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Troglodyte said:
So you’re saying ICE should’ve focused their efforts elsewhere instead of deporting agriculture, construction, child care and hospitality workers?
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Yes, why should we deport the ILLEGAL aliens that cost us tens of billions of dollars? I mean, we can just print money, right?

 
Badcat said:
No, Sarah Adams provided this intel on the Shawn Ryan show. Look her up and her credentials ********. This is US intel. It's known, verified, and a matter of fact. your party is setting up Americans for an attack, and your head is so far up your *** you'll never see it. **** off.
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It’s speculation. Was the New Orleans terrorist an illegal? 9/11? Boston Marathon? Perhaps the U.S. should trim away the Iranian women’s soccer players?
 
Troglodyte said:
It’s speculation. Was the New Orleans terrorist an illegal? 9/11? Boston Marathon? Perhaps the U.S. should trim away the Iranian women’s soccer players?
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It's not speculation, it's verifiable intel. Why are you so dismissive? Could it be that you and your party really ****** up and now American lives are gravely at risk? Yep!
 
Flog only wants actions after a crime has been committed.

which is what ICE is doing. Entering the country is a crime. It doesnt matter that its a misdemeanor. its a crime.
the very fact that ICE is rounding up "innocent" illegals who have broken the law to enter the country are somehow cohabitating with violent criminal illegals who have entered the country, is lost on ze.

We were led to believe that ICE would go after the worst of the worst first, but if they found someone who shouldnt be here, they'd also be detained.

Poor ze.
 
steel dino said:
Ahh a Martini guy?!
Shaken or stirred?
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Two weeks ago I had my first Rob Roy and learned that I like them.
Stirred not shaken, shaking makes them cloudy.
Two parts Scotch, one part vermouth, a dash or two of bitters, best served in a frozen glass.
 
Superman said:
Flog only wants actions after a crime has been committed.

which is what ICE is doing. Entering the country is a crime. It doesnt matter that its a misdemeanor. its a crime.
the very fact that ICE is rounding up "innocent" illegals who have broken the law to enter the country are somehow cohabitating with violent criminal illegals who have entered the country, is lost on ze.

We were led to believe that ICE would go after the worst of the worst first, but if they found someone who shouldnt be here, they'd also be detained.

Poor ze.
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It's like this wasn't policy under Bomma, Dubya and Slick Willie.
 
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Confluence said:
It's like this wasn't policy under Bomma, Dubai and Slick Willie.
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that was different. this is savagely and routinely maiming, wounding, killing, strafing, bombing, sniping and outright destroying city blocks by ICE.
 
The strait of Hormuz. China, Europe and Australia probably get a lot of their oil through that passage. We probably don't get that much. Let them open up the strait. They depend on it more than we do. Why aren't any of them helping? Punks!
 
Superman said:
Flog only wants actions after a crime has been committed.

which is what ICE is doing. Entering the country is a crime. It doesnt matter that its a misdemeanor. its a crime.
the very fact that ICE is rounding up "innocent" illegals who have broken the law to enter the country are somehow cohabitating with violent criminal illegals who have entered the country, is lost on ze.

We were led to believe that ICE would go after the worst of the worst first, but if they found someone who shouldnt be here, they'd also be detained.

Poor ze.
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I wonder how other countries would handle situations where I cross the border illegally? They probably wouldn't care.

Seriously, I'd bet it's a lot more than a misdemeanor
 
xjx said:
The strait of Hormuz. China, Europe and Australia probably get a lot of their oil through that passage. We probably don't get that much. Let them open up the strait. They depend on it more than we do. Why aren't any of them helping? Punks!
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problem is Lloyd's of London stopped insuring the ships in the strait. no one wants to lose their **** to mines, so their **** stays where it is.
 
or, per this, Lloyd's just raised their premium...


On 28 February, about an hour after the start of US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Iran's Revolutionary Guard began sending warnings via standard VHF channels to merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf, stating that transit through the Strait of Hormuz was not permitted.

No attacks on merchant vessels were recorded, nor were mines laid or tankers intercepted. Nevertheless, by the morning of 1 March, approximately 70 per cent of normal shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had been suspended.

The cause was not a physical threat at sea but an assessment of unacceptable risk by shippers and insurers.

An official from the European Union's maritime security mission Aspides confirmed to Reuters on 28 February that ships in the region were receiving Iranian VHF no-passage messages.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued its own warning, noting that such messages are not legally binding under international maritime law.

That is formally correct. Iran is not a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Oman, which controls the southern coast of the strait, is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

However, legal status does not eliminate operational risk. Shippers do not make decisions based on legal theory but on insurance and liability.

Several major shipping companies have suspended transit through the Strait of Hormuz. Hapag-Lloyd suspended passage, while Nippon Yusen ordered its fleet to avoid the area. Oil and LNG companies have stopped deliveries.

Lloyd's of London and international war risk insurers increased premiums by about 50 per cent. The rise in premiums led to the withdrawal of insurance cover for a significant part of the fleet, making transit operationally unsustainable.
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How Insurance Closed Strait of Hormuz (And What Trump Did To Take It Back)​

A Trump Card to take down one of the longest financial institutions.​

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Mar 04, 2026
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Trump just made a move that 336 years in the making.​

And almost nobody noticed.​

On March 3rd, Trump posted something that briefly stabilized markets.





The United States would guarantee free passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

US Navy escorts for tankers.

And — here’s the part everyone skipped over —

At a very reasonable price, political risk insurance.

You know, when an insurance salesman says, “a very reasonable price”

There’s always something more.



Let’s dig in.

First — You Need to Know This Name.​



Lloyd’s of London.





It’s an insurance market. Located in the financial district of London.

And the most important institution in global trade that almost no one outside of finance has ever heard of.

Here’s where it came from.

1688. A Coffee Shop in London.​



Edward Lloyd opened a coffee shop.

His customers were a specific crowd —

shipowners, merchants, and captains.

People who made their money moving goods across oceans.



Before a ship left port, the anxiety was real:

“What if my ship sinks in a storm? What if pirates take it?”

Over coffee, conversations started forming into something more structured.

“If my ship goes down — will you cover me?”

“How much are you willing to pay?”

Just like that, a new market emerged organically.

The shipowner pays a premium.

The merchant accepts the premium and assumes the risk.

Ship sinks → merchant pays out.

Ship returns safely → merchant keeps the premium.

That’s the birth of maritime insurance.
Born in a coffee shop.

Over time, Lloyd’s coffee shop became the exchange where these contracts were written and traded.

All the maritime information was exchanged here.

Shipping intelligence.

Weather reports.

Pirate activity. You name it.



If it happened on the water, it passed through Lloyd’s first.

A system was born:

No Lloyd’s coverage = no ship can sail (legally).



336 years later,

Lloyd’s directly underwrites roughly 20% of the global maritime insurance market — and it sets the global standard of the entire insurance market.

Here’s what that means in practice:

A tanker wants to leave port.

Without Lloyd’s coverage:

  • Banks won’t finance the cargo
  • Ports won’t grant entry
  • Cargo receivers cancel contracts
The ship can be physically perfect.

Without insurance, it doesn’t even exist.

Coffee chats in a London coffee shop have been controlling the entire global trade.

The Premium Is Scarier Than the Missile​



Here’s what actually happened when the US struck Iran.

Lloyd’s immediately redesignated the entire Persian Gulf as a war risk zone.

The tanker insurance rate for a single voyage:

Before strikes: 0.03–0.05% of vessel value.

After designation: 0.75–1.5% of vessel value.

That’s a 25x increase. Overnight.

Multiply that by a 20–30 day voyage and the insurance cost alone eats most of the voyage’s budget.

The shipowners cannot operate at this level.

“We’re not sailing.”

No missiles needed. No drones. No physical blockade.

The moment Lloyd’s repriced the risk premium,

The Strait of Hormuz, the most important 33km on earth, was economically closed.

This is why your energy costs are spiking.

This is what the KOSPI felt in two days. 15% drop in a country’s index in just 48 hours.



This insurance premium is the first domino in a very long chain:

Insurance premium rises → shipping rates rise → crude import costs rise → electricity costs rise → everything gets more expensive.

Lloyd’s of London.

A name you’ve probably never said out loud.

Running a chain that reaches into the price of your morning coffee.

Trump Knew Exactly What He Was Doing​



Oil prices spike.

Global markets panic.

Korea and Japan — world-class manufacturing economies with near-total energy import dependence — watch their indices crater.

And then Trump posts this.





Lloyd’s said “we’re not covering this anymore” — and the ships stop.

Lloyd’s has been holding the key to global trade.



Until now,

Trump just took the key.
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xjx said:
The strait of Hormuz. China, Europe and Australia probably get a lot of their oil through that passage. We probably don't get that much. Let them open up the strait. They depend on it more than we do. Why aren't any of them helping? Punks!
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I'd much rather the US navy gated all that traffic and took Kharg Island, the Iranian oil export port, as repayment from the eventual reform government.

Then China can pay a toll for each and every drop they use. The EU can use the new pipelines from Saudi to the Mediterranean, via the new oil export platform being built in Gaza.

Then the US can add a security toll on every barrell to establish and maintain security bases protecting these globally significant trade hubs.
 
Troglodyte said:
It’s speculation. Was the New Orleans terrorist an illegal? 9/11? Boston Marathon? Perhaps the U.S. should trim away the Iranian women’s soccer players?
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Yeah! One terrorist wasn't illegally here, so all of them are legally here.

Everyone get it now? QBR!!
 
Troglodyte said:
Imposter! DimTim is on a business trip and unable to defend his nonsensical posts.
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Funny thing to say from someone who calls himself a cave dweller.

Anyway, what are your hopes regarding the outcome of this war?…happy to have succeeded in the overthrow of a terrorist sponsoring regime, or are you more along these lines:
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