https://www.ft.com/content/40697a9c-7465-4a2c-acee-6da95edb0fbc
Two weeks into a war Donald Trump said he launched to ensure that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon”, the US has no plan to retrieve the enriched uranium stockpile Tehran would need to make an atomic bomb.
“Not at all. We are not focused on that,” the president told Fox News Radio on Friday. He added: “At some point, we might be.”
The conflicting messages have riled the president’s allies and critics, who have questioned the veracity of the administration’s claims about the war — from its rationale to its conduct.
Trump has said “over and over and over again that a goal of the war is to permanently deny Iran the ability to have nuclear weapons”, Democratic senator Chris Murphy said in Congress this week.
But in “closed-door briefings, we learned that is, in fact, not a goal of the war plan; that it is not a goal of the war to destroy their nuclear programme”, he added.
This was not surprising, Murphy said, “because you cannot destroy Iran’s nuclear programme from the air. You cannot destroy knowledge. You cannot hunt down with missiles every single Iranian scientist that knows how to build a nuclear reactor.”
Experts believe that the US and Israel’s bombing campaign in Iran in June severely degraded the country’s nuclear programme and its capacity to enrich uranium.
But they also say it left Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium — the 440kg that it has processed close to weapons-grade — buried so far underground that it will be exceedingly difficult to remove. Iran has said it is under the rubble, but its fate remains a concern for the west.
“The problem is that they have, by most people’s account, some 900 pounds of enriched uranium that is still around,” said John Tierney, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
everyone already knows the entire war is a lie
but Iran still has 900 pounds of enriched uranium
that is now buried in rubble so far underground
by Israel & US bombing that there's no way to retrieve it
www.ft.com/content/4069...
(if you can't read the URL then put archive.today in front of it)
14.03.2026 17:51
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It wasn't a "Military Academy"—it was a reform school.
And that isn't an army uniform—it's a costume from a community theater production of "The Nutcracker."
14.03.2026 17:06
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"things only a tyrant would say"
it is surreal how we've completely blown way way past any proper behavior for a leader of the United States for YEARS now, cratering weekly more and more towards true insane power-trip rantings
and at least 33% of the people are fine with it
as much as 60% at times
13.03.2026 21:28
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Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions
Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of Beijing's preparations for a potential regio...
China about to do something
while over half of US fleet in middle-east
and Europe distracted with Russia vs Ukraine
China uses thousands of fishing boats to practice blockades
which means Taiwan invasion
WW3 inbound
all triggered the orange infant
who was given incredible power by the most stupid
13.03.2026 20:10
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‘Unprecedented’: Florida Senate passes bill giving GRU control to the state - The Independent Florida Alligator
The Florida Senate voted to approve a bill on Wednesday giving the state control over any utility authority created by the legislature after Jan. 1, 2023.
Sadly won't make national news
but badly needs a spotlight on the continued corrupt behavior by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Voters kept insisting City of Gainesville always owned and operated its own power utility called GRU
despite his repeated attempts at takeover
so the Senate just seized it
13.03.2026 18:09
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Commander Bone-Spurs
*5* FIVE draft deferments!
how many people died for him then
how many more will die for him now
btw they are STILL murdering fishermen off Venezuela
that never stopped, it's over 150 now
13.03.2026 16:57
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don't forget the 2026 additions by Commander Bone-Spurs
"high oil prices are GOOD actually"
and
"I WANT housing prices to be EXPENSIVE"
(can we get Obama to give an hour speech on anything,
even just reading the phonebook, to reset our fried brains)
13.03.2026 16:52
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MEU is 2000-4000 soldiers now put on the ground against Iran
13.03.2026 16:43
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absolutely guaranteed to be written by LLM last minute
just churning out garbage
remember DOGE builds/runs all gov websites now
so everything needs to be privatized for any quality/future
but only China seems to care anymore about long-covid than even EU
cures some decade might come from China
13.03.2026 14:25
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those bib colors rock
will miss seeing Molly Huddle race there
shame the course is too hilly for WR
but still will be one heck of a show
13.03.2026 13:18
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https://pharmd.substack.com
@longcovidpharmd.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426874122
Long-Covid ME-CFS Treatment Survey February 2023
their list recycles work by @longcovidpharmd.bsky.social
but to be fair of course there's no cure for #LongCovid
not even really significant treatments
only what I call "hate life 1% less"
My 1%
Vitamins B,C,D
Natto+Serra
Quercetin
CoQ10
Choline
EPA
NMN
GreenTea
Beet
Melatonin
low-dose DXM(anti-PEM)
13.03.2026 13:15
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Scientific Updates & Research | VENDYS II
reminds me of this
actually, may be this
www.vendys2.com/show-me-the-...
12.03.2026 21:48
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John Fetterman Says Iran Girls’ School Strike Is Just a Leftist Craze
The Pennsylvania senator dismissed the demand for further investigation as “moot.”
Fetterman has done and said a lot of very bad things
This one though is truly horrible
There is something broken in his mind and while he doesn't realize it the people around him should be holding up mental mirrors until he gets it
Way, way past time for him to go
This is extremely ugly behavior
12.03.2026 21:33
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currently impossible to afford cost of JAK-STAT inhibitors in the USA
THOUSANDS of dollars per month without insurance
generics are not allowed yet, only Canada/India have them for $1-$5/day
huge hope #JAK-STAT inhibitors
are first significant treatment for #LongCovid
yours is another great story
but problem is in the USA
JAK-STAT inhibitors cost a FORTUNE
while Canada/India is "only" $1-$5/day
so FDA MUST allow generics ASAP to help MILLIONS
Olumiant $$$$ = Barigen/Baricitinib $
12.03.2026 19:38
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https://pharmd.substack.com
@longcovidpharmd.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426874122
Long-Covid ME-CFS Treatment Survey February 2023
thread flat read (put T in front of Bluesky URL)
Tbsky.app/profile/mecfsscience.org/post/3mgu4gjg55c2q
couldn't visit RTHM website for some reason
turns out blocked by many adblockers for privacy, etc.
RTHM recycled @longcovidpharmd.bsky.social 2023 survey
and yup #Oxaloacetate definitely bogus
12.03.2026 18:05
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Crude Oil breaks $100/barrel 10:30am EDT Thursday March 12, 2026
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
so far they're wrong ALL the time so what's one more wrong?
Happy $100 Crude day to all that commiserate
fill your cars now and stop driving
order heavy items ASAP before shipping prices double
fertilizer prices also about to double so food too this summer
10:30am EDT Thursday March 12, 2026
12.03.2026 15:00
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Crude Oil breaks $100/barrel 10:30am EDT Thursday March 12, 2026
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
so far they are wrong ALL the time so what's one more wrong?
Happy $100 Crude day to all that commiserate
this is 10:30am EDT Thursday March 12, 2026
12.03.2026 14:38
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Crude Oil breaks $100/barrel 10:30am EDT Thursday March 12, 2026
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
so far they are wrong ALL the time so what's one more wrong?
Happy $100 Crude day to all that commiserate
this is 10:30am EDT Thursday March 12, 2026
12.03.2026 14:38
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Thursday 8am EDT crude prices approach $100/barrel
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
fill your car now and stop driving
order heavy items right now before delivery costs double
this is just the beginning, it's going over $100 Friday
and maybe $150 next month
then fertilizer prices double over the summer
Thursday 8am EDT
12.03.2026 12:05
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Thursday 8am EDT crude prices approach $100/barrel
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
fill your car now and stop driving
order heavy items right now before delivery costs double
this is just the beginning, it's going over $100 Friday
and maybe $150 next month
then fertilizer prices double over the summer
Thursday 8am EDT
12.03.2026 12:05
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nopie nope nope
YOU retrieve the trailcam, not me
holy cow who placed and retrieved that one, brave!
11.03.2026 21:48
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aka
"how to enrage anyone with long-covid with nonsense treatments"
Brain Fog is caused by glia cells that glue neurons together going into "attack mode" when inflammation is detected to fight unknown pathogen (and autoimmune)
This slows and distorts communication between neurons
Thus "brain fog"
11.03.2026 21:43
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Putin must be thrilled, not only can he sell oil again to fund his own illegal, brutal war, but at TOP DOLLAR
so not only does middle-east lose, so does Ukraine and Europe
China is doing fine, they have saw this coming a year ago and started massive oil stockpile and switched >50% cars to electric
11.03.2026 21:13
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y'all think they are just going to up and leave their fortified bunkers in 1,000 days?
if Dems somehow win both House+Senate can they kick them off military bases in 2027?
least of our problems but what are we going to do with the ballroom?
absolutely must be imploded like old building demolition
11.03.2026 21:10
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Crude Oil approaches $90-$100/barrel Wednesday 3pm
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
FOUR DAYS
that is just FOUR DAYS of how much crude oil the world uses
> 100 million barrels per days used by world
> 20 million barrels per days used by USA
11.03.2026 19:40
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Crude Oil approaches $90-$100 a barrel 3pm Wednesday 2026-March-11
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
but they supposedly destroyed all of Iran's nuclear last year?
and they ended nuclear inspection last term?
and you know which "axis of evil" DOES have
nuclear weapons and way to send it to USA?
North Korea
but they don't have oil, or Israel as neighbor
and they write orange tyrant love letters
11.03.2026 19:26
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State of Insecurity - Institute for Policy Studies
The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
imagine national debt EXPLOSION
January 2025
VS
January 2029
this is a TRILLION dollar war
not just the bombs and missiles
rearming Israel and ourselves
but then cost to the economy
tax cuts while tariffs returned with interest
TRILLIONS
2002-2021 real cost of war and military was $21 TRILLION
11.03.2026 18:58
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Couldn't access that webpage in any browser
Found the direct link to the PDF if it helps anyone else
[PDF] www.rthm.com/pdfs/long-co...
11.03.2026 18:30
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I'm just wondering what Cuba is about to do as they've been threatened daily at this point
Are they still buddies with Putin?
Can drones make it from Cuba to Key West? Mar-a-Lardo?
11.03.2026 18:06
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