Cape Verde will knock out Argentina
Cape Verde will knock out Argentina
Cape Verde will knock out Argentina
Cape Verde will knock out Argentina
Cape Verde will knock out Argentina
When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
Ha llegado la hora de que la UE rompa su Acuerdo de Asociación con Israel.
No tenemos nada contra el pueblo de Israel, al contrario. Pero un Gobierno que viola el derecho internacional y, por tanto, los principios y valores de la UE no puede ser nuestro socio.
NO A LA GUERRA.
47 years of hostility cannot end through less than 24 hours of talks. Reality on ground is that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is holding and neither side has said it won’t talk further. The rest is spin.
So, a couple of the boys have been texting me: “Why the hell would Trump drop the Hormuz blockade bomb on a Sunday? It’ll send oil screaming past $120, maybe $130 if the algos really panic. Makes zero sense if you actually want cheaper barrels.”
But it makes perfect sense. Beautiful, even.
See, Tokyo and Hong Kong are already humming by the time the East Coast is still nursing its coffee. Those futures pits—Dow, S&P, the whole equity complex, plus Brent and WTI on the screens—never really sleep. You’ve got fourteen, fifteen hours of runway before the New York bell. Plenty of time for the right hands to lean in: long the indices in Hong Kong, short the crude in Tokyo, riding the fear wave as the blockade tweet lights up every terminal from Singapore to Sydney.
Then, right on cue, before the U.S. opens, comes the pivot. Something about “there’s regime change in Tehran,” “we can do business,” “Talks were Good,” the usual art-of-the-deal baloney. Markets whip around like they’ve been Tasered. Oil gives back the spike, stocks rip higher. The boys in Asia unwind clean, pocket the spread.
A few hundred million, maybe more, conjured out of thin air on the back of one perfectly timed Sunday morning post. Not bad for a morning’s work. The Street’s been running these kinds of games for decades: information, timing, leverage. Just never quite so… presidential!!
Pakistan helped avert a major escalation in the Iran conflict. @DanStrumpf explains how PM Shehbaz Sharif used global ties to broker a ceasefire and buy time for talks: https://t.co/GHCPmkKeHA
For months, a few domestic imbeciles have been whining under my tweets: “But but this govt nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize and joined the Board of Peace.”
As I’ve explained repeatedly, this is precisely why rebuilding relations with the U.S. was necessary. It is far better to be at the table - even if it requires a measure of diplomatic flattery (why wield sticks when carrots suffice?), producing less-than-ideal optics - and influence decisions that affect millions, than to sit on the sidelines and indulge in online sloganeering. Virtue signalling on X or making TikTok reels may look cool, but it jeopardizes the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of Pakistanis.
Look at the UAE. It pledged $1.4 trillion in investments to the U.S. just last month, yet even that has not guaranteed its very sovereignty. Pakistan, meanwhile - through a mix of calculated flattery and genuine diplomatic dexterity - has averted a possible WWIII. Sometimes, mastering the basics works better than emptying your coffers to purchase influence.
And remember: if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. Be practical. Be pragmatic. Observe how the world actually functions before jumping on the hatred bandwagon. You can't fix a system without getting into the system. Period. And yes, I graciously accept the unrendered apologies. :)
Khan alienated Saudi Arabia so badly that MBS refused to take his calls. Burned the UAE relationship to the point it still hasn't fully recovered. Managed to annoy China, Pakistan's all-weather ally, through sheer diplomatic incompetence. Torched the US relationship with a "letter" conspiracy theory. Told the EU where to go. Left Pakistan with no meaningful friends at the exact moment it needed them most.
The same diplomatic capital that Dar, Munir and Sharif spent six weeks rebuilding to stop a world war last night, Imran Khan spent four years destroying for a domestic audience.
Pakistan is being named by the American president as the country that stopped the bombs. Talks are being held in Islamabad. The world is watching Pakistan with respect for the first time in years.
His supporters are the only people outside Delhi and Tel Aviv who are unhappy about it.
That is not a coincidence. Neither is the fact that the architect of Pakistan's diplomatic isolation is watching all of this from a prison cell while the people he called traitors are saving the planet.
Being critical of state is best form of patriotism but being a sore loser when the entire world is praising your country’s efforts to stop war and save millions of lives not just in the conflict zone but also globally, this is just embarrassing self loathing behavior.