Blimey. That was quick.

Prediction: Revenue streams will be too adversely affected. Donors will make calls. Trump will announce Iran's 'surrender.' Dumb celebration ceremony follows. Defaults to yelling about Greenland, sharks, windmills etc. Iranian regime structure remains intact and rebuilds. TV news simply ignores it.

Is it really a war?

Play along with Andrew Heaton's new game show.

Peter Girnus 🦅 on X: "I am the CEO of Palantir Technologies. The company is worth a quarter of a trillion dollars. I did not misspeak. Two hundred and forty-nine billion. The stock is up 320% in the past 12 months. The product is surveillance. I do not use that word at conferences. At conferences, I" / X I am the CEO of Palantir Technologies. The company is worth a quarter of a trillion dollars. I did not misspeak. Two hundred and forty-nine billion. The stock is up 320% in the past 12 months. The product is surveillance. I do not use that word at conferences. At conferences, I

Holy mother of deranged gods.
Palantir are flat out horrendous.
x.com/gothburz/sta...

1953 Iranian coup d'état - Wikipedia

For the record, this didn't start in 1979.
It started a teensy weensy bit further back.
In 1953.
When the US + UK overthrew their democracy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Ir...

Press: So, what's the plan?
US: We're gonna kill the leadership from the top down til we get to one we like.
Press: Uh huh. Sounds good. Have you given any thought to throwing the Kurds under the bus for the 8th time?
US: Of course.

Remember kids...the enemy of my enemy's enemy is my brother in law's nemesis who defensively pre-empted a pro-active attack with a pre-emptive strike at the beginning of a war that's not a war that he didn't start.

I'm sure this has nothing to do with it.
It's WEIRD !!

I've had Covid 6 times and now I can't remember anyone's name.
It's WEIRD !!
x.com/i/status/192...

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

The preservation of our precious bodily fluids.
jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

Meanwhile...it's very important that religious fundamentalists do not have access to nuclear weapons.
jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

Because of course.
jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

Hopefully.

Floating at the bottom of the sea.

A remarkable piece of history that I learnt about for the first time today.
(If any comments / replies infer that I support religious fundamentalists....ARGO fuck yerself!)

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Martin K Jonathan on X: "If the world were a movie, future generations would sit in dark theaters watching us the way we watch old documentaries - shaking their heads, whispering, “How did they not see it coming?” The opening scenes would be beautiful: forests stretching endlessly, oceans breathing https://t.co/G2Le9m0zau" / X If the world were a movie, future generations would sit in dark theaters watching us the way we watch old documentaries - shaking their heads, whispering, “How did they not see it coming?” The opening scenes would be beautiful: forests stretching endlessly, oceans breathing https://t.co/G2Le9m0zau

A tad simplistic perhaps, but basically correct and a great analogy:
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MAGA.
Then, and now.
For the record.
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The late Robert Fisk on western media control. A more savage and better summation / crtique is hard to find.

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Meanwhile...massive flooding in...erm...Central Australia.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...