Friday, August 7, 2026

Middle East outbound oil flows through both Straits are back down in the range of 6 million barrels per day if Bab-el-Mandeb is now indeed a return to the pre-war level

 It appears that there is nothing extra coming out of the Red Sea anymore, diverted by Saudi Arabia west to Yanbu.

UAE moved 0.95 mbpd through Hormuz in July 2026, but 2.28 mbpd out of Fujairah which doesn't go through Hormuz, which would be in addition to the now ~6 million through Hormuz, yielding 8.28 mbpd approximately, as we speak.

That's 62% off the pre-war level of ~22 mbpd out of the Middle East.

Trump not vanquishing the Houthis in 2025 is America's chickens comin' home to roost.

 




Middle East tanker transits in JMIC Update 081 for July 30-August 5, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.1/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 7.9/day

 Agust. It's hot out there.

The collapse in full time jobs continues in July 2026

 Full time employment as a percentage of civilian noninstitutional population has collapsed from 54.67% working full time in July 2000 to 48.97% in July 2026.

Just adding one full percentage point working full time in July 2026, effectively getting us to 50%, would mean 2.75 million more people working full time.

Where are they? At the movies making Christopher Nolan rich? 

When it comes to all employment, both full and part time, as a percentage of population, July 2026 might as well be the summer of 1969, with just 59.13% working at any job.

And don't @me with the multiple jobholding bs.

5.4% of the employed worked multiple jobs in July 2026, 8.69 million.

2.16 million had two part time jobs.

4.77 million full timers also worked a part time job.

Just 0.473 million full time go-getters took away a second full time job from someone else. 

It is just staggering how much this country is not working up to its potential.

 

OMG, Grindr to improve back-end tools

 Grindr’s AI spend is paying off and its pricey new tier has had some surprises, CEO says

LGBTQ-focused dating platform Grindr is using AI to develop new premium subscription products and improve back-end tools. ...

The Trump administration specializes in inflating everything

 GAO finds Elon Musk’s DOGE inflated claims of $110 billion in savings for federal government

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Chairman Tucker unveils his propaganda slogans

 Tucker Carlson unveils 10-point manifesto amid third-party speculation

 

Fair!

Sovereign!

Productive!

Beautiful!

Healthy!

Honest!

Optimistic!

Wise!

Decent!

United!

 

Hm. Now where'd he get all that?



 

 

In the Democrat primary to run against incumbent Republican John Moolenaar, Ben Ambrose narrowly beat Jamie Hill who ran on a return to normalcy lol

 




Trump: Our socialism goooood, their socialism baaaaad

House Republican Rips Trump Admin Taking Stakes In 30 Private Companies: ‘Not the Conservative Position’
 
... In the clip Bacon shared, Lincicome fumed, “The reality is that, since last June, we’ve gone from the government owning zero shares in zero private companies to now owning equity stakes in 30 different companies. In some cases, the government is now the largest shareholder.” ...
 
It's pretty hard to run against Abdul's proposal for a 50% federal ownership stake in AI companies with a 50%+1 federal presence on their boards of directors when you do the same thing, which is probably why no one is talking about Abdul's proposal. 

These were dogwhistles from Abdul El-Sayed to his base which thinks Jews and their money drive war with Iran, genocide in Gaza, and apartheid in Israel

 It's all so Michigan, amirite?

The U.S. Senate seat from Michigan is beside the point. It's merely a stepping stone.

He's running for president, on the Obama model, but with a higher purpose in mind.

It's a Jihad to remove America as Israel's protector. 

 


Man, this was clearly a homosexual slur from Abdul, a dogwhistle to his base of support, he just left out the butt in butt-boy

 


A true believer will often transition seamlessly from one extreme cause to another because the psychological need for blind faith remains identical

 


Why do Jews in America need protection . . . from this man?

 


Private payrolls: The trend for additions has been flat to only slightly down since the November 2024 election

 


The four week moving average of initial claims for unemployment hasn't been lower since October 2022

198,750 August 1, 2026

197,500 October 1, 2022

See previous post.

 😏 

 

Initial claims for unemployment are the lowest since October 2022 at 171,246

But go off about how bad everything is.

Good morning to everyone except the bourgeoisie, which cheated to get through college and is going to vote for Abdul