Vance: The coolest thing about the progress we’ve made over the last few weeks is that you’re seeing people within the Iranian system—senior leadership, even IRGC officials—say, “You know what? We recognize the way that we’ve done business with the US for 47 years is a mistake. Let’s try something else.”

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Nobody can take away my pride in being Iranian. 💚🤍❤️🦁☀️

Please take the time to watch my TED Talk on why X is a Skinner box and we are all the rats youtu.be/KLcb9cf2ArE?si=uhfl…

Why Pakistan has a crucial role in the 2026 FIFA World Cup This factory we toured didn’t make this year’s World Cup balls, but another one in Sialkot did.

The strangest oil trade of 2026 isn't happening at sea. It's 700 tanker trucks a day crossing the Iraq–Syria desert. The biggest winner is a government that barely produces oil at all. Hormuz shut → Iraq lost 90% of export revenue. Baghdad will take ANY outlet. So 2 land corridors opened: al-Waleed in Anbar (31 March) and Rabia/Yarubiyah (20 April) the latter sealed since 2013. Destination: Baniyas, Syria's Mediterranean port. Then by sea to Europe. The numbers are medieval and massive at once: 500–700 trucks/day, 30 tonnes each. Baniyas unloading capacity up 30%, 120k bpd flowing. Baseline 150k bpd, target 350k. Moving just 50k bpd of crude takes 1,000 trucks running nonstop, this is a pipeline made of wheels. 💰The economics Here's the desperation premium: SOMO is paying $20–22 per barrel to move fuel oil by land. By sea it costs cents. Iraq signed for 650k tonnes/month anyway because the alternative isn't a cheaper route.... It's zero. Damascus collects on every barrel: transit fees, storage, port charges, plus cheap Iraqi fuel. At $2–3/bbl that's $8–13M/month, rising to $21–30M at full flow. For al-Sharaa's empty treasury, possibly his most reliable hard-currency stream. The worse Iraq's crisis gets, the more Syria earns. The structural irony is that Iran shut Hormuz to punish its enemies. Result, Iraqi oil money now flows to a Damascus government Tehran calls an adversary while Iraq, Iran's closest Arab partner, sits on life support. Chokepoints don't choose their victims, Geography does.

Mientras tanto este fin de semana en Mónaco, se puso de moda que los parásitos capitalistas muestren sus superdeportivos de 5 millones de dólares aparcados encima de su yate de otros 35 millones de dólares. Esto es el capitalismo, para que unos pocos tengan esta absurda riqueza, muchos otros tienen que andar descalzos en minas para ganar 2 dólares al día... no es un "error" o un "mal funcionamiento" del sistema, ESTO es el sistema.