what's amazing about this trend line is that it doesn't really bounce back
Damn... just insane
Iran looks prepared to extend the conflict
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/indi...-tensions.htmlIndia turns to Iran for oil and gas after 7-year hiatus, signaling limits to U.S. tilt
India has begun buying oil and gas from Tehran after a seven‑year hiatus as it grapples with supply disruptions and elevated energy prices triggered by the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.
The move to resume Iranian energy imports — the first purchases since 2019, according to energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy — is unlikely to draw immediate ire from Washington, but analysts say it underscores New Delhi’s attempt to rebalance ties with Tehran.
On Saturday, India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said Indian refiners had secured crude supplies from more than 40 countries, including Iran, amid disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict.
The ministry denied that refiners faced any payment hurdles for Iranian crude and said a vessel carrying 44,000 metric tons of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) had berthed at a southern Indian port.
“It’s a confidence‑building mechanism with Tehran,” Arpit Chaturvedi, South Asia advisor at Teneo, told CNBC in an email, adding that the energy purchases act as an “insurance policy,” signaling that India does not intend to take sides in the conflict.
In return, India “expects cooperation from Iran” to ensure the safe passage of its ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the future, he said.
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"The president is the most bloodthirsty, like a mad dog," one Trump insider told Axios, downplaying narratives that other cabinet members are the real warmongers. "Those guys sound like the doves compared to the president."
I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU TONIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU.
I mean, I keep thinking he's as insane as he can get and he just keeps raising that bar.
apparently being an insane criminal isn't a strict barrier to high office in the US
Jonathan Swan & Maggie Haberman in the NYT
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The U.S. officials assessed that the first two objectives were achievable with American intelligence and military power. They assessed that the third and fourth parts of Mr. Netanyahu’s pitch, which included the possibility of the Kurds mounting a ground invasion of Iran, were detached from reality.
When Mr. Trump joined the meeting, Mr. Ratcliffe briefed him on the assessment. The C.I.A. director used one word to describe the Israeli prime minister’s regime change scenarios: “farcical.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...smid=url-shareAt that point, Mr. Rubio cut in. “In other words, it’s bull ,” he said.
seems like a big concession, I'm old enough to remember when navigation was free in the Persian Gulf
do US military bases in the Persian Gulf rely on seaborne resupply?
The two-week ceasefire plan includes allowing both Iran and Oman to charge fees on ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, a regional official said.-AP
"a workable basis on which to negotiate"
“.. The ceasefire .. has reinforced views among both adversaries and the NATO alliance that .. Trump’s campaign against the Tehran regime marks a strategic setback, bolstering China and Russia while squandering American strengths ..”
more taxes on US importers
Iran bombed stuff last night
He doesn't have the balls to go full boycott on countries aiding our enemies.
How many more times will they say "OBLITERATED" before needing to drop more bombs because they aren't actually OBLITERATEDIran bombed stuff last night
General Caine this morning. The US has destroyed:
- ~80% of Iran’s air defense systems (>1500 AD targets)
- >450 ballistic missile storage facilities
- >800 one-way attack drone storage facilities
- >200 C2 nodes
- 90% of the Navy (150 ships) and half of IRGC small attack boats
- 95% of naval mines
- 90% of weapons factories including every factory that produced Shaheds and their guidance systems
- 80% of missile production facilities
- >20 naval production and fabrication facilities damaged or destroyed
- 80% of nuclear industrial base
Why did Trump surrender then?
Just to open the strait you said we don't need?
TSA waiting for talking points for appointing Vance as Antipope.
https://x.com/anneapplebaum/status/2041967392994038245
Trump surrendered -- or rather, sent Mike Pompeo to surrender -- to the Taliban in 2020Why did Trump surrender then?
Just to open the strait you said we don't need?
Trump surrendering to Iran in 2026 shouldn't come as the biggest surprise -- that's what you get when you elect Republicans
The USA loses again
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