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April 26, 2026
Iran Open Thread 2026-086
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When people are repressed enough and actually hungry and impoverished, then such revolutionary items like guillotines come out of the closet and serious chaotic rebellion takes place – for better or worse. We have not reached that state again yet, but the way leaders in the US, Europe, and West are going, we are headed that way. They have clearly forgotten their people and not reading the historical signs that are time immemorial.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 26 2026 23:38 utc | 102
Posted by: Badjoke | Apr 26 2026 23:32 utc | 101
That may be true, but the point I make is that no life form on Earth ever invented fire, it is a chemical and physical reaction. Humans and possibly other life forms just discovered ways to use it and make it.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 26 2026 23:42 utc | 103
With map:
https://nitter.net/sabra_the/status/2048221124547453077
The King of Jordan has approved the lease of the Jordanian Port of Aqaba to the UAE for 30 years, in order to develop a railway line connecting the Emirates with Jordan and Israel, as part of the new India-UAE-Israel trade corridor (Port of Haifa).
https://nitter.net/sabra_the/status/2048167480858943756
Jordan and the UAE have signed a $2.3 billion agreement to build and operate a 360-km railway connecting Aqaba Port to industrial mining areas.
This project is designed to position Jordan as a regional logistics hub between the Levant and the Gulf, aligning with broader initiatives like the IMEC, that link major regional ports such as Haifa
§|. Potash conveyors and terminals in Israel
https://nitter.net/sabra_the/status/2048221124547453077
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 27 2026 0:08 utc | 104
Major fire erupts at UK base used for US bombers (VIDEOS)
RAF Fairford houses B52 and B1 planes used in the war on Iran
Resistance extends way beyond the US. Trump has trashed the US’s reputation.
https://www.rt.com/news/639118-fire-uk-raf-base-us-bombers/
Meanwhile is the US:
US state lawmaker killed in plane crash (VIDEO)
A single-engine aircraft exploded soon after takeoff in Minnesota, killing Liz Conmy, a Democratic lawmaker from North Dakota.
Why would a plane explode just after take off (in Minnesota)?
https://www.rt.com/news/639131-us-lawmaker-killed-plane-crash/
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 0:10 utc | 105
Why would a plane explode just after take off (in Minnesota)?
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 0:10 utc | 105
Because of crappy US safety standards maybe?
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 27 2026 0:21 utc | 106
This blast from the past…
Julian Assange Warned Us…(& vid)
https://x.com/iluminatibot/status/2048056770019590265
“Hollywood script writers who say they are ‘Jewish’ have been planting the mental seeds for war with Iran for years, including in Top Gun Maverick, Homeland, 24, & in the DreamWorks film on Julian Assange ‘ The Fifth Estate’.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 0:33 utc | 107
Washington DC’s imperial outposts are apparently in worse shape than the controlled media has reported.
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/04/26/report-iran-caused-far-more-damage-to-us-bases-than-the-trump-administration-has-acknowledged/
Posted by: ReinhardVonSiegfried | Apr 27 2026 0:36 utc | 108
Regardless of the far left commentary on this board, DJT is one tough co0kie. He will not back down even when faced with death.
His cool and calm demeanor during this assassination attempt demonstrates that time and again.
You may disagree with him on his Israel policy or on the war with Iran, but none the less, he is personally brave, and really unflappable, and, determined and focused on his agenda (not your agenda …..his agenda).
You need to live with that.
This last assassination attempt is just the latest chapter in the rolling Hussein Obama/Susan Rice/Bill Holder – rogue CIA deep state coup plot which stated in December 2016 with the Russiagate fiasco authorized by Hussein……..and included the Volo (CIA asset) phone call impeachment farce, and now includes the Jeff Epstein farce (another CIA/MI6/Mossad asset running a high stakes honeypot operation).
He has survived three assassination attempts and three separate coup attempts, and yes he is a tough guy…..LOL lefties, deal with it.
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 27 2026 0:37 utc | 109
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 0:33 utc | 107
Homeland is rabidly anti Iran.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 27 2026 0:37 utc | 110
@56
US DoE EIA releases a petroleum balance sheet each Wednesday 10:30 EDT.
Recently US reduced imports of crude, and the last two weeks released 8 million barrels from the reserves. The US ereserves are now less than 400 million barrels and who knows if they can release all of it due to nature of the salt domes!
Continued reduced imports is not a plan!
Posted by: paddy | Apr 27 2026 0:37 utc | 111
Ex-CIA Larry Johnson continues to say his sources claim both Navy and Air Force commanders (CENTCOM) want to wrap up Iran excursion, funnels up to Joint Chiefs to apply to Trump, who can overrule their opinion of/c.
Posted by: Call it what u will | Apr 27 2026 0:46 utc | 112
An excerpt from Harold Pinter’s 2005 Nobel Prize speech.
‘God is good. God is great. God is good. My God is good. Bin Laden’s God is bad. His is a bad God. Saddam’s God was bad, except he didn’t have one. He was a barbarian. We are not barbarians. We don’t chop people’s heads off. We believe in freedom. So does God. I am not a barbarian. I am the democratically elected leader of a freedom-loving democracy. We are a compassionate society. We give compassionate electrocution and compassionate lethal injection. We are a great nation. I am not a dictator. He is. I am not a barbarian. He is. And he is. They all are. I possess moral authority. You see this fist? This is my moral authority. And don’t you forget it.’
Posted by: Siddhartha | Apr 27 2026 0:54 utc | 113
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 27 2026 0:21 utc | 106
It’s extremely rare that a small plane like that explodes on take off. I cannot think of how it could even happen in any mechanical way. Surely aircraft in the US are still subjected to servicing schedules to encsure their airworthiness, and standardized pre-flight checks which are usually done by the pilot.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 0:56 utc | 114
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 0:33 utc | 107
It was extremely obvious with Top Gun Maverick that it was all about Iran, and it was also an attack on Russia with the Sukhoi SU-57 Felon dogfight.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 1:00 utc | 115
GeorgeWendell | 27 avril 2026 à 0 h 56 UTC | 114
He didn’t explode on takeoff—what are you talking about? He exploded when he hit the ground, during the crash.
Posted by: Hagen | Apr 27 2026 1:01 utc | 116
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 27 2026 0:37 utc | 109
Spare us your pathos for the worst president in US history please. Willing to send countless others to war, kill Iranian schoolgirls and thousands of others in Iran, support Zionist genocide, and kill people in speed boats without fair trial, but missed out of going to war himself due to ‘bone spurs’.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 1:05 utc | 117
Actually recent “scientific” news suggests Israelis were the FIRST to invent fire 75000 years ago. I kid you NOT.Posted by: watcher | Apr 26 2026
The lies get sillier and sillier. There were no Israelis or even Jews 75,000 years ago. In fact there is no evidence a tribe called Israel ever existed let alone a Kingdom. All religious fairy tales and even Israeli archaeologists admit that.
Judaism is believed to have been invented in what is now Iraq around 3000 years ago, possibly 4,000 but probably not. Jews wandered into Palestine around 3000 years ago so their religion might have been a century or two old at that point. And at that point, Palestine was already ancient, more than 2000 years old.
The first use of fire by homo sapiens would, logic says, be universal. Lightning strikes would burn land and cook animals and humans would make a connection. And so it went.
The article I read and linked says:
“A single-engine aircraft exploded soon after takeoff in Minnesota, killing Liz Conmy, a Democratic lawmaker from North Dakota”.
Then says later: “The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that a Beechcraft BE33 crashed shortly after departing Crystal Airport on Saturday, with two people aboard.”
https://www.rt.com/news/639131-us-lawmaker-killed-plane-crash/
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 1:09 utc | 119
GMST re Petrodollar.
I posit that the factions incubated by the God of Mammon Cult are at an infliction point. Greater Israel or demise of the financial system and institutions that has been achieved.
While both are terminal projects, a slower managed winding down while transitioning to new systems and institutions is preferable to the complete train wreck that is inevitable if War on Iran proceeds.
Karl re Khamenei’s rumoured injuries. I believe China would be a more secured location due to the presence of sympathetic “Russians” to the Zionists cause.
Latest WH drama. Aimed at domestic audiences?
- Boost Trump’s image/sympathy/ratings (see Tobias Cole gushings for example)
- Enact draconian measures to prevent AuH/Anenobarbus style popular uprising or repress political opponents.
- Distraction from a losing war for a population with the attention span of a goldfish.
Iran’s latest negotiations terms is said to exclude all nuclear issues and are solely about the War.
I have not been able to verify that so far. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Suresh | Apr 27 2026 1:12 utc | 120
#109
So your lying, bone spurs jangling psychopath is a real tough guy?! Back to your Johnny Wayne cartoons now sport.
Posted by: bones☠️ | Apr 27 2026 1:13 utc | 121
Assistance required: I’ve had some doubts raised about this guy before – but this 30 min piece is thought-provoking – any experts on satellite, Beidou, targeting etc – I’m only a humble Irishman and our expertise is in guerilla warfare – well, a few centuries short of a millenium vs our adversary but we are getting there!
THE END OF U.S. NAVY? China’s BeiDou-3 Just Locked Every American Carrier in Hormuz!
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 27 2026 1:15 utc | 122
GeorgeWendell | 27 avril 2026 à 1 h 09 UTC | 119
You can clearly see the plane hit the ground intact and explode as a result of that contact.
Posted by: Hagen | Apr 27 2026 1:17 utc | 123
He has survived three assassination attempts and three separate coup attempts, and yes he is a tough guy…..LOL lefties, deal with it.
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 27 2026
Or he is too much of an imbecile to react with normal human responses.
Or, the attempts on his life were faked and he knew it.
Or, it is all CIA/Mossad spin.
Or variations on all those themes. Trump talks like a mentally retarded ten year old. Whatever he is he is not normal and he is not tough.
Re the airplane crash.
GeorgeWendell @105 included a link to RT in his post.
The vid in the link clearly shows the airplane hitting the ground in a wooded area then explode after crashing.
Posted by: golddigger | Apr 27 2026 1:34 utc | 125
Trying again – if this doesn’t work, apologies. https://artistasycuadros.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pandora-1.webp
Posted by: juliania | Apr 26 2026 21:20 utc | 80
It works. glad both you and snake enjoyed the little fable – for our times.
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 27 2026 1:38 utc | 126
Let This Sink In…
https://x.com/tparsi/status/2048457153703514246
“Congress is about to extend US Veterans Benefits to Americans who served in the Israeli military and partook in the genocide in Gaza.”
In Canada, the Ukrainian fascist lobby unsuccessfully tried to pressure that government to pay ex-Waffen SS Galician Nazi warcriminals Canadian veterans’ benefits. Had Chrystia Freeland been in office then it might have worked.Unfortunately the American Zionazi lobby appears to have been more successful in the US on behalf of these IDF monsters. If true, a shameful thing.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 1:47 utc | 127
Posted by: Hagen | Apr 27 2026 1:17 utc | 123
That maybe true, and if it is, I accept it and thank you for pointing it out, but I also repeat what he article said : “A single-engine aircraft exploded soon after takeoff “.
I guess only an inquiry will reveal the full details
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 1:52 utc | 128
#124 rosross….perhaps -tobias cole can us explain…original PDJT is 6’3″ tall why we see since G7 meeting in Ottava-in the June 2025… 5’8-10″ tall one ??? that’s 10 months ….and tobias/wendell and bunch of others do not see it ???
Posted by: sejmon | Apr 27 2026 1:54 utc | 129
The A10 Thunderbolt II “The Warhogs” service extended to 2030.
I believe this push to keep the “Warhoes” is mainly from the U.S Army need for Close Air Support CAS missions while the USAF has always wanted to retire the A10 but the Key West Agreement prevent it as the Army cannot have the A10 and USMC doesn’t want it as it doesn’t fit their mission.
It’s the real reason why the USAF brass have tried to ditch the A-10 literally since it entered service
The topics complex enough for its own movie, but the crux is this. It says the USAF has to provide close air support (CAS) to the U.S. Army. Thats a problem, because the US Army views CAS as a fire delivery mission controlled by the ground commander- aka, an officer from the Army. The USAF says CAS is a mission assigned by the air component commander- meaning a USAF officer.
So, the A-10 is a resource used by the Army for Army mission, but it is paid for out of the USAF budget. Which is like Ferrari building cars for Lamborghini, but Lamborghini gets to keep the sales money. Naturally Ferrari will want out of that deal ASAP, merit be damned.
So why did the USAF fund the A-10 if it hates the resource hit? Politics. The requirements emerged from the Cold War when the U.S. Army (rightfully) complained that the U.S. Air Force – blowing billions on nuclear bombers – wasn’t holding up their end of the Key West agreement. Kennedy got involved and the project that became the A-10 was begun as a concession to avoid another round of painful roles and missions renegotiation.
TLDR: The A10 service life extension is mainly due to the need for CAS by the U.S Army.
Posted by: KillerDoll | Apr 27 2026 1:56 utc | 130
Posted by: golddigger | Apr 27 2026 1:34 utc | 125
What made it plummet to the ground? Of course it would likely burst into flames when it hit the ground, it probably had wings full of fuel. I also repeat what the article says to you: “A single-engine aircraft exploded soon after takeoff “.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 1:57 utc | 131
tobias cole | Apr 27 2026 0:37 utc | 109
*** He [Trump] has survived three assassination attempts and three separate coup attempts, and yes he is a tough guy…..LOL lefties, deal with it. ***
For sure, anyone — even an experienced tv performer — would need to be tough (or shockingly shameless) to have the brass neck to act and speak in accord with such corny script-writing and scenarios as have been issued to DJT.
Don Firineach | Apr 27 2026 1:15 utc | 122—
HI Don, I just finished watching that and think it’s close to being correct. When Crooke made it known Iran had that system, it was clear he didn’t understand its abilities. However, it appears to be exactly what one would expect from a netcentric system of that sort based on current tech, and we know not to doubt Chinese tech ability. Speaking of that, I viewed this 24-minute video that was offered afterwards, and I’m glad I did. So, pour your beer, relax and prepare to be wowed.
rosross | Apr 27 2026 1:08 utc | 118
*** Actually recent “scientific” news suggests Israelis were the FIRST to invent fire 75000 years ago. I kid you NOT.Posted by: watcher | Apr 26 2026 The lies get sillier and sillier. There were no Israelis or even Jews 75,000 years ago. In fact there is no evidence a tribe called Israel ever existed let alone a Kingdom. All religious fairy tales and even Israeli archaeologists admit that. ***
Though some say the Neanderthals had big noses, they didn’t wear little hats.
In any case, 75000 years ago where would an Israeli find two Boy Scouts to rub together over a pile of kindling, since these were a British invention in Victorian times.
Why would Mojtaba have been sent to Russia for treatment if he was indeed heavily wounded in the airstrike that killed hos father and many others? Because Russian medical science is #1 in the world at saving people from life threatening combat injuries and then rehabilitating them. When I read the rumor, I thought it quite apt–SOP if you will. But it remains a rumor, and we may never know the truth.
@ Suresh | Apr 27 2026 1:12 utc | 120 who wrote
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I posit that the factions incubated by the God of Mammon Cult are at an infliction point. Greater Israel or demise of the financial system and institutions that has been achieved. While both are terminal projects, a slower managed winding down while transitioning to new systems and institutions is preferable to the complete train wreck that is inevitable if War on Iran proceeds.
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I agree that both projects are terminal and if I understand you correctly, you believe that Occupied Palestine, being the penultimate proxy for the God Of Mammon cult, will go down first and I agree.
How much global private finance will live to be in the future financial plumbing remains to be seen…..and for how long?….I expect that the debt jubilee period comes soon after the end of Occupied Palestine and, with it, the whole colonial concept.
Dominoes will fall all over the world….How long before there is just Korea?….Just China w/o Taiwan separation concept?
Iran is lead the military spear attack on the dominant form of social organization in our world and I support their efforts and all those behind/supporting them.
The shit show continues until it doesn’t….breathe deep of the smell of the kind of society you don’t want to live in anymore and use that memory to fuel the evolution to the dream of the US original motto, E Pluribus Unum….Out Of Many, One.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 2:21 utc | 136
From
https://t.me/CyberspecNews/106015?single
❗️— Iran attacked a climate altering centre in the UAE during the initial stages of the war
US climate weapons against Iran
🔻— Dr. Fatima Saad Al-Hasani, a researcher at the University of Oregon (USA):
When Iran attacked a secret cloud-seeding and weather control center in the UAE, it targeted not just a “base”, but the “heart” of the climate control system, which intentionally caused drought in Iraq and eastern Iran.
🔻— As a result, there were drastic climate changes:
• Resumption of rainfall in Iran and Iraq after many years of drought
• Temperature drop (to about 5 degrees)
• Return of floods, which partially saved agriculture
• Change in wind flows and the return of clouds to the region
🔻— This “secret center” in the UAE, according to Al-Hasani, was part of a global climate management network.
— 🇮🇷 Voice of Iran
As I said days ago right here, it was either the greatest coincidence in recent history or the radars Iran eliminated were stopping cloud formation and rain, either as a side effect or a a deliberate feature.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 27 2026 2:22 utc | 137
An US/Zio viewpoint
The Blogs: Hormuz Hostage: The Great American Capitulation | Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez | The Times of Israel
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 27 2026 2:30 utc | 138
Shah of Iran (1974) holds his own against an old school / old timer mockslopper:
https://xcancel.com/realjesseonfire/status/2047066341987733933
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 27 2026 2:31 utc | 139
What made it plummet to the ground?
I’m no aeronautical engineer. But I’m gonna say….. “gravity”.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 27 2026 2:35 utc | 140
see the 47-second video at the first link
https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2048373078993031283
Ounka @OunkaOnX
A Jewish student from Rutgers University protested an event featuring an IDF soldier
‘The IDF has killed over 70,000 Palestinians. Over 300 journalists. Over 1,700 healthcare workers. Children were targeted. A 6-year-old was shot 335 times. My Jewish grandmother told me never again. Never again means never again for everybody. If justice is real, the IDF will go down
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https://x.com/aaronjmate/status/2048452139307987097
Aaron Maté @aaronjmate
An Israeli journalist close to Netanyahu argues that the Al Qaeda offshoot-led Syrian government is helping Israel “strangle” Hezbollah. He adds that “it’s nice to see the new regime pay us back for the favor” of helping to topple Assad.
https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/2047668424902394054
Amit Segal @AmitSegal
Israel’s presence in southern Lebanon has two objectives: protect northern residents from direct rocket fire and choke Hezbollah’s “logistical oxygen line.” But to fully strangle the organization, Israel needs—and has received—the help of another pair of hands: those belonging to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
In the eighteen months since his ascent to power, al-Sharaa has been guided by one instinct: survival. In the “New Syria,” that survival is defined by three pillars: centralization of power, international legitimacy and a desperate need for financial rehabilitation. These interests have converged into a singular, pragmatic mission: the expulsion of Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, from Syrian soil…………….
…..Hezbollah was a key pillar of support for Ahmed al-Sharaa’s predecessor, Bashar al-Assad, and it was ultimately Israel’s crippling of the terror group that afforded the former jihadi the sudden opportunity to race for the grand prize in Damascus. While Israel rightly remains deeply distrustful of its operation’s beneficiary, it’s nice to see the new regime pay us back for the favor.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 27 2026 2:36 utc | 141
Posted by: Cynic | Apr 27 2026 2:14 utc | 134
Yes the big noses on Neanderthals (who were present in Palestine) did cross my mind, but i think making the connection to Israelis is very unkind to Neanderthals.
Since we are already OT I liked your comment on MacBeth. His wife’s son was definitely the rightful heir to the throne of Scotland, but i did once read he was a bit simple but they may have been the propaganda of the era too.
“You already know my version that its is protection racket. The anglosaxons delegated finances to them without there being any necessity for it.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 26 2026 21:59 utc | 83 ”
But There was a “necessity”, it was created by the (((church))) itself. No lending with interest but borrowing is OK. Instant “niche” market for a certain tribe.
Posted by: Vacuous Cipher | Apr 27 2026 2:47 utc | 143
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 27 2026 2:35 utc | 140
Derrrr! So clever of you, you are so smart!
But that can only happen if something goes wrong mechanically with a small plane, or something provokes it to happen.
You wouldn’t make an aviation crash investigator who would also not rule out foul play with a political figure until a report was finalized.
It is fair to hold some suspicion given the state of US politics; that she was a Democrat; a law investigator, and in Minneapolis, the ICE focused state.
And before anyone else chips in, I couldn’t care less about the Democrat or Republican monoparty.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 2:56 utc | 144
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 27 2026 2:09 utc | 133
Thanks for response Karl. Yes, I’m certainly wowed! Rem “The Machine that Changed the world” probably needs to be rewritten. I have some basic knowledge of materials science … which helps.
On the interlinked Beidou – well it’s no wonder the US Navy is not too keen on this mission – and the Gulf States have some serious thinking to do …
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 27 2026 2:59 utc | 145
“When Iran attacked a secret cloud-seeding and weather control center in the UAE, it targeted not just a “base”, but the “heart” of the climate control system, which intentionally caused drought in Iraq and eastern Iran.”
Isn’t that a crime against mankind?
Another one…
Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 27 2026 3:00 utc | 146
watcher@142:
Re Macbeth and the ‘propaganda of the era’
Yes indeed. As Shakespeare depended upon royal patronage, his brownosing of James 1 via his supposed ancestors Banquo/Fleance featured in Macbeth was mandatory. As was the play’s theme of ‘witchcraft’ which was a particular passion of the monarch.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 3:03 utc | 147
Mahmood OD: ‘US Fuel Tankers Occupy 2nd Airport’
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos
“Eilat Airport: US KC-135s prepare to attack Iran after Trump cancels all talks.”
I have my doubts on that but we’ll see.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 3:07 utc | 148
In appreciation for
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Speaking of that, I viewed this 24-minute video that was offered afterwards, and I’m glad I did. So, pour your beer, relax and prepare to be wowed.
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 27 2026 2:09 utc | 133
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I just finished watching it and sending the link to others…….China is showing it is now light years ahead of the rest of the world in manufacturing technology and capabilities as we have been writing about here for years but seeing examples of it like that link are just awe inspiring……a world not run by bean counters and the Epstein Class for the God Of Mammon cult.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 3:13 utc | 149
R2R: Abdul Wahid Aburas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agk6yG6D6mQ
“Exclusive: Yemen’s foreign minister speaks with Reason2Resist.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 3:14 utc | 150
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett described Turkiye as ‘the new Iran’…” Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 26 2026 16:02 utc | 25 These guys can’t even deal with the first Iran and they’re already looking for a second. Their greed exceeds their capacity.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 26 2026 16:16 utc | 27
Turkey still transiting oil to Israel, sounds more like a fake squabble for Erdogan domestic consumption.
Posted by: Organic | Apr 27 2026 3:19 utc | 151
see the first link. “One oil well for four oil wells” – I like this kind of arithmetic!
see the photos at the second link
see the photo at the third link
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-one-oil-well-for-four-oil-wells—iran-warns-after-trump-s
‘One oil well for four oil wells’: Iran warns after Trump’s threats
An Iranian official warns of a forceful response if national energy infrastructure is targeted, establishing a fourfold equation.
Esmail Saghab Esfahani, a deputy to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, said on Sunday evening that Iran would respond to any aggression if its infrastructure is targeted, including oil wells, amid the ongoing blockade.
In a post on X, he warned that if any part of the country’s infrastructure, including oil wells, is damaged as a result of the blockade, Tehran will retaliate by inflicting four times the damage on similar infrastructure in countries supporting the aggression.
He added that Iran’s “calculation is different,” stating, “One oil well for four.”………
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https://x.com/HalaJaber/status/2048526083595919389
Hala Jaber @HalaJaber
‼️ 14 killed in Israeli attacks today, including 2 children & 2 women, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.37 injured.
And still, Israel has the audacity to claim Hezbollah is violating the ceasefire, while it kills civilians under the pretext of “operations” & “targets.”
Another day. Another toll. The pattern is unmistakable.
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https://x.com/rory_donaghy/status/2048449901172859290
Ruairí @rory_donaghy
If you know what this is, you are a good human! 👍
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 27 2026 3:23 utc | 152
More info on the plane crash.
“Video from across the street, captured by a home security camera, shows the empty park as the sound of a plane’s engine fades.
Several seconds of silence follow before the sound of an engine rapidly returns. The Beechcraft crashes through the trees before hitting the ground as fire engulfs the park.”
Perhaps one of our local Aerospace engineers seated at the bar can give full speculated details.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/25/plane-with-2-people-onboard-crashes-near-crystal-airport
https://business-news-today.com/brooklyn-park-plane-crash-fargo-democrat-liz-conmy-and-pilot-joseph-cass-die-after-crystal-airport-takeoff/
Posted by: golddigger | Apr 27 2026 3:23 utc | 153
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 3:13 utc | 149
China has simply transformed the ability to get things done and has often been underestimated in terms of the intelligence of its people and their willingness to learn and adapt. A huge population of clever and motivated minds. While we often debate many things publicly in the West and then postpone acting on ideas, China rapidly moves forward. That is also to do with its governance model, and the propensity for Chinese to put the collective group first rather than the individual.
There’s some luck in this as well, because the revolution eventually led to stability, a governance based on a knowledge merit system, and Chinese people by and large are very happy with the developments that they have seen and a significant incremental increases in prosperity, health and longevity. They have historically always backed emperors and ‘mandate of heaven’ system. If times were good they went along with the dynasty in power.
I also think that they have strongly responded to being forced into a corner by the West and that is just motivating them further to succeed, like we see with Iran.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 3:44 utc | 154
Thanks for the reply, Karl, Psychohistorian.
Re invention of fire 75000 years ago. /s
How can you argue with this? In the beginning God create the world. On the sixth, Man and on the seventh, Order. Thus began the history of the Jewish people.
Are you going to argue that nonsense those facts? Besides, how’s a kike meant to burn babies?
Posted by: Suresh | Apr 27 2026 3:44 utc | 155
I highly doubt this small plane crash was any kind of assassination. The Democratic politician who was killed was only a state legislator from North Dakota. Not in the US House of Representatives. She represents a district on the south side of the small city of Fargo in the North Dakota House of Representatives. Apparently centrist and well liked by many. This isn’t like the Paul Wellstone crash in 2002. He was a US Senator and had some controversial opinions.
Posted by: buzzie | Apr 27 2026 3:47 utc | 156
From a ZH posting with details of Bessent words
Persian Gulf and Asia who are seeking financial backstops due to the Iran war.
Discussions with those countries about US dollar swap lines “are part of ongoing, routine conversations that @USTreasury has been having with our partners over a number of years,” Bessent said in an X post, in which he offered a full-throated defense of additional swap lines.
“They are a testament to the U.S. dollar’s primacy and the strength of America’s economic shield,” he said of the potential swaps adding that dollar dominance and reserve currency status are strengthened by constant long-term initiatives, including countering the growth of problematic, alternative payment systems [my bolding],” he added. “Under @POTUS, this is American Economic Leadership at work.”
The problematic part is the serious challenge they pose to the BIS/SWIFT/IMF/World Bank global private finance hegemony.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 4:00 utc | 157
Posted by: golddigger | Apr 27 2026 3:23 utc | 153
\ “Perhaps one of our local Aerospace engineers seated at the bar can give full speculated details”.
Careful, our “Know it all engineer” will hit your bait like a hungry carp and provide an opinion for us all soon. The same guy whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower.
Posted by: Local Oscillator | Apr 27 2026 4:04 utc | 158
psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 3:13 utc | 149—
Yes, quite awesome and inspirational and puts more meaning into Warwick Powell’s words. I looked at a video report of the Beijing auto show, or EV show since electric UAV taxis were on display. Now if we could just put to rest the dying Empire and its remaining vestiges, it looks like a dynamic future is possible.
psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 4:00 utc | 157—
Wolff went over the possibility of UAE arranging a swap window with US treasury in his chat with Diesen. The Petrodollar and the structure built on that foundation is in trouble.
A perspective on what constitutes a hero:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/orthopaedic-surgeon-returns-to-gaza-medic-humanitarian/106591210
… and a “super-hero“!!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/kerry-kennedy-correspondents-dinner-shooting/106610820
And now you are formally informed.
Posted by: General Factotum | Apr 27 2026 4:20 utc | 161
re: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 3:07 utc | 148
You posted:
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos “Eilat Airport: US KC-135s prepare to attack Iran after Trump cancels all talks.”
Iran might do well to send several ballistic missiles that way and take out the KC-135s. Take out the tankers and preclude some massive airstrike.
Posted by: Perimetr | Apr 27 2026 4:33 utc | 162
If the engine cut out then came back on again before it crashed, then it would likely be a fuel blockage or an electronic fault, and that is about all that can be said before a report comes out in 1 to 2 years time. “Several seconds of silence follow before the sound of an engine rapidly returns”.
It’s a fairly common aircraft (not sure of age of this one, but they have been around since 1959) and single engine piston engine planes often have twin magnetos and twin spark plugs in each cylinder in case of electrical problems.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 4:34 utc | 163
karlof1@159:
“Now if we could just put to rest the dying Empire and its remaining vestiges, it looks like a dynamic future is possible.”
I think so too. But the latter is dependent upon the former, with a particular emphasis on ‘we’ to put our house in order, not watch and wait for the dying Empire to put itself ‘to rest’ or for some other powers to do our dirty work for us.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 4:48 utc | 164
Perimetr@162:
Yes. Unless they’ve been persuaded to ‘jaw-jaw’ instead of ‘war-war’. There are other powerful actors that may be leaning heavily on them for precisely that.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 5:00 utc | 165
@ John Gilberts | Apr 27 2026 4:48 utc | 164 about the nebulous we
The way I see it is that China/Russia/Iran are the revolutionary we energy source and are doing the heavy lifting for we in the West to take advantage of, eh?
We just need to get our shit together to do China like public policy planning and take over finance and turn it into a public utility instead of a private jackboot.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 5:01 utc | 166
Why are US politicians called lawmakers when it’s clear that the Israel lobby dictates all the laws?
More like a lawrubberstamper like David Cameron.
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 27 2026 5:20 utc | 167
Larry Johnson’s newest infers that the top advisors of the Pentagon are unlikely to recommend to Trump that the war against Iran continues. They inform Gen. Dan Caine who I think is a sober head that is well aware of the air force limitations in such a difficult theatre of war. I don’t think any of these people are what you would call ‘chickens’, but are sensible enough to see the tough odds under the current circumstances. What Trump will do is still a wild card, but it looks like he won’t get much support if he wants to continue the war, and that it could further backfire on him if he does.
https://sonar21.com/is-the-us-military-recommending-no-further-strikes-on-iran/
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 5:36 utc | 168
From a Xinhuanet posting
According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Araghchi arrived in Muscat on Saturday, and held talks with senior Omani officials on bilateral relations and regional developments on Sunday, after which he returned to Pakistan’s Islamabad for a second visit within around 24 hours.
Back in Pakistan, eh?
What is going on behind the scenes?
Is Trump trying to manipulate markets again?
What sort of crazy will this week bring?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 5:46 utc | 169
the top advisors of the Pentagon are unlikely to recommend to Trump that the war against Iran continues.……
that is why I suspect, Netanyahu ordered the clumsy almost hit on Trump as a warning. A warning that Trump needs to keep following Netanyahu‘s orders or else.
Posted by: Exile | Apr 27 2026 5:55 utc | 170
The single engine plane involved in crash had a stall speed of 52knots. Thats a rough gauge of landing speed.
https://www.globalair.com/aircraft-specifications/beechcraft/debonair-33-specifications/49
note – the dead politician sat on the Human Trafficing Committee…..hmmm.
Posted by: Exile | Apr 27 2026 6:02 utc | 171
From Xinhuanet
Flash: Sirens sound in northern Israel: Israeli military
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 27 2026 6:04 utc | 172
Here is my draft agreement to halt the war on Iran (not what I think is ideal, but what I think can pass muster):
- Iran, Israel, and the USA will cease all hostilities against one another. Iran will ensure that all parties in its Axis of Resistance will also cease all hostilities against Israel and the USA.
- Iran will dilute its existing nuclear material to 5% enriched Uranium.
- Iran will remain with the NPT and will be under IAEA inspection.
- Iran will limit its nuclear material production to 5% enriched Uranium for five years and then increase it to a maximum of 20%.
- Iran will allow all ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It will charge a toll for the next five years to compensate for war losses. Iran will have the right to close down the Strait in case there are any attacks on it. The USA will also allow all ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and to / from Iranian ports.
- USA will close down its bases in the GCC countries. In case GCC countries are attacked, the USA will provide military support if a GCC country makes a request.
- USA will remove all secondary sanctions relating to trade with Iran. USA will ensure that Iran will be allowed to use the SWIFT payment system.
- USA will return all the frozen assets of Iran and ensure that the EU countries do the same.
- Israel will withdraw completely from Lebanon.
Note: 5% required for nuclear plant fuel; 20% required for nuclear sub (and similar) fuel.
Posted by: India-Guy | Apr 27 2026 6:20 utc | 173
Posted by: Exile | Apr 27 2026 5:55 utc | 170
Could very well be the case – I read a few days ago that Netanyahu has prostate cancer, so things may be catching up with him too, but I think he is in so deep with ‘devil'(secularly speaking) he will still try to enforce the same behaviours.
Posted by: Exile | Apr 27 2026 6:02 utc | 171
Yes, and not only that was involved in farming and environment. This was also in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of the targeted areas with very strong Democrat support and ICE activity to boot. That’s why it triggered me in the first place. It may still be an accident however, but we won’t know for along time, and even then….
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 6:24 utc | 174
tobias Cole 109
Trump actually doesn’t care too much about US troops or Iranian civilians, or imprisoned Palestinians.
He rapes , he’s married to the raped.
He’s a Viking and he doesn’t give a fuck.
That’s one side of his personality. The others idea is Netanyahu’s cuck and he hasn’t had the guts , ever, not to do Nutter’s orders.
Weak as shit.
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 27 2026 6:39 utc | 175
India-guy 173
Iran, Israel, and the USA will cease all hostilities against one another. Iran will ensure that all parties in its Axis of Resistance will also cease all hostilities against Israel and the USA.
- Iran will dilute its existing nuclear material to 5% enriched Uranium.
- Iran will remain with the NPT and will be under IAEA inspection.
- Iran will limit its nuclear material production to 5% enriched Uranium for five years and then increase it to a maximum of 20%.
Never going to happen, any of it.
How much Modi and Albanese woo the US bully in awe of its power, China is never going to allow an English speaking Empire to trash it a second time.
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 27 2026 6:47 utc | 176
“Our race is the master race. We are divine gods on this planet. ..”– Menahem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel
Posted by: Vacuous Cipher | Apr 26 2026 19:25 utc | 66
One look in the mirror should have told him different.
Posted by: tucenz | Apr 27 2026 6:47 utc | 177
Cole Allen manifesto:
“And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” he wrote, identifying Trump administration officials”…
“Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration,” Allen wrote, in apparent reference to grievances including strikes on Venezuela-linked boats, the US attack on an Iranian girls’ school, immigration enforcement, and the Jeffrey Epstein case.”
Trump’s reply: “The US president has called Cole Allen a “sick man” who hates Christians”
https://www.rt.com/news/639134-trump-dinner-shooter-manifesto/
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 6:48 utc | 178
tobias Cole 109
Tobias Smollett slandered a British Admiral.
He had to write a History of Britain to pay the damages.
I hope you’re ready to write a History of Iran to pay for your insults to the Islamic Republic of Iran .
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 27 2026 6:57 utc | 179
George Wendell 178
I don’t think Cole Allen is a False Flag.
He obviously got under Trump’s skin if Trump had to wear the figleaf of being a Christian .
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 27 2026 7:02 utc | 180
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 27 2026 7:02 utc | 180
I agree, it appears to be the case now that we know who he was and what his manifesto was about. But it pays to think either way these days given the lies that are spread around any event.
Trump is about as Christian as Caligula in my opinion. Allen made some valid points and has guts. I think he mainly wanted to make a point.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 7:18 utc | 181
Posted by: General Factotum | Apr 27 2026 4:20 utc | 161
Ms Kennedy said “…and my head was on the lap of a Boston Globe journalist…”
Looking at the size of those choppers I would think that the real hero is the Boston Globe journo.
But then again ‘mainstream journo’ and ‘intact manhood’ are mutually exclusive.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata | Apr 27 2026 7:19 utc | 182
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 6:24 utc | 174
I read a few days ago that Netanyahu…
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From Unz review:
Saw an Instagram post of Netanyahu announcing his prostate cancer, the comments section was full of sympathetic comments like:
– does the cancer have a chance?– any risk of recovery?– at first I thought it was pancreatic cancer and gasped with joyon and on. Not a single positive comment. He had to be the most hated man alive.
Posted by: sh0tek | Apr 27 2026 7:21 utc | 183
@ Giyane | Apr 27 2026 6:47 utc | 176
Pro tip from a bar drunk: Ignore naive ideas from new handles.
Posted by: norice | Apr 27 2026 7:27 utc | 184
Rumi is more apt; but this perhaps adds dimension, is beautiful as well, I hope. (That last word was what I was looking for, how to get back to the forest, once it is lost.)
Posted by: juliania | Apr 26 2026 20:58 utc | 79
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Once the forest is lost, it can never be regained.
We must plant a new one – and that will take a long time. But if we have hope, maybe that hope can make the new forest better for our greast-grand-children…
Posted by: General Factotum | Apr 27 2026 7:32 utc | 185
177 – I have trouble believing Begin used those exact words. “Master race” is a very Nazi turn of phrase. Ok, Zionism shows many similarities but that kind of verbal echo? Is there any documentation?
Posted by: Waldorf | Apr 27 2026 7:38 utc | 186
183 – “All we are saying/ Is give cancer a chance” LOL
Posted by: Waldorf | Apr 27 2026 7:42 utc | 187
Posted by: sh0tek | Apr 27 2026 7:21 utc | 183
It just goes to show that character is our most precious attribute. If you have a terrible character that does appalling and uncaring things like he has done, especially to children, most people eventually show zero respect to such a person.
Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 27 2026 7:43 utc | 188
@Don Firineach | Apr 27 2026 1:15 utc | 122
Assistance required: I’ve had some doubts raised about this guy before
Learn to recognize AI. This guy does not exist!
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 27 2026 7:55 utc | 189
@Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 27 2026 2:22 utc | 137
As I said days ago right here, it was either the greatest coincidence in recent history or the radars Iran eliminated were stopping cloud formation and rain, either as a side effect or a a deliberate feature.
And how does this assumed technology work?
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 27 2026 8:01 utc | 190
Waldorf | Apr 27 2026 7:38 utc | 186
“Master race” is a very Nazi turn of phrase.
They imitated that from the Chosen Ones in the first place.
Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 27 2026 8:15 utc | 191
@Norwegian | Apr 27 2026 8:01 utc | 190
cloud-seeding he says so some airplanes or drones are letting out silver nitrate
if one is to believe him. If the attacks on the radars coincided with such a change one would have to assume the area where the drones are sent on missions were hit as well as the radars
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 27 2026 8:16 utc | 192
Zionism was originally secular in its presentation. Its only basis for calling Palestine the Jewish homeland was “racial”.
Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 27 2026 8:17 utc | 193
Iran, Israel, and the USA will cease all hostilities against one another. Iran will ensure that all parties in its Axis of Resistance will also cease all hostilities against Israel and the USA.
- Iran will dilute its existing nuclear material to 5% enriched Uranium.
- Iran will remain with the NPT and will be under IAEA inspection.
- Iran will limit its nuclear material production to 5% enriched Uranium for five years and then increase it to a maximum of 20%.
Never going to happen, any of it. How much Modi and Albanese woo the US bully in awe of its power, China is never going to allow an English speaking Empire to trash it a second time.
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 27 2026 6:47 utc | 176
@ Giyane | Apr 27 2026 6:47 utc | 176
Pro tip from a bar drunk: Ignore naive ideas from new handles.
Posted by: norice | Apr 27 2026 7:27 utc | 184
What kind of answers are these? Modi? Albanese? Naive ideas from new handles? Is this the level the Bar has gone down to? And, in the Iran thread, chatting about planes crashes and Cole Allen? Does anyone have any constructive suggestions as to how to end this war on Iran? Or are we here just to take maximalist stands to give our egos boosts?
Posted by: India-Guy | Apr 27 2026 8:29 utc | 194
@karlof1 | Apr 27 2026 2:09 utc | 133
we know not to doubt Chinese tech ability. Speaking of that, I viewed this 24-minute video that was offered afterwards, and I’m glad I did. So, pour your beer, relax and prepare to be wowed.
I admire Chinese progress and technology, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. If the chassis is all one part, repair after an accident seems very difficult. I will not be wowed by marketing videos, I will be wowed if I see the technology working in practice.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 27 2026 8:32 utc | 195
@golddigger | Apr 27 2026 3:23 utc | 153
“Video from across the street, captured by a home security camera, shows the empty park as the sound of a plane’s engine fades.Several seconds of silence follow before the sound of an engine rapidly returns. The Beechcraft crashes through the trees before hitting the ground as fire engulfs the park.”Perhaps one of our local Aerospace engineers seated at the bar can give full speculated details.
I am not an aerospace engineer (merely a structural & software engineer), but the “the sound of a plane’s engine fades” followed by “several seconds of silence” and then “the sound of the engine rapidly returns” is consistent with the single engine stopping after takeoff and the pilot restarting too late. Then gravity explains the rest.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 27 2026 8:43 utc | 196
Tobias
What if the CA prof is a paid actor? Your hero needed a distraction from the stalemate, didn’t he?
Posted by: Tom | Apr 27 2026 8:45 utc | 197
Former Aircraft Accident Investigator here (with degrees in Engineering and Aeronautical Science), former Commercial Pilot, recreational pilot, and current Aviation consultant…
Conjecture, especially based on eye witness accounts and early video is always flawed, throw in some bylines edited for brevity/drama and things get even more confused.
The professionals will get to work, painstakingly piecing together the evidence, paperwork, aircraft history, and after exhaustive months, eventually a board will review the findings and make a report. Anything prior to that report release is scuttlebutt and should be ignored. Unfortunately we live in a world that wants immediate answers, or worse still, ‘theories.’ I would often be pushed early by media for ‘theories’ as to why the aircraft was involved in an incident. They are unhelpful, and usually very wrong. This is not a remonstration about conjecture, merely pointing out that in these cases, conjecture is at best, useless and at worst, unhelpful.
Posted by: DDK | Apr 27 2026 8:45 utc | 198