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Back to episode — Episode 2623 CWSA 10/09/24

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ly a few. I'm going to rule out the option that there were only a few. Do you know why? Because if Wray had said it's standard procedure to embed some resources in an event like this, we had a few resources, they were there to watch, they did not participate in anything that would make it worse. Now if that were true, would it be a problem if he said so? If he said there were a few, I don't want t…

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them to bomb some meaningless military targets just to say they hit them back. I don't think that Israel is going to take on the oil refineries because that would change the politics in the United States really quickly. So if you're Israel and you want support from the American citizens, you don't want to increase the price of our gas. So I'm pretty sure Netanyahu understands that lesson of persuasion. If there's one thing you can't do, do not increase the cost of our gas at the moment, especially. There might have been a time when gas was cheap and everybody could pay their rent, you know, maybe you could take a risk on that. But today if Israel bombs something and the news tells you that it made your gas go up 10 cents, you're going to be pissed. And that would be a disaster for Israel. So I think that the oil refineries are probably safe.

I wouldn't be surprised if Israel has gone after the Houthis yet. Probably have. We just don't know about it. But maybe Israel will just wipe out the Houthis instead of hitting Iran's homeland. Something like that. I wouldn't rule that out. It might be the Houthis are going to have a bad week. We'll see. We'll see. And that would make us happier I think because the Houthis are making our costs go up with their putting a risk on the shipping.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, that's all I go

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t for you today. Went way too long again. And I'm going to talk to the Locals people privately because they're awesome. All right, and I'll see the rest of you next, well tomorrow I guess. So if you're on X or YouTube. And by the way, a reminder, the Dilbert 2025 page-a-day calendar that now has comics on both sides, so the Dilbert Reborns are on the back, is available only at a link you can find…

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