President Trump signs Executive Order replacing sanctions on Iran.
The President restored some of the sanctions on Iran that were lifted during “whats his names” Administration. You can read the Executive Order in it’s entirety HERE.
The President tweeted, “Iran, and it’s economy, is going very bad, and fast! I will meet, or not meet, it doesn’t matter – it is up to them!”
Iran has been the sponsor of terrorism around the world since the 1970’s. The President has been critical of the deal made with Iran from its conception. It appears there will be no more magic carpets or Bademjan coming into this country for a while. It seemed to go unnoticed by everyone that the amount of money in cash and securities that Obama sent to Iran is equal to the value of Iranian assets seized to hold them accountable for attacks on innocent Americans.
We will probably have to survive without any thing from Iran for a while. They have been the major problem in the Middle East for decades and the major source of arms given to evil doers and gained through Russian collusion.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Military issues, Politics, Terror War
In response, Iran is rattling it’s saber in the Straights of Hormuz, showcasings it’s ability to close the Straights.
Someone is badly in need of an “Operation Praying Mantis” reminder.
Operation Praying Mantis
The article in its entirety can be found here:
Operarion Praying Mantis Link
I know a few people from Iran. They’ve called themselves Persian for a long time. And they all love Trump.
I knew one. She was very attractive, very smart, very well educated, and very gone from Iran not long after the shah was deposed and the first madman took over.
The timing is interesting as there have been major protests throughout Iran this past week pertaining to their economical issues.
Maximize pressure from without at the same time they’re getting pressured from within. Perfect pincer move. Wouldn’t be surprised if you see this end in a revolution in Iran.
Cashews. It’s all about Cashews. Not spare parts for the Hawk Missle system. Besides, we shipped them IHawk spares (improved Hawk) that were not compatible with what they had hahaha.
After the revolution the Iranian Cashews stopped being imported. Farmers in California and Oregon planted trees but it took many years to get them producing at pre revolution levels. US Cashews suck. That’s why it’s all about Cashews. Not peanuts! That was Carters folley and a whole nother story.
How about the loss of Pistachio nuts after the Shah was exiled.
“Pistachio”
The ice cream was to die for. Even Ben and Jerry could not replicate it.
The shells are a pain to open though.
Buy AZ pistachios!
Speaking of peanuts, I noticed a definite upturn in cans of that nasty heat tab peanut butter after old Jackoff Jimmah became president. Really honked us off, because C rat cheese was good stuff, definitely better than that nasty peanut butter.
“C rat cheese”
With pimento…one lousy piece of pimento. Not even enough to fill an olive.
Well if you have eggplant and know how to cook, you can make your own Bademjan if you want! (Middle Eastern food is delicious, shame that the people who live there can’t straighten up and fly right!)
I can not f’ing WAIT to see mullahs handing upside down in town squares throughout Iran.
*hanging.
I ‘tarded.
It’s Jim Acosta’s fault.
“It seemed to go unnoticed by everyone that the amount of money in cash and securities that Obama sent to Iran is equal to the value of Iranian assets seized to hold them accountable for attacks on innocent Americans.”
Exactly! Right before the pallets of money were sent over to Iran, Ahmadinejad wrote a threatening letter to then-President Obama. https://twitter.com/bozorgmehr/status/762587645306437632/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E762587645306437632&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fnews%2F355082-ahmadinejad-writes-letter-obama%2F
To help understand the context, someone who served as president of Iran can sit out one term and then run again. Ahmadinejad was expressing optimism that he would be president again and if Obama doesn’t make this right the relations would sour. Soon afterward, a palette of bank notes and swiss francs landed with a plane in Iran. Two more planes landed in the coming months and the total money delivered was exactly equal to the Iranian assest seized to pay for the law suits. Coincidence?
Translation: The red, white and blue US American taxpayer footed that bill, not Iran. The bottom line was it was NOT a deterent to terrorism as the lawsuits claimed.
“I will meet, or not meet, it doesn’t matter….” Can you imagine what the folks in the Dept of State said to one another when they saw that? Cripes. I’m liking Trump more and more.
Too many US administrations have talked about dialogue/opening dialogue/meaningful dialogue for the sake of…dialogue w/o substance. We pay them to come to a table to chat and then then burn Old Glory–film at six and ten. Fuque that.
“We pay them to come to a table”
And then they argue about the shape.
Heh, I hit the report button. Will a likie make up for it?
Please do not like me. As I said before, if I wanted to be liked, I’d join fB and lie a lot.
Okay, who’s the wise guy?
I think you have to say. Do NOT click this Like button ———–>
Yeah, that’s all I need, the equivalent of neon lights telling people not to do something.
Neon lights and BLINKING lights.
It were’nt me. I have yet to hit either one. The “green” or “red” choice is cisgender and does not allow for in between opinions. Probably racist also.
If you book face and lie you will end up here anyway.
Via Wikipedia, Art of the Deal:
1. Think big
2. Protect the downside and the upside will take care of itself
3. Maximize your options
4. Know your market
5. Use your leverage
6. Enhance your location
7. Get the word out
8. Fight back
9. Deliver the goods
10. Contain the costs
11. Have fun
It’s like watching Beethoven play Fur Elise.
Good luck keeping them F-14s in sky.
Irani P-3s, too.
I was surprised mom jeans didn’t send them our old jets as they were taken out of service.
We did stop selling surplus parts after it turned out that it was not collector’s decorating their man caves with nos F-14 parts.
I want to make sure I’m current on ‘What’s on in Iran’.
The Iranians want us to know that they think they control the Straits of Hormuz. Isn’t that Kuwait’s tanker shipping lane?
You can make an Iranian/Persian dish called bademjan if you have eggplant. Anyone have the recipe for it? I can probably find a small aubergine at the produce section at Walmart and the heat’s gone out of the air since yesterday.
Bodaprez gave away my/your tax money to a crackpot because he’s a chickenshit slacker in a suit.
The local population in Iran is not happy with their cramped, sluggish economy.
Did I miss anything?
Oh, yeah – back in the day, the Persians called themselves Parthians, or something like that. They had as much armor on their horses as they did on themselves.
Google says-
Khoresht-E Bademjan (Eggplant Stew)
2 lbs stew meat
2 large eggplants, peeled and sliced
1 large white onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
4 tablespoons lemon juice
4 medium tomatoes, cut in half
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon turmeric
1⁄2teaspoon cinnamon
1⁄4cup yellow split peas (optional)
First peel your eggplant and slice it into large but not to thick of pieces.
Fill a large bowl with water and about 1/4 a cup of salt.
Next add your eggplant in the bowl and place something heavy over the bowl to keep your eggplant submerged under. This will help take the bitter taste out of it before you fry it. Let sit for about 20 mins then rinse off your pieces.
Chop onion into small pieces and fry your onion in olive oil on medium until it becomes soft and translucent.
Add your meat with the onion and fry on medium, just browning it.
Once you’ve browned your meat add your tumeric, garlic, cinnamon, lemon juice, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and yellow split peas.
Add about 2 or 3 cups of water and stir well. Your water will evaporate some so just keep checking to see if its looking low.
Bring your pot to a boil and once its boiling reduce heat to a medium low.
I usually let it cook for a few hours on a low heat and I know when it’s done because the meat is tender and just breaks apart with your fork.
Ill say to let it cook for 2 1/2 to 3 hours on low. Just use your judgment.
Is that a 4 qt or 6 qt dutch oven?
I think a 4 quart will do, but it will be a bit crowded. You could halve the recipe’s ingredients the first time, just to be sure.
Thank you!
Meanwhile, do you throw the eggplant away???
It seems to me that if you let it soak in a saline solution, as indicated, and maybe add some vinegar to that (which makes it a pickling solution) it might not be too bad.
I’m willing to try making it edible. If it is not, I will mail the results directly to Al Gore. He probably can’t afford to pay for his own groceries these days.
Fuck Iran, no sooner than the meeting would be over they’d be having “Death to America” rallies in their streets, fuck ‘em to the Nth Degree!
Iran?
Geez, it reminds me of a song:
https://youtu.be/iIpfWORQWhU
😎
Oh, Jeez. Another earworm. Well, here’s one for you, Pat, you miscreant dickweed./smile
Although I don’t possess the computer savvy to link it here via U-Tube (Hint, Hint) here goes:
(Best Kasey Kasem voice from “America’s Top40” on AFRTS: From 1974 and Blue Swede –
Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga
Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga
(Chorus continues in background)
“I can’t stop this feeling, deep inside of me.”
Take that!!/smile
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
…Despartely looking for the BJ Thomas LP to put on the turntable that has a kinder, gentler version of that song in order to get the “Guardians of the Galaxy” version outta my head…
😎😉
So there! 😉😎
Yours Truly,
The Miscreant Dickweed
https://youtu.be/3Odghnfs_8g
Roger.
((Out))
I’ll see you two guys with the “I Ran” and “Hooked on a Feeling” songs and raise you Disney’s (It’s a small world” song.
Now who’s the Dickweed??!! (evil grin)
Skyjumper:
Nooooooooooo!!
https://goo.gl/images/FMeVCv
😉
Here’s my last psyback to you and Claw. See if you can wish this outta your mind:
https://youtu.be/wj203Pq97BY
I’m high on a feelin’….
<3 <3 <3 <3
Here’s hoping it has the desired effect, expect to see China and Russia safely ignoring the sanctions and continuing to expand their influence in the region by doing business with Iran.
I see a lot of rhetoric on all sides on all of these supposed diplomatic wins or losses depending on your party affiliation but what I don’t see a lot of discussion about is the slowly expanding influence of China everywhere and the Russians trying to be third best now.
China has done a good job of understanding what it was the world got from being friends with the United States and they are trying to duplicate that throughout Asia and the middle east as a counterpoint to US influence.
Nothing with China or Russia is ever quite as it seems…
nor as successful.
The good news about the middle kingdom is that it is as inept as the old kingdom.
The good news about Russia is that they can’t afford to win.
The bad news is that our “allies” would rather be raped and murdered than admit that they were wrong.
Iran is a distraction. Dealing with them is a farcical waste of time. Far past time to just admit they have nothing we need and never will.
That said, China is also a distraction and will self destruct before they ever become the real threat they are portrayed to be.
No, the real game is our economy. When our economy produces jobs and wealth, everyone benefits (except the DNC, who seem opposed to economic opportunity for anyone).
If there is any advice I would give POTUS, it is to focus on domestic growth and watch the international problems take care of themselves.
Too many think tank types who provide nothing of value want us to believe we cannot go on without them. They are never correct, and we always bear the price of the failure.
To my knowledge, I have survived over 65 years without needing any product from Iran. I’d rather have 1 bowl full of Ex-PH2’s sausage, rice, red beans with cornbread, than a tanker full of Bademjan. (come on Thursday post) In my world she could make K-Rats, 10n1 Rats, C-Rats or MRE’s taste better than any goat herders menu from the top chef of any ME s…hole. End this crap NOW. Bring all of our Troops home. The Adults are in charge, again.
I will see if McIlhenny & Co still have their Khe Sanh hash recipes booklet. Used to be online. The problem is that all the K rats and C rats ingredients were consumed by the troops and MREs from 1990s onward just aren’t quite the same thing.
However, one can get creative with Underwood’s canned stuff.
And there is always the option of Making Maruchan Marvelous. 🙂
Should we get out of their way and let them slaughter each other? They’ve been doing that for centuries and it hasn’t changed anything at all. They’re the same goatherders they were when the walls of Jericho collapse in an earthquake.
Have spork Will travel! And yes, as we and others have posted and said on many occasions, step out of the way and let them kill one another like they have for thousands of years.