Angelo Biondi

@RSA_Observer I think it is the other way around. Kuwait as a staging base for an American incursion into Iran. The oil-rich part of Iran is very close. These Iranian attack are a deterrent.

⬇️ The Iranians appear to be paying particular attention to Kuwait at this time. There is quite a lot of speculation about a possible Iranian ground invasion of Kuwait. I think it's unlikely because if it does happen it could be a serious mistake by Iran. Firstly, a ground invasion of Kuwait as a sovereign state may well trigger a definite change in direction of sentiment by both Congress and the American people on the necessity of war with Iran. Secondly, Iran would be opening itself to fighting exactly the kind of war the United States excels at.

@ctindale On the other hand, nearly all the diseases that are destroying Western civilization started then.

The 70s probably the greatest fun ever had in human history - blessed to live through it youtu.be/-6ZGIBfSF-k?is…

@TheKoopaGuy Ireland

Is there anywhere on Earth that modtly stays between 15°C and 20°C and rarely goes above 25°C? That's where I'd spend my life if I could

@Navsteva Unless Putin takes Odessa, Kharkov and Dnipro, a peace would be a defeat. And in any case there would another war soon after Europe rearms. Russia needs to break Ukraine's back so that it will never recover. It should be left a landlocked country of 15 million people.

After Russia liberates all of Donbas does Putin make an offer to end the war, hoping for a rational response from the Anglo-Americans, or does he push on?

@Miss_Snuffy Discord is instigated by muslim rape gangs.

Ordinary people - both ethnic minorities and white people- will bear the brunt of what this government is doing and saying. Discord is instigated by those with power and felt by the ordinary man.

@FinanceLancelot 100% Agree. I see people being long the stock market and short oil, and I can't understand their logic. Even if you expect stocks to grow due to money printing, then oil should go up as well. And if you short oil because you expect a recession, then you shouldn't be long stocks.

By the time people realize oil is falling because the economy is grinding to a halt it'll already be too late.

@DarioCpx @TFL1728 Both oil and the stock markets are priced to perfection - i.e. they assume that the best possible outcome is also the most likely. I wonder how a person going short oil, or long the Nasdaq, expects to make money. All possible positives are already priced in.

@TFL1728 I might be early sir, but not wrong. Feel free to check my timeline and track record

Someone in Europe choose violence and is shorting oil futures through the floor - after all today is Options expiration on WTI so why not squeezing every single penny out of the market

@ilpetulante Sono piu' di 100 anni che fregnate contro il capitalismo. Nel frattempo i paesi che hanno abbandonato il socialismo e hanno adottato il capitalismo - Europa dell'est, Cina, Vietnam, etc. - si sono arricchiti moltissimo, mentre l'Europa Occidentale continua a perdere terreno.

No, non è eticamente o moralmente accettabile che in una società esistano i miliardari, e cioè persone che accumulano ricchezze sterminate. E se qualcuno viene a dirmi che si tratta di invidia, vuol dire che non ha capito nulla. Non potrei essere invidioso di qualcosa che non posso raggiungere nemmeno con il mio massimo impegno. In verità, in un mondo normale, nessuno dovrebbe possedere tanto. Nessuno dovrebbe poter (seppure astrattamente) influenzare con esso gli assetti democratici di un paese, e nessuno dovrebbe avere tanto denaro fino a superare il PIL di una nazione. E poi, se uno è tanto ricco da possedere così tanto denaro, vuol dire che ci sono nel mondo tante persone povere al quale quel denaro è stato negato in un modo o nell'altro. Se ammettiamo che le risorse sono limitate, trattasi di dare e avere: quando io prendo, tu perdi, quando io perdo, tu prendi. Questo è il capitalismo. Ed è un sistema iniquo e illusorio: dà la falsa speranza che puoi essere anche tu un miliardario se ti impegni, ma la verità è che diventare miliardari in un sistema capitalistico richiede o un background familiare idoneo (caso più comune), oppure una coincidenza di circostanze tali da essere considerata pura fortuna, e perciò un evento particolarmente raro, per quanto possibile. Ecco perché poi i miliardari in realtà non arrivano quasi mai dal nulla. Eppure, grazie a questa illusione, la gente lavora e si sbatte per due soldi, nella speranza di avere prima o poi la svolta della vita, che però non arriverà mai. Peraltro, tanto è feroce il capitalismo (e dunque sono molte le occasioni di capitalizzare i guadagni e incrementarli sempre di più sfruttando il prossimo), tanto la società dove prolifica è ricca di diseguaglianze e discriminazioni economiche e sociali. Così non è un caso che i miliardari li trovi soprattutto in nazioni dove la sanità è a pagamento, le pensioni sono inadeguate o difficili da ottenere, i salari sono inadeguati o il costo della vita è talmente alto. E' lì che la speculazione capitalistica dei pochi sfrutta la povertà e il disagio sociale per incamerare profitti e dunque capitali ingenti. In una società equa il capitalismo non esisterebbe. Esisterebbe un sistema dove ognuno ha il suo e vive una vita dove non gli manca nulla: una casa, un salario, il riposo adeguato, gli hobby, le cure gratuite, una pensione, le vacanza e una famiglia. Ma in una società dominata dal capitale, l'agio tuo è il mio disagio e viceversa.

@MichaelAArouet I actually think the one believing propaganda is you. Obviously you have never been to Russia.

It always makes me laugh when I see some far-right or far-left „influencers“ share their excitement about their trips to Russia. In reality, Russia's standard of living is closer to the third world than to other countries in the region. Why do people believe this propaganda?

@China_TVv Are you kidding? I visited China with my partner and my son this spring, and I loved it! Of course I had to pay... I would live to have a chance to return to China for free!

If you were asked to visit China for free, would you accept? ​○ Yes ○ No

@Alex_Oloyede2 They can leave Kuev to the Ukrainians. Everything else looks fine

The only solution to the Ukraine problem. Keeps everyone happy, keeps the Banderites in check.

@thinkingwest Christianity

This is true, but reading the Iliad also reveals how absolutely alien the ancient world was compared to our modern one. What was praised then is seen as abhorrent now. War was glorious; killing, a sport. Something has fundamentally transformed our collective psyche since then.

@Megatron_ron Per Axios.... And that says it all.

JUST IN: US and Iran reach deal but need Trump’s final approval, per Axios

@DarioCpx Hard to believe that people fall for it every single time!

You gotta be kidding me, is this clown show still going?

@KobeissiLetter How many times has Axios published the terms of "the deal" so far? I can't believe that the Iranians would be so stupid to accept these terms.

EXPECTED TERMS OF US-IRAN 60-DAY CEASEFIRE EXTENSION, PER AXIOS: 1. The ceasefire will be extended via a "Memorandum of Understanding" 2. This establishes a 60-day window to "launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program" 3. During the 60-day period, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will be "unrestricted" 4. The US Navy will lift its blockade in proportion to the restoration of commercial shipping 5. Iran will include a commitment not to pursue a nuclear weapon in the Memorandum of Understanding 6. The Memorandum of Understanding will also state that the nuclear issues will be discussed "first" during the 60-day window 7. The US will commit to discussing sanction relief and the release of frozen Iranian funds 8. The Memorandum of Understanding will also include a mechanism to help Iran begin receiving goods and humanitarian aid US stock markets are surging to fresh record highs on the news of a potential deal. We now await final approval of the deal.

@RSA_Observer As you rightly say, time is on Iran's side. Congress may soon make it impossible for Trump to continue the war, oil reserves are being depleted, and this incoming weekend will see the USA markets closed for 3 days. If Trump decides to roll the dice, it will probably be now.

Important. It appears to be almost certain that it is only a matter of time before Congress forces Trump to end the increasingly unpopular war on Iran. ⬇️ Gift link. This creates a dilemma for Trump. If he doesn't strike Iran now, he may not be able to do so later. But if he does strike, he makes it all that much more likely that Congress will act to force an end to the war. From the Iranian perspective this is ideal. All they have to is drag the negotiations out and wait. Unlike Trump they are not negotiating against the Congress and midterms clock. Alternatively, if Trump attacks them, they simply retaliate to cause more economic havoc. Either way, the running down of strategic petroleum reserves makes it only a matter of time until the economic weight becomes unbearable within the American political system. But frankly, it's too late - the damage is done and will take a long time to reverse. In the end it's going to turn out the way I predicted to someone at the beginning, "When the war finally ends the Iranians will be standing in a pile of rubble but they will still be standing and they will still have control of the Strait of Hormuz and they will still hold their HEU." Strategically, between Trump and Congress they are going to end up handing Iran a previously unimaginable strategic win while leaving Israel and Netanyahu the worst of all possibilities. For the Arab states it means a total reorientation. This is going to change everything, and well beyond the Middle East. This will yet prove to be one of the most unnecessary but damaging wars in US history. nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/…

@RSA_Observer It is the third day in a row that this "imminent agreement" has been announced. I doubt the Iranians are such fools as to accept these conditions. Re-opening Hormuz in exchange for the promise of negotiations and a possible future gradual removal of sanctions? Are you kidding?

⬇️ Sounds very positive - a step forward.

@AwakenWithJP It's like hitting two birds with one stone...

So he's saying his wife's a cunt?

@ArmchairW Let's be realistic. The ratio is probably 5/6 to 1, which is still impressive. I would estimate 200K Russians KIA and 1,000K+ Ukrainians KIA.

I frequently cite a figure that 30 Ukrainians die for every Russian KIA in Ukraine. This figure is supported by publicly available data on military amputations as well as the regular casualty exchanges. It's literally the most substantiated casualty ratio estimate that exists.

@Handre Bitcoin is at 78k $. Bitcoin is not sound money. Gold and silver are sound money.