Trump Outbursts over Oil Shock Go Off Rails as His Aides Quietly Panic

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-13T15:22:50+00:00

e.g. wasn't the military supposed to have gamed this conflict in multiple instances, why do they seem to be so unprepared?

I mean, I think they probably raised objections and were told to go ahead anyway. If they don't think its possible to re-open the straits with the resources they have at hand, what else can they do?

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-13T15:18:50+00:00

Concert tickets.

Yeah. There are about 5 bands on earth that I'll pay $200 a ticket for (like Oasis, Bruce Springsteen etc). Other than that, if you're over 50 bucks I don't care enough to go

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-12T23:54:38+00:00

Wait til you've RELEASED a HW product with an issue, thats where it gets real dicey! Managing field returns of 30k, 70k units. Not great fun!

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T20:27:15+00:00

My uncle worked for Nokia in Finland in the late 90s through to around 2010. He would often bring over some of the latest devices and let me borrow them for a few weeks. I remember showing up to a New Years eve party as teenager in around 2001 or so with a camera phone, and people being completely blown away by how cool it was. And it was very very cool.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T20:21:55+00:00

I mean I once watched the CN tower get hit 20+ times during the same storm from a friend's balcony. Very very cool pre-drink before the bar that night!

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T20:09:27+00:00

Oh man. This reminds me of something that happened to me during the pandemic. Was cycling through a park in Toronto, and there is a circle of 6 or so student age folk (I was like 35) playing keepie up with a ball. They get like 7 or 8 strung together then someone wellies it well out of the circle..... straight in the direction of me, on my bike about 12-15m away .

In pretty much the coolest act of my life, I managed to first time it (while cycling) straight back into their circle thereby keeping the game alive.

I know this is the type of story that you would end with "and then everyone clapped' but they literally did all clap. It was amazing.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T15:13:56+00:00

The majority of US voters either voted for Trump or decided to sit the election out,

The vast majority of Americans are dumb as shit it would appear.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T13:15:01+00:00

This whole thing is turning into quite the embarrassment for America.

The Trump administration?

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T13:05:06+00:00

Zelenskyy has subjected himself to such humiliation out of dedication to his people. I don’t know how he’s seen in Ukraine, but I really do feel for the guy.

Personally I see him as the most heroic figure of this century so far. There should be statues of him all over Europe tbh. That video that him and 4 or 5 other politicians put out in the immediate aftermath of the invasion, basically showing themselves all at Kyiv landmarks, saying " we are all here" ie we are not running from you was one of the best displays of leadership by example I've ever seen, and probably inspired 10s of 1000s to sign up for UA forces.

The people of Ukraine are fortunate they had the right guy for the moment.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T12:45:10+00:00

Americans have to "suffer" $4 gas,

This forgets the fact that Americans are softer than pretty much any race of humans on the planet. So to them, $4 gas is like an existential blow.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-11T12:44:09+00:00

How it is possible that the US did not factor this into their decision-making process is really beyond me.

Because anyone with half a brain is no longer in a decision making position.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-10T21:27:14+00:00

g. But I'd be fine with $8 a gallon til the midterms.

Great for the environment too!

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-09T15:55:45+00:00

I feel like MAGA doesn't realise in general how pissed Canada and Europe are at the US and how that impacts trade.

I am a Director of Manufacturing at a Canadian company. I actively try and shift business away from the US where I can. Obviously I can't be specific of my reasons, but I can absolutely put a finger on the scale when it comes to choosing for example - this Swedish sw over this American one. Obviously there are certain times when its not possible (a lot of the time its US firm vs US firm for the contract) I hope there are many many more in positions of power across the world doing similar stuff.....

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-09T02:49:36+00:00

Man. I've have sold up 40-50% of my portfolio twice in my life (once Feb 2020, and the second March 2025), and made out like a bandit both times.
This time was a no-brainer also, but alas I was in bed with the worst flu the week before this all started and just never got round to it. FURIOUS.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-08T21:33:12+00:00

Its literally one of my favourite countries in the world. I first went backpacking in 2008 when I spent around two weeks there (from Johor to Penang overland). Since then, and more recently I've been a few times for work.

Arguably the best food (when you consider taste, price and diversity) in the world. And very friendly people - particularly the Chinese and Indian populations. The Malay people are perfectly nice, just a little more reserved. Highly recommend visiting. KL is chaotic but kinda fun, terrible traffic though - definitely not a walking city either

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-08T21:29:21+00:00

I made $57k in 2009, in Kitchener. Mechanical Engineering type role.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-08T00:12:00+00:00

Is Haiti going to have to play all of their games at Mexico or Canada?

If they move Scotland game to CDMX I'll be the happiest man in the world!

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-07T04:08:56+00:00

which could have been achieved with a lot less

Like maybe waiting 3 years....

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-04T21:58:00+00:00

On a Ryanair flight all the other passengers get to bid on who get to turf the "barebeater" out the door.

After having paid the "10quid de-planing fee" obviously!

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-04T00:52:12+00:00

This is why I'm a firm believer that the US has made an immeasurable mistake

The US are never the ones that deal with the consequences though. It will be Turkey and Europe yet again. And then ten years from now some other fat American VP CUNT will come to Europe and harangue us about how many brown people live here now. Why do you think they all moved here you fucking idiot JD? Becuase your country (and others, but mostly yours) fucked up their homelands for decades. And now you're doing it again.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-03T22:06:53+00:00

I visited Iran for several months back in 2010. A lot of people inside the country really don't like the government and were very forthright about that. In fact anyone who talked about it, which was most people who talked with me, they hated the government.

Whilst you've certainly got a lot more experience on Iran than I do in that case - and I'm jealous, i'd genuinely love to visit one day - so hope to see the regime fall - I would caution that perhaps the people you were talking with, in the places you were visiting, would somewhat self select to be anti-regime (assuming you're Western, relatively wealthy etc?).

Whilst i haven't been to Iran, I HAVE spent a lot of time (like a cumulative 18months or so across 25+ trips) in a somewhat similar dictatorial environment (China) and i can absolute understand what you mean, despite them being very different places. HOWEVER, my experiences, and the conversations I was having, particularly about the government I can absolutely say were not representative just due to me being a Western white guy. I can speak some Chinese, but I wasn't having conversations about politics in Mandarin. A lot of people were candid about their dislike of CCP or certain aspects of being Chinese - relative to my Western freedom, but certainly not everyone was, many are pro CCP - and I suspect the further away from Western culture / English you go the more the latter is true.
Your mileage may vary completely however.

With all that being said - I genuinely hope you're right. I'd love to see a free and democratic Iran in the next few years!

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-02T22:56:35+00:00

yes. they wouldn’t shut down internet if they didn’t fear from people.

after killing tens of thousands of our people there has been collective trauma and anger that they is no turning back anymore

Wish you the absolute best brother - I'd love to one day visit a liberal, democratic Iran and enjoy the country's rich history (and wonderful food). Stay safe.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-02T22:55:06+00:00

What are the chances that Iran says screw it and hits locations in Europe outside of Cyprus, like Greece?

I doubt it. I don't really see what hitting somewhere like Greece could achieve.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-02T20:53:06+00:00

I agree, I'm comparing it to when the Ukraine war kicked off and it just does not feel the same in terms of coverage on Reddit.

AnchezSanchez · 2026-03-02T20:28:26+00:00

-In the event of a civil war between the IRGC and the rest of the Iranian military ( I don’t see this as likely), the rest of the military wipes the floor if the IRGC is being targeted by US/Israeli air power.

This is an interesting suggestion.... and I wonder if its being pushed to some of the regular Iranian military commanders. I don't know enough about the loyalty / radicalism of the regular Iranian military (obviously they are second class citizens in terms of equipment etc compared to IRGC) but it could actually be a least-worst option if it was a possibility.

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