The yanko and jingo-centric podcasters are being overtaken by the political realism of events. This is forcing a change of calculation in how the apparently powerless can and do defeat the apparently omnipotent without beating their chests, flogging their backs, or putting their adversaries’ heads in baskets.

Bribery of President Donald Trump, his sons and son-in-law, and their associates is also proving its value as a warfighting tactic. Those Americans will always retreat from the front to their counting houses so long as they are persuaded there will be more money to count if they go backwards rather than forwards.

Click to view or listen to the new podcast, produced in Iran on Tuesday evening:

Here’s the evidence:

M + V + B = P  -that’s Money plus Votes plus Bullets (Blood) equal Power (Powerlessness)

Sources: https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/ and  https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/issues/inflation 

The failure of the Arab states to agree on how to deal with the pressing war threats is demonstrated in this communiqué of the Delhi summit meeting of foreign ministers on January 31:  

Mentions: Iran=0, Russia=0, Israel-1, nuclear arms=0, BRICS=0, Saudi war with UAE=0, Yemen=0.

The Trump tweet that twitched the Saudi-Pakistan alliance:  

HOW NOT TO NEGOTIATE — THE HAND BASKET REVIEW OF THE LAST 48 HOURS IN US, IRANIAN, RUSSIAN, ARAB, INDIAN AND PAKISTANI POLITICS

By John Helmer, Moscow
  @bears_with

The yanko and jingo-centric podcasters are being overtaken by the political realism of events. This is forcing a change of calculation in how the apparently powerless can and do defeat the apparently omnipotent without beating their chests, flogging their backs, or putting their adversaries’ heads in baskets.

Bribery of President Donald Trump, his sons and son-in-law, and their associates is also proving its value as a warfighting tactic. Those Americans will always retreat from the front to their counting houses so long as they are persuaded there will be more money to count if they go backwards rather than forwards.

Click to view or listen to the new podcast, produced in Iran on Tuesday evening:

Here’s the evidence:

• M + V + B = P  -that’s Money plus Votes plus Bullets (Blood) equal Power (Powerlessness)

Sources: https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/ and  https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/issues/inflation 

• The failure of the Arab states to agree on how to deal with the pressing war threats is demonstrated in this communiqué of the Delhi summit meeting of foreign ministers on January 31:  

Mentions: Iran=0, Russia=0, Israel-1, nuclear arms=0, BRICS=0, Saudi war with UAE=0, Yemen=0.

• The Trump tweet that twitched the Saudi-Pakistan alliance:   

Trump cuts Indian trade tariff penalty from 25% plus Russian oil penalty to 18%, one percentage point lower than Pakistan on the promise of deal terms which have yet to be finalized.

The Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) rising across western Pakistan:  

by Editor - Wednesday, February 4th, 2026