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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/23/26 at 10:56 am to wfallstiger
The amount of spin and cope on message boards and X is going to be epic if/when a deal like that is done

I look forward to our usual suspects on here bringing 10,000 word tweets about how this was all a 6 level deep operation to overthrow the ancient cabal overlords and secretly transfer 80 ga-trillion dollars of wealth from Europe's elites to the US

Also, once the strait is reopened, let's check back in a few weeks on the "beautiful line of beautiful tankers headed to the Gulf of America". I have a feeling it might look a little different once the usual routes are open.
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/23/26 at 10:22 am to TroutGuy
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It would also include a commitment to discussing the "diluting or handing over" of Iran's highly enrich uranium


Is this like scheduling a meeting to discuss when the next meeting will take place?

Who knew me and JD Vance deal with the same shite from difficult clients
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re: One glaring missing statistic from the list of America's safest cities:

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/22/26 at 11:54 am to BFIV
#5 Homosassa Springs has only 14k people, 91% white and 40% are 65 or older

That's not a city, that's a really large retirement home.
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/22/26 at 11:49 am to Sharlo
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Almost like he’s stalling because he has no clue about how to get us out of that mess….

I think he's got a pretty good clue, he just doesn't like the answer/outcome

The current plan is obviously economic death by strangulation, hoping that Iran will eventually concede and give up the Uranium and stop attacking ships in the strait and allow full travel

If they don't voluntarily do this, then he's got no choice but to send in some type of ground force to extract the uranium and secure the strait. He can't say over and over his sole purpose to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon, then leave the uranium inside their borders no matter where it's buried or how hard it is to reach. And bombing from the air doesn't seem to be a "permanent" solution, if it was Midnight Hammer would have made this whole thing a moot point

But a ground war will be a giant red mark against his legacy I don't think he's willing to accept. So round and round we go trying to make a deal.

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re: NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has passed away

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/22/26 at 8:39 am to NorCali
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Best case is that this was a severe form of flu A (like H1N1)

That's what killed my brother in law, he was only 23 and caught it on his honeymoon in the Caribbean. It moved quick too, he was starting to feel sick when he got home, and was gone within a week.
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re: Advice on what to do with 500K Chase Sapphire Reserve points before annual renewal cancel

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/21/26 at 1:13 pm to kywildcatfanone
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We fly Delta most of the time, and I typically book Hilton, but neither are transfer partners

I don't know if this still the case, but you used to be able to transfer Chase to Air France, then book Delta flights through Flying Blue partner program
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re: Illegals CUT OFF from US financial system; no welfare, no benefits, no banking

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/20/26 at 6:33 pm to uggabugga
Probably would have been better if the EO did what they said it would, not how it actually was created

This is the EO equivalent of a sternly written letter.
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The order directs bank regulators and government departments to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining loans or credit cards. However, the order is less aggressive than banks had expected, as earlier reports suggested the White House was drafting an order that would make collecting customers’ citizenship information mandatory.

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In response, the banking industry had been aggressively lobbying for months to stop the White House from issuing an executive order that would have made collecting customers’ citizenship status mandatory, arguing it would be expensive and require vast amounts of paperwork. Since the order only offers guidance to the banks instead of a mandate, it appears the banks were able to win over the White House.
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re: Showboating cost team state title

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/19/26 at 1:39 pm to TigerintheNO
I'd be curious if you polled the kids in the picture behind him, what they thought of it

Would they be outraged and feel disrespected, belittled, etc.

Or would they not give a single frick, and would have done the same thing if they were that far out in front of their state title run

Creating "sportsmanship" rules for athletes doesn't make sense unless the athletes themselves have a problem with what's being done
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/19/26 at 1:10 pm to omegaman66
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Do you realize we were at war? Messaging is not for us. It is for Iran.

What does that mean? Iran knows what they have and don't have, why would they care what the "messaging" is from Trump about their capabilities.

Trump is speaking about the war just like he would a campaign stop in Iowa. He's going to brag, tell you he's doing "insert thing here" better than anyone has ever done it and anybody that says otherwise is fake news. It is what it is, it's the quality that made him such an endearing candidate and a 2 time winner. But at the same time, it's his weakness when it's situations that aren't totally in his control, he still talks and acts like he is, always will.
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/18/26 at 12:40 pm to Jbird
[quoteSo instead of a drone operator you get a 15 year old to "play" a game, he is actually smoking targets and paying you for the opportunity and never knows the difference.[/quote]
Sounds like somebody at DARPA read Ender's Game
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/18/26 at 12:38 pm to Diego Ricardo
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Trump is VERY transparent. That post perfectly expresses his utter frustration.

Opening the Strait of Hormuz is not just a matter of will. We don’t have a sustainable military answer right now because we don't have a defensive shield against asymmetric warfare (cheap drones and missiles), as Ukraine has against Russia.

Then maybe it would be a good idea for the President and Secretary of War to stop telling everybody constantly that Iran is "decimated", "they have nothing", and "have no ability to fight back at all". People tend to believe what they are told repeatedly, and then have a hard time understanding how an enemy that supposedly has nothing is still able to shut down a major international waterway.

Trump and Hegseth's constant need to stroke their own ego and make sure everybody knows they have totally, completely won the war better than anyone else ever has won a war is probably backfiring now

I don't think it's crazy to suggest that the public perception of the war would be 10-15 points higher in Trump's favor if he simply didn't have access to Truth Social
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re: LA Welcome Center I-10E

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/15/26 at 11:12 am to AlwysATgr
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The flow of Mexicans should be outbound IAW deporting illegals.

Why then are bus loads of Mexicans coming here?

There is this crazy possibility they are not illegals, and aren't staying in LA

Did you ask them where they were headed?
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re: The Claim That the CIA "Raided" the ODNI is a False Narrative

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/14/26 at 1:00 pm to AlterEd
How long did ODNI have possession of these documents. It's 2026, anyone relying on 1 physical document as the only source of information is an idiot. It's never been easier to digitize and backup everything that you are working on. And in ODNI circles, I would imagine multiple layers of redundancy would be a requirement.
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re: The Claim That the CIA "Raided" the ODNI is a False Narrative

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/14/26 at 12:55 pm to AlterEd
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Anna Paulina Luna says that this happened when POTUS and Director Ratcliffe were out of the country so it seems to be an internal coup within the CIA.

Does that mean they cannot fix it when they get back? Like some rouge CIA agents were waiting until they flew out, then pulled a bunch of underhanded shite, and now Trump and Ratcliffe will just say "Damn, we weren't in DC when it went down, oh well nothing can be done now!"
There always seem to be an obstacle to the "big reveal" that with a little critical thinking isn't really an obstacle at all
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/14/26 at 9:36 am to Ailsa
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China is looking to start surging oil imports from *ALASKA*...

Are they going to invest to double the size of Valdez? Because it's capacity is probably a 1/4 of what China was getting daily through the strait

This might be a great long term investment, but not a short term fix to offset the current issues
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re: The house purchase ban in Congress is pretty toothless Can still buy new & existing or BTR

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/14/26 at 8:17 am to stout
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Trump will sign off on it like he accomplished something and people will cheer without realizing this is not going to slow investors down that much

It doesn't matter if it actually accomplishes anything or not. It gives Eric Daugherty the ability to make a tweet with flashing red lights and all caps that "President Trump saved American homebuyers from the evil globalists!!"

And 3-400k people will see it and think "Yeah, Trump just told Blackrock to frick off!", not really understanding what actually happened.

But it got a great ratio on the Tweet, which is all that really matters
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re: 1st UFO Files Released

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/8/26 at 4:47 pm to Mo Jeaux
While I can't say definitively that there is no chance life exists outside of Earth, I do think I can say definitively that if there was actual 100% proof of it, the revelation wouldn't come out via a Friday document dump on a website spearheaded by Anna Luna and Tim Burchett.
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re: Metal lovers is this a blasphemous statement?

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/7/26 at 4:58 pm to MaxxPain2
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Phil is so godam good with Down

I remember getting the NOLA CD when it came out, not knowing anything about it other than it was Phil's side project

Getting to experience an album like that completely cold was a magical experience you don't get to do anymore.
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re: How will "No Voice - No Play" affect the upcoming College Football Season?

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/7/26 at 4:51 pm to Delupe
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many black college athletes will boycott games during the upcoming football and basketball season as a means to address political gerrymandering occurring in several Southern & Midwestern states

If you honestly believe a large # of black 18-23 men, many of whom are going to school in a different place they live and vote, give a flying frick about district gerrymandering, and would do anything to jeopardize the rev share and NIL money they are getting, I've got 10 bridges to the moon to sell you.
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/7/26 at 4:24 pm to PsychTiger
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but added this is NOT a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire

They are twisting themselves into knots to make sure Epic Fury is "over" and that the ceasefire is still on

Makes me wonder if all the dismissive talk aside, the War Powers Act and 60 day clock is more of an impediment than they want to admit
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by OldManRiver on 5/7/26 at 11:15 am to Dixie Normus
The admin's problem seems to be they don't want to invade and attempt to occupy Iran, which obviously makes sense. But they also don't want to wait a long time and drag out a slow strangulation by economic means.

They want Iran to just say "No Mas" after a couple of weeks. Which seems incredibly unlikely at this point.
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