That is very much a risk. When chaos rules, it becomes very difficult to anticipate all the potential consequences.

Trump has been itching to use the nukes since minute one. I can easily see him dropping one on a city in Iran, and then threatening to drop another every day until they surrender and open the strait. While that is absolutely horrific, the irony is that Trump is too fucking stupid to see that the “whole civilization” that will die is the U.S… The world will shun the U.S., dump it’s bonds and destroy the dollar. There will be hyperinflation, bank runs, chaos, and a hard splinter of the U.S. into factions and likely a “hot” civil war. Trump will make clear that all of the “fearmongering” from radical Islamists about the U.S. and the western world was true, potentially igniting world war. None of this will take away from the tragedy in Iran, which just happened to be the convenient target Trump the bully thought he’d punch down on.

What could possibly go wrong?

Joke’s on her, I’m into it.

“Oh wait,I didn’t think he’d hurt me! He was only supposed to hurt the people I hate.”

Trump said future operations will be nationwide “but primarily in those Blue States where CROOKED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS” are in charge, Trump said, namechecking California, Illinois, Minnesota, Maine, and New York.

The fact that this dipshit is announcing that he’s specifically targeting democratic states gives anyone targeted in those states a reasonable argument the prosecutions are politically motivated and in violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Now, that doesn’t mean that the targeted harassment won’t be a nightmare for those targeted, but if he kept his stupid mouth shut he’d be more effective with his illegal prosecutions.

By doing something for exercise (e.g. walking) vs. doing nothing, you get around 80% of the benefit of an optimized exercise strategy. I agree 100% about healthspan being as important or more important than lifespan. When I was fat, I had a real wake-up call coming back from a family vacation. I was carrying my 2 carry-on bags up the jetway after exiting the plane, and I was out of breath. As I waited for my ex-wife and kids, they wheeled up a man probably a decade older than me in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank, and I saw my future in that instant. Having recovered my health and fitness has been life changing for me. Not only can I do all the things I used to enjoy when I was young, I hang out with a younger crowd and attract women half my age. My only regret is that it took me so long to begin to properly care for myself and develop the habits that keep me strong and healthy.

The DSM-5 has 9 criteria, and if you meet any 5 of the 9, you have NPD. https://npdtest.org/blog/what-are-the-9-official-dsm-5-criteria-for-narcissistic-personality-disorder-npd The fact that you’re questioning whether you are a narcissist tends to point to you not being one. If the people around you are telling you that you crave attention on a pathological level, it may well be gaslighting or projection from the people around you, as narcissists love to deflect and find fault with others.

Aging lies at the intersection of genetics and environment, which means that 1) not everyone ages at the same rate, and 2) there are things that you can do to slow the rate of aging. The levers you have to pull include sleep, exercise, nutrition, supplements and drugs. I’m fortunate to have good genetics, with a couple of SNPs associated with longevity, and over the last 5 years or so have optimized the above factors to greatly improve my health and vitality. I turn 60 in June, I am in the best shape of my life, and most people assume I’m in my mid-40s and are shocked when they learn how old I really am. I feel like I’ve experienced something of a minor miracle, as I spent probably 20 years of my life morbidly obese and was in very poor health when I started. 60 year old me could kick 30 year old me’s ass any day of the week. If you want a specific blueprint of things you can do to move the needle on your lifespan and healthspan, Peter Attia’s book “Outlive” is very good. If you don’t want to give a narcissist that is in the Epstein files your money, the book is available for free as an audiobook on spotify, and I’m sure it can be found as an epub sailing the high seas.

Wait a minute…

Driving the news: A reporter asked Trump in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday how he planned to bring oil prices down

“All I have to do is leave Iran, and we’ll be doing that very soon,” Trump said, predicting prices would come “tumbling down.”

Why would trump care about a coalition to reopen the strait, if oil prices are going to come “tumbling down” regardless? What an idiot.

Driving the news: A reporter asked Trump in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday how he planned to bring oil prices down

“All I have to do is leave Iran, and we’ll be doing that very soon,” Trump said, predicting prices would come “tumbling down.”

My god, what a fucking moron. Iran’s shutdown of the strait isn’t going to end if the U.S. leaves. They’re using it to boost oil prices, which directly benefits them. They’re setting up a toll system to profit from the shutdown. He’s smashed the hornets nest with a baseball bat, and thinks that if he stops hitting it, it will immediately return to the peaceful situation that was there before. High oil prices, and all of the economy-killing things that come with it, are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

I see it more as the court recognizing that if they just rubber stamp Trump’s wishes, they destroy their own power, and Trump is notorious for fucking over pretty much everyone that joins him. In this instance, they would effectively be handing total control over to Trump, who is clearly face-planting across the board, destroying the U.S. in the process.

Maybe. However, SCOTUS might not green light it. Loot at the ruling on the tariff case. Roberts, Barrett and/or Gorsuch could join with the liberal wing and hold the line. Of course, Trump is still going to try to deploy troops and chaos at polling places to scare off voters. I think the shit is definitely going to hit the fan in the fall.

Hopefully Trump will use it in the same way Hitler did…

Well, they are Trump supporters…

I’m with you. I ran Qubes for a while for security reasons, and it was just too much of a pain in the ass. Ubuntu is easy.

I’m expecting a full-on financial collapse by the fall, with bank runs, etc. The U.S. was already in a precarious financial position, and oil prices aren’t coming down anytime soon. Buckle up, as 2026 is definitely going to be an interesting year in these interesting times we’re living in.

You should be nervous. He has the keys and he’s itching to use them to show the world how powerful he is.