?
Today I noticed that in our neighborhood, overnight, at the best price station, a gallon of gas increased from $3.04 to $3.39.
A bit repetitive on some issues but Trump had no choice but to do that in order to combat the continual accusations that have been debunked that Biden kept alleging. imho Trump turned in a fine performance.
ABC Post Debate analysts, including Liberal Lapdogs anchor David Muir and DC Reporter Jonathan Karl shredded Biden's performance. Karl indicating Dems in both DC and the DNC are in a state of shock, panic and disarray over Biden's abysmal performance.
Politico: Dems freak out over Biden's debate performance: 'Biden is toast'.
What are your thoughts?
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Substack - Gregory Mannarino: $517,000,000,000 in Unrealized Losses Hit US Banking System, FDIC Says.
In its latest Quarterly Banking Profile report, the FDIC notes that banks now face over half a trillion dollars in paper losses on their balance sheets, primarily due to their exposure to the residential real estate market. These unrealized losses, the gap between the purchase price of securities and their current market value, are becoming a significant burden.
DC Patriot: $517,000,000,000 in unrealized losses hits US Banking System as FDIC Warns 63 Lenders on Brink of Insolvency.
“The number of banks on the Problem Bank List, those with a CAMELS composite rating of ‘4’ or ‘5’, rose from 52 in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 63 in the first quarter of 2024. This figure represents 1.4% of all banks, a range considered normal for non-crisis periods, typically between 1% and 2%. The total assets held by problem banks increased by $15.8 billion to $82.1 billion during the quarter,” the FDIC stated.
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Despite these concerning trends, the FDIC assures that the US banking system is not in imminent danger. However, it warns that ongoing inflation, fluctuating market rates, and geopolitical issues continue to exert pressure on the industry.
"...and geopolitical issues..." Gee, I wonder what those might be?
Does the FDIC's assurance there's no imminent danger put you at ease?
Crypto News: Industry support and the Silk Road founder release: what Trump promises to the crypto community.
[Trump] promised to release the founder of the darknet marketplace Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht. If he wins the election, Trump promised to cancel the sentence on the first day.
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He also pledged to support self-custody rights for the nation’s 50 million digital assets holders.
The story mentions Trump has solid and large support from the digital currency community while they view Biden and Handlers as anti-crypto, which they are. The article states Trump saying he'd never allow the launch a CBDC.
Great; yeah! 👍👍
Trump should've pardoned Ulbricht, along with Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, his first time around.
More fake and illusory Bidenomics on the way.
Hit the link. (It'll help if you have an X account).
All the economic and job creation data spewed by this wretched, lying Biden Administration for the past 3.5 years is Cook Book Numbers and is never to be trusted.
Reuters: Some young people see Trump as an answer to their economic woes.
For Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, who overwhelmingly won the youth vote in 2020, an erosion of his support among young voters could potentially dampen his hopes of a second term.
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There are also signs young people are slowly warming to the Republican Party, despite Biden's efforts to keep them on side by trying to cancel student debt, expand affordable housing and reverse curbs on abortion rights.
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"I make decent money and I can't afford a home on the salary I make now," said Steve Wendt, 26, a security guard at a nearby hospital.
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"I don't really like what we are doing with Ukraine," [Collin Crego, 19] said. "When I hear him (Trump) talk, he's very patriotic, very 'America First' and I like that."
100 Percent Fed Up: ➡ The RINOs Who Voted YES On Ukraine Aid.
"Eyepatch McCain" is on the list, surprising no one.
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