Mmm... it's not built to wage war, but as a political ship it's far from harmless. For example, it puts the #IRGC s finger on the Jugular of the rest of the regime by threatening to fire those missiles.(/) @RobertMCutler @shaun_riordan @vtchakarova @BaldingsWorld @nglinsman
Until now, the IRGC had two roles, an open "bodyguards of the Mullahs" internally, and a more or less covert "instigators of trouble" abroad. That makes sense in an asymmetrical world where no one retaliated by establishing similar troubles in your country.(/)
After the "Green Revolution" demise, Mullahs and IRGC take it as a given that their house is secure, and now that Turkey is a friend that's taken to the bank. But Brown Shirts tend to tragically cut their heads off while shaving at the behest of pesky political masters.(/)
So the equilibrium of "no OVERT IRGC official presence abroad" was that liability for them, in that anyone their military act outside home waters could be deprecated. This wreck is a signal that this is no longer true...(/)
In a way, it makes me nostalgic for the era of "gunboat diplomacy", where that ship would find some hungry wolf at the exit of Bab el Mandeb, which in a reenactment of Gaius Popsicles Lents drew a circle of 14 inch shells around it and said: "exit in my direction at your peril".
*Gaius Popillus Laenas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Pop… Effing phone.
@chigrl
A good analysis of the Ship's capabilities and possible uses, hisutton.com/Iranian-IRGC-F…
h/t @CovertShores . A very good resource for Naval intelligence.

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According to Italian media, there is a relevant news item. (1/7) @nglinsman @Halsrethink @amlivemon @mtmalinen @bondstrategist @chigrl @RobertMCutler
A paper reported that Frascati has been selected as the central repository for all #ECB Central Bank Digital Money transactions. That implies a number of possible inferences:
(2/7)
1. As always, the #EU "Consultation process" is a pathetic farce. Unless you were part of that microscopic part of the population, professionals not compromised with involved entities, no one told you diddly squat.(3/7)
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Twitter has done things that at inverted roles would have caused mass demonstrations, Parliamentary inquiries, and a total fracas. to name one, Blocking the @nypost twitter page for having published articles from said journal not "approved" by Twitterverse.(2/)
That was imho the starting point of the huge number of people opening a Parler account (mine is from 2019. But I am more paranoid than a Russian). Those, however, have not dented traffic on twitter by those accused by the establishment of "setting up their echo chamber".(3/)
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#Italy has put in place a firing ban. Companies can fold, but as long as they are operationg, they are forbidden from firing personnel. That obviously has a range of unintended consequences. (2/)
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@liberioltre @ALESSIO_ARGIOLA @d_stevanato @LorenaLVilla
Leggo, con ENORME raccapriccio, l'incipit di questo articolo."Questa bassissima tassazione[..], incentiva il risparmio a scapito dei consumi e riduce le entrate dello stato[..], contribuendo due volte all'aumento delle disparità tra cittadini." (2/10)
Questa frase accetta come assunti accertati una serie di cose:
1. Consumo = buono, risparmio = no buono;
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3. non esiste aumento di disparità buono, ma solo cattivo.
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Thread: cosa ha l'Italia? esempio pratico di problema. @micheleboldrin @vitalbaa @DeShindig @liberioltre @ALESSIO_ARGIOLA @LorenaLVilla @Scacciavillani @MarcoCantamessa @ramella_f
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