Hormuz Closed Again After Trump Double-Crosses on Port Blockade, Breaks Ceasefire Terms

[markef]

Really? Trump has told 35,000 documented lies.

The Iranians just aren't saying what you want to hear.

Democrats lie every time they claim Trump has lied thousands of times.

 

[markef]

You’ll love this too.

You sound like you believe Islam is a religion of peace.

 

[markef]

And what about the Zio/Nazi apartheid regime you adore and obey?
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How do the Muslims propose killing all Jews on the planet will bring in peace?

 

[markef]

So do we.

What is your point?

Hitler's Germany manufactured weapons and so did the US during WW2. Whose side were you on?

 

[JoeB131]

Hitler's Germany manufactured weapons and so did the US during WW2. Whose side were you on?

Well, I wasn't born yet, but my dad hit the beaches at Normandy.

His first cousin was in the Wehrmacht.

Not that this false equivlency means anything.

Your complaint is that Iran is arming people who are killing people in conflicts.

So are we.

 

[markef]

I think you are a bit confused.

That ship illegally crossed into Iranian waters. They were released 15 hours later.

No money changed hands.

Money that was returned to Iran was money that the Iranians were owed.

The SCOTUS settled a decades old case by declaring the Shah's money was to be distributed among victims of Iranian terror. Nobody has adequately explained where Obama got the hundreds of millions of dollars to unilaterally donate to his Muslim pals in illegitimate brutal tyrannical charge of Iran.

 

[Lisa558]

Thanks for the update Pamela Jo.

Did you want us to keep the great news hidden? 100 million Americans are thrilled. Half of all adults have stocks in their retirement accounts.

 

[markef]

I support not sticking our dicks into the Middle East Hornet's Nest.

American fake and real male democrats have a long history of sticking their members into unwilling female partners under immunity from prosecution thanks to the judges and prosecutors owned by the democrat party.

 

[markef]

Well, I wasn't born yet, but my dad hit the beaches at Normandy.

His first cousin was in the Wehrmacht.

Not that this false equivlency means anything.

Your complaint is that Iran is arming people who are killing people in conflicts.

So are we.

You seem to be having trouble distinguishing between friends and foes in world conflicts.

 

[Marener]

Did you want us to keep the great news hidden? 100 million Americans are thrilled. Half of all adults have stocks in their retirement accounts.

Consumer confidence is pretty terrible.

Surveys of Consumers

Why wouldn’t investors keep investing? If something goes wrong, the government will just bail out corporate America.

 

[gipper]

How do the Muslims propose killing all Jews on the planet will bring in peace?

Dumb Don is trapped. The Israelis are blackmailing him over his involvement with Epstein, and they demand he escalate this dumb war and mass murder Iranian civilians. The Israeli way. If he does escalate, he risks a global depression. Trapped!

My guess is he escalates. Operation Epstein Fury may explode.

Is this famous American Jewish professor an antisemite?

Trump Is Trapped and Knows It​

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On 20 April 2026, I was on “The Chris Hedges Report” talking about where the Iran war is headed. Chris and I mainly concentrated on trying to make sense of what President Trump is doing to end the conflict on favorable terms for the US. Although many believe that he will escalate after the two-week ceasefire expires on Wednesday (April 22), I made the case that I thought that was unlikely for two reasons. First, he cannot win a military victory if he goes up the escalation ladder as the Iranians hold most of the cards. Second, escalation would prolong the war and further reduce the oil and gas flowing out of the Persian Gulf (and probably the Red Sea), which is likely to take the world economy off the precipice.
Given this ominous prospect, Trump has a powerful incentive to cut a deal with Iran as soon as possible. But the chief problem he faces is that Israel does not want a deal. It wants the US to continue the war and try to beat Iran into submission. Given the stranglehold the Israel lobby has on Trump, he does not have much maneuver room. All of this is to say, even if he cuts some sort of deal with Iran, Israel and its minions in the US will work overtime to undermine it. Trump is boxed in and he knows it, which I think explains much of his erratic and outrageous behavior in recent weeks.
In short, Israel and its lobby bamboozled Trump into starting a losing war against Iran and now they won’t let him end it.

 

[Lisa558]

Consumer confidence is pretty terrible.

Surveys of Consumers

Why wouldn’t investors keep investing? If something goes wrong, the government will just bail out corporate America.

Show me the poll again….next month, after America wins the war, the nuclear threat of Iranian Terrorists is over, and gas prices are back down.

I myself bought two travel-related stocks a month ago. Already up by 20%. (Both are in my retirement account.)

 

[Marener]

Show me the poll again….next month, after America wins the war, the nuclear threat of Iranian Terrorists is over, and gas prices are back down.

I myself bought two travel-related stocks a month ago. Already up by 20%. (Both are in my retirement account.)

The investor class is backed by the government. Always. That's a big reason why the rest of us are shouldering $39 trillion in debt. So that your retirement account can always go up. It's the essence of corporate welfare.

As for consumer confidence, it was already pretty terrible before the war and is unlikely to get much better, what with rising prices, rising unemployment, and the constant chaos that is this administration.

But sure, "next month", when we win the war. Because you didn't say that last month too. But don't look now, the Trump administration is prepping people to expect high prices for the rest of the year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/world/middleeast/energy-secretary-gas-prices.html

 

[Lisa558]

The investor class is backed by the government. Always. That's a big reason why the rest of us are shouldering $39 trillion in debt. So that your retirement account can always go up. It's the essence of corporate welfare.

As for consumer confidence, it was already pretty terrible before the war and is unlikely to get much better, what with rising prices, rising unemployment, and the constant chaos that is this administration.

But sure, "next month", when we win the war. Because you didn't say that last month too. But don't look now, the Trump administration is prepping people to expect high prices for the rest of the year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/world/middleeast/energy-secretary-gas-prices.html

We had minimal debt when we baby boomers were young adults. As soon as you X-ers and Millienials started voting, our debt skyrocketed.

You only have yourself to blame.

And if you had any brains, you would have invested in the market last month and caught the buying opportunity. But then again, if you had brains, you wouldn’t be a leftist.

 

[MisterBeale]

 

[Marener]

We had minimal debt when we baby boomers were young adults. As soon as you X-ers and Millienials started voting, our debt skyrocketed.

You only have yourself to blame.

And if you had any brains, you would have invested in the market last month and caught the buying opportunity. But then again, if you had brains, you wouldn’t be a leftist.

Baby Boomers have been in control of electoral politics since you started voting as young adults. You're still in control of electoral politics.

For decades, the government has catered to your vote, which means accumulating massive debt to subsidize your retirement accounts. Your stock portfolio exists only because time and time again, the government would borrow trillions rather than see the stock market go down. Meanwhile, Baby Boomers also voted themselves tax cut after tax cut, so that they had even more money to sink into their government subsidized brokerage accounts.

But a typical right winger, you're never able to admit any culpability. It has to be someone else's fault. That's your arrogance.

 

[gipper]

Baby Boomers have been in control of electoral politics since you started voting as young adults. You're still in control of electoral politics.

For decades, the government has catered to your vote, which means accumulating massive debt to subsidize your retirement accounts. Your stock portfolio exists only because time and time again, the government would borrow trillions rather than see the stock market go down. Meanwhile, Baby Boomers also voted themselves tax cut after tax cut, so that they had even more money to sink into their government subsidized brokerage accounts.

But a typical right winger, you're never able to admit any culpability. It has to be someone else's fault. That's your arrogance.

Many boomers are uninformed and easily manipulated by the old media, the oligarchy, and the two crime families. Many still believe the propaganda fed them in government schools about this country and the world.

What I find really surprising about many boomers is their inability to comprehend the reality that the country has greatly changed for the worse during their lifetimes. Our nation today is a far cry from the one that existed 60-70 years ago, in almost every societal, economic, and moral context. Boomers saw it happen before their eyes, yet many deny it.

 

[Lisa558]

Baby Boomers have been in control of electoral politics since you started voting as young adults. You're still in control of electoral politics.

For decades, the government has catered to your vote, which means accumulating massive debt to subsidize your retirement accounts. Your stock portfolio exists only because time and time again, the government would borrow trillions rather than see the stock market go down. Meanwhile, Baby Boomers also voted themselves tax cut after tax cut, so that they had even more money to sink into their government subsidized brokerage accounts.

But a typical right winger, you're never able to admit any culpability. It has to be someone else's fault. That's your arrogance.

Who says we’re in control? There are a lot more voters who are NOT baby boomers than who are. It’s not our fault that you X-ers and Millienials don’t bother to vote to the same degree.

It’s like someone giving the choice of which new house to buy to someone else, and then complaining they’re not happy with the selection after the fact.

Besides, almost everything you have today - technology, medical advancements, etc. - is thanks to Baby Boomers.

But as a tyoical left winger, you can’t admit any culpability. Always has to be someone else’s fault.