The Case Against Overhead Presses

Iraq Revives Syria Land Route, Post-Assad, To Export Oil To Europe Via Middle East Eye Iraq has restarted overland oil exports through Syria, marking a significant shift in regional energy logistics as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues to wreak havoc on traditional shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz. Ali Nazar, director general of Iraq’s state oil marketer Somo, said on Wednesday that the company had agreed to export 50,000 barrels per day of Basra medium crude via Syria to the Mediterranean, with plans to increase volumes. The crude will reach European markets through the Syrian port of...

21-Year-Old Male Identified As Shotgun-Wielding Mar-a-Lago Intruder Update (1230ET): AP News reports that the 21-year-old male, armed with a shotgun and a gas canister, who was shot and killed by law enforcement at Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning after breaching the outer layer of the security perimeter, has been identified as Austin Tucker Martin. 🚨 BREAKING: Mar-a-Lago intruder IDENTIFIED as 21-year-old, Austin Tucker Martin, who breached the secure perimeter and was shot dead, reports Fox’s @pdoocy. Tucker was reported missing by his parents and was LAST SEEN on Feburay 21st at 7:51pm. pic.twitter.com/xQv0kcAhJ4 — TV...

Trump Floats Backing Anti-Tehran Insurgency As Alternative To US Boots On Ground It's only day four of the US-Israeli 'Operation Epic Fury' and there's already talks of a ground war and insurgency in Iran. Of course, the White House is still saying it doesn't plan to send US boots on the ground (though is 'not ruling it out'), while also proclaiming the US wants regime change in Tehran, and the dismantling of the Islamic Republic as a state and system is a formal objective.  But as the Bush Necons learned in Iraq,...