Head of Iran’s negotiating team, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: “The equation of this war is clear, all or nothing. In a region where we do not sell oil, no one will sell oil. If our security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will be safe, and the key to the security of the strait lies in the absence of American forces”
Neymar has announced he is retiring from international football following Brazil's 2-1 loss against Norway in the round of 16, saying "It Is Now Over". - Fox Sports
“We had no part in this.” Senior U.S. officials confirm to Axios that the White House did not give a “green light” to Sunday morning’s Israeli strike in Beirut, which reportedly spurred tonight’s Iranian ballistic missile attack against Northern Israel.
@TheStalwart AI lacks emotion and experience. It lacks humanity. It may be able to generate a fantastic structure, but it lacks the secret sauce that makes something special and separate above other things. In the age of AI, the study of humanities will be more valuable than ever.
@calvinfroedge The closure of the strait needs to be viewed as a distant explosion. The closure is the bright light you see when it occurs. The effects are the shockwave. They travel slower than the light of the explosion. We still haven’t seen the damage of the shockwave yet.
@DianeSwonk The diminishing of purchasing power isn’t just a vibe. Everything has gotten more expensive, and the end result of another inflation shock is things getting more expensive. The last PPI was like seeing an explosion. The next few CPIs will be the actual shockwave that hits.
President Donald Trump is expected to hold a Situation Room meeting with his top national security team on Tuesday to discuss the options for military action, U.S. officials tell Axios.
@TheStalwart The taco trade is real. The idea that bad economic news will pressure political leadership to resolve issues with an urgency to please and stimulate markets. Bad news=actions towards good outcomes
@_newearth144@DarioCpx When the downwind effects of a worldwide petrochemical shortage finally shows up in CPI and global equivalents. AI can’t make plastic yet.
“We are not going to have a foreign military or intelligence or security apparatus operating with impunity 90 miles off the shores of the United States,” Secretary Rubio said about Cuba. “That's not going to happen under President Trump.”
The polar vortex split attempt (wave-2) that occurred back in early Feb will significantly impact our large-scale wx pattern in late Apr & May as the circulation & temperature anomalies from it propagate into the troposphere, leading to increased high-latitude blocking (-NAO/-AO)
@GoodVibePolitik They avoided a Mogadishu situation; avoided American pilots being paraded in the streets of Tehran on state TV. To an administration engaging in a very unpopular war, that’s an objective “win”. The capture of the pilot would have been disastrous.
@TheStalwart Wait until he realizes the catastrophe of a fuel shortage in Taiwan coupled with a helium shortage. Or maybe he’s just got a mega short position on TSMC