Grits a Ya Ya and a Bushwacker.

I’m a little to the right of you on the Gulf. Can I come over for some of that?

Are you under the impression that Iran owns the Straight? We just gonna chunk international waters and maritime laws out the door?

Iran has got jack for leverage. There is a binary choice here:

A) Shutdown the Straight. Get fucking wrecked by the US military, or a coalition.

B) Posture but don’t actually shut it down.

You don’t fuck with international trade.

The world’s militaries will turn Tehran into rubble before they allow Iran to crash the global economy. The planet runs on oil. You don’t have to like it, but you better believe it.

And we use a little over 20.

It’s nearly impossible to block any given countries oil. Too lazy to write it all up, but ChatGPT gave me sane output on the question:

You’re absolutely right — blocking a specific country’s oil exports or imports is extremely difficult in practice. There are several reasons for this:

1. Global Oil Market is Highly Fungible

Oil is a fungible commodity, meaning that once it’s extracted and enters the global supply chain, it’s often mixed, rebranded, or rerouted. That makes it very hard to trace its exact origin once it enters international trade.

2. Third-Party Countries & Middlemen

Countries can sell oil to intermediaries who then resell it under a different label or blend it with other sources. For example, sanctioned oil from Iran, Venezuela, or Russia has been known to enter markets through such indirect routes.

3. Shipping and Flagging Loopholes

Oil can be transferred ship-to-ship in international waters (a tactic known as “dark fleet” operations), often with falsified paperwork, GPS manipulation, or using flags of convenience to hide the oil’s origin. 4. Global Demand

Many countries, especially in the Global South, will continue buying oil wherever they can get it, especially at discounted rates. This demand gives sanctioned countries alternative markets.

5. Limited Enforcement Capacity

International bodies like the UN or even the U.S. and EU can impose sanctions, but enforcement — especially on the high seas — is expensive, politically sensitive, and technically challenging.

6. Economic Blowback

Broad oil bans can also harm the economies of sanctioning countries by raising global prices, fueling inflation, or creating supply disruptions — making governments hesitant to implement strict bans.

Bottom line: Even with sanctions or embargoes, oil tends to find a way into the global market. Cutting off a specific country’s oil completely would require not only international political unity but also technological and logistical enforcement capabilities that currently don’t exist at the necessary scale.

EDIT: Y’all childish. “He used AI! FAKE!” There’s not a single falsehood in all that and it’s a complete explanation. “NO!”

Smart!? Can you not imagine what hell will drop on Iran if they go through with this? The world will not allow them to crash the global economy.

This is simple posturing. Money says they don’t dare try this. They’re threatened before, never done it.

I’ve noticed that everyone only sees oil from a personal perspective. If gas prices spike, every price spikes. On top of that, oil is used for 1,000 purposes apart from internal combustion engines. The shockwaves from the planetary economy crashing would be appalling. Here’s a tiny, tiny example:

Your city has a budget for mowing grass, parks & rec, all that. If higher prices run that budget out, the work simply stops. Multiply that by 1,000,000 other like cases.

An EV will only save you the gas station bill. It won’t save you from everything else that will crumble.

I’m betting it’s not happening. The collective wrath of a dozen militaries would drop on their head.

Keep making that face and it will freeze like that!

Yes, your 43 face muscles tell a story depending on how you work them out, or don’t. Saw my ex after a few years and was stunned. You can tell at a glance that she’s a woman who never smiles, face entirely slack.

And the Art Deco crowd wins the poll!

Had cousins whose entire home, bar the sun room, was Art Deco. Not just the furniture and paintings, even the magazines and lighters and ash trays. Quite a collection!

Men and woman have different mental and physical strengths and weaknesses.

No, the GOP hates it because it will cut into their poorest voters, big time, such a cut that Fox won’t be able to explain it away.