further unanticipated consequences:
within the first week, billions of dollars worth of US radar equipment has been destroyed by iran across the middle east region, a strategic warning system that took years to assemble. these systems, beyond providing a defensive umbrella for israel and us...
unanticipated and immediate consequence of the moment: massive disruption to the fertilizer production and supply chain right before planting season
The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring...
claims that iran is going the way of venezuela are naive at best. it has a modern economy and developed civil bureaucracy in ways venezuela absolutely does not. the closure of the strait of hormuz not only cuts china off from iranian oil, but cuts one fifth of the entire oil output of the...
spare a thought for the poor qanon people, who were correct in every particular about the existence of an international pedophile ring operating at the height of wealth and power with complete impunity but convinced themselves that the pedophiles at the centre of it were actually the saviors...
guy attacked ilhan omar at a town hall yesterday, spraying her with an unknown substance demanding she resign before getting tackled. shes ok fortunately but also it looked like she was about to beat the shit out of him lol (shes like 5'6 and 100lbs)
e;
persimmons make a great spice cake, pick up some chinese five spice if you haven't got any. ive made the following recipe multiple times with hachiya persimmons* but it would work just fine with fuyu persimmons or wild persimmons
Persimmon five-spice bread:
2 large eggs
1/2 cup canola oil
1...
trees have to outgrow disease and damage, anything you can do to promote growth? soil looks pretty solidly compacted right at the base of the tree. soil aeration, irrigation, fertilization, a nice big mulch ring to the dripline. know anyone with an air spade?
i think it also proves that diplomacy with the united states is a fools errand. iran was literally at the negotiation table working with the trump admin when israel started bombing them. american intelligence was clear to the administration and senate that iran was not an imminent nuclear...
i hesitate to take the israeli government at its word. iran is 70 times the size of israel and has been forced over the last forty years to develop its own industrial capacity internally to an extent that many other countries dont because of limitations to trade. the reality is if israel had...
if actually bringing manufacturing back to america was the goal, somebody in charge in the past eight years (who was that?) of sabre rattling against china should have had a policy of building a domestic rare earth magnet mining and refining industry. it would have taken government subsidies and...
unfortunately the consequences of the trade war are, as predicted, negative for american manufacturing.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/electric-cars/automakers-race-to-find-workaround-to-china-s-stranglehold-on-rare-earth-magnets/ar-AA1G2kFt