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09.03.2026 09:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@markscrivens.bsky.social
Usenet refugee Lawyer (the government kind), Ottawa guy, Saskatchewan expat, pronoun libertarian, Tottenham Hotspur bore. Personal account. Non-partisan at work. Views are not those of my employer, obviously. Hans Island
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09.03.2026 09:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0PUTIN: FOR MY PART, I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR TEHRAN AND SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IRANIAN FRIENDS
09.03.2026 09:55 β π 9 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1PUTIN: I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR FATHER'S WORK WITH HONOUR AND UNITE IRANIAN PEOPLE IN FACE OF SEVERE TRIALS
09.03.2026 09:56 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Trouble in paradise ... "White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and informal advisor Jared Kushner cancelled their planned visit to Israel that was scheduled for tomorrow." breakingthenews.net/Article/Witk...
09.03.2026 09:53 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 2 π 12008 radicalized me. I was pretty centre right before that.
09.03.2026 09:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0One way in which I've become more left-wing is the realisation that the financial markets are run by highly paid idiots who understand Trump less well than a random person in the street
09.03.2026 09:46 β π 70 π 12 π¬ 4 π 0
I am surprised that US sources are surprised.
www.axios.com/2026/03/08/u...
Rabobank on the unfolding worst case scenario:
09.03.2026 07:00 β π 460 π 221 π¬ 29 π 61π’Global Markets Panic as Middle East Conflict Sparks Risk-Off, Analysts Warn Optimism for a quick resolution of the Middle East conflict is fading as financial markets price in a deeper, prolonged supply shock, erasing about $6 trillion in global stock value since the Iran war
09.03.2026 07:59 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1FRANCE'S CAC 40 DOWN 2.42%; SPAIN'S IBEX DOWN 3.17%
09.03.2026 08:02 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1GERMANY'S DAX DOWN 2.51%
09.03.2026 08:04 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
To give you a sense of how sensitive Albertaβs provincial budget is to global oil prices:
At the current 1-year forward strip for crude oil, Albertaβs budget would go from a $9B deficit to an **$8B SURPLUS**
Begs the question of whether AB should consider hedging these windfall gains at some point
Tariffs on Canadian aluminum about to get lifted, I bet.
09.03.2026 02:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π»π³πThe Vietnam stock market is also crashing. H/T @PhmPh19513323 #StockMarketCrash #Vietnam
09.03.2026 02:39 β π 13 π 9 π¬ 1 π 1S. Korea President Lee: Tough action on fuel collusion, hoarding, and panic buying.
09.03.2026 02:39 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Canadaβs PM Carney and US President Trump Agree to Stay in Close Contact
09.03.2026 02:08 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Is everyone ready for like four months of the tackiest shit imaginable
09.03.2026 01:27 β π 51 π 7 π¬ 7 π 1As Status noted in this excellent report tonight, I was told a few days ago that Bari Weiss has her own designated Mamdani reporter at CBS News -- who has posted dozens of Instagram stories on the NYC mayor in the past month.
09.03.2026 01:27 β π 128 π 39 π¬ 9 π 4
Awesome title, gents.
Three Match Ban De Ven is still out there for the taking, I guess.
Hard to believe this could possibly be true!
09.03.2026 01:28 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0This is the most hilariously demented thing I have ever seen. youtu.be/3aCMTpJx2cs
09.03.2026 01:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean, letβs face it you are on borrowed time already
09.03.2026 00:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It was a sloppy answer and she deserves the reaction but I can't see the Republicans choosing this particular form of electoral suicide.
08.03.2026 23:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Here's the Karoline Leavitt interview people are talking about.
Maria Bartiromo asks if Trump might send ground troops into Iran, because "mothers are worried" about a draft. Leavitt replies that ground troops aren't in the current plan, but Trump won't rule them out. No mention of the draft.
No she didn't
08.03.2026 23:24 β π 151 π 12 π¬ 3 π 1bsky.app/profile/mark...
08.03.2026 23:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0congrats to everyone who voted for this because their burrito taxi was expensive
08.03.2026 23:09 β π 250 π 37 π¬ 2 π 1Donald J. Trump Y @realDonald Trump Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!President DJT 362 ReTruths 1.25k Likes 3/8/26, 6:54 PM
posts u make when things r definitely going well
08.03.2026 22:59 β π 2619 π 392 π¬ 67 π 91
Oil at $110, Dow futures down 1000, rumours of a draft, Bondi committee appearance cross ex to focus on missing Trump files.
Can we have the US midterms this week?
Holy shit. Crude oil futures going nuts tonight.
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