As I mentioned before, I scan Yahoo! Finance just to see the whipsaw aggregation of syndicated articles along with the ones authored by their own staff regarding things like the Iran War (similarly with the tariff situation in the past).
This writer for example completely leaves an important part of this tariff refund buried at the end (when stating that businesses could reap millions in refunds). Who ended up actually paying for this? The consumer because businesses passed on the tariffs to their customers. That should be right at the top of this article. Who is naive enough to believe that these companies will eagerly screaming about refunding their customers (without being subjected to litigation first) let alone, lower prices back to pre-tariff levels?
It’s also hard to take syndicate providers like Business Insider seriously when they treat ROI bets like financial spectator sport (seriously, like the NCAA basketball tournament with the brackets in comparing which companies could represent the better ROI opportunity). Investing isn’t a game, but this is the underlying mindset when you end up scanning the various aggregated headlines on Yahoo! Finance.
Then all of the stuff regarding the Iran war is garbage like this: LIKELY COMPLETELY WRONG. I’m wondering if this former ambassador (James Jeffrey) even understands the level of asymmetrical warfare that exists as a result of drones (especially the Shahed drones that Iran has been having greater success with) or the fact that both Israel and the United States, began this operation the way they did (where Iran presented NO immediate threat of attacking the U.S., nor were they anywhere close to having a nuclear bomb; the now assassinated grand leader of Iran even had a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons).
Has he taken into account that we (the U.S. alongside Israel) are the ones acting like the terrorists and that the response by Iran is a natural reaction that any sovereign country would take when being constantly assailed/being threatened with complete annihilation? Have these folks taken into account that this old worn out story (when a country is responding to the ongoing aggression where our government and complicit media, are labeling this defensive measure being taken by Iran as “increased aggression”) is being bought less and less by the public as they begin to see through this framing of propaganda by both governments (Israel and the U.S.) and their captured media.
Iran is inflicting a calculated economic toll in response. The messages in their trolling back of the U.S. spells out there is no intention of giving our incompetent regime a pass. Thus the constant T.A.C.O.ing out as Iran rejects every proposal including the most recent 45 day cease fire. Remember, the media rarely frames things the way it should be framed like when the U.S. was negotiating in bad faith when we proceeded with military action in late February (which kicked off this war). Why would anyone trust what this regime in the U.S. says when it is lie after lie after lie?
I won’t be surprised if the Felon-in-chief chickens out again on his Easter day threats now that the futures are heading south again (just another market manipulation scheme which has been happening even with the tariff situation prior). What’s obvious is how they are significantly underestimating the opposition because they believe that military might will be the thing that brings Iran to its knees (forgetting completely about Vietnam). When both Israel and the United States are stating the need to wipe Iran off the map completely, exactly who are the Nazi’s. It makes sense that the ones being threatened with extermination, are going to defend their homeland.
Again, I’m no fan of the Iranian regime/theocracy. But our American regime is not that much better and are similarly religious fanatics in terms of Christian Nationalism. Similarly, the Israeli government under Netanyahu is no better either acts more like a terrorist state in the region aided by the United States through multiple administrations (exemplifying how deep the capture of our politicians, media complex, and government is).
It doesn’t help that many of these recent aggregated articles on Yahoo! Finance (both in-house and syndicated) give too much credence to the unserious messaging coming out of the White House. Way too many publications like Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor Business Daily, and the Wall Street Journal are also sources on there which were bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (in short, a lot of propaganda and potential astroturfing material to be aware of).
P.S. The following is from the 79 year old toddler running the U.S. How many times must the boy cry wolf before no one believes anything this moron says? (obviously Wall Street just trades on this aided by a mostly complicit media including the financial ones, all to the actual detriment of regular people and bottomline, this country).
Mar 3: “We won the war.”
Mar 7: “We defeated Iran.”
Mar 9: “We must attack Iran.”
Mar 9: “The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully.”
Mar 11: “You never like to say too early you won. We won. In the first hour it was over.”
Mar 12: “We did win, but we haven’t won completely yet.”
Mar 13: “We won the war.”
Mar 14: “Please help us.”
Mar 15: “If you don’t help us, I will certainly remember it.”
Mar 16: “Actually, we don’t need any help at all.”
Mar 16: “I was just testing to see who’s listening to me.”
Mar 16: “If NATO doesn’t help, they will suffer something very bad.”
Mar 17: “We neither need nor want NATO’s help.”
Mar 17: “I don’t need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO.”
Mar 18: “Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.”
Mar 19: “US allies need to get a grip – step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz.”
Mar 20: “NATO are cowards.”
Mar 21: “The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don’t use it, we don’t need to open it.”
Mar 22: “This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait”
Mar 22: “Iran is Dead”
Mar 23: “We had very good and productive talks with Iran.”
Mar 24: “We’re making progress.”
Mar 24: “[Iran] gave us a present and the present arrived today, and it was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money.”
Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.”
Mar 26: “Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away.”
Mar 27: “We don’t have to be there for NATO.”
Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing
Mar 30: “Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences.”
Mar 31: Claimed a deal was “very close” and that Iran would “do the right thing”
Apr 1: “We’ll see what happens very soon.”
Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not
Apr 2: “The straight will open up naturally”
Apr 3: “Something big is going to happen.”
Apr 4: Said Iran must comply “immediately” or face further consequences.
Apr 5: “Open the fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
Apr 6: Said Tuesday deadline to make a deal with Iran is final.
Again, the open letter by Iran’s president highlights just how our own clowns AND media do not understand Iran (Persia) and its long history. And no, this isn’t Iranian propaganda which is exactly how our own regime and media in the U.S. wants to paint this. Iran knows they have POTUS by the balls and knows there are larger number of American citizens who understand all of the lies that we’ve been fed over decades.
Many of us know the aggressors who initiated this war are Israel and my own country, the United States. The uncivilized savages who have called for the erasure of Iran as a country, are the heads of both of these governments.
Iran is prepared. Our arrogant regime is not and they may just decide to drive the U.S. off the cliff.
