Friday morning #headlines recap
Iran ceasefire expires Monday April 21; both sides signaling resumption of hostilities. Gulf and European officials see six months needed for any deal.
Strait of Hormuz vessel traffic back to near zero per David Ingles. CENTCOM reports 14 ships turned around. Hegseth vows blockade stays "as long as it takes" and widens scope to include contraband. Iran threatens to begin blocking Bab al-Mandab starting tomorrow at noon - if true, this doubles the chokepoint crisis.
Europe has approximately six weeks of jet fuel left per the IEA head. KLM already canceling 80 return flights next month on kerosene cost alone - not shortage, cost.
Lebanon-Israel ceasefire begins and is breached within 30 minutes. Israel shelled Bint Jbeil immediately, then bombed an ambulance workers' funeral. Ceasefire stories are rapidly headed toward “not mentioning them again until something happens” status.
The IDF failed to capture Bint Jbeil after 44 days - a repeat of 2006. Iran reportedly told the US it would attack Israel if a Lebanon ceasefire wasn't announced. Netanyahu is furious; his cabinet wasn't consulted. Take your good news where you can find it.
Global sulphur squeeze transitioning from theoretical risk to production cliff. Zerohedge reports Gulf disruption may spark shortage of the world's most critical industrial chemical, used heavily in mining. Meanwhile Fertilizer up 87% YTD, pushing above $720/ton.
Two Eurozone countries issued sovereign debt in yuan since the Iran war started (Slovenia and Portugal) while Russia and China announce they will no longer use the dollar in bilateral trade. Congratulations Trump, you’ve cemented your legacy as the man that destroyed the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency just for your love of Zionism.
Oil didn't move after Trump’s latest Truth Social post. Cried wolf too many times, now his casino buddies will have to find another way to rig the game.
45 incidents involving petroleum and other raw materials production in the last 45 days, including refineries blowing up all around the world. Incidents are happening in and out of war zones, including the latest one that occurred in Mexico. It sure feels like a big reset is coming…
Possible assassination attempt on unknown high ranking government official living in the DC Navy Yard – A Capitol Police tactical unit reportedly extracted the official after a shooting at or near their residence. Suspect was a black teen, so it’s just as likely that it’s simply your garden variety daily nigger violence.
FISA voted down in a midnight vote. 20 Republicans voted against it. Trump was for it tho…
Gavin Newsom just used his own PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his own book. Not even trying to hide the corruption anymore…
New York Times runs an article citing a study that says there just might be something to this whole idea that intelligence is tied to genetics and race. Once again internet racists are miles ahead of everyone else…
A legal scholar argued Wednesday that the Supreme Court's own constitutional framework — the same one it used to overturn Roe v. Wade — could be used to strike down the military draft, and that President Donald Trump may have just handed activists the perfect moment to try. I don’t put any faith in a corrupt judiciary, navel-gazing legal arguments, or a leftist author writing for Slate. But the story does pose some interesting questions…
Trump says he’s going to look into what’s going on with the recent string of dead scientists. I assume he’s referring to the McCasland story, but if Trump says he’s looking into it he means he’s looking into suppressing it.
Downed US pilot shown to be a crisis actor that earlier made a White House appearance as “DoorDash Grandma”. If we have to be subjected to this bullshit can they at least get someone other than a tatted-up ugly bulldyke?
More people noticing that claiming you’re jewish causes ChatGPT to drop the guardrails.
Pentagon ramps up contingency plans for possible Cuba occupation. I’ve got at least a half-dozen memes that reflect my disdain for this nonsense.
The Haitian TPS extension law is dead in the senate. Wonderful news, but it only really means something if we actually deport them.
Remember folks, it’s Friday… no need to over-exert yourself at work today…
