llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2026 6:38 pm
A whole lot of shit going on, all of it bad, but the Palestine correlation is still crazy talk.

Fair. I just get frustrated at the focus on Israeli government behaviour while other conflicts and acts of violence oppression get roundly ignored especially on the left. As someone pointed out playing with body counts is kind of dumb.

I do take umbrage in the idea casualty numbers of Iranian protesters are all “Western propaganda”, but Hamas numbers on Palestinians should be taken as accurate. Either way it’s a lot of dead people that didn’t need to be.

But I hope I’m making it clear I’m not excusing the raw stupidity of this war of choice.

I listened to the Haaretz podcast interview with Ehud Olmert which is worth a listen to hear what’s going on in the mind on non insane Israelis. He’s discussed the likely reasoning behind the attack. Which was Israeli initiated because the Iranians had ramped up uranium enrichment after last year and it is blanket Israeli policy that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons in any circumstance. The original plan was likely just hammering nuclear sites again but Donald stepped in and decided to push the stupid button.

There is zero plan for what will happen afterwards. Israeli frankly doesn’t care; an anaemic military, regime change, chaos it’s all a fine option for their strategic position. For Trump is just posting. There’s nothing there. His ridiculous comments like “I want to pick the next Supreme Leader”… just mind blowingly stupid.

Economic pain in the US will end this and likely quickly. Which shows everyone what’s going on in the Whitehouse brain. Zip.

Don't get me wrong, you are all nice guys/galls, I like you all just fine...

But you gotta stop listening to the talking points sources about anything about everything regarding what is happening in the world right now. Or at least try and find unbiased coverage of what's happening in the world RN. If you need help with it, I'll point you to it. FOC.

What in the actual fuck happened to Ben Shapiro's eyebrows!? This is not AI...

Would be interested to hear from you USers how the gasoline and diesel prices change in the next couple of weeks. I know you have dirt cheap gas in comparison to us in EU, but would love to hear your real time experiences/changes in price and how it affects you.

Lu Zwei wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 9:23 am Would be interested to hear from you USers how the gasoline and diesel prices change in the next couple of weeks. I know you have dirt cheap gas in comparison to us in EU, but would love to hear your real time experiences/changes in price and how it affects you.

Haven't owned a car in 23 years. Doing fine.

Oil prices will impact vinyl pricing, from what I've read.

Frankie99 wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 10:17 am Oil prices will impact vinyl pricing, from what I've read.

I mean, DUH. Then just don't print in 2026.

Well since pretty much everything is shipped on a truck it will just mean even higher prices on stuff. Cool. All to distract from Trump raping kids.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 10:05 am

Lu Zwei wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 9:23 am Would be interested to hear from you USers how the gasoline and diesel prices change in the next couple of weeks. I know you have dirt cheap gas in comparison to us in EU, but would love to hear your real time experiences/changes in price and how it affects you.

Haven't owned a car in 23 years. Doing fine.

OK, you can still be a statistician. I don't discriminate.

penningtron wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 10:23 am Well since pretty much everything is shipped on a truck it will just mean even higher prices on stuff. Cool. All to distract from Trump raping kids.

I mean, it wasn't all that bad. Some of the kids won some prizes as well.