So a collapsing rial, unpaid teachers, and a regime that cannot meet its bills are now being read as proof that sanctions are working, and therefore that this is a win for the United States. The economic pain is real. The leap from that to a policy success is not. The odious regime in Tehran survived a bloody devastating war with Iraq, then ruled under international sanctions for decades, and still managed to pursue nuclear weapons and support terrorists worldwide. They are not going to collapse because it can’t pay teachers. As long as it can pay the men with the guns, it’s unlikely to be rattled. Especially after the suppression of the boldest opponents earlier. When Trump unleashed this war, I hoped against hope that in the temporary power vacuum created by the decapitation of the regime, a more moderate wing will take over. That’s despite regional experts telling me otherwise — the regime was designed to survive this. I still hoped because I want the U.S. to succeed even when I argued that the war was the wrong way of dealing with the Iranian problem. But this window was short-lived, and the regime closed ranks behind the hardliners. Now even people who are not Trump supporters tell us that sanctions are working, the economy is imploding, with the clear implication that Trump’s policies are working. Trump himself said this is vindicating the attack too. Well, I hope they are right but I’m fairly confident that they are wrong. The regime is unlikely to fold. It has Chinese and Russian support. It is continuing to impose massive costs on us because to get the oil flowing back to prewar levels, we have to run expensive operations in the strait. It is still supporting the Houthis to the point that Saudi Arabia had to invade again. Our credibility in the region is shattered, and I don’t even know what independent inquiries will reveal about the losses we suffered there. So no, this chart, as reassuring as it is, does not tell you the whole story and does not produce the conclusions people want it to, let alone retroactively vindicate the attack (because what’s happening right now is clearly very far from what Trump thought would happen). On some level, Trump & his enablers realize this because they have doubled down on “high gas prices are a small price to pay to not get nuked.” Inducing fear, even less than founded fear, is a reliable way of shortcoming reason and producing visceral fight or flight responses. And Americans don’t do flight, or at least that’s what the macho guys like the SecDef LARPer seem to believe.

Стосовно «нападу Росії на країни Балтії». Перестаньте вже малювати стрілочки і писати про Нарву. Балтійці це і так знають і розуміють. До того ж розвідки Британії, Франції, Швеції країн Балтії постійно спостерігають за ситуацією. Окрім російського інформаційного шуму і ІПСО і кількох диверсій - немає ознак підготовки росіянами наземного нападу на країни Балтії. А якщо і почнеться підготовка - то це одразу стане видно і відомо до нападу. Оця масова істерия «про напад з дня на день росії на країни Балтії» це, схоже, і є план Росії для роздмухування паніки. Коли і головне якщо росіяни нападуть - ми помітимо це. А поки давайте не підігрувати росіянам у їх спробі організувати паніку серед жителів балтійських держав.

2014 biolabs in Ukraine 2015 biolab... ... .. . 2022 BIOLABS IN UKRAINE 2023 biolabs in Ukraine 2024 biolabs in Ukraine 2025 biolabs in Ukraine 2026 NOTHING IS GOING ON IN OUR BIOLABS

Warum in Stuttgart, und nicht in Berlin vor der russischen Botschaft.

An alle Süßen da draußen. 🇷🇺 führt einen Krieg und bedroht Europa 🇨🇳 dreht uns den Rohstoffhahn ab Die 🇺🇸 fahren auf allen Ebenen mit uns Schlitten Dinge, die ich noch vergessen habe 🇩🇪 twitter und Politik: Döner, Stadtbild, Espresso Weiter so. So schaffen wir das. Bestimmt

Good news: Russia found the deadly bio labs Bad news: They're in Russia

Die AfD ist bereits Kriegspartei. Auf Putins Seite. Allerdings weiß ich, dass es eine Menge Leute innerhalb und unter den Wählern der AfD gibt, denen das mächtig stinkt.

MechaHitler is back

Russia’s betting market has contracted because many active players have gone to war, Fonbet adviser Nikolai Oganesov told Sports Ru. He estimated that around 1 million people are currently serving in the war, saying this has reduced the betting audience. Oganesov also cited the growing popularity of illegal online casinos, which he said offer more attractive and faster products.

What I find fascinating about these stories is that even our own Eastern European vatniks are not THAT dumb. They will praise russia, either from their own countries or the West, but wouldn’t even go there on vacation, let alone move to Russia. Propaganda + distance is a deadly combo. I do not care about his fate, nor his dumbass wife (any woman with brains knows you stop your husband from making a foolish decision!), but I do feel sympathy for their 8 children - it’s not their fault.

Росіяни розповідали про біо лабораторії в Україні, а спалах чуми стався в біолабораторіі в Росії. Черговий випадок що все що Росія приписує Україні відбувається в Росії.

Plague outbreak in Russia 🇷🇺 after a laboratory accident in Siberia You think Covid was a lab leak? THAT'S a lab leak..

What this picture shows is that after the death of Stalin, relative inequality in the USSR decreased Stalin would build nice apartments for the elites (left) & terrible slums for the proles (not shown here). Khruchev, however, built ungodly amount of acceptable housing for the proles (right), but much less truly "nice" houses compared to Stalin

Just a reminder to Irish people who support russia, this is genuinely how you guys talk about Ukraine.

It is because as a vulnerable country with little ability to impose negative consequences on others, Ukraine makes for an easy scapegoat for whatever version of shit-for-brains populism exists in your country.

Putin is on stage at Valdai talking about Russia’s apocalyptic giga-weapons and how wars are “an integral part of humanity” while Almut Rochowanski hammers out yet another tweet about how violent and bloodthirsty and imperialist Mark Rutte is.

If Hormuz reopens: Brent drops, Russian crude follows, and the hole in the Kremlin's budget opens back up. If it stays shut: Putin keeps his windfall. Guess which outcome Moscow is quietly rooting for. Watch the US–Iran talks like a Ukraine story. They are one.

Did you think that Trump changing the name of “AI” to Super Intelligence “SI” was strange? Well, apparently, it was just another enrichment ploy. Adam Cochran’s investigation shows that In the past 60 days insiders bought thousands of .si domain names. They’ve profited hundreds of millions of dollars so far. Here is Cochran’s full investigation: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si domain names before his Truth Social posts. It’s no surprise that .AI domain names are a hot commodity and almost all taken by squatters. But what wasn’t? .si domain names. .si is the domain extension of Slovenia (coincidentally where Melania and Barron Trump are both citizens of). On September 19th Trump made a random Truth Social post about renaming “Artificial Intelligence” to “Super Intelligence” without any clear reason. This set off a flurry of people buying and registering .si names related to AI. But it wasn’t the first time… The .si registry has around 55/day registrations in 2023-2025, but in 2026 the numbers started to pick up. On June 24th they saw more than 400 in a single day. This volume spiked with more than 7000 new domains registered in July. And a sudden flurry of buying .si domains in the aftermarket. AI related .si names started going for tens of thousands of dollars. It was the first ever spike in aftermarket sales for .si domains. Many of these were re-listed, such as build.si now available for $14M. How do we know this is Trump’s inner circle? The registrations started to tick up LONG before this announcement. While domain squatters may purchase bulk domain names of common words, they don’t buy over priced after market domains which started to sell around the same time. And for the last few months have registered more than 10,000 AI related terms. Many of which are now listed for sale for MILLIONS. Over the investigation, I found around 12,000 AI related or MAGA related domains that had been newly registered or changed hands before this announcement. In the months prior to July though 95% of all .si domains had been non-English. Unfortunately DynaDot (the largest bulk registrar for .si domains) keeps Whois information private on registration. Some of the DNS records resolve to bulk domain squatters, but it’s pretty telling that 1776(.)si and a ton of other pro-US, pro-MAGA term [remainder cut off] So why an Executive Order? The President can’t change how private citizens or corporations talk. But the executive order requires that all Federal departments use the term “Super Intelligence” specifically “SI” AND that they “no longer acknowledge” the term AI. Trying to force the term into commonplace, and suggesting that AI companies who want to curry favor with the President need to brand as “SI” Which means? Buying a .si domain name. (I wouldn’t be surprised if we see the government launch a .si site too) Since Trump’s announcement .si domain have seen MILLIONS of dollars in turn over. Much of it going to domains that were registered in the last 60 days before the announcement. Trump’s inner circle massively profited on this policy change while reporters call it “unexpected” Using an Executive Order for the enrichment of yourself is not only unethical but a breach of office. It’s a crime and an impeachable offence. The records are also very clear, and logged. So I’m sure a future Congress will be looking at who bought these domains.