Thanks for the posting b
 
Unless and until we get serious bifurcation of the equity and metals markets I won’t believe we are anywhere but stuck in manipulation land……but we may be getting closer to breaking out.
 
Wake me when the core price discovery mechanism in our world, the foreign exchange market, is not a privately run casino by the God Of Mammon cult…..just look at the Iran Rial for recent example.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jul 23 2026 14:20 utc | 3

From Iranintl is a follow on to a discussion here yesterday about where the B1 bombers were flying out of
 

IRGC says it struck Al-Adiri base in Kuwait, warns Britain

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that they struck Al-Adiri base in Kuwait, claiming US personnel were killed or wounded.
The Guards also warned Britain against allowing the United States to use British bases for attacks on Iran.
The IRGC said any base used for attacks on Iran would be considered a legitimate target.

 
 
 
What would it say if Iran struck the UK but Russia doesn’t for similar perfidy?
Russia has nukes and Iran doesn’t so Iran can push further, eh?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jul 23 2026 14:32 utc | 5

Yields are going up massively, not only in US, but UK, Japan, Germany and other western satrap vassal states. Pretty soon they are going to be paying 5% interest on never ending loans to Ukraine.

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 23 2026 14:37 utc | 7

RT reports on the presser Lavrov held prior to his meeting with Rubio, but there’s no MFA readout for it. Here’s the portion related to the illegal war on Iran;
 

Moscow opposes those wanting to prolong US-Iran war
 
Hostilities between the US and Iran are in neither country’s interest and it is difficult to predict when the conflict would end, Lavrov said.
 
He noted Washington’s repeated declarations to have resolved the crisis and reopened the Strait of Hormuz, only for the waterway to close again. Conflicting interpretations of the US-Iran memorandum, Israel’s insistence that it was not bound by the agreement, and Trump’s subsequent declaration that the document had been canceled altogether have only added more uncertainty, he added.
 
Lavrov mentioned unnamed parties encouraging both sides to prolong the fighting, but stressed that Russia was “not among them,” insisting that Moscow wants the conflict to end due to its impact on the global economy.
 
He also rejected suggestions that Moscow should welcome oil prices rising above $90 per barrel, adding that Russia prefers stable energy prices that allow it to make long-term economic plans. 

Posted by: karlof1 | Jul 23 2026 14:54 utc | 9

Posted by: karlof1 | Jul 23 2026 14:47 utc | 8
 
Trump’s pain point for oil is $90. But he can’t do much to control it. US can’t benefit from it either as oil storage is practically empty. 
 
China was restraining from buying oil for a few months but started now buying/filling inventories again, which together with massive shorting created an explosive situation where physical deliveries exceed contracts.

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 23 2026 14:56 utc | 11

😮 Those electric micro-mobility scooters don’t look so crazy now.
 
Posted by: titmouse | Jul 23 2026 14:07 utc | 1
 
—
 
The cost and necessity of pumped irrigation is much more pressing than transportation concerns.
 
https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/geospatial-information/global-maps-irrigated-areas/latest-version
 

Posted by: too scents | Jul 23 2026 15:13 utc | 13

You were correct, B.  Markets in the US are finally feeling the force of gravity.  The Zio Imperialist media-finance Mafia are having a devil of a time still trying to spin the Iran war as “no big deal”. 
Iran needs to dig in now.  Well need at least a week of major market collapse to get the Zios back to reality.  
Iran is the only sword against the anti-human Israel.   There is only one choice for humanity: support Iran!  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jul 23 2026 15:23 utc | 15

De-dollarization is happening slowly but surely……
 
 
3.88% US 3 month 

4,70% US 10 year 
 
No moar Money
 
No Moar War(s)

Posted by: Exile | Jul 23 2026 15:26 utc | 17

That’s a lot of power vested in you all. Don’t vote angry! Maybe the miracle will be easier…
 
Posted by: titmouse | Jul 23 2026 14:07 utc | 1
You’re an annoying today, titmouse.  Maybe sit the next couple plays out.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jul 23 2026 15:27 utc | 19

We have not even started yet, anyone who lived through the 70’s and experienced high interest rates, high inflation and high unemployment and deindustrialisation would remember. Add AI, automation and the consequences of offshoring, globalisation and mass third world migration, it’s going to get messy.
 
Posted by: Onehunglo | Jul 23 2026 15:26 utc | 18
Bring it.  Zio Imperialism must be cowed.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jul 23 2026 15:40 utc | 21

Thanks b. Onwards and upwards!

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jul 23 2026 15:49 utc | 23

The EU has officially approved the 21st sanctions package against Russia, the President of the European Council announced.
 
Posted by: Cagliostro | Jul 23 2026 15:46 utc | 22
 
 
NO,
it did not approve them!
Greece blocked the move; it does not want to sign off on sanctions against Russian LNG, as doing so would lead to a cold winter and the collapse of
the Greek economy.

Posted by: genesiss | Jul 23 2026 15:51 utc | 25

Sorry,
 
Athens was granted an exemption.
But…Now that the 32 banks—including the ones that handled payments from the Netherlands (for Russian LNG) and were also used by Germany and Lithuania—have been sanctioned… it is going to get cold in Europe, given the fact that—thanks to Iran—the USA is practically the only remaining supplier.

Posted by: genesiss | Jul 23 2026 15:56 utc | 27

Sheikh Tamir reports:
The US House of Representatives voted to limit Trump’s ability to carry out further military actions against Iran without Congressional approval.
 
This time, four Republicans joined the Democrats.
.Should this now curb Trump’s fantasies?

Posted by: genesiss | Jul 23 2026 16:01 utc | 29

As many have said – yet no one wants to actually do – we need to look at what Trump and his associates are *doing*, not listen to what they are *saying*.
 
Trump has done everything to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains closed; he is doing his utmost to goad Iran into retaliating by destroying production facilities in Arab nations.
 
Saudi Arabia provoked Yemen “needlessly,” fully aware that the reaction could be the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is exactly what happened.
 
All of this is playing out over time, right before our eyes.
 
Yet instead of concluding that these people have a cynical agenda, we simply believe their rhetoric, namely, that they all want oil to flow freely and remain affordable.
 
We tell ourselves they are merely stupid because their actions yield results contrary to their stated goals.
 
Only Iran seems to suspect something fishy is going on; so far, they have avoided launching all-out attacks, even though they have been provoked to do just that.
 
Trump may not be the world’s most intelligent man, but there are intelligent people serving the empire, aided, nowadays, by AI when necessary.
 
When will we stop believing that they don’t know what they’re doing?

Posted by: Sebgo | Jul 23 2026 16:02 utc | 31

Germany blocked the proposed import ban on Russian fish under the 21st EU sanctions package to prevent widespread production halts in the domestic food industry and drastic price increases for consumers.
The debate was dubbed the “Fish Finger Crisis” in media and diplomatic circles. In the end, Germany, along with countries like France and Portugal, successfully pushed to have fish sanctions completely removed from the package.
The key reasons for the German government’s veto included:

1. Extreme Reliance on Alaska Pollock
Germany is the largest buyer of Russian fish in the European Union, accounting for around 40 percent of the EU’s total import value of Russian seafood. The reliance is particularly severe for Alaska Pollock, the primary ingredient in fish fingers and frozen fish fillets. Russia controls more than half of the global catch for this specific fish.

2. Safeguarding Jobs in Northern Germany
Germany is home to some of the world’s largest fish finger processing factories. A sudden halt in raw material imports would have caused immediate supply shortages and production shutdowns. This put thousands of jobs in northern German processing plants (such as factories producing for brands like Birds Eye / Iglo) at risk of furloughs and layoffs.

3. Lack of Alternative Suppliers
The Thünen Institute, a German federal research agency, explicitly warned the government ahead of the negotiations. Experts stated that other fishing nations could not replace the Russian supply volumes in the short term, nor could they match the required price and quality standards.

4. The Sanctions Dilemma
The core argument in Berlin was that this specific measure would harm Germany more than Russia. While German consumers would have faced skyrocketing food prices in supermarkets, Russia could easily divert its fish exports to other global markets, particularly in Asia.

Alliance with Other EU States
Germany was not alone in its opposition to the fish ban:

• France joined the resistance due to similar concerns over its Pollock supply chain.
• Portugal blocked a proposed ban on Russian cod, as it is the essential ingredient for the Portuguese national dish, Bacalhau.

Posted by: James Blast | Jul 23 2026 16:08 utc | 33

Germany blocked the proposed import ban on Russian fish
 
Posted by: James Blast | Jul 23 2026 16:08 utc | 33
 
—
 
I’ll say it again:  WW3 will be fought with spoons.
 

Posted by: too scents | Jul 23 2026 16:17 utc | 35

I suggest that MoA commenters should henceforth refer to the result of Trump’s clumsily myopic oil stunt as Trump’s Global Oil Drought (GOD).

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Jul 23 2026 16:17 utc | 37

unimperator | Jul 23 2026 14:56 utc | 11—
 
At the end of his chat with Nima, Hudson’s summation includes what he sees as a test, “a challenge” to the Outlaws relative to its goal to control the oil market. This was the best summation Dr. Hudson has provided and built on his chat with Diesen yesterday. His goal is to properly publish it all at his website soon. Meanwhile, he said today’s Financial Times main cover story is excellent but didn’t specify which one as there appear to be four candidates.  

Posted by: karlof1 | Jul 23 2026 16:21 utc | 39

Only Iran seems to suspect something fishy is going on; so far, they have avoided launching all-out attacks, even though they have been provoked to do just that. 
Trump may not be the world’s most intelligent man, but there are intelligent people serving the empire, aided, nowadays, by AI when necessary. 
When will we stop believing that they don’t know what they’re doing?
 
Posted by: Sebgo | Jul 23 2026 16:02 utc | 31
 
I  was coming here to MoA to recommend the conversation between Glenn Diesen and Col. Larry Wilkerson (lost my link so I will give it next).  My point was going to be that there are still excellent US commentators to be found online, global in perspective, who are communicating with one another and with the public, the latter of which is not completely in the dark on these matters.
 
We used to rely on tv personalities to ‘bring us the news.’  I think the world is more aware now of good  progressive arguments from experienced individuals than it has ever been.  Thank you, Sebgo, for being one of those.   Your entire post deserves attention, not just the segment I have reposted here.

Posted by: juliania | Jul 23 2026 16:24 utc | 41

Trump may not be the world’s most intelligent man, but there are intelligent people serving the empire, aided, nowadays, by AI when necessary.
 
When will we stop believing that they don’t know what they’re doing?
 
Posted by: Sebgo | Jul 23 2026 16:02 utc | 31
 
Its a good callout. Don’t listen to their marketing, just follow the money. They don’t care about their citizens, full stop.
 
But even if their intentions aren’t what they say, that doesn’t mean that they are going to be effective in their true aims.
 
The US still operates in an outdated military model, is riddled with waste and corruption, is designed to enrich oligarchs at the expense of efficient military procurement, and is in a tremendous amount of debt. These are huge headwinds.

Posted by: Centinel | Jul 23 2026 16:30 utc | 43

Posted by: Shahmaran | Jul 23 2026 16:19 utc | 38
 
Posted by: juliania | Jul 23 2026 16:24 utc | 41
 
Orchestrating a controlled destruction of the current economic order is indeed one hypothesis that could explain the West’s behavior.
 
Perhaps that is one of the objectives? I don’t know but it’s quiet possible.
 
I have no certainty, save for one thing: these people are liars, and everything they say is merely a pretext to conceal their true objectives.

Posted by: Sebgo | Jul 23 2026 16:35 utc | 45

Mahmood OD: ‘The Border War Begins’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos
 
“US bombs Iraq-Iran border & Iran explodes strategic gate.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jul 23 2026 16:39 utc | 47

Posted by: too scents | Jul 23 2026 16:31 utc | 44
 

That said, taxation is just as effective to raise prices as war.

 
Not at the world stage.
It can’t work if the oil barrel is at $100 in the USA but at $75-85 elsewhere.
 
Same for the interest rate.
 
And there is the angry public and elections to factor.

Posted by: Sebgo | Jul 23 2026 16:42 utc | 49

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that the price cap on Russian oil has been maintained at $44 per barrel for another year.
 Question: will the Russians keep selling products to these idiots?And at what price will they sell them?
 Posted by: Cagliostro | Jul 23 2026 15:46 utc | 22

 Better question: Has Russia ever sold the EU states any oil at or under that price cap?
 
Posted by: malenkov | Jul 23 2026 16:25 utc | 42
 
 
 
 
I wonder why Greece was granted an exemption regarding Russian LNG…
Why are the Netherlands allowed to continue buying Russian LNG?
Could it be that, apart from the US, no supplier in the Middle East is currently able to deliver? Just how full will the gas storage facilities in
Germany, Austria, and Montenegro be in July—36%?

Posted by: genesiss | Jul 23 2026 16:44 utc | 51

I’m not a wise person, but it seems to me that Sebgo at his #45 post is providing an answer to my Diesen link above at #46.  Which was my original thought, that the world has  been provided perhaps the most important element for its survival these days – we might not have it for long – which is information, both historical and otherwise.  Forget AI – that’s a distraction if you don’t know how to assess it properly, and it’s extremely expensive to operate.  I’ll let others assimilate what is there and certainly as a technological tool  properly used, I’m sure it’s helping.
 
What we are getting, all of us, is knowledge.  Some of it is damaging and we misinterpret, but also there’s a lot that is excellent.  I’m happy to uncover what my intellect, such as it is, tells me is helpful.  I’ve always been a reader, taught myself spelling that way in my youth, don’t rely on spellcheck as a result.  Now we must discriminate between what sounds good and what is good, but there’s still a lot out there that almost all people have access to.
 
Thanks, b; thanks everyone.   We’re not all Iranians, but we make a difference.

Posted by: juliania | Jul 23 2026 16:52 utc | 53

You’re talking about 
 
Posted by: Sebgo | Jul 23 2026 16:52 utc | 54
 
—
 
I’m talking about how private hands in public pockets leads to stupid outcomes.
 

Posted by: too scents | Jul 23 2026 16:55 utc | 55

Larry Johnson posted a valuable assessment of Zionist refining capability and its impact on military operations. It reminds me of the Post-WW2 assessment by SHAFE that the war would’ve been shortened if the strategic bombing campaign had focused exclusively on Germany’s oil infrastructure, although Germany didn’t need to produce a great amount of jet fuel then. That same logic also applies to war against the Outlaws. I again refer to the EIA Product Inventory listing that shows an even level of diesel and jet fuel availability but a continually decreasing inventory of Crude Oil (Including SPR) and SPR only crude which are the inventories from which those two critical fuels are produced. How much fuel is available in military inventories is unknown, but some sources are expressing concern. 
 
IMO, Iran also knows this info, which is why it’s concentrating on Empire bases and logistics, not Zionist. I compare Iran’s attrition tactics to that of a wood whittler–the wood is slowly shaved until the desired shape is arrived at. 

Posted by: karlof1 | Jul 23 2026 17:03 utc | 57

@too scents | Jul 23 2026 16:31 utc | 44

Certainly oil is too cheap. That said, taxation is just as effective to raise prices as war. 

Indeed!  In Norway, gasoline is cheaper now than it has been for years. The reason is we have had an extreme level of domestic taxation on gasoline and diesel, but the war on Iran has led to reduced taxation so the gasoline prices are now significantly lower. The price fluctuates a lot, but overall much cheaper than the last few years.
 

Posted by: Norwegian | Jul 23 2026 17:08 utc | 59

😀 Perhaps try voting extra hard, again, this coming Autumn? Seems crazy, doing the same thing andexpecting different results. But according to so much of the political party advertisement I see: This time it just. might. work! And the alternative is the fascist apocalypse — with you, yes you, being all at fault for the fall of Western Civilization.
 
🙂 That’s a lot of power vested in you all. Don’t vote angry! Maybe the miracle will be easier
 
 
Posted by: titmouse | Jul 23 2026 14:07 utc | 1
 
Gee whiz, titmouse!  Are you Grieved in disguise?  Well,   I will admit my favorite living creatures these days are birds, which had the sense to develop from dinosaurs to what they are today, so there’s a lesson for us big clumsy oafs if ever there was one.
 
Thank you for this, and it’s top of the list, too!  Thank you b as well:  another wise old bird.

Posted by: juliania | Jul 23 2026 17:18 utc | 61

All Scots have a pain point, a  bullet skimming an ear, maybe.
But if God Wills an end to US hegemony, He’s going to have to keep Nutter and Smutter and Bugger and Trump around a little bit longer,  I fear.

Posted by: Giyane | Jul 23 2026 17:20 utc | 63

“If we can get gas to $10/gal, Cuba will never have a nuclear weapon!”boomer logic

Posted by: MarkGilmore | Jul 23 2026 17:28 utc | 65

@63 Giyane

Everyone is calling everyone crazy and threatening to do crazy things…

“President Trump: ‘Iranians are sick. They’re a bunch of totally insane people. There’s something very wrong with them in the head.’

🖕 869 ” MES

…probably contagious.

Posted by: Ornot | Jul 23 2026 17:33 utc | 67

 I wonder why Greece was granted an exemption regarding Russian LNG…
Posted by: genesiss | Jul 23 2026 16:44 utc | 51
 
 Because the Greek Shipping Magnates screamed blue murder. Their LNG ships derive all of their revenue shipping Russian LNG.Greece refused to go along with the sanctions package because of this.
 Very seldom are we on the same page as the billionaires . 
 
 Things like this lead me to question the popular belief that it is the oligarchs and massive corporations that are running the show.

Posted by: arby | Jul 23 2026 17:34 utc | 69

When will we stop believing that they don’t know what they’re doing?
Posted by: Sebgo | Jul 23 2026 16:02 utc | 31

 
I think you are 100% right.
 
I also think that people in general, especially in the west, trust their leaders to the extent that they’ll march to their death just because they are told to. The leaders? Difficult to say. Some of them in my own country I know too well to really believe they are such corrupt liars; I tend to think they are only full of self-deception. But then, corrupt liars are probably exactly what they are.

Posted by: Avtonom | Jul 23 2026 17:46 utc | 71

@ 64  “Do Iran have any missiles that can strike the UK?”
 
Most likely, Iran has the capability to deliver modern warheads of any type almost anywhere in the world. 
Iran has been launching Satellites since 2009. It is a small step from launching Satellites to ICBM. 
Just one of the little surprise packages, Iran has said ” That Will shock the World”
 
https://www.armyrecognition.com/archives/archives-land-defense/defense-news-army-2025/iran-claims-first-successful-test-of-intercontinental-ballistic-missile

Posted by: golddigger | Jul 23 2026 17:55 utc | 73

see the short video and photo at the first link
 
 
 
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/35376#
Middle East Spectator — MES 
 
—❗️🇮🇷/🇰🇼 BREAKING: Iran targeted one of the main power stations in Kuwait
 
—————————
 
https://x.com/HamidRezaAz/status/2080277298628988977
Hamidreza Azizi  @HamidRezaAz 
 
Signs of a Major Escalation in the U.S.-#Iran War
 
🔹Last night’s U.S. strike on the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq has been interpreted as a possible preparatory move for the deployment of special operations or ground forces. Alternatively, the strike may have been intended to facilitate the advance of armed insurgent groups. 
 
🔹In the same context, the drone strike on the Al-Abdali border crossing between Iraq and Kuwait was likely carried out by Iran or its Iraqi allies in an effort to disrupt the U.S. logistical corridor linking the two countries…..
 
🔹Iran has warned that any attack on its infrastructure or nuclear facilities will be met with comparable strikes against regional targets. Several Iranian analysts also argue that, should the United States substantially intensify its campaign, Iran would likely strike strategic targets inside Israel regardless of whether Israel is directly involved in the operation…..
 
—————————–
 
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-surges-forces-toward-middle-east-giving-trump-options-to-expand-iran-war-e5d627b1
U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options to Expand Iran War
The influx of troops, medics and weaponry follows the deaths of three American soldiers in Iranian attack at a base in Jordan 
 
…..In the past week, special-operations forces have deployed to the region from their U.S. bases, according to flight-tracking data and U.S. officials. Squadrons of jet fighters have been staged across the Middle East, and bomber aircraft at bases in the U.S. and U.K. are on high alert to ramp up operations, according to one of the officials…… 
 
…..The troop surge could also be designed to give Trump more capacity to target Yemen’s Houthi militants, who threatened this week to impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia. The president said Tuesday that he would “take care of things” if the Houthis targeted ships in the Red Sea…… 
 
////The preparations come despite concerns in Washington about America’s endgame and the mounting cost of the war, which has reached more than $37 billion, according to congressional testimony this week from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Returning to all-out war also risks further draining U.S. munitions and exacerbating disruptions to global oil supplies, as Iran continues to attack commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and as the Iran-backed Houthis threaten shipping in the Red Sea…….
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jul 23 2026 17:56 utc | 75

@ 18 ” anyone who lived through the 70’s “…You did not mention The Arab Oil embargo……………..Party like its 1973! 🙂
Posted by: golddigger | Jul 23 2026 15:59 utc | 28
 
“Ayatollah’s got his problems too…and even Jimmy Carter’s got the highway blues…”
“Everybody’s desperate, trying to make ends meet. They work all day, and still can’t pay, the price of gasoline, and meat. Alas, their lives are incomplete…”  
“Don’t it make you want to rock’n’roll all night long…Mohammed’s Radio”
— Warren Zevon 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75XPsa6qY0 
 
 

Posted by: Joe Turner | Jul 23 2026 17:59 utc | 77

@ Shahmaran | Jul 23 2026 17:13 utc | 60
 
thanks for this.. i am so pissed off with AI, it is nice to see how it essentially conforms with mine and others speculation here, even if it remains to be abused endlessly by the corporations pushing it..
 
@ karlof1 | Jul 23 2026 17:20 utc | 62
 
thanks karl.. it seems to me the debt has the usa empires balls in a vice and they are looking for a way out of the ongoing pressure, but these actions are coming late in the game… i hope they and their ponzi scheme fail.. it seems like a race against time… i think russia, and china are hoping the clock runs out on them too.. we’ll see.. it is a race against time for the usa empire.. maybe it is the usa-zionist empire, with eu in tow, but whatever…  i appreciate you and others taking the time to convey the knowledge gotten from watching the videos.. 

Posted by: james | Jul 23 2026 18:07 utc | 79

Steve Jermy links to a Tucker follow-on on Energy crisis –
 
The Follow-on Broadcast?

Since my conversation with Tucker Carlson released this Mon, I’m delighted to see that he has today released a follow-on broadcast on the energy crisis, including with Chris Martenson who’s work I’ve been following for years. If parts of their discussion sound extremely familiar to those who’ve listened to my discussion with Tucker, I think that’s very helpful convergence.
Two energy analysts, working independently from different data and different concepts, arriving at much the same place. That both wars now underway are wars with profound energy consequences. That the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has taken a very large volume of oil off the market: at a time when significant oil volumes were already missing from the market – thanks to the West’s self-defeating sanctions on Russia. That futures price quoted on our screen and the price actually being paid at the pump and the refinery gate are very different numbers. That the US is not energy independent, far from it, and will not be protected from price rises. That Europe and the Far East are exceptionally vulmernable. That ultimately, the consequences must show up in future GDP data – in other words, we are in for a severe global recession, with some of the world’s regions more exposed than others.
When independent analysts converge like that, its worth taking seriously – a second, unrelated view confirming the same underlying picture. Worth taking seriously and worth thinking about how we might all prepare.
 
Iran War sparks Global Energy Crisis – by Steve Jermy
 
More on Big-Picture – Nima with Hudson [following on from Diesen with Hudson noted on previous thread ]
 
Michael Hudson: The Media Missed Trump’s REAL Plan – Here’s What He’s Actually Doing

Posted by: Don Firineach | Jul 23 2026 18:11 utc | 81

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner song with Documentry footage of Mercs in Africa
 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBlMWinSrs&list=RDJdBlMWinSrs&start_radio=1&pp=ygUwcm9sYW5kIHRoZSBoZWFkbGVzcyB0aG9tcHNvbiBndW5uZXIgd2FycmVuIHpldm9uoAcB&ra=m

Posted by: Exile | Jul 23 2026 18:15 utc | 83

From a degrowth doomer point of view, the higher the price of a barrel of oil the better off the world will become. That point of view does evade the poor throughout the world who depend on diesel fuel to grow the foodstuffs they require, which will become more expensive and perhaps not even grown, but the war against Iran is not being waged to protect their food sources and those who have attacked Iran may even welcome their famine. Wanting the price of oil to go as high as possible is to reduce its consumption and trigger the depression which may lead to the downfall of the US and West’s dominance.  

Posted by: Keme | Jul 23 2026 18:22 utc | 85

Relevant to how the Power Game is played, Vijay Prashad speaks in Colombo on the topic of Imperialism.
 
https://youtu.be/aqshlVg6QH0
 

Posted by: too scents | Jul 23 2026 18:23 utc | 87

18 yes, and do not forget the almost-global demographic cliff and many associated housing ponzis that have yet to burst 

Posted by: E | Jul 23 2026 18:29 utc | 89

@83  
Big Thumbs Up to you as well Exile!
 
“Roland the headless Thompson gunner…The eternal Thompson gunnerstill wandering through the nightNow it’s ten years later but he still keeps up the fightIn Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and BerkeleyPatty Hearst heard the burst of Roland’s Thompson gun and bought it”

Posted by: golddigger | Jul 23 2026 18:31 utc | 91

 I should add that Joseph didn’t in the end kill all his brothers and remain victorious — he reconciled with them and brought his father and their families to live in Egypt a while, instead of leaving them to starve  in what would become Israel.  End of story?  No.  The story continues   …

Posted by: juliania | Jul 23 2026 18:32 utc | 93

Inserito da: malenkov | 23 luglio 2026 18:19 UTC | 84
I do not know the actual price Europe pays to Russia;as for the contracts between Russia and the EU, they have all lapsed.

Posted by: Cagliostro | Jul 23 2026 18:34 utc | 95

With the reference to Warren Zevon, it is good to see that standards remain high on this message board.
 
“Ain’t That Pretty At All” could be Trump’s swan song.

Posted by: EoinW | Jul 23 2026 18:42 utc | 97

83 – Exile –  Mad Mike Hoare – one of the famous Irish mercenaries who fought in the Congo and Biafra and Rhodesia…………..finally arrested in the Scheyllees islands leading an attempted coup.
 
Played Gaelic Football for Roscommon in the 1940’s too.
 
Enlisted in the Irish Army, left and became a mercenary…….

Posted by: tobias cole | Jul 23 2026 18:51 utc | 99