Eric White

Military planning for a possible Pentagon-led operation in Cuba is quietly ramping up in case Trump gives the order to intervene -USA Today

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Je me suis entretenu avec le Président iranien Massoud Pezeshkian. Je l’ai appelé à saisir l’opportunité que représentent les discussions lancées à Islamabad pour ouvrir la voie à une désescalade durable et à un accord exigeant qui apporte des garanties solides pour la sécurité dans la région, avec l’ensemble des pays impliqués. J’ai marqué la nécessité que l’Iran restaure au plus vite la liberté et la sécurité de circulation dans le détroit d’Ormuz, à laquelle la France est prête à contribuer. J’ai insisté sur l’importance d’un respect total du cessez-le-feu, y compris au Liban. La France apporte tout son soutien à l’action des autorités libanaises, qui sont les seules légitimes pour exercer la souveraineté de l’État et décider du destin du Liban.

Significant statement from one of the men leading negotiations for Iran. Vice President Vance already left for the talks, and now the Iranian Parliament speaker says negotiations won't begin until there is a ceasefire in Lebanon, and Iranian assets unfrozen.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰 BREAKING: Trump announces a two-week ceasefire with Iran, effective immediately, in exchange for the complete and immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. "We received a 10-point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all points of past contention have been agreed to." Pakistan brokered it. Trump credits PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir directly. Two weeks to finalize a "definitive agreement concerning longterm peace with Iran and peace in the Middle East." This is exactly what I said would happen, down to the mechanism. Pakistan as the mediator, a face-saving off-ramp for both sides, and a framework that lets Trump claim military victory while Iran gets the bombing to stop. The war isn't over yet. But for the first time in 38 days, the guns might actually go quiet tonight. What happens in the next two weeks will determine whether this becomes a lasting peace or just a pause before the next escalation.

Former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent sharing Iranian state-linked outlet nonsense claiming, falsely, that the US was trying to kill the then-lost US pilot. Aged rather poorly, I think it's fair to say.

Our residential neighborhoods could use so many more of these traffic circles

Dildo I just found in my hotel's air vent tastes like lamb vindaloo.

There's not that much useful to say about it--it is what it is--but the scale of the "fake Iran war videos" situation online is staggering. Obviously some fakes are fun by provocateurs, like a magic carpet dogfighting with jets. But most of it is intentional deception.