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orangecrush

(30,643 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2026, 12:49 PM 16 hrs ago

Well, I was off by one day re Hormuz

"Iranian gunboats fire on tanker after Strait of Hormuz closed again"

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/18/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221181022

More market manipulation.

You think they'd catch on by now.

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Well, I was off by one day re Hormuz (Original Post) orangecrush 16 hrs ago OP

I think too many have caught on. That's the problem, they're all making money. Walleye 16 hrs ago #1

Like a child opening and closing the automatic door at the supermarket. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #2

Apt description orangecrush 14 hrs ago #6

Iranian gun boats? paleotn 14 hrs ago #3

They're ghost ships BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #7

People making zillions BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #4

Anyone who believes a word out of this fragmented administration Warpy 14 hrs ago #5

Walleye

(45,075 posts)

1. I think too many have caught on. That's the problem, they're all making money.

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 12:58 PM

16 hrs ago

TACO is a known term around the world

twodogsbarking

(18,983 posts)

2. Like a child opening and closing the automatic door at the supermarket.

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:56 PM

14 hrs ago

orangecrush

(30,643 posts)

6. Apt description

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:38 PM

14 hrs ago

paleotn

(22,413 posts)

3. Iranian gun boats?

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:00 PM

14 hrs ago

I thought their entire Navy was destroyed? Someone's got to get to the bottom of this Iranian regeneration thingie.

Not market manipulation. Trump manipulation. I don't think the Iranians are big players in US financial markets.

BumRushDaShow

(170,669 posts)

7. They're ghost ships

Reply to paleotn (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:41 PM

14 hrs ago

Resurfacing, firing, and then sinking again.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,496 posts)

4. People making zillions

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:00 PM

14 hrs ago

Warpy

(114,648 posts)

5. Anyone who believes a word out of this fragmented administration

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:35 PM

14 hrs ago

presided oiver by a pathological liar whose brain is turning to mush is just plain nuts.

I admit that I was willing to give this last one the three day stink test, that if the story hadn't broken down in three days, I would enjoy some cautious optimism that Fatso's war was nearly over.

It didn't last three hours. Oh, well.

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