Fast and Epic Furious (2027)- Dominic Torreto (Vin Diesel) and friends must run commercial oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz against an array of threats from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei (Jack Black)
Releasing this from the Strategic Beer Reserve in a hope that Belgian beer prices go down.
In this blog post, I discuss how virtual reality is becoming a medium for immersive grievance politics. The promise of immersive proximity to real or imagined places, experiences, and events has made VR attractive to a wide range of storytellers, including propagandists.
TOP TIP: get round the problem of no plan surviving contact with the enemy by having no plan.
“The diplomat stated”. That’s good, end with a joke..
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen giving a big speech now at an annual conference of all the EU's ambassadors
Expect fireworks - in the past VDL has used this as a platform to signal shifts in direction...
Will this be von der Leyen's Carney moment?
Financial market participants dragging themselves to the office:
Not entirely coincidentally, “cruda” means hangover in Mexico
It's 2031. The Strait of Hormuz is a gauntlet for passing LNG tankers. The US is engaged in yet another conflict in Afghanistan after the Newsom Administration invaded to intercept shipments of Chinese drone components to Iran.
We were taught that truth is the best weapon.
That if people have access to facts, they'll figure it out.
🧵This turned out to be completely, dangerously wrong
“CVI is one of many small “irregular” groups promoting, networking, and recruiting openly on major social media platforms like Instagram.”
globalextremism.org/post/us-irre...
Spare a thought for Russians who moved to Dubai to escape our war with Ukraine & are now stuck in the war between our allies, Iran & USA.
Beautiful Ukraine inspired street mural in São Paulo, Brazil #streetart #ukraine
Critics of the Iran and Venezuela attacks who warn they will lead to another Iraq or Afghanistan are making the wrong analogy, and don’t grasp how much the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan changed the way the US wages war. The closer model is Israel’s “mowing the grass.” (1/n)
Beautiful Ukraine inspired street mural in São Paulo, Brazil #streetart #ukraine
Seems like a good moment to re-up my primer on the endless empty promises that strategic airpower can win wars entirely from the air: acoup.blog/2022/10/21/c...
In addition to #Tehran, we have now also Iranian reports on attacks in the cities of Qom, Isfahan, and Tabriz. #Iran
From the strategic beer reserve: Monk’s Stout by Dupont.
🔴 El poder de Nemesio Oseguera, El Mencho, líder del Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, abatido este domingo en Jalisco, deja a la deriva los negocios con algunas estructuras logísticas del narcotráfico en Colombia
The killing of the Jalisco New Generation cartel’s leader is likely to spark a wave violence.
Govenor of Jalisco:
In agreement with the Security Table, I want to announce the return to classes at all educational levels starting this Wednesday, February 25. Additionally, we have agreed with business organizations that economic activities will fully resume starting tomorrow.
La caída de El Mencho como líder del CJNG es importante, pero ni de lejos es el final de nada en México. Eliminar líderes de los grandes carteles no implica la desaparición de mercados, ni redes, ni incentivos económicos
Una victoria para Sheinbaum que abre más preguntas de las que cierra
Truly huge news on death of El Mencho.
-US intel key in locating Mencho
-Mexican forces had ruled shoot to kill
-US pressure to get Mencho before world cup games in Jalisco
-Unclear who replaces Mencho
- Cartel attacks across Mexico massive.
Read here:
www.crashoutmedia.com/p/mexican-tr...
It's going to stay (more) violent for a while. Unfortunately, it's likely the Trump admin. will continue to pressure Mexico, which just means more violence.
apnews.com/article/jali... army kills leader of powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel during operation to capture him
MX Army killed El Mencho today. A win for Sheinbaum. USG is happy too. The Cartel was quick to react setting buses, trucks and businesses on fire, blockading streets and highways. Locals? Terrified. I’m in Guadalajara, a city that virtually emptied out. No public transport, people sheltered in place
#Jalisco #Guadalajara Vehicle burning and store burning started again about 9pm. They arrested 11 for bloqueos but 14 for opportunistic looting earlier today.
Priests spent sundown on top of their churches praying for peace.
"la pregunta fue la misma: ¿cómo logró mantenerse oculto el hombre que dirigía el cártel con mayor expansión territorial en #México?" escribe @elfinancieromx.bsky.social
Finally breaking my silence on this matter.
Ukrainian forces have launched counterattack operations in the Russian-occupied parts of the Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine and almost completely liberated that area from the Russian invasion forces.
It bears repeating that Trump’s “special envoy for peace missions” who is responsible for negotiating peace in Ukraine has not visited Ukraine.
