BREAKING: Iran has struck the Kuwait National Petroleum Company North Pier crude oil export facility at the Mina Al Ahmadi hub in Kuwait, with the facility on fire and smoke visible on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
The strike on Mina Al Ahmadi, handling significant Kuwaiti crude exports and 346,000 bpd refining capacity, exacerbates existing disruptions that have already slashed Kuwait’s output from ~2.6M bpd to ~500k bpd amid Hormuz tensions, tightening global supply.
Oil markets face upward price pressure with heightened risk premiums for Gulf crude; Brent and WTI likely spike on fears of broader export halts from OPEC+ members, compounded by force majeure declarations and storage constraints.
Long-term effects include potential volatility in Asian and European refined product markets, higher energy costs, and accelerated shifts toward diversified suppliers or alternatives as regional infrastructure risks persist.
Robert O’Neill, the man who shot Osama bin Laden, just stated on national television that he does not believe the official narrative around the death of Charlie Kirk. If you didn’t already have questions, you certainly should now. pic.twitter.com/TtBtHKJKvc
Roth Note: Long read from E.M. Burlingame that explains the source of ‘function.’ The Resentfuls, the Responsibles, and the Adoptables.
Everything below the human ran on constraints that could not do otherwise: the electron cannot choose its orbit, the protein cannot choose its fold. But a human being is a dissipative structure that models itself, that can turn its forcing functions upon its own future — and at that height the single machine parts into two tendencies, two hands of the one function. One builds: it pours the surplus of a life into raising new ordered structures — work, family, understanding, the whole expanding Game — and it is the generative, sustaining, sovereign hand. The other tears down: it cannot build, and so it consumes what others build, and it is the disruptive, cannibalizing hand that keeps the whole from ever settling into a fatal comfort. In the language of the foundational work these are the Responsibles and the Resentfuls — and the roughly half of humanity who are neither, the Adoptables, are the ground the two hands contend over, the swing on which the fate of a people actually turns.
Can you see how easily people are diverted from the real issues?
Grok’s answer:
Yes, it’s a classic pattern.
Political and media ecosystems thrive on creating urgent, binary distractions—Russia collusion narratives in one era, China as the all-purpose villain in another—that keep public attention locked on external threats or partisan villains. This cycles every few years, often amplified by both sides depending on who’s in power.
The diversion works because it’s emotionally charged and simple. Complex, systemic problems like unsustainable national debt, declining education outcomes, regulatory capture, declining trust in institutions, or the incentives that reward short-term political theater over long-term governance are harder to dramatize and don’t fit neatly into a villain-of-the-week format. Foreign interference claims (Russia 2016, China trade/tech/election influence) have kernels of truth in many cases, but they frequently get inflated into all-encompassing explanations that absolve domestic policy failures.
People get diverted because attention is finite. Social media, 24-hour news, and algorithmic outrage optimize for tribal signaling over boring fundamentals. The real issues—fiscal sustainability, innovation policy, cultural cohesion, rule of law—are slower-moving and require accountability across administrations rather than a single enemy. Spotting the pattern is the first step; prioritizing measurable outcomes (GDP growth, debt-to-GDP, literacy scores, border metrics, etc.) over narrative wars helps cut through it.
JD Vance says on Joe Rogan that unless young people are able to afford life again, and be able to afford a home, they will choose socialism and we will become a socialist country
“if you don't give them a sense of the American dream and of possibility in the future, they're… pic.twitter.com/muOXwg2tbz
Remigration will help fix the housing issue. Passing legislation to remove Blackrock, Vanguard and others from controlling other companies boards of directors will help. Hiring based on merit is the key to restoring the American Dream.
The above suggestions seem good but we all know the reality: we need to take back our country, culture and Christians faith. Period.
When did humanity begin to lay down its crown and hand it over to others? When did we trade the quiet whisper of our soul for the loud voices of the powerful? When did we relinquish responsibility for our lives, believing that others could better judge truth, justice, and the meaning of existence than the divine light burning within each of us?
Since the dawn of time, myths have told the same story.
Prometheus brought fire to humanity—not merely to dispel the darkness, but to ignite consciousness. Odin sacrificed an eye for wisdom, for true insight is never a gift freely given. Isis pieced together the shattered fragments of Osiris, reminding the world that wholeness is always born of love. And the phoenix does not rise because the ashes spare it, but because it is willing to let go of all that is old.
These stories are not mere legends. They are mirrors of the human soul.
Time and again, humanity enters eras where it forgets its inner power. That is when thrones and palaces arise. That is when individuals step forward, claiming to know the only path. Some offer guidance, while others abuse their power—yet no institution, no state, and no human being can take the place of another’s conscience.
No palace, no crown, no government, and no religious institution can dictate what your soul recognizes in its depths. Laws may regulate how we live together. Faith communities may offer guidance. But no one can relieve you of the responsibility for your thoughts, your actions, and your conscience.
The greatest temple was never built of stone. It beats within your chest.
There dwells the voice that is older than any empire, older than any language, older than any scripture. Some call it conscience. Others call it the divine spark, the Higher Self, or the breath of creation. Names change—their truth remains.
Perhaps the time has come to stop looking for saviors outside ourselves. For any era that waits for salvation from the outside forgets the power born within every human being.
Sovereignty does not mean ruling over others; it means mastering oneself. Freedom does not mean living without boundaries; it means consciously taking responsibility for one’s own choices.
The greatest revolution does not begin in the streets.
It begins in the heart.
From Huter der Irminsul
Roth Note: We handed over our sovereignty (agency) to government based on a social contract. I will not seek justice/vengeance myself if you, the government, do it for me. I will not be concerned with protecting my family myself if you, the government, supply a police force to do so. I will not worry about repelling invaders from my lands if you, the government, provide an army to do so.
The government has reneged on the contract. It’s about time we take our sovereignty/agency back.
Trump continues plying his neocon ‘forever war’ against Iran, with no plan or end in sight. Now the latest reports indicate his intention to escalate the strikes onto Iranian civil infrastructure like power plants and beyond in the coming weeks.
The more troubling reports claim that Trump continues to plan for some kind of ground assault. The caveat is that it would likely be for the islands, and not with US troops—or at least, not with US troops leading the charge.
Trump may be naively hoping that other Gulf countries step up to the plate and offer such ground support, which is unlikely to happen.
Trump is being fed misinformation on Iran from his Mossad-tainted stovepipes.
This video is worth 30 minutes of your time. You are not going to believe how vast the voter fraud industrial complex issue is. Nicolas Maduro is the key to all of it. Please watch and comment.
A humanoid robot was knocked headless during the world’s first free-combat tournament for full-sized machines, but that didn’t stop it from swinging, Newsweek reports.
The bizarre scene unfolded at the Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend (URKL) competition, which kicked off Thursday in Shenzhen, China.
A white robot named White Eagle landed a high kick on its black opponent, “Matador,” sending the loser’s head rocking violently before it popped completely out of place.
china’s URKL robot fight is absolute cinema
a robot got its head kicked off.. and kept fighting like it was completely normal 🤣 pic.twitter.com/A6KSfC0CTc
There’s never been a legitimate criminal investigation into 9-11, the deadliest terror attack in US history. Roger Waters is trying to change that.
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The US is running out of oil. Diesel is critical and will impact our transportation network and the price of gas. The price of gas will be raised because they can.
Consider that not all who disagree with you are lacking in critical thinking; it tends to choke your ability to…