All_Pro_Bills

Rewind the clock back to 1953 when America.via the CIA initiated a coup against the democratically elected government in Iran ino order to save American and British oil interests in the country from nationalization. Installed the dictatorship in the form of the Shah until 1979 when the Clerics took over. One bad guy for another. I'll leave the lesson to be learned here about the short and long term consequences of intervention to others.

I can say with close to 100% confidence that no theoretical Iranian nukes are pointed at the USA mainland. Why would they be? If they're pointed anywhere they are pointed at Isreal. But they don't exist. Blowing up some underground research facility will do nothing to neutralize operational nuclear weapons. And if the Clerics running the country are faced with total defeat they'll use them if they have them. And if they have them then the mission needs to be taking the active nukes out. Not research facilities. Logically, focusing on taking out research leads to conclude no active capability exists.

I think Trump's team has done a very poor job of making and communicating the justifications for direct American involvement. Social media posts are amateurish and no substitute for facts and details. The President's statements are vague rambling. A poll indicated only 19% of Trump voters support engagement. Overall, 16% of Americans support involvement. At some point the Clerics need to go. But here Isreal started this campaign and its not our problem they lack the capacity to neutralize underground facilities. Let then send in ground forces to finish the mission. And likely incur significant casualties. That's not our problem to address. Trump campaigned on a pledge of no new wars. If he falls for Isreal's manipulation here he'll lose significant support. It it worth the political capital to do Netanyahu 's dirty work? Do this and he'll lose the audience.

Judging and stereotyping people by their appearance. That's the core of diversity. The distinction between diversity/DEI and good old traditional racism is instead of terrorizing minority groups for their appearance they are rewarded. Even so, that's still racist. Just admit it.

Washington always has a soft spot for interventions although I can't recall one that didn't end badly. The neocons are once again all excited about another war and democrats are dreaming about how many millions of Iranian refugees they can squeeze into the country starting in 2028. Like the imaginary Iraq WMD I can hardly wait to find out the true extent of Iran's nuclear program. That might be why they're so eager to destroy the evidence. Or it could be the other way. That's how governments work. You never know who's telling the truth and who's not. My base assumption is they're all lying. I think it was George Carlin that said if all politicians started telling the truth the entire system would clapse into chaos and that everything is based on a foundation of BS.

Please don't poop on my lawn How many times must I warn Know that I won't take your crap So please don't interrupt my nap

After the Bills playoff win I felt sorry for the Ravens and their fans. For about 5 minutes. Then I thought of how we've had our share of heartbreaking losses so better them than us. But a week later most of us felt the Bills left the victory on the field too. Just like Baltimore the week before. So we all got to feel that way one more time. I expect we won't hear any Bills player saying they're looking for revenge against the Chiefs. Just that they've got to come out and play better. I don't think its the smartest thing going into week 1 to say your out for revenge. Our any game for that matter. I suspect the addition of more hurt feelings resulting from the MVP vote has something to do with this too. But the voters here made the correct choice. It's an award based on value, not statistics.

Liberals have been creaming in their panties fantasizing about assassinating Trump, and now that some nut job has gone ahead and killed a state senator and her husband in an apparent act of political expression they're chorus line echo chamber is voicing the obligatory outrage against political assassination. And blaming knuckle dragging "MAGA people" for coming up with the idea. Idiots with no self-awareness of their own violent tendencies.

Maybe more what they deserve rather than what they want.

What is left out of the story is the 1953 CIA led coup that installed the Shah to power. This was done to block plans to nationalize western oil holdings. This is the root cause of much of the country's animosity towards the U.S. Joining this war now would only reinforce the view that American Middle East policy is directed by Isreal. I don't believe that but this would cause a review of that conclusion. Seems like Trump is getting played like a fiddle here. Sure Iran should be blocked from acquiring nuclear weapons because the regime is unstable. But Isreal has nuks and convince me they wouldn't use them if the circumstances required or if they were threatened with defeat. Maybe they should be required to surrender those warheads as part of any peace deal?

If you want to believe you nailed it then enjoy the imaginary victory lap.

Well I suggested we should not succumb to speculation and withhold judgment until the facts were in and was told people like me, whatever that means, are supporting these killers. Figure that!

Early this morning I saw a CNBC interview with an oil sector analyst and he said OPEC has approximately 7 million bbl/day of spare capacity but that 5 million of that flows through the straits. The leaves spare capacity of 2 million outside the conflict zone. If Iranian crude goes offline China could switch to additional Russian or Saudi crude or longer term perhaps Canadian oil sands exports from the West coast. I expect Israel is trying to convince the Trump administration to directly join the conflict and use the Air Force's big bomber capability to drop those 4 ton bunker busters on the underground facilities. I think directly joining the conflict in an offensive capacity would be a mistake. But nothing will be surprising. Entering the conflict would be politically damaging to Trump and only amplify voices claiming US Middle East policy decisions are directed from Israel. I also read the Pentagon is moving a carrier group (I can't recall which one) to the Persian Gulf from its current deployment in the South China Sea. Which I expect leaves Taiwan exposed. Another potential hot spot. The story said the carrier group was scheduled to rotate out of deployment back to home port but was diverted to the combat zone. It also appears the objective is slowly transforming from eliminated Iran's nuclear program to regime change efforts. The track record of success on those types of operations hasn't been very good.

Your response is insane. And your views are based on rumors and non-facts. Take some advice and wait to hear the story from the people working it rather than media clowns that would rather advance some dogma than provide news.

Saw that. In my assessment markets are completely mis-pricing risk. The traditional pattern of behavior is panic for a day or two then assume a return to normal. That's why buy the dip has been so profitable. Israel has vowed the Iranian nuclear program must be eliminated. But what they can't do is effectively attack and destroy underground facilities. They lack the heavy bomber aircraft to deliver the bunker buster bombs necessary. They've been attempting to convince the US to launch such attacks. So far the administration has said "no".

Reportedly by whom? I always wonder if they just make this stuff up. Meanwhile, Iran launched a major missile attack last night against Tel Aviv and Haifa. Which hardly seems like the actions of a regime looking for an off ramp. This back-and-forth might go on for a lot longer and with a lot greater intensity than most expect.

Right now all I'm seeing is media speculation and narratives attempting to link the killer to one or another political ideology. What's missing is any input from official investigating the murders. I saw the 3+ minute clip of the reporter interview with the "roommate", Some advice to this guy might be don't make any statements to the press until you consult with an attorney. I'm suspicious the motivation may turn out to be more monetary than ideological. Suspect seems like a con artist that was exposed and had his paycheck cut off then went off the deep end. So officials said they won't reveal the shooters manifesto but they revealed his kill list? Sounds fishy. Who in the press has copies of the kill list? Where can we see it? Generally, law enforcement and prosecutors don't comment on "ongoing investigations".

Because those are places where bad actors are sometimes found.

They're protesting against the apprehension of murderers, rapists, drug dealer, gang members, and other bad actors. They're mentally defective or they have some sort of death wish.

Biden was the frontman that got elected to enable the leftist that could not win to run the country from behind the curtain.

How do you see that happening? And when?

I understand the nut left some sort of Manifesto. Initially, officials insisted it would not be released to the public. If he supported Trump or his specific positions I'll conclude the liberal democratic government of the State of Minnesota would release the Manifesto. Who knows this may change?

Excluding a small number of bad actors, 1600 mostly misdemeanor trespassing charges even though the doors were opened from the inside and security invited them in and when asked to leave they did. Realistically the government or members of congress were never under any real threat. It was allowed to play out for theatrical value. If this was an insurrection then the bar is set really low for that kind of classification. As the facts and evidence hidden by that Kangaroo committee are exposed over the course of time this fairy tale story will go poof. This I am certain of. In the meantime enjoy believing another whopper of a lie.

No Kings attending wealthy white boomers are just self-serving here concerned that if illegals are deported they'll have to clean their own houses and cut their own lawns. Or be forced to pay much more for services without anyone they can exploit.

The video evidence supports the tourist view for the protesters except for a handful of bad actors. We've all acknowledge J6 rioters deserved to be arrested. Something I'd like to see you acknowledge with the current riots. What the anarchists think they're going to accomplish is a mystery. It's a losing position on a losing issue. Protecting illegsl immigrant rapists, murderers, drug dealers, sex traffickers and others from justice.. Why not extend the courtesy to the domestic creeps too? All funded by shady NGO dark money much of it from China. How is life as one of Xi's useful idiots?