25 March 2026
Here’s exactly what will happen from here with the Iran situation: I have no fucking idea
24 March 2026
A trader executed $1.5 billion in futures orders 14 minutes before a presidential Truth Social post moved markets.
- The trades generated $60 million in profit by anticipating a 2.5% S&P jump and 6% oil drop.
- The CFTC currently operates with only 1 of 5 commissioners preventing regulatory voting or oversight.
- Traders utilize a “TACO” pattern to profit from predictable cycles of presidential escalation and capitulation.
- A 90-second phone call provided the context for the $1.5 billion position entry.
- Government officials and relatives of leadership participate in similar high-volume trading and prediction markets.
- The actor describes these coordinated information advantages as intentional market infrastructure rather than systemic failure.
A classic example of wealth transfer through pre-coordinated timing.
23 March 2026
It is a little sad that I so rarely update these pages now – the AOB used to be almost my online diary and was always a good place to put short news items that did not fit elsewhere.
This is from Aviation Circle on Facebook:
“An Emirates Airbus A380 and a Saudia Airbus A321 were both struck while parked at Dubai International Airport during the early stages of Iran’s retaliatory attacks, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing people familiar with the incidents.
No commercial airliners have been shot down since the conflict began. But the damage to two commercial jets on the ground at one of the world’s busiest airports shows just how vulnerable major aviation hubs in the region have become, according to Anadolu Agency.
The UAE has since designated specific flight corridors for pilots, prepared air traffic controllers to rapidly divert aircraft, and deployed fighter jets to protect civilian airliners from incoming drones, according to the WSJ.
Dubai Airport has been hit multiple times. On March 1, a concourse sustained structural damage and four airport workers were injured, according to Reuters. On March 16, a drone struck a fuel tank near the airport, temporarily shutting down all flights, according to Al Jazeera. Three private planes were also destroyed last week at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport after missile shrapnel fell on the airfield, according to Ynet News.
Emirates, the world’s largest A380 operator, has had dozens of its superjumbos stranded at airports around the world since the airspace closures began.”