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@SuitablePolitic I think they enjoy trading oil for inadequte defense systems

I'm actually most surprised that China hasn't personally beaten Iran to a pulp for allowing things to get this far.

@marcthiessen Imagine the cubans saying the straits are closed. Such folly

All that oil and none of it going to Havana

@augurbio @HormuzLetter China relies on us trade to keep its people employed.

@HormuzLetter The amount of commenters that don’t understand China’s current position is mind blowing. Do you people honestly believe China fears the United States? Please think again, the way our country is headed, THEY will be the world superpower in 10 years time.

BREAKING: In a direct message to the Trump administration and the US Navy, China's Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun says Chinese ships will continue transiting the Strait of Hormuz through agreements with Iran, and warns the US not to "meddle in our affairs." Also from Dong's statement: 1. Says Chinese ships are currently "moving in and out of the waters of the Strait of Hormuz" 2. Confirms China has existing "trade and energy agreements with Iran" that China will "respect and honor" 3. Explicitly states: "Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and it is open for us," recognizing Iranian sovereignty over transit

@RBPundit Lloyds

The UK was totally cool with Iran controlling the Strait. When the US takes it over and stop Iran's ships, the UK gets angry. Weird, huh?

@Globalsurv Good luck w that.

🇨🇳🇮🇷🇺🇲CHINA has issued a strong warning to US reinstating that China has an energy agreement with IRAN and it ships will not be intercepted. Chinese Defense Ministry: ‘Chinese ships continue to move in and out of the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. We have trade and energy agreements with Iran, which we will respect and abide by. We expect others not to interfere in our affairs. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, and has opened it to us.’

@TheDrugMoney Borrow 10 times your assets.

What’s the riskiest financial move I can make today that could potentially 10x my money very quickly but could end in complete financial ruin?

@Osint613 Where do they get these spokespeople. They all speak like Hakeem Jeffries.

@AlaskanKate My wifes dad died last year after a year of cancer and her mom is in late stage dementia after 10 years of struggling. We took care of them as long as we could. Her appearance has changed a lot. Hope everyone is gentle w you.

I feel like I look a lot older since my dad died. The last year has really taken it out of me tbh.

@stats_feed Please inform my wife.

People who swear more often tend to be more honest, according to large-scale psychological research.

@DestinyTheGame @destinytrack Thanks for the warning.

The final day of the Guardian Games is among us. Be sure to finish up your contender cards, deposit any remaining medallions, and claim your event rewards!

@spotrac Imagine if they all shot the same and split it 50 ways.

2026 #Masters Payouts 1. McIlroy, $4.5M 2. Scheffler, $2.43M T3. Hatton/Henley/Rose/Young, $1.08M T7. Morikawa/Burns, $725k T9. Homa/Schauffele, $630k

@JasonSobelGolf Wonder what is pay heck was so far at the Masters. Maybe at his level they arent playing for money. I always remember he won the first olympic mens gold for golf.

At an age when most professional golfers are just trying to hang onto relevancy, Justin Rose goes 2nd-3rd at the last two Masters. Another admirable performance this week.

@YT_Solo I am old. It is only recently that on line gaming even existed. We had lots of fun before tryhards was even a word. there is a lot of money in games that don’t include player v player.

Video games went downhill the day that people got scared to play against the tryhards instead of being hyped to try and beat them

@PubWanghaf LOL. 2028

Trump just lost EVERY single catholic voter in 2028 His reelection chances are GONE

@DailyIranNews Makes you wonder if they have any trade agreements w the US.

Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun: "We have trade and energy agreements with Iran; we expect others not to interfere in our affairs. The Strait of Hormuz is open to us." China is issuing a warning to the US.

@TyrrellHatton @TheMasters @McIlroyRory Enjoyed watching you play.

Proud of my week at @TheMasters and delighted with a T3 finish. Massive congratulations to @McIlroyRory on the win. Thank you to my team for all the support and the patrons this week. See you again next year Augusta! Now where’s that cold beer? 🍺🤣

@MCCCANM Was always terrified pulling the safety on the ejection seat. Probably irrational but there anyway.

The “wavy” lines in the canopy glass (plastic) are not antennas…they are explosive cords. In the movies, an ejection is preceded by the jet’s canopy being blown off. “Goose” got killed in Top Gun because it didn’t happen fast enough & the seat hit the canopy. Some jets took a different approach, though. Rather than jettison the canopy, which is complicated & can fail, why not just blow it up? Shatter it into a thousand pieces that won’t hurt the pilot. This can shorten the ejection sequence, too, as you don’t need to allow as much time for the canopy to clear the ejection path (we’re talking fractions of a second, but still…). Anyway, this is the design they came up with. It’s known as a “Canopy Fracturing System”. It’s automatically triggered when you pull the ejection handle, but can be manually triggered as well without ejecting. I suppose that might be useful if smoke is accumulating in the cockpit. Now, jets that blow the whole canopy off instead of blowing it up have a somewhat complicated system to accomplish this. The system has to release the hooks locking the canopy onto the jet; it often does this by pushing hot gas from an explosive through tubes that push the hooks back (there are several methods, though). Kind of like firing a gun. Both systems can fail, though the explosive cord is considered very reliable…they put it in the F-35 (and I had it on the T-6). As a backup, the top of the ejection seat has a little pointy end on it. In theory, this point should hit the canopy before your head does if the canopy is still there in an ejection, shattering it before the canopy shatters your spine. I’d guess that has happened before, but I can’t recall any examples. Older jets sometimes got around all of this by just ejecting you downward. A hole would open up in the floor & the seat departs that way. The disadvantage here is obvious…you’ll have a higher minimum safe ejection altitude. This system still exists in the B-52. The seats back then were not quite as sophisticated as they are now… Today’s seats detect your orientation. If you eject while inverted, the seat will fire just enough to get you out of the jet, then right itself to point upward & fire again. When the seat has done its job, it automatically cuts the belts & straps that held you in & departs. The seat itself contains the parachute…so when you strap in, you’re strapping on the parachute…obviously, the seat doesn’t cut that, it’s the parting gift. The parachute has a barometric sensor that automatically deploys it if below a set altitude. If flying over high terrain (higher than the standard set altitude), you can rig it to immediately deploy the parachute on seat separation. The parachute also has an emergency oxygen bottle. This is not automatic, but pulling a cord will start the short flow of oxygen (I think it’s like 4 or 5 minutes, can’t remember). The hose for your oxygen mask is connected to the jet but is designed to break-away from the jet at the connection in an ejection; a smaller hose connects to a point on the parachute harness that will provide the emergency oxygen. The seat also contains a small survival kit & may be fitted with an automatically inflating raft for water landings. These will dangle underneath you as you descend. Ok, that’s about all I can recall off the top of my head. The ejection sequence is very, very short…pull the handle & you’ll be gone before you know it. In two-seat jets, the back seat goes first to prevent them from being burned by the rocket on the front seat. There is a sequencing lever in the jet that allows pilots to select if both seats will fire if any ejection handle is pulled, though…so you can select that each seat must pull its own handle. Useful if doing orientation rides for non-pilots…you don’t want them ejecting you, too.

@SullyCNBC Ye of little faith.

We see it. Supply shortages from the previous month+ of disruptions are going to keep hitting. Some of the last of the pre-war shipping fleet are now offloading. Not many behind them. “Blockade” has to work to reopen SOH or going to be rough.

@maureen2912 @UnrealBluegrass @AnaCabrera Last time I was there in 70s it was 30 below wind chill. It has its moments. Even the south side was dangerous back then. The wife actually uses swoopie. Now I will be singing Jim Croce all day.

@smoopie32 @UnrealBluegrass @AnaCabrera Have ya been to Chicago? I've lived there and it's a great area...

Why pick a fight with the Pope?

@GenXmillionaire One thing that can make it easy it to use the stable value fund on your 401k. The return from the company match is reward enough and it lessens any risk. Invest if you want, but it is not needed.

Invest in your 401k. Don’t listen to the losers.