Sleeplessly surfing Youtume last night, I listened to a 15 minue Faux News installment re Iran. It basically had numerous military guests repeating mantras about the wonderful achievements so far, how the IRGC is on the ropes, how we need to keep helping the populace of Iran escape their servitude the the horrible IRGC who are imprisoning them, how we and our COALITION PARTNERS(!) are ready, willing, and in fact actively keeping pressure on the IRGC, we have reduced their nuclear ambitions but with our coalition partners will go in and finish if necessary....
We have plenty of weapons, the military assets are staged and ready to go.....
It was the exact opposite of what you hear from almost any other outlet!
Hard to believe that Fox would have the audacity to promote such lies with the faith that its viewers are constrained to such a limited information bubble.
Notable quotes from Mark's post: "Trump’s “frustration” is just Trump, as usual, blaming everyone else for his own screwup...Trump is too erratic to stick by his own deals...administration is inherently dysfunctional."
.Yes, the MQ-9 Reaper drone is expensive. One costs approx. $33 million. Operating one costs several thousand dollars per flight hour--->One mission can be 27 hours long, and cost $98,000. It's a big drone~66 ft. long, 12.5 ft. height, 66 ft. wingspan. It is used for targeting, and it can carry Hellfire missiles and laser-guided bombs.
Wait. so if the deep state was against this, the most stupid war in the history of civilization — does that mean the Deep State is not a complete subsidiary of the American-Zionist junta?
It's deeply infiltrated but not a complete subsidiary. It's the political class that's the complete subsidiary. I'm quite sure that active duty professionals knew from the start that this would tarnish their career records forever.
MoA claims there are plentiful oil reserves in "rich countries," LJ would vehemently disagree. Pepe Escobar also talks about a 40-minute call between UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed and Iran's Foreign Minister, which would mean that maybe the UAE has also come to their senses.
Okay, that's it. Trump definitely thinks he is God--or a god.
He spews huge lies, big fiction, entertaining fables...even after officials in Iran and in the US say there are NO talks between Iran and US...let alone about Hormuz or nuclear amounts. He must think he can make things happen just by forming sentences to exit his mouth.
It might be said (and would have been said in the "old days") that based on his actions Trump is a maniac. If a maniac is defined as one who exhibits symptoms of mania I think he qualifies:
"Types of mania
Healthcare providers don’t use specific “types” of mania to make a diagnosis. Still, they may describe your symptoms in the following ways:
Acute/severe mania (current episode): A very intense manic episode that may need urgent care or hospitalization.
Dysphoric: You have strong feelings of anxiety, anger, irritability or restlessness.
Euphoric: You have a very high mood and energy. You may feel like you’re on top of the world.
Mixed features: You have both mania and a few depression symptoms at the same time. For example, you may have high energy, but also feel hopelessness. This combination can raise your risk of suicide.
Psychosis: You have mania along with symptoms like delusions (false beliefs) or hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren’t there)."
dissonant, thinking and reading about mania, I learned years ago that it is in the category of pschoses--mental illnesses where those afflicted lose touch with reality. You likely have heard of manic-depressives, nowadays referred to as those with bipolar disease. The primary thing is dramatic mood swings or episodes from high-energy, even euphoric behavior to depression and lethargy. One side is like taking amphetamines or cocaine --"uppers', and the other side is like taking barbituates--"downers".
You made me remember that I once was friends with a guy in college who suffered from manic-depressive disorder. He was a classic case. When he was manic he didn't sleep for days on end and his mind was going 1000 mph. On top of it he was brilliant. It was exhausting to be around him just trying to keep up with him. It made perfect since, then, that when he crashed he crashed hard and for days also. What a difficult existence! I hope he was able to find help through treatment.
I did not mean to imply that Trump is bipolar. I do believe the stresses he is under in combination with his personality disorders make him prone to manic behaviors, however.
I did not see your comment as implying Trump is bipolar. I agree that he exhibits a mania, and this is intensifying. I did a bit of research on a the possibility of a person who has a character/personality disorder developing a psychosis (loss of touch with reality). Yes, that can and does happen.
Now this is what I learned from both my excellent Abnormal Psychology professor and the textbook for that class: character and personality disorders are the hardest mental illnesses to treat. They are ingrained--the essence of a person. Psychoses and primarily neuroses are much more treatable.
You have sent my mind back to my college days! Psychology major, favorite class--->Abnormal Psychology (I still use the course textbook for reference as needed).
I agree with you about Trump and mania.
I firmly believe that Donald Trump has a character disorder called narcissism. Now a character disorder involves problems with moral and ethical behavior, and it is not used as much for diagnosis in the 21st century. Many now would say that Trump has a narcissistic personality disorder, and I don't disagree. But I do say that he certainly has problems with morals and ethics.
Psychosis--losing touch with reality--can creep into a narcissist's psyche. Trump certainly has delusions, and he certainly makes declarations without any proof or connecton to reality.
Mark, I had to laugh today. As I read it sounded like I was talking to myself. You are as tired and fed up with Trump's shit as the rest of us here. And, especially with the Trump CRIME family. Stay sane and keep up the good work.
Glad to see, among all the catastrophic Iran news, Mark, that you included a mention about Venezuela. Anyone who doesn't read MSM knew from the start that it was never going to be the oil cornucopia that Trump thought it would be. The Venezuelan oil infrastructure is in a bad way and making it operational was going to take massive amounts of time and investment. And low and behold, we now we have confirmation of this from the oil companies themselves. Yet another ill-thoughtout venture from Trump. Hey, but at least they'll put that evil drug peddler Maduro behind bars!
I think the human element in Venezuela is also a problem that the Trump regime failed to anticipate.
For various reasons, Venezuelan culture is quite socialist at this point.
Do you know what socialists love?
Unions!
Do you know what unions love almost more than anything?
Unions love all kinds of, "malicious compliance," and, "work to rule," antics that serve to slow and even completely sabotage the designs of yanqui imperialists!
"Trump has inflicted his most enduring damage on an intangible yet critical national asset: the ability of American diplomats to productively engage counterparts all over the world."
Trump is less an anomaly than a maximalist player on the continuum.
In 2008 Yale University Press published Walter Hixson's "The Myth of American Diplomacy, National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy," contending that America's long-held mythic "perce[ption of] moral superiority" has "supported violence, which in turn supported the myth." https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300151312/the-myth-of-american-diplomacy/
In 2019 Hixson spoke at the sixth of Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA, https://www.wrmea.org/ ) events on the influence of Israel/Israel lobby on US Foreign Policy
Based on Hixson's arguments, USA foreign policy has been overweighted on deception -- self-deception as well as propaganda and bad faith, far more that "morally" weighted authentic diplomacy.
It would seem that the best course for USA would be the obviously moral, good business, good competition course: distance from Israel; cessation of killing, stealing and plunder. Engage fairly with Iran, with China, with Russia to the benefit of all.
I would like the return of all taxpayer monies sent to Our Greatwst Ally. They can afford it.
The Gaza evil, the “hilltop youth,” Smotrick and Ben-Gvir and the utterly evil and satanic netanyahu. Those cannot be unseen. Nor the endless looting and corruption.
And there’ll be a reckoning, maybe not on this earth, for the likes of Huckabee. Beware false teachers and theee are none more false or evil than the CZs.
This is also a maddening discussion to have with otherwise reasonably intelligent people. They question all the facts, sources etc., and reject the data points. All the while, of course, they have nothing but emotion to bring to the table.
Sleeplessly surfing Youtume last night, I listened to a 15 minue Faux News installment re Iran. It basically had numerous military guests repeating mantras about the wonderful achievements so far, how the IRGC is on the ropes, how we need to keep helping the populace of Iran escape their servitude the the horrible IRGC who are imprisoning them, how we and our COALITION PARTNERS(!) are ready, willing, and in fact actively keeping pressure on the IRGC, we have reduced their nuclear ambitions but with our coalition partners will go in and finish if necessary....
We have plenty of weapons, the military assets are staged and ready to go.....
It was the exact opposite of what you hear from almost any other outlet!
Hard to believe that Fox would have the audacity to promote such lies with the faith that its viewers are constrained to such a limited information bubble.
Notable quotes from Mark's post: "Trump’s “frustration” is just Trump, as usual, blaming everyone else for his own screwup...Trump is too erratic to stick by his own deals...administration is inherently dysfunctional."
.Yes, the MQ-9 Reaper drone is expensive. One costs approx. $33 million. Operating one costs several thousand dollars per flight hour--->One mission can be 27 hours long, and cost $98,000. It's a big drone~66 ft. long, 12.5 ft. height, 66 ft. wingspan. It is used for targeting, and it can carry Hellfire missiles and laser-guided bombs.
https://defencewing.com/mq-9-reaper-drone-specifications-cost-operators/
The Houthis have shot down several MQ-9s.
Wait. so if the deep state was against this, the most stupid war in the history of civilization — does that mean the Deep State is not a complete subsidiary of the American-Zionist junta?
It's deeply infiltrated but not a complete subsidiary. It's the political class that's the complete subsidiary. I'm quite sure that active duty professionals knew from the start that this would tarnish their career records forever.
MoA claims there are plentiful oil reserves in "rich countries," LJ would vehemently disagree. Pepe Escobar also talks about a 40-minute call between UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed and Iran's Foreign Minister, which would mean that maybe the UAE has also come to their senses.
https://zulfiqar.substack.com/p/breaking-pepe-breakstrump-halts-iran
VIDEO TRUMP 3 hours ago or more
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE STRAIT
" We are talking about the strait, the opening of the strait
having it open literally by tomorrow, completely open " ......
thats Phase I Phase II is the nuclear capacity
....
https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/2084343551005950050?s=20
.
Okay, that's it. Trump definitely thinks he is God--or a god.
He spews huge lies, big fiction, entertaining fables...even after officials in Iran and in the US say there are NO talks between Iran and US...let alone about Hormuz or nuclear amounts. He must think he can make things happen just by forming sentences to exit his mouth.
It might be said (and would have been said in the "old days") that based on his actions Trump is a maniac. If a maniac is defined as one who exhibits symptoms of mania I think he qualifies:
"Types of mania
Healthcare providers don’t use specific “types” of mania to make a diagnosis. Still, they may describe your symptoms in the following ways:
Acute/severe mania (current episode): A very intense manic episode that may need urgent care or hospitalization.
Dysphoric: You have strong feelings of anxiety, anger, irritability or restlessness.
Euphoric: You have a very high mood and energy. You may feel like you’re on top of the world.
Mixed features: You have both mania and a few depression symptoms at the same time. For example, you may have high energy, but also feel hopelessness. This combination can raise your risk of suicide.
Psychosis: You have mania along with symptoms like delusions (false beliefs) or hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren’t there)."
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21603-mania
Notice in particular his psychotic conversations with his "imaginary Iranian friends."
dissonant, thinking and reading about mania, I learned years ago that it is in the category of pschoses--mental illnesses where those afflicted lose touch with reality. You likely have heard of manic-depressives, nowadays referred to as those with bipolar disease. The primary thing is dramatic mood swings or episodes from high-energy, even euphoric behavior to depression and lethargy. One side is like taking amphetamines or cocaine --"uppers', and the other side is like taking barbituates--"downers".
You made me remember that I once was friends with a guy in college who suffered from manic-depressive disorder. He was a classic case. When he was manic he didn't sleep for days on end and his mind was going 1000 mph. On top of it he was brilliant. It was exhausting to be around him just trying to keep up with him. It made perfect since, then, that when he crashed he crashed hard and for days also. What a difficult existence! I hope he was able to find help through treatment.
I did not mean to imply that Trump is bipolar. I do believe the stresses he is under in combination with his personality disorders make him prone to manic behaviors, however.
Thanks!
I did not see your comment as implying Trump is bipolar. I agree that he exhibits a mania, and this is intensifying. I did a bit of research on a the possibility of a person who has a character/personality disorder developing a psychosis (loss of touch with reality). Yes, that can and does happen.
Now this is what I learned from both my excellent Abnormal Psychology professor and the textbook for that class: character and personality disorders are the hardest mental illnesses to treat. They are ingrained--the essence of a person. Psychoses and primarily neuroses are much more treatable.
You have sent my mind back to my college days! Psychology major, favorite class--->Abnormal Psychology (I still use the course textbook for reference as needed).
I agree with you about Trump and mania.
I firmly believe that Donald Trump has a character disorder called narcissism. Now a character disorder involves problems with moral and ethical behavior, and it is not used as much for diagnosis in the 21st century. Many now would say that Trump has a narcissistic personality disorder, and I don't disagree. But I do say that he certainly has problems with morals and ethics.
Psychosis--losing touch with reality--can creep into a narcissist's psyche. Trump certainly has delusions, and he certainly makes declarations without any proof or connecton to reality.
Thanks for your educated thoughts, aDoozy! IMHO you are right about Trump.
Mark, I had to laugh today. As I read it sounded like I was talking to myself. You are as tired and fed up with Trump's shit as the rest of us here. And, especially with the Trump CRIME family. Stay sane and keep up the good work.
Glad to see, among all the catastrophic Iran news, Mark, that you included a mention about Venezuela. Anyone who doesn't read MSM knew from the start that it was never going to be the oil cornucopia that Trump thought it would be. The Venezuelan oil infrastructure is in a bad way and making it operational was going to take massive amounts of time and investment. And low and behold, we now we have confirmation of this from the oil companies themselves. Yet another ill-thoughtout venture from Trump. Hey, but at least they'll put that evil drug peddler Maduro behind bars!
And Trump is still talking that up--millions of barrels we're taking out. He probably believes his own hype.
I think the human element in Venezuela is also a problem that the Trump regime failed to anticipate.
For various reasons, Venezuelan culture is quite socialist at this point.
Do you know what socialists love?
Unions!
Do you know what unions love almost more than anything?
Unions love all kinds of, "malicious compliance," and, "work to rule," antics that serve to slow and even completely sabotage the designs of yanqui imperialists!
Iran however still rejected the latest US Hormuz proposal, insisting the Strait of Hormuz will not fully reopen until the war ends.
Which makes complete sense
- Agreed - no opening until Substantial Compliance
Standard business practice in any business - especially when one party is in constant breach
Trump the expert obviously knows this - after all, he wrote the art of the deal
.
This is a reply to It's Just Me's comment on the prior thread. IJM linked:
https://www.starkrealities.net/p/trump-damage-us-diplomacy-trust
which included this:
"Trump has inflicted his most enduring damage on an intangible yet critical national asset: the ability of American diplomats to productively engage counterparts all over the world."
Trump is less an anomaly than a maximalist player on the continuum.
In 2008 Yale University Press published Walter Hixson's "The Myth of American Diplomacy, National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy," contending that America's long-held mythic "perce[ption of] moral superiority" has "supported violence, which in turn supported the myth." https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300151312/the-myth-of-american-diplomacy/
In 2019 Hixson spoke at the sixth of Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA, https://www.wrmea.org/ ) events on the influence of Israel/Israel lobby on US Foreign Policy
https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/pro-israeli-lobby-and-influence-on-us-policy-part-1/523685
Based on Hixson's arguments, USA foreign policy has been overweighted on deception -- self-deception as well as propaganda and bad faith, far more that "morally" weighted authentic diplomacy.
It would seem that the best course for USA would be the obviously moral, good business, good competition course: distance from Israel; cessation of killing, stealing and plunder. Engage fairly with Iran, with China, with Russia to the benefit of all.
I would like the return of all taxpayer monies sent to Our Greatwst Ally. They can afford it.
The Gaza evil, the “hilltop youth,” Smotrick and Ben-Gvir and the utterly evil and satanic netanyahu. Those cannot be unseen. Nor the endless looting and corruption.
And there’ll be a reckoning, maybe not on this earth, for the likes of Huckabee. Beware false teachers and theee are none more false or evil than the CZs.
You stated truths with gusto, sir!
Thank you for speaking clearly about the justice to come for these evil people--if not here on this earth, then for sure on God's time and place.
This is excellent information all around.
This is also a maddening discussion to have with otherwise reasonably intelligent people. They question all the facts, sources etc., and reject the data points. All the while, of course, they have nothing but emotion to bring to the table.
Emotion counts for a lot with these people, Kevin. I emote therefore I am.
I guess it’s better than volume. If the two are combined, the person should be in an institution.