Keith Jackson

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@shaguncrypto The issue is everyone wouldn't actually invest it or invest it wisely and at the same time nobody is willing to let people die in squalor or be honest about it. Same is true for healthcare.

By the time you turn 65, you have $750,000 into Social Security. Invest that money at 5%, it would be $2.5 million. That alone could generate $125,000/year. Instead you are promised about $2,800/month starting at 67. That’s ~$33,000/year. How is this not a terrible trade?

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@Daviator1981 @SonOfAristotle @DerrickEvans4WV Well to be fair when we see the white house do it we figure that's the lead by example we should be following. Am I right?

@SonOfAristotle @DerrickEvans4WV Look at the original posters question, it’s like he just asked the dumbest question he could to get “engagement”. He’s either disingenuous, or easily confused.

Can someone please explain to me how we have all this extra oil to sell to other countries, but gas is over $4/gallon here as if there’s some sort of shortage.

@hihojimjim @DerrickEvans4WV Can you make your above statement jive with the president's comments? The post was a rhetorical statement on rhetoric from the white house that we have tons of oil we won't have any issues (price increases, shortage etc.)

@DerrickEvans4WV Really? Are you that low iq or just Trump Deranged? The price of oil is not set by a single entity. The price of oil is determined by buyers and sellers on global exchanges.

@tanvi_ratna @RedPillXR um the why is the plan. This admin (and most) every outcome is exactly the plan or even better than planned and less and less believe the house of cards every day.

@RedPillXR Know the plan, not trust the plan. Otherwise you have no lens to understand whether we are close to or away from the objectives.

You don’t realize immigration fraud arises from global theaters and flashpoints. The cartel crackdown in Latin America shows the link. The Bab el Mandeb strait Iran is threatening to close, maps directly onto Minnesota immigration fraud. Start connecting the dots. I’m breaking it down: x.com/tanvi_ratna/st…

@tanvi_ratna win before the why... If the person in charge had reasonable morality this might be possible but even the base has lost a significant amount of blind belief.

Read and understand these deeply to start really connecting the dots on what is happening. The administration is in the middle of an operaiton and will not lay out everything rn. "the win comes before the why"

@billgensler @APompliano Iran never wanted a Nuke what they wanted was to retain some material as future deterrent . You were sold a bill of goods on the threat. Yes they are bad, but you have to keep them in check in smart ways. This is not smart.

@APompliano What would gas prices be if Iran were allowed to develop a nuclear weapon? What would they be if Iran deployed it? Everything in life is relative.

Gas prices are now over $4 per gallon in the US. The media will rightfully call out the potential economic pain from this development, but there is some important nuance that you won’t read in the headlines. You are going to read that every visit to the pump costs more, small businesses get squeezed, shipping prices rise, and that flows into everything from groceries to Amazon orders. This is all true and unfortunately these negative impacts hit lower-income households the hardest. But $4 gas is not going to derail the US economy. Most people are stuck in the 2008 mindset, but thankfully that is not the world we live in anymore. Cars are more fuel-efficient, EV adoption is growing, wages are higher in nominal terms, and the economy is less energy-intensive than it used to be. On top of this, America is producing more oil than ever, so high oil prices incentivizes more investment and it creates more jobs domestically. These may not be exciting consolation prizes, but they are factual ramifications from high prices. So what is likely to actually happen? We probably don’t experience a big crash directly from high gas prices. Instead, we see a slow bleed across markets. Consumers pull back a little, sentiment weakens, and politicians start sweating. But $4 gas alone isn’t enough to break the economy. The real danger is stacking negative economic trends. If high gas combines with sticky inflation, high rates, or a weakening job market then that’s when things could quickly unravel. If we don’t get the combination of factors, most of the headlines will be overdone. So for right now, the biggest impact of high gas prices is not economic, but rather psychological.

@APompliano I am missing something... around the nation energy prices are soaring (DataCenter needs) EVs have been deemed stupid cause we dont have the infrastructure (dont agree but it's stuck) Job rates were already lowering and Inflation was already increasing before the war...

@AULaw24 @Turo444 @MsMelChen We get defacto Hegemony in NATO we are the biggest D1ck in the room because we pay the most. If we decide we only want to pay a little then our wants and desires would be reduced greatly at which point why bother

@Turo444 @MsMelChen America can’t win wars anymore. European contributions for defense will be set at the appropriate level to deter Russia. However, Russia has clearly gotten its shit kicked in by Ukraine, so we’ll see what it takes.

Let’s be real here. Europe has spent decades freeloading on American security. Even now, with every NATO member finally hitting the 2% GDP target in 2025. But beyond the financial contributions, the real rupture is philosophical and the Iran crisis has shown a spotlight on it. Europe worships process. Endless committees, consultations, and “predictability.” Macron actually calls it a virtue. For Trump, this is paralysis as his style is to articulate a threat, fix a target, and act. The Americans are men of conviction and purpose. Europe on the other hand lives by bureaucratic liturgy and in high-minded abstractions. Sure, Americans might make mistakes when acting. But Europe never considers what the costs of not acting actually are. Just look at how their nations are doing on various fronts, especially on the border crisis, and you see the same cancerous rot that undergirds their foreign policy approach play out domestically. It's the same problem on a different scale. Iran is currently holding the Strait of Hormuz hostage, choking 20% of global oil and spiking prices past $100 a barrel. Meanwhile, the regime is bleeding from strikes, its nuclear ambitions are still alive despite degraded capability, and its proxies are firing missiles at allies and oil tankers. If this isn’t a clear and present danger to the global economy - of which Europe is a part - then I don’t know what is. Yet when Washington asked to use European bases to finish the job - bases the US has defended for generations, the response was hesitation and hand-wringing. The US did strike from RAF Fairford, but only after warnings that British soil could become a “legitimate target.” If you cannot agree that a theocratic regime with eschatological ambitions who have shown no restraint in hitting out at Gulf countries and threatening the world’s energy jugular is an enemy worth confronting, then what, exactly, are we allies about? Europe loves to preen about being tough on Russia. They issue condemnations and speeches and slap sanctions that hardly work to cripple the Russian economy. Now here was a chance to do something concrete: let the Americans use the bases they already pay for, help clear the Strait, and actually degrade the Iranian war machine that arms Moscow’s proxies. Turmp didn’t ask for boots on the ground or any kind of more offensive action. All he wanted was permission to operate from the infrastructure America has underwritten for decades. They couldn’t even manage that. So can you blame the Americans for seeing NATO for what it is? A paper-tiger alliance that expects Washington to bleed and pay while Brussels and London convenes and deliberates. If Europe refuses to treat Iran as the threat it is while happily letting American power keep the Strait open and the lights on, then the alliance is already dead. Trump is simply stating the obvious and the Americans are becoming very reluctant to subsidize the European delusion any longer.

@MsMelChen @Go_Crene Let's not forget that the US has economically benefited greatly from NATO... we spend a lot but then given almost defacto Hegemony. After the tariff tirade of 2025 I am pretty sure the Europeans are a little tired and skeptical of ready fire aim policy

@Go_Crene This is true And I will say after Iraq and Afghanistan, the Europeans do have a reason to be cautious But again this time, America did not ask for troops or machinery. They asked nothing more than to use the bases

@tanvi_ratna People did know this was a possible outcome. Whether some chose not to believe it doesn't make it true

Glad people are finally raising this point. Iran’s foreign minister made it clear early on that they had not actually closed the Strait. The disruption was initially driven by a freeze from Western insurers (like Lloyd’s of London), which halted shipping coverage. Then the chaos followed with stalled shipping, rising global gas prices and Iran began exploiting the situation by introducing tolls. Around the same time, Trump floated a fairly radical new insurance initiative. But that discussion quickly faded. The narrative shifted toward an “unplanned war” and looming catastrophe, with claims that Trump had effectively closed the Strait and was now pressuring Iran to reopen it. So the real question is: who actually closed the Strait? And why has there been so little effort by Lloyd's to clearly explain or actively resolve the issue? If you start asking that, you begin to see how this connects to other theaters where this conflict is hitting critical pressure points. As I said before, Iran is a central node through which many aspects of Trump’s broader reset are unfolding. Now, that’s slowly starting to come into view.

@AmericanDebunk He was going to take Canada then Greenland if the hard work is done then take the straight and make everyone pay a toll... but everyone I mean everyone with a brain knows the easy part is not done. shooting missles and your mouth off is easy occupation is not

This post by Trump is pre-framing what's to come. Read along and you'll start to see it too. When Trump tells the UK to "go to the Strait and just TAKE IT," the surface read is that he's venting at allies who didn't show up. But the deeper move is priming the the public (and world) with a new mental frame: the Strait of Hormuz is not Iranian sovereign territory anymore. It's available real estate. It's takeable. Anyone with courage can have it. That's a massive Overton Window shift delivered, in a tweet, as an insult to the UK. A year ago "America controls the Strait of Hormuz" sounded like some twisted fantasy. Today Trump is telling Britain to go grab it themselves like it's a parking spot. In a few weeks, Trump has normalized the concept of Western control over the Strait so thoroughly that full US seizure now looks like the modest option compared to what he's suggesting allies do on their own. This is intentional. The persuasion mechanics here are priming plus pre-selling. Whatever the eventual deal includes (US Navy permanent presence, joint patrols, Iranian withdrawal from mining infrastructure) the public will accept it because Trump already told them the Strait is there for the taking. Your subconscious mind has already been primed to accept it. This "psychological baseline" is going to influence Trump-Iran negotiations. Best believe it. "The hard part is done" works the same way. He's managing public fatigue. It translates to "we won, relax, this is cleanup". This keeps approval from eroding while the Pakistan talks drag through April. Trump isn't describing reality. He's installing it. Say the Strait is takeable enough times and it becomes takeable in the public mind. It's been 10 years of Trump and he still leaves me in awe with his persuasion.

@AndreasSteno Maybe consult your bio-line before posting. Check facts all things related to the Fed making decisions etc.

There is nothing more idiotic than raising interest rates because a strait with oil is closed.

@nattycounter420 @AndreasSteno @grok You forgot the reply post... that said hmm maybe the Fed has it correct cause I conferred with the Grok

@AndreasSteno @grok doesn’t the Fed usually lower rates during times of war - to facilitate capital movement and defense funding? Sounds weird they want to raise rates when we are in a war.

@RandPaul but not to register for the draft... dont disagree with voter ID but it should be biological and free. If you are concerned with fraud then a drivers license that can be faked and a birth cert is the wrong way. Iris scan or finger prints if you are going to do it do it right

You need an ID to board a plane, buy cold medicine, or open a bank account. Requiring one to vote shouldn't be controversial. We need to pass the SAVE Act in the Senate.

@tanvi_ratna I like your insight and subscribed to your stack a while ago but I have to say why does literally every other desk jockey have an alternate "this is why now" from Epstein to digital currency, 911, china squeeze and the ever popular Trump just wants a legacy.

Everyone is debating escalation after the Iran strikes. Missiles, retaliation, regime survival. But almost no one is asking the question serious strategists ask first. Why did this happen NOW? The answer lies in a full systems transition in US foreign policy.

@NikhileshSaw @TheNextSummitA1 you forgot the most important two words... "for me" cause it sure as shit doesn't apply to many.

@TheNextSummitA1 Walking, Running, Hiking, Gymming with Headphones defeats the purpose!

Hot take: Hiking with headphones defeats the purpose of being in nature. Agree or disagree?

@TheNextSummitA1 Life is not black and white... when on a trail with great nature sounds I love to listen to it when the trail is filled with people walking up and by talking I am just as inclined to put in some binaural beats.

@TrishStuth @boingboing3449 @BretWeinstein @DANKCHAINS Is the juice is worth the squeeze. Threats were low. Ability to weaken China is plausible but it is doubtful it will have near the effect many people hope it will and yet we are taking on more and more cost and responsibility for security in that region.

The condensed explanation is that Trump is rearranging the board to protect western dominance by weakening China. That he's also destroying apocalyptic islamic theocrats, communist dictators, terrorists and cartels in the process is a fantastic by-product. But maintaining Western civilization for his and everyone else in the Wests grandchildren

I supported the candidate who was both nominated by his party, and not demented. I also voted for the guy who pledged “No new wars.” So yes, we can evaluate what I got wrong . But you apparently supported the destruction of our Republic, so aren’t in a good position to criticize.

@PeterSchiff It actually makes the bar ambiguous.

Apparently, when Trump said the war would only end with Iran's unconditional surrender, he did not mean that Iran itself must surrender unconditionally, but only that he must determine that Iran's military no longer poses a threat to the U.S. That lowers the bar considerably.