The Iran War, Day 3 || Mar. 2, 2026

War with Iran.. and magically.. oil now trading $10-$15 per barrel higher than 1 week ago.

The sun is still shining. The wind is still blowing. Dig down a few feet and the Earth is still warm. Solar is Security. So is wind and geothermal. If it weren't for our dependence on fossil fuels, no one would give a damn about the Middle East except the people who live there. At least no one outside the Middle East would care enough to go to war there. And that would be great for the people who do live there.

One, Belgian beer is just fine. Two, we'll see just how energy independent the US really is (my Texacoma royalties will tell the story). Three, the US is not going to run out of ordinances, but to hedge, I'm creating a Composer.Trade symphony titled "war companies" and possibly another one called "oil companies" (thank you claude.ai). Four, our US Congressmen/Senators probably did these investments two weeks ago, so now I'm a late-to-the-game douchebag. Somebody talk me out of this guilt.

If there is a gathering of people shouting "Death to America" keep dropping JDAMs until there are no one left

Maybe Melanie T doing her current gig of running the UN Security Council can scrape together a UN coalition force of Chinese and Russians to keep Donald from committing American boots on the ground in Iran. A truly genius family MAGA no doubt about it.

The EPSTEIN iran War !

So much of the world glut of oil.

Slava Ukraini ✊🏼 Otherwise, what a mess. If someone bombed my daughter in her school, you can bet there would only be one thing to focus on from there on out. Release the Epstein files. Vote out the GOP. Get Bernie in there while the poor man still has breath. The US could stick to NAFTA and put all its money into its people. Rising tide and all that. MAGA back to 1950’s taxes. Taking a degree outside the US slapped me around enough to knock out the belief in our country being either “the best” or “pro democracy”. The sooner everyone else wakes up the sooner we can go about the people’s business. I hope ya’ll get to it before mass surveillance and AI controlled drones start targeting decent. Schumer et Co. Isn’t going to fix this. Strap on your Nikes and eye black.

It’s like he thinks in terms of corporate takeovers

Iran has a million man army, if you don't remove them you've done nothing strategically, and created a huge mess...

Seems the oil market will be disrupted more than anticipated. And, maybe longer. Ouch!

How can you knock Belgian beer with a straight face?

How long before the US seizes the tankers that the Iranians put all their reserves in? Wonder when the oil will be sold, for how much, and where will the money go?

I am at a loss to wrap my head around this. In short do the ends justify the means? Maduro, bad, gone good? Iran, murderous regime - bad, supreme leader dead - good? At what cost? Are we really risking our constitutional republic? Even if the ends are in our favor does it justify the corrupt leadership, erosion of rule of law and continued corruption? It seems there is a relatively loud contingent of our population that is willing to look the other way. Why? Finally, if these ends are (ultimately) for the greater good, why weren't they executed by left-leaning administrations? Was it simply timing? What does it look like on the other side of all this. What have we lost? What have we gained? Is it worth the transactional costs and the great loss of wealth by those not in the 1%?

Boots on ground makes it go from 3-4 weeks to 3-4 years

Boots on the ground. Who will provide the boots? I ain't gonna be Europe or us.

Could this result, under threat of continued assassination of anyone stepping forward as a leader, a rump government of Iran, allowing US base(s), on Iranian territory?

Trump is disassembling China's oil supply. Venezuela and Iran account for 18%. Putin is losing access to Iranian drones and ammo. Quoting Oliver North, it is about plausible deniability. Blockading China bound oil tankers can be construed as direct open hostilities to the already paranoid Xi Jin Ping. Ronald Reagan's policies managed to put an end to the Soviet Union without firing a bullet.

So Ukraine has some cards after all?

“The Peace President” in action