Loading ...I guess Trump is the only one who knows about his indebtedness or perhaps some of it is subconscious, I don’t know. It could be something Epstein related.
“The endgame is very difficult to foresee.” You can say that again! In the words of Helmuth Von Moltke “No plan survives contact with the enemy.”
Mike Tyson said it a bit more colorfully: “Everyone has a plan til they get punched in the mouth.”
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Trump Announces US To Cover Insurance For All Ships Traveling Through Gulf, Will Provide US Navy Escorts
Update (1440ET): Moments ago President Trump announced that the United States will provide insurance for “ALL Maritime Trade” via the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and will provide Navy escorts, “if necessary.”
Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, traveling through the Gulf. This will be available to all Shipping Lines. If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/oil-tumbles-trump-floats-insurance-tankers
Quite subconciously. A Pfizer rep. giving a doctor a pen will do it. The doctor will deny that he feels any debt to Pfizer for something as cheap as a pen, just as they would claim that a five day conference at a Trump golf course wouldn’t affect their buying decisions either. So to think that $400,000,000 from Miriam Adelson wouldn’t buy some influence is ridiculous. Trump is definitely compromised.
Which isn’t to say that the war is wrong. As others have commented Iran exports/funds terrorism in several areas. They have been working on nuclear capabilities for decades. They continually rant Death to Israel, Death to the Great Satan, we will obliterate Zion from the face of the earth etc. etc. They are undoubtably an evil regime who intend to kill a lot of people in their overall intent to establish their ‘religious’ authority over everyone. The regime is not a dictatorship, it is an organisation, thousands of people working to the same aim, supported by millions. Not a Saddam, or Ghaddafi, more of a Stalin where Islam has the same zeal as communism. Plenty of other candidates for the top job if the incumbent is killed. And that’s what will make the ending of the war difficult, because what do you do with all the supporters of the regime? After all, it was installed nearly fifty years ago by a popular uprising; as I’ve said, it’s not one man and his bunch of thugs imposing his rule. There are millions of supporters who are used to wielding authority and have access to arms, and tens of millions who don’t. A successful popular uprising is not a foregone conclusion here. The endgame is very difficult to foresee.
The USA had a magic era at that time, after WW2 and before the 71 severing the link with gold. Too bad they couldn’t have just left the money alone.
seems to be on Algorithm cruise control.
DJIA was down @1,100 pts., now only down @390.
Oil was up to @$77.50, now down to $74.75
10yr. yield was up to 4.11%, now down to @4.05%.
She probably didn’t mention the causes because she’s too young, only 51 and doesn’t know anything. I was in manufacturing right after high school in 1962.
I’m happy I saw so many great years until after 1971, it was all down hill with all the dumbass imports coming in to get inflation numbers lower but lowered the living standards of young people starting out.
I started getting happy for the end of the old 1913 system after 9/11 because I knew the old new world order (19113) was ending.
But just to be sure I hadn’t been robbed I took a trip to the boonies to check my Physical stash….and was so relieved to find EVERY ounce was still there, Thank You LORD….and my kill trap was still set and operating smoothly… and no dead bodies laying around to stink up the place. It cost me a little gas but the peace of mind was worth it., Got Casino paper digits?….or real Silver and Gold!? ;o) SNG
You’re right. She didn’t go into the causes much. I think she was just pointing out how much ordinary Americans could benefit from the money that’s being used overseas, not to mention the lives lost.
She forgot to mention the percentage of Americans driving imported cars, probably 75%. And all the made in China TV sets and all the other stuff we used to make ourselves, and kept our money home. Everybody was happy in the 50s and 60s. Wives didn’t even have to work. Why didn’t she mention all the reasons why everything got so bad? Even a cave man knows it, why we are a poor nation now.
Trumo is not ‘only’ trying to free Iranians from the horror they have had to live under for 47 years. By the way, the people of Iran are not bad people. They are celebrating around the U.S. and the world.
Their government funds, arms, and trains Hezbollah, Hamas, Houtis, and Taliban –four different countries.
Trump wants to eliminate the Iranian threat throughout the region, so he can start bringing home some of the 50,000 US troops stationed there, and start closing some of our many military bases in the region.
It’s not just about Iran. A more peaceful Middle East is in our best interest.
By the way, I am not blindly pro-Israel like so many are. But again, the Israeli people are not the problem.
Israel bombs Iran’s top mullahs as they count votes for next supreme leader
We must differ …..on Iran…..and i bow to yr greater knowledge of the Neocons…..who I agree are a super menace.
But when I see how happy the Iranians are, now they have some hope…..this war may turn out different and for the better for all. i also know quite a few Iranians and they are all v nice people, who deserve far better.
Cheers
In the old days we’d get the talking heads that would come out and tell us that they were selling their pm’s and shares because they needed to raise liquidity. I’d say this is nothing more than a normal raid on war news intended to keep everyone away from gold as a safe haven.
We’ll come back.
We haven’t fought a war for honorable reasons since WWII.
Why is it our responsibility to take care of “non-human” Iran any more than any other country with “non-human” practices like those countries in Africa that murder Christians for example. Honestly, I’d rather see us arm you native Brits and do regime change in the UK, than mess with this. That is more important to the US than Iran.
Are you familiar with the Project for the New American Century and the PNAC documents written by neocons like Paul Wolfowitz? It was written in the 90’s, that is the plan the US Gov’t. has carried out in the M.E. since 9/11. Iran is the last country who’s government we’ve sought to destabilize because Israel believes a destabilized M.E. makes them stronger, and their goal is to be the dominant power in the region.
That is the only thing this is about. Our gov’t. could care less whether they chop off the heads of children. We are not doing this on God’s behalf, if we were, we’d be in a lot of other places protecting His people.
Sorry brother, but we voted here for America first, ending wars, prosecuting the swamp, and taking care of Americans.
Thanks
re options…..maybe…but I would say the action confirms a C wave down….C waves are very powerful waves…so we have speed and price all large….therefore poss C wave.
very short term, looking at five minute candles, do i see a double bottom forming?
medium term, six month, one day candles, slow steady sweep from 40 to 80 on the bottoms.
Sad day when the Mullahs took charge. Iran used to be (in the cities anyhow) a cosmopolitan place. Prosperous. Maybe will be again.
Let’s pray for a short war and minimum casualties and that a more reasonable gov is formed there.
Cheers
Option machinations?
It’s a tough one….when we ran the joint we took on stopping slavery….I see it as part of the job, when yr Top Dog.
Plus as I have said the gains could be massive.
Total OI for DEC 26 15 K and 20 K calls is @ 29 K evenly split
I would never say that the Iranian regime is not reprehensible. Iran and the world will be better places with them gone, no doubt of that. I just ask if it’s our place, our responsibility to do it. There’s lots of unknowns in the equation.
I don’t think it’s a crazy idea to think that Trump may have been compromised somehow by the Israelis.
Re MTG
In Iran when a women is sentenced to death, the Guards have to rape her, the night before she is hung, to make sure she is not a virgin and can then never go to paradise……..they also rip the wombs out of prisoners before the bodies are given back to relations , so they cannot see the damage…..
These people are not human.
I’d say she is fighting the wrong fight…..and that the US is doing Gods work……