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The Fat Pipe Feb 23, 2026: Iran War Update, “”Markets,”” Mike’s Disastrous Interview, Religious Wars, AI Jobpolcalypse, Gold & Silver, and Grab Bag

It’s another fattie of a Fat Pipe. Time to catch up on the world after a very busy weekend.

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It’s the Monday Fat Pipe.  Time to dive in…


It Was As Big As Advertised

Well, it’s another foot of snow where we live…at least…it’s still coming down.  Quite the storm!


Iran War Update

Will we go to war, won’t we?

It seems unlikely that the DOW is moving massive amounts of war materiel into place unless there was a clear plan in place to use it:

This is far more than a negotiating tactic:

It’s 100% obvious that it is Israeli Zionists who are pushing hardest for the war that nobody else wants:

The most feared Navy…needs to return to the dockyard to fix its toilets:

Iran is using a mysterious drone:

Some are saying it is the “Karrar” drone:

Iran is a stronger and more capable enemy than the US has faced in many decades.  It’s easy to predict that things won’t go quite so smoothly for the US if or when it attacks Iran.

Which is why we are being pre-conditioned for that reality:


““Markets””

Trump: “The greatest economy ever!”

If you wish to believe Trump, then pay no mind to the fact that shipments have collapsed to their lowest point since 2009:

And definitely ignore this:

And this…forget you ever saw this:

This is also nothing…absolutely nothing:

History doesn’t repeat, it…oh, never mind, this time it’s repeating:

Bitcoin dumped last night, for some reason:

And that “reason” was Wall Street got its hands on the crypto universe and papered and levered it up, same as for any other commodity:


Mike Cuckabee’s Disastrous Interview

I believe Tucker Carlson did more to prevent the planned war in Iran than any other person on the planet. 

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