HiruP

Sri Lankan by birth, American by choice. Working in SW for Bio-Tech | Played a little bit of cricket | Love the Patriots, Celtics, SL Cricket & Man U

[HiruP @hirusl10]

Finally it’s out in the open for everyone to see!

[TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @TankerTrackers]

We’ve now tagged 17 crude oil and gas (LNG & LPG) ship-to-ship transfers which took place yesterday (2026-09-04) in the Gulf of Oman. At least 24 million barrels were being exchanged.

We also identified many more oil-laden tankers waiting for a dance partner in those waters. It appears that the dance floor itself is the limitation. It's getting quite crowded and port services are kept busy around the clock to ensure smooth and safe transfers.

In addition, we spotted at least 7.25 million barrels, along with two more LNG tankers, assembling to transit the SoH into the GoO under the protection of US CENTCOM.

Busy day.

#OOTT #IranWar #Tankers

[Yury Polozov @polozov]

New Hampshire Shoots to Strengthen Self-Defense! My bill has been signed into law and takes effect on January 1, 2027. New Hampshire HB 1279 (2026) further strengthens the state’s already strong self-defense laws by expanding castle doctrine protections. This reinforces New Hampshire’s position as a national leader in Second Amendment rights.
The bill clarifies and expands the right to use physical force (including deadly force when justified) to protect not only yourself but also family members, guests, and other third persons inside your home or its immediate surroundings (the “curtilage”).
“New Hampshire’s ‘Live Free or Die’ spirit includes the fundamental right to defend our loved ones,” said the bill’s prime sponsor, Rep. Yury Polozov. “Prior law already allowed deadly force to protect yourself in your home when facing a felonious threat. HB 1279 ensures you can also protect your spouse, children, or others present without legal ambiguity. This is a common-sense clarification that aligns with the castle doctrine and reinforces personal responsibility and family protection.”
Big thanks to the following legislature champions who made this change in the law possible:
+ Rep. Cy Aures @cyril_aures (Merr. 13, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. Lino Avellani @LinoAvellani (Carr. 4, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. Henry Giasson @RepHGiasson (Hills. 29, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. Donald McFarlane @donald4nh (Graf. 18, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. Matt Sabourin dit Choiniere (Rock. 30, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. Shane Sirois (Hills. 32, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. James Thibault @James4NH (Merr. 25, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. Terry Roy @T_RoyNHStateRep (Rock. 31, co-sponsor) for requesting and managing the CoC
+ Sen. Victoria Sullivan @victoria4nh (Dist. 18, co-sponsor)
+ Rep. James Kofalt @kofalt for successfully removing the Senate’s poison pill amendment
+ Rep. Linda McGrath @lindalibertyNH for her powerful testimony at the Senate hearing

Key Provision:
The bill amends RSA 627:4, II(d) to provide that a person is justified in using deadly force when they reasonably believe another person is likely to use unlawful force in the commission of a felony against the actor or a third person within the actor’s dwelling or its curtilage. This change closes a potential gap while preserving all existing standards: the belief must be reasonable, the force must be necessary, and there is no duty to retreat inside one’s home (or anywhere one has a lawful right to be, if not the initial aggressor).

[HiruP @hirusl10]

@indica Have you seen what’s going on with the Chinese military? Their only combat-experienced general & a few others were charged with corruption. The US military has been top-heavy. I’m not an expert, but removing a handful of generals doesn’t affect the readiness of a 2M military.

[HiruP @hirusl10]

@indica For posterity, China has 0 combat experience over 40 years, so yes, their equipment is pristine bcz all they have to do is train and paint their equipment. The The US is moving almost the pre-war amount of oil through the Strait now. Iran is going to fall; it’s a matter of time.

[HiruP @hirusl10]

@indica This is hilarious, but sure, keep writing stuff like this for the gullible audience. The best way to keep the enemy down is to let them believe that they are actually winning.

[HiruP @hirusl10]

It’s interesting that all major poli- sci “experts” are predicting grim outcomes re: the trade and the Iran War. They follow the Trump hating herd, and fail to recognize the evolving realities. None of those predictions have been accurate yet.

[HiruP @hirusl10]

@RKelanic https://t.co/ow4fealb9t

If you are in the business of predicting outcomes, maybe highlight a few instances you have been right 🤪 unless you are another 1 in 8 billion with an opinion!

[HiruP @hirusl10]

Coming from Bloomberg, Iran is starting to feel the pain!

[Bloomberg @business]

Iran’s top diplomat said resuming diplomacy with the US “isn’t impossible,” after what he described as “creative discussions” with Qatar, a mediator in the war between Washington and Tehran https://t.co/38uIS2hsV5

[HiruP @hirusl10]

@leahfiles This analysis is a classic case of Texas sharpshooter🤪

[NH Liberty Alliance @nhliberty]

🚨 Governor Ayotte just signed HB1300, the school district tax cap law. What does this mean for you?

Short version: this November, you get to vote on capping your own school property taxes. Here's the long version.

What happens in November

At the 2026 general election, every town and city ward in New Hampshire will have a tax cap question on the ballot. Automatically. By operation of law. No warrant article, no citizen petition, no asking permission from your select board or school board. You show up to vote for governor and Congress, and the question is just there.

If ballot space runs out, it goes on the back of the ballot or a separate ballot at the same polls. Absentee ballots include it too. Nobody gets skipped.

What a YES vote does

Adoption requires a 3/5 majority of those voting on the question. If it passes in your district, two caps kick in:

📌 The levy cap. Your local school property tax levy can't grow beyond the prior year's amount, adjusted for inflation (CPI, Northeast region) and new construction. Market appreciation and revaluations don't count as growth, so a hot housing market can't be used as an excuse to raise the levy.

📌 The admin cap. SAU central office spending gets capped at 6% of total school district appropriations. That means superintendent services, HR, payroll, legal, PR, and district-level administrators who don't actually teach.

What's NOT capped

Classroom instruction. School-based staff. Special education. Transportation. Food service. Building maintenance. Bonded capital projects (new schools, renovations) are excluded from both caps entirely. This law is aimed at the administrative layer, not at teachers or kids.

Can it be overridden?

Yes. Your district can exceed the cap by the same 3/5 ballot vote that adopted it. The Department of Revenue Administration enforces compliance and won't set a tax rate above the cap without a valid override. Any taxpayer in the district has standing to enforce it in superior court. It has teeth.

Now the fine print, because you should always read the fine print

This is a pilot program, not a permanent fixture. The law only puts the question on the ballot twice: November 2026 and November 2028.

Adopt it this fall and the caps apply starting with FY2028 budgets. Adopt it in 2028 and they apply starting FY2030. And the entire law sunsets on January 1, 2032. Any caps adopted under it expire that day unless the legislature acts to renew them.

So this isn't Concord permanently rewriting your town's budget rules. It's a two-cycle experiment in letting voters answer a question school boards have never wanted to ask: should school taxes grow faster than your paycheck does?

If capped districts thrive and the sky doesn't fall, the case for making it permanent writes itself. If voters say no, that's their call too. Either way, the people paying the bills finally get a direct vote on the size of the bill.

That's RSA 32:5-i. See you in November 🗽

[sloan @Sloanstweets]

My heart hurts. 😔

[TMZ @TMZ]

"Sopranos" star Vincent Pastore has died at 80 💔🕊️
https://t.co/WwwkUJxnOW

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

בכיר אמריקני: צבא ארה"ב תוקף באיראן

[HiruP @hirusl10]

@SayuriYuri20 I wouldn’t be surprised if they make hydration breaks permanent as well. Fox re-couped their investment made to air WC games by just selling out ads during the hydration breaks in the group stages. Now everyone from Netflix to ESPN is expected to bid over $2B for the next WC

[HiruP @hirusl10]

🇫🇷 v 🇲🇦

[HiruP @hirusl10]

By this argument, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, and hundreds of top executives who run the US economy are not American enough either 🤦‍♂️

[Jason Whitlock @jasonwhitlock]

Balogun is a Nigerian who grew up in London. I'm glad his suspension got revoked, but I'm not going to pretend he's American. The Globalism World Cup.

[The Ringer @ringer]

Bill was feeling multiple things when the Celtics traded Jaylen Brown 😂

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

“When Mark Carney said, ‘The middle powers should get together’—it’s a fantasy. They did that, it’s called Europe,” says Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorganChase. “The GDP of Europe has gone from 90% of America to 70%. And in our view, it will probably continue to erode over time because [of] high taxes.

🔗 Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/uDTOcHyxli

[HiruP @hirusl10]

Find something in your life you could win even if you lose!

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.