Since Trump Is Jesus ...

 ... pardon me--a doctor, he might as well be Moses too)) Here is Trump's plan for oil supply. 

A Bit On SMO ...

... and why Russian Defense Ministry is damn serious. The list of initial targets is presented. Mike Mihajlovic's explanation and the hole that Trump dug. For himself and the US. 

Europa Delenda Est?

It looks like. Here is Mr. Medvedev explaining WHY Russian Defense Ministry published the list of European companies supplying 404 with UAVs and other equipment--which in itself is a very noticeable change of tone by Russia. 

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a list of European enterprises where drones are assembled for strikes against the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that these addresses should now be considered as potential targets for the Russian Armed Forces. "The statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation should be taken literally: the list of European industries where drones and other equipment are made is a list of potential targets for the Russian Armed Forces. When the strikes become a reality depends on what happens next. Enjoy your dreams, European partners!" the politician wrote on the social network X.

Russians do not want to kill Europeans, but they will if it comes down to it. The first to go will be Baltic States and Finland who provide their territory for strikes against Russia. So, the time is coming when the boomerang returns. If the message will not be understood, well ... Europe as it exists today is doomed anyway, so if they decide to go down with a bang Russia will oblige. So, Europe is now on notice. 

The continent which loves them Nazis, warmongers and perverts, such as cretin bimbo Kallas or EC head or German government as a whole--you all know where it is all going. But it will be really fast this time. 

My Woman From Tokyo ...

 ... and Made in Japan--one of the greatest albums of all time. Let's make a pleasant non-political music pause. Seeing Ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover (of legendary Deep Purple Mk.2), sadly without Ritchie and with John playing keyboards in Heaven, it is so gratifying seeing these legends being treated with such reverence by Japan's Prime minister. 

Not taking anything away from Led Zeppelin, but technically they were not even in the same universe as Deep Purple. John Bonham's stupid untimely death solidified his myth as the greatest drummer. The problem for him, of course, is the fact that Paicy did it as good if not better, including bringing into Purple's hard rock almost a jazzy, swinging virtuoso element. And yes, in the USSR Deep Purple were so much bigger than LZ. 

It is so gratifying to see legends being recognized for what they are on the highest state level--legends. Ah yes, 

Enjoy, if you will. 

They Begin To Suspect ...

 ... something. 

Paper Oil Blinks While Physical Supply Tightens. 

So do military paper tigers of economy of derivatives and financial legerdemain. Again, what is "market", anybody believes this BS anymore?

Oil market volatility is easing as traders adjust to geopolitical headlines, though prices still spike on major developments like failed U.S.–Iran talks and the Hormuz blockade.

Despite calmer futures trading, the physical oil market remains extremely tight, with up to 10 million bpd trapped and spot prices surging far above futures.

Ongoing blockades and supply disruptions are prolonging the crisis, pushing energy prices higher and delaying any meaningful market normalization.

The way economic system exists today it is unworkable due to both systemic crisis of the financial capitalism (euphemism for 21st century imperialism) and a financial "noise" of derivatives which have nothing to do with actual economy which provides livelihood for humanity. It is utterly broken and is unfixable. Just one example, the Speaker of Czech Parliament Tomio Okamura (he has Japanese roots):

The gist: without Russian resources we (Czechia) wouldn't be able to turn on lights, be that gas, oil or nuclear fuel for NPP in Dukovany. You see, reality is a bitch--in REAL war, in REAL economy, in REAL governance. Here is how it is reported in the news: 

The leader of coalition party Freedom and Direct Democracy, Tomio Okamura, says one solution to high energy and fuel costs would be to take gas and oil from Russia. Speaking to TV Nova, Mr. Okamura – who is also speaker of the lower house – said this would allow Czechia to diversify its sources once again and to guarantee its energy security. This call has been rejected by members of the previous government, who ended Czech dependency on imports from Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ex-PM Petr Fiala called on current government head Andrej Babiš to disown talk of such “collaborationist” cooperation with Moscow.

No, no, no, Russia doesn't care if Czechs will have lights tomorrow or not, if they have enough to eat or not. It is too late to do anything about it. If Czechia (same as the rest of Europe) wants to maintain the standard of living somewhere around the level of 1960s--premiums for all those goodies from Russia could be made available if someone decides that staying warm in winter is more important than "democracy" and will prostrate itself in a front of Russia's energy giants, then maybe Russians will consider selling it all. If not--call Brussels and stay on the line, your call is very important to them. 

The Guy Lets It Rip))

And I can only agree, many do. 

This clusterfuck is so over the top, that I don't even know how to measure it. In related news and down the memory lane when the map of the US Navy's CBGs popped up on TG channels. 

None of the three are in any position (or station) to do much. And here is from quarter of a century ago by two distinguished US carrier aviators. Just enjoy:

Which group of technologies is progressing faster? One day soon, in a cultural battle, someone will no longer wish to put up with arrogant Western overflights. Some nation or group will buy a few “sons of SA-10”that can be fired by connectivity between cell phones, laptops, and a department-store telescope. The United States will launch a few F/A-18E aircraft (remarkably procured on time, on budget, and underweight),with their(equally remarkable)joint standoff weapon or joint direct-attack munitions, to blow up a bridge, probably, and not one of them will come back. U.S. air forces of every service have already conceded air superiority to certain SAM systems. Who do we think will get better faster? The United States is making a few well-armored knights, and they will face a forest full of peasants with longbows. Cruise missiles will replace manned aircraft and sink the ships that carry them. This is both good and bad news for the DD21crowd.Yes,theadvocatesofthat advanced new destroyer program will probably see the strike role migrate to their platform, because foreign adversaries will have SAM systems that manned aircraft cannot approach(after some “Pearl Harbor” event for manned aircraft).Unfortunately, those adversaries will probably also invest in surface-to-surface missiles as capable as the air variety; those big floating pieces of metal, no matter how high-tech, snazzy, or expensive, will be in dangerous waters.

It has been foreseen by many. Now the moment of reckoning is here. And yes, this is not shit-talking, it is the moment when the shit, pardon my French, got real. 

Play Stupid Games, Win ...

 ... stupid prizes. West's economies are paraded for what they are--low industry, high speculation ... well, Ponzi schemes. 

The legendary derivatives trading team at Vitol Group, the world’s largest oil trader, has reportedly lost hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars on oil bets that went very wrong as the war in the Middle East roiled global markets and trapped physical supply at the Strait of Hormuz. Vitol’s star trader Yaoyao Liu found himself on the wrong side of bets on crude and fuel prices at the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, as prices soared in the worst disruption of global oil supply in history, the Wall Street Journal reports, quoting sources with knowledge of the matter. Liu’s trades are reportedly a closely-guarded secret not only on the market but also within Vitol itself.

Derivatives, a euphemism for speculation, which modern West's capital is and real economy are as removed from each-other as Milky Way is removed from Andromeda. As American Way of War is removed from actual war. Now they are doing betting, instead of studying markets and real conditions and outputs. The result is predictable. E.g. 

That's Urals in ... futures. Hm. Physical oil, of course, is much more expensive. The "model" is collapsing.