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toomuchbaloney said:

Yeah. It looks like we rarely get protest "right" here in the USA. It's always the wrong format or the wrong place or the wrong day or the wrong message. 

I regret that's you're takeaway from my post.

 I'm talking about this one day.  You've heard me say many times that I don't like the idea of the protestor being the enemy as it's one of the fundamental rights of us as Americans that should be cherished and not demonized.

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Tweety said:

I've already expressed in other threads the quality of top leadership in this country and that concerns me.

Case in point, the 22 year old Trump superfan leading terror prevention.

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A 22-year-old former landscaper and grocery store worker with minimal national security experience is now leading the federal office charged with preventing domestic terrorism and targeted violence — an appointment that has sparked alarm among former officials and counterterrorism experts.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2025/06/06/donald-trump-dhs-terror-prevention-thomas-fugate-gardener-landscaper-heb-austin-texas/84066632007/

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toomuchbaloney said:

Iran reserves the right to respond to the attack by "any means necessary". I'm betting that Trump believes they will plan a conventional military attack against the largest, most powerful military in the world.  All of his spokesmen yesterday seemed to think this was going to be all over quickly. That seems familiar, right? 

I'm sure that the 22 year old who has no experience in terrorism is going to do a good job of running our main hub for combating counterterrorism and will keep us safe and well informed.  We didn't forget about him, right?  

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention

Ah I just posted about this man child in charge of terrorism.  
Iran isn't going to go down quietly, this is evident in their attacks at Israel, some of which their very advanced missile blocking systems have failed to stop.  What they will do to retaliate against the US remains to be seen.  

 

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Tweety said:

I regret that's you're takeaway from my post.

 I'm talking about this one day.  You've heard me say many times that I don't like the idea of the protestor being the enemy as it's one of the fundamental rights of us as Americans that should be cherished and not demonized.

 There's always a reason to criticize each and every protest.  This next one will make people feel a certain way about celebrating our freedom instead of protesting the loss of freedoms. 

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https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-war-nuclear-trump-bomber-news-06-23-2025-9e78510c88ccc5e262341f41550609c5

Here we go. 

Now Congress will surely declare war on Iran and uniformly support Trump getting us involved, right? 

 

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Tweety said:

On a side note gas prices here jump 40 cents a gallon when Israel attacked Iran after finally getting below $3.00 a gallon.  Not sure what it is today, will get back to you later when I go back out to get some. 

Gas dropped to 2.99 a gallon.  Only 10 cents more.  The price act must have been reactionary and then readjusted itself.

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Tweety said:

Gas dropped to 2.99 a gallon.  Only 10 cents more.  The price act must have been reactionary and then readjusted itself.

If Iran manages to close the Strait of Hormuz it's likely to adversely affect global oil prices.  That is good for Putin.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

If Iran manages to close the Strait of Hormuz it's likely to adversely affect global oil prices.  That is good for Putin.  

Apparently China is the number one importer from Hormuz and not sure what they would do about it but they aren't without economic means.  We have Rubio who said "They want to get cute and do things that are dangerous, we have responses available that are devastating."

 

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Hope this  ceasfire is TRUE and LASTS --- and confirmation comes from Iran and Israel.

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NRSKarenRN said:

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Hope this  ceasfire is TRUE and LASTS --- and confirmation comes from Iran and Israel.

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Ya gotta wonder about the cash flow, though. 

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President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Israel and Iran for possible violations of a ceasefire, telling reporters at the White House: "You know what we have? We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f*** they're doing."

"Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I've never seen before, the biggest load that we've seen. I'm not happy with Israel," Trump said.

Trump also posted a warning on social media: "ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!"

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/nx-s1-5443201/israel-iran-ceasefire-trump

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Trump seems annoyed that his good friends Bibi and Vlad don't take any of his advice or guidance.  He let the F bomb fly when reporters asked him about it.  The Trump nomination for the Nobel Peace prize has been withdrawn.  That's surprising.  

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