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I honestly thought this map was made up Hundreds of supertankers, the kind that carry two million barrels each, are currently racing toward the US Gulf Coast from every direction. Atlantic, Indian Ocean, around Africa, the scenic route, the "we were heading to Saudi Arabia but NVM" route. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and everyone panicked. Oil hit $126 a barrel. Gas hit $4 a gallon. Cable news did the thing where they put a red banner on screen and say "CRISIS" in a font that suggests you should be hoarding toilet paper. And then something happened that nobody in media seems interested in reporting, for obvious reasons. The world just... switched suppliers? Like changing your internet provider except the internet provider is the entire effing global energy economy. American oil exports are approaching record levels. Gulf Coast refineries are running at 95% capacity. Supertankers that were mid-ocean on their way to the Persian Gulf literally turned around and headed to Texas. That's not a metaphor. Ship tracking data shows them doing U-turns in the Indian Ocean. Meanwhile China, which was getting 45% of its oil imports through Hormuz and paying basement prices for sanctioned Iranian crude, is now competing with Japan and Europe for the same expensive American barrels. Chinese manufacturers are already raising prices 20% on goods headed to the US. So to summarize: Iran played its biggest card and the main result is that the United States became the world's emergency gas station and China's cheap energy subsidy evaporated. This is either the most elaborate coincidence in the history of geopolitics... or someone planned the sequence Venezuela -> Iran -> profits! I'll let you figure out which one

It's crazy to me how Robin Hood is now popularized as "stealing from the rich to give to the poor" (Socialist messaging) In reality, Robin Hood stole back the taxes that a cruel leader unjustly levied against the population (Anti-socialist messaging)

This is accurate. And unironically why America wins every new technological era.

made a $175 instacart order and the shopper left the reciept in the bag found out it would cost $125 if shopped in person 40% markup what a great business model

🚨 EXCLUSIVE — Per Tucker's guest, "Most Christians... are Talmudic Jews wrapped in Christianity." It was downhill from there. Nathan Apffel said a "nefarious they" have secretly coerced evangelicals to support Israel — and bring the Antichrist — all "for the sake of controlling the world." Apffel added that Jews and/or those who support Israel are not just "demonic," but are "workers" for "Satan." Not surprisingly, Apffel loves Carrie Prejean. The first clue from the interview that Apffel likes to repackage arguments from neo-Nazis and white nationalists — wrapped in a friendlier veneer — is his use of the term "Talmudic Jews." No Jew uses that term, nor does almost anyone else. It's almost exclusively the province of people like Dan Bilzerian, the types who spread outrageous falsehoods about what is supposedly in the Talmud. And yet, Apffel has built an influencer brand of a "peace, love & harmony" Christian — making his Jew-hating smears far more dangerous. Rather than using the more common arguments, such as claiming that Christian Zionists are misguided or that Jews had exerted undue influence on the Scofield Bible a century ago, Apffel straight out said most Christians in America today support Israel because "the church, and especially the evangelical church, is being used [by a "nefarious they"] as a tool for a far greater agenda that most people can’t see or fathom at the moment." In response to Tucker asking him, "Do you believe that there’s a spiritual component to this?", Apffel didn't hesitate. "100%. I do firmly believe there’s a demonic component to this behind it all. And the church — again, the church and its resources are being used to do it." Moments later, Apffel explained that this "demonic" group of Zionists have hijacked Christianity "for the sake of controlling the world." When Tucker responded by saying this sounds to him like "the deception that Jesus promises will come at some point," Apffel immediately agreed. "Well, Satan came as light, and then he says, 'My workers will come as light also.'" Screaming "Satan" or "demon" at Jews or anyone else who supports the Jewish state has become so common that even hippie surfer "preachers" like Apffel gleefully do so. Never mind that the people who have carried out the most violent anti-Semitic hate crimes have been motivated by ideas suggesting that Jews are dangerous, that they run the world (or at least U.S. foreign policy), and/or that they are "Satanic" or the "Synagogue of Satan." Even by those who have targeted small Jewish children. But a supposed Christian like Apffel exhibits no concern that the venom he's peddling has already animated actual violence against Jews. That's because it has become not just acceptable to demonize Jews, but normal, even profitable. (Megyn Kelly even bragged about this...) And as long as these hate merchants keep getting clicks, they won't stop — even when violent thugs target Jews yet again. No matter how many Jews may die.

Islam is the infallible truth. Nobody can defeat it. So the world does everything in its power to destroy the believers.

Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.