It’s springtime on the farm…so no end of projects, far too many to accomplish, and such is life. Can I just say it? I really do not want to be forced to become a subsistence farmer. Let’s all pray that whatever dark forces are working to disrupt, if not destroy, life are defeated before they accomplish all of their goals.
No War This Weekend!
I was pretty worried all weekend that we’d see a resumption in kinetic warfare between the US, Israel, and Iran.
Trump put out this Tweet on Sunday, and oil futures jumped:
Trump also put out an enormous array of cringey Tweets; here are three of them glued together by me:
(Source – TruthSocial- DJT)
Iran also put out some stern warnings this weekend, indicating that the rhetoric war was back in full swing:
🦁☀️ A MESSAGE FROM IRAN ☀️🦁OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS, THE WORLD MAY WITNESS THE POWER OF IRAN’S RESPONSE.🇮🇷⚔️ REPORTS SUGGEST TEHRAN HAS PLACED ITS MISSILE AND DRONE FORCES ON HIGH ALERT, WARNING THAT ANY AGGRESSION BY THE U.S. OR ISRAEL WILL BE MET WITH OVERWHELMING… pic.twitter.com/6V2JLHD4G5
— Iran NewsFeed (@IranNewsFeedX) May 17, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: THE PERSIAN GULF JUST TURNED INTO A WAR ZONE 🌊⚠️🇮🇷 Iran has reportedly deployed deep-water and stealth submarines across the Strait of Hormuz — the world’s most critical oil chokepoint.⚓ “Silent hunters” are now said to be operating beneath international shipping… pic.twitter.com/zHikgVdE5t
— Iran NewsFeed (@IranNewsFeedX) May 17, 2026
CNN reported on Saturday that Iranian targets are being selected:
🇮🇷 🇺🇸 THE WAR IS BACK 💀CNN is reporting that the US 🇺🇸 and Israeli 🇮🇱 military officials are preparing targets for possible strikes on Iran 🇮🇷 as early as next weekThe war never ended, Iran 🇮🇷 shouldn’t have agreed to a ceasefire. Now they have replenished & ready to STRIKE pic.twitter.com/zayS5O16Bk
— . (@LBGamestips) May 16, 2026
Israel’s Channel 13 says that war preparations have begun:
JUST IN: DOZENS OF US MILITARY CARGO PLANES LOADED WITH AMMUNITION HAVE LANDED IN TEL AVIV OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS Israeli channel 13 says the deliveries are part of preparations for a renewed war on Iran.- Israeli Channel 13 pic.twitter.com/wX3ANzUolM
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) May 18, 2026
SO maybe war is coming, but I’m thrilled it didn’t come this weekend, because I was super busy on the farm.
Iran Helping With Trump’s Market Manipulation?
For some reason, Iran keeps sending out oil bearish and market-friendly ‘news’ right before market open, and this Monday was no exception:
🚨 BREAKING:🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian state media reports the U.S. has agreed to waive Iranian oil sanctions in its latest negotiating text.- Washington previously refused this. The new text marks a significant shift- The U.S. proposal would lift OFAC sanctions temporarily during the… https://t.co/FmmNolpTnF pic.twitter.com/VPlpqK7eN2
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 18, 2026
Oil was immediately slammed in the US ““markets.””
And US Stock futures spiked out of the red and safely into the green:
I would not be surprised to find out that (a) the news is completely false and made up by
by mike-from-jersey 
