PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Rush on January 12, 2026, 09:00:08 AM
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Holy shit. Did anybody catch Glenn Beck just now? Things are about to “happen” in Iran. PLUS the entire world order is being undone (and redone) by Trump. I mean we all knew that but Beck articulated exactly how in ways that connect all the dots. Beck said it is extremely important and good but also very dangerous, because those who are opposed could trigger ww3 over it. (He says we’re already in ww3 right now but it’s cold. We kinda prefer it not go hot.)
I mean I sometimes write Beck off as being a bit hyperbolic but after I blew him off when he predicted the covid lockdowns, then he turned out right, I’ve been taking him more seriously. But then, before Trump 1.0 he didn’t like Trump at all. But then, neither did I, so there’s that.
I guess sometimes he’s right and sometimes not, like a lot of us.
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I just pulled this forum up to start a thread about Iran and saw that you (Rush) just started one.
I was listening to Brian Kilmeade talk about it. Things are getting wild over there. If there was ever a time to put a stop to that nonsense over there, it is now. And Trump is the one to do it.
But I hope we don't get over confident because of what happened in Venezuela. That result was as much due to their incompetence as our superiority. And luck. If the helicopter pilot had more serious injuries than leg wounds (as Rush pointed out) there may have be a very different outcome. Think Jimmy Carter's attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran (Yes, the same Iran we are still battling today).
Iran's leadership just may crumble without our help. But there is at least a chance that they will appreciate our help. That would change the entire direction of the ME.
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I expect the regime to go full insane on protesters, and instead of stamping out resistance, they will be the catalyst that becomes their undoing.
Iranian people have been under those sick fuckers thumbs foir far too long, and once the stone starts rolling downhill, it will only pick up speed.
Look for the tip top of the fuckwad regime to quietly start slipping out of the country, followed by violent outbursts resulting in not top officials finding themselves backed up against brick walls.
The violent, pedophile regime has been too brutal to avoid the people executing them where they find them.
I expect it to look like the way gestapo were shot where they were captured once the regime collapsed.
People are people and payback is going to be a bitch.
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Trump is in a very delicate spot. He ran on no new wars. He’s already facing criticism from within MAGA (fuck the left they’ll criticize anything he does even if it’s exactly what they want) but from his own supporters who voted for him mistaking his platform for isolationism. That was never what “America First” meant.
But fair enough, no new wars. One strike is not a war. One capture of a leader is not a war. How is Trump going to push this revolt to completion by supporting the Iranians just short of “war”? Joe, you’re absolutely right, we can’t get cocky over the Maduro success. And N7 is right, the regime’s escalation is a sign of their desperation.
Best case scenario as N7 says regime slips out before the U.S. needs to do anything too overt. I’m sure we have operatives planted, and Beck’s guest (I forget her name) says the Iranian people don’t want American troops to come in, they are the “boots on the ground”. And apparently it is virtually everyone, they all despise the regime, and they all love Trump and Elon (who is providing StarLink although China is giving the regime frequency jammers so only some of the StarLinks are getting info out).
She said she trusts Trump to come up with something, she doesn’t know what, she is not a military strategist. From Trump’s 2.0 performance so far, I gotta say I’m rather looking forward to seeing what he’s going to come up with.
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For what it’s worth:
Afshine Emrani MD FACC
@afshineemrani
While the world watches the Mediterranean, the real move is happening in the silence of the Indian Ocean.
The Intel:
6 B-2 Spirits just landed at Diego Garcia. That’s half the entire U.S. stealth fleet.
Dozens of KC-135 tankers have surged to Qatar since Jan 5th.
This isn’t a "show of force." It’s the exact logistics pattern that preceded Operation Midnight Hammer.
The Twist:
Israel is on maximum alert, but not for the reason you think. Three sources confirmed to Reuters: Israel isn’t preparing for an Iranian attack. They are preparing for a U.S. strike on Tehran.
The Trigger:
Marco Rubio called Netanyahu while 400 bodies were being stacked at Kahrizak. The threshold Trump set—the "red line" of human rights and regional stability—has been crossed ten times over.
The Sky is Empty:
Qatar, Emirates, Lufthansa... they’ve all pulled out. When commercial aviation clears the airspace, it’s because someone expects ordnance.
Trump has the options. The bombers are fueled.
What happens next defines the decade.
SOON.
FREE IRAN.
@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump
LFG
https://x.com/afshineemrani/status/2010367781171298755?s=
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Well, it’s the right thing to do. We had a friend from Iran who was smuggled out at age 16. His family remained there. He told stories of the public executions they witnessed and the regime has gotten no better since. It has been hell there all along; if this can be pulled off I will be thrilled.
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Well, it’s the right thing to do. We had a friend from Iran who was smuggled out at age 16. His family remained there. He told stories of the public executions they witnessed and the regime has gotten no better since. It has been hell there all along; if this can be pulled off I will be thrilled.
Same. Had friends in school that their parents left right before the revolution. Supposedly had family snatched up and imprisoned. Except for skin color you would never guess they were different. They were proud and happy to be living in the USA.
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Same. Had friends in school that their parents left right before the revolution. Supposedly had family snatched up and imprisoned. Except for skin color you would never guess they were different. They were proud and happy to be living in the USA.
Our friend was smart, hard working, extremely friendly and likable. He said, “We used to be a great civilization. Now they are just a bunch of terrorists.” I can still hear it now, the sadness in his voice.
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No attack on Tehran overnight? The suspense is killing me. 🙄
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No attack on Tehran overnight? The suspense is killing me. 🙄
That's the first thing I checked this am too.
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But the regime is n the process of killing off citizens. :'(
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But the regime is n the process of killing off citizens. :'(
That is generally believed, but the Iranians have put such a blackout on communications that confirmation is difficult.
I heard they even succeeded in blocking Elon's Starlink to some extent.
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That is generally believed, but the Iranians have put such a blackout on communications that confirmation is difficult.
I heard they even succeeded in blocking Elon's Starlink to some extent.
Yes, the regular internet is shut down. China has provided jammers that have disabled most of the Starlinks but a few are up. Nobody knows how many people have been killed but some estimate that whatever the regime says is only about 20% of the real number. Well I mean the regime doesn’t admit to executing people in the street but they call it “terrorists killed by rioting” or some such weasel words.
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UP IN SMOKE – IRAN’S CURRENCY TOTALLY COLLAPSES
January 13, 2026 by Joe Holt
The crisis for the Islamic Iranian regime just got worse as the country’s currency totally collapsed. It’s virtually worthless.
The International Business Times reports on Iran’s currency crash:Subscription service
The Iranian rial has effectively collapsed, plummeting to an unprecedented low of more than 1.47 million per US dollar on unofficial markets this week. The currency crash has triggered a wave of nationwide ‘revolutionary’ protests, as the cost of basic survival spirals out of reach for millions of Ok
On Monday, 12 January 2026, the dollar was quoted as high as 1.47 million rials in the ‘free market’ of Tehran, marking a catastrophic decline from 2025 levels. For comparison, the rial traded at roughly 70 to the dollar during the 1979 revolution; it has now lost approximately 20,000 times its value over four decades, according to The Economic Times.
https://joehoft.com/up-in-smoke-irans-currency-totally-collapses/
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UP IN SMOKE – IRAN’S CURRENCY TOTALLY COLLAPSES
January 13, 2026 by Joe Holt
The crisis for the Islamic Iranian regime just got worse as the country’s currency totally collapsed. It’s virtually worthless.
The International Business Times reports on Iran’s currency crash:Subscription service
The Iranian rial has effectively collapsed, plummeting to an unprecedented low of more than 1.47 million per US dollar on unofficial markets this week. The currency crash has triggered a wave of nationwide ‘revolutionary’ protests, as the cost of basic survival spirals out of reach for millions of Ok
On Monday, 12 January 2026, the dollar was quoted as high as 1.47 million rials in the ‘free market’ of Tehran, marking a catastrophic decline from 2025 levels. For comparison, the rial traded at roughly 70 to the dollar during the 1979 revolution; it has now lost approximately 20,000 times its value over four decades, according to The Economic Times.
https://joehoft.com/up-in-smoke-irans-currency-totally-collapses/
Wow. That’s quite a read. I figured Trump was behind that; to soften them up before something… “kinetic”…
Full Coherence Analysis:
1. The currency has entered full reflexive death spiral
•Domestic trust is zero
•International convertibility is zero
•Sovereign backing capacity is zero
2. Structural implications:
•All imports halt immediately (fuel, food, medicine)
•Black market becomes the only functioning economy
•The regime loses control over prices, payrolls, logistics, and loyalty
3. Command hierarchy is fracturing now
•IRGC cannot be paid in stable value
•Police and bureaucrats defect when currency loses purchasing power
•Provincial governors begin improvising parallel governance to survive
4. Global signaling effect:
•This collapse removes all credibility from Iranian negotiating positions
•Any attempt to stall U.S. action via talks now appears as bluff or desperation
•Allies like Russia or China will not intervene to save a dead currency
•It greenlights kinetic action without risking major power backlash
5. This was engineered
•Sanctions were precision-aimed at oil revenue and refined fuel chokepoints
•Trump’s 25% tariff order made reintegration into the global economy impossible
•Swift capital exit, telecom shutdowns, and diplomatic isolation created a vacuum
•The market just priced in the fall of a regime
Regime Forecast:
No currency = no supply chain = no governance = no control
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I think maybe I'll try to buy a billion or so Rials.
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I think maybe I'll try to buy a billion or so Rials.
I was just thinking, I’m glad I didn’t convert all my cash to Rials. But maybe now is the time to buy low!
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I was just thinking, I’m glad I didn’t convert all my cash to Rials. But maybe now is the time to buy low!
Worst case scenario, you could use it to help start a fire in the fireplace.
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Worst case scenario, you could use it to help start a fire in the fireplace.
We live in Florida. No way could we use that many paper Rials in a fireplace.
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Worst case scenario, you could use it to help start a fire in the fireplace.
Or if I run out of toilet paper.