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I also heard there was some $750 billion deal with LNG going on with Europe? The deadline to sign is March 28 so the US is trying to squeeze Europe to sign before the end of the week.
I wonder how many manufacturers will even bother selling us routers? If the market here just shrank by 340MM people, is it worth it to get a router certified for sale here?
Those router+switch+wireless AP combos that people refer to as routers emit RF and have to be approved for sale.
You can't just import one yourself from the EU or Asia, you might get a knock on the door from the CRTC for broadcasting on illegal frequencies... lol
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CRTC actually showed up to my house once and disrespected my family.
The notice they served me was deadly. You can protest. You can spew garbage on social media. But whatever you do: Don't mess with the CRTC. They will fuck you up good. Lesson learned.
An Iranian source told CNN on Tuesday that there had been “outreach” between the United States and Tehran and that Iran is willing to listen to “sustainable” proposals to end the war.
“There has been outreach between the United States and Iran, initiated by Washington, in recent days, but nothing that has reached the level of full-on negotiations,” the source said. “Messages have been received through various intermediaries to scope out whether an agreement to end the war can be reached.”
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Iran needs to bomb an elementary school in USA to even the playing field, then US would start "negotiations"
Its amazing that USA has been war free for only about 15 years of its 240 years, maybe if they stopped invading countries.....
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Donk already looks like he's on fent
CRTC actually showed up to my house once and disrespected my family.
The notice they served me was deadly. You can protest. You can spew garbage on social media. But whatever you do: Don't mess with the CRTC. They will fuck you up good. Lesson learned.
You need to tell us more about this CRTC disrespecting your family story lol~
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Benjamin Netanyahu released a video saying the US does not get to decide when the war ends. Making the US talks with Iran pointless.
I find this funny bcos Trump is getting dragged along through this mud. Israel and Netanyahu are supposed to be the US & Trump's ME attack dog, and they are supposed to be the ones doing the US' and Trump's bidding. Instead, they are now the ones calling the shots.
If anything, I'd say Netanyahu is the bigger warmonger than Putin is.
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Cheeto's mention of an Iranian government official who is in talks with the Americans.
Maybe it's the Iranian parliament speaker? A tough war veteran and lifelong part of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard starting in his teens. Hmm. Could he be the man who is using social media like X to troll Cheeto?
The Iranian official talked of as a potential interlocutor with the Trump administration once boasted that he personally beat protesters as a young police commander in the Islamic Republic.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, has never been shy about his role in suppressing challenges to the Islamic Republic.
“Photographs of me are available showing me on back of a motor bike…beating (the protesters) with wooden sticks…I was among those carrying out beatings on the street level and I am proud of that,” Ghalibaf is heard saying in an audio recording from 2013 about protests years earlier
For the 64-year-old Ghalibaf, the security of the Islamic Republic has always been the overriding priority. His public remarks emphasize resistance, national strength, and the need to confront external pressure rather than compromise.
Little surprise then that he is now issuing declarations almost daily through social media in defiance of the United States and Israel.
President Donald Trump said Monday that the US was having “very strong talks” and was “dealing with the man who is most respected” in Iran, but declined to name him.
Some reports said he was referring to Ghalibaf, who within hours denied there were any negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
He posted on X: “No negotiations have been held with the US, and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped.”
Throughout the conflict, he has regularly used social media to goad Trump and demonstrate a hard line on Iran’s conditions for ending the war.
“Certainly we aren’t seeking a ceasefire. We believe the aggressor must be punished and taught a lesson that will deter them from attacking Iran again,” he said on X on March 10.
Experts say he has connections across the regime’s centers of influence that would afford him a critical role in any negotiated settlement.
“He is the guy running the show,” said Hamidreza Azizi at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
Azizi described him as above all a “security first” official.
Ghalibaf was involved in crushing of pro-reform student protests in 1999 and was among IRGC commanders who warned then-President Mohammad Khatami, a reformist, that the unrest threatened national security and could force the Guards to intervene. He oversaw the suppression of further student demonstrations in 2003 as police chief and held a senior security role during the widespread protests that followed the disputed 2009 election.
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Not sure if it's fake news but Russia is going to be trading in US dollars.
"Russia memo sees return to U.S. dollar system in pitch made for Trump" NOt sure if that screw up China or not. We'll see.
Iran shuns Witkoff: Iranian representatives have let the Trump administration know that Tehran does not want to reenter negotiations with the US president’s favored diplomatic duo of Steve Witkoff, his special envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, according to two regional sources, who said Tehran would rather deal with Vice President JD Vance.
The Iranians would rather talk to VP Vance than Cheeto's son-in-law and special envoy Witkoff. in any potential peace negotiations.
Is here anyone on the ground in East Asia? I'll be inKorea this spring, curious about fuel/living costs, etc. given so much of their oil (along with Japan) depends on that sweet sweet Hormuz hummus...
Iran building up defenses of Kharg Island to protect against potential US ground attack, sources say
Iran has been laying traps and moving additional military personnel and air defenses to Kharg Island in recent weeks in preparation for a possible US operation to take control of the island, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue.
The Trump administration has been weighing using US troops to seize the tiny island in the northeastern Persian Gulf — an economic lifeline for Iran that handles roughly 90% of the country’s crude exports — as leverage over the Iranians to coerce them to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, CNN has reported.
But US officials and military experts say there would be significant risks involved in such a ground operation, including a large number of US casualties. The island has layered defenses, and the Iranians have moved additional shoulder-fired, surface-to-air guided missile systems known as MANPADs there in recent weeks, the sources said.
Iran has also been laying traps including anti-personnel and anti-armor mines around the island, the sources said
I just read that if you're not an enemy of Iran, then they will let the tanker/ships through. I don't think they have beef with Philippines or anyone in East Asia.
I just read that if you're not an enemy of Iran, then they will let the tanker/ships through. I don't think they have beef with Philippines or anyone in East Asia.
not only SE asia, aus is having shortages too. gas stations are already running out of fuel over there and apparently they only have 1 months supply left in the entire country.
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