Just call me S'Pammy (Anderson)

Ms Fassihi has already begun the process of legitimising and promoting this guy as the one who can bring change, while conveniently ignoring his direct involvement in the brutal crackdown of the 2009 protests.

BREAKING: The Bahraini Interior Ministry has reported that residential properties sustained damage and several Bahraini citizens were injured during the latest Iranian attack on Sitra, Bahrain.

Strait of Hormuz transits really do seem low.

From a relative mean of 7.8 ships/pass to a mean of 0.33 last week.

Figure is derived from ships detected in Sentinel 1 sat-data, ie independent of the present electronic warfare in the area.

Lebanon 🇱🇧: An Israeli force is attempting to infiltrate to Lebanon after being deployed by helicopters near the border town of Sarghaya with Syria, moving toward the Jroud Nabi Sheet area

President Trump states that temporary oil price spikes due to the Iran conflict are a “small price to pay” for world safety and expects prices to fall quickly after the Iranian nuclear issue is resolved.

Russia's Africa Corps sold recruits on overseas postings — then sent most to Ukraine.

One man deserted to Manila when the orders came — and accidentally handed journalists the location of the corps' Moscow HQ, on a campus linked to Novichok.

🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/09/s...

O my god. Where do these creatures crawl out from?

‼️🇮🇷𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, the second son of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been named Iran's new supreme leader.

His first act was to issue a public statement of defiance.

#OSINT #Iran #EpicFury

‼️ Russia: “A plane flying from Tyumen to Nha Trang, Vietnam, sounded an alarm mid-flight.”

👉 Boeing 767-300
👉 preliminary cause is engine failure

🚨 DO NOT FLY ON A RUSSIAN AIRLINE

www.mk.ru/incident/202...

Has that person got a cat *and dog*?

America produces 21% of global oil output.

What a sack of d*cks

Recreational drugs can more than double risk of stroke, study suggests Medical data from 100m people shows risk 122% higher for amphetamine users, 96% higher for cocaine and 37% higher for cannabis Recreational drugs can more than double the risk of stroke, with some of the most concerning impacts seen among younger people, a major review suggests. Scientists analysed medical data from more than 100 million people and found that the risk of stroke was 122% higher for amphetamine users and 96% higher for cocaine users compared with those who did not take the drugs. Continue reading...

Recreational drugs can more than double risk of stroke, study suggests

Plus de Scalp pour moins de russes !

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Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladi...

Putin has an active ICC Arrest Warrant for War Crimes, which would surely be amended.

With supporting evidence, Prosecutors can amend, add, and substitute charges, once he's in custody.

Leading with Crimes Against Children is strategic. Likely best hope for arrest.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

Shit is burning Ivan.

At the risk of boring everyone,a little context.

$100 oil in isolation isn’t that bad. It averaged around that level from 2011-2014 without severe economic ramifications*.

It’s the pace of the rise that has people spooked. And not knowing where it might stop.

😮💥 Claimed as video of how the US embassy in Iraq is being protected

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 U.S. officials are frustrated with Israel after it struck 30 Iranian fuel depots, saying the attacks were much broader than expected, - Axios

Washington fears hitting fuel infrastructure used by civilians could boost support for Iran’s regime and push oil prices higher.

VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝

💥 BAVOVNA in Armavir, Krasnodar Krai

💥 Geran-2 UAV warehouse was attacked in Donetsk

⚡️ Pantsir-S1 and BK-16 landing craft were hit in the Novoozerny area (Crimea).

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🇪🇺 Europe may buy Russian gas and oil again in droves due to Trump's conflict with Iran - a serious blow for Ukraine, - WSJ

The EU fears that the prolonged closure of the Persian Gulf will force it to reconsider its tough stance on energy cooperation with Moscow.

Dicks

NEW: Geolocated satellite imagery published on March 7 confirms that the IDF struck the Shahroud Missile Facility in Semnan Province, northeastern Iran. Iran has continued to target regional countries and Israel since CTP-ISW’s last data cutoff at 3:00 PM ET on March 7.🧵(1/3) isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

🔥 "ATESH" Destroyed an Electric Locomotive in Bryansk Despite Enhanced Security

The Bryansk hub remains critically important for the supply of the "North" group of troops, which is terrorizing Ukraine's border regions.

‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’ Mojtaba Khamenei, a candidate to succeed his father as Iran’s supreme leader, is no reformer.

Now would be a good time to read @graemewood.bsky.social on Mojtaba Khamenei:

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Meet Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei the dead dictator’s son, hand‑picked by the same inner circle that ordered shootings, hangings and beatings of protesters. This is like a mafia passing the throne from father to son while Iranians bury their dead and the world looks away.

Threading some stuff about oil & oil markets, just basic but hope it helps:
1/ oil markets are what you call “finely balanced”. Supply is usually very very close to demand/consumption. Demand is hard to shift *quickly* in response to supply hiccups.
So even small supply changes = big price effects