Venezuela under attack - Caracas - La Guaira

[GymnJuice]

I have no idea myself but a few have said that the Venezuelan heavy crude is costly to refine and getting it out of the ground in quantity will take heavy investment and time so it may take a while, several years, before it turns profitable. Some questions also if the companies are ready to invest at this time because of uncertainties and some said the tax payer will foot the bill, but this is just what I heard.

The refineries in Texas and Louisiana were built for heavy crude like Venezuela has. The fracking for lighter crude expanded after they were built.

This is all for oil.

[Irongrip400]

Forcible annexing of Greenland would trigger an international crisis
Rothwell says, “Trump has spoken about using economic or military means to acquire Greenland. The most obvious military means is the United States annexes Greenland in the same way that Russia has served to annex parts of eastern Ukraine. The President issues one of his executive orders, suggesting that he’s going to annex Greenland, and then orders the US military to effectively take over Greenland.”

There’s already a US military base on Greenland, Pituffik Space Base, specifically for space surveillance, missile detection and missile defence.

Rothwell says, “It’s not a regular US Air Force or other military base, but I’m sure that it could be used as a staging point for any US military takeover. We know that Greenland is virtually undefended, and that this President seems to be quite open to using what he sees to be his presidential powers. So the cost of that is just inconceivable in terms of how that would be received and seen by the international community. That would absolutely break the Western alliances if the United States was to go down that track. The ramifications for Australia, from the perspectives of international relations, foreign policy, and even defence, are just unimaginable.”

An invasion would theoretically trigger NATO’s Article 5, which states that an attack against one member state is an attack against them all.

Rothwell says it would also breach the North Atlantic Treaty, and that, “in itself, could trigger other NATO partners coming to the military aid of Denmark.”

This, he adds, is “just completely inconceivable.”

“The most likely situation is that Trump “seeks to entice the Greenlanders to come over to the United States’ way of thinking, either through a unilateral declaration of independence, or gradually working towards independence in collaboration with Denmark, and then an independent Greenland saying ‘we’d now like to very much join up and have some sort of security, defence and economic relationship with the United States’.”

This is madness and someone needs to tell Trump to shut the fuck up about Greenland.

[Dave D]

It’s been interesting watching Donny slowly transform into Prime.

[loco]

So much for Trump allegedly being Putin's poppet:   

U.S. seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela after weekslong pursuit

The United States has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic following a dramatic weekslong chase on the high seas.

The operation to seize the sanctioned vessel, which changed its name from the Bella 1 to the Marinera after fleeing the American blockade of Venezuela last month, was carried out early Wednesday. The U.S. also announced the seizure of another sanctioned tanker, the M/T Sophia, which it said was “conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean Sea.”

The Kremlin, a strong supporter of deposed President Nicolás Maduro, accused the U.S. of violating maritime law by seizing the Marinera.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/live/venezuela-live-updates-us-military-seizes-2-oil-tankers-trump-says-country-will-turn-over-up-to-50-million-barrels-142804718.html

[MajorDomo]

One analyst said if the US really stopped for example cocaine trafficking then we'll really have a problem since Capitol Hill runs on that stuff LOL.

Are the pics of Maduro smiling and doing the thumbs up with US law enforcement real? Kind of suspicious, as if he was in on it himself.

Your own country is a wreck yet you post anti Trump shit all the time. Your current prime minister Ulf Kristersson is a 5'6" homo- he makes his decisions by using Chat GPT, lol. And best yet, he is so impotent he adopted 3 kids from China. Maybe you ought to share that warehouse full of drugs you live off of and make him a real man 

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/07/swedens-prime-minister-uses-chatgpt-how-else-are-governments-using-chatbots

[Van_Bilderass]

Your own country is a wreck yet you post anti Trump shit all the time. Your current prime minister Ulf Kristersson is a 5'6" homo- he makes his decisions by using Chat GPT, lol. And best yet, he is so impotent he adopted 3 kids from China. Maybe you ought to share that warehouse full of drugs you live off of and make him a real man 

I've said that my country is a disaster and I can't even look at Swedish media due to it being so "fake." I didn't even remember he had adopted kids LOL. It's also under US's thumb as well as on board with all the EU/NATO current dictates. Sweden is a very Americanized country and Trump's actions dominate media here so I feel he's relevant for me to comment on. Sweden is all in on Trump's war in Ukraine for example. Why is it so offensive to you if I comment (while saying I'm no expert on whatever geopolitics etc)? And why is Trump so sacred to you? How do you feel about Trump's CIA targeting Putin's Valdai residence, alternatively his nuclear command center bunker with drones while acting as if this is Biden's war and he is merely a mediator between Ukraine and Russia and not a direct party to the conflict? Some like Flexacon would say I'm a ridiculous doomsayer but this seems like some dangerous games to me As I say all the time here, it's not just weak liberals who criticize Trump, lots of conservatives in the US do, even the MAGA base is split on the foreign military adventurism.

I'm on rather paltry HRT+. I'm poor and my testosterone has been given to me, there is no warehouse unfortunately. Can't even afford GH, not even some healing peptides like BPC-157 or TB-500. On top of being poor I'm sick so things certainly suck at the moment, I wish I had some drugs, even a little weed might help my pains but there's nothing

[Van_Bilderass]

One thing is for sure, she isn’t in on the alleged publicity stunt and wasn't happy at all

(Notice how they secured her with her hands cuffed in front, backs of the hands together, while he isn’t. )

Were the blindfolds and ear covers even necessary on the flight? What's he gonna do?

Hard to know what is real and what is theater.

Someone pointed out that he will appear in the courts that Trump was prosecuted in and which Trump railed against so that's pretty ironic. And what chance does he have? Zero, no way they could find him innocent, it will be a true show trial. Little actual reason to have any trial, no way will he be released back to Venezuela no matter what LOL.

[Lartinos]

Where is the market for this oil ?

A communist wasn’t going to power all these AI company’s data centers.

[obsidian]

• Ritter says the president is lying about Venezuela being a major fentanyl source and is falsely selling Maduro’s capture as a huge anti-drug victory.
• He claims the CIA bribed Venezuelan elites and military leaders, staging the operation so U.S. special forces could enter safely.
• He says the U.S. now effectively controls Venezuela through these bought-off officials, without dismantling the government.
• He argues Maduro’s indictment is legally weak and that Maduro may eventually be released or sent into exile.
• He claims a recent drone strike in Russia was a CIA-run operation approved by the president, and that Russia has proof of U.S. involvement.
• He calls the U.S. a “rogue nation” operating outside international law.
• He says Trump is exercising near-dictatorial national-security powers without congressional oversight.
• He claims MAGA supporters accept the narrative because they are uninformed about world affairs.
• He says China and Russia were blindsided by Venezuelan corruption that the CIA exploited.
• He claims the U.S. now controls Venezuela’s security forces and can remove officials with special-forces raids if needed.
• He warns the same justification could later be used against Mexico or Colombia in the name of fighting drugs.
• He concludes the Venezuela operation is a political show of dominance meant to energize Trump’s base while undermining the rule of law.

Trump claims Venezuela is responsible for the drugs in the US. Why is the US military not at Kensington Ave. to arrest all the drug dealers?! People are still using drugs on the damn street. This is all fake news. It's not about drugs. It's about securing the oil and resources of Venezuela, and cut out China and Russia.

Trump needs to make America Great Again here in the US. Fix the streets. Upgrade the infrastructure. The Iraq invasion cost the US trillions, and Iraqi oil did not pay for it. Venezuela could turn out to be the same money pit.

[chaos]

One thing is for sure, she isn’t in on the alleged publicity stunt and wasn't happy at all

(Notice how they secured her with her hands cuffed in front, backs of the hands together, while he isn’t. )

Maduros old lady throwing up gang signs in a show of defiance.

[obsidian]

Maduros old lady throwing up gang signs in a show of defiance.

Trump called Maduro a midget - lol! He looks to be taller and bigger than Trump! 

[Van_Bilderass]

Ritter says...

I just watched Ritter on George Galloway's show. How about those Russian oil tankers just now seized by the US? Galloway says the US is cruisin' for a bruisin' and Ritter says Russia must respond in some powerful way (I have some criticisms of Ritter so I'm not necessarily his biggest fan). Would be interested in mops' perspective if he wants to comment

Maybe this is all a mirage and all the world leaders clear things with each other beforehand?

• Ritter says the president is lying about Venezuela being a major fentanyl source and is falsely selling Maduro’s capture as a huge anti-drug victory.

Larry Johnson said to point the finger at Sackler if anything for the opioid crisis. He has a point, plus no one's really pointing a gun to users' heads either.

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[loco]

He says Trump is exercising near-dictatorial national-security powers without congressional oversight.

[Kwon]

Your own country is a wreck yet you post anti Trump shit all the time. Your current prime minister Ulf Kristersson is a 5'6" homo- he makes his decisions by using Chat GPT, lol. And best yet, he is so impotent he adopted 3 kids from China. Maybe you ought to share that warehouse full of drugs you live off of and make him a real man 

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/07/swedens-prime-minister-uses-chatgpt-how-else-are-governments-using-chatbots

Every Swede (who grew up in the 70s like me) know Sweden has turned to shit due to all the Muslims and Somalis, which is why we need a Trump.

EVen Van Bilderass wants a real leader for Sweden, he just can´t/won´t say the truth out loud due to fear of being cancelled. (i do believe he is in his 40s so he is from a younger generation than me).

What Swedes in their 30s and 40s say out loud in public today is different what they really think and want.

[Van_Bilderass]

Every Swede (who grew up in the 70s like me) know Sweden has turned to shit due to all the Muslims and Somalis, which is why we need a Trump.

EVen Van Bilderass wants a real leader for Sweden, he just can´t/won´t say the truth out loud due to fear of being cancelled. (i do believe he is in his 40s so he is from a younger generation than me).

What Swedes in their 30s and 40s say out loud in public today is different what they really think and want.

I don't really fear being cancelled because there isn't much to cancel so to speak
I've said on here that Sweden has gone to shit many times, complained about different immigrant groups and so on, so Domo is definitely wrong if he thinks that I think things are just fine in Sweden or the whole of Europe for that matter. Of course no one can say in public whatever comes to mind or he would be dead or in prison, but I have little problem going over some lines or disagreeing strongly in smaller groups, sometimes burning bridges. Europe would need a real leader, but hopefully it wouldn't a disgusting Kike-sucker like Trump. I did laugh at what he said about the Somalians. But I'm at a loss at what to do about things At one of my gyms there were members of some illegal extremist right wing orgs but I'm not about to join anything like that.

[jude2]

So much for Trump allegedly being Putin's poppet:   

U.S. seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela after weekslong pursuit

The United States has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic following a dramatic weekslong chase on the high seas.

The operation to seize the sanctioned vessel, which changed its name from the Bella 1 to the Marinera after fleeing the American blockade of Venezuela last month, was carried out early Wednesday. The U.S. also announced the seizure of another sanctioned tanker, the M/T Sophia, which it said was “conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean Sea.”

The Kremlin, a strong supporter of deposed President Nicolás Maduro, accused the U.S. of violating maritime law by seizing the Marinera.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/live/venezuela-live-updates-us-military-seizes-2-oil-tankers-trump-says-country-will-turn-over-up-to-50-million-barrels-142804718.html

Right.  Like Trump are not no way you could call him a puppet.  Of course it is the same retards who call him a King thinks he is everyones puppet.  No one tells him what to do.

[tacobender]

I don't hate Mexico, I just recognize that there are issues right along the US border that would be better to spend our tax dollars on. You still getting Newsoms welfare or did ICE snatch you from Taco Bell over on 1st St?

neither I’m a self productive American citizen and I was joking about your hate for Mexico I was just trying to make light

[AbrahamG]

Right.  Like Trump are not no way you could call him a puppet.  Of course it is the same retards who call him a King thinks he is everyones puppet.  No one tells him what to do.

He's Bibi's puppet. 

[BigRo]

So when is it all going to kick off big time?

[MAXX]

If Trump wants to invade Denmark I think it needs to be a war.

US vs EU

That war would lead to millions of casualties on both sides but so be it.

[obsidian]

He's Bibi's puppet.

This. Trump is terrified of his Jewish Overlords.

[FitnessFrenzy]

[loco]

What we know about the US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker

The aging, rusting tanker, originally called the Bella 1, was sanctioned by the US in 2024 for operating within a “shadow fleet” of tankers transporting illicit Iranian oil.

Last month the US Coast Guard attempted to seize the vessel while it was heading to Venezuela to pick up oil, then operating under the flag of Guyana. But the ship’s crew refused to be boarded and made an abrupt turn into the Atlantic.

The Bella 1’s crew later painted a Russian flag on its side, and it appeared in a Russian shipping register under a new name, the Marinera.

US officials later said Moscow had dispatched a submarine to escort the vessel as it sailed toward Europe, threatening a possible confrontation between Washington and the Kremlin.

The US repositioned military assets to the UK ahead of seizing the tanker

V-22 Osprey aircraft were active in the UK over the past several days, with flight data appearing to show them running training missions in the UK out of Fairford air base. And two AC-130 gunships were seen arriving at Mildenhall base in the UK on Sunday.

The Bella 1 was seized Wednesday roughly 190 miles off the southern coast of Iceland in the northern Atlantic Ocean, according to ship-tracking website MarineTraffic. The site shows the tanker taking a sharp turn south around the time that it was reported seized.

Russia’s Transport Ministry confirmed that it lost contact with the tanker after US forces boarded the ship at 7 a.m. ET.

US Navy SEALs were among the forces that boarded the tanker after they were transported to the ship by the US Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as the “night stalkers,” according to two people briefed on the operation.

The UK defense ministry also said it helped with the seizure “following a US request for assistance.”

Russia condemned the Bella 1’s seizure, with its transport ministry arguing “no state has the right to use force against vessels that are properly registered in the jurisdictions of other nations” under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty which the US has not signed.

The country’s Foreign Ministry demanded that the US return the Russian citizens aboard “to their homeland,” according to the Russian state news agency TASS.

TASS also reported Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky called the US seizure of the vessel an act of “21st-century piracy” which violates international law.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has yet to comment on the seizure.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/know-us-seizure-russian-flagged-061641763.html

[MAXX]

[Humble Narcissist]

There will be no invasion as there is really no one to invade other than a few towns. If Trump can buy it entirely he will but it's more likely that the U.S. will pay Denmark to let us "rent" some space there to put a military base.