Alejandro Reza

Católico; izquierda radical.

[William @WellnessAIDaily]

Drink as Medicine

[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

This is what they call: a complete meltdown.

[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

Europeans already trying to figure out how to deal with the energy crisis as winter approaches. 🇪🇺🥶

[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

The house just burned down. I hope they bought CDS home insurance. 🇺🇸🏦

[Moon of Alabama @MoonofA]

Wrote about this a week ago:
A Most Severe Diesel Crunch Will Soon Hit Europe
https://t.co/rRA0ag93Xj

[𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 @SprinterPress]

Here's the situation: Approximately 45,000 people in 100 cities across Germany participated in rallies organized by students and schoolchildren protesting the potential reinstatement of mandatory military conscription.

[Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled]

unreal numbers- "Since late 2022, AI-related stocks have added an astonishing $27 trillion in market value...Goldman Sachs (GS) estimates companies could drop $7.6 trillion on AI infrastructure over the next five years." https://t.co/9ccvp0CPmd

[Moon of Alabama @MoonofA]

New on MoA:
War On Iran: Economic Pressure Is Not A One-Way Road
https://t.co/c1YrOR58lZ

[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

The Iranians are done. They're just straight up saying that bullshit coming out of DC is just attempts to manipulate markets. This is serious humiliating for DC. @SecScottBessent should rein this in before they totally destroy American credibility. Seriously.

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: Iran has rejected any suggestion that the New York talks represent a diplomatic breakthrough, with a senior Iranian official telling Reuters that Tehran will make no concessions on its nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, and no nuclear talks with the US will take place unless Iran’s conditions are met.

The rejection comes as Al Jazeera reports that Iran-US talks in New York have moved into a more detailed technical phase, with technical experts joining after the first meeting between Witkoff, Kushner and Araghchi.

Iran also says it has kept its military on its highest state of alert.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Muxqp4beK9

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

France is winning brownie points in the Middle East:

1) TotalEnergies is helping several countries (notably Iraq) to ship crude oil throughout the Strait of Hormuz (sure, this is a private company, but I doubt TTE has not consulted the French government about it).

2) Paris is sending soldiers and kit to Yanbu to help the Saudis against missile attacks from the Houthis

3) France deployed Rafale fighter jets over the United Arab Emirates early in the conflict, ostensibly to protect the little-known navy base it operates in Abu Dhabi

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

China Floods Europe With Cheap Cars, Grabs Record Market Share As Domestic Brands Buckle https://t.co/2sE1GQbBpV

[IntelSphere | Geopolitical Intelligence @intelphere]

🚨 BREAKING: YEMENIS REBEL aka HOUTHIS HIT ARAMCO IN YANBU AND RIYADH

Ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones. Coordinated. Multiple targets.

Yanbu: every Aramco storage tank hit. Fires in all of them. Saudi field sources say the flames are out of control.

Riyadh: Houthi spokesman Yahya Saria announced a successful strike on a critical facility in the capital.

The Yemenis Houthis are not just choking Bab el-Mandeb anymore. They are reaching Aramco on the Red Sea and in the heart of the kingdom.

Weeks before US midterms. Days after the East-West Pipeline went dark. Two weeks after Riyadh admitted output is at 1990 levels.

Fertilizer. Petrochemicals. Freight. All climbing. Grocery bills are next.

Is The tit-for-tat strategy against the Houthis clearly working? Ask the burning tanks in Yanbu.

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

Veteran Russian journalist Pavel Pryanikov explains that stereotypes claiming Nikita Khrushchev only built functional 'khrushchyovki' flats all over Eastern Europe aren't true, and that it's time to take another look at the ex-Soviet leader's legacy.

Pryanikov says that between 1955 and 1965 (in Europe's largest ever public housing project), privately financed individual houses accounted for about 40% of all new housing built in Soviet urban areas, with land for construction provided free of charge.

He also points to extraordinarily favourable state loans for private housebuilding, with interest rates of 1–2%, including 1% for young families, while part of the required 30% contribution could be provided through the labour of the homeowner and family members rather than cash.

Pryanikov outlines that this formed part of a much broader expansion of the Soviet welfare state under Khrushchev, and implies there could be lessons today for all of Europe, as it struggles with negative demographics.

[The Iranian Letter @TheIranianzg3z]

BREAKING: Iran has reportedly put forward a seven-day framework for reopening the Strait of Hormuz as part of a potential path toward ending hostilities, according to The New York Times.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had delivered a proposal to Washington through intermediaries. Under the plan, Iran would reopen the Strait at the end of the seventh day if certain conditions are met, with negotiations then resuming.

A U.S. official described the talks as constructive but said Washington is not prepared to rush into an agreement.

[Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled]

The US trying to stage yet another Brazil coup

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Ukrainian drones have just struck Russia's Perm oil refinery this morning, one of the country's largest and one of six refineries that together produce about half of Russia's diesel, with the refinery now on fire.

This comes as the US, the world’s largest diesel exporter, is preparing a 90-day export ban that Trump is inclined to announce by the end of the week. Russia, the second largest, already halted theirs.

[Alejandro Reza @JaarezaReza]

@absolutelamine Benzema

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: France will deploy soldiers, radars and air defence systems to Saudi Arabia to protect the oil export facilities at Yanbu from Houthi attacks, with Macron not ruling out a French Air Force fighter deployment as well.

"We are going to send military assets to protect the oil facilities at Yanbu in Saudi Arabia," Macron says.

It comes two weeks after Trump refused MBS's requests for US strikes on the Houthis, and five days after Trump called off strikes with bombs already loaded on US warplanes.