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   josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:43 JST josh buermann

   The US blocking the strait for Iran will show Iran who is boss alright.

   https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/middle-east-crisis-live-us-iran-pakistan-peace-talks-jd-vance-delegation-leaves-without-a-deal

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:41 JST josh buermann

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     Trump imposes his blockade on the strait to pressure Iran to open the strait. Iran keeps the strait closed to pressure Israel to cease firing on Lebanon. Trump pressures Israel to stop firing on Lebanon in order to open the strait. Israel stops firing on Lebanon. Iran opens the strait. Trump continues blockading the strait, unilaterally violating his own ceasefire. Iran closes the strait again.

     https://apnews.com/article/us-iran-war-israel-hormuz-18-april-2026-ab475cb979825b956a10d60103026b37

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:41 JST josh buermann

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     I paid zero attention to this week's instant replay of last week's events, but apparently the "ceasefire" has been extended indefinitely along with the blockade that violates the ceasefire, thus the straits remain closed indefinitely.

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:41 JST josh buermann

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     Anyone who filed a US tax return ought to feel personally insulted by the way Israel brags about its ongoing war crimes during its fake ceasefires:

     "Israel has shared satellite imagery showing entire neighbourhoods levelled in southern Lebanon."

     https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/1/woman-killed-children-injured-as-israel-attacks-lebanon

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:42 JST josh buermann

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     "So I told JD" *puff* "to tell Iran" *puff* "that Iran can't close the straights" *puff* "because Donald J Trump closed the straights." *puff*

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:42 JST josh buermann

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     TACO blockade sends S&P to record open: "Iraq-bound supertanker Agios Fanourios I has sailed into the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on its second attempt, making it the first crude carrier to head west since a US blockade on Iran’s ports came into force."

     https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iraq-bound-tanker-sails-into-gulf-after-second-attempt-at-hormuz

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:42 JST josh buermann

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     Iran said when the ceasefire was announced it would not agree to a ceasefire and open the strait without Israel ceasing fire in Lebanon, so the Epstein war news of the day is a rerun of Bart's Dog Gets an "F": the United States yanked its dog's chain and the dog obeyed.

     https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.3/centery:26.1/zoom:8

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 05:20:42 JST josh buermann

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     Trump can keep the markets up by putting Israel in its place but they also need to maintain a sufficient state of emergency to keep Bibi out of Maasiyahu, so this tedious shit will become routine and the press will turn it into an enigmatic unsolvable puzzle that is all Iran's fault.

     Makes you miss Tom Ridge's orange alerts.