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.

Because he’s a spineless loser. Most unpopular chancellor in recent history. The CDU hasn’t accepted the new reality yet.

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

Good. Renewable energy makes us less vulnerable to the volatile oil markets and more resilient in general.

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 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.

Wait, you guys can read?

“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 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!”