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J “Israel is fully committed to all-out war with Iran. Ergo, the U.S. is fully committed to all-out war with Iran.”
K “I maintain that Iranian leaders must make a fundamentally moral, military, and strategic decision. The Iranian leaders may have made the decision that this is the hill they will die on.”
J “Ergo.”
. . .
J “I know someone who says that all prices, in particular gas prices, will be down to normal by Labor Day.”
K “I know someone who insists that Trump will drive prices down by the Big Birthday Party on July 4.”
. . .
J “As long as the stock market keeps going up, the Three Percenters are not going to bother themselves with the events in the Middle East.”
K “As long as the Parvenu PMCers’ 401(k)s keep growing, everything is A-Okay. However, I suspect that a surprise awaits in the next few weeks.”
. . .
J “Hope sprouts for a long time, they say.”
K “They also say that hope is not a strategy.”
J “Without hope, the restiveness will manifest.”
. . .
K “With the political annihilation of Thomas H. Massie by the Deep State and Israel, the voice of reason and maturity in the Congress is being silenced. Perhaps not forever. The slightly less violent dismissal of Tulsi Gabbard who attracted the votes needed to put Trump over the top in 2024 now leaves only the psychopathic dregs in the White House in control.”
J “The greatest blunder in modern history is followed by a quick, profound and staggering loss by the U.S.”
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You can’t print rutabagas. You can’t drink data.
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