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US bombs Iran’s nuclear facility

Iran bomb a gulf country (inclusive of offshore platforms)

UN Security Council proposes a cease-fire resolution

Iran fires missiles that land within 50km of Tel Aviv or Jerusalem

Iranian General killed inside Iran

Donald Trump declares victory

Iranian government official declares victory

China attempts to broker a cease-fire/peace deal

US ally publicy condemns actions of US in regard to conflict

G7 member publicly condemns actions of US in regard to conflict

Trump's June 23 Cease-fire announcement is honored for at least 7 days

Iran imposes a nationwide internet shutdown lasting ≥ 24 hours

War Ends in June

War ends in 2025

500+ Iranian civilians killed

US aid to Israel exceeds $17.9 billion for calendar year

Fordow facility successfully bombed

Iran is back to negotiations with US about a nuclear deal

Israel confirmed to have deployed troops on Iranian soil

A poll indicates US citizen support for involvement of US in conflict is less than 25%

Multiple Iranian government members chant "death to [non-NATO country]"

Israel publicly accused of violating a UN cease-fire resolution by the United Nations or a major international body

Natanz Nuclear Facility destroyed

There is a major Iranian cyberattack against the United States.

The International Criminal Court opens a formal war-crimes investigation tied to the 2025 Israel-Iran conflict

Hezbollah initiates attacks on Israel (2 or more days of strikes, publicly announced by Hezbollah)

A terrorist event planned by Iran in a 3rd country targeting Israelis or Jews is successfully executed (5+ deaths)

Civilian manned aircraft destroyed in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, or Israel airspace

Iranian national arrested for espionage in USA

Wikipedia lists Syria as a beligerent for more than 24 hours

Israel uses an EMP or directed energy weapon

A poll indicates US citizen support for involvement of US in conflict is less than 10%

Coverage of ICE protests never recovers following the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei replaced for any reason

>=1 USA servicemember killed in connection with this conflict

At least one UNESCO World Heritage site in Israel or Iran is officially reported damaged by hostilities

A second cease-fire is announced

USA vetoes a proposed UN cease-fire resolution

Iran seizes a G7-flagged ship in Hormuz

>=1 USA civilian killed in connection with this conflict

Iran publicly accused of violating a UN cease-fire resolution by the United Nations or a major international body

North Korea provides material support to Iran (weapons, money, etc.)

Turkey invokes NATO Article 4 consultations over the Israel-Iran conflict

Israel government dissolves

USA conducts a second bombing in Iran

A fifth generation fighter jet is destroyed

Straight of Hormuz is closed for less than 72 hours

Russia stations combat jets on Iran soil

Several terrorist attacks on U.S. soil causes casualties ( at least 2 attacks and 1 death)

Iran officially exits the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Iran launches a cruise missile

Cease-fire broken by any party, causing conflict to resume

Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz

Iran successfully bomb an Israeli civilian power plant or offshore platform

Iranian national arrested for planning/executing terrorism in USA

Holy sites of Israel are destroyed after the war.

Ayatollah Khamenei dies unnaturally

Cease-fire resolution passed by UN Security Council

War ends in July

Iran cause a mass casualty event (20+ deaths) by a single missle in Israel

Israel targets Iranian *production* or *export* oriented energy facility (refineries and storage for internal use don’t count)

Iran tests a nuclear weapon

A warship exceeding 1000 tons is sank

State with >250k active military personnel joins war on side of Iran

Any amount of Israeli Merkava tanks are destroyed

Iranian government dissolves

UN Security Council passes new Iran arms embargo with no vetoes

Tel-aviv stock exchange closes for a full trading day

Major media source (BBC, NYT, Fox, CNN, etc.) refers to American involvement as "Iraq 2.0" or similar

Saudi Arabia attacks Iran

WTI Crude futures reach 90usd/bll (NYME:CL.1)

Qatar attacks Iran

≥ 100 000 people flee Iran into Turkey or Iraq as registered refugees because of the conflict

Iran regime change

Netanyahu is replaced for any reason (no longer acting prime minister)

Transitional Iranian government headed by Reza Pahlavi

There is a major foreign or terrorist attack on U.S. soil that kills 100+ people.

Will resolve to the number of days until a ceasefire (max 100). Ceasefire: one airspace is opened (at the very least). Stars June 21 2025

Brent crude closes ≥ $130 per barrel before 1 Jan 2026

Total casualties exceed 10,000

US invasion (boots on the ground, special forces not included)

Russia delivers S-400 (or better) air defense system to Iran

Iranian government official killed via small arms fire/special operations (not air/drone strike)

Trump is frustrated that even by bombing another country he still can’t get any woman to find him attractive

A nuclear weapon is used offensively.

Iran and Israel both sign (or publicly accept) a written cease-fire or peace agreement, and no lethal exchange of fire between their regular forces occurs for the following 30 consecutive days

Government official from Mexico attends the 2025 BRICS Summit

Iran - Israel War ends in 2025 (ceasefire last at least 90 days (September 22, 2025) or peace deal is signed)

≥ 25 fatalities in Cambodia-Thailand border clashes

DRC & Rwanda sign USA-brokered peace agreement

≥ 1,500 Palestinians killed near Gaza aid hubs

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ends in ceasefire in 2025

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ends in ceasefire before October 1, 2025

Xi Jinping remains General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Russia remains a permanent member of UN Security Council

Kim Jong Un remains General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (or equivalent title)

Vladimir Putin remains President of Russia

Donald Trump remains President of USA

A cease-fire or peace deal is violated by Israel

A new non-majority Muslim (according to CIA Factbook) state becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Russia sells or scraps it's only aircraft carrier; the Admiral Kuznetsov

Algeria becomes a member of BRICS

China declares an air- or maritime-exclusion zone covering any part of Taiwan’s territorial sea or airspace

A new ceasefire between Israel and Gaza is announced by Donald Trump

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ceasefire is broken

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigns

A drone attacks a head of state (hits or lands within 30 meters)

North Korea conducts a nuclear weapons test

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash reignites (fighting resumes)

A cyber-attack officially attributed to a foreign state actor causes ≥US $1 billion in insured losses to a single country

Min Aung Hlaing ceases to serve as either (a) Chairman of the State Administration Council or (b) Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces

A 5th-generation fighter jet is confirmed to have been destroyed in air/shot down (not including being damaged from an airfield bombing)

A cease-fire or peace deal is violated by Iran

A nation officially announces AGI has been achieved

World leader of 20m+ population country is assassinated

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in Europe

Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains President of Ukraine

Saudi Arabia becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Azerbaijan becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Any signatory of the CTBT tests a nuclear weapon

Bashar Al-Assad is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Trump, Putin, & Zelensky meet together in the same room

Qatar becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

An armed non-state group captures and holds the capital city of a UN-recognised state for ≥72 hours

Japan launches a domestically-built intermediate-range ballistic missile (>3 000 km advertised range) test

At least 5,000 uniformed personnel belonging to a UN-Security-Council-authorized security or peace-keeping mission are physically deployed in Haiti

Uniformed armed forces in any G20 member state attempt to seize executive power from the constitutional head of government

Indonesia becomes a member of BRICS

Nigeria becomes a member of BRICS

Argentina becomes a member of BRICS

Venezuela becomes a member of BRICS

Kazakhstan becomes a member of BRICS

Bangladesh becomes a member of BRICS

Vladimir Putin is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Russian armed forces intentionally attack uniformed personnel or sovereign assets of any NATO member state, or vice-versa

Syria becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

A state shoot-down of a spacecraft or satellite in orbit is publicly confirmed

Autonomous lethal drones (no human on the kill-decision loop) are acknowledged by any state to have been used in combat

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in United Kingdom

A peace treaty ending the Ethiopia–Tigray conflict is signed and remains unbroken for 90 days

Benjamin Netanyahu remains Prime Minister of Israel

Turkey invokes NATO Article 4 consultations

Azerbaijani troops enter Iran

An armed clash between India and Pakistan results in ≥100 military fatalities in a 7-day period

At least three sovereign states outside NATO, EU, ANZUS, or the Quad sign a formal mutual-defence treaty deposited with the UN Treaty Series

Benjamin Netanyahu is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

United States government arrests president Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela

Sudanese Civil War ends

A head of state from a G20 country is assassinated

Iraq becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

The Government of Denmark publicly acknowledges receipt of a formal written offer from Donald J. Trump or his officially empowered representatives to transfer sovereignty over Greenland to the United States

A country announces magnetic-fusion net-positive energy

China becomes militarily involved in Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash

Ukraine - Russia War ends with a peace treaty

Mexico becomes a member of BRICS

The U.S. suffers ≥50 combat fatalities in a single new overseas operation—defined as a country where no U.S. combat deaths occurred in 2024

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in United States

Any EU member invokes Article 42 (7) of the Treaty on European Union in response to an armed attack

Libya becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Palestine is granted full United Nations Membership

The IAEA publicly reports that Iran possesses uranium enriched to ≥90 % U-235

A vessel larger than 50,000 deadweight tons is damaged or sunk by a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz

Kim Jong Un is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

1+ deaths attributed to a rogue AI

World Health Organization (WHO) declares a Chikungunya virus pandemic

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in Canada

The Arctic Council is formally suspended or dissolved by unanimous vote

Any country leaves NATO

Armenia undergoes a regime change as the result of a military coup

United Nations Security Council adopts (i.e., passes without veto) a formal resolution that explicitly condemns Israel’s use of lethal force against civilians seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza or demands Israel cease such force

Iran becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

China invades Taiwan

At least one nuclear explosive device is detonated with the intent to harm a state’s armed forces or civilian population

Israel annexes 100% of Gaza

Saudi Arabia signs a written, mutual-defence pact with China or Russia

Extraterrestrials making contact with earth is widely acknowledged

160 UN Nations simultaneously officially regonize Palestine's statehood.

Donald Trump is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Any current G-20 member state ceases to be listed as a United Nations Member State

Jordan becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Major News sources consistently identify a conflict as WWIII

Lebanon becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Israel conducts military operation in Cyprus

Ukraine becomes a formal NATO member

Any United States of America state formally states intent to begin process to secede

United Kingdom formally states intention to begin process to reverse "Brexit"

USA leaves NATO

Two states engage in a nuclear exchange (both attempt to deliver a nuclear device within the borders of the other)

Any Canadian territory becomes part of US territory

Yahya Sinwar is formally charged and tried for war crimes by an international tribunal or court with recognized jurisdiction (e.g., ICC)

Alberta begins process of becoming a USA state

Other

Ding Xuexiang (Vice Premier, 6th rank PSC member)

Li Qiang (Premier, 2nd rank PSC member)

Chen Jining (Party Secretary of Shanghai)

Zhang Youxia (Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission)

Wang Yang (former Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)

[Nobody] (Xi Jinping does not have a successor as General Secretary)

Cai Qi (5th rank PSC member, first-ranked of Secretariat)

Li Xi (7th rank PSC member, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection)

Wang Yi (Foreign Minister)

Wang Huning (tourist, political theorist, and 4th rank PSC member)

Chen Min'er (Party Secretary of Tianjin)

Yuan Jiajun (Party Secretary of Chongqing)

Yin Li (Party Secretary of Beijing)

Li Shulei (Head of Party Publicity)

Zhao Leji (3rd rank PSC member, chairman of NPC Standing Committee)

YES

YES

Defence spending amounts to 2% or more of GDP by the end of the cabinet period.

The national debt remains below 60% of GDP throughout the entire cabinet period.

The maximum speed on one or more highways has been increased to 130 km/h.

The average EMU balance over the cabinet period is 2.8% of GDP or lower.

The standard term for naturalization has been extended to 10 years.

The growth in the number of civil servants and the use of consultants in (core) departments in recent years will be more than reversed.

The independence of the Electoral Council will be strengthened and its mandate expanded to an Electoral Authority.

A statutory regulation will be introduced for independent inspectorates, supervisory bodies, and authorities, including their method of enforcement (law on national inspectorates and authorities).

A constitutional amendment to abolish the ban on constitutional review in Article 120 will be submitted.

A legal maximum has been set for the increase in municipal housing tax (property tax, either in legislation or an agreement with the municipalities).

The healthcare deductible is 165 euros or lower in 2027.

A constitutional amendment to introduce a constitutional court that reviews laws against the Constitution will be submitted.

At least 66% of new housing is affordable for middle-income households.

At least 30% of new housing is social housing.

A bill will be introduced, creating a new electoral system for the House of Representatives

The legal minimum age for prostitution has been raised to 21 years.

Red diesel is again available for farmers, horticulturists, and agricultural contractors.

An average of 100,000 or more homes are built per year during the cabinet period.

New legislation has been implemented that demonstrably tightens asylum policy.

Other

AI produces highly-customized forms of entertainment

AI is integrated into IDEs and provides suggestions to programmers

AI is used for drug discovery

Managers consult AI while making decisions

AI is integrated into compilers and makes code run faster

AI designs hardware for industrial processes

NO

NO

YES

Economy: This was a ZIRP and I can't justify my fees in a tighter environment

Skills: I fail to stay relevant

Skills: The logistical overhead (including taxes, LLC stuff, etc) becomes overwhelming

AI: Supply/demand shifts such that I can't justify my fees

Legal: I get sued and net less than $10k after legal fees and/or penalty

Health: I get a chronic illness

Health: I get an acute injury