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Trump may have gotten the US into a trap. He left the deal Obama made with Japan, and similar ones were on the offer, but he rejected them and instead chose war. Now the US may be stuck between either a massive ground invasion of Iran or Iran as a new great power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDKlaJM_vys
The US really needs to up their game when it comes to mass, cheap, attritable drones.
Many US methods are obsolete and America’s industrial base is not prepared to mass produce drones. Russia and China are already ahead of the US in drone warfare.
The US needs to work with Ukraine to learn from their experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzuiV2WWoVU
Big Trump supporters ignored a lot of bad things about Trump, but then when they get into fights with him, they are suddenly open to criticisms of Trump and start voicing them. They say something like ‘I just have to say the truth here’ as if they regularly do not tell the truth, which seems to be the case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYO8euqzxQ
Why Guam Still Isn’t Ready For War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wKM8n-CZFw
“That’s Not a Jet, That’s a Virus” — What F-35 Pilots Said After the “Gripen” Hacked Their Data Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bujH0jbvRc
“Meat is indeed packed with protein, but it comes with some well-established health drawbacks.
“Saturated fat we’ve known about for decades,” said Dr. Sarah C. Hull, a cardiologist at Yale Medicine. It’s common in red meat and contributes to increasing LDL cholesterol levels, hardening the blood vessels and, in turn, raising the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Moreover, “all mammalian meat tends to be very inflammatory,” said Hull, who studies the diet-related risks of heart disease and cancer. “More recently we’ve come to understand that the many pro-inflammatory compounds found in red meat” can have other downsides, she said, including “deleterious interactions with the gut microbiome.” Studies have also linked the risks of certain cancers and Type 2 diabetes to heme iron, a form of the mineral that’s found only in animal tissue and is more easily absorbed than the iron in plants.”
https://health.yahoo.com/wellness/nutrition/healthy-eating/articles/americans-eating-meat-industrys-health-093040469.html
The Chinese Communist Party is actively helping a military theocratic dictatorship try to kill Americans.
“US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, according to three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments.
It would be a provocative move considering Beijing said it helped broker the fragile ceasefire agreement that paused the war between Iran and the US earlier this week. President Donald Trump is also set to visit China early next month for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The intelligence also underscores how Iran may be using the ceasefire as an opportunity to replenish certain weapons systems with the help of key foreign partners.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/exclusive-us-intelligence-indicates-china-040154811.html
The F-35 was designed to take a few hits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_1LyUAOI4Q
“the Strait of Hormuz hasn’t actually reopened yet — and there are serious doubts about what “reopening” means exactly (not to mention how long it might last).
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Assuming the Strait of Hormuz does fully reopen sometime soon — a big assumption given all the diplomatic challenges ahead — experts say prices at the pump still won’t plunge to their prewar level.
“There’s an old expression: Gas prices go up like a rocket and come down like a feather,” one independent oil analyst told CNN.
In the case of Iran, five factors will continue to pad the price of gas even after the end of the war.
First, oil production has largely ground to a halt across the Persian Gulf over the past six weeks — partly because the region’s oil infrastructure suffered damage and partly because countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman and Saudi Arabia (the world’s largest oil exporter) ran out of storage space. An estimated 7.5 million barrels of production per day were shut down in March, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Global supply will continue to suffer while these countries play catch up — a process that could take years, experts say.
Second, exporting oil from the Gulf will get more expensive if Iran charges a toll, and that added cost — an estimated $1 per barrel, according to CNN — is likely to be passed on to consumers.
Third, insurance for ships that cross the Strait of Hormuz will likely cost more as well — another expense that could make gas and other petroleum products pricier for Americans.
Fourth, “traders will want some premium to compensate for [the] risk” that the “ceasefire breaks,” according to Zandi. That’s why oil futures are still above prewar levels through the end of 2026.
Finally, retail gas station owners set their prices based on the wholesale price of gas. When oil gets more expensive, that price goes up — but gas stations tend to accept a smaller profit margin on each gallon they sell in order to stay competitive. Then, when the cost of oil starts to fall, they typically try to even things out by hanging onto higher gas prices for as long as possible.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/why-3-gas-wont-come-back-anytime-soon-even-with-a-ceasefire-in-iran-233247728.html
“NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration this week acknowledged it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe into New York’s Medicaid program, a glaring mistake that undercuts a federal campaign to tackle waste, mostly in Democratic-led states.
The error, which the administration admitted first to The Associated Press, prompted health analysts to question how many of the Republican administration’s sweeping anti-fraud efforts around the country were based on faulty findings. One of a few mischaracterizations it made about New York’s Medicaid program, it also reflected a common criticism that’s been made of Trump’s second administration — that it tends to attack first and confirm the facts later.
“These numbers could have been cleared up in a phone call, so it’s really slapdash,” said Fiscal Policy Institute senior health policy adviser Michael Kinnucan, whose recent analysis called attention to the Trump administration’s inaccurate claim.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-admits-glaring-error-111722267.html