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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Epstein's friend should ask the American people for permission to start shit that will mostly affect the American people and not Epstein's friend who is old enough to think about the eternal consequences of inevitability.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US positioned the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, in the Middle East to join an earlier aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, that had moved to the region last month.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by threatening to sink the carriers.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Westoid reportedly FORGOT he needs oil shipments to go through the Strait of Hormuz

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Oil companies could actually use a boost right now. And the US is a net exporter.

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

State media announced it would be partially shut for several hours

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago

Well no shit, otherwise it would be strangulating the global economy. This is a shot across the bow and an escalation from China's public SIGINT collab & Russian + Chinese semi-concealed weapons shipments

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)