If Jones Act shipping goes the way of the penny I will shed no tears
12.03.2026 15:31
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If Jones Act shipping goes the way of the penny I will shed no tears
most Americans probably think the Strait is just a Suez canal situation instead of like "the eastern seaboard is a warzone"
the world economy is dependent on two things:
1. cheap, reliable energy
2. queer people with monster energy drinks
and lord, donald trump is fucking up both
As I was saying. A competent gubernatorial campaign is going to narrow the delta with Talarico by a whole lot.
Oh, yeah, also, just to give everyone a sense of the scale of the invasion we're talking about, here's Hormuz and environs off the East Coast. Also, half of this is mountains. Also, drones fly so maybe it doesn't even work.
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Currently dealing with missile strikes as well I imagine
Most people are way *more* sober now then in the past is true, and it's also true that the wealthier you are *now* the more powerful and esoteric your forms of getting stoned/wasted/high/etc are.
The class dynamics of addictive substance use have shifted.
British peasants moved into sweatshops in droves just so they no longer had to face the possibility of starvation after one bad harvest.
The past fucking sucked. We shit on capitalism for often justifiable reasons, but pre-industrial society sucked so bad when it ended, people were like YES, I GET TO WORK FOURTEEN HOURS A DAY AT THE FINGER LOSING FACTORY IN THIS SMOG FILLED MONUMENT TO URBAN DECAY. THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
If this were the tinpot ruling regime of a tropical island or a Gulf petrostate the purpose would be perfectly clear. MAGA & its information environment is a fine example of fascism's ironically cosmopolitan habits
Galaxy brain: Trump is cratering oil production in order to offset the repeal of the IRA
Galaxy brain: Trump is cratering oil production in order to offset the repeal of the IRA
From an accelerationist standpoint, the best case scenario for the climate is for this war to drag on for months
In a few months, you'll be able to make a "predicted vs actual capacity" chart of Hormuz oil flows that looks like the Wario of PV adoption.
it's there, just not the headline story
A future US government really desperately needs to break professional certification cartels in order to boost economic growth (so we can grow out of our fiscal crisis faster).
This is mildly annoying with hairdressing but it's become an absolute disaster in healthcare.
Nothing Ever Happens, & its crucial corollary, Things Tend To Work Out More Or Less
Sir, sir. It's still the AM. Sir, the market only just opβ ah, crap, he's fallen back asleep.
Wow an illegal war of choice that hasnβt accomplished anything of strategic value and nowhere near an actual solution is getting near universal criticism from the opposition party????? Shock!
I will say that if someone murdered my father, wife, and daughter and then I had the tools to destroy the global economy and by doing so hurt them, I'd probably do it.
Honest question, @InternetHippo I'm not a political expert but if you eliminated hamas but killed my whole family in the process my first move would be to start hamas 2
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Sometimes, a video pops up in your recommendations which feels like it came out yesterday, even though itβs from *checks notes* seven years ago
Nice argument, but I've already depicted you as Padishah Emperor Leto II
Research dolphin intelligence til you produce Ecco the Dolphin who can swim on down with buckets to teach the fish economics and pay them for getting the oil out
You know, it is worth saying that FPTP is such a bizarre system from the perspective of anyone who grew up outside it. It's not just bad, it's /bizarre./
Do think thereβs definitely a tiresome English lefty tendency to view England as the root of all evil and kinda just be exceptionalist in a negative way, but also there is aβ¦ dismissive attitude to the other three nations that is fundamentally English in character
sorry but trump seemingly being blindsided by iran closing the strait is extremely funny