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The DUmpster / Re: The Jack Smith hearing is backfiring spectacularly
« Last post by RonE on September 30, 2026, 01:46:05 PM »
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orangecrush (33,285 posts)

The Jack Smith hearing is backfiring spectacularly

Did orangecrush get his perspective through the filtered MSM, The View, Jimmy Kimmel, and just believe it?

Or, if orangecrush actually watched any amount of the Smith hearing, (s)he can't comprehend information with any objectivity at all.
like being brainwashed, or retarded, or both.

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The DUmpster / Re: Revolution is in the air...on Fox News....in Iran
« Last post by ADsOutburst on September 30, 2026, 01:41:05 PM »
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Nothing new I know...

Correct. It doesn't sound like the Jack Smith hearings provided anything new, not that would benefit the Democrats, anyway.
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The DUmpster / Revolution is in the air...on Fox News....in Iran
« Last post by CC27 on September 30, 2026, 12:56:00 PM »
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underpants (199,521 posts)

Revolution is in the air...on Fox News....in Iran

I check Fox’s website from time to time to see what’s going on in that world. Yesterday they had almost nothing on the Jack Smith hearing. You had to go to a separate tab to find a mention of it.

The main story was MOTORCYCLE GANGS IN TEHRAN with sub-stories about the same. This has been a common top story for a few weeks there. Openly taken photographs of people in motorcycles.

I flipped over to talk radio today. Kilmeade’s show - there go a few brain cells. He talked about it. The 3PM host on Fox News Martha McCallum was on, she talked about. There was an audio clip on Fox’s favorite Gen. Jack Keane - he says it’s pretty simple, a CIA operation to smuggle guns in. GUNS! That’s all it will take and the Iranians will do the rest. We just provide air cover.

It’s like they are running a Psy Ops on the viewers. Nothing new I know but they are all in on this.

https://democraticunderground.com/100221535234

What is your damn point
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General Discussion / In Today's News: Gulf Oil Exports 'Fully Recover to 2025 Levels'
« Last post by SVPete on September 30, 2026, 11:34:24 AM »
In Today's News: Gulf Oil Exports 'Fully Recover to 2025 Levels'

https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/09/30/in-todays-news-gulf-oil-exports-fully-recover-to-2025-levels-n3819466

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Well...hello.

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Crude oil flows from the Middle East are returning toward pre-war levels despite continued risks to shipping, according to separate estimates from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

“The Middle East’s oil export arteries are flowing again,” JPMorgan analysts including Natasha Kaneva said in a Sept. 29 note. That’s “a remarkable recovery for a region still at war,” although it’s been uneven, they said.

It sounds as if nearly every cylinder was firing and the Saudi repairs to drone-damaged pipelines were completed much more expeditiously than anticipated.

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...The global oil market is zeroed in on the volumes of oil and products coming out of the region as the conflict between the US and Iran enters its eighth month. In addition to shipments going via the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia has managed to restore about half the flows on its East-West pipeline after damage earlier this month to the cross-country conduit, which feeds its Red Sea ports.

1. This information is not sourced from a blog like Gateway or Fox News. Bloomberg, et al are pretty mainstream, though I'm sure some DU-grade Progs will reject this info as Reich-Wing.

2. Was the damage to the Saudi pipeline exaggerated by anti-Trump MSM? Or did the Saudi's borrow some C-17s to help transport repair equipment (or have other assistance from the US)?

3. Oil prices, depending on grade, have fallen $5-$10 a barrel the past few days, so DU-grade Progs will be frustrated by gas prices going down again. If oil exports, by whatever means, continue at the same or greater rate, prices may go down even more.
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Breaking News / Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 9/30
« Last post by SVPete on September 30, 2026, 11:16:17 AM »
Shades of 9/11: FlyDubai Pilot Attempts Hijacking, Mass Destruction

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/09/30/flydubai-pilot-attempts-hijacking-mass-destruction-n3819464

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Imagine if Flight 93 had had a happy ending. Israel and Saudi Arabia may have just experienced their own version, 25 years later.

The Wall Street Journal reports cautiously on what appears to be a terrorist hijacking over Israel. Their report notes a "struggle" in the cockpit, a steep dive, and an intervention by passengers to resolve it:

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Pilots on a FlyDubai flight to Israel were injured after a struggle in the cockpit that sent the plane into a steep dive before it made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

FlyDubai, the sister airline to the long-haul carrier Emirates, didn’t explain what happened in the flight for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, only saying that it “experienced an incident while en route.” Flight FZ1073 landed in Tabuk in western Saudi Arabia and “all passengers are safe and accounted for,” the carrier added.

A statement from the Tabuk airport said “the captain and the co-pilot sustained injuries and were transported to the hospital for necessary medical care.” It did not elaborate on the cause of the injuries.

The Times of Israel has a much more robust account of the attempted hijacking. The terrorist turns out to be the FlyDubai co-pilot, hired less than a year earlier, on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. After stabbing the captain, the co-pilot dove the plane 17,000 feet until passengers breached the cockpit and saved their own lives, not to mention whatever the co-pilot may have aimed the plane at in Saudi Arabia or Israel:

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A commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a bloody clash in the cockpit that Israeli officials suspect was an attempt to wrest control of the plane and crash it in an act of terrorism. None of the 180-odd passengers, most of whom were Israeli, were reported injured.

People who were on the plane, and loved ones to whom they’d spoken, told Hebrew media that it appeared the flight’s copilot had stabbed the captain, at which point the plane went out of control. The plane initially plummeted some 17,000 feet in under a minute.

A group of Israeli passengers managed to storm the cockpit, subdued the stabber and stabilized the plane, witnesses said. Daniel, an Israeli passenger, said another pair of pilots, who were on the plane, took control of the flight. About an hour later, it landed in Saudi Arabia.

FlyDubai might be more thorough in the future in its screening of prospective employees, pilots and aircrew especially.

What Are the Odds? Russian and Ukrainian Pilots Save Hijacked Flight to Israel.

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/30/what-are-the-odds-russianukrainian-pilots-saved-hijacked-flight-to-israel-n4957798

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In an extraordinary example of individuals from hostile countries working together to save lives, Israeli media that spoke with airport authorities are saying that the alternate pilot crew who landed a hijacked flight safely included a Russian and a Ukrainian.

Israel Hayom identified the brave off-duty pilots’ nationalities after speaking with officials at the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The temporarily hijacked FlyDubai flight was headed for Tel Aviv in Israel, with many Israeli passengers, but after the violent incident it diverted to Tabuk for an emergency landing.

There was some initial confusion about the nationality of all the pilots on board the aircraft, as multiple outlets at first reported that the two pilots fighting in the cockpit and causing the near-crash were Russian and Ukrainian. New details indicate that the attacking co-pilot is Omani and the stabbed pilot is Emirati. Oman has been consistently supportive of the Iranian regime in its ongoing conflict with Israel this year. Israel Hayom clarified that there was a Russian and Ukrainian pilot crew on board, but that they were off duty and only took control when the other pilots were unable to do so because of their fight.
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Jack Smith Crossed the Line: 87 White House Phones and 17 Major News Outlets Swept Up in Dragnet

https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/09/29/jack-smith-crossed-the-line-87-white-house-phones-and-major-news-outlets-swept-up-in-dragnet-n2207511

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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning, and Chairman Chuck Grassley wasted little time revealing new details about the extraordinary reach of the investigation that eventually became Smith's election case against President Donald Trump.

The biggest revelation may be just how far investigators reached beyond Trump himself.

Grassley said investigators subpoenaed 87 phones belonging to Trump White House officials and obtained records containing communications with journalists at major news organizations, including CBS News, CNN, Fox News, the Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and The Federalist. CBS News reported the disclosure live from Tuesday's hearing.

That comes on top of the previously disclosed collection of phone records belonging to Republican members of Congress.

"In the end, Mr. Smith indicted one person," Grassley said Tuesday. "That one person was President Trump, but in the process, [he] successfully mapped out the Republican apparatus."

Grassley said the Justice Department and FBI ended up possessing "reams" of personal information involving "thousands" of Republicans, material he said was not disclosed in Smith's final report.
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The DUmpster / Re: I just watched Senator Dirtbag Schmidt.....
« Last post by SVPete on September 30, 2026, 10:59:39 AM »
I don't know the full story, but Schmidt did have wrong information - set-up? - and got corrected during the hearing.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 9/27
« Last post by RonE on September 30, 2026, 10:44:54 AM »
Trump Terminates Biden's EV Mandate, Promises Cheaper Cars for American Families

https://townhall.com/news/scott-mcclallen/2026/09/26/trump-terminates-bidens-ev-mandate-promises-cheaper-cars-for-american-families-n2683657

How mandating what types and percentages of cars could be sold was constitutional, I don't get, but Detroit has been caving to DC's legally dubious mandates for decades.

I suspect the largest, and therefore the most connected corporations facing unrealistic gov regulations agree because these new regulations squash out less established competitors. The large corps. maintain their cozy government relationships knowing they won't need to meet these regulations. Smaller companies bail out due to inability to meet the standards. The big ones, also not able to meet the new regs, continue business as usual. The only change is the government has picked the winners. Smaller companies aren't solvent enough, or connected enough and eventually disappear.
The big companies win by the elimination of competition. Kind of how independent businesses were forced to close while the giants remained open during the covid shut down.
I remember unrealistic Biden-era smog regulations for highway diesels being embraced by Cummins. They couldn't meet the new standards either. But, they were big enough to play along while smaller companies fell out. When the smoke cleared, Cummins benefitted with less competition. Kind of like Lowes, stayed open while the mom-n-pop hardware stores closed.
I may be wrong. But, I may be right.
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The DUmpster / I just watched Senator Dirtbag Schmidt.....
« Last post by CC27 on September 30, 2026, 07:37:10 AM »
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imanamerican63 (16,859 posts)

I just watched Senator Dirtbag Schmidt.....

walking back his lame excuse of not knowing what basketball game they were trying to trap Jack Smith up with! It was a clip on YouTube.

What diabolical idiot! He claims that wasn’t a mistake rather it was the same night that Atlanta Hawks played at home that very same night!

Why not just admit it, Dirtbag? You got caught trying to manipulate the game of reality and made up a factual lie?

Manufactured evidence to justify your claim is actually a false accusation and in court of public opinion? You’re just not a dirtbag? You’re a scum filled senator wasting the taxpayer money on a frivolous bogus lie!

Pathetic and disgraceful!

https://democraticunderground.com/100221534710

Making shit up again I see
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The DUmpster / Re: The Jack Smith hearing is backfiring spectacularly
« Last post by Old n Grumpy on September 30, 2026, 06:04:46 AM »
He needs to spend some time in jail. he's an evil corrupt individual! :rant:
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