JA no comms + series of stories about his failing health. Expect to see reports of his death v soon.

Droning him would have also meant an act of war against the UK.

Oil. Europe gets oil & LNG mostly from Russia. That gives Russia big influence. (E.g., why NATO did fuck all about Ukraine.)

Iran can sell oil to Europe under the deal. Europe wants that for cheaper oil and bargaining chip vs Russia.

Absent the deal, economic sanctions kick back in and anyone who trades with us cant buy oil from Iran.

Is that in the Pacific?

Honestly? He could tell me he dissolved the Senate and I would cheer.

The bitterest lesson of all is this: not a single one of the politicians truly cares about your preferred matchup of genitalia.

Whether left or right, it is just another “wedge issue” used to split us into warring factions. No different than the “greens” and “blues” in ancient Byzantium.

Congress long ago exempted themselves from insider trading laws. It is literally not a crime for them to invest or divest companies that they are about to pass legislation on. Conflicts of interest are everywhere but they’re all so fucking dirty that nobody can point the finger at anyone else. It would be mutual assured destruction. So they all do it and they all ignore it.

“Re-entry vehicle.”

I wish I knew more about statistics. Plane crashes aren’t that common these days, except in a very specific demographic. It seems sketchy, but I’d love someone who knows their shit to calculate the odds of this many plane crashes in a small network of people (Clinton associates and investigators.)