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"I have been saying since the beginning that America is playing checkers while Iran plays chess, but it’s worse than that. American leadership is utterly incoherent: We won, but we need help. We hate our allies; but will our adversaries please come bail us out?"
Jonathan V. Last
"Meanwhile Iranian leadership survived a transition of power in the midst of war, achieved its strategic objective in closing the strait, and is now looking to leverage China’s rising economic ambitions against the United States."
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"Meanwhile Iranian leadership survived a transition of power in the midst of war, achieved its strategic objective in closing the strait, and is now looking to leverage China’s rising economic ambitions against the United States."
"Iran’s actions are what’s known as a 'horizontal' escalation, meaning a widening of the war to involve more parties and more pain for all.
Now comes the Hobson’s choice: Trump can double down on the war by escalating U.S. attacks and committing us to even greater military involvement. Or he can cut our losses sooner and admit political defeat.
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity
/28https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/trump-faces-a-hobsons-choice-in-iran
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"Iran’s actions are what’s known as a 'horizontal' escalation, meaning a widening of the war to involve more parties and more pain for all.
Now comes the Hobson’s choice: Trump can double down on the war by escalating U.S. attacks and committing us to even greater military involvement. Or he can cut our losses sooner and admit political defeat.
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity
/28https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/trump-faces-a-hobsons-choice-in-iran
"So, guess what Trump has “chosen” to do?
Trump has elected to escalate the war in Iran over the coming weeks. …
The only true choice Trump has is to withdraw U.S. forces from the region, whether he does it sooner or much later. …
Trump’s problem, and therefore ours too, is his own pride and ego."
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"Major media aren’t paying enough attention to how Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu manipulated Trump into the war. Early on, WaPo had a strong story about Netanyahu’s prodding, and the NYT has addressed the risks of the U.S.-Israel war alliance. But more must be written."
~ Mark Jacob
#Trump #Hegseth #Netanyahu #Bibi #Iran #war #stupidity #media
/25https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/trump-cant-handle-the-truth-about
@wdlindsy And I think Netanyahu is dead.
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"Meanwhile Iranian leadership survived a transition of power in the midst of war, achieved its strategic objective in closing the strait, and is now looking to leverage China’s rising economic ambitions against the United States."
Trump and Hegseth do not even seem to understand that their *action* in last june, without follow up, did, in fact, allow Iran government to understand that *this* would happen, and organize its defense to be able to still fight, even after killing all the leaders
in fact, june 2025 was *stupid*, because "Forewarned is forearmed" 🤔
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UPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16):
🇫🇷 France: REJECTED
🇬🇧 UK: REJECTED
🇮🇹 Italy: REJECTED
🇪🇸 Spain: REJECTED
🇯🇵 Japan: REJECTED
🇳🇴 Norway: REJECTED
🇨🇦 Canada: REJECTED
🇦🇺 Australia: REJECTED
🇩🇪 Germany: REJECTED
🇨🇳 China: NO RESPONSE
🇳🇱 Netherlands: NO RESPONSE
🇰🇷 South Korea: NO CONFIRMATION~ News Eye
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #NATO #Canada #allies
/14https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3mh63vwfodc2m
@wdlindsy Thank goodness for so many No responses. I'm guessing China may not respond because they see it as a question unworthy of an answer.
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"There are many ways a country can decline. It can become poorer and weaker or lose its alliances or its technological edge.
But there is another, more insidious form of decline: a country can become stupider.
That is what has happened to American policymaking under Donald Trump."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism
/1https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-stupidification-of-american-policy
@wdlindsy Excellent thread!
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@wdlindsy Excellent thread!
@MyricaGale Thank you — such material to work with! Sturm, drang, stupidity: what more can one want?
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@wdlindsy "Tonight"??
@Dolphinchaz In particular….
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"So, guess what Trump has “chosen” to do?
Trump has elected to escalate the war in Iran over the coming weeks. …
The only true choice Trump has is to withdraw U.S. forces from the region, whether he does it sooner or much later. …
Trump’s problem, and therefore ours too, is his own pride and ego."
@wdlindsy The States will be recorded in history as the nation who started a global war because Israel told them to.
The United States no longer exists and will never return.
They should change their name to:
"The United State of New Israel". -
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UPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16):
🇫🇷 France: REJECTED
🇬🇧 UK: REJECTED
🇮🇹 Italy: REJECTED
🇪🇸 Spain: REJECTED
🇯🇵 Japan: REJECTED
🇳🇴 Norway: REJECTED
🇨🇦 Canada: REJECTED
🇦🇺 Australia: REJECTED
🇩🇪 Germany: REJECTED
🇨🇳 China: NO RESPONSE
🇳🇱 Netherlands: NO RESPONSE
🇰🇷 South Korea: NO CONFIRMATION~ News Eye
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #NATO #Canada #allies
/14https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3mh63vwfodc2m
@wdlindsy Greenland? 🤣🤣🤣
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
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Conosci il significato della parola Nemesi?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBBCOusiVIA
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Recycled Plastic Compression Molding With 3D-Printed Molds
Recycling plastic at home using 3D printed molds is relatively accessible these days, but if you do not wish to invest a lot of money into specialized equipment, what’s the most minimal setup that you can get away with? In a recent [future things] video DIY plastic recycling is explored using only equipment that the average home is likely to have around.
Lest anyone complain, you should always wear PPE such as gloves and a suitable respirator whenever you’re dealing with hot plastic in this manner, just to avoid a trip to the emergency room. Once taken care of that issue, there are a few ways of doing molding, with compression molding being one of the most straightforward types.
With compression molding you got two halves of a mold, of which one compresses the material inside the other half. This means that you do not require any complex devices like with injection molding, just a toaster oven or equivalent to melt the plastic, which is LDPE in this example. The scrap plastic is placed in a silicone cup before it’s heated so that it doesn’t stick to the container.
The wad of goopy plastic is then put inside the bottom part of the mold before the top part is put in place and squeezed by hand until molten plastic comes out of the overflow opening(s). After letting it fully cool down, the mold is opened and the part released. Although the demonstrated process can be improved upon, it seems to work well enough if you are aware of the limitations. In terms of costs and parts required it’s definitely hard to come up with a cheaper way to do plastic molding.
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Banksy rivelato dai giornalisti: la ricerca è o può essere eliminata? http://www.taz.de/Banksy-durch-Journalisten-enthuellt/!6163029/
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Current* conditions near Goulais River, ON:
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@G3rt veramente non capisco come si possa essere così terra-terra come questo personaggio. Non capisco però perché si debba votare per schieramenti politici su un referendum e nemmeno perché ci debbano essere referendum per queste cose. Ovunque si parla di Tizio che ha detto una stronzata e Caio un'idiozia ma al referendum non si vota né per Tizio né per Caio.
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Genova: gatto gioca con il rubinetto, allagati un appartamento e un magazzino a Quezzi
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ALL the ways. It's VERSEatile!!
