Open Thread - 06-13-25 - The Trifecta
Happy Friday the 13th! Don't you feel lucky?
It's an appropriate date as the world of man reshapes itself. Two hot spots have exploded with a third one on the back burner. If that one touches off then we'll have us a trifecta.
Bibi needs his wars to keep himself from prison as his many scandals are catching up to him. Zelensky needs his forever war to keep himself sucking air and walking above ground. The deep state needs both wars to preserve its position as a global hegemon. Funny how that works, Europe and Israel as proxies, and China as a wild card.
Oh, and lest I forget, tomorrow is Donald Trump's birthday. What a birthday he will have! There'll be fireworks around the world. The US is set to potentially explode with protests and demonstrations sure to turn violent in more than one city with Posse Comitatus by the wayside and US troops on the streets.
Ukraine is on fire and the Mideast holds its breath in anticipation of Iran's next move. The big question is what will China do? Will Taiwan touch off or will Xi sit back and watch the world powers consume themselves?
It sure does seem like, to this old boy anyway, that the chess pieces are in place in this grand game of greed and power. With roughly eight billion worthless eaters as pawns.
I'm writing this on this fine Friday morn. I'll have to cut it short, we have a crew here working on the inside of the house.
I've been working on the site as well. You may experience some down time as I try to run down a bug that is proving to be as elusive as world peace.
As OPOL would say: Peace out!
Comments
Good morning Free Rangers...
is the plan to have Europe take on the Russia/Ukraine front and Israel to take on the Mideast front, leaving the US to take on China if it need be? As US tax slaves and our endless dollar printing press pays for it all, leading us further down the bankruptcy hole?
All hail digital IDs, social credit scores and a CBDC! It has electrolytes!
What a fooking mess.
Welcome to Costco....
I love you...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Heh...
Costco just gave me a real runaround
Tried to get a Rx delivered via Instacart but couldn't find a link to get it done. (I had managed it once, a few months ago, but don't remember how.) Instacart said talk to Costco, Costco said talk to Instacart. Costco doesn't have my cellphone on file even though the Costco pharmacy does. Real Friday the 13th craziness.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Perhaps it has been pre-ordained
.
the failure of the US imperial empire
runs in slo-mo. More time to cover the
ongoing f*ck up tracks. Just a guess.
Thanks for the OT and your continued
improvement efforts.
Zionism is a social disease
Stargate...
and total information awareness wait in the wings.
This is from a propaganda organ
within Israel, but it contains some tantaliizing tidbits, just the same.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkgersf7xg#google_vignette
If I were Israel, I'd counsel against taking a victory lap just yet. And there is a decent chance that this is all propaganda with no underlying fact. We shall see...
And, in the "Who could have foreseen" propaganda department, we have this:
https://archive.ph/PcRsz
Just in time for the "No Kings" weekend. Cue the conflation with the protests in 3... 2... 1...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
I think ynet is a more reliable source than
others out of Israel. Bummer. The information is crushing if it’s true that Israel has neutralized Iran’s defensive and offensive capabilities.
Are Russia and China just going to watch as Israel/America destroys another country? China will be hurt if it can’t get oil from Iran. And what were all those war games for if they aren’t going to be used?
Russia can defend Iran since it didn’t start the war. And boy isn’t Iran happy that they let Russia talk them into not retaliating against Israel for its actions? Just like Russia didn’t allow Syria to defend itself against Israeli attacks by using the air defense weapons Russia gave them.
Neither Russia or China have done a damn thing to protect Palestinians.
What a fcking joke of a world we’re living in. Maybe if they had acted during the Iraq invasion things might not be where they are today.
Lots of strongly written letters today from various countries against the attacks. Yeah I’m sure Israel is quaking in its boots.
The message echoes from Gaza back to the US. “Starving people is fine.”
What a birthday bash...
Trump is going to have. Both stateside and internationally. His ego will suck it up.
Besides, maybe all of the chaos will help with his kingly coronation.
Boy, it's a good thing
that there aren't any random, anonymous shipping containers anywhere near DC, isn't it?
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
The war in Israel will not be televised. At least this is Bibi's
wish.
That didn't work so well.
More!
good for the resistance
.
hit the genocidal maniacs hard and often
what "iron dome" buys you = swiss cheese
Zionism is a social disease
Still more!
Interesting, if true:
https://x.com/ExxAlerts/status/1933597725825622374
I await more confirmation. And such a shootdown was inevitable. However, I suspect that if this is true, we will see that some fairly ugly things await the pilot.
The question now becomes, "Will Israel kill him before the Iranians do?", via the Samson Option...
Zerohedge weighs in:
https://archive.ph/l7o1x
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
It is difficult to make out but there is this.
Rumors are that the pilot is female
From a comment on MoA.
Any word on the other pilot?
The message echoes from Gaza back to the US. “Starving people is fine.”
Unfortunately the erratic response time of the website makes
likely to have duplicate comments.
I find it not so much erratic
.
as consistently getting slower
tries your patience
JtC says it is a server issue
which I have no reason to doubt because
I know nothing about that stuff.
Zionism is a social disease