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[Hiccup Scream]

A sudden crash of luxury good prices, becuase no one's buying them due to everything else being unaffordable?

Recession, the leading cause of inferior substitute goods being preferred over luxury goods in a developed economy. We are in a Recession, enjoy your liquid while you can, buy physical assets.

 

[draggs]

Israel has decided to make Biden look feckless again, attack will probably happen tonight (local time) and allegedly it won't be a small one

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/apr/15/donald-trump-criminal-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels-former-us-president-latest-updates

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Motherfucker sitting here talking about “here in the U.S.” while not even living in the U.S. gives off serious Gunt vibes. This is who yall listen to?

Nigg3r glows like fuck. Gently change the conversation and shit out a load of bollocks. It's entertaining though.

 

[tehpope]

Another Iran-Israel update

Summary:​

• Middle East braces for Israeli 'retaliation' attack on Iran after Israel War Cabinet meets
• Israeli Air Force says it has completed 'preparation' and that an attack is 'imminent'
• US officials tell WSJ they believe Israel will launch an anti-Iran operation today
• IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi: Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel “will be met with a response.”
• Netanyahu orders military: draw up a list of targets
• Several major airlines canceling flights to Tel Aviv and whole region.
• State Dept spox: “commitment to Israel’s security is sacrosanct”.
• G7 working on measures against Iran as China, Russia signal weekend attack won't hurt relations with Tehran
• European allies urge Israel against military response
• Tehran warns that it's ready to hit back harder.

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Update(1329ET): It appears things are moving fast, via Israel's Channel 12 broadcaster, following the earlier conclusion of Israel's War Cabinet meeting:

THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE HAS COMPLETED ITS PREPARATION FOR AN IMMINENT ATTACK AGAINST IRAN

The Times of Israel top headline has switched to: War cabinet decides to hit Iran back hard, hopes it won’t spark regional war

A host of airlines have canceled flights to the region, including the following:

Germany’s Lufthansa has suspended its regular flights to and from Tel Aviv, Erbil, and Amman, up to and including Monday. Flights to Beirut and Tehran will remain suspended until at least Thursday.
KLM cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Dutch arm of Air France says.
Britain’s easyJet on Sunday paused operations to and from Tel Aviv. The carrier said in an emailed statement to Reuters that it will temporarily pause operations to and from Tel Aviv until April 21.
Wizz Air says it had cancelled most of its flights to and from Tel Aviv, Saturday through Monday.
Finnair has suspended operations in Iranian airspace until further notice, which may cause longer flight times on flights from Doha. A spokesperson said the Finnish carrier will reroute over Egypt, resulting in delays of a “few minutes.”

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Update(1225ET): Israel is looking to "send a message" against Iran, but short of causing outright war and mass casualties, a top level official has told The Washington Post. During Monday's Israel War Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Netanyahu is reported to have requested defense leaders to draw up a list of targets.

According to Washington Post's reporting:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the Israel Defense Forces to provide target options, according to an official familiar with high-level discussions, who said Israel is looking at options that would “send a message” but not cause casualties.

Those options include a potential strike on a facility in Tehran or a cyberattack, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the talks.
“Everybody agrees that Israel must respond,” the official said. “How to respond, when to respond, is the question.”

Israeli officials are now signaling to their US counterparts that they would like the White House's backing and coordination for retaliation, however, so far President Biden has urged restraint. This weekend the president clearly said the US will not back an Israeli military attack on Iran, on fears it would spark a bigger war.

Biden has issued what appears an ambiguous statement, and Israel's military says it is preparing:

• BIDEN: US COMMITTED TO ISRAEL'S SECURITY AND FOR CEASE-FIRE

 

[Terrifik]

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1779924989182873610

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https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1779913669616296270

 

[General Emílio Médici]

Bibi is mad the goyim aren't just jumping at the chance to die for Israel and wants to vent his anger.

Could this be it? We will finally get The Happening?

 

[Justa Grata Honoria]

So civil war, even if its just low-level, in 18 months. Unless they plan to merely conscript shitlibs/commies.

They will not conscript locals but the current crop illegals. Its also easier to train them most of them been around guns and violence and aren't obeasts needing 10 medication to function. Mark my words you are in 4-5 th century rome ark . Letting in mass Germanic tribes latinos and Haitians and them conscripting them in the foederati american army. Question is how are they going to sell it . Pathway to citizenship? Pathway to green card?

 

[General Emílio Médici]

They will not conscript locals but the current crop illegals. Its also easier to train them most of them been around guns and violence and aren't obeasts needing 10 medication to function. Mark my words you are in 4-5 th century rome ark . Letting in mass Germanic tribes latinos and Haitians and them conscripting them in the foederati american army. Question is how are they going to sell it . Pathway to citizenship? Pathway to green card?

Yeah no that isn't gonna fly either. Venezuelans are entitled as fuck and will refuse to join. These people are in the USA are there only for easy money, the moment any effort is asked of them they are leaving.

 

[Kane Lives]

They will not conscript locals but the current crop illegals. Its also easier to train them most of them been around guns and violence and aren't obeasts needing 10 medication to function. Mark my words you are in 4-5 th century rome ark . Letting in mass Germanic tribes latinos and Haitians and them conscripting them in the foederati american army. Question is how are they going to sell it . Pathway to citizenship? Pathway to green card?

What makes anyone think that these illegals wouldn't just aim the guns you so helpfully given them right back at their "masters"? After all, they can just ask "do you feel in charge?"

 

[teriyakiburns]

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Where's a jeet with a container ship when you need one?

 

[Romulus augustulus]

Not just weapons but also oil.

We've been playing a risky game of buy low/sell high with the nation's emergency oil reserves and the prices haven't dropped since the last time we sold. Our oil backups are way too low to fight an offensive war and it doesn't look like we'll get the chance to refill them anytime soon, at least not without printing a shitload of money and driving further inflation.

The SPR is not large enough to fight any sort of war of any size. private storage is multiple times larger and expands by millions of barrels each year.

 

[Qtinterval]

This makes me consider the impact of the Lahaina situation. Democrats have bent over backward to give criminal alien invaders tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in encouragement for breaking our laws. Meanwhile, in Lahaina, where Democrat mismanagement led to 1000s of deaths and the destruction of an entire community, they got $300 and a lowball offer to buy them out of their property, which they were barred from returning to.

Personally, I would be furious over this. Hell, I'm already 2nd hand furious, just thinking about, it right now.

Damn another thread to chase down.

Maybe Hawaiians are gonna leave the plantation because of Lahaina and they're pivoting to surf mommy since she left/was kicked from the dem plantation?

 

[Justa Grata Honoria]

What makes anyone think that these illegals wouldn't just aim the guns you so helpfully given them right back at their "masters"? After all, they can just ask "do you feel in charge?"

We are in clown world where sanctuary cities blame republicans for their own retardation and the consequences of their actions and biden admin openly fighting the state governments to keep the border open and keep immigrants streaming. Like look how much stupid shit they have done i won't put it past them giving guns and training to cartel members and sending them to die for Israel.

 

[The Hardest R]

I am sure Iran didn't use that Embassy to help terrorists at all.

Given the shenanigans US embassies pull, I’m not sure establishing precedent bombing embassies because there might be terrorist activity going on inside them is a smart idea.

 

[Dick Mason]

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All of this telegraphing of battleplans irritates me. Does no one surprise attack anymore?

 

[make_it_so]

All of this telegraphing of battleplans irritates me. Does no one surprise attack anymore?

A big part of all this telegraphing on both the Mullah's and Bibi's part is for domestic consumption, to show the people that they're "doing something."

 

[Kane Lives]

All of this telegraphing of battleplans irritates me. Does no one surprise attack anymore?

It's probably to allow civilians to leave.

And there's a propaganda aspect to it as well.

 

[OrangeJuliusEvola]

All of this telegraphing of battleplans irritates me. Does no one surprise attack anymore?

"War is the continuation of politics by other means." -Karl Von Clauswitz

What is happening now is all political signaling, both domestically and on the international stage. Right now, basically everyone in the world is telling Israel sotto voce to knock it off and wrap up the Gaza operation, not because they give a shit about the Palestinians (no one really gives a shit about them), but because this whole thing is becoming remarkably destabilizing and distracting for the internal political situation of the surrounding countries and even the Great Powers. Israel is behaving like they don't give shit because Bibi knows his political career is essentially over once the emergency situation ends and people look into the security lapses that allowed October 7th to happen and the longer this goes on, the longer he stays in power and can figure out a way to save his hide.

 

[pwnest injun]

Yeah no that isn't gonna fly either. Venezuelans are entitled as fuck and will refuse to join. These people are in the USA are there only for easy money, the moment any effort is asked of them they are leaving.

Agreed. The 20 something aged Venezuelans coming to the US have spent their entire lives growing up under Socialism and are conditioned to expect the government to provide them free shit. The only reason that they're in the US now is that there's no more free shit left in VZ.

"War is the continuation of politics by other means." -Karl Von Clauswitz

What is happening now is all political signaling, both domestically and on the international stage. Right now, basically everyone in the world is telling Israel sotto voce to knock it off and wrap up the Gaza operation, not because they give a shit about the Palestinians (no one really gives a shit about them), but because this whole thing is becoming remarkably destabilizing and distracting for the internal political situation of the surrounding countries and even the Great Powers. Israel is behaving like they don't give shit because Bibi knows his political career is essentially over once the emergency situation ends and people look into the security lapses that allowed October 7th to happen and the longer this goes on, the longer he stays in power and can figure out a way to save his hide.

This Gaza operation is almost an exact parallel to what would happen if Xi tried to grab Taiwan...