Iran War: What Happens When the US Hits the Limits of Escalation Options?
Today’s Iran war news: The current escalatory trajectory is set to lead only to bad outcomes, yet complacency seems widespread.
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Iran War: Iran Rejects Trump 24 Hour Ultimatum; US Launches Intense Attacks With Kuwait and Bahrain; Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, Starts Counter-Strikes; Rumors of Mining of Oman Channel
Today’s Iran war news: It looks as if a full-bore war, now over control of the Strait of Hormuz, is on.
Read more...The Graham Platner Affair
A post mortem of the successful effort to end Graham Platner’s Senate bid and any future in politics.
Read more...Cloudflare Threatens to Cut Google Off From Their Publishers in Searches Due to AI Scraping
AI is destroying what is left of search, as Cloudflare plus big publishers implement the nuclear option of cutting off Google indexing.
Read more...Iran War: Conflicting Reports on Momentary Pause – Restart of Talks or Iran Readying Big Strike? Russia Diesel Export Halt and Qatar LNG Pullback Increase Energy Pressure
Today’s Iran war news: Information fog is thick –yet more peace deal happy talk as underlying disputes fester and energy stresses worsen.
Read more...Iran War: US and Iran Continue Escalation With New Exchange of Harsher Strikes; Iran Options Include Closing Strait of Hormuz
Today’s Iran war news: Trump doubles down on Strait of Hormuz control as experts view the strikes as preparation for a ground operation.
Read more...Culture Is the Far Right’s Secret Weapon – and It’s Winning Over Some of Europe’s Most Educated Youth
EU officials seem aghast at the fact that many citizens, particularly the young, identify with national or local culture.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Declares MOU Over After Biggest US-Iran Exchange of Strikes Since Signing in Struggle Over Strait of Hormuz Control; US Suspends Iran Oil Sanction Waiver
Today’s Iran war news: As many expected, the MOU is coming apart as the US-Iran fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz escalates.
Read more...Iran War: Expected Hardening of Iran Posture in Wake of Funerals for US-Israel War Martyrs; Iran Hits Two Tankers Transiting on Oman Side; China Buying Non-Iran Gulf State Oil, Opposes Iran Control Plans; Yet More on Oil Price Anomalies as Crack Spreads Widen Further
Today’s Iran war news: Why the conflict is set to become more acute, with mid-August a potential crisis window.
Read more...Iran War: Iran Stance Hardening in Connection with Funerals for Supreme Leader and Other Martyrs; Strait of Hormuz Dominance Struggle Continues; More on Oil Price Anomalies
Today’s Iran war update: Why things are not as quiet as they might seem.
Read more...Why AI Doesn’t Think, Cannot Reason, Isn’t Intelligent and Will Never Achieve Consciousness
Rob Urie addresses common misperceptions regularly promoted by AI touts, of what AI can and cannot do.
Read more...Iran War: Philip Pilkington, Nate Wade Debunk Oil Cliff Hopium; Pilkington Explains Prices Derived from Crack Spreads are $100 to $115 a Barrel; US Declares Fertilizer Emergency
Today’s abbreviated Iran war news: some information hygiene on the oil cliff and fertilizer fronts.
Read more...Iran War: Vance Confirms Plan to Use “Deal” as Minsk-Type Pause to Restock Fuel (and Arms); US Ostentatiously Failing to Implement MOU, Seeking to Isolate Iran Over Strait of Hormuz Control
Today’s Iran war news: The US thumbs its nose at MOU obligations and seems content with current Strait of Hormuz transit levels.
Read more...Iran War: Iran Disses Witkoff and Kushner in Doha but Does Not Get $6 Billion in Frozen Assets; Strait of Hormuz Traffic Sub-Par but Continues on Oman Side as Talks Over Future Management Continue
Today’s Iran war update: Iran can’t even get its Biden-era promise to return $6 billion in frozen asset honored. So what happens now?
Read more...Iran War: Israel Makes Massive Bomb Blast in Southern Lebanon, Threatens Imminent Attack on Iran; Iran Refuses Meeting with US on Strait of Hormuz as Assembly of Experts Statement Assures Already Likely Death of MOU; Strait of Hormuz Transits Increasing as Iran and Oman Not on Same Page
Today’s Iran war news: Israel is aggressively escalating in Lebanon and threatens Iran as its Assembly of Experts hardens the red lines.
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