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Gold and Geopolitics: March, 19-21: God is a comedian
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Warren Wells, AICP
@warrenjwells.bsky.social
How can this go on for another 3 years?
Jim Teeth
@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
· 10h
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.
I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.
This summary is just fantastic.
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
no01.substack.com
3:46 PM · Mar 22, 2026
@warrenjwells.bsky.social
How can this go on for another 3 years?
Jim Teeth
@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
· 10h
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.
I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.
This summary is just fantastic.
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
no01.substack.com
3:46 PM · Mar 22, 2026
How can this go on for another 3 years?
— Warren Wells, AICP (@warrenjwells.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T19:46:09.079Z
Jim Teeth
@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.
I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.
This summary is just fantastic.
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
no01.substack.com
8:56 AM · Mar 22, 2026
@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.
I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.
This summary is just fantastic.
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
no01.substack.com
8:56 AM · Mar 22, 2026
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.
— Jim Teeth (@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T12:56:37.578Z
I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.
This summary is just fantastic.
Gold and Geopolitics
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
Mar 21, 2026
It is a well-established fact that the universe has a sense of humour. It is less well-established, but increasingly obvious, that the humour is of the kind best enjoyed from a great distance, like, let’s say the moon.
Three weeks into the Iran war, reality has passed through the looking glass, out the other side, and is now selling tickets to the gift shop. What follows is not satire. Satire requires exaggeration, and you cannot exaggerate something that is already operating at maximum absurdity. This is simply the news, and nothing but the news. Told straight, in a universe that has clearly stopped taking its medication.
The United States is sending 5,000 Marines into the Persian Gulf to seize Kharg Island, a speck of land 15 miles off the Iranian coast that handles 90% of Iran’s oil exports. This is, on paper, a reasonable military objective in the same way that sticking your hand into a beehive is a reasonable way to acquire honey. It is technically correct. The bees would disagree.
To reach Kharg Island, the Marines aboard the USS Tripoli and USS Boxer must first sail through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has mined. The strait is also, as of this week, a toll road. The IRGC verifies vessels on VHF radio and charges up to $2 million per transit, payable in cash, cryptocurrency, or barter. At least eight ships have paid. Iran’s parliament is legislating the arrangement formally, because even revolutionary theocracies require a compliance department.
{snip}
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
Mar 21, 2026
It is a well-established fact that the universe has a sense of humour. It is less well-established, but increasingly obvious, that the humour is of the kind best enjoyed from a great distance, like, let’s say the moon.
Three weeks into the Iran war, reality has passed through the looking glass, out the other side, and is now selling tickets to the gift shop. What follows is not satire. Satire requires exaggeration, and you cannot exaggerate something that is already operating at maximum absurdity. This is simply the news, and nothing but the news. Told straight, in a universe that has clearly stopped taking its medication.
The United States is sending 5,000 Marines into the Persian Gulf to seize Kharg Island, a speck of land 15 miles off the Iranian coast that handles 90% of Iran’s oil exports. This is, on paper, a reasonable military objective in the same way that sticking your hand into a beehive is a reasonable way to acquire honey. It is technically correct. The bees would disagree.
To reach Kharg Island, the Marines aboard the USS Tripoli and USS Boxer must first sail through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has mined. The strait is also, as of this week, a toll road. The IRGC verifies vessels on VHF radio and charges up to $2 million per transit, payable in cash, cryptocurrency, or barter. At least eight ships have paid. Iran’s parliament is legislating the arrangement formally, because even revolutionary theocracies require a compliance department.
{snip}