Both Ways

The official stance on outlets like DumFux News is that high gas prices are at their peak, and they'll start to come down soon.

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The high price of gas, and groceries - and practically everything else - is painful, and may persist for a while, but it's a small price to pay for keeping Iran from getting the bomb.

Reminder: Keeping Iran from getting the bomb was an item in big bold red letters, at the top of the list when Obama hammered out the deal with Tehran 10 fucking years ago. You know - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - the one that Trump flushed down the shitter just because it had Obama's signature on it.

But I digress. They're doing the same thing they always do. ie: talking out of both sides of their mouth.

There's no policy, there's no plan, there's just bullshit and lame excuses to get Trump from one stupid momentary decision to the next moronically impetuous decision - whatever he thinks buys him another 48 hours before somebody puts his lights out altogether.

Core Components of the JCPOA Nuclear Constraints: 

• Iran agreed to limit its uranium enrichment to 3.67% (well below the 90% required for weapons) and reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium by 98%.
• Centrifuge Reduction: Iran reduced its installed centrifuges—the machines used to enrich uranium—by two-thirds and agreed to use only older models for a decade.
• Monitoring and Inspections: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was granted enhanced access to monitor nuclear facilities and ensure transparency.
• Sanctions Relief: The U.S. and European nations lifted nuclear-related sanctions on Iran’s banking, oil, and shipping industries.
• "Breakout Time": The agreement was designed to extend the "breakout time" (time needed to produce enough fissile material for one bomb) from a few months to at least one year.
• Implementation Day (January 16, 2016): The deal took effect after the IAEA verified that Iran had complied with its initial nuclear obligations.
• Cash Shipments: The Obama administration sent $1.7 billion in cash to Iran in 2016, settling a pre-1979 arms sale dispute, which was described by critics as a "ransom" in relation to the release of U.S. prisoners, a charge the administration denied.

Withdrawal and Later Developments:

• U.S. Withdrawal (2018): President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the deal in 2018, calling it one-sided and re-imposing, sanctions, which led to Iran exceeding the deal's limitations.
• Status in 2026: Despite efforts by the Biden administration to revive the deal, it has remained largely defunct. By early 2026, Iran had significantly advanced its nuclear enrichment activities, including producing high-purity uranium, following the formal termination of the 10-year agreement terms.