Update: It is now being reported that there was likely only one Hercules transport destroyed and the other(s?) could be a Blackhawk helicopter.

Correction: It’s seem like MH6 debris near the destroyed Hercules.

But who knows, I can't see how one can be so sure just from this photo.

The March jobs report beat expectations to show an increase in job gains, but February's numbers were revised down.

Data from the Labor Department published Friday showed the US economy added 178,000 jobs in March after February's revised loss of 133,000. In March, the unemployment rate edged down to 4.3%. The unemployment rate falling is largely attributed to 400k workers leaving the workforce.

For 10 straight months, monthly job growth has alternated between positive and negative. The past three months alone went from a gain of 160,000 to a loss of 133,000 to a gain of 178,000.

Much of the March gain came from healthcare, which appears to have rebounded after a strike-related distortion weighed on February's report — 90,000 jobs were added to that sector last month.

Personally, I see the future of the US labor market affected in a couple of ways:

The aging of the population increases the number of retirees as well as creates demand for healthcare and social workers.

High deficits also mask the underlying economic weakness.

For workers outside of the healthcare/social sectors, job creation will be slow but layoffs and firing will also be lower than in the past. This creates a low hire/low fire market for workers, which most dramatically impacts the younger generation entering the workforce. The affect of AI also remains to be seen.

So, is the Strait important to you or not? It will be very interesting to see what happens to global commodity prices over the next few weeks. The ships that transited the Strait before it was closed are almost done offloading, and things will get very interesting after they are empty. Trump is in full desperation.

Trump needs to learn that the Iranians are not fighting for money or greed. They actually believe in their cause, and they will not stop fighting until they physically cannot anymore. I really bet this will have to end in some sort of ground operation.

I'm surprised he didn't wait for a Saturday when markets will be closed.

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ghalibaf:

"This Easter, pray for Martyr Simonyan who was the first Iranian Christian martyred by Israel last month.

His sacrifice is a testament to the unity of all Iranians in defense of our homeland."

Israel assesses that Iran still has more than 1,000 missiles capable of reaching it, while Hezbollah’s arsenal in Lebanon includes as many as 10,000 shorter-range rockets, according to military briefings cited by Israeli media this weekend.

In an interview with Channel 12, an Israeli air force officer provided the tally of remaining Iranian ballistic missiles in what appeared to be an official break from earlier refusals to disclose estimates of Tehran’s arsenal. The estimate of 8,000 to 10,000 rockets in Hezbollah hands was reported by Israel’s Army Radio.

Given the current rates of fire by Iran and its ally Hezbollah, more than five weeks into the conflict, the estimates imply potentially months more fighting — even though Israel and the US insist their core objectives are being achieved. Iran and Hezbollah don’t comment on the size of their weapons caches. Neither has shown signs of backing down.

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Joe Smith (PART 1)

Joe is a hypothetical US Marine I'm going to use to attempt to formulate my own thoughts. He is painfully average. Regardless, he can at least stand in for all the US Marines currently engaged in heinous crimes against humanity.

Over the past couple of years, and especially lately, I gradually began to hate Joe. Not only for all the things he does, but also for all the things he doesn't. It's easy to look at a criminal with hatred and contempt - Joe is an easy target for our inherent disdain of crime (sin). The problem is that this kind of attitude cannot peacefully coexist with my worldview. Hatred is a path to hell. It is also one of the most corrosive feelings. It can devour you quickly while killing your soul. In other words, I don't want to "hate" anyone, except sin itself. Not for their sake, but for my own.

So I thought there must be something I was missing. Some crucial detail. I spoke to several people over the past month or so and asked them a simple question: "What is your personal attitude towards the individual American soldier?" I got a wide variety of responses, as is often the case. They ranged from "They should all be killed" to "It's not their fault." Tuez-les tous, Dieu reconnaîtra les siens! He will recognize His own indeed, but that's the case with all of us. We all deserve death, as we all live in sin - the direct cause of death both in the eschatological sense and the ontological one. This especially applies to those of you who are now thinking it doesn't apply to you. But that's besides the point. The latter, "it's not their fault," seems like a flimsy explanation - whose fault is it then? The politicians'? Sure, maybe, but I don't think we can excuse (or even explain) our own crimes by pointing at others. "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Some people said they are "too stupid" to comprehend what they're doing. That to me seemed too simple. How can someone not understand it? Then I spoke to a colleague of mine and he told me to watch some interviews with American soldiers and it finally clicked.

The proposals about the lack of ability to comprehend were true. It just didn't work for me until I saw those interviews. The men I saw could barely speak and they only spoke in slogans. Two of the slogans they spoke consecutively contradicted each other. It was shocking to witness. This is the point where I must admit to not being used to many people. I spent most of my life concentrated on my work - inner and outer. I can very well be accused of ignorance and the accusation wouldn't be wrong. I admit it. So seeing someone this brainwashed and this incapable of thought was a truly harrowing experience. I often share the work of people who are lost. But that can often be explained - they're "influencers." Let's not get into that... This is different. I realized I cannot "hate" them for the same reason I cannot "hate" my dog for refusing to drive me to work. It doesn't understand driving. It cannot understand driving. Because it's a dog.

However, this doesn't fully satisfy me either. Maybe no explanation will or is even supposed to. After all, "I didn't know any better" or "I'm too dumb" isn't a justification and it doesn't strip one of responsibility. No court will acquit you of your crimes because you're a moron. Well, it will find you "not guilty" of a crime if you're found insane and isolate you from society. Is this something we can argue? Can we call a literal lack of cognitive ability "insanity"? Hardly. But then I thought to myself, what if a child was propagandized from birth to be "insane"? Is this the answer I was looking for? I spoke about the propaganda in our country many times on my channel.

It's difficult to fully understand just how bad it is. It's ceaseless, constant, abusive, and brutal. It starts the moment you open your eyes and doesn't end until you last close them. When you do, your corpse will be paraded around for the sake of propagandizing others. There is no rest for the wicked...

President Trump says "the entire country [of Iran] could be taken out in one night."

"And that night might be tomorrow night."

People on social media have interpreted this to be a threat of a nuclear bomb.

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Ben Shapiro—after telling his audience for months that bombing Iran wouldn't lead to a wider war, and then claiming the war was just going to be a quick bombing campaign—is now telling Americans to prepare for a long war.

"There is no way to extricate ourselves from this situation right now."

Americans only got "tired" of Vietnam after 50,000 troops died, he says.

"Our" military members are "heroes" because they're willing to "sacrifice" their lives "for a greater good"—a future world where "energy will become cheap again because the Strait of Hormuz will be free again."

Tucker Carlson says Mark Levin is not-so-subtly counseling President Trump to use nuclear weapons against Iran.