Shooting at Iran again

[CPJ 2.0]

Well at least this war is the be all end all. Soon we will be teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony, buying the world a coke, and keeping it company.


Or, in 3-5 years we will be in the exact same place we were a year ago.

And I don’t drink Starbucks. And don’t give two **** about new York.

[Wambli Ska]

I’d rather have cheap gas and lower taxes. Any “peace” will be short lived, once the USA pulls out. (and probably in a hasty manner cough cough Afghanistan cough cough)
And we will pull out. The next Democrat POTUS will see to it. Which, will be the next one. So forty seven has what, a little under 3 years to undo what’s been going on since Christ was a cowboy?

Drink a little less Starbucks America, and you'll be able to afford your gas.

It's this gnat-like attention span of the average American I find particularly frustrating. We've got a country whose motto has been "Death to America" for half a century; that's killed thousands of us over those decades; is happy to keep doing it. . .and our first and most nagging thought when we finally put a squeeze to them is "Dammit! That fillup cost 25% more than the last one".

Is it our meme thread with the pic of the collapsing World Trade Center on the left labeled "NEVER FORGET!" and the pic of Zoran Mamdani on the right labeled "WE FORGOT"?

How in the fudge are we the descendants of the people that snuffed the Axis? I'd rather not send our kids to deal with them, but at least we'd be sending them with rifles and bombs to "yank the bad tooth" rather than let it fester forever by exposing our unarmed civilians to kidnappings and terror bombings. The Omaha Beach solution was ugly and expensive, but it got the job done.

Those assholes have been in charge of Iran since I was eight. Which is exactly when we should have hoisted the black flag on them.

I agree with you on everything you said. Iran is nothing but ONE issue in a systematic global maintenance plan that was long overdue in execution. You have to take a look at the larger picture but it would take me all day do join all the dots together for the audience and I don't have the time or the energy. I've tried it before and all I ever got was aggravation.

BUT somehow I find myself this morning with 10 minutes of nothing to do so here it goes. I'll just try to tie in ONE subject in the hopes that folks will see that every domino we touch makes the whole table of dominos react.

Venezuela has been flooding us with fentanyl for decades and living off their oil sales TO US!!! What used to be the richest country in South America was turned into a national ghetto within one generation. And if you think these things do not affect us take a ride down to South Florida and meet the entire section of the city and suburbs that are now solid Venezuelan immigrants, many of which took advantage of Biden's open border to make the jump and while we are doing this (AND YES THIS IS REAL) Maduro emptied out his jails and rounded up his gangs like Tren de Aragua and sent them all here for us to enjoy. This was confirmed to ME by friends in Venezuela that I speak to directly. Now we have Venezuelan crack and meth labs all over the USA and Canada. So that country been dealt with and we have massive amounts of losers that are too stupid to understand what they are doing protesting the CLEANUP!!!

The South border is now sealed tighter that Sister Mary Elephants ass, and the real estate market in many cities is starting to self correct. Vegas is down about 3% in ONE YEAR in housing costs, why? When I got here under the Biden administration you could not find ONE house available that did not go off the market in a day for more than asking price either sales or rent because everyone was stacking illegals 10 at a time in anything with bedrooms. My old Mother-in-law's house in a VERY nice neighborhood in Upstate New York was in the news a couple of years back because after she died and it was sold it was converted to an illegal's flop house. I ended up paying $2,800 a moth to get a house in a "nice" neighborhood with a gaited community only to find out that we had about a 50% of houses in this community that were nothing but beehives for these guys. You could spot every house that was a problem, they each 5-8 brand new trucks parked illegally in the neighborhood. I went by the old place a few days ago just to check and YEP, for sale/for rent sign on ALL of those houses.

Wall Street markets are flying high, unemployment is not great yet, but MUCH better than under Biden and salaries and purchasing power are going UP for the first time in years. This is all moving in a postive direction and it's manageable. The systematic damage repair is being carried out, not just here but globally (even Europe is having a conservatism awakening and look at what is happening in LatAm), but all is totally ignored by the uninformed, the uncaring and the blue haired losers funded by Soros (the loudest of them all).

Will this and everything that is being done revert the world to the better state. Sure, but nothing will ever be PERFECT. Keeping our country and our culture HEALTHY is like ongoing house repairs. Not wanting to do the "tough things" like spending an extra $10 on a fill-up is like sayin "Why bother fixing my leaky roof, I'll have to do it again in 5 years." and then sitting around bitching because the house is falling apart around you...

But I'm not changing anyone's mind here so please carry on. And your vote might not be the one that changes the world but every nail in a house has a job. And at the end of the day if you find yourself sympathetic with the White Karens and their eunuch husbands, The Circus of multi-lettered labeled freaks, the Somalian Scam artists that have stolen billions out of our pockets, and Newsom.... I would THINK it's time to take a good hard look at your choices and attitude just based on the company you keep. I run my life like I run business, by a spreadsheet, I count on truth, facts and numbers, of ALL aspects of my ecosystem to make my choices and decide my actions.

And last but not least, As I said before Trump is an artist when it comes to managing voters. I suspect he knows that the average American has an attention span measured in minutes and a mid double digit IQ. If this crap with Iran is sorted out and fixed early this summer everything will be forgotten by mid-term Election Day. But if an accord is reached by August/September (which is BTW when Secretary of the Treasury Bessentt) has said over and over in interviews) the price of gas will collapse and the economy will rebound spectacularly in a month and it will be JUST in time for voting. And on the global end the end result of the prolonged pain to Iran will be a bunch of other "death to America" little poop countries hopefully learned a lesson about who your target is if you poke the bear enough. Cuba won't take one single missile to bring back from the dark side.

All the information you need to understand what's going on is easily available. Whether you read or not is up to you... Carry on...

[Wambli Ska]

Well at least this war is the be all end all. Soon we will be teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony, buying the world a coke, and keeping it company.


Or, in 3-5 years we will be in the exact same place we were a year ago.

And I don’t drink Starbucks. And don’t give two **** about new York.

Starbucks sucks, maybe less than others, but it's not great.

And you don't have to worry about New York, New York will get to YOU in time. Just spent 4 days there. Time Square is a Zombie ghost town and those folks can't live forever robbing and killing each other, they are getting on buses and trains to get to your neighborhood.

[Wambli Ska]

BTW not looking to pick a fight, just expressing an opinion. Everyone is free to feel and act the way they want without having to suffer insults from others.

[Wambli Ska]

Stocks are flying high today because retail reports came out and Consumers are spending their asses off. Confidence, regardless of what the BS polls are saying is HIGH and businesses are reporting excellent results. My company just put out or yearly report yesterday. Performance last year was 140% of plan. We crushed it on a global scale and my bonus will reflect that. Fück Iran and the gas prices…

[Wambli Ska]

BTW not looking to pick a fight, just expressing an opinion. Everyone is free to feel and act the way they want without having to suffer insults from others.

[Diver43]

While.gas is up blaming it on the issue with Iran, big oil reported history breaking profits for April.

[Wambli Ska]

While.gas is up blaming it on the issue with Iran, big oil reported history breaking profits for April.

Yep, and GOOD FOR THEM!!! EVERY industry/comapny takes advantage of ANYTHING that will help them grow revenues and increase profits, or they die.

From Google AI:

The U.S. oil and natural gas industry directly employs approximately 2.1 to 2.6 million Americans. When including indirect and induced jobs across the supply chain, the industry supports over 10.6 to 10.8 million total jobs, representing about 5.4%–5.6% of total U.S. employment.

Tha is a whole lot of happy AMERICAN LEGAL CITIZENS including all the folks in Texas firing up wells that were not viable before. That's a lot of haircuts, dinners, vacations, new cars, new homes, bonuses, kids college funds etc, etc, etc. as a by-product of what's going on. That's what fuels a free economy and capitalism.

[Diver43]

While.gas is up blaming it on the issue with Iran, big oil reported history breaking profits for April.

Yep, and GOOD FOR THEM!!! EVERY industry/comapny takes advantage of ANYTHING that will help them grow revenues and increase profits, or they die.

From Google AI:

The U.S. oil and natural gas industry directly employs approximately 2.1 to 2.6 million Americans. When including indirect and induced jobs across the supply chain, the industry supports over 10.6 to 10.8 million total jobs, representing about 5.4%–5.6% of total U.S. employment.

Tha is a whole lot of happy AMERICAN LEGAL CITIZENS including all the folks in Texas firing up wells that were not viable before. That's a lot of haircuts, dinners, vacations, new cars, new homes, bonuses, kids college funds etc, etc, etc. as a by-product of what's going on. That's what fuels a free economy and capitalism.

Oh I get it. I now honestly understand how the price of gas is determined. I used to believe Government Speculators were real people. Maybe they once were when a bunch of guys smoked cigars and drank Scotch making decisions. Now its a AI generated algorithm deciding how much we should pay for a gallon of gas. Then all the taxes kick in.....

[Zsarvashere]

Republicans during Biden presidency
"High gas prices are killing working class Americans. They can't afford food and have to choose between gas or their medicines."

Also Republicans during Trump
"High gas prices are the greatest thing ever for the economy. You ought to be thankful you are making millionaires into billionaires."

Republicans 2 1/2 years from now under generic Democrat president.
"These High gas prices will destroy our country. The next election is too important........."

Rinse and repeat.

[CPJ 2.0]

Republicans 2 1/2 years from now under generic Democrat president.
"These High gas prices will destroy our country. The next election is too important........."

Rinse and repeat.

You are SO wrong.


It’s not “the next election is too important….”



It’s THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME!”

Funny enough, every election has been that.

[CPJ 2.0]

Well at least this war is the be all end all. Soon we will be teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony, buying the world a coke, and keeping it company.


Or, in 3-5 years we will be in the exact same place we were a year ago.

And I don’t drink Starbucks. And don’t give two **** about new York.

Starbucks sucks, maybe less than others, but it's not great.

And you don't have to worry about New York, New York will get to YOU in time. Just spent 4 days there. Time Square is a Zombie ghost town and those folks can't live forever robbing and killing each other, they are getting on buses and trains to get to your neighborhood.

Luckily I live in HonkyVille USA. The wackadoos complain about the lack of cultural diversity. That’s a plus in my book. They will pick another area long before they move here. And if they did, they won’t stay. We don’t play that BS here.
New York on the other hand, it’s cooked. Which side note, is EXACTLY what the mayor wants. A failing poop hole city is better than a poop hole sand box, to sand box people. They will just import their own new citizens once the working people and business leave. Then continue to live off the tax payers from the rest of the state.

[Rugerfan]

All I know is it freakin’ HURTS every time I buy gas. And every time I go to a store to buy something. Anything.

[Zsarvashere]

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You are SO wrong.


It’s not “the next election is too important….”



It’s THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME!”

Funny enough, every election has been that.

This one won't be any different. When this term ends in the utter failure it is they will just say if you give us 4 more years it will all come together. You'll see. The most important election ever yadda yadda yadda.

[jbp-ohio]

Well at least this war is the be all end all. Soon we will be teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony, buying the world a coke, and keeping it company.


Or, in 3-5 years we will be in the exact same place we were a year ago.

And I don’t drink Starbucks. And don’t give two **** about new York.

Starbucks sucks, maybe less than others, but it's not great.

And you don't have to worry about New York, New York will get to YOU in time. Just spent 4 days there. Time Square is a Zombie ghost town and those folks can't live forever robbing and killing each other, they are getting on buses and trains to get to your neighborhood.

Luckily I live in HonkyVille USA. The wackadoos complain about the lack of cultural diversity. That’s a plus in my book. They will pick another area long before they move here. And if they did, they won’t stay. We don’t play that BS here.
New York on the other hand, it’s cooked. Which side note, is EXACTLY what the mayor wants. A failing poop hole city is better than a poop hole sand box, to sand box people. They will just import their own new citizens once the working people and business leave. Then continue to live off the tax payers from the rest of the state.

The second-largest Somali community in the country? Columbus Ohio.

Recent reports is that 40% of all Medicaid $$$ spent in Ohio goes to one four square mile chunk of Franklin County (Columbus). Two buildings in those zip codes alone house more than five dozen home health care businesses.

If you were to tell me tomorrow that 75% of all tax $$$ is lost to fraud..... I wouldn't bat an eye.

[Wambli Ska]

Up another $.20 since this morning.

No Costco hotdog for me this week...

[Wambli Ska]

Starbucks sucks, maybe less than others, but it's not great.

And you don't have to worry about New York, New York will get to YOU in time. Just spent 4 days there. Time Square is a Zombie ghost town and those folks can't live forever robbing and killing each other, they are getting on buses and trains to get to your neighborhood.

Luckily I live in HonkyVille USA. The wackadoos complain about the lack of cultural diversity. That’s a plus in my book. They will pick another area long before they move here. And if they did, they won’t stay. We don’t play that BS here.
New York on the other hand, it’s cooked. Which side note, is EXACTLY what the mayor wants. A failing poop hole city is better than a poop hole sand box, to sand box people. They will just import their own new citizens once the working people and business leave. Then continue to live off the tax payers from the rest of the state.

The second-largest Somali community in the country? Columbus Ohio.

Recent reports is that 40% of all Medicaid $$$ spent in Ohio goes to one four square mile chunk of Franklin County (Columbus). Two buildings in those zip codes alone house more than five dozen home health care businesses.

If you were to tell me tomorrow that 75% of all tax $$$ is lost to fraud..... I wouldn't bat an eye.

In HonkyVlle USA, you don't have a crime problem? No Fentanyl, Meth or Crack? These are all issues directly attributable to one party policies and open borders. Your Federal Tax, which I assume you don't like paying, is impacted by the WHOLE country, not just your town. Your state taxes are impacted by every large cesspool Medicare stealing city in your state. No one is insulated from the damage...

Again not trying to be contentious, just trying to give you a different perspective to consider.

[Wambli Ska]

Starbucks sucks, maybe less than others, but it's not great.

And you don't have to worry about New York, New York will get to YOU in time. Just spent 4 days there. Time Square is a Zombie ghost town and those folks can't live forever robbing and killing each other, they are getting on buses and trains to get to your neighborhood.

Luckily I live in HonkyVille USA. The wackadoos complain about the lack of cultural diversity. That’s a plus in my book. They will pick another area long before they move here. And if they did, they won’t stay. We don’t play that BS here.
New York on the other hand, it’s cooked. Which side note, is EXACTLY what the mayor wants. A failing poop hole city is better than a poop hole sand box, to sand box people. They will just import their own new citizens once the working people and business leave. Then continue to live off the tax payers from the rest of the state.

The second-largest Somali community in the country? Columbus Ohio.

Recent reports is that 40% of all Medicaid $$$ spent in Ohio goes to one four square mile chunk of Franklin County (Columbus). Two buildings in those zip codes alone house more than five dozen home health care businesses.

If you were to tell me tomorrow that 75% of all tax $$$ is lost to fraud..... I wouldn't bat an eye.

Me neither and as of now I think that is conservative.

What I find fascinating is that Trump has said loudly and plainly that he wants to lead the country into an economy where AMERICANS pay NO TAXES on their income including SS and retirement!!! and government revenues come from tariffs and international business revenues, AND fraud is weeded out of the system.

And yet people violently fight a guy trying to get us rolling in that direction! I will NEVER get this...

[CPJ 2.0]

Luckily I live in HonkyVille USA. The wackadoos complain about the lack of cultural diversity. That’s a plus in my book. They will pick another area long before they move here. And if they did, they won’t stay. We don’t play that BS here.
New York on the other hand, it’s cooked. Which side note, is EXACTLY what the mayor wants. A failing poop hole city is better than a poop hole sand box, to sand box people. They will just import their own new citizens once the working people and business leave. Then continue to live off the tax payers from the rest of the state.

The second-largest Somali community in the country? Columbus Ohio.

Recent reports is that 40% of all Medicaid $$$ spent in Ohio goes to one four square mile chunk of Franklin County (Columbus). Two buildings in those zip codes alone house more than five dozen home health care businesses.

If you were to tell me tomorrow that 75% of all tax $$$ is lost to fraud..... I wouldn't bat an eye.

In HonkyVlle USA, you don't have a crime problem? No Fentanyl, Meth or Crack? These are all issues directly attributable to one party policies and open borders. Your Federal Tax, which I assume you don't like paying, is impacted by the WHOLE country, not just your town. Your state taxes are impacted by every large cesspool Medicare stealing city in your state. No one is insulated from the damage...

Again not trying to be contentious, just trying to give you a different perspective to consider.

I was referring to sand box people taking over the city, not crime. Honkyville county at one time was the leader in meth production in the state, if not the country. Which having traveled a good chunk of the state, is actually quite surprising. There’s far better places (less population, less law enforcement, more rural) to make meth.


I don’t like paying federal taxes, of course. But if it’s paying for an influx of aliens, or paying for a war, it’s still paying. Although, it REALLY doesn’t make any difference what GuvCo spends, because it will ALWAYS be more each year, and I will NEVER be taxed less. Sure 47 gave some tax breaks. ONES THAT EXPIRE.
Got to have that dangling carrot for future politicians to dangle in front of voters.

[Bigslug]

Oh I get it. I now honestly understand how the price of gas is determined. I used to believe Government Speculators were real people. Maybe they once were when a bunch of guys smoked cigars and drank Scotch making decisions. Now its a AI generated algorithm deciding how much we should pay for a gallon of gas. Then all the taxes kick in.....

Dunno if any of your saw the California Goobernatorial Debate. . .

The moderators asked the candidates if, due to the current situation with Iran, they'd consider repealing or suspending California's gas tax (Which has had us at a buck or more per gallon over the rest of the country for years).

All of the Democrats responded that our high gas prices had nothing to due with their gas tax, and were all down to Trump's bombing of Iran (which had been going on for about a month at the time)

That they'd say it. . .

That they'd think we'd believe it. . .

That enough people DO believe it to sway an election. . .

I don't know which makes me want to bang my head on a wall most.

[Wambli Ska]

All I know is it freakin’ HURTS every time I buy gas. And every time I go to a store to buy something. Anything.

I understand this, but not "anything" even though if you listen to the media it feels that way. I don't like a $90 fill-up for my truck, but it hasn't slowed me down much. Hell I'm planning a 1,700 mile roundtrip loop in a few weeks to break in my new truck.

In the larger scheme of things, I just moved into a new house and had to buy a bunch of new stuff. Amongst the things I bought was a set of the highest end washer/drier my wife could find, the damned thing are smarter than most folks I know. And yet the price was less than what I paid for the same level appliances when I bought the set for my ranch in 2000. Also just bought a 100" TV for my living room. Again, I paid HALF of what it cost me to buy the 55" I bought for the Ranch back then. And I'm not talking adjusted for inflation, I mean actual dollars!

You can get good mattresses from Amazon for $300, they come in a box delivered to your house (I just put one in my guest room). $300 GOOD serviceable refrigerators delivered, I have one in my garage. Tires are a LITTLE more expensive than what I paid for back then, but they are SOOOOOOOOO much better than what we were buying even 5-10 years ago! And you can still get a dozen cans of pinto beans delivered to your house by Amazon for a couple of $$s. Milk from Amazon is less than $3 a gallon dropped at your door.

While SOME groceries (basically meat) and gas are higher, the cost of durable goods keeps going down when you look at the overall picture and features and capabilities keep going up. My Gladiator was comparable in price to the lower trim level one I bought in 2021 under Biden, and I got a MUCH nicer car.

So yes, current gas and food prices are a bit higher maybe because of this "war", but when I use the house maintenance analogy, those are the equivalent inconvenience of lifting your feet when your wife is vacuuming around you, not painting the whole house.

Again, just my perspective based on hard numbers in my budget.

[Wambli Ska]

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You are SO wrong.


It’s not “the next election is too important….”



It’s THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME!”

Funny enough, every election has been that.

This one won't be any different. When this term ends in the utter failure it is they will just say if you give us 4 more years it will all come together. You'll see. The most important election ever yadda yadda yadda.

So if you feel so inclined, what is the actual measure of "utter failure" hat this administration is headed to? Because I see a whole lot of OBJECTIVELY positive things going on in this country and economy and very little failure in the mix. Especially when compared objectively to the previous administration.

Just curious...

[CPJ 2.0]

Utter failure was a reference to what typically happens in any election cycle, not nessacariky 47’s second go round.


Just a general outline of what happens in an election cycle. Promising made, promises not kept, the other team wasn’t playing nice,etc etc, please elect us again because the sky is falling. Rinse and repeat.

[Wambli Ska]

Overheard this morning in the news, since they started keeping track of the statistic 50% of all homicides in this city in Virginia (sorry I can't remember which, might have been Richmond) the perpetrators are Illegal Aliens...

[Wambli Ska]

Utter failure was a reference to what typically happens in any election cycle, not nessacariky 47’s second go round.


Just a general outline of what happens in an election cycle. Promising made, promises not kept, the other team wasn’t playing nice,etc etc, please elect us again because the sky is falling. Rinse and repeat.

That's not what he said. He said when this TERM ends in utter failure. I just want to know if I'missing anything by having some (or ANY) objectivity attached to his statement.