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  1. It’s actually interesting. Started out American, Japanese company licensed branding or whatever from the Americans, then eventually bought the whole thing and 7-11 is glorious in Japan compared to here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-Eleven_Japan
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consortium_Agreement_of_1954 The Consortium Agreement of 1954 (Persian: قرارداد کنسرسیوم) provided Western oil companies with 50% ownership of Iranian oil production after its ratification in 1954 expiring in 1979.[1] According to the consortium agreement, 40% of Iran's oil shares belonged to 5 American companies, the other 40% belonged to Iran-UK oil companies, 14% belonged to a Dutch oil company, and the remaining 6% belonged to a French oil company.[2] In spite of numerous negotiations and offers, Mohammad Reza Shah refused to extend the Agreement which originally and clearly postulated that the Consortium had the right to prolong it 15 years (3 times 5 years). A year after the overthrow of Premier Mohammad Mossadegh by the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the British and American governments began pressuring the reinstated Shah of Iran into negotiations with Britain over the ownership of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The British cabinet had imposed a series of economic sanctions on Iran that prohibited the export of key commodities to Iran.[3] Britain's boycott had become devastatingly effective, with Iranians "becoming poorer and unhappier by the day".[4 The dispute was finalized with the incorporation of a 25-year international Oil Consortium Agreement of 1954, dividing the aforementioned 50% ownership to foreign companies as follows. 40% to be divided equally (8% each) among the five major American companies; British Petroleum to have a 40% share; Royal Dutch/Shell to have 14%; and Compagnie française des pétroles, a French Company, to receive 6%. A year later in 1955 US-government ordered the 5 US-companies to each transfer 1% of their 8%, to several smaller companies because these companies had complained that 'they were left out'.[5] The agreement further stipulates that the Consortium would take care of (almost) all production, Refining, transport and (only international) marketing of Iranian oil for which purposes two Dutch legal entities were to be created and based in The Netherlands: Iranian Oil Refining Company Iranian Oil Exploration and Producing Company. Basing these companies in Great Britain was considered politically undesirable, as was the initial wish of BP to get 50%. With English companies and a large 50% stake, was thought not to be acceptable to the Iranians. Furthermore, 50% would materially give BP a majority stake because BP had strong connections with the little (6%) French company CFP. Hence only 40% for the former 100% possessor. The agreement, which was heavily pressured by President Eisenhower, gave American oil companies significant influence over how much petroleum Iran pumped and the price it could sell for.[6] Beginning in 1973, the Shah faced increasing tensions with Western nations after announcing he would not renew the consortium agreement upon its expiration and planned to nationalize Iranian oil in 1979. The Shah, speaking to 5,000 farmers and workers, accused the oil companies of mishandling operations under the 1954 agreement. He said he had ordered the National Iranian Oil Company to start hiring foreign experts to work with Iranians so the company could take over the consortium's duties “either immediately or from 1979.”[5] Many Iranians accuse Western nations of supporting the overthrow of the Shah due to his failure to renew the consortium agreement in 1979 in what is known as the 1979 Iranian Revolution conspiracy theory.[7] According to the New York Times, the oil companies, through a spokesman, argued that the Shah did not have a legal right to end their contract in 1979, because the Consortium had the right of prolonging it for 15 years.
  3. World’s largest convenience story based out of Japan is 7-11, but he doesn’t want to say he worked for 7-11. It tracks. edit: stupid auto-correct
  4. Yeah, and if the OG is out of the equation, whoever comes into power is going to have to play nice with the rest of the world.
  5. As long as the religious nuts are in power, Israel will be their bogeyman, and it feels like they will be even more inclined to get nukes built. And they are even more isolated after Syria fell.
  6. Yeah, it won't spread beyond Iran/Israel. Russia can't fuck with Israel and can't even defend Iran. I would have been worried had any other Muslim nations sided with Iran (outside of Yemen) but they are more than content to see Iran wrecked. I'm curious what countries are letting Israeli aircraft fly over them. Lichtenstein will be penalized.
  7. I think at some point Israel knocks off the Iranian leadership and hopes some kind of revolution kicks in and the radicals are thrown out.
  8. Hays County had two EF-0 tornadoes the other night. https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/nws-two-separate-ef-0-tornadoes-in-hays-county/
  9. Until somebody parks half-a-dozen cargo ships up and down the East, West, and Gulf Coasts, and a few containers open up and out fly a shitload of drones. None of Tom Clancy's ghost writers better steal that plot (but they will).
  10. And we would seek to fuck over Iran for so many reasons (financial, cultural, historical, political, and the list goes on), and Iran knows this, not to mention we've been allied with the Sunnis/Saudis who are at war with Iran's proxies in Yemen, and that whole thing about supporting Israel ride-or-die, so we would in fact be the worst option. I don't like the idea for reasons that @bolverk mentioned (China would be seeking something that benefits them trade-wise as well as gaining geopolitical clout), but regardless, we are definitely not the party to negotiate anything with Iran, so it'd have to be somebody else. Ironically, Russia probably has the most to lose if this continues, and they need this shit over with now. The longer this goes, the likelihood increases that Israel will cripple Iran's capacity to supply Russia with munitions of various types. In fact, they may have already crippled at least some of Iran's infrastructure that supplies Russia. The Russians are probably screaming at the Iranians to end this now.
  11. This didn’t happen in a vacuum. This week Netanyahu barely survived a no-confidence vote only because he caved to the ultra-orthodox members of his party over mandatory military service and granted them a continued exemption, which pissed off a lot of Israelis because they are hurting for manpower in the armed forces. His administration was on the ropes and had he not caved he loses power. So he needs a win/diversion, and don’t think that observers are wondering if this is it. The picture will become more clear if this starts to wind down rapidly.
  12. This could be really good for Ukraine. Even if those aren’t being sold to Russia, it could cause Iran to suspend shipments of other systems to Russia as they save them for themselves.
  13. Keeping YGIFS love of 90s SNL alive.
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