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.
Someone/Some groups made a lot of money on those wars. A wild guess tells me it wasn't the majority of taxpayers.
RT: US will ‘make a ton of money’ from Iran war – senator.
Lindsey Graham has described the ongoing conflict in the Middle East as “a good investment”
To quote Sporanos' character Paulie Walnuts regarding Graham, "[he's] a wormy co᧑ksucker."
Of course if you're rah-rah bomb Iran pom-pom girls, when not long ago Graham was on your sh/t list because of his commitment for "everything for Ukraine/Zelensky", it's amusing to see you pivot so damned fast. TF is wrong with you?
Can we all agree this was never about, "Israel has a right to defend itself?"
Paul Craig Roberts: Netanyahu and Trump: the New Hitler-Mussolini Pact.
Three American Military dead. Others severely injured. Jews laugh at how the U.S. is so easily roped in to doing Israel's dirty Work.Trump’s claims against Iran are a packet of lies. They are trump’s excuses for complying with Netanyahu’s demand that Trump take the United States to war against Iran for the sake of Israel’s agenda of Greater Israel.
This is despicable behavior for anyone, especially for a president of the United States.
Americans always fall for patriotic propaganda, and the gullibility and insouciance of the American population is what Netanyahu and Trump are relying on to insure misperception [sic] of illegal aggression as humanitarian work blessed by God.
RT: Why are Americans killing and dying for Israel, again?
The US doesn’t benefit from a war with Iran in any way, but you know who does?
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With ‘highlights’ including apartheid, ethnic cleansing, unlawful detention, torture, sexual violence, and genocide, Israel has such an extensive and constantly growing record of, literally, every crime under international law, including human-rights and humanitarian law (or the law of armed conflict), that one more or less hardly seems to matter anymore. This state is a monster, and monsters will monster as long as they can.
The United Nations charter allows the use of military force in only two circumstances – with authorization of the UN security council, or as self-defense from an actual or imminent armed attack. Neither was present.
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[,,,] Trump spoke of Iran’s “imminent threat”, but there is no evidence to support it. He recited a litany of past attacks that he attributed to Iran, but none of them is ongoing or imminent. At best Trump sought to prevent future harm – Netanyahu used the term “pre-emptive” – but prevention is no justification for war because it would open Pandora’s box to countless armed conflicts.
RT: US military suffered 200 casualties in retaliatory strikes.
The Independent: 3 US troops killed and 5 are seriously wounded during Iran attacks.
U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, announced the deaths in a post on X but did not say when and where they occurred. The statement said “several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions” and were going to return to duty.
RT: Israeli strike on Iranian school kills over 100 children – media (GRAPHIC VIDEOS).
Over 100 students have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a girls’ primary school in the city of Minab, in southern Iran[.]
Three American Military dead. Others severely injured. Hundreds of children and civilians dead. Jews laugh at how the U.S. is so easily duped into doing Israel's Dirty Work. Face it, if it weren't for DECADES of American support, Israel would've been wiped of the map years ago.
New Israeli documents have emerged confirming that Zionist militias used massacres, rapes, and expulsions to ethnically cleanse some 800,000 Palestinians to create the state of Israel in 1948.
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“One commander ordered the sapper to put two old Arab women into a certain house, and to blow it up with them inside. Another soldier boasted that he had raped an Arab woman and then shot her. One woman who was holding a newborn baby worked as a cleaner. She worked for a day or two, and in the end, they shot her and her baby.”
No other country could get away with the deceptive, terrorist shit Israel has done over decades and continues to do.
Does this all end with Iran? Don't be silly, NO it doesn't. Next up? Satanyahu eyes Turkey as his next victim for a genocide and land grab.
Al Jazeera: Turkish ‘threat’ talked up in Israel.
With the likelihood increasing of a United States attack on Iran, Israeli politicians are already turning their attention to another regional rival: Turkiye.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is expected to run and do well in the country’s elections this year, was the latest prominent politician to declare Turkiye a threat to Israel.
Don't be fooled by what you hear and read from MSM and social media claiming, "thousands of Iranians around the globe are celebrating the strikes on Iran."
The Cradle: Iranians flood streets in mourning as Tehran confirms assassination of supreme leader.
Video footage showed millions of people on the streets of the capital and other cities, waving Iranian flags and mourning the leader’s death.
Below: From 2025 - THOUSANDS of Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in NYC and Tel Aviv against conscription and serving in the Israeli military. If they're unwilling to defend their own country, why the hell should any other country risk the lives of their military, especially the U.S.?
He doesn't need us? I don't see him declining our military assistance, military hardware or returning the money he's taking from us.
Now, thanks to OrangeJewlius, sleeper cells in the U.S. may decide to wreak havoc on America for getting involved in something we have ZERO at stake in:
Islam isn't the problem.
Times Of India: Watch: Iranian protesters burn ‘Baal’ effigy marked with Star of David, chant ‘death to Israel’ at rally.
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Hmmmmm...Central Banks you say? Teh Iorny.
IMF: AgustÃn Carstens: The Innovative Central Banker.
Financial Times: Agustin Carsten; "Crypto, but only government crypto." (CBDC).
[...]"the problem with stablecoins is that to assure [their] stability in an ironclad fashion is extremely difficult."
Same as the stock market, then, Slim? Hands off Crypto Control. Hit the treadmill 'Gus.
Coinrank: What is CBDC? A Beginner’s Guide.
Breitbart: RINO Romney Calls for Tax Hikes, Raising Retirement Age.
Yes, we are living longer. Life expectancy has increased six years since 1980, but that doesn’t mean that those six additional years add up to prime working years. It’s not like your physical clock rewinds and now a 65-year-old is as spry as a 59-year-old. For many, those additional six years are linger years, six more years of being really old, frail, and sickly. For many, 70 is not the new 60. Rather, 70 is still 70, but instead of dying at 79, you die at 85.
So is it really fair to increase the retirement age? We live 12 years longer today than we did in 1950 when the average retirement age was 66. Should the retirement age reflect that? Should we be required to work until we’re 78 years old?
I don’t think so.
Mittens...just another AIPAC tool.
Romney, since at least 2010: "Iran has nuclear weapons...SQUAAAAAWK...Iran has nuclear weapons...SQUAAAAAWK..Iran has nuclear weapons...SQUAAAAAWK..."
NBC News: Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested and booked on suspicion of murder in parents' deaths.
I never cared for Reiner's self-righteous, loud, obnoxious, divisive, one-sided political raging at all. Not. One. Bit. And I've posted on it, belittled him and mocked him.
But for Fat Orange to say, "Rob Reiner died from severe TDS," is beneath the underbelly of contempt.
Mister "NO NEW WARS" has us poised for battle against Iran, Venezuela; add now Syria AND potentially Columbia, all on the behalf of his Puppet Master Netanyahu and Israel.
In addition to this behavior, I ask you, WHEN has a U.S. President attacked members of their OWN PARTY the way Fat Orange went after MTG and Thomas Massie? NEVER! When has a president campaigned against their own party with such venom and animosity as Trump's treatment AGAINST MTG and Massie? Again, NEVER.
No diss to my Blogroll and Links, (and those who link here), I know some remain MAGA-loyalists. I get it, I do.
All I ask is this: That you remember that I would apply the SAME STANDARD to Biden, Obama, W Bush, Clinton, etc and anyone else in politics or the public eye. I shouldn't have to say it as often as it seems I do: I equally apply everyone to the same standard.
I've already decided I'm not voting next year, but I wouldn't at all mind seeing Dems overwhelmingly win back both House and Senate and ride Fat Orange like the 2 shekel whore that he is.
I'm not the only one disappointed by Fat Orange and his RINO cucks.
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Daily Mail: "Blood rain" phenomenon sees landscape washed in red by heavy downfall.
[In Iran] Floodwater running off the rocks at the tourist attraction created spectacular waterfalls, leaving an eerie trail of red up to the shoreline.
Tour guide hormoz_omid shared the video to Instagram to nearly one million likes and stunned reactions.
The secret 'rainbow island' in the Strait of Hormuz remains largely undisturbed, sparsely inhabited and miles from the Iranian mainland.
The phenomenon is a year-round attraction caused by the high iron oxide content in the volcanic soil.
Those minerals then mix with the sea water to give the shore itself a unique reddish glow.
There's no "blood rain." It's regular rain mixing with the iron oxide and other elements resulting in run-off water that turns red.
The Old Testament-Only-Resurrection-Denying-Zionists over at ZogTok TikTok and InstaZog are attempting to claim, "This is a sign Jesus is coming back soon! We're in Tribulation!" People claiming this are mentally ill or low-rent sooooshulllll meeeedeeeah clickbait...or a mixture of both; both very popular groups at ZogTok TikTok and InstaZog.
As The DM story states, this event happens ANNUALLY. God returns annually just to make these waters red? 🤣 !
NO ONE knows when Tribulation begins except God The Father. Anyone claiming to conclusively know otherwise is speaking heresy and is antithetical to Jesus' words and the entire New Testament with, maybe, the exception of The Book of Revelation, which doesn't provide any solid time-frame of when End Days begin. Anyone believing they know or can interpret Scripture and arrive at a conclusive date that they've determined End Times is here isn't to be trusted and their opinions immediately dismissed and ridiculed.
Tomorrow, Chicago dyes their river green for St. Pat's Day. Ermahgerd, a GREEN RIVER?! This can only mean the Irish are returning to become the True New World Order! RUN! It's been The Irish all this time! Who knew? 🤣
A) Biden
B) Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutin
C) Obama
D) Someone else
The answer is after the PageBreak. ⏬
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.
CBC: Egypt proposes 2-day Gaza ceasefire and release of 4 hostages.
There has been no immediate response from Israel or Hamas.
SAY, "YES," FFS!
Make the most out of this opportunity. Accept the 2-day ceasefire; ALL SIDES. They can always return to killing each other in 48 hours.
French President Emmanuel Macron has issued a stern warning to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him not to overlook United Nations’ resolutions amidst the escalating tensions with Hezbollah.
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“Mr. Netanyahu must not forget that his country was created by a U.N. decision,” said the French president.
Macron, to no one's surprise, triggered Israel's anti-christ the thin-skinned Satanyahu.
Politico: Netanyahu blasts back at Macron in argument over the creation of Israel.
Awwwwww, that's just too bad, Bibielzebub. Kvetch harder.
In Luke 19:41-45 Jesus said because they (Israel and the Jews) didn’t recognize the time of His coming to them, it would henceforth be hidden from their eyes. It’s been that way ever since. Their hearts have been hardened toward God and their eyes have been blinded to His Son.
I dunno, starting to agree with AOC more and more. 🤣 I am!
>inb4, "You're both Jew-Haters." Nope. I'm opposed to what is a deliberate genocide and war crimes committed by Netanhayu and Israel. You want to toss Hamas, Hezbollah and the IDF into an enclosed Thunderdome of Death, free of civilian casualties, and let them fight until last man standing, do that - I fully support it.
But-but - - several social media influencers, both Jewish and non, of whom I put 110% full faith and trust in (because they're on sooooshulllll meeeedeeeah so it must be ture), told me for years that Nick Fuentes is a Right-Wing-Fascist-Hitler-Lovin-Jew-Hating-Nazi-White-Christian-Naaaaaaashunalest who supports Trump ! REEEE !" But Fuentes is endorsing Kalamama and trash-talking Trump? Wait! Wut! Their narratives spin so fast how are these people not dizzy. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
Zero Hedge: 100 US Troops Will Deploy In Israel To Man Anti-Air Batteries.
On Saturday we were among the first outlets to report that the United States is preparing to deploy THAAD anti-ballistic missile systems in Israel, a major development which will put American troops directly in harm's way (or... boots on the ground) amid the tense showdown with Iran.
The Pentagon in follow-up statements to the NY Times has confirmed the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) systems will be sent to Israel, and that about 100 American troops will operate them.
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One regional observers has observed that this is Netanyahu's longtime dream come true:
Journalist Séamus Malekafzali argued the U.S. deployment of troops and the THAAD system shows that "the Israelis are clearly planning something for Iran that is going to cause a retaliation they know their own systems are unable to take."
"U.S. troops being deployed to Israel in this matter is seismic," Malekafzali added. "The U.S. military is now inextricably involved in this war, directly, without any illusions of barriers. Netanyahu is as close as he has ever been to his ultimate wish: making the U.S. fight Iran on Israel's behalf."
RT: US troops will deploy to Israel.
The Unz Review: If Tehran Is Turned Into a Parking Lot, Israel Will be Soon to Follow.
Israel must initiate a provocation big enough to ensure the outcome that it seeks. In short, Israel’s real target is the US because it is the US that must be hoodwinked into fighting Israel’s war. Regrettably, duping America is what Israel does best.
{INSERT FALSE FLAG ON U.S. SOIL HERE.}
The Unz Review: If Israel Attacks Iran, Russia Is Not Going to Stay on the Sideline.
[...] Russia is following developments very closely and has moved military assets to within range of the prospective battlespace. It is logical to assume that Russia will engage Iran’s enemies if that is what the situation requires.
The Cradle: Washington keeps silent after Israel arrests US journalist over report on Iran attack.
[Jeremy Loffredo reported], “What I saw today, here in Israel, is clear evidence that Iran was targeting the same Israeli intelligence and military infrastructure that has been used over the past year to carry out brutal assassinations and attacks.”
UPDATE: Jeremy Loffredo Arrested in Israel for Reporting on Iranian Missile Strike Charged with "AIDING THE ENEMY"
Independent American journalist Jeremy Loffredo, known for his work with The Grayzone, was arrested by Israeli authorities after reporting on Iranian missile… pic.twitter.com/0ODH5XzJsM
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) October 10, 2024
"Aiding the Enemy" ? Reporting the truth is more like it. He's reporting that Iran is only targeting Israeli strongholds used to genocide Palestinian civilians.
Where's the free-speech, dual citizenship-holding groups who are always kvetching over journalist arrests? Unsurprisingly, silent and we know why.
RT: Macron’s stance ‘a disgrace’ – Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron for his call to end weapons deliveries to the Jewish state amid the ongoing escalation with Hezbollah and Iran.
In an interview with French media aired on Saturday, Macron called for “a political solution” to the conflict in the Middle East and argued that Western nations should “stop delivering arms for fighting in Gaza.” He called the continued hostilities “a mistake” and warned against turning Lebanon into “a new Gaza.”
Netanyahu responded with a fiery statement on X (formerly Twitter), in which he addressed Macron directly. Israel is fighting “on seven fronts against the enemies of civilization,” he argued, referring to the conflicts with Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, as well as Iran and its allies in Syria and Iraq. “All civilized countries should be standing firmly by Israel’s side.”
“Yet President Macron and other Western leaders are now calling for arms embargoes against Israel. Shame on them,” Netanyahu continued, calling the move a “disgrace” and vowing that Israel “would win with or without their support.”
"would win with or without their support." Then do it alone you cowardly cuck instead of begging for foreign aid and military supplies from other countries.
"Shame on them." Oh look - Bibi is projecting!
The shame will hover like fog over Israel and their madman genocidal leader. Israeli citizens are protesting daily their dissatisfaction of Satanyahu and his cabinet, demanding his resignation. They want their family members who are hostages returned. They're disgusted with Netanyahu and his enablers. Don't believe me, do your own search.
Selected comments from the RT story:
Israel and Netanyahu are doing damage control, keeping the press from reporting over how successful Iran's strikes have been.
Israel has no ground forces. Just a bunch of IDF diaper babies. That's why all Israel does is bomb from the air, striking, injuring and killing over 40,000 (probably an under-count) civilians and children. Too cowardly for ground troops, waiting for soldiers from other countries to be drafted into fighting for them.
