The economic disruptions of Trumpanyahu's attacks on Iran go far beyond oil. Also at stake are helium (too bad, electronics industries), jet fuel (drop dead, airline industries), and nitrogen (prepare to starve, global populace).
Iran is winning; the rest of us will pay.
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The problem is not only Trump, not only Democrats and Republicans too terrified of his -- what? Appeal?!? -- to anger him, but also corporate media that report his lies and mentally-ill fabrications as legitimate news. This keeps Americans in the dark.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran...
Welcome to AI hell, formerly known as America.
"'One of The Scariest Things I Have Seen': Alarms Sound Over 'Technofascist' Palantir Manifesto....
“A world featuring an AI arms race is more profitable than a world with AI regulation.”
www.commondreams.org/news/palanti...
I would have never felt at home there, anyways.
"Rep. Roy Introduces MAMDANI Act to Denaturalize and Deport Marxists and Islamic Fundamentalists."
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Trump's disastrous fantasies about Iran:
"White House insiders are struggling to deal with POTUS Trump’s increasing dementia but are so far unwilling and unable to stop Trump and his enablers from doubling down on military and economic disaster."
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran...
Trump is lying not only to the American people, but to the world. As a result, his Operation Aipac Putty in Iran makes no sense at all.
"I don’t think we can expect the war to make sense if we try to integrate what the USA says and does into our picture."
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Nothing will be done about Trump. The United States is finished.
"Urgent Warning to Congressional Leaders: Trump is Psychologically Unstable and Dangerous."
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Trump's blockade tantrum: another symptom of a diseased brain?
"'Makes No Sense': NATO Allies Bash Trump's Strait of Hormuz Blockade as Oil Rises Above $100 a Barrel."
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Have you seen this yet? It's waiting for you, in all of its insane catchiness.
Groovy, as the kids would say. Far out. The bee's knees.
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Iran's victory, Trump's defeat?
"For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations."
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And so, Trump negotiated with himself (again), declared a victory (again), will continue his threats and retreats to manipulate markets.
Iranians will keep the Strait under their control, and why not? They're winning.
As for the rest of the world: will people ever trust Americans again?
It's all too possible that Americans have roughly five hours left to stop Trump before he stops all of us, everywhere.
Time to wake up.
It was always a privilege to sit and to hear as Terry Gomes put his music together. "What do you think of this?" he would ask, and I often replied:
"You broke the goose-bump barrier."
Sing on, my friend! Play on!
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"Many analysts believe that Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz is temporary. That expectation is flawed. It assumes that to continue to control the strait, Iran must physically close it off."
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran...
Hormuz:
"We have been far from alone in highlighting the alarming complacency about coming shortages and resulting dislocations. That many industries have been drawing on inventories, including materials in transit, has blinded many that normalcy is ending."
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"Trump Is Silencing Government Warning Signals of an Economic Crash.
"His administration is decimating two vital federal bodies that were created in response to the Great Recession -- because that’s what the bankers want."
As for what Americans want? Tough luck.
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"Trump’s White House released a budget proposal on Friday that pairs an unprecedented, debt-exploding $1.5 trillion in military spending with tens of billions of dollars in cuts to domestic agencies and education, healthcare, climate, and housing programs."
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-2...
Trump and Israel versus the world:
"An escalation trap is a structural condition in which each effort to impose control through force increases the instability that makes control necessary. That is now the trajectory at Hormuz."
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“We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of daycare... It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things... We have to take care of one thing: military protection."
Trump condemns you to Trumpanyahustan. Suffer. Die.
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For me, the real shock is not that Trump lies blatantly to the American people about Iran and Israel, nor that the corporate media spread his lies. What shocks me is that Americans sit back and put up with it. America last, right? Endless wars forever, huh?
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Imagine if Western media had written this way about 1944 Germany. People would have been outraged. Why aren't they outraged now? Is it because genocide is fine when *we* do it?
What an absolute and utter mess! No wonder the American corporate media would rather quote from Trump's ravings, than report on the worsening conditions for America and the world. Operation AIPAC Putty is going to starve people all over the planet.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/03/iran...
Meanwhile, Americans focus on grabbing money.
Baghdad Trump....
“The unsettling reality is that with this president, Americans in wartime are in the unprecedented position of having to suspect that the enemy’s version of events is more likely to be true than our own. We have become Baghdad Bob.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The Only Worthwhile Western Culture Is That Which Opposes The Western Empire
So if you want to make art, make revolutionary art. If you want to express yourself, express your defiance of the western empire. Oppose the wars. Oppose the militarism.
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Trump's nightmare America:
“ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays and lines -- disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting, and even killing."
www.commondreams.org/news/ice-air...
So, like, we’re going to start having mass protests at some point, right? Against this horrific US-Israeli war of unfathomable consequence? I mean, that’s on the agenda, right?
"It is unclear when the Strait of Hormuz might fully reopen to ship traffic, but one thing is certain -- there is a blow coming for the global economy through the supply chain, no matter how soon the war ends."
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"While we were expending -- wasting -- incredible energy and treasure on fantasies of 'full spectrum dominance,' Iran was figuring out how to survive a war against us. It's showing.
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My friend is in the news again!
"Terry Gomes has been making waves for a few years now with diversified releases and this new single 'Tego Agogo' does not disappoint."
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