SoCal Deek Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 What I found hilarious was that the press completely missed the obvious fact that London’s Mayor was actually criticizing the Queen when he dissed Trumps invite. The President didn’t invite himself over to her house! 1
Hedge Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 U.S. pursues sale of over $2 billion in weapons to Taiwan, sources say, angering China Quote China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe warned the United States at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last weekend not to meddle in security disputes over Taiwan and the South China Sea. Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told the meeting that the United States would no longer “tiptoe” around China’s behavior in Asia. 2
B-Man Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Trump has already proved Team Obama was completely wrong about Iran by David Harsanyi Original Article For years, the liberal foreign policy establishment presented Americans with a false choice on Iran: surrender or war. President Trump has proved that binary to be a fantasy, squeezing and deterring the Iranians without full-on confrontation. “When I became president, Iran was a true state of terror,” Trump said in France this week. Now, “they are failing as a nation.” Not that his critics give him credit — or room to maneuver. As The Daily Beast reported last week, alumni of the Obama administration have been secretly in touch with the Iranians — no doubt to reassure the mullahs that if they wait out Trump, their fortunes will turn. More at the link: . 2
Nanker Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 The burdened vessel is the one that is overtaking another vessel. Commies are wrong here - in a large way. 2
Buffalo_Gal Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 May resigns, stays on as leader of Conservative party. </snip>Theresa May has signed her resignation letter as leader of the Conservative Party Friday, but says she will continue as acting Prime Minister until her successor is elected July 22. </snip> 2
Buffalo_Gal Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 US hits Iran with new sanctions; petrochemicals targeted The Trump administration is hitting Iran with new sanctions that target its largest petrochemical company for providing support to the Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Treasury Department says the sanctions will apply to the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company and 39 of its subsidiaries and foreign sales agents. It says the company holds 40% of Iran's petrochemical production capacity and is responsible for 50% of the country's petrochemical exports. Treasury says the companies have done billions of dollars of business with the Guard Corps, which the administration designated a "foreign terrorist organization" last month. </snip> 3
Koko78 Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said: Yikes... Meh, this is nothing new. The Russians used to play these types of games back in the late 60's, when my dad was stationed on an oil tanker.
DC Tom Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 On 6/7/2019 at 10:44 AM, Deranged Rhino said: Yikes... We should be more upset that there's a US cruiser named after a decisive Confederate victory. 1 1
3rdnlng Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 29 minutes ago, DC Tom said: We should be more upset that there's a US cruiser named after a decisive Confederate victory. Oh hell, we had a submarine that was sunk in WW2 called the Robert E. Lee. I'll get upset when they name the first stealth aircraft carrier the "Osama bin Laden".
DC Tom Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 3 hours ago, 3rdnlng said: Oh hell, we had a submarine that was sunk in WW2 called the Robert E. Lee. I'll get upset when they name the first stealth aircraft carrier the "Osama bin Laden". No we didn't. WWII subs were named after fish, except for a handful (Argonaut, Nautilis) named after mythical vessels. The M3 Medium tank was named after Lee. (The British renamed it the Grant - the difference was the British removed the commander's cupola, because with the cupola the damned thing was 11 feet tall and was just a great, big target in the open desert.) Tanks were - and still are - named after generals; in WWII, (including tank destroyers) usually after Civil War generals (Lee, Stuart, Jackson, Sherman, Grant.) 1
3rdnlng Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, DC Tom said: No we didn't. WWII subs were named after fish, except for a handful (Argonaut, Nautilis) named after mythical vessels. The M3 Medium tank was named after Lee. (The British renamed it the Grant - the difference was the British removed the commander's cupola, because with the cupola the damned thing was 11 feet tall and was just a great, big target in the open desert.) Tanks were - and still are - named after generals; in WWII, (including tank destroyers) usually after Civil War generals (Lee, Stuart, Jackson, Sherman, Grant.) I was wrong about it being sunk in WW2. It came after that: https://www.navysite.de/ssbn/ssbn601.htm USS ROBERT E. LEE was the fourth GEORGE WASHINGTON - class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. The ROBERT E. LEE was built using components initially assembled for a SKIPJACK - class nuclear attack submarine. In the early 1980s, the ROBERT E. LEE was redesignated as SSN 601 and her missile launch capability was disabled to comply with the SALT I treaty. The ROBERT E. LEE mainly conducted training exercises in her new role before she was decommissioned on December 1, 1983. The submarine spent the following years berthed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard awaiting her turn in the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program. Recycling of the ROBERT E. LEE was finished on September 30, 1991.
Hedge Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 Posting this here, as he was a great source of Iran/MIddle East news and had bubbled up in this topic numerous times. I know a number of people here follow the Twitter account of @HeshmatAlavi. This account has been suspended by Twitter due to accusations made against him in an article in that Heshmat Alavi is not a real person (because it's always a good idea to let your identity be known when criticizing a regime known for murdering dissidents, right?). This was the article that apparently was justification enough for Twitter to suspend the account: AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST WROTE DOZENS OF ARTICLES FOR RIGHT-WING OUTLETS. BUT IS HE A REAL PERSON? And a message/rebuttal from whomever is behind the Heshmat Alavi account: https://irancommentary.wordpress.com/2019/06/09/my-twitter-account-has-been-suspended/ So, the real travesty, is that I guess the Pegula family dog account is next to go.
DC Tom Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 17 minutes ago, Hedge said: Posting this here, as he was a great source of Iran/MIddle East news and had bubbled up in this topic numerous times. I know a number of people here follow the Twitter account of @HeshmatAlavi. This account has been suspended by Twitter due to accusations made against him in an article in that Heshmat Alavi is not a real person (because it's always a good idea to let your identity be known when criticizing a regime known for murdering dissidents, right?). This was the article that apparently was justification enough for Twitter to suspend the account: AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST WROTE DOZENS OF ARTICLES FOR RIGHT-WING OUTLETS. BUT IS HE A REAL PERSON? And a message/rebuttal from whomever is behind the Heshmat Alavi account: https://irancommentary.wordpress.com/2019/06/09/my-twitter-account-has-been-suspended/ So, the real travesty, is that I guess the Pegula family dog account is next to go. The Pegula family dog is liberal, so it's probably safe. 1
3rdnlng Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 4 hours ago, DC Tom said: The Pegula family dog is liberal, so it's probably safe. So, they have a lap dog? Does it also howl at the moon and piss on the petunias?
row_33 Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 5 hours ago, DC Tom said: The Pegula family dog is liberal, so it's probably safe. it dry humps more than Biden?
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