J.R. said:

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J.R.'s condemnation of these folks makes me believe they must be doing good work

J.R. is a great barometer that way: anyone he hates is usually quite competent.

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name me who's competent in gold Jesus's cast? Queen Bessent and the Cuban are competent, unfortunately no balls. Gold Jesus boot licker

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waiting on your answer bitter man.

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J.R.'s condemnation of these folks makes me believe they must be doing good work

J.R. is a great barometer that way: anyone he hates is usually quite competent.

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name me who's competent in gold Jesus's cast? Queen Bessent and the Cuban are competent, unfortunately no balls. Gold Jesus boot licker

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waiting on your answer bitter man.

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I don't like Trump and did not vote for him, but you are beyond reason and incapable of rational discussion on the topic. You are throwing an ongoing temper tantrum. Why should he, or anyone else, bother trying to discuss anything related to Trump with you?

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J.R.'s condemnation of these folks makes me believe they must be doing good work

J.R. is a great barometer that way: anyone he hates is usually quite competent.

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name me who's competent in gold Jesus's cast? Queen Bessent and the Cuban are competent, unfortunately no balls. Gold Jesus boot licker

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Ironically his best cabinet members are a gay man and a latino. If this were a Democrat administration people would be calling them DEI hires.

Imagine screaming "Death to America" for 47 years and then when no one hopefully notices, send your children to be educated by the Great Satan. https://t.co/2ej4fNUam5

— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) March 18, 2026

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J.R.'s condemnation of these folks makes me believe they must be doing good work

J.R. is a great barometer that way: anyone he hates is usually quite competent.

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name me who's competent in gold Jesus's cast? Queen Bessent and the Cuban are competent, unfortunately no balls. Gold Jesus boot licker

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Ironically his best cabinet members are a gay man and a latino. If this were a Democrat administration people would be calling them DEI hires.

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Well that tends to happen when you campaign on promises of placing non-white and non male persons into your cabinet or onto the Supreme Court purely on racial/gender identity

And when your party ideological elite are obsessed with all things racial and gender

Such a strange thing to say "we will only be advancing people because of racial and gender characteristics" and then turn around and say "how dare the conservatives call our people DEI hires"

I mean come on….

• Oil rises on news of a second massive Marine deployment toward Gulf in a week, as Trump calls NATO a 'paper tiger'.
• IRGC contradicts Bibi: says missile production is ongoing, is of "no concern" - even as IRGC spokesman Ali Mohammad Naeini is reported killed.
• Energy war ongoing: Major sites damaged across the region - Haifa refinery hit, Qatar LNG output cut 17%, Kuwait facilities ablaze.
• Kharg Island escalation looms: Trump admin weighing seizure of Kharg Island to reopen Hormuz; Thousands of Marines in route, reports of low US jet strafing runs over strait.
• Signal of zero restraint from Ayatollah & FM: Iran sends warning if energy sites are hit again, leadership structure grows opaque; supreme leader says enemies will be denied security.

Friday afternoon's update.

The markets are shrugging off Netanyahu's comments yesterday as reality once again intrudes.

Expect ground troops to move in on a Friday evening after markets close.

Maybe next week.

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Welcome to the Days of Eeyore.

Taking Iran from the hate-fueled tyranny of the Mullahs into a nation ruled by rational humans was always going to a difficult process. The value of doing so should be obvious.

Yet while we are still in the first month of the conflict, there is a chorus from whiners that we are losing and cannot win.

What utter cowardice.

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Remembering the past is "history." You misspelled it badly.

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If you want to bring up history, look at Trump's first term.

He does not do 'forever wars', and as I recall there was a plague of pants-wetting hysteria among his enemies during that first term.

Trump was supposed to start wars with Russia, North Korea, the League of Women Voters, etc.

The fact is none of that happened.

I don't blame your side for once again making up lies about what's going on and why. Except for Fetterman there is not a Democrat on the right side of any major issue, and the candidates your party dredges up, oh my.

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Fettermen is literally Weekend at Bernies... the guy is mental handicapped and unfit to serve.

Whoever his head of staff is is the real senator and they are using an autopen.

Ditto for Mitch McConnell.

Its sickening these guys who are basically braindead arent being forced to resign.

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McConnell, yes. Fetterman seems to have recovered quite well. Shows a higher standard than Chuck Schumer.

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I just listened to him speak in a committee hearing a couple days ago and he couldnt speak a complete sentence and half of what came out of his mouth was incoherent.

I get that you guys like him because whoever is controlling his autopen is pretty much voting like a Susan Collins Republican... but lets be real he never recovered from his stroke.

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He's handled interviews coherently on video record. He may still have some issues, but he's not McConnell.

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Oldbear83 said:

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Welcome to the Days of Eeyore.

Taking Iran from the hate-fueled tyranny of the Mullahs into a nation ruled by rational humans was always going to a difficult process. The value of doing so should be obvious.

Yet while we are still in the first month of the conflict, there is a chorus from whiners that we are losing and cannot win.

What utter cowardice.

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Remembering the past is "history." You misspelled it badly.

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If you want to bring up history, look at Trump's first term.

He does not do 'forever wars', and as I recall there was a plague of pants-wetting hysteria among his enemies during that first term.

Trump was supposed to start wars with Russia, North Korea, the League of Women Voters, etc.

The fact is none of that happened.

I don't blame your side for once again making up lies about what's going on and why. Except for Fetterman there is not a Democrat on the right side of any major issue, and the candidates your party dredges up, oh my.

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Fettermen is literally Weekend at Bernies... the guy is mental handicapped and unfit to serve.

Whoever his head of staff is is the real senator and they are using an autopen.

Ditto for Mitch McConnell.

Its sickening these guys who are basically braindead arent being forced to resign.

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McConnell, yes. Fetterman seems to have recovered quite well. Shows a higher standard than Chuck Schumer.

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I just listened to him speak in a committee hearing a couple days ago and he couldnt speak a complete sentence and half of what came out of his mouth was incoherent.

I get that you guys like him because whoever is controlling his autopen is pretty much voting like a Susan Collins Republican... but lets be real he never recovered from his stroke.

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He's handled interviews coherently on video record. He may still have some issues, but he's not McConnell.

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... and he was able to mock AquaBuddha yesterday.

- UF

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IEA Chief Warns Gulf Flows May Take Six Months To Restore After Biggest-Ever Energy Shock

The head of the International Energy Agency told the Financial Times on Friday that the world is severely underestimating the scale of the Gulf energy shock, and that it may take at least six months to restore disrupted oil and gas flows.

Fatih Birol described the conflict, now in its third week, as "the greatest global energy security threat in history", and said it would take time "to have oil and gas rehabilitated".
"It will be six months for some [sites] to be operational, others much longer," Birol warned.

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Oldbear83 said:

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Welcome to the Days of Eeyore.

Taking Iran from the hate-fueled tyranny of the Mullahs into a nation ruled by rational humans was always going to a difficult process. The value of doing so should be obvious.

Yet while we are still in the first month of the conflict, there is a chorus from whiners that we are losing and cannot win.

What utter cowardice.

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Has TRUMP presented you with The Medal of Honor yet? You so richly deserve it. I'd hate to have missed the ceremony.

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I actually starting feeling around under my office desk chair as his SOTU speech winded down.

Thought I might find a set of keys.



- el UF

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Netanyahu wants oil, gas to flow through Israel post-Iran war, per Reuters

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 20, 2026

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Netanyahu wants oil, gas to flow through Israel post-Iran war, per Reuters

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 20, 2026

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Of course he does.

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Netanyahu wants oil, gas to flow through Israel post-Iran war, per Reuters

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 20, 2026

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Of course he does.

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LOL.

Bibi ain't no fool.........

- UF

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Honestly do we really need Iran - as it now - anyways???

PA.

TIA.

BID.

{ sipping coffee }

{ sipping coffee }

- UF

As I’ve said repeatedly, Americans trust President Trump as their Commander-in-Chief and support his efforts to eliminate terrorist threats and keep us safe.

There is no “MAGA fracturing,” no matter how many times the media tries to claim otherwise. https://t.co/6Hy3gCzxUW pic.twitter.com/J8pfzbZGq3

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 20, 2026

"We’ve spent $8 trillion in the Middle East That’s 100 X annual federal spending on roads and bridges Picture how great our country could be if we’d spent that $ here Imagine how affordable groceries & housing would be if we hadn’t printed all that $," Thomas Massie has said.

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 20, 2026

BREAKING: Russia’s President Putin has offered to stop providing intel to Iran if US does the same for Ukraine.

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 20, 2026

🔴ELIMINATED: Ali Mohammad Naini, the Spokesperson and Head of the Public Relations Array of the IRGC.

Naini served in several propaganda and public relations roles. In his role as the IRGC's main propagandist for the past 2 years, he disseminated the regime's terrorist… pic.twitter.com/e29Elb16FS

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 20, 2026

Hegseth: Iran is an energy rich country. instead, like so many other places, driven by a radical ideology, instead of investing in their people… they invested in missiles, and they invested in launchers and UAVS. pic.twitter.com/jQBjJh6SlV

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 19, 2026

Bestweekeverr said:

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J.R. said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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J.R.'s condemnation of these folks makes me believe they must be doing good work

J.R. is a great barometer that way: anyone he hates is usually quite competent.

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name me who's competent in gold Jesus's cast? Queen Bessent and the Cuban are competent, unfortunately no balls. Gold Jesus boot licker

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Ironically his best cabinet members are a gay man and a latino. If this were a Democrat administration people would be calling them DEI hires.

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No.

Rubio and Bessent are far too qualified to ever be hired by a dem.

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Bestweekeverr said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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J.R.'s condemnation of these folks makes me believe they must be doing good work

J.R. is a great barometer that way: anyone he hates is usually quite competent.

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name me who's competent in gold Jesus's cast? Queen Bessent and the Cuban are competent, unfortunately no balls. Gold Jesus boot licker

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Ironically his best cabinet members are a gay man and a latino. If this were a Democrat administration people would be calling them DEI hires.

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No.

Rubio and Bessent are far too qualified to ever be hired by a dem.

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Well, you're going to be shocked when you find out who Scott Bessent built his career and money with.

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BREAKING: UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan issue a joint statement expressing their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts” to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while welcoming countries undertaking preparations, coordinating…

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 19, 2026

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Belgian military on their way to the Gulf states to defeat Iran after losing Brussels to 15-year old Moroccans. pic.twitter.com/XwGlKW1INS

— Dries Van Langenhove (@DVanLangenhove) March 20, 2026

Pentagon has made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran — CBS

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) March 20, 2026

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Pentagon has made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran — CBS

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) March 20, 2026

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here we go..........

- el UF

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boognish_bear said:

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Pentagon has made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran — CBS

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) March 20, 2026

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VIX
27.46
+3.40

Everything else (except Au) reacting in the way you would expect.

Haven't looked at the long bond in a while, but I'm guessing yields on the 30 year are crazy.

An Iranian missile just struck Jerusalem’s Old City near the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, some of the holiest sites to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. pic.twitter.com/mvz3VPHzsE

— Noa Tishby (@noatishby) March 20, 2026

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An Iranian missile just struck Jerusalem’s Old City near the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, some of the holiest sites to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. pic.twitter.com/mvz3VPHzsE

— Noa Tishby (@noatishby) March 20, 2026

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plumb loco.

- el UF

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An Iranian missile just struck Jerusalem’s Old City near the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, some of the holiest sites to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. pic.twitter.com/mvz3VPHzsE

— Noa Tishby (@noatishby) March 20, 2026

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plumb loco.

- el UF

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says the US does not use the Strait of Hormuz and does not need it. pic.twitter.com/24YlWHSg6O

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 20, 2026

Trump on troop deployments: I seem to have great support. CNN came out with a poll today that I'm at 100%. They said they have never seen a poll like that. The CNN poll said I'm at 100%. pic.twitter.com/z72viZ50ED

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 20, 2026

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An Iranian missile just struck Jerusalem’s Old City near the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, some of the holiest sites to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. pic.twitter.com/mvz3VPHzsE

— Noa Tishby (@noatishby) March 20, 2026

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Just for the record, several people have predicted that Israel may use this conflict to conduct a false flag attack on Al Aqsa, blaming it on Iran...thereby opening the way for them to rebuild a temple and try and further the Sunni/Shia divide.

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An Iranian missile just struck Jerusalem’s Old City near the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, some of the holiest sites to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. pic.twitter.com/mvz3VPHzsE

— Noa Tishby (@noatishby) March 20, 2026

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Just for the record, several people have predicted that Israel may use this conflict to conduct a false flag attack on Al Aqsa, blaming it on Iran...thereby opening the way for them to rebuild a temple and try and further the Sunni/Shia divide.

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So any weapon that strikes the mount will be a Jewish conspiracy?

BTW, there are a lot of people who believe the temple was actually not on the area called the Temple Mount today. If determined to be true, the temple could be built anyway.

"If you do not know what you're doing, your enemy does not know what you are doing"

- Don Tzu, The Art of the War

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Hegseth: Iran is an energy rich country. instead, like so many other places, driven by a radical ideology, instead of investing in their people… they invested in missiles, and they invested in launchers and UAVS. pic.twitter.com/jQBjJh6SlV

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 19, 2026

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That sounds like America.

BREAKING: The Pentagon is preparing detailed plans for a possible U.S. ground force deployment in Iran, sources say. https://t.co/aCl5tVcBGE

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 20, 2026