To be fair, the press kind of parrots the Lufthansa spokesman. In reality, this is probably more of a consequence of shutting down Cityline preemptively. It already was a losing business before fuel got expensive and on top of that, they had the strikes. The fuel prices are a convenient excuse to get rid of it earlier than planned.

Don’t worry guys, I’m sure the oligarchs and their families will be fine.

That is an ongoing process, but it looks much different from what you imagine. Even now, a large part of the economy is working for the top 10 percent, producing luxury goods and services. Wealthy customers provide the biggest margins for companies.

“Regular” customers are getting more irrelevant every day. There was a time when your role as a consumer was important for the economy. This role gave you power and influence because companies were competing for your money. This era is slowly coming to an end, something most people haven’t realized yet.

Honestly, sounds like a solid plan. The best time to start this would have been a decade ago. The second best time is now. To be fair, we already made good progress into this direction, bit we need to double down, that much has become obvious in the last few weeks.

Take away Iran’s ability to control who continues to receive oil from the gulf region.

Reduce Iran’s ability to monetize passage through the straight.

Reduce Iran’s ability to make money from its oil production.

Encourage other countries to increase pressure on Iran to agree to US terms.

Not saying it’s a good idea, but the thinking behind it seems obvious.

I remember him promoting some crypto bullshit. I guess that didn’t work out as planned.

I read the original article from the New York Times and found it compelling. There are quite a few coincidences that kind of line up, although none of it is hard evidence. But it’s the most reasonable investigation I’ve seen so far.

Let’s do a better job at building cities that have public transportation and safe bike infrastructure. Then people will actually have a choice on how to get around and they don’t need a car. You could still use the car if you want to, but you wouldn’t have to.

I mean, the Iranian regime is still a group of brutal murderers and criminals who should be in jail. But it still brings me some sick joy to watch Trump get his ass handed to him.

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I pulled that number out of my ass. My point was: He’s lying, but that’s to be expected.

“The Department of War has everything it needs to execute any mission at the time and place of the President’s choosing and on any timeline,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to Reuters.

What kind of bullshit answer is that? On the other hand, what else is he supposed to say? “Oh yeah, we burned through 90% of our ballistic missiles, we’re completely defenseless right now”?

But that’s just crypto again, isn’t it? They tried the same bullshit.

Yeah, how about we all be a little more positive about the great war he started. Enjoy it a little bit, goddamn!

I agree. Most countries are trying to reduce their dependency on the USA right now. And why wouldn’t they, when the whole world can watch how Trump uses this dependency as a weapon against them.

I’m not sure if he doesn’t understand trust and soft power or doesn’t care. Maybe he realized that he is able to utilize it to temporarily get what he wants, which makes him look like a tough negotiator, and that someone else will have to deal with the long-term consequences of the broken trust.

I love it. We need to watch out for each other. We certainly can’t rely on the US anymore, even though some politicians haven’t accepted this new reality yet.

Meanwhile, I’m coming home to my wife like “You won’t believe this! Just heard a podcast about washing machines in Nicaragua that I need to tell you about!”