.Not just global energy, but into the world food supply, there will be starvation and death come winter if not before.
80% of the worlds nitrogen fertilizer comes from Oman.
Maize or corn as we call it, needs the fertilizer to grow ears, without it all you get is silage.
Fertilizer goes in the ground as the same time as seeds. Does anyone remember the story of how the Puritans were taught by the Indians to plant a fish with the seed?
Corn is the main staple of the world, especially in Africa and Central and South America.
In Norte America we get cornmeal, tacos, corn tortillas,ethanol, corn syrup, it is used in bread, cosmetics, baking, and more. There are ancillary markets and products that depend on corn, salsa comes to mind and that is easy
Without corn there is no tortilla chips, without chips no salsa for dip, and so it goes. Not only hunger but economic disruption and loss of jobs.
Agribusiness, which is the business that dominates the corn and wheat industry, will use their clout to get subsidy from congress and raise the national debt, while the economy is in free fall.
Farmers will have a choice of planting silage or soy. Trump screwed the soy bean farmers, with his tariffs and the buyers, like China, shifted to Brazil. So the farmers are S.O.L.
This will adversely affect pension funds, investment funds of all types, the stock market, and the bond market.
Well ,Trump and his Billionaire friends will be ok...or then again maybe not!!! He has shot himself in the foot this time!!!! He cant expect the rest of the world to bail him out and just finish this war in Iran!!! Why should they....he and Netanyahu started this they should end it!!! I am British and live in the UK and we are not very happy with Trump, his administration or Netanyahu and his far right wing administration....!!! Lots of people here in the UK are thinking the US is not such a great Ally after all!!!! We should cut ties with the US until you have a decent and rational President in The Whitehouse!! We are looking towards connecting with Europe instead!! I and many like me never wanted to leave the EU but a lot of stupid idiots belived Boris Johnson and Farages lies!!! Seems to me that the Lunatics are in control of The Whitehouse and making disasterous decisions!!!
Putin and his cohort Rupert Murdoch where behind Brexit, and they promote the fascists, not because they are fascists, but because they know that will deconstruct democracy, which is their biggest threat.
Read this link from Jared Kushners paper and you will understand what is going on
Trump will survive anything so long as evangelical preachers, the Broligarchy, and Petro Cabal stand behind him, When they break off, the end is near, but don't depend on it, because he has delivered for all of them
I'm all for the goals of Algeminer. BDS is a fascist organization. They lie like tRump does as they speak. I don't expect to win any argument with you William, when it comes to Jewish or Arab history. You're far more knowledgeable than I, but I do know something about Israeli history for the past 75 years. When Israel was attacked on 10/7 by Hamas/Iran, Israel lost 1400 young people attending a concert. When our respective populations are compared, that's like the US losing 40,000 people in one day. Israel has a little over 9 million people and we have 330 million. Israel views Iran as an existential threat. One nuclear bomb wipes their country out permanently. It's easy for us to be arm chair pundits. We don't have to live in fear of a missile or a drone killing us or the piercing sirens that go off then oncoming missiles are sighted. We don't have to have safe rooms to escape to for the past 47 years. Netanyahu saw his one chance of convincing a US President to actually support his aim to free Israel of this pestilence. Let's not forget that Israel has never asked for one US soldier to fight in their wars. They have been the only democratic country in the Middle East. They have been an invaluable source of intelligence for the US. If not for Israel, we would have been there long before this. You cannot point to one war in Israeli history, where they were the aggressor. In fact, Sharone removed all his military from the Gaza strip in 2005, hoping to appease their Arab neighbors.. Four Presidents were rebuffed for their efforts to end the constant killing and the wars. Jews have been murdered on buses, at weddings, at Bar Mitzvahs and it has never stopped.
The world has chosen to believe that the IDF deliberately killed thousands of Gazans, thanks to The UN, an org. whose reputation is now in the toilet, because of their known complicity with Hamas, Reich and Sanders our own Jewish leaders as well as Nazis Fuentes, Kent, and left wing politicians like Tlaib and Omar as well as the younger generation believe Israel has committed genocide. When the facts are laid bare, it will be too late for apologies. What is missing from the right wing media is the deliberate murder by Hamas of their sisters and brothers, as they tried to follow the instructions of the IDF guiding them to safe areas. Hamas called them Martyrs.
Netanyahu is a convenient scapegoat. Yes, he lost the propaganda war. However, there is no moral equivalence between Netanyahu and tRump. Netanyahu is brilliant, a graduate of MIT. tRump went to Wharton on his father's money. Netanyahu is a patriot. He fought and was wounded in the war of Attrition 1967-70. His brother was killed. Yes, he took bribes and Israel has held him accountable. No comparison to what tRump has done to the democracy in our country. tRump has committed treason says a professor of law at the Univ, of CA. I am disappointed that you have not elucidated these issues.
Hmm, this is the longest response I have ever seen from you.
If you have read my comments I totally agree with everything you have said, and don't agree with BDS.
However I offer this. BB knew that something was up, and he needed something to take the pressure of him, he is under indictment for corruption, or did you not know that. I get Ha'aretz in my inbox every day.
It is known that Israeli intelligence knew that something was in the offing on Oct 7th, and as a matter of fact. The male guards in the watch towers around Gaza were replaced by females, and the males took their weapons with them, leaving the female guards unarmed.
And it took too long for any response.
BB needs continuing crisis to keep his ass out of jail, so does Trump
And there you have way Oct 7 was so bad, and why BB is invading Lebanon,why he lobbed the first missile to decapitate the Iranian leadership and why Trump has piled on
BB is not a scapegoat, anymore than Trump, he is a perp guilty for the loss of thousands of lives.
Now as regards the Gazan casualties. First the HAMAS health ministry, the UN and media counts as casualties everyone including HAMAS and Islamic Jihad fighters, there doing it again in Lebanon.
I call foul, for at least half are fighters and Israel wiped out over 10 battalions in Gaza.
Also I take umbrage with the claim of genocide. HAMAS is cowardly and used civilians and hostages as human shields.
If Gaza was a genocide so was the carpet bombing of Germany and Japan.
If counting all dead and wounded as Gazan casualties, then Germany killed 250,000 Americans and Japan the same.
I thought that you read my comments. I guess not. I've said a lot about martyrs, quoted Ghazi Hamad, "that we are a nation of martyrs and we will come back again and again until Israel is no more.
Thanks for that William ...As the saying goes 'Follow the money'..Kushner, plus the Trump family are doing that exactly as well as some I could mention here in the UK Starmer our MP for one.... Farage, Richard Tice and a few others in that Fascist party UK Reform!!! Gove lost his seat in Parliament he was in the Conservative Party....I always knew he was a brown nose!!!
The right is on the rise in Europe on the verge of taking over Germany.
The reason is the same as what propelled Orban to victory and dictatorship.
Immigration, but the threat in Europe is different than in America. but to be honest there are those in MAGA who fear that the Anglo culture is being threartened with being swamped by Spanish Speakers
Ironic because Spanish Speakers are even more culturally conservative than Anglos.And when they become citizens, vote Republican.
In Europe there is a real threat of having western culture displaced by Islam, that is what Orban ran on, that is what the AfD is runing on, Gert Wilders,the National Rally Party, Fidez, the PiS in Poland, Norway,Sweden.
I am all for assimilation and integration, where the immigrating cultures are assimilable. But Islam and the west are not. In small numbers as in America, it is not a problem, but in large numbers as in Europe it is a problem I'll stop there less I launch into a diatribe.
Our retirement funds are already in free fall. The rumors today are that the dollar will be displaced by gold as the default currency. I'm not saying it will happen, but this is the propaganda that China and a number of other countries have been spreading.
Canada is the world's leading exporter of potash, with the U.S. relying for over 80% to 90% of its total supply. Roughly 12–13 million tons are exported annually to the U.S. from Saskatchewan, representing about 50% of Canada's total production. Lots more in Ontario.
I would have invested in fertilizer but the major companies have been accused of price fixing.
Trump has screwed us,both potash and nitrogen are vital to production of corn ears.
Trump and his tariffs redirect potash to overseas buyers.
Fertilizers like all resources,including oil, respond to international demand., and internationally with the supply of urea restricted because of Trumps insanity, the demand for potash will skyrocket and if that isn't bad enough
Initially Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian potash, but under pressure from farmes reduced it to 10%, however with fertilizers in high demand, and market pressures the price of food will skyrocket.
We will get out taco's but they will be damn expensive.
Israel is more democratic than America. In Israel they can actually try their Prime Minister. Trump has been threatening the Preside of Israel to pardon him or else.
In America he can get away with murder, literally, so long as his party stands behind him, and they are deathly afraid of his base.
He has to stay in power, become a dictator, because if he falls from power, he and a lot of his cronies are facing jail time,Trump,Bondi, Patel, Bessent, Noem, Mullin, for starters off the top of my head.
They are going to pull out all stops to keep him in power, Steve Bannon said that they were working on it, and I beleive him. The SAVE act is just one angle.
Unfortunately potash alone is not sufficient per AI
Nitrogen is generally considered more essential and is required in higher amounts than potash for maximizing corn grain yield. Nitrogen drives chlorophyll production, vegetative growth, and ear development, while potash is crucial for stalk strength, water regulation, and nutrient uptake efficiency. Both are essential for high yields.
Alternative energy? Run on horse and bull shit? And from a dictator that has declared war on alternative energy.
We are still screwed.
Now Trump has realized that he isn't going to get his regime change, and now wants to send thousands of boots into the region, that of course will be followed by more, and for what to Make Israel Great Again., Haul Bibi's irons out of the fire.
You do know that it was Bibi that actually started this war, he needs a war to keep him out of prison. Ha'aretz reports that Bibi and his staff are putting pressure on the judiciary and the government to drop the investigation and charges.
HAMAS saved his ass for awhile, but that job done, he needed another war, Iran and now Hezbollah are his delaying tactics.
He and Trump are brothers from another mother, they might as well be Siamese twins.
I agree about the diet stuff, No corn syrup in this house,no sugar either, just Zevia
My wife is gluten intolerant so she uses gluten free tortillas,and some times corn, but we read the labels.
Hereis one for you,in the Mexican section of the supermarket you will find food Hech en Mexico, and they are healthier than the ones made in the USA. for one thing no sugar substitutes and no apothecary of chemicals
We don't eat animals, well I don't my wife eats chicken. I have eaten three pieces of chicken and one slice of turkey breast in my life, and I can't stand the smell of it cooking,i'ts taste or texture (all fowl), duck cooking is the worst..
Indeed, Trump's decision making is unsound and may come from "just a momentary rush from his testosterone and Adderall injections." I think there might be some dementia as well, but I believe the main driver is his malignant narcissism. His narcissism is so severe that he is out of touch with reality to such a significant degree that he is too impaired to be president and entrusted with life and death and war and peace decisions.
Impeachment has failed and I do not believe JD Vance or any of his cabinet will invoke the 25th Amendment which enables them to blow the whistle on a president too impaired to serve.
The whole world suffers because of his incurable impairment.
"Even the Wall Street Journal, a loud booster of the attack on Iran, was shocked that our trillion-dollar defense and intelligence apparatus did not seem to know that the choke point at the Strait of Hormuz would seize the world’s economy by the throat."
Wouldn't any of the brains at the WSJ have been able to figure that out BEFORE they were "a loud booster of the attack"? Wouldn't anyone with even half a brain and a map been able to see that?
"Trump is right, that the war is nearly over. Because the Ayatollahs have won. While we can revel in Trump’s nose being rubbed in the vomit of his own self-created defeat, **let us not forget that it is the people of Iran who are paying the price of Trump’s hubris, of Netanyahu’s fever dreams of Iranians rising up against their mullah masters**."
I don’t think Trump is that concerned with the damaging issue in the Strait of Hormuz. He does not care. Of course he was aware the choke point would seize the world’s economy’s by the throat. But he has money flowing into his crypto currency company managed by three Witkoff’s, Trump and sons & Jared.
Witkoff uses his role in government to make contacts that keep the money flowing in from the Middle East. It is a money laundering scheme to boot - Sinaloa Drug Cartel money for example and other illegal entities. Trump and his family will become the richest family in the world. They don’t care where the money comes from.
May I make a "modest proposal"? I opened my e-mail this morning to see a profound question on one of my favorite. It asked simply:
"Is America Possible?"
I have not read it because I know the answer:
YES...but...
only if we find a way better than the one we are pursuing now. There is a big problem:
Progressives are angry and rightfully so. But how are we handling it?
By engaging in a seemingly never ending flood of complaining and pointing out, rehashing, every thing we already know about the administration and its horribly bad actors.
THE PROPOSAL
Let's have two or more join together on this site or somewhere else to begin a discussion on how WE can make it possible. Raise creative, positive ideas that we share, that we have in common. Help each other get out of this....
PITY PARTY. No more griping, only encouraging each other by saying:
It must be a new America based on our founding values. This is going to take a whole lot of work.
But this is how movements get started --with questions and answers and maybe a little
preaching and prophesying.
A la Doctor MLK. We must create a national dream and choose leaders who share that dream.
There are " messianic" people amongst us --they are waiting to serve....
.Not just global energy, but into the world food supply, there will be starvation and death come winter if not before.
80% of the worlds nitrogen fertilizer comes from Oman.
Maize or corn as we call it, needs the fertilizer to grow ears, without it all you get is silage.
Fertilizer goes in the ground as the same time as seeds. Does anyone remember the story of how the Puritans were taught by the Indians to plant a fish with the seed?
Corn is the main staple of the world, especially in Africa and Central and South America.
In Norte America we get cornmeal, tacos, corn tortillas,ethanol, corn syrup, it is used in bread, cosmetics, baking, and more. There are ancillary markets and products that depend on corn, salsa comes to mind and that is easy
Without corn there is no tortilla chips, without chips no salsa for dip, and so it goes. Not only hunger but economic disruption and loss of jobs.
Agribusiness, which is the business that dominates the corn and wheat industry, will use their clout to get subsidy from congress and raise the national debt, while the economy is in free fall.
Farmers will have a choice of planting silage or soy. Trump screwed the soy bean farmers, with his tariffs and the buyers, like China, shifted to Brazil. So the farmers are S.O.L.
This will adversely affect pension funds, investment funds of all types, the stock market, and the bond market.
Buckle up.
Well ,Trump and his Billionaire friends will be ok...or then again maybe not!!! He has shot himself in the foot this time!!!! He cant expect the rest of the world to bail him out and just finish this war in Iran!!! Why should they....he and Netanyahu started this they should end it!!! I am British and live in the UK and we are not very happy with Trump, his administration or Netanyahu and his far right wing administration....!!! Lots of people here in the UK are thinking the US is not such a great Ally after all!!!! We should cut ties with the US until you have a decent and rational President in The Whitehouse!! We are looking towards connecting with Europe instead!! I and many like me never wanted to leave the EU but a lot of stupid idiots belived Boris Johnson and Farages lies!!! Seems to me that the Lunatics are in control of The Whitehouse and making disasterous decisions!!!
Putin and his cohort Rupert Murdoch where behind Brexit, and they promote the fascists, not because they are fascists, but because they know that will deconstruct democracy, which is their biggest threat.
Read this link from Jared Kushners paper and you will understand what is going on
https://observer.com/2016/03/algemeiner-celebrates-power-jews-at-packed-manhattan-gala/
Trump will survive anything so long as evangelical preachers, the Broligarchy, and Petro Cabal stand behind him, When they break off, the end is near, but don't depend on it, because he has delivered for all of them
I'm all for the goals of Algeminer. BDS is a fascist organization. They lie like tRump does as they speak. I don't expect to win any argument with you William, when it comes to Jewish or Arab history. You're far more knowledgeable than I, but I do know something about Israeli history for the past 75 years. When Israel was attacked on 10/7 by Hamas/Iran, Israel lost 1400 young people attending a concert. When our respective populations are compared, that's like the US losing 40,000 people in one day. Israel has a little over 9 million people and we have 330 million. Israel views Iran as an existential threat. One nuclear bomb wipes their country out permanently. It's easy for us to be arm chair pundits. We don't have to live in fear of a missile or a drone killing us or the piercing sirens that go off then oncoming missiles are sighted. We don't have to have safe rooms to escape to for the past 47 years. Netanyahu saw his one chance of convincing a US President to actually support his aim to free Israel of this pestilence. Let's not forget that Israel has never asked for one US soldier to fight in their wars. They have been the only democratic country in the Middle East. They have been an invaluable source of intelligence for the US. If not for Israel, we would have been there long before this. You cannot point to one war in Israeli history, where they were the aggressor. In fact, Sharone removed all his military from the Gaza strip in 2005, hoping to appease their Arab neighbors.. Four Presidents were rebuffed for their efforts to end the constant killing and the wars. Jews have been murdered on buses, at weddings, at Bar Mitzvahs and it has never stopped.
The world has chosen to believe that the IDF deliberately killed thousands of Gazans, thanks to The UN, an org. whose reputation is now in the toilet, because of their known complicity with Hamas, Reich and Sanders our own Jewish leaders as well as Nazis Fuentes, Kent, and left wing politicians like Tlaib and Omar as well as the younger generation believe Israel has committed genocide. When the facts are laid bare, it will be too late for apologies. What is missing from the right wing media is the deliberate murder by Hamas of their sisters and brothers, as they tried to follow the instructions of the IDF guiding them to safe areas. Hamas called them Martyrs.
Netanyahu is a convenient scapegoat. Yes, he lost the propaganda war. However, there is no moral equivalence between Netanyahu and tRump. Netanyahu is brilliant, a graduate of MIT. tRump went to Wharton on his father's money. Netanyahu is a patriot. He fought and was wounded in the war of Attrition 1967-70. His brother was killed. Yes, he took bribes and Israel has held him accountable. No comparison to what tRump has done to the democracy in our country. tRump has committed treason says a professor of law at the Univ, of CA. I am disappointed that you have not elucidated these issues.
Hmm, this is the longest response I have ever seen from you.
If you have read my comments I totally agree with everything you have said, and don't agree with BDS.
However I offer this. BB knew that something was up, and he needed something to take the pressure of him, he is under indictment for corruption, or did you not know that. I get Ha'aretz in my inbox every day.
It is known that Israeli intelligence knew that something was in the offing on Oct 7th, and as a matter of fact. The male guards in the watch towers around Gaza were replaced by females, and the males took their weapons with them, leaving the female guards unarmed.
And it took too long for any response.
BB needs continuing crisis to keep his ass out of jail, so does Trump
And there you have way Oct 7 was so bad, and why BB is invading Lebanon,why he lobbed the first missile to decapitate the Iranian leadership and why Trump has piled on
BB is not a scapegoat, anymore than Trump, he is a perp guilty for the loss of thousands of lives.
Now as regards the Gazan casualties. First the HAMAS health ministry, the UN and media counts as casualties everyone including HAMAS and Islamic Jihad fighters, there doing it again in Lebanon.
I call foul, for at least half are fighters and Israel wiped out over 10 battalions in Gaza.
Also I take umbrage with the claim of genocide. HAMAS is cowardly and used civilians and hostages as human shields.
If Gaza was a genocide so was the carpet bombing of Germany and Japan.
If counting all dead and wounded as Gazan casualties, then Germany killed 250,000 Americans and Japan the same.
I thought that you read my comments. I guess not. I've said a lot about martyrs, quoted Ghazi Hamad, "that we are a nation of martyrs and we will come back again and again until Israel is no more.
Thanks for that William ...As the saying goes 'Follow the money'..Kushner, plus the Trump family are doing that exactly as well as some I could mention here in the UK Starmer our MP for one.... Farage, Richard Tice and a few others in that Fascist party UK Reform!!! Gove lost his seat in Parliament he was in the Conservative Party....I always knew he was a brown nose!!!
The right is on the rise in Europe on the verge of taking over Germany.
The reason is the same as what propelled Orban to victory and dictatorship.
Immigration, but the threat in Europe is different than in America. but to be honest there are those in MAGA who fear that the Anglo culture is being threartened with being swamped by Spanish Speakers
Ironic because Spanish Speakers are even more culturally conservative than Anglos.And when they become citizens, vote Republican.
In Europe there is a real threat of having western culture displaced by Islam, that is what Orban ran on, that is what the AfD is runing on, Gert Wilders,the National Rally Party, Fidez, the PiS in Poland, Norway,Sweden.
I am all for assimilation and integration, where the immigrating cultures are assimilable. But Islam and the west are not. In small numbers as in America, it is not a problem, but in large numbers as in Europe it is a problem I'll stop there less I launch into a diatribe.
Those were Putins lies... "Russia was behind that one too.
Our retirement funds are already in free fall. The rumors today are that the dollar will be displaced by gold as the default currency. I'm not saying it will happen, but this is the propaganda that China and a number of other countries have been spreading.
Canada is the world's leading exporter of potash, with the U.S. relying for over 80% to 90% of its total supply. Roughly 12–13 million tons are exported annually to the U.S. from Saskatchewan, representing about 50% of Canada's total production. Lots more in Ontario.
I would have invested in fertilizer but the major companies have been accused of price fixing.
I didn't realize it but when I was a kid, I could have been in the business because we usually had 8 horses producing daily. We also lived near the Mercer Bog, which has never been commercially developed. https://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/cnai_pdfs/mercer%20county%20nai%202003.pdf
Trump has screwed us,both potash and nitrogen are vital to production of corn ears.
Trump and his tariffs redirect potash to overseas buyers.
Fertilizers like all resources,including oil, respond to international demand., and internationally with the supply of urea restricted because of Trumps insanity, the demand for potash will skyrocket and if that isn't bad enough
Initially Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian potash, but under pressure from farmes reduced it to 10%, however with fertilizers in high demand, and market pressures the price of food will skyrocket.
We will get out taco's but they will be damn expensive.
Yeah, Bibi’s not the only one who’s staying out of prison because of a war—and a title.
Israel is more democratic than America. In Israel they can actually try their Prime Minister. Trump has been threatening the Preside of Israel to pardon him or else.
In America he can get away with murder, literally, so long as his party stands behind him, and they are deathly afraid of his base.
He has to stay in power, become a dictator, because if he falls from power, he and a lot of his cronies are facing jail time,Trump,Bondi, Patel, Bessent, Noem, Mullin, for starters off the top of my head.
They are going to pull out all stops to keep him in power, Steve Bannon said that they were working on it, and I beleive him. The SAVE act is just one angle.
I'm sure, if organized, our Amish farmers could make up the difference domestically. This may be a window of opportunity for them.
Same for alternative energy.
Unfortunately potash alone is not sufficient per AI
Nitrogen is generally considered more essential and is required in higher amounts than potash for maximizing corn grain yield. Nitrogen drives chlorophyll production, vegetative growth, and ear development, while potash is crucial for stalk strength, water regulation, and nutrient uptake efficiency. Both are essential for high yields.
Alternative energy? Run on horse and bull shit? And from a dictator that has declared war on alternative energy.
We are still screwed.
Now Trump has realized that he isn't going to get his regime change, and now wants to send thousands of boots into the region, that of course will be followed by more, and for what to Make Israel Great Again., Haul Bibi's irons out of the fire.
You do know that it was Bibi that actually started this war, he needs a war to keep him out of prison. Ha'aretz reports that Bibi and his staff are putting pressure on the judiciary and the government to drop the investigation and charges.
HAMAS saved his ass for awhile, but that job done, he needed another war, Iran and now Hezbollah are his delaying tactics.
He and Trump are brothers from another mother, they might as well be Siamese twins.
IMO, we could all use less of corn syrup, ethanol, and corn chips in the US, but I see your point.
We could be in the same starvation cycle here in America if we’re not careful. A lot of feed for animals comes from corn.
I agree about the diet stuff, No corn syrup in this house,no sugar either, just Zevia
My wife is gluten intolerant so she uses gluten free tortillas,and some times corn, but we read the labels.
Hereis one for you,in the Mexican section of the supermarket you will find food Hech en Mexico, and they are healthier than the ones made in the USA. for one thing no sugar substitutes and no apothecary of chemicals
We don't eat animals, well I don't my wife eats chicken. I have eaten three pieces of chicken and one slice of turkey breast in my life, and I can't stand the smell of it cooking,i'ts taste or texture (all fowl), duck cooking is the worst..
We continue to allow it.
Indeed, Trump's decision making is unsound and may come from "just a momentary rush from his testosterone and Adderall injections." I think there might be some dementia as well, but I believe the main driver is his malignant narcissism. His narcissism is so severe that he is out of touch with reality to such a significant degree that he is too impaired to be president and entrusted with life and death and war and peace decisions.
Impeachment has failed and I do not believe JD Vance or any of his cabinet will invoke the 25th Amendment which enables them to blow the whistle on a president too impaired to serve.
The whole world suffers because of his incurable impairment.
Wow! Thanks Greg..
"Even the Wall Street Journal, a loud booster of the attack on Iran, was shocked that our trillion-dollar defense and intelligence apparatus did not seem to know that the choke point at the Strait of Hormuz would seize the world’s economy by the throat."
Wouldn't any of the brains at the WSJ have been able to figure that out BEFORE they were "a loud booster of the attack"? Wouldn't anyone with even half a brain and a map been able to see that?
Always a pleasure to read your work, Mr Palast.
This belongs in the FACTS column:
"Trump is right, that the war is nearly over. Because the Ayatollahs have won. While we can revel in Trump’s nose being rubbed in the vomit of his own self-created defeat, **let us not forget that it is the people of Iran who are paying the price of Trump’s hubris, of Netanyahu’s fever dreams of Iranians rising up against their mullah masters**."
I don’t think Trump is that concerned with the damaging issue in the Strait of Hormuz. He does not care. Of course he was aware the choke point would seize the world’s economy’s by the throat. But he has money flowing into his crypto currency company managed by three Witkoff’s, Trump and sons & Jared.
Witkoff uses his role in government to make contacts that keep the money flowing in from the Middle East. It is a money laundering scheme to boot - Sinaloa Drug Cartel money for example and other illegal entities. Trump and his family will become the richest family in the world. They don’t care where the money comes from.
"Small" correction. For "small heart" read "no heart".
May I make a "modest proposal"? I opened my e-mail this morning to see a profound question on one of my favorite. It asked simply:
"Is America Possible?"
I have not read it because I know the answer:
YES...but...
only if we find a way better than the one we are pursuing now. There is a big problem:
Progressives are angry and rightfully so. But how are we handling it?
By engaging in a seemingly never ending flood of complaining and pointing out, rehashing, every thing we already know about the administration and its horribly bad actors.
THE PROPOSAL
Let's have two or more join together on this site or somewhere else to begin a discussion on how WE can make it possible. Raise creative, positive ideas that we share, that we have in common. Help each other get out of this....
PITY PARTY. No more griping, only encouraging each other by saying:
It must be a new America based on our founding values. This is going to take a whole lot of work.
But this is how movements get started --with questions and answers and maybe a little
preaching and prophesying.
A la Doctor MLK. We must create a national dream and choose leaders who share that dream.
There are " messianic" people amongst us --they are waiting to serve....