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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Flavius Maximus » 06 Mar 2026, 12:28 am

The funny thing is, most the west don't get our oil from that region. Not even the US! Yet, we're all paying more because oil prices are set globally! Isn't globalism wonderful?
But, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, & it won't be the last. & every time we came out the other end doing alright. This too shall pass
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 06 Mar 2026, 7:41 am

Flavius Maximus wrote:The funny thing is, most the west don't get our oil from that region. Not even the US! Yet, we're all paying more because oil prices are set globally! Isn't globalism wonderful?
But, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, & it won't be the last. & every time we came out the other end doing alright. This too shall pass


we already have an inflation problem, its been picking up again recently hence why interest rates are going up. A month or 2 of elevated Trump/Epstein Oil spike and you can guarantee a few more rate increase this year. Thats mortgage and rental pain.

yeah we will come out the other end, but Families are also going to feel it at the pump when they pull up at the bowser and that on Trump and his supporters l

The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 06 Mar 2026, 8:18 am

For those who don't have time to follow what's really occurring in the middle east, Iran has successfully taken out most of the American and Israeli Radar systems, this is a first.

This has left both blind and the Iron Dome is a less useful expensive toy. How has this changed the game, well Israel has now had around 200 Buildings levelled in Tel Aviv and it appear they are going to cop a dose of their own medicine.

Western media has failed badly and the rest of the world is really going to hate America's guts at the stupidly dangerous situation that's now developing because a desperate Bibi Netanyahu might just do something the whole world is going to regret :thumbsdown:
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by straightshooter » 06 Mar 2026, 8:35 am

Billo wrote:The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:

Ya reckon.
Latest US polling isn't indicative of that.
And things can yet spiral even further out of control.
In the last day or two Kim Jong Un stated that "one missile is enough to erase Israel".
Now that should be considered in the context of the so called Israeli "Sampson Protocol", which may merely be a only a conspiracy theory, but if there is any truth in the theory it would go a long way in explaining why Israel seems to hold the US and to a lesser extent it's vassals by the testicles.
Now that the US has normalised preemptive attacks and with a world descending into ever increasing turmoil what is to stop an opportunistic entity attacking and seizing South Irian, justified by some confected pretext.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 06 Mar 2026, 9:20 am

straightshooter wrote:
Billo wrote:The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:

Ya reckon.
Latest US polling isn't indicative of that.
And things can yet spiral even further out of control.
In the last day or two Kim Jong Un stated that "one missile is enough to erase Israel".
Now that should be considered in the context of the so called Israeli "Sampson Protocol", which may merely be a only a conspiracy theory, but if there is any truth in the theory it would go a long way in explaining why Israel seems to hold the US and to a lesser extent it's vassals by the testicles.
Now that the US has normalised preemptive attacks and with a world descending into ever increasing turmoil what is to stop an opportunistic entity attacking and seizing South Irian, justified by some confected pretext.


Im not sure Kim Jong Uh has permission to fire any sort of nuke :lol:
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Flavius Maximus » 06 Mar 2026, 11:56 am

Billo wrote:
Flavius Maximus wrote:The funny thing is, most the west don't get our oil from that region. Not even the US! Yet, we're all paying more because oil prices are set globally! Isn't globalism wonderful?
But, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, & it won't be the last. & every time we came out the other end doing alright. This too shall pass


we already have an inflation problem, its been picking up again recently hence why interest rates are going up. A month or 2 of elevated Trump/Epstein Oil spike and you can guarantee a few more rate increase this year. Thats mortgage and rental pain.

yeah we will come out the other end, but Families are also going to feel it at the pump when they pull up at the bowser and that on Trump and his supporters l

The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:

You really have a hate boner for those guys, haven't you. That's why most of us, including myself, have been ignoring your insane takes. Get off the internet & into therapy, buddy
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by NTSOG » 06 Mar 2026, 12:37 pm

Billo: "Iran has successfully taken out most of the American and Israeli Radar systems, this is a first."

I found this in relation to claimed destruction of a radar installation in Qatar:

"The IRGC appears to have damaged, but likely did not destroy the AN/FPS-132 early warning radar. However, the viral photos of a “destroyed” or “burning” radar building are AI-generated fakes. The “Destroyed Radar Dome” Comparison is an AI-Generated Fake.

and:

"Our forensic investigation confirms that the widely shared “before and after” satellite photo comparison (9, 10) is a sophisticated AI-generated forgery..."

https://www.techarp.com/fact-check/iran ... dar-qatar/
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Willie » 06 Mar 2026, 2:03 pm

Flavius Maximus wrote:
Billo wrote:
Flavius Maximus wrote:The funny thing is, most the west don't get our oil from that region. Not even the US! Yet, we're all paying more because oil prices are set globally! Isn't globalism wonderful?
But, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, & it won't be the last. & every time we came out the other end doing alright. This too shall pass


we already have an inflation problem, its been picking up again recently hence why interest rates are going up. A month or 2 of elevated Trump/Epstein Oil spike and you can guarantee a few more rate increase this year. Thats mortgage and rental pain.

yeah we will come out the other end, but Families are also going to feel it at the pump when they pull up at the bowser and that on Trump and his supporters l

The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:

You really have a hate boner for those guys, haven't you. That's why most of us, including myself, have been ignoring your insane takes. Get off the internet & into therapy, buddy


Yes I must agree. It would appear that he is just sh&T stirring again.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Flavius Maximus » 06 Mar 2026, 3:48 pm

Willie wrote:
Flavius Maximus wrote:
Billo wrote:
Flavius Maximus wrote:The funny thing is, most the west don't get our oil from that region. Not even the US! Yet, we're all paying more because oil prices are set globally! Isn't globalism wonderful?
But, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, & it won't be the last. & every time we came out the other end doing alright. This too shall pass


we already have an inflation problem, its been picking up again recently hence why interest rates are going up. A month or 2 of elevated Trump/Epstein Oil spike and you can guarantee a few more rate increase this year. Thats mortgage and rental pain.

yeah we will come out the other end, but Families are also going to feel it at the pump when they pull up at the bowser and that on Trump and his supporters l

The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:

You really have a hate boner for those guys, haven't you. That's why most of us, including myself, have been ignoring your insane takes. Get off the internet & into therapy, buddy


Yes I must agree. It would appear that he is just sh&T stirring again.

Either way, i don't want him talking to me. He can post whatever he wants for all i care, as long as he doesn't involve me in any way (that includes quoting me)
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by bigrich » 06 Mar 2026, 4:25 pm

Willie wrote:
Flavius Maximus wrote:
Billo wrote:
Flavius Maximus wrote:The funny thing is, most the west don't get our oil from that region. Not even the US! Yet, we're all paying more because oil prices are set globally! Isn't globalism wonderful?
But, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, & it won't be the last. & every time we came out the other end doing alright. This too shall pass


we already have an inflation problem, its been picking up again recently hence why interest rates are going up. A month or 2 of elevated Trump/Epstein Oil spike and you can guarantee a few more rate increase this year. Thats mortgage and rental pain.

yeah we will come out the other end, but Families are also going to feel it at the pump when they pull up at the bowser and that on Trump and his supporters l

The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:

You really have a hate boner for those guys, haven't you. That's why most of us, including myself, have been ignoring your insane takes. Get off the internet & into therapy, buddy


Yes I must agree. It would appear that he is just sh&T stirring again.


Just put him on your “foe” list fellas, waste of time trying to have a meaningful discussion with him. Trolls crave attention, don’t give him any.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Wapiti » 06 Mar 2026, 4:51 pm

I just wish the ACCC actually did something for us about this deliberate price-gouging bullsh*t other than just accepting their enormous public-paid salaries.
Real fines, real fast.
But again, public servants - the place people with no performance measures flock to slime the rest of us and pretend their relevance.

I don't have a blind liking for Trump - why would I, I don't personally know the man and neither do any of the people foaming at the mouth blaming him for the solar eclipses and the e-bike battery explosions coming out of China, or anything else the ABC has told them to blame him for.
I am extremely interested in his ability to manage outcomes that he wants for his country, his absolute patriotism for the US (not his wallet like the last few Democrat slimebags) and his incredibly effective psychological methods. Even a majority of democrat voters in the US - this is from polls I've seen conducted by left-wing US media - regard the US as never before being stronger and more upward-looking under his leadership.
He's bloody good at it.

I still never fail to be amused by some people's blind absorption of the lying left wing media, or their own twisted versions of it with regards to hating the man, yet when the same media lies about guns, outdoorspeople or hunting they are quick to call the same media out as liars and deceivers and on an agenda. Weird, huh.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Flavius Maximus » 06 Mar 2026, 6:25 pm

Wapiti wrote:I just wish the ACCC actually did something for us about this deliberate price-gouging bullsh*t other than just accepting their enormous public-paid salaries.
Real fines, real fast.
But again, public servants - the place people with no performance measures flock to slime the rest of us and pretend their relevance.

I don't have a blind liking for Trump - why would I, I don't personally know the man and neither do any of the people foaming at the mouth blaming him for the solar eclipses and the e-bike battery explosions coming out of China, or anything else the ABC has told them to blame him for.
I am extremely interested in his ability to manage outcomes that he wants for his country, his absolute patriotism for the US (not his wallet like the last few Democrat slimebags) and his incredibly effective psychological methods. Even a majority of democrat voters in the US - this is from polls I've seen conducted by left-wing US media - regard the US as never before being stronger and more upward-looking under his leadership.
He's bloody good at it.

I still never fail to be amused by some people's blind absorption of the lying left wing media, or their own twisted versions of it with regards to hating the man, yet when the same media lies about guns, outdoorspeople or hunting they are quick to call the same media out as liars and deceivers and on an agenda. Weird, huh.

Mate, we're run by hippies, commies & karens. They *want* prices to go up, & they don't want us having ebikes. They want us less mobile & crammed in a box, because after guns, movement is one of the first things they go after next. Pretty hard to control people if they're spread out & always moving around.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by straightshooter » 06 Mar 2026, 7:38 pm

Wapiti wrote:But again, public servants - the place people with no performance measures flock to slime the rest of us and pretend their relevance.

I dislike that term because it is gross misdirection. They are government employees and if you are lucky they even do what the government tells them to do.
As for service to the public, it is often more like the service a bull provides to a cow.
My apologies to anybody reading the above who is that rarity, a conscientious government employee, don't get upset it doesn't apply to you.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Wapiti » 06 Mar 2026, 8:13 pm

I'm just upset that Trump has sacked Kristi Noem and I won't be seeing her in that Texan hat and cowgirl jeans with a pistol on her hip. Oh wait she's just got another job, so there's hope. What's that? She was doing the ICE stuff, not Iran?
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by alexjones » 06 Mar 2026, 8:35 pm

Three Aussies were on the US sub that sunk the Iranian frigate with a torpedo off Sri Lanka


https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=JpPMSM ... e=youtu.be
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Willie » 07 Mar 2026, 4:29 am

straightshooter wrote:
Wapiti wrote:But again, public servants - the place people with no performance measures flock to slime the rest of us and pretend their relevance.

I dislike that term because it is gross misdirection. They are government employees and if you are lucky they even do what the government tells them to do.
As for service to the public, it is often more like the service a bull provides to a cow.
My apologies to anybody reading the above who is that rarity, a conscientious government employee, don't get upset it doesn't apply to you.

Yes. Agreed. I have been a public servant on a few occasions and also worked in private enterprise. It is typical diatribe from
a person who has an axe to grind against certain members of our society.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 07 Mar 2026, 5:57 pm

NTSOG wrote:Billo: "Iran has successfully taken out most of the American and Israeli Radar systems, this is a first."

I found this in relation to claimed destruction of a radar installation in Qatar:

"The IRGC appears to have damaged, but likely did not destroy the AN/FPS-132 early warning radar. However, the viral photos of a “destroyed” or “burning” radar building are AI-generated fakes. The “Destroyed Radar Dome” Comparison is an AI-Generated Fake.

and:

"Our forensic investigation confirms that the widely shared “before and after” satellite photo comparison (9, 10) is a sophisticated AI-generated forgery..."

https://www.techarp.com/fact-check/iran ... dar-qatar/


5 of the Major radar system worth more than $4Billion out of action, say it aint so :lol: The Iron Dome is a spluttering mess which is now getting less early info, there is a reason why Tel Aviv is finally coping the pounding it deserves :drinks:
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 07 Mar 2026, 6:02 pm

Flavius Maximus wrote:
Billo wrote:
Flavius Maximus wrote:The funny thing is, most the west don't get our oil from that region. Not even the US! Yet, we're all paying more because oil prices are set globally! Isn't globalism wonderful?
But, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, & it won't be the last. & every time we came out the other end doing alright. This too shall pass


we already have an inflation problem, its been picking up again recently hence why interest rates are going up. A month or 2 of elevated Trump/Epstein Oil spike and you can guarantee a few more rate increase this year. Thats mortgage and rental pain.

yeah we will come out the other end, but Families are also going to feel it at the pump when they pull up at the bowser and that on Trump and his supporters l

The only good thing to come out of this conflict is Trump has pretty much cemented the Mid term election result :lol:

You really have a hate boner for those guys, haven't you. That's why most of us, including myself, have been ignoring your insane takes. Get off the internet & into therapy, buddy


You can been a ignorant fool or just a plain old fool, join ya mate Wapiti on the sidelines of the Delusional team, Trumps made a massive Blunder in allowing American foreign Policy to be dictated by a Pariah state of 6 Million people.

My local discount Diesel place went from $1.64 to $2.29 in 4 days, you do the math KAREN :oops
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 07 Mar 2026, 6:19 pm

For anyone who is actually interested in an opinion from someone who actually know his stuff on Iran and America's capabilities, he is a fairly senior Ex CIA guy who has a had career in dealing with Iran and all forms of terrorism. take the time to listen to this guy, Trump is screwed and he just wont admit it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydwa14NtBy8&t=990s
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by alexjones » 07 Mar 2026, 7:20 pm

Stop complaining about fuel prices. You should have went long on oil. My portfolio is up a lot because of trump.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by alexjones » 07 Mar 2026, 7:26 pm

I have an Iranian in the trading group I am in. He tells me 50k people inside Iran have been killed by their government so far this year during the protests.


A lot of the Iranian people want this regime change for their freedom.

I support any people around the world fighting tyranny.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 07 Mar 2026, 8:16 pm

alexjones wrote:I have an Iranian in the trading group I am in. He tells me 50k people inside Iran have been killed by their government so far this year during the protests.


A lot of the Iranian people want this regime change for their freedom.

I support any people around the world fighting tyranny.


Sorry AJ but you have Zero credibility :crazy:
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 07 Mar 2026, 8:18 pm

alexjones wrote:Stop complaining about fuel prices. You should have went long on oil. My portfolio is up a lot because of trump.


I guess renters like yourself wont feel the pain for a little bit yet :lol:
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Billo » 07 Mar 2026, 8:21 pm

I do like the MAGA try hards trying to make excuse for the No NEW Wars Trump they elected, Im lucky in that I get my fuel paid for by work but many Aussie families will be asking WTF


Alex you can keep on faking I have gold bars and bought Oil at $0 per barrel but trust me when I say you are so full of sh ite its not funny :lol: :crazy: :D
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by Flavius Maximus » 07 Mar 2026, 9:15 pm

alexjones wrote:I have an Iranian in the trading group I am in. He tells me 50k people inside Iran have been killed by their government so far this year during the protests.


A lot of the Iranian people want this regime change for their freedom.

I support any people around the world fighting tyranny.

You & me both. I'm against ALL tyranny wherever it lies. From the ayatollah to gavin gecko (also known as chris minns)
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Post by alexjones » 07 Mar 2026, 9:17 pm

Billo wrote:
alexjones wrote:I have an Iranian in the trading group I am in. He tells me 50k people inside Iran have been killed by their government so far this year during the protests.


A lot of the Iranian people want this regime change for their freedom.

I support any people around the world fighting tyranny.


Sorry AJ but you have Zero credibility :crazy:



I know your a communist, so here is a communist article from January that says 30k dead. The number is over 50k now.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... 30000-dead
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by alexjones » 07 Mar 2026, 9:22 pm

Billo wrote:I do like the MAGA try hards trying to make excuse for the No NEW Wars Trump they elected, Im lucky in that I get my fuel paid for by work but many Aussie families will be asking WTF


Alex you can keep on faking I have gold bars and bought Oil at $0 per barrel but trust me when I say you are so full of sh ite its not funny :lol: :crazy: :D


Yeah this is clearly AI you got me.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by alexjones » 07 Mar 2026, 9:23 pm

Anyone supporting the Iranian government is a terrible human being. Pretty much the same as a pedophile. Just the bottom of the barrel.
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Re: Iran is exploding

Post by alexjones » 07 Mar 2026, 9:33 pm

Flavius Maximus wrote:
alexjones wrote:I have an Iranian in the trading group I am in. He tells me 50k people inside Iran have been killed by their government so far this year during the protests.


A lot of the Iranian people want this regime change for their freedom.

I support any people around the world fighting tyranny.

You & me both. I'm against ALL tyranny wherever it lies. From the ayatollah to gavin gecko (also known as chris minns)



Yes mate. The human spirit deserves to be free from the evils of tyranny so people can live and let live.
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