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I’m laughing so hard at how you describe Mike Johnson’s demeanor 🤣🤣 You nail it so well, Jeff! I have a smile a mile wide on my face just from your first paragraphs and had to come grin and laugh before I finish reading. Hilarious. He might have tapped the podium. Lololol I love C&C 😂 You really bring some of the best joy to my day, and wrapped in the news that is quite the feat!
Same here! How Jeff can deliver such momentous “news” in such a sunny manner is beyond me. I never fail to laugh at his descriptions. With all the doom and gloom we are constantly barraged with, it’s so refreshing. Thank you, Jeff! “A day without Coffee & COVID is a day without sunshine”!
I was amused by that too, as well as by "Iran’s navy is deployed to an artificial reef assignment." Interesting wording there :D REALLY GLAD I'm getting better about keeping my drinks out of my mouth when I'm reading C&C!
Gah! I’ve no such luck. He always gets me with a mouthful of coffee. I’ve been known to snort it a time or two and end in a coughing fit. 😂 Today was one zinger after another. He was smokin
I drink tea, and have learned to make it habit to take a sip facing the WINDOW, before returning my eyes to the screen... For quite a while there my keyboard was having a lot of bad mornings.
I read it at work so I have to be careful about weird noises coming out of my office or coffee going up my nose. But I’ll take the extra pre-wrinkle-creating smiles anytime!! 🤣😅😁
That was my favorite line too, and all the other little comments from those in the C & C family who can't get their coffee to tumble down their throat while reading Jeff. I stick to tea and never have a problem! Ha
Such a good visual. I pictured my German great grandmother with the large bosom and always in a belted pastel colored floral dress. She didn’t tuck into anything though, she was very ladylike. 😉
I will second that and raise a true ‘Come to Jesus’ request. A personal, transforming life with Him awaits you. Get it now and start really living. Just ask Jesus into your heart. He will gladly step in where you are and will never leave you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My sons used to get soooo mad at me when they were younger, especially my oldest, because I always knew when he was lying no matter how convincing he was or how I couldn’t possibly know the truth of a matter. Yet somehow I did. It was my gut being led by the Holy Spirit. I was overwhelmed by the feeling that something wasn’t right. I explained that God reveals things to his children when there’s no other way they could know, so long as they are listening. And he especially works in the hearts of parents who love their children. Over the years my older son has come clean with us faster and faster each time knowing he can’t fool God, and therefore can’t fool the Holy Spirit within me. I hate that most of the time when I can’t possibly know something is false that I have a slight pang of doubt that I might be wrong - and I don’t want to make that kind of mistake with them - but there hasn’t been a single time in 27 years that my gut was wrong, that my children were telling the truth and I was convinced they weren’t. Not once. We all marvel at the power of God in that way. It was an incredible witness for my children growing up. Not me, but God’s voice within me.
Jesus wants you to trust in Him! He wants to shower you with His graces. If you surrender yourself to Him, your life will change. If you start to worry about something just surrender yourself to Jesus and let Him take care of it. The anxiety will leave you and you will feel free. Surrender prayer: “O Jesus, I surrender myself to You, take care of everything!”
Since I discovered this prayer years ago, it has changed my life. Try it.
You are advised not to delay. Luke 12:20 reminds us: "You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?"
Don't assume you will live to repent and receive Christ "later", for "later" may never arrive.
Today is Palm Shabbat-the day Israel was told to choose the lamb before Passover- which this year, is Wednesday (the ‘day’ begins at sundown Tuesday and ends at sundown Wednesday.)
They were told that in those 4 days, they were to examine/watch the lamb.
Today would have been the day that Yeshua, the Lamb of God, walked into Jerusalem, 4 days before He was to be sacrificed. And He was watched/examined, by the people, the Pharisees, the Sadducee’s, by Pontius Pilate and the Roman soldiers.
At some point in the wee hours of the night Wednesday, He was arrested, tried 4 times, and by daylight had been found guilty, was beaten to a pulp, hung on the cross.
By 3 pm he was dead. Right before sundown Wednesday He was placed in the tomb. For 3 days and 3 nights.
He arose on the day we call Sunday, which the Father calls the 6th day.
God is using you in such a profound way to gather True Believers as well as awakening those that believe that they alone have power! Well done Good and Faithful Servant! Wishing you a Blessed Easter Season, may the Resurrection Power that He proclaimed for us descend like the dove of Peace over us and keep us growing ever fervent in our heart to carry HIS legacy until He calls us HOME! 🙏🏻📿🕊️
"DHS said TSA workers should start receiving their paychecks as early as this Monday."
I'm flying tomorrow morning (7:40am boarding time flight that I would normally plan to get to the airport for at 6:30am to be through security with an hour before boarding; I've now scheduled my Uber pickup to get me to the airport at 4:30am).
I'm flying again on Wednesday.
So, one flight *before* the TSA paychecks should start flowing, and one flight *after*.
I shall report back the differences I see, on Thursday. (Different airports, of course, so maybe an apples & oranges thing). [Edit: also, Sunday is usually one of the busiest air travel days in the US, and Wednesday is one of the slowest, so probably not comparable.)
And…given that 500 employees quit how long will it take to restaff TSA to its normal numbers after the pay starts. It can’t be instantaneous, but ICE is still there to help … best of luck to you both before and after! I wish you short and fast lines.
Meanwhile, the acting administrator of the Transportation Security Administration testified before Congress this week that travelers at U.S. airports are currently enduring the highest wait times ever recorded. So who do we believe, CNN or the TSA itself? I'll go with TSA on this one.
The reporting IS confusing. The experience we have seen is in the last 2 weeks: we’ve had many visitors from Chicago to Florida, different days, times and airlines. None had any delays. None of them. Last ones were yesterday.
Friends who went to Puerto Rico however posted on Facebook that they had a 2 1/2 hour security line.
People flying in and out of the nearest (large) airport to me have all said wait times have been normal (10-30 minutes depending on the day and time of day).
That's anecdotal. Some airports, such as SFO, don't use TSA agents (they use private contractors instead) and their wait times are in minutes. I'll believe TSA's own administrator when she says wait times are historically long.
The testimony took place on Wednesday, so after the much-vaunted ICE deployment, and after Jeff wrote about the CNN report claiming that lines at airports had evaporated.
But wasn’t it more about the need for more agents because it takes so long to train them? I recall her giving back to the dems as they tried to trash her.
I think she saying it’s hard to know what to believe. Not trust worthy reporting so you go by what real people you know are reporting. Atlanta airport is notoriously painful. Long lines even with TSA precheck
It seems like there are a select few still experiencing difficulties and long wait times, like Houston and I think I also heard JFK but most of the people I’ve heard from who have flown recently, even though it’s been spring break in many places, have reported few or no issues, in various airports around the country.
I love it💕. Actually I’m the support person for two big dog babies. But I do appreciate the hell they raise when ‘God knows who’ makes a delivery at my house.
We flew on the 14th and 21st and had shockingly short TSA wait times…shutdown was in-progress but I don’t think ICE had been deployed yet (or at least wasn’t at our airports)….just saying that not all airports are equally impacted (MSP and Boston-Logan) - best of luck to you!
Agreed. Houston never seemed to be good, my local SJU had horrific videos early last week (the airport set up dozens of tents outside to shield the 5-hour-long lines from sun AND rain), and other airports were tolerable or normal.
I suspect it depends on whether it's one of the 13 airports where ICE was deployed (Unwoke in Idaho seems to think ICE went to every airport...), although even that doesn't necessarily mean anything, because they WERE deployed to SJU and we still had 5-hour lines and outdoor tents set up.
I'm curious to see what the place looks like tomorrow morning, whether the tents are still there.
Two weeks ago my wife had a flight to Miami and her Uber driver cancelled on her because he didn't want to go to the airport; she said (at least that day) SJU and MIA seemed fine, and both on the return a few days later. But she flew on a Thursday and a Monday, both not typical high-travel days for US airports.
I've been going to Asheville from SWFL a number of times this year to be with my daughter-in-law for chemo treatments. I've had the opportunity to travel Allegiant Air and not had any problems. I leave Wednesday for another visit. I'm going early so I can be there for my grand daughter's 3 rd birthday. Allegiant has limited flights, so I was looking at regular carriers. I would have to change in Atlanta. I decided to stay a bit longer to ensure safe and swift passage.
I have a friend who is a flight attendant on Delta. Several years ago, she cautioned all her friends with the following advice. That was, if you are within 7 hours of your destination, drive. When you choose to fly, get a direct flight, even if you have to drive some distance. And if not, be prepared to wait and know the possibility of being canceled and rescheduled.
It depends on the airport. Charlotte's TSA wait is only 20 minutes because most of their flights are connecting flights. If you are flying out of NYC, Atlanta or TX you may still be in trouble.
It's not the same thing, the result is the same but if Lloyds of London closed the Strait, then only Llodys of London can open it again. Iran doesn't need to do anything except give a perception of danger and the insurance will do the rest
That's why we will be insuring the ships, not Lloyds. This may end up being the biggest plus from the Iran war. Lloyds will have competition and we will have another huge source of funding for other things like tax relief.
You could be right but I don't think so. If, and that's still an if, the US underwrites ships passing through the Strait that will just encourange Iran to fire everything they have at those ships. It sounds like a recipie for the costs to dramatically escalate for the US
Iran is letting ships pass if they pay a tariff. I don't know why Americans don't pay attention to that. We should understand the concept of charging for commerce.
Speaking of tariffs. Jeff alerted that EU parliament was to vote this past Thurs. on ratifying purchase of $750B in USA gas/oil. The deal made in July 2025 but EU slow walked due to ‘Greenland’ mean tweets.
They parliament voted to approve it, but now goes to each country for final. And, a provision to suspend it if US raises tariffs any further.
“The EU assembly voted by 417 to 154, and 71 abstentions, in favour of the legislation.
The text will need to be signed off by all of the bloc's 27 member states before it is implemented, with a concluding vote expected in April or May.
On Thursday, lawmakers moved to strengthen its safeguards, including a provision to suspend the agreement if the US imposes additional tariffs above 15% or introduces new duties on EU goods. Another would halt the deal if the US threatened the EU's territorial sovereignty.”
I guess ‘Greenland’ = the EU’s territorial sovereignty?
Lo the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evil doers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the Lord of hosts. But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with the healing rays.
I am beyond disgusted by the senatewhores taking yet another two week vacation. Even if they had passed the SAVE Act and DHS funding, which they didn’t do of course, there is still a crapload of stuff they need to do but never will.
I think those miserable pukes have been on vacation more days so far this year than they theoretically have been “working”. And then they will have the effing nerve to whine how they only have so many legislative days so they’ll kick the can down the road yet once again.
We the people should bring them to their knees. We pay their salaries and glorious benes that we don't have. The payor is the sayor and time to give them a taste of the medicine they force on us.
I have decided recently to stay off X and eschew most news until late in the day, just to get caught up. It has done wonders for my equilibrium and productivity. Summaries like this are just what the doctor ordered (the doctor is a psychiatrist) :-)
The Jeff Childers pro Trump spin machine continues. There’s no master plan here, this Iran adventure is a disaster. None of us voted for war with Iran, although many conservatives seem to have twisted themselves in pretzels to support it. We specifically voted for lower gas prices and focus on our economy in America first. I loved you during Covid and I thank you for all you did then Jeff, but man this is just a propaganda blog at this point.
It is fine to disagree with what Jeff articulates. It is true however that such comments are "contradictions" not debate, and not engaging in any meaningful way.
Zionists are Nazis, did you miss what you all did in Gaza? Go move to Israel if you're so proud. Go join the war effort. Oh wait, you creeps only believe in other people fighting your battles.
After Iran launched two 4000km missiles ( after swearing maximum range of 2000 km) do you realize they were a couple years away from hitting USA? I didn’t want a war, but national security is key to republicans vs useless broken negotiations by democrats.
OK, I have a question. Given that then why have we not already destroyed North Korea who has nukes and has missiles? Or is there something wrong with the logic?
Please make a spreadsheet, with 2 columns. On one side, name who Iran "exports" terror to. In the other column, list the MANY countries Israel exports terror to. (Don't forget about the terror exported to the US, when false flag- Israel tried to sink the USS Liberty, so the blame could be placed on Egypt. If it sunk, the US would have likely bombed Egypt into the stone ages, yet Zionist LBJ basically covered it up. Israel IS the terrorist state. The biblical "great deception", in real time. Rev 2:9
"They have nukes and missals" Maybe this is part of the why. They are communists, but not radical dark age terrorists that believe their destiny is to rule the world? Possibly another reason. They have little ability to spread terror around the world and force global economic consequences? I can think of several more.
Not only that...they are ruled by China. If they step too far out of line, China will discipline them. And now, China has their own problems to deal with.
North Korea is far more reasonable than Iran and has curtailed their behavior due to external inputs. They take input from the US and China seriously. Iran has been inimical since the late 1970's.
Right now, in that part of the world, there is mutually assured destruction, the same stand-off situation that prevented Russia from starting a nuclear war. North Korea knows it would be gone in two hours. So why should we bother? Your sad, little attempt at some kind of equivalency is an illogical failure. North Korea simply isn't significant enough for us to take out at this point.
Iran has a strong educational system (104 average IQ), Iran has oil (money and energy), Iran is strategically placed on the map, Iran has historical precedent (North Korea was a UN creation).
President Trump never said that eliminating Iran’s nuclear weapons was the only option.
The Norks are on the Trumpsters list but further down the line. Norks have no source of energy except China and they give anything away for free. They will soon have a shortage of fertilizer and fuel. Looks like another famine in their future.
It's not enough that Iran might have, or even did have, a nuclear weapon. There needed to be a imminent threat of them using it against us to justify going to war and putting American troops on the ground. Go back and listen to Rubio in his own words. That is NOT why we went to war.
Trump may have found a way to leverage this "conflict" to serve his agenda, but the end doesn't justify the means.
Because they have fully armed intercontinental ballistic weapons spread all over the country. We wouldn’t get them all, and U.S. cities would likely be incinerated. That’s why.
So apparently you have no idea where OUR nukes are. Their country would be obliterated before their missiles got anywhere near "US cities." Geography is our friend.
After Iran launched two missiles? That would be after the US attacked them, their leaders, their children, their gas field, and their infrastructure.
But you are using what they did after in order to justify what we did first?
That's rich.
I note that many of the people who supported the attack on Iran did so because they thought that Iran already has missiles capable of reaching the US. They breathlessly insisted that we had to kill them before they killed us.
Now we are told that they "might" in a couple of years.
Maybe you don't realize the change in propaganda, but I do.
We didn’t vote for open borders either. Nor did we vote for massive federal deficits. Iran has killed thousands of Americans through its proxies, and many tens of thousands of its own people, often women who are tortured first for not wearing a hijab. They have 60% enriched plutonium and have sworn to use it against the U.S. and Israel. They will add other countries to the list later. And it’s not “Iran.” It’s the IRGC, a bunch of fanatical Barbary pirates who control at least a third of that once great nation’s economy. The IRGC has funded wars and unrest in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon and Gaza. They have assassinated dissidents around the world. Meanwhile, they buy mansions in the UK, Switzerland, Mallorca, etc and vacation in Dubai. No one wants war, and the outcome in this case is indeed uncertain, but the benefits with regime change could be huge for the entire world. IMO, the benefits outweigh the costs, at least so far. We’ll see what happens.
I’m looking for the report that they have a law that says when an infant is raped and life long damage occurs, the guilty male will be considered a sinner and is responsible for the support of the victim.
I remember that one. It was at least a year ago if not longer. Maybe last summer? I’ve been reading him since early 2024. I think I may have replied because I was aghast at learning about all of it for the first time through his Substack.
Well, that depends. How much of what you referenced is actually true and how much is propaganda? Nearly all the "news" we get from either side in a war is actually propaganda. There is always a long list of "excuses" for initiating an invasion of some country.
See Doug Ross’s comment above and read his article. (Although I suspect you’re just here to make noise and not to LEARN anything…it’s worth a shot.) And, BTW, according to a recent CNN poll - like only a few days ago - 100% of Republicans support his efforts in Iran. So.
From Doug’s article:
“America is energy self-sufficient. China is not, and every unit of energy it imports now moves through chokepoints the U.S. Navy now controls. Iran was China’s last overland bypass — and it’s gone. Russia is next: a post-war Iran reopening under U.S. influence undercuts Russian crude on price, and Ukraine is already destroying Russian energy infrastructure. The message to Moscow is simple: two regimes fell in three months, and you’re next unless you sign a deal. Then comes the final negotiation with China, where the U.S. holds every card — energy, currency, and compute.
The nation that controls all three will likely build superintelligent AI first. That is the real prize.”
Did you not read the article or did you just not comprehend it? It’s not time for the Strait to reopen. Archimedes said “Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the world.” He forgot to mention time. A lever, a place to stand and time.
These trolls do not read Jeff’s posts. They just jump into their mission of division and chaos. He/she/it might have looked at the pictures and that was outrage enough.
If you really think that the USA will control Hormuz then please place a bet on Polymarket for when the first USA navy ship sails through it.
Ain't happening anytime soon. How long do you think it'll take? Weeks, months, years?
When a USA navy ship sails through Hormuz and doesn't get fired on then you control it. When 100 tankers a day transit the strait then you control it. Until then ...
No no you don't get it, we just uhhh we just don't want to open the strait, even though Trump has threatened to flatten Iran and destroy all their infrastructure if they don't open it, even though we begged everyone including China to help us open it, we just don't want to. I swear, this blog has become pure cope. It's wild.
My gut feeling Michelle is that you must be young. I lived through the CIA and the Shah, the 444 day hostage crisis, the Marine base bombing, the USS Cole, the Death to America chants, the assistance Iran gave to Osama Bin Laden, and those kidnapping and beheadings on social media not to include the 1988 massacre of 30,000 of it's owncitizens. So don't cry me a river about Iran or this blog.
Much of the assistance Iran gave to vintage Islamist terrorists such as Bin Laden was funded by our very own closet Islamist President Obama ... using taxpayer dollars no less.
Young? Or not real like a number of others here. Always naysaying. Always trying to tear things down and propagandize against America. They are likely Chinese bots. Definitely anarchists and commies.
Trump is taking care of some festering cancers in the world before it’s too late. It’s not always going to be pretty, or fast. And there is always the possibility of failure.
If you listened a few days ago to Tucker Carlson's discussion with a former *interim* prime minister of Israel, the gist of the discussion boils down to - Israel has no plan but they will obliterate any thing or anyone who gives them the slightest opposition. RIP Charlie Kirk.
No, I did not listen to Tucker Carlson, who will dig up anyone or anything to support his hatred of Israel. Why? He didn’t used to sound that way.
But then he became a beloved supporter of Qatar and acquired a home (ranch?) there. Now he thinks Islam is just great, and Hamas is just a political organization and Israel is responsible for all the evil in the world.
President Trump said it:
“Tucker has lost his way. And he’s not smart enough to know it. He’s not MAGA.”
I had subscribed to Tucker Carlson’s channel. I recently canceled it. Tucker has truly gone insane and yes, lost his way. He is not the man he used to be.
Rockets and missles slamming into Israel are nothing new. Every citizen knows the bomb shelter they’re assigned to. It’s especially intense now, but the Jewish people have never been more united in the fight.
If you think this is a good thing, shame on you. If you want the destruction of Israel, God help you.
In order to believe that this is 'a disaster' and not a necessary effort, you would need to believe that Iran would not succeed in obtaining a nuclear ICBM capability, nor the decision to use it... Understanding the motivation of the Iranian leadership over the last 47 years means appreciating the fact that they see the world as a religious conflict, not a political conflict -- and would certainly is their weaponry as such...
Every 'world leader' over the last thirty years has bemoaned the Iranian ambitions, and said that something needed to be done about it... But little other than bribery was done, so Iran just kept plugging away at obtaining the one thing they felt they needed...
I believe the President Trump DOES have a master plan -- not because I know what it is but because too many things happen is the correct sequences to maximize the results for the US...
You sound like someone that waits to see what happens... Such people are very uncomfortable with people who are action oriented, such as President Trump... Perhaps that is your issue... But it is very dangerous in geopolitics to just sit back and wait to see what happend -- just look at the Germans specifically... I traveled there for work 2012-2023, and watched the place slowly crumble, then faster... But I would see it from my US perspective, while they sat there unaware of the risks from their European (and historically stoic German) perspectives... When I talk to my German friends now, they are all too aware of the issues (mostly because Trump holds the mirror up to them directly) but they know they are at risk of becoming irrelevant...
When I want to prove the point to them, I send the picture of the German delegation at the UN laughing at President Trump during his speech at the UN about energy independence... Who is laughing now...???
I don’t see it so much as propaganda but another viewpoint that we’re not getting elsewhere. It’s refreshing actually. If you just want confirmation bias perhaps you should go elsewhere.
I think Kennedy was talking about C&C just being another viewpoint, not propaganda, and if the OP just wanted more confirmation bias of the leftist narrative they should go elsewhere.
Hard to keep track with all the replies but that’s what I think they meant.
💯. Explain to me "energy independence" Almost zero of the shale products stays here to refine. We have maybe 3 refineries that can do it! 60% of our crude comes from Canada, 15% from Mexico and the balance made up from SA countries. This hasbara is so laughable,simply on its face. It will take several years to tool up our refineries to process. The Venezuela crude, only LA refineries can process but they are full of crude from Canada..
The straight, again LMFAO from this hasbara. Our carriers: Our largest, out of action reportedly for a year due to a "laundry room fire". The Lincoln cannot get within 1000KM of the coast to avoid also having a "laundry room fire". So the hasbara is now, we the US taxpayers are going to underwrite the ships! Now we the tax payers can pay for the losses when they inevitably occur because we have zero control over the straight! What is conveniently left out is; ships are moving! Ships are going through every single day that have been approved from Iran. Remember the master 5d chess player HAD TO remove all sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil to attempt to manipulate the markets so the dear leader won't look bad. This is so laughable it's not even funny. You cannot make this shit show up. Although Jeff is trying very hard for his handlers to do so. So we are playing 100d chess..Iran and Russia are making huge amounts of Rubles and Yuan selling their products while the planned destruction of the petro dollar is happening in real time. Explain to me how this is winning again?
I respect the hell out of Jeff and what he does on the daily. Creating a blog 7 days per week. However, it appears most of his followers love an echo chamber. All of his Trump gushes are easily disproven by FACTS on the ground. What I'm afraid of is, we are getting ready to sacrifice our sons and daughters to create as the Professor Pappe states: a rally around the flag moment when they get slaughtered in this next series of miscalculations. Almost all of you should listen to that voice in your head that is telling you this is wrong. Spend a little time outside of your echo chamber, maybe you can find alternative theories to what's happening. Instead of worshipping a clearly deranged lunatic that we can all witness is panicking, instead of winning. It's been named the Persian Gulf for 3000 years! If you think these folks, during an existential threat are going to lay down, ask our brave soldiers from last night what they think now that we have reportedly lost 12 bases completely. We cannot even protect our bases but we're going to control the straight...Wake up folks!
I had to look "hasbara" up. It is not a term I use or have ever heard of. We are 100% self sufficient in terms of oil production and the only bottleneck is refining. Which is about to change in Brownsville and Trenton, ND. In the next 2-5 years. Oil producers don't like permitting refineries because more supply equals a lower price. This is the DeBeers model of constraining supply to increase pricing. I know oil. Not just because I am a mineral owner, but because I largely consume every topic related to oil.
Most of what you have written is factually incorrect. But I can't waste all day responding to each meritless allegation.
In summary Aaron, please do better research. Also please do not ridicule readers with your opinions. Most of us follow the Mark Twain methodology and are aware of it.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
What did I get wrong? You validated my point on refining! It's an enormous bottleneck and as you validated.... it's several years away. What happens in the near term? I also have vast experience in the oil patch. I also am a mineral owner! I have a rig right now, less than a mile from my house! I 💯 agree with you on the Debeers model. Kicked into over drive the last time they lied us into the middle east. All the wells around me on the Utica shale were drilled mid 2000s, then shut in. Most likely waiting for this occurrence. I also spent 15 years working in refineries, chemical plants, ASUs. Facilities utilizing fractional distillation. Probably not as well read as you but understand it well. Matter of fact, the largest ASU in the world, which was a huge supplier of helium is picking up the ashes from all our winning!
It's unfortunate you didn't know what hasbara is. I'm afraid most on here don't...Because thats all we get these days. I appreciate you helping prove my point succinctly with your experience. You appear to have gotten angry I cannot be hypnotised by the dear leader but you helped tremendously, proving my point this isnt some near term 5d chess move. We cannot protect our bases, 100 million dollar boondoggle aircrafts and apparently our ships as we sit 1000 KM from the coast of Iran. But we'll win the battle of the straight? I also take the Mark Twain approach:
Easier to fool someone than admit they've been fooled. Appreciate the response.
Net exporter is a real number. There are always factors in production, crude quality etc. Our foreign imports are far more secure then many nations enjoy. I think there is a plan here to not allow Iran to have control of the straight. Who will, well clearly that is being worked on and moving towards a joint international effort. Trump likely wants the oil revenue to go to the people of Iran, just as the US forced the British to allow that with the Sha, until Carter.
Read or listen to something else than Faux news...Not a fan of NY times but they laid it out pretty well the other day. Also last night. All of our early warning radars have been knocked out. Most on first day! This right here is the problem of you all living in an Echo Chamber. This has been admitted from our ministry of truth; that you all appear to now believe in again. Mostly smaller bases but again admitted that we evacuated Iraq, Irbil, a few in Jordan, UAE, Bahrain. Just spend 10 minutes out of your bubble and alternative theories are there. I don't know for 100 certainty either but I sure as hell don't believe our lying government either. All I'm attempting is to educate the sleeping and overcome your biases.
The blindspot/irony of this exact blog being created for critical thinking, while being entirely skeptical/critical! of the ministry of truth, cannot overcome the mass psychological need to believe in "their" tribal leader.... I hope I'm entirely wrong but damn is it evident to me the lies....and psychological operation being ran again and again
We didn’t have to twist ourselves into a pretzel at all to support it, but then we all have common sense. Jeff is anything BUT propaganda. He’s the opposite actually, fighting the very propaganda that you have swallowed.
The Trumpster has just endorsed Ken Paxton over Cornyn whose a buddy of Thune. Jeff you mentioned a little while back about the Trumpsters plans to remake the Senate. Is this a planned move towards this plan??
Meanwhile on the West Coast, we seem to be handing over all the power to the predators.... A liberal judge lets a killer off on probation and it's the mountain lions who have all the leverage.
Thanks for sharing your link. As a former graveyard cop in semi-rural America, I've actually witnessed coyotes running across roadways with pets clenched in their jaws. A few times.
Thank you for your service... Sad to report that here in my neighborhood, we'd often see the evidence of that in the morning: little maroon droplets on the cement.
The speed of AI development (and its hunger - for energy and something else…it seems almost parasitic) is horrifying. And yet, we’re here. I think Jeff’s right that nationally the choice is “find a way to use it or lost it” but personally and relationally we’ll need to be building a resistance to it.
I like a world of plenty—plenty of gas to drive a car, plenty of fertilizer to plant food, and airports that are clean, efficient and safe. I liked the world when monarch meant butterflies (whoops the chemtrails killed them) and we have monarch programming. I liked the world when words had meanings like peace really meant peace and I’ve always liked Europe. Oh well, I’m way too old for this world.
And the whole West Coast and the South East Coast and the upper N Midwest... We've been taken in by demonic gov schooling and hated of all things Holy.
"There was a reason why John Thune scheduled the vote while the nation was asleep - so they could skip town before voters woke up and discovered what they had done.
And here's the real kick in the pants - Republican senators left for yet another vacation without doing anything about the Save America Act.
There's no polite way to say this - but Senate Republicans are sabotaging the midterm elections and President Trump's agenda."
I’m laughing so hard at how you describe Mike Johnson’s demeanor 🤣🤣 You nail it so well, Jeff! I have a smile a mile wide on my face just from your first paragraphs and had to come grin and laugh before I finish reading. Hilarious. He might have tapped the podium. Lololol I love C&C 😂 You really bring some of the best joy to my day, and wrapped in the news that is quite the feat!
Same here! How Jeff can deliver such momentous “news” in such a sunny manner is beyond me. I never fail to laugh at his descriptions. With all the doom and gloom we are constantly barraged with, it’s so refreshing. Thank you, Jeff! “A day without Coffee & COVID is a day without sunshine”!
I was amused by that too, as well as by "Iran’s navy is deployed to an artificial reef assignment." Interesting wording there :D REALLY GLAD I'm getting better about keeping my drinks out of my mouth when I'm reading C&C!
Gah! I’ve no such luck. He always gets me with a mouthful of coffee. I’ve been known to snort it a time or two and end in a coughing fit. 😂 Today was one zinger after another. He was smokin
I drink tea, and have learned to make it habit to take a sip facing the WINDOW, before returning my eyes to the screen... For quite a while there my keyboard was having a lot of bad mornings.
Jeff is AWESOME !!
Oh great now I’m chortling and spitting reading your replies 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 me too!! 😁
I read it at work so I have to be careful about weird noises coming out of my office or coffee going up my nose. But I’ll take the extra pre-wrinkle-creating smiles anytime!! 🤣😅😁
🤣🤣hahahaha
Delightful LOL (See what I did there😉)
Loved ‘The fat German lady has sung, left the opera, and is home tucking into a bratwurst.’
That was my favorite line too, and all the other little comments from those in the C & C family who can't get their coffee to tumble down their throat while reading Jeff. I stick to tea and never have a problem! Ha
Such a good visual. I pictured my German great grandmother with the large bosom and always in a belted pastel colored floral dress. She didn’t tuck into anything though, she was very ladylike. 😉
🤣😂
YES, YES AND YES‼️🤣❤️
Brilliant insight
Juju, if I didn't really smile and laugh out loud when I read Jeff's description of Mike Johnson, I sure did when I read your comments. LOL.
"The...Europeans dragged their wooden-shoed feet" did it for me! 🤣
Good morning C&C. Holy Week is approaching. Jesus died for our sins. Let us turn to God and repent so that Jesus’s sacrifice was not in vain.
I will second that and raise a true ‘Come to Jesus’ request. A personal, transforming life with Him awaits you. Get it now and start really living. Just ask Jesus into your heart. He will gladly step in where you are and will never leave you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
And you’ll become so much smarter with the Holy Spirit’s discernment guiding you.
Holy AI at work in your heart
Great analogy. Holy Ai. So true.
My sons used to get soooo mad at me when they were younger, especially my oldest, because I always knew when he was lying no matter how convincing he was or how I couldn’t possibly know the truth of a matter. Yet somehow I did. It was my gut being led by the Holy Spirit. I was overwhelmed by the feeling that something wasn’t right. I explained that God reveals things to his children when there’s no other way they could know, so long as they are listening. And he especially works in the hearts of parents who love their children. Over the years my older son has come clean with us faster and faster each time knowing he can’t fool God, and therefore can’t fool the Holy Spirit within me. I hate that most of the time when I can’t possibly know something is false that I have a slight pang of doubt that I might be wrong - and I don’t want to make that kind of mistake with them - but there hasn’t been a single time in 27 years that my gut was wrong, that my children were telling the truth and I was convinced they weren’t. Not once. We all marvel at the power of God in that way. It was an incredible witness for my children growing up. Not me, but God’s voice within me.
That's true!
Jesus wants you to trust in Him! He wants to shower you with His graces. If you surrender yourself to Him, your life will change. If you start to worry about something just surrender yourself to Jesus and let Him take care of it. The anxiety will leave you and you will feel free. Surrender prayer: “O Jesus, I surrender myself to You, take care of everything!”
Since I discovered this prayer years ago, it has changed my life. Try it.
https://focus.org/posts/how-to-pray-the-surrender-novena/
You are advised not to delay. Luke 12:20 reminds us: "You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?"
Don't assume you will live to repent and receive Christ "later", for "later" may never arrive.
Today is Palm Shabbat-the day Israel was told to choose the lamb before Passover- which this year, is Wednesday (the ‘day’ begins at sundown Tuesday and ends at sundown Wednesday.)
They were told that in those 4 days, they were to examine/watch the lamb.
Today would have been the day that Yeshua, the Lamb of God, walked into Jerusalem, 4 days before He was to be sacrificed. And He was watched/examined, by the people, the Pharisees, the Sadducee’s, by Pontius Pilate and the Roman soldiers.
At some point in the wee hours of the night Wednesday, He was arrested, tried 4 times, and by daylight had been found guilty, was beaten to a pulp, hung on the cross.
By 3 pm he was dead. Right before sundown Wednesday He was placed in the tomb. For 3 days and 3 nights.
He arose on the day we call Sunday, which the Father calls the 6th day.
Resurrection Day!
“Oh death, where is your sting?”
The delightful part is, Normal is not coming back...JESUS IS!!
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Thus says Yahweh,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.”
— Jeremiah 6:16 LSB
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Wish I could “Like” your thoughtful responses by a gazillion, Janice! 🥰
In my journaling through Jeremiah, that verse leapt out last night.
God is using you in such a profound way to gather True Believers as well as awakening those that believe that they alone have power! Well done Good and Faithful Servant! Wishing you a Blessed Easter Season, may the Resurrection Power that He proclaimed for us descend like the dove of Peace over us and keep us growing ever fervent in our heart to carry HIS legacy until He calls us HOME! 🙏🏻📿🕊️
I feel that today with my new arch supports.
Born again.
After your semicolon:
; But they said, We will not walk therein."
"DHS said TSA workers should start receiving their paychecks as early as this Monday."
I'm flying tomorrow morning (7:40am boarding time flight that I would normally plan to get to the airport for at 6:30am to be through security with an hour before boarding; I've now scheduled my Uber pickup to get me to the airport at 4:30am).
I'm flying again on Wednesday.
So, one flight *before* the TSA paychecks should start flowing, and one flight *after*.
I shall report back the differences I see, on Thursday. (Different airports, of course, so maybe an apples & oranges thing). [Edit: also, Sunday is usually one of the busiest air travel days in the US, and Wednesday is one of the slowest, so probably not comparable.)
And…given that 500 employees quit how long will it take to restaff TSA to its normal numbers after the pay starts. It can’t be instantaneous, but ICE is still there to help … best of luck to you both before and after! I wish you short and fast lines.
Even CNN was forced to report the long hellish lines are gone.
But Fox kept reporting it. Much hand-wringing. Very strange.
Fox has straddled the fence so much for so long that it suffers crotch rot.
Thank you for making me smile. :) I suspect crotch rot is just one of its problems.
FOX delivers the news with a conservative twist.
CNN and MSNBC deliver the lies and propaganda that promote their "TDS hate-fueled" liberal agenda.
Long gone are the days when the word "liberal" meant being "open-minded."
Now, it means "hate oriented."
😂
🤣🤣🤣
Meanwhile, the acting administrator of the Transportation Security Administration testified before Congress this week that travelers at U.S. airports are currently enduring the highest wait times ever recorded. So who do we believe, CNN or the TSA itself? I'll go with TSA on this one.
The reporting IS confusing. The experience we have seen is in the last 2 weeks: we’ve had many visitors from Chicago to Florida, different days, times and airlines. None had any delays. None of them. Last ones were yesterday.
Friends who went to Puerto Rico however posted on Facebook that they had a 2 1/2 hour security line.
I flew out of a small airport and showed up early and it took the same amount of time as usual when I’ve flown out.
People flying in and out of the nearest (large) airport to me have all said wait times have been normal (10-30 minutes depending on the day and time of day).
That's anecdotal. Some airports, such as SFO, don't use TSA agents (they use private contractors instead) and their wait times are in minutes. I'll believe TSA's own administrator when she says wait times are historically long.
Was that testimony before or after ICE was deployed?
The testimony took place on Wednesday, so after the much-vaunted ICE deployment, and after Jeff wrote about the CNN report claiming that lines at airports had evaporated.
But wasn’t it more about the need for more agents because it takes so long to train them? I recall her giving back to the dems as they tried to trash her.
In some places, yes. In other places, no. You speak as if ALL airports are back to normal with no extended times in line.
I think she saying it’s hard to know what to believe. Not trust worthy reporting so you go by what real people you know are reporting. Atlanta airport is notoriously painful. Long lines even with TSA precheck
Our experiences in Houston in the past were similar. Very poor management of crowds/high volume.
And other folks speak as though hellishly long lines exist in every airport.
It seems like there are a select few still experiencing difficulties and long wait times, like Houston and I think I also heard JFK but most of the people I’ve heard from who have flown recently, even though it’s been spring break in many places, have reported few or no issues, in various airports around the country.
Hopefully you don't find any support animals that need support animals 😂 epic JC quip
I love it💕. Actually I’m the support person for two big dog babies. But I do appreciate the hell they raise when ‘God knows who’ makes a delivery at my house.
Yeah, that was one of three lines today that had me laugh out loud literally.
That and the watching your kids grow up and graduate while waiting in line at the airport 😆
I wish -sort of-that would happen, then the college tuition nightmare would be over
😆 That’s one way of looking at it 😁
We flew on the 14th and 21st and had shockingly short TSA wait times…shutdown was in-progress but I don’t think ICE had been deployed yet (or at least wasn’t at our airports)….just saying that not all airports are equally impacted (MSP and Boston-Logan) - best of luck to you!
Agreed. Houston never seemed to be good, my local SJU had horrific videos early last week (the airport set up dozens of tents outside to shield the 5-hour-long lines from sun AND rain), and other airports were tolerable or normal.
I suspect it depends on whether it's one of the 13 airports where ICE was deployed (Unwoke in Idaho seems to think ICE went to every airport...), although even that doesn't necessarily mean anything, because they WERE deployed to SJU and we still had 5-hour lines and outdoor tents set up.
I'm curious to see what the place looks like tomorrow morning, whether the tents are still there.
Two weeks ago my wife had a flight to Miami and her Uber driver cancelled on her because he didn't want to go to the airport; she said (at least that day) SJU and MIA seemed fine, and both on the return a few days later. But she flew on a Thursday and a Monday, both not typical high-travel days for US airports.
I've been going to Asheville from SWFL a number of times this year to be with my daughter-in-law for chemo treatments. I've had the opportunity to travel Allegiant Air and not had any problems. I leave Wednesday for another visit. I'm going early so I can be there for my grand daughter's 3 rd birthday. Allegiant has limited flights, so I was looking at regular carriers. I would have to change in Atlanta. I decided to stay a bit longer to ensure safe and swift passage.
I have a friend who is a flight attendant on Delta. Several years ago, she cautioned all her friends with the following advice. That was, if you are within 7 hours of your destination, drive. When you choose to fly, get a direct flight, even if you have to drive some distance. And if not, be prepared to wait and know the possibility of being canceled and rescheduled.
Just offering... Travel well folks.
I agree with your friend’s advice!
We are at TPA on the way to LGA. Two people ahead of us at TSA Pre-check. It took 4 minutes to get through security.
Good luck!
It depends on the airport. Charlotte's TSA wait is only 20 minutes because most of their flights are connecting flights. If you are flying out of NYC, Atlanta or TX you may still be in trouble.
Probably fine as long as it's not one of the Houston flights.
I flew this past Tuesday as well as yesterday (Friday). No difference from past trips.
Safe and swift travels
Which airport are you flying out of tomorrow?
SJU (San Juan PR).
Best of luck to you. 🤞🏻
Good luck! Hope you have shorter than expected wait times!
Iran didn't close the Strait of Hormuz, Lloyds of London did
Really, so The Lloyds of London are blowing up tankers?
Same thing.
It's not the same thing, the result is the same but if Lloyds of London closed the Strait, then only Llodys of London can open it again. Iran doesn't need to do anything except give a perception of danger and the insurance will do the rest
That's why we will be insuring the ships, not Lloyds. This may end up being the biggest plus from the Iran war. Lloyds will have competition and we will have another huge source of funding for other things like tax relief.
Yes, insurance is an enormous profit center which we would be able to exploit.
BINGO
You could be right but I don't think so. If, and that's still an if, the US underwrites ships passing through the Strait that will just encourange Iran to fire everything they have at those ships. It sounds like a recipie for the costs to dramatically escalate for the US
When this war is over, Iran will not be giving a perception of danger.
Indeed, RedElva, and I don't think that will escape the notice of the ship's crews.
Mrs. RW
Iran is letting ships pass if they pay a tariff. I don't know why Americans don't pay attention to that. We should understand the concept of charging for commerce.
Mrs. RW
Speaking of tariffs. Jeff alerted that EU parliament was to vote this past Thurs. on ratifying purchase of $750B in USA gas/oil. The deal made in July 2025 but EU slow walked due to ‘Greenland’ mean tweets.
They parliament voted to approve it, but now goes to each country for final. And, a provision to suspend it if US raises tariffs any further.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33l4e6vdrvo
“The EU assembly voted by 417 to 154, and 71 abstentions, in favour of the legislation.
The text will need to be signed off by all of the bloc's 27 member states before it is implemented, with a concluding vote expected in April or May.
On Thursday, lawmakers moved to strengthen its safeguards, including a provision to suspend the agreement if the US imposes additional tariffs above 15% or introduces new duties on EU goods. Another would halt the deal if the US threatened the EU's territorial sovereignty.”
I guess ‘Greenland’ = the EU’s territorial sovereignty?
Lo the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evil doers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the Lord of hosts. But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with the healing rays.
Malachi 3:19–20
... or the SON of justice.
I am beyond disgusted by the senatewhores taking yet another two week vacation. Even if they had passed the SAVE Act and DHS funding, which they didn’t do of course, there is still a crapload of stuff they need to do but never will.
I think those miserable pukes have been on vacation more days so far this year than they theoretically have been “working”. And then they will have the effing nerve to whine how they only have so many legislative days so they’ll kick the can down the road yet once again.
I loathe them with the heat of a thousand suns.
Congressmen have enormous incentives to do the wrong thing.
Maybe Trump has a plan to reel them in. Term limits, insider trading, and full disclosure of sexual misconduct are low hanging fruit.
Knowing Trump, he has a plan to bring this mafia to its knees
We the people should bring them to their knees. We pay their salaries and glorious benes that we don't have. The payor is the sayor and time to give them a taste of the medicine they force on us.
I hope he has a plan for this. Not so sure
Annnnd, they all get to fly home bypassing TSA while you wait in line.
No anymore. The airlines cut out their 'special little benefits' while they have not funded TSA. The airlines ought to keep it that way!
I have decided recently to stay off X and eschew most news until late in the day, just to get caught up. It has done wonders for my equilibrium and productivity. Summaries like this are just what the doctor ordered (the doctor is a psychiatrist) :-)
The Jeff Childers pro Trump spin machine continues. There’s no master plan here, this Iran adventure is a disaster. None of us voted for war with Iran, although many conservatives seem to have twisted themselves in pretzels to support it. We specifically voted for lower gas prices and focus on our economy in America first. I loved you during Covid and I thank you for all you did then Jeff, but man this is just a propaganda blog at this point.
See ya. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
It is fine to disagree with what Jeff articulates. It is true however that such comments are "contradictions" not debate, and not engaging in any meaningful way.
Yep!
"See ya. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."
You are why Substack needs down votes like Zerohedge. Go volunteer and die in Iran for the Zionists then. Go ahead. Talk is cheap.
I’ll take a Zionist over a Nazi or a Muslim everyday. Wait, I am a Zionist, proudly!
Zionists are Nazis, did you miss what you all did in Gaza? Go move to Israel if you're so proud. Go join the war effort. Oh wait, you creeps only believe in other people fighting your battles.
Then volunteer and go get maimed or die for your cause.
Ok groyper
How about don't let the door hit ya where President Trump effectively split ya!
I just blocked Michelle.
"I just blocked Michelle"
Ugh, being 'anti-war' in 2026 is like being anti-vaxx in 2020.
Your upside down flag reflects your kind words.
After Iran launched two 4000km missiles ( after swearing maximum range of 2000 km) do you realize they were a couple years away from hitting USA? I didn’t want a war, but national security is key to republicans vs useless broken negotiations by democrats.
I didn’t want a war, but national security ......
OK, I have a question. Given that then why have we not already destroyed North Korea who has nukes and has missiles? Or is there something wrong with the logic?
Does North Korea export terror like Iran does? No, they keep it to themselves in order to enslave their people.
Please make a spreadsheet, with 2 columns. On one side, name who Iran "exports" terror to. In the other column, list the MANY countries Israel exports terror to. (Don't forget about the terror exported to the US, when false flag- Israel tried to sink the USS Liberty, so the blame could be placed on Egypt. If it sunk, the US would have likely bombed Egypt into the stone ages, yet Zionist LBJ basically covered it up. Israel IS the terrorist state. The biblical "great deception", in real time. Rev 2:9
Yes, N. Korea isn't a part of the greater Israel plan.... maybe, unless they decide to build a 4th temple.
LOL
"They have nukes and missals" Maybe this is part of the why. They are communists, but not radical dark age terrorists that believe their destiny is to rule the world? Possibly another reason. They have little ability to spread terror around the world and force global economic consequences? I can think of several more.
Not only that...they are ruled by China. If they step too far out of line, China will discipline them. And now, China has their own problems to deal with.
North Korea is far more reasonable than Iran and has curtailed their behavior due to external inputs. They take input from the US and China seriously. Iran has been inimical since the late 1970's.
Right now, in that part of the world, there is mutually assured destruction, the same stand-off situation that prevented Russia from starting a nuclear war. North Korea knows it would be gone in two hours. So why should we bother? Your sad, little attempt at some kind of equivalency is an illogical failure. North Korea simply isn't significant enough for us to take out at this point.
North Korea has nukes… and that’s all they have…
Iran has a strong educational system (104 average IQ), Iran has oil (money and energy), Iran is strategically placed on the map, Iran has historical precedent (North Korea was a UN creation).
President Trump never said that eliminating Iran’s nuclear weapons was the only option.
The Norks are on the Trumpsters list but further down the line. Norks have no source of energy except China and they give anything away for free. They will soon have a shortage of fertilizer and fuel. Looks like another famine in their future.
Thank you!!!
It's not enough that Iran might have, or even did have, a nuclear weapon. There needed to be a imminent threat of them using it against us to justify going to war and putting American troops on the ground. Go back and listen to Rubio in his own words. That is NOT why we went to war.
Trump may have found a way to leverage this "conflict" to serve his agenda, but the end doesn't justify the means.
Because they have fully armed intercontinental ballistic weapons spread all over the country. We wouldn’t get them all, and U.S. cities would likely be incinerated. That’s why.
So apparently you have no idea where OUR nukes are. Their country would be obliterated before their missiles got anywhere near "US cities." Geography is our friend.
Not part of Greater Israel and the Board of Piece (of the action).
What is the proof those missiles came from Iran?
After Iran launched two missiles? That would be after the US attacked them, their leaders, their children, their gas field, and their infrastructure.
But you are using what they did after in order to justify what we did first?
That's rich.
I note that many of the people who supported the attack on Iran did so because they thought that Iran already has missiles capable of reaching the US. They breathlessly insisted that we had to kill them before they killed us.
Now we are told that they "might" in a couple of years.
Maybe you don't realize the change in propaganda, but I do.
Mrs. RW
What is national security?
Created to keep information from the people.
Dont feel insecure. Its Holy Week.
Possible Chinese missile tech
We didn’t vote for open borders either. Nor did we vote for massive federal deficits. Iran has killed thousands of Americans through its proxies, and many tens of thousands of its own people, often women who are tortured first for not wearing a hijab. They have 60% enriched plutonium and have sworn to use it against the U.S. and Israel. They will add other countries to the list later. And it’s not “Iran.” It’s the IRGC, a bunch of fanatical Barbary pirates who control at least a third of that once great nation’s economy. The IRGC has funded wars and unrest in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon and Gaza. They have assassinated dissidents around the world. Meanwhile, they buy mansions in the UK, Switzerland, Mallorca, etc and vacation in Dubai. No one wants war, and the outcome in this case is indeed uncertain, but the benefits with regime change could be huge for the entire world. IMO, the benefits outweigh the costs, at least so far. We’ll see what happens.
Sea S - Iran also has written ped0philia into it’s law.
Since 1982, it’s been legal for Iranian men to marry girls aged 9 and over. In practice, they apparently also take younger girls as «wives».
It is reported that over 750,000 little girls currently live this nightmare.
Add this to the systematic abuse of human rights & the recent massacre and I for one don’t care who destroys that regime. The sooner the better.
I’m looking for the report that they have a law that says when an infant is raped and life long damage occurs, the guilty male will be considered a sinner and is responsible for the support of the victim.
It was from an el gato malo substack post.
Sounds like they're just talking about "physical" damage, not mental. It's sick and aberrant behavior.
I remember that one. It was at least a year ago if not longer. Maybe last summer? I’ve been reading him since early 2024. I think I may have replied because I was aghast at learning about all of it for the first time through his Substack.
Well, that depends. How much of what you referenced is actually true and how much is propaganda? Nearly all the "news" we get from either side in a war is actually propaganda. There is always a long list of "excuses" for initiating an invasion of some country.
It’s all true and easily searchable, Phil. But I agree it’s a fair question to challenge assumptions.
And then there is AI which adds a whole nuther layer of deception.
No way to talk about the Trotskyites.
See Doug Ross’s comment above and read his article. (Although I suspect you’re just here to make noise and not to LEARN anything…it’s worth a shot.) And, BTW, according to a recent CNN poll - like only a few days ago - 100% of Republicans support his efforts in Iran. So.
From Doug’s article:
“America is energy self-sufficient. China is not, and every unit of energy it imports now moves through chokepoints the U.S. Navy now controls. Iran was China’s last overland bypass — and it’s gone. Russia is next: a post-war Iran reopening under U.S. influence undercuts Russian crude on price, and Ukraine is already destroying Russian energy infrastructure. The message to Moscow is simple: two regimes fell in three months, and you’re next unless you sign a deal. Then comes the final negotiation with China, where the U.S. holds every card — energy, currency, and compute.
The nation that controls all three will likely build superintelligent AI first. That is the real prize.”
"chokepoints the U.S. Navy now controls" - ROTFLMAO.
YOU CONTROL NOTHING ABOUT HORMUZ.
If you control it why are 100 tankers a day not transiting it?
Did you not read the article or did you just not comprehend it? It’s not time for the Strait to reopen. Archimedes said “Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the world.” He forgot to mention time. A lever, a place to stand and time.
Tim, do you have a second or third cousin named Charlotte Cze… by chance?
These trolls do not read Jeff’s posts. They just jump into their mission of division and chaos. He/she/it might have looked at the pictures and that was outrage enough.
Go back and read Jeff's post again. You seem to have missed his point.
Good grief you fall for everything don't you?
Missed the point? LMAO. No I didn't.
If you really think that the USA will control Hormuz then please place a bet on Polymarket for when the first USA navy ship sails through it.
Ain't happening anytime soon. How long do you think it'll take? Weeks, months, years?
When a USA navy ship sails through Hormuz and doesn't get fired on then you control it. When 100 tankers a day transit the strait then you control it. Until then ...
No no you don't get it, we just uhhh we just don't want to open the strait, even though Trump has threatened to flatten Iran and destroy all their infrastructure if they don't open it, even though we begged everyone including China to help us open it, we just don't want to. I swear, this blog has become pure cope. It's wild.
Apparently, you didn't even read the article. Fully explained above.
Maritime insurance.
Helium and Fertilizer in the Gulf needed by all for AI chips and food.
Both will control the people.
My gut feeling Michelle is that you must be young. I lived through the CIA and the Shah, the 444 day hostage crisis, the Marine base bombing, the USS Cole, the Death to America chants, the assistance Iran gave to Osama Bin Laden, and those kidnapping and beheadings on social media not to include the 1988 massacre of 30,000 of it's owncitizens. So don't cry me a river about Iran or this blog.
Much of the assistance Iran gave to vintage Islamist terrorists such as Bin Laden was funded by our very own closet Islamist President Obama ... using taxpayer dollars no less.
Young? Or not real like a number of others here. Always naysaying. Always trying to tear things down and propagandize against America. They are likely Chinese bots. Definitely anarchists and commies.
Johnny-O - did you change your handle?!?!? 😂
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I suspect Zero has more than one. Seriously doubt it’s a teacher like it claims. A teacher wouldn’t have this much time to troll.
Trump is taking care of some festering cancers in the world before it’s too late. It’s not always going to be pretty, or fast. And there is always the possibility of failure.
There will be bumps in the road.
Exactly. Some just need to ‘buckle up, buttercup. It’s about to get real!’
If you listened a few days ago to Tucker Carlson's discussion with a former *interim* prime minister of Israel, the gist of the discussion boils down to - Israel has no plan but they will obliterate any thing or anyone who gives them the slightest opposition. RIP Charlie Kirk.
They come right out and say it.
No, I did not listen to Tucker Carlson, who will dig up anyone or anything to support his hatred of Israel. Why? He didn’t used to sound that way.
But then he became a beloved supporter of Qatar and acquired a home (ranch?) there. Now he thinks Islam is just great, and Hamas is just a political organization and Israel is responsible for all the evil in the world.
President Trump said it:
“Tucker has lost his way. And he’s not smart enough to know it. He’s not MAGA.”
Here’s a parody that is all Tucker.
https://youtu.be/6SJzaeEYzxE?si=121UNbb104bV3YqF
I had subscribed to Tucker Carlson’s channel. I recently canceled it. Tucker has truly gone insane and yes, lost his way. He is not the man he used to be.
Israeli has clamped down hard on any truthy photos of the destruction in Tel Aviv. But some videos have leaked through. So much winning.
Rockets and missles slamming into Israel are nothing new. Every citizen knows the bomb shelter they’re assigned to. It’s especially intense now, but the Jewish people have never been more united in the fight.
If you think this is a good thing, shame on you. If you want the destruction of Israel, God help you.
https://youtu.be/RRvcnv8NtSs
In order to believe that this is 'a disaster' and not a necessary effort, you would need to believe that Iran would not succeed in obtaining a nuclear ICBM capability, nor the decision to use it... Understanding the motivation of the Iranian leadership over the last 47 years means appreciating the fact that they see the world as a religious conflict, not a political conflict -- and would certainly is their weaponry as such...
Every 'world leader' over the last thirty years has bemoaned the Iranian ambitions, and said that something needed to be done about it... But little other than bribery was done, so Iran just kept plugging away at obtaining the one thing they felt they needed...
I believe the President Trump DOES have a master plan -- not because I know what it is but because too many things happen is the correct sequences to maximize the results for the US...
You sound like someone that waits to see what happens... Such people are very uncomfortable with people who are action oriented, such as President Trump... Perhaps that is your issue... But it is very dangerous in geopolitics to just sit back and wait to see what happend -- just look at the Germans specifically... I traveled there for work 2012-2023, and watched the place slowly crumble, then faster... But I would see it from my US perspective, while they sat there unaware of the risks from their European (and historically stoic German) perspectives... When I talk to my German friends now, they are all too aware of the issues (mostly because Trump holds the mirror up to them directly) but they know they are at risk of becoming irrelevant...
When I want to prove the point to them, I send the picture of the German delegation at the UN laughing at President Trump during his speech at the UN about energy independence... Who is laughing now...???
I don’t see it so much as propaganda but another viewpoint that we’re not getting elsewhere. It’s refreshing actually. If you just want confirmation bias perhaps you should go elsewhere.
Can’t get this viewpoint elsewhere? Don’t make me lmfao!
These are Demonrat talking points, readily available in MSM.
I think Kennedy was talking about C&C just being another viewpoint, not propaganda, and if the OP just wanted more confirmation bias of the leftist narrative they should go elsewhere.
Hard to keep track with all the replies but that’s what I think they meant.
💯. Explain to me "energy independence" Almost zero of the shale products stays here to refine. We have maybe 3 refineries that can do it! 60% of our crude comes from Canada, 15% from Mexico and the balance made up from SA countries. This hasbara is so laughable,simply on its face. It will take several years to tool up our refineries to process. The Venezuela crude, only LA refineries can process but they are full of crude from Canada..
The straight, again LMFAO from this hasbara. Our carriers: Our largest, out of action reportedly for a year due to a "laundry room fire". The Lincoln cannot get within 1000KM of the coast to avoid also having a "laundry room fire". So the hasbara is now, we the US taxpayers are going to underwrite the ships! Now we the tax payers can pay for the losses when they inevitably occur because we have zero control over the straight! What is conveniently left out is; ships are moving! Ships are going through every single day that have been approved from Iran. Remember the master 5d chess player HAD TO remove all sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil to attempt to manipulate the markets so the dear leader won't look bad. This is so laughable it's not even funny. You cannot make this shit show up. Although Jeff is trying very hard for his handlers to do so. So we are playing 100d chess..Iran and Russia are making huge amounts of Rubles and Yuan selling their products while the planned destruction of the petro dollar is happening in real time. Explain to me how this is winning again?
I respect the hell out of Jeff and what he does on the daily. Creating a blog 7 days per week. However, it appears most of his followers love an echo chamber. All of his Trump gushes are easily disproven by FACTS on the ground. What I'm afraid of is, we are getting ready to sacrifice our sons and daughters to create as the Professor Pappe states: a rally around the flag moment when they get slaughtered in this next series of miscalculations. Almost all of you should listen to that voice in your head that is telling you this is wrong. Spend a little time outside of your echo chamber, maybe you can find alternative theories to what's happening. Instead of worshipping a clearly deranged lunatic that we can all witness is panicking, instead of winning. It's been named the Persian Gulf for 3000 years! If you think these folks, during an existential threat are going to lay down, ask our brave soldiers from last night what they think now that we have reportedly lost 12 bases completely. We cannot even protect our bases but we're going to control the straight...Wake up folks!
I had to look "hasbara" up. It is not a term I use or have ever heard of. We are 100% self sufficient in terms of oil production and the only bottleneck is refining. Which is about to change in Brownsville and Trenton, ND. In the next 2-5 years. Oil producers don't like permitting refineries because more supply equals a lower price. This is the DeBeers model of constraining supply to increase pricing. I know oil. Not just because I am a mineral owner, but because I largely consume every topic related to oil.
Most of what you have written is factually incorrect. But I can't waste all day responding to each meritless allegation.
In summary Aaron, please do better research. Also please do not ridicule readers with your opinions. Most of us follow the Mark Twain methodology and are aware of it.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
What did I get wrong? You validated my point on refining! It's an enormous bottleneck and as you validated.... it's several years away. What happens in the near term? I also have vast experience in the oil patch. I also am a mineral owner! I have a rig right now, less than a mile from my house! I 💯 agree with you on the Debeers model. Kicked into over drive the last time they lied us into the middle east. All the wells around me on the Utica shale were drilled mid 2000s, then shut in. Most likely waiting for this occurrence. I also spent 15 years working in refineries, chemical plants, ASUs. Facilities utilizing fractional distillation. Probably not as well read as you but understand it well. Matter of fact, the largest ASU in the world, which was a huge supplier of helium is picking up the ashes from all our winning!
It's unfortunate you didn't know what hasbara is. I'm afraid most on here don't...Because thats all we get these days. I appreciate you helping prove my point succinctly with your experience. You appear to have gotten angry I cannot be hypnotised by the dear leader but you helped tremendously, proving my point this isnt some near term 5d chess move. We cannot protect our bases, 100 million dollar boondoggle aircrafts and apparently our ships as we sit 1000 KM from the coast of Iran. But we'll win the battle of the straight? I also take the Mark Twain approach:
Easier to fool someone than admit they've been fooled. Appreciate the response.
strait
And it isn't. More like a boomerang. Or is it BOOM-a'rang?
Net exporter is a real number. There are always factors in production, crude quality etc. Our foreign imports are far more secure then many nations enjoy. I think there is a plan here to not allow Iran to have control of the straight. Who will, well clearly that is being worked on and moving towards a joint international effort. Trump likely wants the oil revenue to go to the people of Iran, just as the US forced the British to allow that with the Sha, until Carter.
Oh and what 12 bases have we lost completely?
Read or listen to something else than Faux news...Not a fan of NY times but they laid it out pretty well the other day. Also last night. All of our early warning radars have been knocked out. Most on first day! This right here is the problem of you all living in an Echo Chamber. This has been admitted from our ministry of truth; that you all appear to now believe in again. Mostly smaller bases but again admitted that we evacuated Iraq, Irbil, a few in Jordan, UAE, Bahrain. Just spend 10 minutes out of your bubble and alternative theories are there. I don't know for 100 certainty either but I sure as hell don't believe our lying government either. All I'm attempting is to educate the sleeping and overcome your biases.
ironic to encounter covidesque closedmindedess re USA lack of preparedness.
💯 THIS RIGHT HERE!!
The blindspot/irony of this exact blog being created for critical thinking, while being entirely skeptical/critical! of the ministry of truth, cannot overcome the mass psychological need to believe in "their" tribal leader.... I hope I'm entirely wrong but damn is it evident to me the lies....and psychological operation being ran again and again
Research. Cupcake.
Shah.
We didn’t have to twist ourselves into a pretzel at all to support it, but then we all have common sense. Jeff is anything BUT propaganda. He’s the opposite actually, fighting the very propaganda that you have swallowed.
Enjoy your dramatic exit!
Timely interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/uncategorized/netanyahus-war/
Really! Everyone might ought to hear him....
Thx. Will check it out.
Gas prices are still lower than under Biden. Quit complaining.
And yet... here you are.
Jeff, if able would you please comment on the rift going on with Thune?
It’s hard not to argue he is undermining Trump at every opportunity.
Not allowing the “recess” for the second or third time so Trump can do recess appointments is now blatantly obvious
It sure seems that if the conservative movement (sans factions)could act as a team for just 10 minutes or so this Republic could be saved
The Dems never are divided or splinter…ever
The Trumpster has just endorsed Ken Paxton over Cornyn whose a buddy of Thune. Jeff you mentioned a little while back about the Trumpsters plans to remake the Senate. Is this a planned move towards this plan??
All a show. New popcorn needed. Welcome to the polycrisis.
Can someone please pull a Nancy Guthrie on Thune?
Meanwhile on the West Coast, we seem to be handing over all the power to the predators.... A liberal judge lets a killer off on probation and it's the mountain lions who have all the leverage.
https://aynsrants.substack.com/p/do-they-want-to-eat-us
Thanks for sharing your link. As a former graveyard cop in semi-rural America, I've actually witnessed coyotes running across roadways with pets clenched in their jaws. A few times.
Thank you for your service... Sad to report that here in my neighborhood, we'd often see the evidence of that in the morning: little maroon droplets on the cement.
happening daily.
The speed of AI development (and its hunger - for energy and something else…it seems almost parasitic) is horrifying. And yet, we’re here. I think Jeff’s right that nationally the choice is “find a way to use it or lost it” but personally and relationally we’ll need to be building a resistance to it.
Now that oil and fertilizer have been cut off from the Gulf, I think we're going to find out that humans need food more than they need AI.
I think that it's fun to watch the cute videos that AI produces, but I know that my rulers have more devious plans to use it against us.
Mrs. RW
Could anyone survive off grid?
Yes!
I like a world of plenty—plenty of gas to drive a car, plenty of fertilizer to plant food, and airports that are clean, efficient and safe. I liked the world when monarch meant butterflies (whoops the chemtrails killed them) and we have monarch programming. I liked the world when words had meanings like peace really meant peace and I’ve always liked Europe. Oh well, I’m way too old for this world.
I think Europe may have changed from what you remember. I know it has for me.
Yes, for sure! It’s been a downward trend since they opened their borders. Re-read OPENED THEIR BOARDERS. Learn from history or repeat it!
I've heard it is a mess and this is going back over 10 years.
And the whole West Coast and the South East Coast and the upper N Midwest... We've been taken in by demonic gov schooling and hated of all things Holy.
I like that kapoore…. 💥
I hope our "insanely smart President or an incredibly lucky one" can figure out how to keep the Senate from tanking his domestic agenda.
Thune is doing a bang-up job of demoralizing the Republican base while blaming Democrats.
https://x.com/toddstarnes/status/2037524458441785719?s=20
"There was a reason why John Thune scheduled the vote while the nation was asleep - so they could skip town before voters woke up and discovered what they had done.
And here's the real kick in the pants - Republican senators left for yet another vacation without doing anything about the Save America Act.
There's no polite way to say this - but Senate Republicans are sabotaging the midterm elections and President Trump's agenda."
It sure looks like the majority are trying to do just that.
Such an excellent take on Europe Jeff!
‘It doesn’t even know where the ticket counter is, because it is hidden somewhere behind a windmill farm.’
🤣🤣🤣”The fat German lady has sung, left the opera, and is home tucking into a bratwurst. Oh my goodness—I can’t even… pure Jeff gold!
Right??? 🤣🤣🤣