It depends how the funding is allocated. Right now it's a limited shutdown for certain agencies like the TSA. The one a few months ago was a full shutdown but some agencies could still pay their employees. Just know that it's really stupid and convoluted depending on how the budgets are setup.

Fair. Israel is just juggling various wars until the zionist project collapses. None of them really stop. Like they never stopped bombing Lebanon.

Israel has been bouncing between Gaza and different side conflicts for years at this point. It's a little strange for the main conflict to not be in Gaza anymore.

The Silicon Valley Ideology is of Innovation and Disruption inevitably triumphing over traditional industry.

And no, there's no Disruption here.

I'd say Iran challenging the world hegemon with cheap drones and domestically made missiles is disruption. The thing that's shocking to normal people outside of this community is that Iran learned "why America doesn't have free healthcare" and hasn't rolled over yet.

The axis of resistance is showing how war has changed and how they've adapted. So the tech fascists are just delusional and in denial because it's being done by brown people.

It's interesting watching the video and see them discuss rationing and economic planning. Almost seems like a good idea, but that's communism so it won't happen.

Also,

New anchor: Iran blocking 20% of the world's oil.

farmer: That's our 20%. That's our fuel.

traversing dozens of miles

Per Wikipedia (because I don't know how to post pictures):

The island is 25 kilometres (16 mi) off the coast of Iran and 660 kilometres (410 mi) northwest of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Lincoln is staying like 1000 km away from Iran right now so I don't see them traveling hundreds of miles along the coast to take Kharg Island.

Look dude, it cost, like, $400 million dollars to prevent the jarheads from "jailbreaking" that chatbot into saying racial slurs and now they have to start all over.

Just wanted to say I haven't seen the deadline time posted. He issued the ultimatum on a truth social post and the deadline should be 48 hours after that. So that makes it 7:44 PM EST or 11:44 PM UTC March 23rd. So sometime after that we should see everything start.

It's literally on the other side of the persian gulf from the strait of hormuz. I don't know how they think they can safely get there under drone and missile fire. There's no safe way to get there and there's no safe way to hold it.

I've been wondering how long it will take for the GCC countries to cut their losses with the burgerreich. Like at what point do they realize that the US can't stop Iran and they need to face the new reality? Six months is my upper limit given how fast this is escalating and if it goes down to a simmer for a while.

If true, the GCC's gas and oil fields will be leveled. There will be almost no fossil fuel production in the middle east. I really hope someone can get Trump to walk back because this shit will be bad. It's already going to be bad with what's already happened but still.

This is the one time he's become somewhat impotent in his position as president. Usually he can jump between insane actions or bullshit scandals and he just doesn't have the endurance for this war. He's 79 years old and he just can't handle it.