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muriel_volestrangler

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17. The Al-Fred Noble Memorial Prize for Energy Economics

Reply to Bread and Circuses (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 05:33 PM

Mar 24

"For services to the Iranian oil industry, after lifting sanctions on it while bombing them".

They found some old lead piping, spray-painted it gold, and told him it was solid 24 carat stuff.

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Trump Claims that Iran gave him a present.... Snarky Guesses Invited [View all] Bread and Circuses Mar 24 OP

a golden whoopie cushion DBoon Mar 24 #1

A... 2naSalit Mar 24 #2

Suppository enid602 Mar 24 #3

Winner ! chicken dinner ! Bread and Circuses Mar 24 #14

So, so close! cloudbase Mar 24 #16

An STD Torchlight Mar 24 #4

A teenager. Drum Mar 24 #5

Now we know who bought the 1.5 Billion in SP future market 5 minutes before Autumn Mar 24 #6

A very large statue of a horse, made of wood? Ocelot II Mar 24 #7

ayatollah turban? bigtree Mar 24 #8

72 virgins but he has to malaise Mar 24 #9

The gave him an oil LAMP and told the dumb mfer OhioBlue Mar 24 #10

The promise of land for a golf course on the Persian Gulf? taxi Mar 24 #11

Probably got pranked by a DJ who told him they would rename the Strait of Hormuz after him Quiet Em Mar 24 #12

this is so likely bigtree Mar 24 #13

... it was oil and gas related.. demmiblue Mar 24 #15

In his dreams.... Bread and Circuses Mar 24 #21

The Al-Fred Noble Memorial Prize for Energy Economics muriel_volestrangler Mar 24 #17

The Iranian Peace Prize? Solly Mack Mar 24 #18

Must be afraid, Prairie_Seagull Mar 24 #19

Bootleg copy of "DJT's Greatest Kiddie Rapin' Video Hits" kompromat courtesy flvegan Mar 24 #20

Sundry bodies of dead Iranian schoolgirls killed in the infamous attack on the school.... Jack Valentino Mar 24 #22

Was it seventy-two underage girls? struggle4progress Mar 24 #23

A golden gag ball purr-rat beauty Mar 24 #24