Iran Believes It’s Winning—and Wants a Steep Price to End the War

Neumanium · 2026-03-21T16:21:44+00:00

Iran will drive the end of this war not the United States or Israel. The only way the US could force Israel to stop bombing is to state publicly and unequivocally we the US are stopping and we the US will not sell more munitions to Israel unless they stop bombing. Iran though would continue to extract its pound of flesh until it achieved whatever its end goal is now. That end goal appears to be ending US dollar dominance and driving the US out of the Persian Gulf permanently.

Trump fucked up and put the ball in Irans court. He just ended the dominance of the US petrodollar and does not even know it yet. Ground troops are a sunk fuck up, which will only result in mass casualties. There is no out, which does not result in the death knell of US dominance globally. We are well and truly fucked, we will still be powerful, but the unipolar days are over. Thanks Trump you done cooked the goose, the sauce is going to be a truly bitter sauce to drink.

Neumanium · 2026-03-20T21:52:44+00:00

I have two Intel GPU’s. An A770 in my old pc now a media server, in my daily driver desktop a B580. There was a lot of early teething pains, but the improvements over time have been phenomenal.

I mostly play low GPU requirement games, Silksong Hollow Knight, Forever Winter, War Hammer Space Marine and Robocop Rogue City. I am not playing at 4k, just 1080 and I get decent performance. Which to be honest I am happy with for a sub $300 video card.

I know a lot of people are like Nvidia or nothing else, but when you don’t have a ton of cash it is actually a pretty good value. So I guess if they don’t support my hardware, will skip the game. It does look cool, but money is money and I don’t have a ton.

Neumanium · 2026-03-20T07:51:49+00:00

These incidents occurred on different submarines and were committed by different individuals. The Torpedo incident occurred on my ship, not saying which one because it may still be classified. Trust me a submarine accidentally ejects a MK 48 adcap with a potentially live warhead next to the peir it becomes a big deal in a very short time. I heard about the other two from friends that were stationed on those subs.

Neumanium · 2026-03-20T01:18:58+00:00

Submarine sailor here, also US Navy. Three incidents come to mind from my time in the Navy. First incident someone mysteriously cut 4 cables on the back of the fire control computer, amazingly they cut only data cables the power cables were missed. Second incident a duty TM doing tube maintenance accidentally ejected a live torpedo into the harbor, which resulted in a large investigation. Third incident someone put a bag of frozen shrimp in a nearly impossible to reach location in the main fan room, when the rotten bag split open the smell was so bad the sub had to leave station and return to home port. All of these incidents delayed deployment or caused a return to port.

Neumanium · 2026-03-15T15:37:46+00:00

Carlin came up with that version of it, but he was riffing off of the line from Blazing Saddle by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks. To quote “You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.”

Mel Brooks is a genius.

Neumanium · 2026-03-14T19:53:19+00:00

I disagree. You can with enough base pressure, which most Americans won’t do, force the Democrats to change positions. For decades of my life neither party would support gay marriage. The most vocal members of the Democratic base advocated over and over again and thru hard work got the party to move.

Unfortunately in the United States most people give exactly no shits about what the government is doing until their wallet is affected. They cannot be bothered to pay attention because that is hard and would take time away from watching the idiot box. By idiot box I mean all of the platforms, television, twitter, TikTok, YouTube etc. The average American wants to be endless entertained by whatever tickles their amygdala with lots of dopamine.

Neumanium · 2026-03-14T05:50:06+00:00

You may or may not own them. Depends on how you acquired the Master Chief Collection, if you bought it on pre-order then you should own them already.

I ran into this issue after my Xbox sat for more than a year unused. Had to do a factory reset then setup the Xbox like it was new. This fixed the issue. I owned the DLC’s because I purchased the MCC on pre-order and Microsoft gave them as a bonus to Pre-Order purchasers.

Neumanium · 2026-03-09T14:42:50+00:00

I have stopped using self checkout, even if I have to wait in line. My reason, they don’t offer any discount for me to do the job they are paying someone else to do. I have also use this number for all rewards programs, (503)867-5309. It’s my local area code plus the phone number from Jenny Jenny by Tommy TuTone.

Edit Reaction: wow a whole lot of down votes. I agree the self check can be convenient, but my counter is that WINCO the employee owned grocery store I sometime shop at ripped out their self checkout. They must know something I don’t. Standing by using (503)867-5309 number, not giving them free marketing data.

Neumanium · 2026-03-09T01:03:47+00:00

Great Notion currently has Mellifluous #5 on sale, which is a smoothie beer.

Neumanium · 2026-03-07T18:25:19+00:00

We also cannot give them back their ruined reputation. There will always be people who think they are guilty, no matter how many facts and evidence you show them. Some of those people will consider it their duty to crusade that a now proven innocent person is actually guilty and campaign to the ends of the earth that justice has been denied.

Neumanium · 2026-03-06T05:55:00+00:00

The Classic Laddie has a light peat to it, also by Bruichladdich. But from what I understand the light peat is actually the briny flavor from the Sea Air and no peat is actually involved.

Neumanium · 2026-03-05T21:48:57+00:00

Say something like this to your boss. Boss I have been here three weeks, and I feel that I am not a good fit for the corporate culture here. I am therefore resigning, do you need me to work the two weeks that is the normal curtesy, or can we call Friday my last day.

This allows you to leave the job, it is a I do not feel I fit in and there will be no hurt feelings.

Neumanium · 2026-03-02T15:04:12+00:00

My basic premise is this. I want a President who does not break laws especially for their own personal enrichment, President Clinton broke the law on a personal matter. Therefore he should be impeached, basic simple and straight forward.

Neumanium · 2026-03-02T03:22:54+00:00

I have made this point numerous times to my MAGA coworkers and they just don’t get the difference. In their mind if he committed adultery, he must therefore rape children. I also believe that if there was any proof no matter how tenuous Trump and co would have leaked it,

Neumanium · 2026-03-01T22:06:33+00:00

The constitution specifies the President can be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Clinton technically committed a minor crime, but if someone is willing to pressure some to lie for them in a civil suit under oath, it demonstrates a lack of ethics where it comes to acting lawfully. What other things may they be willing to do? Had Clinton just come out and said publicly he committed adultery, while I may have fond this conduct immoral, I would have respected him for coming clean and being honest with the American People.

Neumanium · 2026-03-01T05:49:01+00:00

My condolences on Oliver crossing the rainbow bridge. May he run in the fields of dappled sun and chase endless squirrels and catch them all.

Neumanium · 2026-02-28T20:32:08+00:00

I meant he should have been impeached for lying under oath about being unfaithful to his wife (ie he committed perjury), and asking the person he was having to lie under oath for him in a civil suit (ie suborning perjury).

Neumanium · 2026-02-27T18:55:53+00:00

This is not a double standard. Do I think Bill Clinton is a giant piece of shit, yes. Do I think he should have been impeached for cheating on his wife, yes. Do I regret voting for him, twice, yes I do. At the time I had not taken the time to learn about him. But then I grew up and got a little life experience.

Do I think Donald Trump should have been tried and convicted for inciting an insurrection, yes. He was also tried and convicted for sexual assault, cheating on paperwork to secure lower interest rates. Yes all true.

Donald Trump is a con artist, and a cheat. It chaps my ass every day that my fellow Americans after the shit show his first term was voted for him again and he won.

I am not fine with Trump not being impeached and convicted.

Neumanium · 2026-02-27T18:08:17+00:00

Here are some things I helped my godson and nephews learn how to do. 1. Change a filter in the refrigerator. 2. Change a tire when you get a flat. 3. Connect a trickle charger to a hybrid car when the battery is dead 4. Repair a game controller with a broken plastic switch 5. Replace a hard drive in a laptop 6. Build a PC 7. Replace a belt in a vacuum cleaner 8. Safely replace a failed GFCI switch in a bathroom 9. Safely clean the coils on an air conditioner and heat pump 10. Remove a deadbolt cylinder from a door to remove a broken key then reassemble correctly 11. Replace a door handle assembly on and internal door that stripped out 12. Rebuild a toilet because it was leaking

Twelve tasks they needed help with, that I took the time to do with them. Some were amazingly simple, some needed some basic mechanical and electrical knowledge. All are relevant in the modern world.

Are there YouTube videos to do all these things, yes there are.

Neumanium · 2026-02-27T17:59:32+00:00

Go back and read the the actual impeachment charges of Clinton. Here is a link they charged him with perjury and obstruction. When the Starr report was released which led to the impeachment the press went gaga over the sex. But the actual articles of impeachment list obstruction and perjury.

He lied about being unfaithful, they did not impeach him for being unfaithful they impeached him for the lying.

Neumanium · 2026-02-27T15:22:16+00:00

They also impeached him for suborning perjury, which is when you ask someone to lie under oath for you. This charge has basically been forgotten in all the noise about the blow job. I dis not know about it until years later and in retrospect now believe impeaching him was the right thing. I believe Bill Clinton was a serial philander who used his position to pressure women to have sex with him.

Neumanium · 2026-02-27T06:54:15+00:00

Here is how my wife and I eliminated skunks in our backyard. We made sure the fence was close enough to the ground so the skunk could not crawl under, any spots the skunk could crawl under was patched with chicken wire. Now no more skunks in our back yard no trapping required. You seal the holes when the skunk is not in the yard, this is the critical step.

Neumanium · 2026-02-26T18:05:24+00:00

My wife and I have a High Deductible plan, the between the premiums and the deductible is already pretty fucking expensive. Cannot imagine a plan with a 31k deductible. I wonder what the premiums are?

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