Jerald

@JDVance Flow of what drugs?

@VinnysCorner1 I wouldn’t have Messier that far ahead of Mike Bossy and Brett Hull

ChatGPT ranks the top 25 NHL players of all time. 1) Wayne Gretzky 2) Mario Lemieux 3) Bobby Orr 4) Gordie Howe 5) Bobby Hull 6) Maurice Richard 7) Sidney Crosby 8) Jaromir Jagr 9) Phil Esposito 10) Mark Messier 11) Ray Bourque 12) Jean Beliveau 13) Doug Harvey 14) Mike Bossy 15) Stan Mikita 16) Eddie Shore 17) Patrick Roy 18) Brett Hull 19) Denis Potvin 20) Ron Francis 21) Paul Coffey 22) Dominik Hasek 23) Joe Sakic 24) Steve Yzerman 25) Bryan Trottier Objections, omissions?

I hate to admit this but Trump was right. He said that if I vote for Kamala Harris gas prices, groceries prices and my utility bills will go through the roof. I voted for Harris and my gas, groceries and utility bills have gone through the roof.

@ML3democrats It’s not a typical political question. An accurate comparison is to ask how Jim Jones stayed in power. Though i’m sure this ends better.

As a European, I don't understand how Trump remains in power after everything he has done.

None of that sounds at all realistic. That final ‘5%’ is basically what the whole war is about and right now Iran has less incentive than ever to end their nuclear program. The generous offers to Iran now being disavowed are actually totally plausible given the situation almost 4 months in.

🚨After receiving a briefing from a Senior TRUMP Administration Official on the status of the Iran negotiations (someone in the know & not just speculating), I can tell you the following: -USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING. All speculation and propaganda to the contrary is false. Some hardline elements of Iran’s govt (IRGC) have pushed fake stories & propaganda to try to kill this negotiation. -Iran deal is NOT done (95%, but still haggling over some language). No deal being signed today. May be a few more days before this is done. -Iran will NOT get any money or sanctions relief up front. -Iran must turn over nuclear stockpile to get anything. USA position is that failure to meet deal commitments means Iran gets nothing. -Long term USA objective is preventing Iran from having nuclear weapon. -Initial deal point is to re-establish free flow of commerce by reopening Strait of Hormuz. Deal should have 2 phases: Step 1 - Open Strait of Hormuz. Give world economy breathing room. Iran agrees to give up enriched uranium. Step 2 - Get the nuclear material turned over. Only then can Iran get sanctions relief. Bottom line: goal is to make a deal that lowers costs for Americans, calms world energy markets, and guarantees that Iranians cannot have a nuclear weapon over the long term. We aren’t there yet. Iran takes forever to get you a response on even small things. But we are close although it still could be a few days. “If we get what we are demanding, this is going to be a historic deal,” SAO says. SAO sounds prepared to do no deal at all if all Iran will do is a “bad deal.” SAO admits deal could fall apart yet. But if a deal is reached, SAO expects very senior USA admin officials to take part in a signing ceremony of some sort. Iran has agreed in principle to the framework but there are still a couple points USA isn’t satisfied with. 95% done. But literally changing words sometimes requires days in Iran’s system. Haggling over language. But USA feels like we have a commitment on nuclear stockpile and on opening Strait of Hormuz. If IRAN doesn’t deliver on commitments, they get nothing. “Iran’s ability to project power is a lot more limited than it was two months ago,” SAO says. “Their industrial base for building ballistic missiles has been substantially destroyed.”

@HormuzLetter @kinsellawarren Everyone was wondering why Trump hadn’t cut and run from this quagmire already. Because if he tries, like he just did, he’s whipped right back into line.

BREAKING: Two sources close to Trump's negotiation team say Trump is now completely backing away from the US-Iran deal, under "extreme internal pressure from Israel and its US domestic allies," urging him not to accept Iran‘s terms. After this, Trump posted an image of Mark 84 bomb on a fighter jet, with his signature "Thank you for your attention to this matter" catchphrase stenciled directly on the bomb, on Truth Social. Iran earlier warned already that the agreement "will be completely cancelled" due to ongoing US obstruction on key clauses. The deal that never existed is now publicly collapsing.

@The_FJC It’s been clear since mid March. The options were sending in ground forces to be killed by the thousands with no guarantee of success, or capitulation to Iranian demands.

We know what Trump is trying to do in Iran, we think. For those criticizing it, whats the alternative?

@TVietor08 Spinning it into a win is even harder.

Losing a war to Iran is hard work

Sounds like a rock-solid story.

@TheMaineWonk @jdcarX Is there any credible American reporting on this? I’ve seen the Iranian reporting, but seems a lot are taking it at face value.

Imagine starting a regime change war to end Iran’s nuclear & missile threat only to: - Keep IRGC in power - Give Iran control of Strait - Unfreeze $20 BILLION in assets - Allow Iran to keep ballistic missiles - Allow Iran to keep uranium It’s not a peace deal. It’s surrender.

@RobinReichman1 That’s a really tragic looking scene

Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦 will always be special to me cause my girls are Canadian I’m so blessed pleased to know my Texas/Miami home awaits for me. Headed back to America very soon and WOW it feels good 🇺🇸 ✌️🙏🏻 Canada 🇨🇦 a woke liberal fallen country truly a tragedy. 😓

@xghostnotesx @JigglyPants44 This was probably sarcasm, but thanks.

@JeraldV @JigglyPants44 Thank you for your valuable insight, Jerald!

Maybe Alberta shouldn’t have elected a separatist party

@Reil76 “It’s our sport now”

Wow well done Team USA 😂😂

Alberta joined Confederation in 1905, not 1867. The founding deal was already written, the rules were already set, and Alberta signed onto an existing arrangement. Then Alberta struck oil. Now Alberta wants to rewrite the constitution it inherited. Think about that dynamic for a second. You are the new hire. You did not build the company. You did not negotiate the founding partnership agreement. You showed up decades later, accepted the terms, and were handed a desk. Then you hit a massive sales streak and suddenly you want to vote like the CEO and renegotiate the partnership from scratch. The original partners, Ontario and Quebec, built the institutional framework, absorbed the risk of Confederation, and carried the country financially for generations before Alberta was even a province. The equalization system Alberta despises today exists because the founding provinces understood that regional economies are uneven, and a country only holds together if the arrangement is broadly fair over time. Alberta’s contribution to Canada is real and significant. The oil revenues that flowed east supported federal revenues and transfers for decades. That deserves acknowledgment. But “we generate revenue now” is not the same as “we designed this institution and therefore get to unilaterally change its rules.” Every new partner in any organization brings value. That does not automatically translate into governance authority that overrides the foundational agreement everyone else built and agreed to. If Alberta wants more weight in Confederation, the path is constitutional negotiation with the other partners. Not threats. Not sovereignty referendums. Not pretending the founding compact was illegitimate because it predates your membership. You want a seat at the head table? Earn it through the process that exists. You do not get to flip the table because you are currently the top salesperson.

It was always going to be either the completely untenable mass-casualty ground invasion, or a loss somehow dressed up as a win. It’s been obvious it had to be the latter for many weeks.

What's so irksome about US posturing against Canada on mutual defence is that they treat us as moochers, when we're clearly net contributors. Here's the USAF Commander of NORAD having to explain to Congress that defending the US would need more resources without Canada.

@Worldsource24 Trump will eventually accept less than what he wanted and spin it as a win. The frustrating part is he has such a gullible base that he could have done it a lot earlier.

Question for my followers: If President Trump accepts a poor deal, do you think it would mean Iran has effectively won the war against the United States — and if so, would that represent the worst military defeat in the nation’s history.

@general_ben All that said, this is good news for Ukraine. Ukraine bootstrapped itself with primarily American support and are now more than capable of making Russia feel the pain for as long as they want to continue their invasion.

Pathetic. Administration’s approach was doomed from the start. They didn’t understand or care about the cause of the war, started by demanding UKR give up territory, never acknowledged that Russia was the aggressor, bragged about slashing aid for UKR. How embarrassing.

@anders_aslund Certainly that's the future direction of NATO. America no longer wants relevance on the European continent, and Ukraine has become the most highly relevant military force on the continent and in the world.

The discussion about security guarantees related to Ukraine has become obsolete. Ukraine no longer needs security guarantees from NATO, but NATO needs security guarantees from Ukraine after Trump has abandoned NATO for Putin. NATO should invite Ukraine & kick the US out!

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