occasional ignoramus

@EdKrassen x.com/4bend/status/2…

BREAKING: Massive explosion at the Valero Oil Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas sends towering clouds of black smoke and intense flames shooting into the sky. This is one of America’s largest oil refineries (335,000+ barrels/day capacity). Emergency crews responding with no injuries reported yet. We still don’t know the cause.

@mattparlmer After deploying to the Caribbean, did the FORD have sufficient maintenance and proceedures to the Middle East youtube.com/watch?v=mKLot_…

What’s worse, US Navy flagship can’t dodge missiles and they’re lying about it or US Navy flagship sailors are so incompetent that they didn’t get rid of dryer lint?

@JoJoFromJerz @atrupar

@atrupar It’s spreading. 👀

Trump's discolored hand, photographed today during his press gaggle by Roberto Schmidt of Getty

@sanandreafault Jealous much? Usually, it's Iran or North Korea saber rattling to get attention Saber rattling for attention, sad. [it could be worse, you could be a pedophile, in your defense you are geologically far from Epstein's Island]

I’m gonna earthquake

@allenanalysis Mereaux, LA, 2020 fox8live.com/video/2020/04/…

@allenanalysis Texas City, TX, 2018 youtube.com/watch?v=BqITam…

🚨 BREAKING: Massive explosion at Valero’s Port Arthur refinery. One of the largest in the U.S. (335,000+ barrels/day). Black smoke. Active fire. Cause unknown. All happening as global oil supply is already under pressure from the Iran war — with major disruptions hitting energy flows and prices worldwide Coincidence?

@simonmaechling Some of the commenters need a fuller picture of what was happening in the late 19th & early 20th century youtube.com/watch?v=QQkmJI…

Fertilizers are one of the greatest inventions in human history.

@BiancoDavinci You mean one of the French Mother Sauces? as described by @FrenchGuyCookin youtube.com/watch?v=pMXvAj…

In Sweden, the extra large size of several products is advertised as 'American size'

@PaulleyTicks I don't believe it, I don't think the Hajar range will open the closet.

BREAKING: US military starts transporting oil tankers through a very secret and carefully hidden alternate route to the Strait of Hormuz, known as the Gay of Lindsey Graham.

@Kierkegaarddd I think therefore I scam - René Descartes-ish

@codym1917 It's been three hundred years, let it go (there are worse things that the pedophile-in-chief doesn't know) x.com/MerriamWebster…

Decimation is a term only 10% know the meaning of.

@simongerman600 This guy is most displeased with those maps

Fascinating. This map shows how stable the protestant (red) and catholic (blue) divide across Germany remained over the last centuries (data displayed from 1648 to 2011). HT @sundellviz

@sibaburck While the stomach acid pH is 1-3 when the stomach is empty The stomach full of food has a pH around 5 and declines back down over a couple of hours Near the mucus membrane, the pH is always higher, 6-7 bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx… [pdf]: dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/hand…

Well this is awkward

@woofknight An ER doc's full description x.com/EM_RESUS/statu…

And this ladies and gentleman is why you keep your feet off of the dashboard while riding in a car. Airbags deploy at 100-220 mph.

@CasualArtyFan ... it's a lovely fucking weekend

How much does this cost and how quickly can they deliver?

@LukeDCoffey And the troops were home by Christmas 😀 Compared to the age of the Earth 15-20 years isn't that long. And $1-3 trillion dollars is totally totally totally fine, it's not like we borrowed the money and will owe interest on it, right? Right?

In 2003, it took the U.S. military just 21 days to capture Baghdad and defeat what was then the world’s seventh-largest army.

@SecScottBessent Orwellian nonscience - War is Peace The basis of the "enemy" economy and you want it to function! Iranian oil (war) oil is to be admitted for free trade (peace) war is peace

Iran is the head of the snake for global terrorism, and through President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, we are winning this critical fight at an even faster pace than anticipated. In response to Iran’s terrorist attacks against global energy infrastructure, the Trump Administration will continue to deploy America’s economic and military might to maximize the flow of energy to the world, strengthen global supply, and seek to ensure market stability. Today, the Department of the Treasury is issuing a narrowly tailored, short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil currently stranded at sea. At present, sanctioned Iranian oil is being hoarded by China on the cheap. By temporarily unlocking this existing supply for the world, the United States will quickly bring approximately 140 million barrels of oil to global markets, expanding the amount of worldwide energy and helping to relieve the temporary pressures on supply caused by Iran. In essence, we will be using the Iranian barrels against Tehran to keep the price down as we continue Operation Epic Fury. This temporary, short-term authorization is strictly limited to oil that is already in transit and does not allow new purchases or production. Further, Iran will have difficulty accessing any revenue generated and the United States will continue to maintain maximum pressure on Iran and its ability to access the international financial system. So far, the Trump Administration has been working to bring around 440 million additional barrels of oil to the global market, undercutting Iran’s ability to leverage its disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump’s pro-energy agenda has driven U.S. oil and gas production to record levels, strengthening energy security and lowering fuel costs. Any short-term disruption now will ultimately translate into longer-term economic gains for Americans – because there is no prosperity without security.

@DuffelBlog In a horrible world, it's nice to have some good news 🙂

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