so trumps had to pull the pin on war to save the massive embarrasing defeat on trying to get congressional approval.
what a fail, iran wins by default, iran still wins and lives rent free in trumps head cuz the great deal maker blinked first and iran seen his weakness and exploited it.
so desperate for distraction he needed a false flag assasination attempt, then as another big fuck you to america his fully private funded ballroom hes gone TACO on and now wants to rape american taxpayers 400mil to pay for it cuz his rich mates cant get a tax evading benefit via funding the ballroom.
then to rub salt in the wound the uae leaving opec so theyre not at the mercy of the petrodollar, the american repo market is on the brink of failure once again and every passing day it looks more likely the orange moron will finally be impeeched after the midterms.
what an epic legacy of failure hes gunna leave, he had many decades of luck but its mostly run out now.
what will get him first a bullet or impeechment?
Hard to say the Iranians won every thing when there shits blown all over the map, your TDS is showing again you secret skirt wearin mofo, not to mention there oil Infrastructure is now Kaput, go back to Australia with the rest of the deserters, give the sheep a break
trumps running away and fuck all has changed except iran has a heap more rubble.
the mad mullahs are still there, the irgc is still intact, they still posses nuclear material, the straight is still closed and the iranian people arent free.
25bil blown for sweet fuck all ROI, he burned much of his political capital, gunna get republicans slammed in the midterms and highly likely to be impeached.
its not TDS is just mocking you retards with basic facts youre to dumbfucked to see while youre sucking an orange cock.
even trump is realising he got screwed and duped2 by israel. haha the orange jews puppet got puppeted real good.
biased echo chambers will feed you shit old boy.
explaining is losing and that a whole lot of explaining for fuck all.
face it, your orange hero is a zero and failing in many areas, not all but hes now losing more often then winning. wait till november and watch the midterm wipeout and following impeachment… put some money on it old boy if you think im wrong 🙂
The FACT that the Iranian tyrants refuse to give up their ambitions to develope Nuclear weapons is suficient evidence of their real interntions and I suspet Bahrain and most of Irans Gulf neighbours support the removal of the IRGC regime and pray that Allah sequesters the IRGC leaders to join the Mullahs in Allahs above.
trump just demonstrated that countries need nuclear weapons to prevent getting smashed by the usa military.
now instead of full on conventional nukes iran will probably rush and create dirty bombs to act as some form of deterrent.
RAN’S ‘DIPLOMACY’ TRAP: TALKS ONLY IF AMERICA SURRENDERS FIRST
Iran’s foreign minister just announced Tehran is open to diplomacy with the United States but only if Washington drops its “excessive demands,” threatening rhetoric, and provocative actions. Translation: Iran wants America to cave on sanctions, nuclear red lines, and regional security before any real talks even begin.
This comes as the Trump administration’s naval blockade chokes Iran’s oil exports and economy in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials are so desperate they’re reportedly floating wild ideas like arming dolphins with mines, deploying submarines, and cutting undersea internet cables to disrupt global trade.
Weakness invites aggression. Iran’s preconditions are not diplomacy, they’re a demand for unilateral American retreat while the regime keeps pursuing nukes and backing terrorists. Washington should stay firm, keep the pressure on, and force real concessions instead of playing Iran’s game. Strength, not surrender, ends this threat.
Donald Trump has said he will ratchet up tariffs on the EU, accusing it of shirking the terms of its trade deal with the US.
On Friday, the US President declared he would raise levies on imported European cars and trucks from 15% to 25%.
Brussels criticised the move, with a top official saying it illustrated how “unreliable” the US had become.
Trump announced his action a day after dropping tariffs on Scottish whisky, in what was seen as a diplomatic and economic success stemming from the King’s state visit.
“Based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to trade deal, next week I will be increasing tariffs charged to the European Union for cars and trucks coming into the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
TREASURY SECRETARY Scott Bessent: TRUMP’S MAX PRESSURE FREEZES IRGC RETIREMENT FUNDS AND VILLAS IN SOUTH OF FRANCE
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent detailed how President Donald Trump’s maximum pressure campaign is targeting the overseas financial networks tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“To be clear, the President gave the order for max pressure campaign more than a year ago,” Bessent said. “He gave it to me and Treasury last March.”
He explained the reported economic impact: “It was that pressure that brought the Iranian economy to a standstill in December… Their currency is down about 60% or 70% versus the U.S. dollar, so they’re in the middle of a currency crisis.”
Bessent confirmed escalation: “President Trump told me three weeks ago to up pressure again.”
On overseas assets: “The retirement funds they thought they had outside of Iran, we are freezing. Same with all their villas in south France and all over world. We are going to track them down and we are going to continue this economic pressure as well as the block on the Strait of Hormuz.”
The policy aims to limit financial resources connected to the IRGC while increasing broader economic pressure on Iran.
IRANS CLOWN-WORLD DOLPHIN BOMBERS REGIMES DESPERATE PLOT TO SINK US WARSHIPS
Iran is so boxed in by Americas ironclad blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that its hardliners are now floating a plan straight out of a bad spy movie strap mines to dolphins and send them after US Navy vessels.
According to reports citing Iranian officials the mullahs are weighing this animal-abusing kamikaze tactic to blast open the critical oil chokepoint after weeks of crippling sanctions and a Trump-led naval lockdown that has halted their oil exports tanked their economy and sparked domestic chaos.
While the US Navy smartly deploys trained dolphins to hunt and clear mines Tehran wants to twist peaceful marine mammals into disposable weapons. This isnt military genius its the flailing of a dying regime running out of options proxies and sanity.
Americas overwhelming naval power and decisive leadership under President Trump have the ayatollahs resorting to cartoon tactics. The message is clear keep squeezing until the regime cracks. No more half-measures with the worlds leading state sponsor of terror.
Flipper with explosives wont save them. Real strength always wins.
Sources
New York Post May 1 2026
Wall Street Journal reporting on Iranian officials
So what has the UN or UNICEF or Amnesty International achieved while claiming to have worked in sorting this out for the past 70 years.
Iranian call up of Children in 2026
…. IRGC and the Basij — the “Popular Mobilization Forces” — distribute armed children aged between 10 and 17 into groups. Some members wear civilian clothes and are present in markets, gatherings, and even alleyways. Their mission is intelligence-related: spying on Iranians, monitoring them, and arresting citizens on charges of espionage or collaboration with the United States and Israel. …..
….. “the Islamic Republic of Iran has, in recent weeks, used children as human shields around power stations and industrial and vital centers when the United States threatened to target Iran’s economic infrastructure.” …. https://alhurra.com/en/18813
So far no mention of the keys to paradise has been issued.
The UAE just left OPEC after 60 years.
Here’s what nobody is explaining.
They spent $3.3 billion building the Habshan–Fujairah pipeline specifically to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
406 kilometers of pipeline running from Abu Dhabi’s oil fields directly to the Gulf of Oman.
Iran’s blockade doesn’t touch it.
Inside OPEC their production was capped at 3.41 million barrels per day.
That cap is gone as of May 1.
They are now free to pump as much as they want and route it around the entire Iran conflict.
Brent dropped immediately after the announcement.
The market understood before most people even read the headline.
The UAE didn’t just leave a cartel.
They positioned themselves to break the oil shock that’s been running since February.
Big win for the UAE and the world.
Sort of been quietly in the wind for a number of years now.
It is the landline system, coming into play that has been actioned a few years ago.
A chicken or the egg came first?
Certainly the egg is laid & fertilized or as we can see, & now a bit of heat, warmth, but not too much, so other than a raid, no boots of occupaton will go on the ground.
From India, ok by ship to Saudi and then onto Haifa Israel to continue on as a pipe line to Greece & even further or as shipping into Europe.
…..From Mumbai to Marseille: … …. strategic corridor spans India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and Europe, creating a multi-modal network of railways, ports, and highways. https://www.imec.international/
The bases of this would be from the Abraham Accords, started by the United States then officially emerging in 2020–2021, that allowed the economic policies to come into place.
So is it just making some realize, that IMEC needs to press ahead, even more, so full steam ahead.?
I see 2 countries seem to be missing out on this in the Middle East.
Either become a stepping stone or a stumbling block?
Seems to be just as opposed pipelines were over-riden from Canada, Ontario, are being pushed ahead to the “Gulf of Mexico Trump” for the time being.
Some parts of this will take time, a bit longer than we may like, but there will be more of an acceptance.
This was probably one of the reasons Iran did as much as it could to damage the rest of any the IMEC inter connections.
RINO PURGE HITS ALASKA: GOVERNOR DUNLEAVY PRIMARIES SENATOR MURKOWSKI IN 2028
Alaska Republicans have had enough. Governor Mike Dunleavy is stepping up to primary challenge Senator Lisa Murkowski in 2028, according to Fox News sources. After years of Murkowski stabbing President Trump and conservative priorities in the back, its time to send this unreliable moderate packing.
Trump crushed Alaska by 13 points. The Last Frontier deserves a senator who actually fights for America First, not one who cozies up to the swamp and blocks real border security and judicial reforms. Murkowski has repeatedly sided with Democrats on critical votes, proving she puts DC insiders ahead of her own voters.
Dunleavy, a proven conservative fighter as governor, is the perfect candidate to clean house. This primary challenge signals the MAGA movement is done tolerating RINOs who sabotage the agenda from within. Alaska voters get a clear choice: real Republican or business as usual.
The ranked choice voting games Murkowski used before wont save her forever. Conservatives are fired up and ready to take the seat back for Trump country. One less obstacle to Making America Great Again
Jones rose to political prominence when he founded the New Zealand Party, active from the early 1980s to the early 1990s.
He held controversial views, including labelling beggars a disgrace to society and last decade suggesting Māori should bring Pākehā breakfast in bed, weed their gardens, and wash and polish their cars out of gratitude for existing.
That resulted in a petition that received more than 88,000 signatures.
Becoming a new normal, often closely related to Parliamentary Parties, even New Zealand
Is this the new way of enforcing the UN Global MIgration Pact? which Winston Peters with Ardern signed NZ up to?
Bearing in mind what is being called for social media platforms, literary circles etc, in New Zealand.
Almost two-thirds of respondents to a nationwide survey say they don’t experience any negative effects from using alcohol or drugs.
It’s generally understood a lot of recreational alcohol or drug use isn’t harmful, but this is the first time in New Zealand – and perhaps globally – it has been quantified.
The data comes from the annual New Zealand Drug Trends Survey, an anonymous online survey run by Massey University’s Shore and Whāriki Research Centre. The latest survey is the first time respondents were asked about a full range of negative experiences from alcohol or drug use in the previous six months; 63% of a sample of almost 5000 users reported no harm over that time.
This isn’t surprising to lead researcher Professor Chris Wilkins, but he thinks “it will be surprising to some” because of the public’s negative connotations attached to drug use in general.
The headline finding doesn’t mean drugs are harmless or that there are no risks associated with taking them. But the general perception of how harmful they are doesn’t line up with the experience of many users.
“MDMA is a classic example. It has a very high profile in terms of the media and popular consciousness, but based on our initial findings, it’s one of the lower-risk drugs,” Wilkins told the Herald.
He warned that those risks can be easily amplified if it’s a strong dose, adulterated with other drugs (which can be checked at a drug-checking service), or combined with intoxication or over-exertion, such as dancing for long periods.
Of particular interest are the various components of harm in the data that could have practical applications for reducing the negative impacts of particular substances across drug policy, treatment for problem users and harm-prevention strategies.
“It’s not just whether this drug is harmful. We want to know how it’s harmful,” he said.
“The people using meth with really serious problems: who are they and why are they [having serious problems]? We want to look at breaking it down by not only drug type, but also frequency of use, amount used and also the people having the problems.
“Is it mental illness? Neurodivergence? It’s then about trying to help them with those issues. This could be a really important insight in terms of allocating health services.”
The results show – and advocates for drug law reform have repeatedly said – the Misuse of Drugs Act does not align well with the level of harm associated with particular substances.
LSD and cocaine, for example, are Class A substances, meaning their misuse can lead to the highest penalties, even though they are at the lower end of the harm scale.
Alcohol and tobacco are legal, while MDMA and opium – each with significantly different harm profiles – are both Class B substances.
Wilkins’ latest research follows two major reports into drug law reform: one by the Drug Foundation, which recommended decriminalising personal drug use while boosting resources for harm reduction, based largely on what has happened in Portugal; and the other by the Helen Clark Foundation, which, contrary to popular political opinion, found majority support for shifting from a punitive law to a health-focused one. The Government has already ruled this out, saying it would be counter to its stated goal of toughening law and order.
“In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death.”
Thus in 1988 wrote the DEA’s chief administrative law judge Francis L Young.
As an aside had the nannies not been semi successful in their second attempt to introduce prohibition I doubt that I would have come in contact with cannabis. The Law of Unintended Consequences was up & running well when in May 1969 the breath & blood tests for alcohol use were introduced. Up until that point, unless you fell out of the vehicle when the cops picked you up you usually had a good chance of getting away with a lecture.
For someone whose living depended on a valid driver’s licence the mandatory disqualification penalty was out of proportion. Either you became teetotal or unemployed.
For those of us young buggers with the right connections discrete use of marijuana replaced social drinking.
I will find out. We already have a standard Mega 10 trailer that we attach a lengthened draw bar to. We add it when we need it and remove it when we don’t.
Use it to move 6-meter-long items.
The question of getting a warrant of fitness, then after that, easy to register.
Presume the rubber tread is good, the bearings are good,
A part of it will then depend on the ratings of the security locks, & pins.
And what strength in the floor considering it seems to be unsprung.?
Does all of that need to be explained to get a WOF?
If it can be made legal, I think there could be quite a demand, with the “must have its”.
It would be up against the “hire trailers” which are not to bad to hire on an ocassional daily basis.
It’s not the tenant who should be targeted. Rather the scummy ripoff who bought the place so that he/she could screw the last few dollars out of the soon to be impoverished renter should be impaled on the nearest gatepost.
They are the scumbags who buy up houses in good areas & through neglect & mismanagement turn suburbs into slums.
There are owners in retirement villages who do the same. I kid you not. Seen a few in my work.
Just as there are house owners who live in their own homes and create tips worse than those of renters.
Just as there are scum bags who decide that owning a rental house makes a person a pariah in the community, despite the fact that the person may well look after the house and provide a valuable service to someone who may not want to own a home. Those scum bags have a mental problem.
The alternative, of course, for those scum bags is to pay a lot more tax into a fund that will build houses for the scum bagsfamilies to live in because apparently those scumbags families are incapable of working and saving for their own home.
Research has shown that the number of properties in the hands of investors increased about 191 per cent between 1986 & 2018.
In real terms, that constituted 288,714 more properties entering the hands of investors, resulting in the group owning over a quarter of the occupied housing stock, or 440,025 properties.
In the same period, the number of properties owned by occupiers grew more modestly, around 36 per cent & houses held by the likes of state housing & local council housing fell by 10,755.
forever, that has been about the ratio. Indeed, had the state not decided that the taxpayer should house people, then the ratios would still be the same.
Just that the owners would be corporates as they are overseas, and indeed there are some here.
Labour are fucking hopeless & no-one in this sad political cesspit has any connection to the real world. Going by her latest waffle their education spokeswhatever, one Ginny Anderson, isn’t an exception.
#. “Labour would keep some changes, like the English and maths curriculums which are already bedded in, though she is less sure about the mandated hour a day each for reading, writing and maths.”
The part time teachers who front up in front of a class for four hours a day for nine months of the year are absolutely stressing at the thought of being forced to impart something useful into the minds of their unfortunate pupils. Reading, writing & maths are not abstracts nor are they feelgood concepts. They are tools without which any real learning is impossible.
#. “the policy doesn’t allow enough time for other subjects like music, art and PE”
Bullshit!
#. “It would also bring back the previous Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunches.”
They’re schools; not 4 star Michelin restaurants. If their parents don’t feed their kids then Oranga Tamariki should have the deadbeats in front of a Family Court judge to explain why.
And they’ll wipe out any charter schools in case they show up the State teachers for the lazy incompetents they are.
Anyone, regardless of race worthy of being called Mum or Dad should realise that the only things Labour’s education policies will prepare their children for is Kapa haka & a miserable, basic life on benefits.
The children will be well educated to share everything.
….. Children have been told to welcome migrants and even share their toys with them under a new scheme in schools. …..
….. The next page warns of how critics might say “we don’t have enough to share” and “there’s no room for anyone more”, suggesting to children to respond by saying: “There’s plenty of room! Come on in!”
And why not demand the parents to make room in your house too?
I am sure they really do mean, to share everything of your selves in “kindness” as it is the progressive way.
Ok I cherry picked this one, but many other good points on the failure of numeracy & literacy too !
….. a particularly gruesome experience from Vienna-Simmering. There, a student under the age of 14, of the Islamic faith, raped a female classmate in the park. Nothing happened at the school because the crime was committed outside of school grounds. Legally, no action was taken because the perpetrator was below the age of criminal responsibility. The raped girl and her attacker are still in the same class today. …. https://unzensuriert.at/330601-maedchen-fuehlte-sich-als-katze-direktorin-zwang-lehrerin-zur-akzeptanz/
I used “google translate”. Tested and the article stayed in English except for the comments, and some of them are pretty tough on the school situation. 😀
After all people like Helen Clark, Labour Party, academics etc., & such love to quote Europe as the standards for New Zealand to follow.
Its late but sb will still be mouching along in his crawler.
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Iran Caves to Trump: Drops Key Demands, Begs for Nuclear Deal and Sanctions Relief
Iran just blinked hard. Facing Trump’s naval blockade choking off its oil exports, the regime has dropped its precondition that the US lift the Strait of Hormuz restrictions before any ceasefire talks. Tehran is now offering to negotiate limits on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief and says it’s ready for Pakistan-mediated discussions next week.
This comes after Trump formally notified Congress that US-Iran hostilities, sparked by American strikes on February 28, have ended—just before the 60-day War Powers clock ran out. For months, Iran’s mullahs stonewalled and played games. Now, squeezed by real pressure, they’re signaling flexibility for the first time.
The blockade stays in place. Good. Maximum leverage works. Weakness invites war; strength delivers deals. Trump’s approach is already forcing the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism back to the table on American terms.
UAE DUMPS OPEC CARTEL AND INKS MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH SOUTH KOREA
The United Arab Emirates is breaking free. On May 1 2026 the UAE exited OPEC after nearly 60 years ditching production quotas that capped its oil power. Hours later its new Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with South Korea took effect.
This is South Korea’s first trade pact with any Middle East country. Tariffs get cut or wiped out on 91.2 percent of goods. Non-oil trade already at 6.9 billion dollars is set to double. The deal fires up energy security industry ties supply chains and tech investment.
UAE leaders are done with cartel limits. They want to crank up production and deliver real energy to the world. South Korea locks in reliable supply from a strong Gulf partner. Both win with straight bilateral business instead of globalist red tape.
This is smart national interest at work. Nations cutting deals that serve their people not outdated clubs. The old cartel model is fading. Pragmatic free trade partnerships are rising fast.
Sources: Reuters The National Gulf News Arabian Business Enerdata Korea Times official government statements.
Congratulations to Lloyd Budd on being selected as the National Party’s candidate for Whangārei.
Lloyd was born and raised in Whangārei, and brings a strong record of leadership from his time in business. He understands this part of the country, and he’ll be a tireless advocate for the people of Whangārei in Parliament.
I also want to pay tribute to Dr Shane Reti, who has served Whangārei with distinction since 2014. He was the first Māori MP for the electorate, a former Deputy Leader of our Party, and a Minister who has delivered real things for Northland: progress on the four lanes to Whangārei, expanded breast cancer screening, and a third medical school at Waikato.
Shane has been a thoughtful colleague, a good friend, and a steady voice for the North. We will miss him in caucus, and Northland will miss him in Parliament. Thank you, Shane.
Lloyd has big shoes to fill, but he’s the right person for the job. I’m looking forward to campaigning alongside him through to November 7. Lloyd BuddDr Shane Reti MP
so trumps had to pull the pin on war to save the massive embarrasing defeat on trying to get congressional approval.
what a fail, iran wins by default, iran still wins and lives rent free in trumps head cuz the great deal maker blinked first and iran seen his weakness and exploited it.
so desperate for distraction he needed a false flag assasination attempt, then as another big fuck you to america his fully private funded ballroom hes gone TACO on and now wants to rape american taxpayers 400mil to pay for it cuz his rich mates cant get a tax evading benefit via funding the ballroom.
then to rub salt in the wound the uae leaving opec so theyre not at the mercy of the petrodollar, the american repo market is on the brink of failure once again and every passing day it looks more likely the orange moron will finally be impeeched after the midterms.
what an epic legacy of failure hes gunna leave, he had many decades of luck but its mostly run out now.
what will get him first a bullet or impeechment?
Hard to say the Iranians won every thing when there shits blown all over the map, your TDS is showing again you secret skirt wearin mofo, not to mention there oil Infrastructure is now Kaput, go back to Australia with the rest of the deserters, give the sheep a break
trumps running away and fuck all has changed except iran has a heap more rubble.
the mad mullahs are still there, the irgc is still intact, they still posses nuclear material, the straight is still closed and the iranian people arent free.
25bil blown for sweet fuck all ROI, he burned much of his political capital, gunna get republicans slammed in the midterms and highly likely to be impeached.
its not TDS is just mocking you retards with basic facts youre to dumbfucked to see while youre sucking an orange cock.
even trump is realising he got screwed and duped2 by israel. haha the orange jews puppet got puppeted real good.
And Trump has just given the go-ahead for Alberta’s oil to be transported via pipeleine to the USA system.
Looking at all the posts below doesn’t look like he’s losing to me.
But then what do I know?
biased echo chambers will feed you shit old boy.
explaining is losing and that a whole lot of explaining for fuck all.
face it, your orange hero is a zero and failing in many areas, not all but hes now losing more often then winning. wait till november and watch the midterm wipeout and following impeachment… put some money on it old boy if you think im wrong 🙂
The FACT that the Iranian tyrants refuse to give up their ambitions to develope Nuclear weapons is suficient evidence of their real interntions and I suspet Bahrain and most of Irans Gulf neighbours support the removal of the IRGC regime and pray that Allah sequesters the IRGC leaders to join the Mullahs in Allahs above.
trump just demonstrated that countries need nuclear weapons to prevent getting smashed by the usa military.
now instead of full on conventional nukes iran will probably rush and create dirty bombs to act as some form of deterrent.
RAN’S ‘DIPLOMACY’ TRAP: TALKS ONLY IF AMERICA SURRENDERS FIRST
Iran’s foreign minister just announced Tehran is open to diplomacy with the United States but only if Washington drops its “excessive demands,” threatening rhetoric, and provocative actions. Translation: Iran wants America to cave on sanctions, nuclear red lines, and regional security before any real talks even begin.
This comes as the Trump administration’s naval blockade chokes Iran’s oil exports and economy in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials are so desperate they’re reportedly floating wild ideas like arming dolphins with mines, deploying submarines, and cutting undersea internet cables to disrupt global trade.
Weakness invites aggression. Iran’s preconditions are not diplomacy, they’re a demand for unilateral American retreat while the regime keeps pursuing nukes and backing terrorists. Washington should stay firm, keep the pressure on, and force real concessions instead of playing Iran’s game. Strength, not surrender, ends this threat.
Donald Trump has said he will ratchet up tariffs on the EU, accusing it of shirking the terms of its trade deal with the US.
On Friday, the US President declared he would raise levies on imported European cars and trucks from 15% to 25%.
Brussels criticised the move, with a top official saying it illustrated how “unreliable” the US had become.
Trump announced his action a day after dropping tariffs on Scottish whisky, in what was seen as a diplomatic and economic success stemming from the King’s state visit.
“Based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to trade deal, next week I will be increasing tariffs charged to the European Union for cars and trucks coming into the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
TREASURY SECRETARY Scott Bessent: TRUMP’S MAX PRESSURE FREEZES IRGC RETIREMENT FUNDS AND VILLAS IN SOUTH OF FRANCE
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent detailed how President Donald Trump’s maximum pressure campaign is targeting the overseas financial networks tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“To be clear, the President gave the order for max pressure campaign more than a year ago,” Bessent said. “He gave it to me and Treasury last March.”
He explained the reported economic impact: “It was that pressure that brought the Iranian economy to a standstill in December… Their currency is down about 60% or 70% versus the U.S. dollar, so they’re in the middle of a currency crisis.”
Bessent confirmed escalation: “President Trump told me three weeks ago to up pressure again.”
On overseas assets: “The retirement funds they thought they had outside of Iran, we are freezing. Same with all their villas in south France and all over world. We are going to track them down and we are going to continue this economic pressure as well as the block on the Strait of Hormuz.”
The policy aims to limit financial resources connected to the IRGC while increasing broader economic pressure on Iran.
Youv’e hit the nail on the head without money the IRGC is powerless.
IRANS CLOWN-WORLD DOLPHIN BOMBERS REGIMES DESPERATE PLOT TO SINK US WARSHIPS
Iran is so boxed in by Americas ironclad blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that its hardliners are now floating a plan straight out of a bad spy movie strap mines to dolphins and send them after US Navy vessels.
According to reports citing Iranian officials the mullahs are weighing this animal-abusing kamikaze tactic to blast open the critical oil chokepoint after weeks of crippling sanctions and a Trump-led naval lockdown that has halted their oil exports tanked their economy and sparked domestic chaos.
While the US Navy smartly deploys trained dolphins to hunt and clear mines Tehran wants to twist peaceful marine mammals into disposable weapons. This isnt military genius its the flailing of a dying regime running out of options proxies and sanity.
Americas overwhelming naval power and decisive leadership under President Trump have the ayatollahs resorting to cartoon tactics. The message is clear keep squeezing until the regime cracks. No more half-measures with the worlds leading state sponsor of terror.
Flipper with explosives wont save them. Real strength always wins.
Sources
New York Post May 1 2026
Wall Street Journal reporting on Iranian officials
Surprised they’re not sending children out on jetskis with high explosives.
Remember them using children as human minesweepers in their war with Iraq?
All kids were given & wore a key, so they could open the door to paradize.
The dream is also sold to the “do gooder” Westerners that all of that can be stopped.
Note this article is August 9, 2023
https://borgenproject.org/child-soldiers-in-iran/
So what has the UN or UNICEF or Amnesty International achieved while claiming to have worked in sorting this out for the past 70 years.
Iranian call up of Children in 2026
…. IRGC and the Basij — the “Popular Mobilization Forces” — distribute armed children aged between 10 and 17 into groups.
Some members wear civilian clothes and are present in markets, gatherings, and even alleyways.
Their mission is intelligence-related: spying on Iranians, monitoring them, and arresting citizens on charges of espionage or collaboration with the United States and Israel. …..
….. “the Islamic Republic of Iran has, in recent weeks, used children as human shields around power stations and industrial and vital centers when the United States threatened to target Iran’s economic infrastructure.” ….
https://alhurra.com/en/18813
So far no mention of the keys to paradise has been issued.
I vote for the dolphins outwitting the mullahs 🐬 😂
The dolphins are definitely smarter than the mullahs, thanks to not being muslim.
A piece of shit is smarter than a Mullahs, and talking of shit whts Biden doing these days – nappy changes 6 times a day.
ON the UAE.
The UAE just left OPEC after 60 years.
Here’s what nobody is explaining.
They spent $3.3 billion building the Habshan–Fujairah pipeline specifically to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
406 kilometers of pipeline running from Abu Dhabi’s oil fields directly to the Gulf of Oman.
Iran’s blockade doesn’t touch it.
Inside OPEC their production was capped at 3.41 million barrels per day.
That cap is gone as of May 1.
They are now free to pump as much as they want and route it around the entire Iran conflict.
Brent dropped immediately after the announcement.
The market understood before most people even read the headline.
The UAE didn’t just leave a cartel.
They positioned themselves to break the oil shock that’s been running since February.
Big win for the UAE and the world.
Sort of been quietly in the wind for a number of years now.
It is the landline system, coming into play that has been actioned a few years ago.
A chicken or the egg came first?
Certainly the egg is laid & fertilized or as we can see, & now a bit of heat, warmth, but not too much, so other than a raid, no boots of occupaton will go on the ground.
From India, ok by ship to Saudi and then onto Haifa Israel to continue on as a pipe line to Greece & even further or as shipping into Europe.
…..From Mumbai to Marseille: …
…. strategic corridor spans India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and Europe, creating a multi-modal network of railways, ports, and highways.
https://www.imec.international/
The bases of this would be from the Abraham Accords, started by the United States then officially emerging in 2020–2021, that allowed the economic policies to come into place.
So is it just making some realize, that IMEC needs to press ahead, even more, so full steam ahead.?
I see 2 countries seem to be missing out on this in the Middle East.
Either become a stepping stone or a stumbling block?
Seems to be just as opposed pipelines were over-riden from Canada, Ontario, are being pushed ahead to the “Gulf of
MexicoTrump” for the time being.Some parts of this will take time, a bit longer than we may like, but there will be more of an acceptance.
This was probably one of the reasons Iran did as much as it could to damage the rest of any the IMEC inter connections.
RINO PURGE HITS ALASKA: GOVERNOR DUNLEAVY PRIMARIES SENATOR MURKOWSKI IN 2028
Alaska Republicans have had enough. Governor Mike Dunleavy is stepping up to primary challenge Senator Lisa Murkowski in 2028, according to Fox News sources. After years of Murkowski stabbing President Trump and conservative priorities in the back, its time to send this unreliable moderate packing.
Trump crushed Alaska by 13 points. The Last Frontier deserves a senator who actually fights for America First, not one who cozies up to the swamp and blocks real border security and judicial reforms. Murkowski has repeatedly sided with Democrats on critical votes, proving she puts DC insiders ahead of her own voters.
Dunleavy, a proven conservative fighter as governor, is the perfect candidate to clean house. This primary challenge signals the MAGA movement is done tolerating RINOs who sabotage the agenda from within. Alaska voters get a clear choice: real Republican or business as usual.
The ranked choice voting games Murkowski used before wont save her forever. Conservatives are fired up and ready to take the seat back for Trump country. One less obstacle to Making America Great Again
Have you noticed how ugly and/or stoopid the female Rinos are – Waters AOC and the Somalian bitch especially.
Waters, AOC, and Ilhan Omar are Democrats not RINO’s (Republican In Name Only)
Get out of the sun SB, stop drinking the water, eating mushrooms or what ever you are doing, it’s not good for your health.
i enjoy my ysb fishing trips hp 🙂 hooked a big one today…. screaming reels from a screaming head
The NZ-India FTA is a tort. National is cooked and going by this analysis explaining the immigration pathways for Indians, we will see them drop below 20% at the election.
https://x.com/ryanhendersonnz/status/2049957248806568142?s=61
I haven’t read the full agreement, but get ready to say goodbye to the old New Zealand and welcome to a fucked up new one. Official agreement here https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/free-trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements-concluded-but-not-in-force/new-zealand-india-free-trade-agreement/text-of-the-agreement
the uniparty continues to fuck over nz
Rort not tort. Predictive text doesn’t like NZ vernacular.
Shame on you for using predictive text. It is an abomination.
sure sure, you just thinking of it as nz voters getting their just deserts for trusting scum national party traitors.
Leftards don’t like it up ’em
Avi Yemini is using the electoral system to take advantage of useful idiots who will vote for the slogan “Save Palastine”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3-PDozaaZ8
Leftists Having a MELTDOWN After I Exposed Their SCAM
Avi Yemini destroys radio host on air, exposing ABC media bias and double standards.
Thanks wg,
Brilliant call out of what they claim, & making it even more real, in their own words. 😂
“The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” —- Ronald Reagan
PIC 3.
Jones rose to political prominence when he founded the New Zealand Party, active from the early 1980s to the early 1990s.
He held controversial views, including labelling beggars a disgrace to society and last decade suggesting Māori should bring Pākehā breakfast in bed, weed their gardens, and wash and polish their cars out of gratitude for existing.
That resulted in a petition that received more than 88,000 signatures.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/sir-bob-jones-property-legacy-how-his-2b-portfolio-is-being-run-now/premium/B67UROUNSFDN7EIJIDHBJDBRUQ/
I don’t really have a full grasp of the minutia of American politics, but this seems a big deal
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/independence-day-friday-may-1-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=463409&post_id=196108993&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=127oyu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
That’s something we definitely need here. A very good read, thanks for that.
Again like you rol, not into the systemic but this looks at what could rule if gerrymandering was maxed out.
https://nitter.net/pr0ud_americans/status/2050154366301049205
So maybe the Democrats should buy into a fairer way.
It sort of reminds in a way how in earlier wg’s comment on Avi Yemeni’s vid clip above,
https://ysb.co.nz/have-your-say-739/#comment-476665
We need some mongrel to get things properly sorted for the gerrymandering of the seats in Parliament for certain peoples.
No wonder the leftist want to ban guns, plus enforcing “hate speech laws” but so they can go about their violent enforcement.
Sort of surprising in Poland, or is it? to back their Party no matter what it takes, as just being the new normal.
“With the authors of Gazeta Polska, just like with its readers, it is no longer possible to discuss anything; there is no common ground for debate, only a beating or simply murder remains,” he wrote.
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/04/disbelief-as-polish-liberal-paper-prints-call-for-beating-and-murder-of-opponents/
Then in Spain, these law makers want greater controls & powers to enforce.
“So, take a bigger book and give the fascist another slap in the face.”
https://rmx.news/article/pick-up-a-big-heavy-thing-and-smack-them-in-the-face-with-it-socialist-lawmaker-calls-for-violence-against-voters-critical-of-spanish-governments-mass-amnesty-for-illegal-migrants/
The “kindness” of books.
Then the hammering of others in Germany.
seven members of the Antifa Ost group, who are accused of injuring several people in politically motivated assaults.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/25/german-court-opens-trial-against-left-wing-hammer
Becoming a new normal, often closely related to Parliamentary Parties, even New Zealand
Is this the new way of enforcing the UN Global MIgration Pact? which Winston Peters with Ardern signed NZ up to?
Bearing in mind what is being called for social media platforms, literary circles etc, in New Zealand.
For those of you with grandkids( or young kids of your own), maybe you should take note of this new research.
https://t.me/thewhiterosenz/197703/347211
i wonder what prayer she opens with, actual prayer or karakia?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360973338/first-wahine-elected-be-second-maori-woman-anglican-bisho
Who cares? They’re both meaningless gibberish focussed on what doesn’t exist.
Did you know you are paying for this?
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/30/former-mps-travel-perk-costs-take-off-amid-fuel-crisis/
Lets hope this has legs….
“THE TEN-DAY COUNTDOWN: “Please Delete This Email” — How Fauci’s Own Words May Seal His Fate”
https://sayerji.substack.com/p/the-ten-day-countdown-please-delete?utm_source=cross-post&publication_id=2878303&post_id=196135058&utm_campaign=548354&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo2NDE4NDM1OCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTk2MTM1MDU4LCJpYXQiOjE3Nzc2ODA1MzcsImV4cCI6MTc4MDI3MjUzNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTI4NzgzMDMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.M5wM3PRbuNRZkuqbW58BQpiVbrewE1tbrfuG022KDY4&r=127oyu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
This is a cool video showing where rock musicians, of the past, are now
https://t.me/thewhiterosenz/197713/347248
The sinking of the Manawanu explained in laymans terms.
Lesbian DEI Navy Ship Sinking https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f4a5.svg The Final Moments Are HILARIOUS https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f923.svg
Pitt bulls are like……
https://x.com/AntSpeaks/status/2050175292442886501?s=20
Fatwas for any one?
Pot anywhere?
https://x.com/DangerousThinkg/status/2050209567074627730?s=20
Almost two-thirds of respondents to a nationwide survey say they don’t experience any negative effects from using alcohol or drugs.
It’s generally understood a lot of recreational alcohol or drug use isn’t harmful, but this is the first time in New Zealand – and perhaps globally – it has been quantified.
The data comes from the annual New Zealand Drug Trends Survey, an anonymous online survey run by Massey University’s Shore and Whāriki Research Centre. The latest survey is the first time respondents were asked about a full range of negative experiences from alcohol or drug use in the previous six months; 63% of a sample of almost 5000 users reported no harm over that time.
This isn’t surprising to lead researcher Professor Chris Wilkins, but he thinks “it will be surprising to some” because of the public’s negative connotations attached to drug use in general.
The headline finding doesn’t mean drugs are harmless or that there are no risks associated with taking them. But the general perception of how harmful they are doesn’t line up with the experience of many users.
“MDMA is a classic example. It has a very high profile in terms of the media and popular consciousness, but based on our initial findings, it’s one of the lower-risk drugs,” Wilkins told the Herald.
He warned that those risks can be easily amplified if it’s a strong dose, adulterated with other drugs (which can be checked at a drug-checking service), or combined with intoxication or over-exertion, such as dancing for long periods.
Of particular interest are the various components of harm in the data that could have practical applications for reducing the negative impacts of particular substances across drug policy, treatment for problem users and harm-prevention strategies.
“It’s not just whether this drug is harmful. We want to know how it’s harmful,” he said.
“The people using meth with really serious problems: who are they and why are they [having serious problems]? We want to look at breaking it down by not only drug type, but also frequency of use, amount used and also the people having the problems.
“Is it mental illness? Neurodivergence? It’s then about trying to help them with those issues. This could be a really important insight in terms of allocating health services.”
The results show – and advocates for drug law reform have repeatedly said – the Misuse of Drugs Act does not align well with the level of harm associated with particular substances.
LSD and cocaine, for example, are Class A substances, meaning their misuse can lead to the highest penalties, even though they are at the lower end of the harm scale.
Alcohol and tobacco are legal, while MDMA and opium – each with significantly different harm profiles – are both Class B substances.
Wilkins’ latest research follows two major reports into drug law reform: one by the Drug Foundation, which recommended decriminalising personal drug use while boosting resources for harm reduction, based largely on what has happened in Portugal; and the other by the Helen Clark Foundation, which, contrary to popular political opinion, found majority support for shifting from a punitive law to a health-focused one.
The Government has already ruled this out, saying it would be counter to its stated goal of toughening law and order.
There’s more.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/majority-of-nz-drug-and-alcohol-users-experience-no-negative-effects-study-shows/premium/5XROPIMBXVEKDPLL6M5OK77BMI/
“In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death.”
Thus in 1988 wrote the DEA’s chief administrative law judge Francis L Young.
As an aside had the nannies not been semi successful in their second attempt to introduce prohibition I doubt that I would have come in contact with cannabis. The Law of Unintended Consequences was up & running well when in May 1969 the breath & blood tests for alcohol use were introduced. Up until that point, unless you fell out of the vehicle when the cops picked you up you usually had a good chance of getting away with a lecture.
For someone whose living depended on a valid driver’s licence the mandatory disqualification penalty was out of proportion. Either you became teetotal or unemployed.
For those of us young buggers with the right connections discrete use of marijuana replaced social drinking.
Who eats raw potatoes?
Would this be legal in NZ?
https://x.com/benumayim/status/2050198560638148696?s=20
I will find out. We already have a standard Mega 10 trailer that we attach a lengthened draw bar to. We add it when we need it and remove it when we don’t.
Use it to move 6-meter-long items.
The question of getting a warrant of fitness, then after that, easy to register.
Presume the rubber tread is good, the bearings are good,
A part of it will then depend on the ratings of the security locks, & pins.
And what strength in the floor considering it seems to be unsprung.?
Does all of that need to be explained to get a WOF?
If it can be made legal, I think there could be quite a demand, with the “must have its”.
It would be up against the “hire trailers” which are not to bad to hire on an ocassional daily basis.
What are the chances this bitch is a school teacher with a university edumacation??
https://x.com/OnahPete/status/2050013627445309916/video/1?s=46
It’s not the tenant who should be targeted. Rather the scummy ripoff who bought the place so that he/she could screw the last few dollars out of the soon to be impoverished renter should be impaled on the nearest gatepost.
They are the scumbags who buy up houses in good areas & through neglect & mismanagement turn suburbs into slums.
There are owners in retirement villages who do the same. I kid you not. Seen a few in my work.
Just as there are house owners who live in their own homes and create tips worse than those of renters.
Just as there are scum bags who decide that owning a rental house makes a person a pariah in the community, despite the fact that the person may well look after the house and provide a valuable service to someone who may not want to own a home. Those scum bags have a mental problem.
Research has shown that the number of properties in the hands of investors increased about 191 per cent between 1986 & 2018.
In real terms, that constituted 288,714 more properties entering the hands of investors, resulting in the group owning over a quarter of the occupied housing stock, or 440,025 properties.
In the same period, the number of properties owned by occupiers grew more modestly, around 36 per cent & houses held by the likes of state housing & local council housing fell by 10,755.
The figures from https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/science-and-innovation/funding-information-and-opportunities/investment-funds/national-science-challenges/the-11-challenges/building-better-homes-towns-and-cities
Take what you can. Give nothing back.
forever, that has been about the ratio. Indeed, had the state not decided that the taxpayer should house people, then the ratios would still be the same.
Just that the owners would be corporates as they are overseas, and indeed there are some here.
Gobby, snobby bitch.
Labour are fucking hopeless & no-one in this sad political cesspit has any connection to the real world. Going by her latest waffle their education spokeswhatever, one Ginny Anderson, isn’t an exception.
From https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/28/labour-vows-to-reinstate-school-boards-treaty-obligations/
#. “Labour would keep some changes, like the English and maths curriculums which are already bedded in, though she is less sure about the mandated hour a day each for reading, writing and maths.”
The part time teachers who front up in front of a class for four hours a day for nine months of the year are absolutely stressing at the thought of being forced to impart something useful into the minds of their unfortunate pupils. Reading, writing & maths are not abstracts nor are they feelgood concepts. They are tools without which any real learning is impossible.
#. “the policy doesn’t allow enough time for other subjects like music, art and PE”
Bullshit!
#. “It would also bring back the previous Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunches.”
They’re schools; not 4 star Michelin restaurants. If their parents don’t feed their kids then Oranga Tamariki should have the deadbeats in front of a Family Court judge to explain why.
And they’ll wipe out any charter schools in case they show up the State teachers for the lazy incompetents they are.
Anyone, regardless of race worthy of being called Mum or Dad should realise that the only things Labour’s education policies will prepare their children for is Kapa haka & a miserable, basic life on benefits.
The seeds of what Ginny Anderson, will then sprout into the next phase of the socialist world.
“Down with patriarchy, even if it feels romantic: Abolish civil marriage, implement ‘communities of responsibility.’” ….
….. people could “take responsibility” for one another “regardless of occasion, kinship, gender, or number (of people).” ….
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/young-german-socialists-demand-abolition-of-marriage/?utm_source=most_recent
The children will be well educated to share everything.
….. Children have been told to welcome migrants and even share their toys with them under a new scheme in schools. …..
….. The next page warns of how critics might say “we don’t have enough to share” and “there’s no room for anyone more”, suggesting to children to respond by saying: “There’s plenty of room! Come on in!”
It continues: “After all, if you don’t let people in, you’ll never know what you’re missing.” …….
https://www.gbnews.com/news/migrant-crisis-children-book-schools-of-sanctuary
And why not demand the parents to make room in your house too?
I am sure they really do mean, to share everything of your selves in “kindness” as it is the progressive way.
Ok I cherry picked this one, but many other good points on the failure of numeracy & literacy too !
….. a particularly gruesome experience from Vienna-Simmering.
There, a student under the age of 14, of the Islamic faith, raped a female classmate in the park.
Nothing happened at the school because the crime was committed outside of school grounds.
Legally, no action was taken because the perpetrator was below the age of criminal responsibility.
The raped girl and her attacker are still in the same class today. ….
https://unzensuriert.at/330601-maedchen-fuehlte-sich-als-katze-direktorin-zwang-lehrerin-zur-akzeptanz/
I used “google translate”. Tested and the article stayed in English except for the comments, and some of them are pretty tough on the school situation. 😀
After all people like Helen Clark, Labour Party, academics etc., & such love to quote Europe as the standards for New Zealand to follow.
Going back in the future yep that’s Liarbor.
Its late but sb will still be mouching along in his crawler.
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Iran Caves to Trump: Drops Key Demands, Begs for Nuclear Deal and Sanctions Relief
Iran just blinked hard. Facing Trump’s naval blockade choking off its oil exports, the regime has dropped its precondition that the US lift the Strait of Hormuz restrictions before any ceasefire talks. Tehran is now offering to negotiate limits on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief and says it’s ready for Pakistan-mediated discussions next week.
This comes after Trump formally notified Congress that US-Iran hostilities, sparked by American strikes on February 28, have ended—just before the 60-day War Powers clock ran out. For months, Iran’s mullahs stonewalled and played games. Now, squeezed by real pressure, they’re signaling flexibility for the first time.
The blockade stays in place. Good. Maximum leverage works. Weakness invites war; strength delivers deals. Trump’s approach is already forcing the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism back to the table on American terms.
source… rando on the internet.
and then if it was trump that said it then its definately bullshit.
oh and on that oil thing.
UAE DUMPS OPEC CARTEL AND INKS MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH SOUTH KOREA
The United Arab Emirates is breaking free. On May 1 2026 the UAE exited OPEC after nearly 60 years ditching production quotas that capped its oil power. Hours later its new Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with South Korea took effect.
This is South Korea’s first trade pact with any Middle East country. Tariffs get cut or wiped out on 91.2 percent of goods. Non-oil trade already at 6.9 billion dollars is set to double. The deal fires up energy security industry ties supply chains and tech investment.
UAE leaders are done with cartel limits. They want to crank up production and deliver real energy to the world. South Korea locks in reliable supply from a strong Gulf partner. Both win with straight bilateral business instead of globalist red tape.
This is smart national interest at work. Nations cutting deals that serve their people not outdated clubs. The old cartel model is fading. Pragmatic free trade partnerships are rising fast.
Sources: Reuters The National Gulf News Arabian Business Enerdata Korea Times official government statements.
Congratulations to Lloyd Budd on being selected as the National Party’s candidate for Whangārei.
Lloyd was born and raised in Whangārei, and brings a strong record of leadership from his time in business. He understands this part of the country, and he’ll be a tireless advocate for the people of Whangārei in Parliament.
I also want to pay tribute to Dr Shane Reti, who has served Whangārei with distinction since 2014. He was the first Māori MP for the electorate, a former Deputy Leader of our Party, and a Minister who has delivered real things for Northland: progress on the four lanes to Whangārei, expanded breast cancer screening, and a third medical school at Waikato.
Shane has been a thoughtful colleague, a good friend, and a steady voice for the North. We will miss him in caucus, and Northland will miss him in Parliament. Thank you, Shane.
Lloyd has big shoes to fill, but he’s the right person for the job. I’m looking forward to campaigning alongside him through to November 7. Lloyd Budd Dr Shane Reti MP