Who me? Never.

Yes, dont you know “Fisherman?” Is all you need to justify murdering dudes in boats who may or may not be drug runners. Also their boats look like drug boats so fuck em

Bless your heart, I hope you have a better day tomorrow.

The U.S. doesn’t run Venezuelan oil — it regulates who gets to touch it. The Treasury’s OFAC sanctions don’t control production; they choke the financial and logistical pipelines around it. That’s Washington’s leverage — not ownership, but gatekeeping. Venezuela nationalized its oil industry back in the 1970s, and PDVSA still owns every barrel that comes out of the ground.

Right now, the only American company still operating there is Chevron, and even they’re basically on probation. Their projects run under a temporary OFAC license that can be pulled at any time, and they’re not allowed to pay the Maduro government directly. Everything has to go through a U.S.-approved escrow system.

Meanwhile, most of Venezuela’s actual oil exports move outside U.S. reach entirely — crude swapped through China, blended with Iranian condensate, shipped under flags of convenience on ghost fleets that never report their location. That’s not American control; that’s a global workaround to avoid it.

So yeah, the U.S. has influence — financial choke points, compliance pressure, and the ability to turn Chevron’s tap on or off. But control? No. PDVSA owns the wells, China and Iran move the barrels, and OFAC just decides who’s allowed to touch the money.

Edit: Please, I encourage you to fact-check me. Informed decision-making is the key to equitable governance.

Oh, well, bombs away then!

If it works it works

They will keep killing fishermen until Venezuela takes action, and then its ok to invade for that sweet sweet oil. Drill baby drill! USA USA USA!

But does it fuck?

This will be fun to watch over the next few years.

Russia, China, and all their friends will sink arms and money into Iran like the West has for Ukraine. Welcome to the Mirror Wars.

“It is so malapropos for the great dynasties to fight in the open. They must find a smaller country to invade so they may fight it out unabashed and with gusto while not irradiating their homeland.” - The Fart of War by Tun Szu

Sounds like something one of Putin’s puppets would say.

Top countries are working on it right now, top countries.

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 5000000000000000 times: this Russian government has absolutely no intention of making peace until 100% of the former Soviet Bloc is Russia again. There will be no peace in Ukraine until it is Russian. There will be no peace in Eastern Europe until it is Russian. I have a sinking suspicion there will be no peace on the Asian continent until it is Russian.

We are in that section of the wheel where Empires are lusted after and built on the backs of the people. Good luck.

I expected this war 20 years ago, I am surprised they kept their pants on this long. These two stay trying to fuck.

This is going to be a tough conversation when they call. The farm takes up most of my day and at night I like a cup of tea, I might not be able to devote myself full time to being Pope.

Edit: that was easier than I thought it would be. They called and I told them straight up I didn’t have time to be pope. They said they figured I would turn them down so they had a guy from Chicago as a back up.

Don’t forget your lube Ukraine, you are about to get proper fucked and Uncle Samuel does not provide it for you.

This is my favorite thing about life. It doesn’t matter who, what, how much, or where we all end up dead. You can be rich or poor and in 1000 years still end up buried in a garbage dump.

AM, FM, NOAA Weather band plus Alert, Shortwave (2300 - 26100 kHz), VHF Aviation. I will dig it out and take a picture when I get home. I don’t know shit about radios so maybe I am explaining it wrong.

Just a little AM/FM Shortwave radio like the ones C Crane makes. You can get them off Alibaba or one of those sites for under $50. They do AM, FM, NOAA Weather band plus Alert, Shortwave (2300 - 26100 kHz), VHF Aviation.

I used mine during Harvey and I keep one in my hunting bag for listening to whatever I can find in the evenings when we aren’t hunting especially if we are in some far-flung place.