I am ashamed to admit - I haven’t worked at all.

I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize we were supposed to be working! (Also, I am a ditch digger by trade, and alas, I see no way that my skills could be of service…)

I’d get a Prime membership if I could order one of those, for sure! Go Iran!

Proton VPN.

I use the paid version, but I’m pretty sure you can get a free version without data caps.

It lets you set the location of your VPN endpoint, meaning that you can spoof your location to just about any country on the globe. Very easy and intuitive interface, works on mobile, and no I don’t work for these motherfuckers, I’m just excited to share my experience because I only recently decided to start using a VPN.

Other options, according to Google: PrivadoVPN (10GB/month), Windscribe (10GB/month), and Hide.me

Article summary: THIS JUST IN: TRUMP LOVES OIL, HATES CLEAN ENERGY

Yeah. We know.

I’m very disappointed that the term “petrodollar” is not used anywhere in this article, because the concept of a petrodollar explains (at least partially) why Trump has done what he’s done.

Saudi Arabia has a deal with the U.S. They have agreed to trade only in U.S. dollars. By protecting that deal, Trump protects the U.S. dollar as the international currency of choice.

Any article about the oil trade and/or Gulf nations should mention this. It’s a foundation of U.S. foreign policy. And, while it’s an underhanded way to exert disproportionate control over global energy markets, it benefits the U.S. consumer greatly. It keeps the value of the dollar high, even as U.S. manufacturing dies.

In a just world, this arrangement would never have happened. But it did happen. If the petrodollar disappears tomorrow, there will be even more misery and hardship for working class Americans. Imperialism should be dismantled carefully, lest the innocent be crushed beneath it.

Poor Rickless bastards.

<laughs in Christoper Columbus>

Strange that you didn’t repost your source(s) here in this thread…

“So you have Tik Tok just smashing our young people’s brains all day long with video of carnage in Gaza”

Funny how that works. Smashing the brain with Gaza, and the Epstein files, and ICE and heretofore unseen levels of financial corruption and on and on.

If the bar gets any lower, we’ll need to start digging.

As long as APAIC is funneling money into US politicians, everything Israel does is tangential to US politics.

In the 2022 midterm elections, AIPAC spent roughly $27 million, a figure that more than tripled to over $100 million for the 2024 cycle.

The US provided about $4 billion in aid to Israel.

We are right now engaged in a war - sorry, armed conflict - with Israel leading the charge.

So, yeah, have fun in your echo chamber where US politics is entirely divorced from the rest of the world.