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I was joking with my wife that the Chinese will need to figure out another avenue to bribe officials. Reduced wine and alcohol consumption is a world-wide issue, even in Europe. Maybe good overall.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/us-news/trump-announces-israel-and-iran-have-agreed-to-cease-fire/
Iran’s leaders acted irrationally throughout this until the Qatar base attack (which is a classic symbolic end to hostilities). Don’t walk away from the guy who invented walking away (hyperbole), and don’t call the bluff of someone whose entire foreign policy is based on “Try me.” Glad that a relatively peaceful end came so quickly.
I do hope that the Ayatollah decides to negotiate. Persia / Iran has a lot of potential if it invests its oil wealth in its people instead of terrorist proxies.
Nigeria is suffering from a series of regional conflicts, including the religious conflict in the North and Noethwest. Disturbingly, Boko Haram’s activity appears to be spreading.
Now it’s just an excuse to prevent all law enforcement from doing their jobs. We’ve seen it in MN, CO, and Los Angeles.
I lived in Las Vegas for a while. Outside of the Strip, people were generally friendly. Lots of Mormons, midwesterners, and people in hospitality.
There were also a lot of Angelenos on the roads, and people behaving like a–es on the Strip (often drunk). It’s also a money town, and people on a losing streak aren’t the best company.
https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1928489466756485602
It’s happening!
Huh, it’s almost as if energy prices affect prices for everything (production, transportation, etc.), therefore, getting rid of oil and natural gas was a stupid idea. Oh, and then draining our Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political purposes was also terrible policy. And de-commissioning nuclear power plants was not that smart.
https://x.com/DKThomp/status/1927700160337117617
Could this be part of the problem?
