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April 5, 2026
Iran Open Thread 2026-070
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Krapivnik on Nima’s said a small amount of nuclear condensate/cloud had already been released after the second Bushehr bombing and went to Kuwait. Queued to about 16:26
https://youtu.be/NnnIv58wFxo?t=987
Posted by: freedom fritos | Apr 5 2026 22:07 utc | 301
A comprehensive breakdown and additional footage of the ‘successful mission’. – Good summary and read, recommended.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/05/766350/from-tabas-isfahan-iran-destroys-two-us-c130s-echoing-eagle-claw-debacle
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 5 2026 22:08 utc | 302
“Guy transmitting a signal in a remote area”@NJH | Apr 5 2026 19:49 utc | 214They surely have better equipment e g satphones or other spread spectrum signals that are difficult to notice. A pilot who had to bail out in foreign is an application that those related to military R&D would give priority.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 5 2026 20:04 utc | 222
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Boeing’s Combat Survivor Evader Locator, or CSEL, a secure communications device that can transmit encrypted location and status bursts without exposing their position to enemy forces’.
Made in Anaheim CA,
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Apr 5 2026 22:10 utc | 303
FYI–Pilots have a version of what’s known as an E-PIRB a device I used on my boat with a smaller version attached to my life vest. They also have a small radio/phone device that CSAR can contact them with to arrange for a rendezvous. The seat is also fitted with survival gear that the pilot can remove when it lands. The flight suit also contains some gear.
As many have noted, the crash scene tells a much different tale from just a single pilot/crew rescue op. One C-130 certainly crash landed then burned, but I haven’t seen a vast number of photos or film to comment further. The jabber was all about the nuclear material being in the vicinity of Isfahan, although as Crooke has said many times it could be anywhere as it can be easily transported via pick-up truck. My bet is it resides deep inside one of the missile cities. And if my conception of how Iran constructed its missile cities, it can be moved from one to another underground–Hide-and-Go-Seek, or Where’s Waldo if you prefer. Perhaps Iran will reveal where it was hidden in 100 years.
Unfortunately, one thing is certain regarding the “rescue operation”, Western lamestream presstitutes are in full parrot “official sources” mode with little reliable information or evidence.
“What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence” Hitchen’s razor!
Posted by: yomamased | Apr 5 2026 22:13 utc | 305
PressTV’s Ivan Kesic article sums it all up quite vividly of Trumpy tards ‘Successful Mission'”For American military planners, the lesson is devastating: no US aircraft, whether strike fighter or support transport, can consider Iranian airspace survivable.”
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 5 2026 22:14 utc | 306
I think America(ns) is(are) more like the Ferengi. Obnoxious mercantilist crony capitalists who view others to be exploited for profit.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 20:23 utc | 236
I think it’s rather funny that nobody watching Deep Space Nine at the time realized or dared to mention that the Ferengi were an obvious satire of the Jews.
Posted by: Tichy | Apr 5 2026 22:14 utc | 307
One of Humanity’s major growing pains is learning not to kill other humans and to cooperate for the greater good of all.
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 5 2026 21:22 utc | 280
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It takes a lot of time. At present we are regressing.
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Apr 5 2026 22:17 utc | 308
@Norwegian | Apr 5 2026 22:02 utc | 300
Hence the reason why Centcom went QUITE. Need time to regroup, afterall they’re getting paid big bucks to make up BS!
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 5 2026 22:20 utc | 309
First time since Apollo 17 that people are so far from their place of birth.Shouldn’t that be exciting?Have we become numb? Posted by: willie | Apr 5 2026 21:42 utc | 292
US only does propaganda exercises. Sort of like the weary old prostitute says – seen one seen them all.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 5 2026 22:20 utc | 310
As democracy is perfected, the office of he president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We more toward a lofty ideal. On some great and gllorious day, the plain folks of he land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” HL Mencken
Posted by: rms | Apr 5 2026 20:30 utc | 239
Nothing like a quote from Mencken to brighten one’s day. He’d have a field day for sure if he lived in our ‘digital’ Stone Age. Oh, wait, he’d be killed long before for telling it as it is . As it always was? Was it ever not Epstein-ey?? Hundred plus years ago perhaps. Hopefully.
Posted by: Mr Bo | Apr 5 2026 22:23 utc | 311
So who is double-crossing double dog daring who??
We sent a lot of guns to the Iranian protesters, we sent guns through the Kurds, I think the Kurds kept them.
https://x.com/i/status/2040907986273448130
^ Adds credence that the street protests in Iran were CIA/Mossad instigated and not organic unrest
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 5 2026 22:23 utc | 312
The “official story” begins to come into focus.
🇮🇷❌🇺🇸Reuters has written an article about the said rescue operation of the WSO of the downed F15 strike Eagle, according to an “unnamed” source,
🔸The clandestine mission to rescue a downed American Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) in the heart of Iran nearly ended in a “catastrophic loss” of elite forces this weekend. While the mission was ultimately successful, new details reveal a high-stakes gamble after a mechanical failure left over 100 U.S. commandos stranded deep within enemy territory.
🔸The Mission: In and (Almost) Out
Under the cover of darkness on Sunday, approximately 100 Special Operations forces executed a precision insertion into the rugged terrain south of Tehran. Their objective: a U.S. Colonel and WSO who had been evading capture since his F-15E Strike Eagle was downed by Iranian air defenses on Friday.
🔸The Save: Commandos scaled a 7,000-foot ridge to reach the officer, who was hiding in a hilltop crevice with a sprained ankle.
🔸To avoid an Iranian “honey pot” or ambush, the airman had to provide specific authentication codes to the rescue team before they would commit to the extraction.
🔸 Simultaneously, the CIA ran a “smoke and mirrors” campaign, planting false intelligence that the airman had already been moved to keep Iranian search parties off the actual trail.
🔸The operation hit a near-fatal snag at the rendezvous point. Two MC-130 transport aircraft suffered “critical mechanical failures”, leaving them unable to take off from the makeshift desert landing strip.
“If there was a ‘holy shit’ moment, that was it,”
a U.S. official told Reuters.
🔸With the sun rising and the risk of discovery skyrocketing, commanders were forced into a desperate backup plan:
Additional aircraft were diverted into Iranian airspace to pull the commandos and the WSO out in stages.
🔸Scorched Earth: To prevent sensitive technology from falling into Iranian hands, U.S. forces destroyed the two “disabled” MC-130s and four additional helicopters on-site before the final retreat.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:24 utc | 313
futures trading–
S&P down 48, Gold down$36, Crude up $2.88 @ 114.91
Posted by: arby | Apr 5 2026 22:25 utc | 314
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 5 2026 21:22 utc | 280
Likely it’s beyond human ability to cooperate for a greater good. Look at Walking Dead and see various human shelters actually killing more humans than zombies do as each shelter exterminate the inhabitants of other shelters to seize their resources.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 5 2026 22:26 utc | 315
The modernized C-295W of the US Air Force was spotted at an extremely low altitude in the sky over Iran.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 5 2026 20:25 utc | 237
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The C-295W is an upgraded, modernized version of the Spanish-origin Airbus C-295 tactical transport aircraft, distinguished by the addition of winglets to improve lift-drag ratios, fuel efficiency, and performance during takeoff, climb, and cruise phases. Developed by Airbus Defence and Space (formerly CASA), this variant features a maximum takeoff weight of 21,000 kg, a top speed of 550 km/h, and a service ceiling of 7,620 m, powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127G turboprop engines.
The US Air Force operates a single unmarked C-295W Persuader (tail number VIKING53) for special forces tactical transport and infiltration/exfiltration training.
Infil/Exfil?
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Apr 5 2026 22:27 utc | 316
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:24 utc | 313
Perfect rah rah tv series for Netflix coming up soon.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 5 2026 22:28 utc | 317
you mean ‘US citizens’ – ‘Americans’ exist from Cape Horn to Nunavut and live in a couple of dozen countries. Your comment is just another small piece of US exceptionalism.
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Apr 5 2026 16:37 utc | 103
Nobody in Nunavut, or anywhere else in Canada calls themself an American. Ignorant bait comment.
Posted by: Crowhouse | Apr 5 2026 22:28 utc | 318
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 5 2026 20:25 utc | 237
If true, Iran better watch out. That means the US just loosed a whole bunch of unstable cocaine and heroin addicts known as Delta Force in country.
Posted by: Caveman | Apr 5 2026 22:30 utc | 319
No recent wave reports from IRGC, so maybe it’s a de facto lull for some reason or another.
Posted by: Call it what u will | Apr 5 2026 22:31 utc | 320
I don’t think Trump writes any of the tweets, he just OKs them after a quick glance.They are written by partially literate interns attempting to translate Trumpian rantings into something resembling communications.
Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 5 2026 19:48 utc | 211
When I was in government in the past century, we had to write reports and memos for the department head’s signature on a regular basis. It was fun to mimic his peculiar, rambling, convoluted writing style.
I expect Trump’s tweets are the same process. Stephen Miller likely provides the bullet points to a Comms Staff person who then composes and posts them in semi-literate Trumpese. Perhaps the regular Comms staff were off for the long weekend and the intern slipped up with the profane language.
Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Apr 5 2026 22:31 utc | 321
Salaam- so the USA were looking for the downed airman.So too the Iranians.This is Iran soil,yet they were unaware that there is an unused/abandoned air strip in the area and won’t have sent a few drones to have a look see! In the thirty six hours the operation was said to last,there must at least be twelve hours of good old daylight,yet nothing to see here folk’s! Real Hollywood story,so many things don’t add up.Well it’s the good old USA,what do I know😏. Dr
Posted by: 4q8 | Apr 5 2026 22:35 utc | 322
IMVHO Trumptard writes his own tweets.
He started Truth Social because he needed his very own outlet. That’s not someone who lets others “truth” for him.
“Open the strait, you crazy bastards” was written as he was still reeling from reports re the absolute FUBAR, with fog-o-war still covering the worst of what happened.
He just had a moment of real honesty. It’s not like anyone thinks he’s diplomatic or restrained in his everyday speech.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 5 2026 22:37 utc | 323
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 5 2026 22:28 utc | 317
I’m sure they are already jockeying with Amazon and HBO for the rights. Lots of money to be made on “patriotic” programming. Early guess: Katherine Bigelow to direct.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:37 utc | 324
Posted by: Call it what u will | Apr 5 2026 22:31 utc | 320
I’m seeing news of current launches toward Kuwait and Iraq, not Israel.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:39 utc | 325
https://t.me/RezistanceTrench1/47668
Ouch. Kegbreath getting a new a**hole torn for him at Congress.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:42 utc | 326
The details coming out about this so-called ‘rescue’ operation are fascinating. The presence of an actual Colonel and not just one but two C130s makes it obvious to me they intended to take enriched uranium by force and fly it out on the C130s, and the Colonel was the top officer on site in charge of the whole operation. No other explanation I’ve seen comes close to plausibly explaining those details. The bend in the helicopter rotors makes it clear they were shot down, presumably by Iranian forces, although it’s possible they were also bombed by U.S forces.
I don’t believe the rumors of U.S. forces deliberately killing their own. Given the whole “leave no one behind” system to improve morale, how would the opposite affect morale, and how would they get anyone to obey such an order?
Posted by: Dalit | Apr 5 2026 22:43 utc | 327
Acco Hengst | Apr 5 2026 22:17 utc | 308—
Yeah, we’re in the step back mode that teams with two steps forward. China has the right ideas and is constantly modifying and polishing them to ensure the masses are favored over the few.
Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:24 utc | 313—
As usual, Reuters narrative doesn’t jibe with the physical evidence.
Surferket | Apr 5 2026 22:26 utc | 315—
Walking Dead was well timed TV that fizzled just as pervious well timed TV did before.
“I couldn’t believe it either. What’s with the ‘Praise Allah’ at the end? Dude is off the deep”
Posted by: Caveman | Apr 5 2026 14:06 utc | 5
It’s his narcissism turning into a God complex. I said it yesterday. The Emperor is now completely mad, the lunatics have taken over the Lie House asylum.
And still Americans who could do it don’t trigger the 25th Amendment. Hard to believe, what will it take?
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 5 2026 22:46 utc | 329
Mahmood OD: ‘US Operation Uncensored’
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos
“Iran reveals failed US rescue operation.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 5 2026 22:47 utc | 330
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 5 2026 22:44 utc | 328
Yeah, I didn’t click through to the actual Reuters piece, just read the “Hollywood” version I posted up above. So far as I can tell, I’ve seen the husk of the large transport plane and two of the ‘little bird’ copters blown to bits.
Is there a better, more accurate & comprehensive theory out there? I don’t think that site is close enough to any nuclear materials storage facilities, but I could be wrong. Then there’s the part about the WSO (the stranded airman) having climbed 7,000m (I literally saw that somewhere) to hide out in a mountain crag with an injured ankle. Hmmm…. A lot about this little official story doesn’t add up, but it appears the media and White House/Pentagon are running with it. And Trumpstein has scheduled another press conference for tomorrow at 1PM EDT to ramblebrag about the Great Success!
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:48 utc | 331
Interesting… a psychologist’s assessment of Trump as a malignant narcissist who will only get worse. Maybe the 25th Amendment will get invoked and JD Vance will have his moment.
https://x.com/ivan_8848/status/2040921906568671243
Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Apr 5 2026 22:49 utc | 332
I will say that I don’t see any proof of Blackhawk wreckage. Just the smaller ‘little bird’ choppers.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:51 utc | 333
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 5 2026 22:46 utc | 329
Hard to believe, what will it take?
Hell to freeze over. With a government filled with grifters, thieves and psychopaths, you should not expect responsible behavior. We take the full ride.
Posted by: Maverick | Apr 5 2026 22:57 utc | 334
How about this as a guess at the truth
- Trump wants Hormuz badly but how to get it. Sea landing impossible because of Iranian defences and mountains
- asks military for plan. One option is put up. How about we get a presence in the mountains. Then we can attack down hill to take out Iranian defences along the coast
- Rational military say no way it can work, No can do
- Hegseth fires military and replaces with yes men
- Plan is unleashed (probably using downed pilot as distraction)
- About 250-300 troops are dispatched and well as a number of aircraft
- Plan fails helicopters crash or shot down
- Fate of 250 troops unknown but some killed or injured in crash
- The impossible horror of US deliberately blowing up its own survivors is whispered about but is very hard for anyone human to believe
- When told the outcome Trump goes off his rocker
- The appalling, ridiculous, unprofessional, unbelievable tweet.
If true, Iran better watch out. That means the US just loosed a whole bunch of unstable cocaine and heroin addicts known as Delta Force in country.
Posted by: Caveman | Apr 5 2026 22:30 utc | 319
Indeed. Seth Harp has written an entire book about that depraved gang of goons.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 5 2026 23:04 utc | 336
Ouch. Kegbreath getting a new a**hole torn for him at Congress.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:42 utc | 326
One Dim Party congresscritter from California. Stop the freakin’ presses.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 5 2026 23:06 utc | 337
Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 22:48 utc | 331—
Thanks for your reply. Martyanov has a video up where he talks about the event that I’ll be viewing in a minute. Meanwhile, Wave 97 has commenced.
You guys really need to understand: Trump is the most calculating President of all time. One might even say he doesn’t know how to turn it off. Psychologists probably have a word for it, but listen:
He is NOT deranged. He is not crazy. The empire is not behaving irrationally.
He wants you to focus on him. He wants you to seeth at his pointless truth social posts. The empire is going to do what it does: engineering outcomes that will enable it to continue.
That is all.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Apr 5 2026 23:07 utc | 339
Good analysis of indegenious Iranian air defences at work – no Russian S-300/400/500 bullshit. And anyone who keeps saying the Americans bombed the planes/Helios is just falling for the BS. Think – you do not want your enemy especially IRAN to look better than the Russians!! 😂
https://youtu.be/mZi9RIiG9r8?si=zig6ISORi30MZhvr
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 5 2026 23:08 utc | 340
The Anti-Empire Project: Iran War SitRep – 4/5/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7UAwuqpw3s
“Ambush mode air defense.”
Rachel Blevins: Elijah Magnier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtYbUpOB7Js
“Iran devastates US rescue-op; resistance pounds Israel with historic attacks.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 5 2026 23:08 utc | 341
One Dim Party congresscritter from California. Stop the freakin’ presses.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 5 2026 23:06 utc | 337
Not often that type of language used when speaking to a sitting Warcrimes Secretary. But nah, I’ve only seen that clip on TG.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 23:08 utc | 342
Daniel Davis more livid than usual.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRODjNWwaqI
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 23:09 utc | 343
I like Alexander Mercouris latest analysis of Operation Eagle Claw 2.0 (The Return of Delta Force). He concludes that IF indeed the operation was to extract a fighter pilot then it indicates Americas low tolerance for casualties.
If that’s the case it proves that the US will have no tolerance for an extended invasion of Iran, or an extended engagement of any kind involving even moderate casualties.
If ….
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 5 2026 23:10 utc | 344
“The impossible horror of US deliberately blowing up its own survivors is whispered about but is very hard for anyone human to believe.”
Even if that’s just scuttlebutt, it will greatly lower morale. It makes the term Suicide Mission even more dire to those that might be tasked with one.
John Gilberts | Apr 5 2026 22:47 utc | 330
That old man and the little girl are both very believable. I think the stupid USA just underestimated the iranians
I have actually met one of those Hill tribe types and somehow it resonated with me. In the hills most of the tribersmen are very pro Iran government. There are some who still wander who may have links externally but the settled ones in the mountains are fierce.
Also Iran (despite the western propaganda) has made efforts to involve the minorities in government, with tribal leaders sitting in the parliament
He wants you to focus on him. He wants you to seeth at his pointless truth social posts. The empire is going to do what it does: engineering outcomes that will enable it to continue.
That is all.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Apr 5 2026 23:07 utc | 339
Game Theory.
The Madman Strategy.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 5 2026 23:12 utc | 347
Is Donald Trump a malignant narcissist? Listen to one of the world’s greatest experts on the subject.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJWZkzGkVrw
Posted by: Maverick | Apr 5 2026 23:13 utc | 348
The AliTM Podcast: ‘Lego Followup-2’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXZy5bWMNK4
“New Iranian Lego videos – explosive media strikes again.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 5 2026 23:14 utc | 349
It takes a lot of time. At present we are regressing.
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Apr 5 2026 22:17 utc | 308
Only the West is regressing.
The rest of the world has seen the light, by and large, despite the imperfections.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 5 2026 23:15 utc | 350
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 5 2026 22:23 utc | 312
We sent a lot of guns to the Iranian protesters, we sent guns through the Kurds, I think the Kurds kept them.
https://x.com/i/status/2040907986273448130 ^ Adds credence that the street protests in Iran were CIA/Mossad instigated and not organic unrest
Well I am surprised as this news. Who would have considered it possible that the Zionist proxy Kurds would have fired at Iranian security/police forces during a peaceful demonstration [S/] ?
Posted by: Barrel Brown | Apr 5 2026 23:17 utc | 351
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 5 2026 23:07 utc | 338
Does Martyanov have his own YT channel? I went looking for any new vids and latest one I could find was an interview with Nima.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 23:17 utc | 352
349 corrected: New Lego Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXZy5bwMNK4
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 5 2026 23:18 utc | 353
I don’t believe the rumors of U.S. forces deliberately killing their own.
…… how would they get anyone to obey such an order?
Posted by: Dalit | Apr 5 2026 22:43 utc | 327
Simple answer. Israeli spec-ops guys/teams were also involved. (Part of one part of the tele-novela).
The Israelis would swat U$ spec-ops guys as easily as they’d swat a bug.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 5 2026 23:21 utc | 354
I’ll admit it.
I look forward to the latest Iranian lego.
Those crazy bastastards really are top-notch shitposting trolls.
It’s these brutal parodies that are causing TrumpTeamTrix and the star-spangled panty-gons to lose their pea brain minds.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 5 2026 23:25 utc | 355
It appears Iran has finally decided to stop playing deceptive games with deceptive and people:
Iran has informed Qatar and Turkey that their services as mediators are no longer needed and that messages from the U.S. should no longer be relayed to Iran for the forseeable future.
There is no diplomacy with liars.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 5 2026 23:27 utc | 356
Watching Nima right now. He said that Iran is fighting their real enemy which is the US. Without the US Israel has no chance against Iran
Posted by: arby | Apr 5 2026 23:28 utc | 357
latest one I could find was an interview with Nima.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 23:17 utc | 352
Search for smoothiex12
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 5 2026 23:29 utc | 358
Ukraine bombed a Russian prison full of their own prisoners of war. If i rember correctly.
Aspecialy on covert operations service men fear brutal interigation, if your behind enemy lines your better off dead has allways been acepted thinking.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 5 2026 23:29 utc | 359
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 5 2026 23:25 utc | 355
Without humor we are lost and the legos are good sense of humor.
Trump team on the other hand must be a team of heart attacks and heartburn and poor evenings of sleep and discombobulationairy contorted sense of dismay. I mean they must halfway be shitting in their pants just now given the holy hell harm they have started by choice and have no idea whatsoever how to stop what they started – it is as if they are truly out of the league.
Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 5 2026 23:30 utc | 360
scc | Apr 5 2026 17:22 utc | 125
*** Yep. And Germany is complicit of a second genocide for the guilt of the first one.They are guilty twice. ***
There is no “Germany” — just a brainwashed puppet zombie ruled by NATO, the US and EU.
All three being cesspits of corruption, anti-democratic rule, anti-nationalism and mafia.
While the shell of former Germany is being prepared for its final termination via asset-stripping and military mobilisation.
The country that once was Britain really is (whether with or without the Brussels mortuary) no better.
Posted by: Cynic | Apr 5 2026 23:34 utc | 361
Agreed. This is why Ireland ought unite and Scotland separate for the misbegotten UK stuck in 20th century ideology.
Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 5 2026 23:36 utc | 362
Melaleuca @ 355
I look forward to the latest Iranian lego.
My guess is it will be the desert rescue fiasco. That’ll wind up Team Trump. The Iranian Lego videos are the new South Park.
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 5 2026 23:37 utc | 363
As for Germany and the “Greens” there – it is as if they have a wish to have no energy. It makes no sense.
Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 5 2026 23:37 utc | 364
Re: trust in Big Daddy Fed about pandemic and AuH’s smearing of refuseniks as lemmings (LOL!)
Listening to this guy’s recent video about the surge of cancer in MRNA-drug-therapeutics-receiving patients. He followed the pandemic all the way through and became very popular and I always found him fair, but at a certain point in my thinking, I withdrew from all discourse on the subject out of complete disgust and become a total dissident.
His main point is that excess death data is being withheld from public release (but given to pharmaceutical companies!) that shows two groups: vaccine-recipients and non-recipients (interesting correlation with the other reality of vaccine studies that no comprehensive study has ever been funded that account for all health problem in vaccinated versus unvaccinated children).
Being a an absolute statist, AuH desperately wants to rehabilitate the notion of technocracy from the very warranted suspicion that our elite and betters secretly hate us.
If I were you, I would asterix this guy’s post and come back to them when you have a pinch of salt handy.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Apr 5 2026 23:38 utc | 365
John Gilberts | Apr 5 2026 17:28 utc | 131
*** No Wonder It Apparently Went Disastrously Wrong… “Two Israeli commando units, Shaldag and Sayeret Matkal, took part in the operation to rescue the American pilot in Iran, an Israeli sources says…” ***
Perhaps they wandered off in search of babies to butcher?
This whole episode is just preposterous………….
A US Colonel flying in the back seat as a weapons officer on an F15E? Really? Who is really dumb enough to believe that one?
This was obviously a special op of some type gone terribly bad (whether it was an actual rescue attempt or a possible attempt to seize the enriched uranium supply of the Iranians), with 2 C130J Commando planes shot down, and two Bell ‘little bird’ commando choppers also shot down.
This was some type of major ‘Desert One’ type operation gone bad.
The truth is first casualty of war!
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 5 2026 23:43 utc | 367
Don Firineach | Apr 5 2026 17:32 utc | 135
*** Mr. Trump has never shied away from threats and occasional vulgar language on social media, but this post would have stood out on any day, much less on what most Christians consider the holiest day of the year.“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” he wrote a little after 8 a.m. “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH. Praise be to Allah.”New York Times. No comment – posted above but here it is right in the NYT ***
Hardly a surprise, given that Trump is not really “Christian”.
UK and Ireland deliberately screwing their own citizens with absurd utility rates, and catastrophic gasoline, diesel, and natural gas prices.
And yet the world is still awash in oil, coal and natural gas to be purchased on world markets – US, Russian, Veneszula and Nigerian oil is available and ready for delivery.
This all about failed leadership in Ireland and the UK, and VAT and Carbon tax madness, and the green the no coal nonsense.
Is it any wonder that oil rich Alberta wants to establish it own republic?
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 5 2026 23:51 utc | 369
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 5 2026 23:04 utc | 336
Meant to ask on the open thread if you had finished reading that. Quite the book, eh? One of the scariest I’ve ever read
Posted by: Caveman | Apr 5 2026 23:53 utc | 370
Ken – 364 – totally agree – Ireland and UK has committing energy self immolation……..
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 5 2026 23:53 utc | 371
Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 5 2026 23:17 utc | 352—
I always go to his blog to watch. But he doesn’t really add to what we “know.”
@ Caveman | Apr 5 2026 23:53 utc | 370
Oh yes. It was hard to put down but difficult to stay seated while reading because of the outrage it provokes. I hope Mr, Harp has a well armed guardian angel; he’s a prime candidate for the Gary Webb treatment.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 6 2026 0:00 utc | 373
Jenn | Apr 5 2026 18:01 utc | 149
*** It had to do with living in a land where you could not sleep outside, sunlight was not frequent. they had no minerals. No grain will grow in the cold. That led to raid and pillage mind set. Living in the South was no problem. It was not about survival, and people were easy-going. Their lives did not depend on it. This instinct to survive led the north to colonize live and let live people of the South.All europeans are equally responsible for colonizing and genocide. You cannot blame the religion, it is the bad genes of Europeans.***
Except that the Romans and Greeks were southerners, and climate in the north was much warmer back (and for quite a while prior to) then.
Added to which just look at the Biblical “old testament” — undoubtedly located in southern lands, and stuffed full of homicidal plunderous bastards (most allegedly of one “religious” persuasion!) with no Europeans anywhere near them.
This is the latest Lego vids I’ve seen, a bit different look, a bit less inspired, maybe it’s a different team from the Explosive News AI crew or other’s are getting in on the act, with AI the price of entry is very low, it’ll probably become impossible to use skill, experience, investment, and timeliness to maintain exclusivity. Hope it doesn’t turn into a dogpile of crap and subversion, but for now, enjoy:
Trump is a Madman | You Won’t Believe This LEGO Animation Musik Video
Until The Blood Is Out | We Still Stand | Epic Iranian LEGO Animation
Here’s an anime one:
Welcome To The Land Of Iran | A We Have Prepared Mass Graves For The Crazy Pete Hegseth Followers
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 6 2026 0:07 utc | 375
with no Europeans anywhere near them.
Posted by: Cynic | Apr 6 2026 0:04 utc | 374
I’m glad we got that sorted. I’m tired of the white man claiming the Sumerians, Egyptians, Akkadians were actually European and that the entire foundation of modern civilization therefore accrues to whites.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 6 2026 0:07 utc | 376
John Gilbert
I had seen the Haidar lego video before but after this second watching i think haidar, Haidar is in my head forever.
I am not sure i actually approve of such a violent video, but it is REALLY effective. I assume it is targetting Muslim youth around the world including Sunnis.
Can someone with more theological knowledge explain why Israelis are equated with the heathen worship of the bull (aka devil). Yes I know about the ancient worship etc, but I had thought that Jewish people were amongst the first to move to a single deity sky god, not an animal.
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 5 2026 23:53 utc | 371
One wonders if one considers the world a place where we all are “connected” where Europe will be getting the energy it needs to maintain the lifestyle it is accustomed to. I mean the nuclear plants in Germany are literally out of operation and easy fuel from Russia dismissed – it is as if the “so-called” elitist in that place have a death wish for the citizens reside there and seems blatantly obvious the decisions they have been making out of Brussels literally serve just one class. The class of dipshit dimwits who are clueless and think they rule the world when in reality the world is passing them by.
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So Ireland be advised to unite during this time I say being I have kin fled the place during the famine bought on by England and all their nefarious ambitions of harm upon Ireland – an island that ought be united. And Scotland has many natural resources and they hardly need to overbearing Brits on their land – so let them also release themselves from the overbearing UK – a kingdom full of pedophiles and known harm pushers/
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The folks in Iran are well informed and well-learned. Well taught in elementary school and they know who the offenders are – and this shit been going on too long and seems they get to be the ones who inform the rest of the world with suffering recompense that better ideas beckon – and truly tis easy to defend and God Bless those in Iran who got attacked during negotiations for Christ’s sake – and defended themselves with dignity. They have the upper hand – they have better ideas – and it is evident.
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So God Bless Iran and may Ireland unite as an island as Erin beseeches and may the UK get its just deserts – especially the City of London – a bankrupt place full of bankers and usury and the us of a as well seems to be – a place bereft of ideology – run by criminals whose time is coming to a close – 20th century ideas die hard but die they will.
Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 6 2026 0:10 utc | 378
KillerDoll | Apr 5 2026 18:36 utc | 168
*** A skull found in a wreck of C130 according to MiddleEastSpectator ***
Looking at the picture, what instantly came to mind was from some old song
(cannot remember any more of it at all)
“they put him in a matchbox and they sent him home to mum”.
freedom fritos @ 301
Krapivnik on Nima’s said a small amount of nuclear condensate/cloud had already been released after the second Bushehr bombing and went to Kuwait.
Read on TG somewhere the Russians recently removed over 200 personnel, so there’s probably a skeleton crew of Russians left, CMIIW but I think we are at 4 strikes now, those peripheral strikes are very exact and are for that singular purpose, once the Russians are fully out will Israel/USA hit the reactors? Appears likely.
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 6 2026 0:20 utc | 380
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 6 2026 0:00 utc | 373
He for sure is on some lists, no doubt about that. The info is already out, but revenge can be sweet, and Delta Force is not above revenge killing
Posted by: Caveman | Apr 6 2026 0:21 utc | 381
Cynic @ 379
John browns body lies a rotting in his grave,
Deep south yanky political song.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 6 2026 0:22 utc | 382
Just starting a substack. Comments appreciated from the barflys here.
https://substack.com/@seanjm/note/p-193291801?r=b9lfh
Posted by: Sean | Apr 6 2026 0:25 utc | 383
Martyanov’s latest video on yt is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIl3aAl27Nk
“POTUS Being Stately”
H/T (via) Sonar21
Posted by: vivacious recluse | Apr 6 2026 0:26 utc | 384
At 378:
This Irishman says, one of the greatest (and most truthful) posts I have ever read anywhere.
Thank you and may God bless you.
And may God bless everyone, everywhere, who loves the Good.
Posted by: DeGaulle | Apr 6 2026 0:29 utc | 385
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 6 2026 0:22 utc | 382
Here is a fine John Brown Song – USA from the Pogues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC9Ou2K55Zc
But the song about usa is harder to find – let me find it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcp6EzPqCTc
~
When I was young – I was the curse when I was sober…….
When I was sober I drank the booze!
I fell in love she gave me dreams….
I wish my heart was made of stone….
Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 6 2026 0:33 utc | 386
Remember Trump said that he did not care about the Straight – that it would be Europe’s problem?Trump is such a loser. – Operation Epic Fail.Easter Massacre.
It appears that Trump is worried about risk of US military action – against himself.
The guy is clearly out of control. Somebody hide The Button.
Posted by: jared | Apr 6 2026 0:33 utc | 387
RE:
“If ….”
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 5 2026 23:10 utc | 344
I still don’t believe anybody was rescuing anybody. Was a mission to create abd secure a landing platform near/inside Iran for incoming troops, and it went sideways.
The new AD system via infrared & whatever else, was completed unexpected, They didn’t have a clue about that ground non-radar system.
I recall many times hearing Iran say:
”we have many surprises still”
The U.S.-USReal simply never listen.
In any event, guessing there are still surprises to come.
Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 6 2026 0:38 utc | 388
So just to clarify – the first song there is called “Down All the Days” tis a most Irish song if there ever was one and the kindness of strangers it calls upon. The second link is the song makes mention of John Brown and his ambitions. Oh Glory – the us of a is in big trouble – just like Israel is. Iran on the other hand is just defending itself – so who has the upper hand? I’d say it is Iran and countries would be advised to simply pay the fee for passage through the straight of Hormuz – pay the fee – pay up – get passage. Simple.
Posted by: Ken Hausle | Apr 6 2026 0:38 utc | 389
I assume it is targetting Muslim youth around the world including Sunnis.
That is exactly what the heavy metal Lego and anime videos are doing, and probably hoping to influence skeptical secular youth among the golden billion too. We’ll see how long social media stays open, they went hard after TikTok because it was Chinese and the USA wasn’t gathering the big data, but the silicon valley crowd are in a quandary, zionist Epstein empire propaganda versus market share, lucre, and data mining.
If anyone remembers the old vacuum tube, black and white cathode ray TVs when you turned them off the screen would go dark as it shrunk down to a tiny white dot which would fade to black. I think that’s in the works for social media when the delicate balance between dissident expression and money and data mining skews too much in favor of resistance.
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 6 2026 0:40 utc | 390
RE:
“It appears that Trump is worried about risk of US military action – against himself.”
Posted by: jared | Apr 6 2026 0:33 utc | 387
He should be. He’s pissed off every military personnel, past/present/future.
Bibi currently is in sane situation. Even Shin Bet is wanting him gone.
2027 will be interesting.
I’ve put 2026 in the dustbin. Don’t need a crystal ball to see the rest of 2026.
Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 6 2026 0:45 utc | 391
Posted by: Tichy | Apr 5 2026 22:14 utc | 307 I didn’t see much of DS9 but what I saw was a very affectionate old-movie nostalgic picture, defanged by not being warlike. The Bajorans were also modeled on Jews I think, but the Israeli kind. When Ro Laren left Star Fleet to join Bajoran forces that was a secular Jew going Zionist I think. The observant Bajoran didn’t wear phylacteries or have ringlets of hair by their faces: They wore earrings. Of course, Cardassians were space Nazis, and the Dominion were Communists. Etc.
Posted by: steven t johnson | Apr 6 2026 0:45 utc | 392
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 5 2026 23:06 utc | 337 Your point, that you believe Hegseth is better than any Democrat, especially one gesturing at opposition to Trump, is the worst, is noted. Once again, the best defense of Trump is offense against his enemies (or pretended enemies anyhow.)
Posted by: steven t johnson | Apr 6 2026 0:48 utc | 393
@Cynic | Apr 6 2026 0:17 utc | 379
People forgot about the ‘VillagePeople’ look alike American F15E pilot in Kuwait who was also hiding in a trunk.
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 6 2026 0:48 utc | 394
Ken Hausle @ 386
Two classics songs there , thanks and i agree with De gaulle @385 first class comment from you.
Respect
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 6 2026 0:48 utc | 395
The magic word for the troll team today: “narcissist”. Just classic “bad man, good Imperialism” talking point of the genocidal Imperialist Democratic Party.
The theme today: the innocent Western working class should be genocided in response to the expanding Zio Imperialist genocide in the ME.
This theme is very Zio as it uses one’s outrage and anger at the Zio Imperialist crime as a wedge to divide the totally innocent wage slaves in both the ME and the West. You are to think in a zero sum nationalist manner about the war.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 6 2026 0:52 utc | 396
Trump’s statement:
“Open the F**kin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!”
This line would be more aptly translated as: “Open the F**kin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, I’m living in Hell !”
Just look at his face and realize his desperation when he says this as the litany of failures increases.
https://www.rt.com/news/637329-iran-war-strikes-pilot-rescued/
A deluded man who now thinks he can deliver the wrath of a god.
Take your pick of contradictory narratives of pilots being rescued in Iran today, as well as the number of American aircraft that have been destroyed, where it happens, and how many American servicemen have been killed – we have now reached peak levels of misinformation that make it near impossible to get any truth of the situation irrespective of the endless speculation and where or who it comes from.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 6 2026 0:57 utc | 397
Sean @ 383
I left a message on your new substack.
Let me know if it showed up.
Cheers.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 6 2026 0:58 utc | 398
Explosive Mediaa is one of the Lego Video sources. The “Rise Up!” video at its end says the goal is Tel Aviv. Here’s one by what appears to be One Byte Studio, but I couldn’t find a YouTube channel with that name.
Posted by: watcher | Apr 6 2026 0:08 utc | 377
“Can someone with more theological knowledge explain why Israelis are equated with the heathen worship of the bull (aka devil). Yes I know about the ancient worship etc, but I had thought that Jewish people were amongst the first to move to a single deity sky god, not an animal.”
I think this may be related to the Worship of Baal which was practiced by the Canaanites who lived adjacently to the biblical Israelites. There were cultural and religious overlaps. Baal was also a sky god who controls the weather for example.
https://www.bibleodyssey.org/articles/bulls-in-ancient-israel/
https://medium.com/@paypal7711/baal-symbol-of-power-and-fertility-in-the-ancient-world-37d061e7fb11
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 6 2026 1:10 utc | 400