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27 మార్చి, 2026

At the Sunrise Café...

... you can talk all night.

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n.n చెప్పారు...: Wholly flock, that's a duck dynasty. Good job, moms and dads.; 27-03-26 5:35 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Yeah the second pic; 27-03-26 5:42 PM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: Richard Hawley: "As the Dawn Breaks"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AUaQnYqcYc; 27-03-26 5:48 PM
tcrosse చెప్పారు...: Big swinging ducks.; 27-03-26 6:16 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: From the Fraud Task Force; one example: The State of Minnesota refuses to hand over enrollment lists for the state administered, federally funded SNAP benefits program so that the federal government can verify eligibility of the recipients. Not only have they refused to hand over this data, they have spent millions of dollars in court in an attempt to hide it.

That bears repeating, the US government is denied the ability to learn who is receiving the benefits that it (we) are paying for.; 27-03-26 6:20 PM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: they’ll get away with it, too; 27-03-26 6:45 PM
Ann Althouse చెప్పారు...: Coots.

They hang out in large groups.; 27-03-26 6:51 PM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: …now that the plan to make voter-travelers miserable this election year Summer with the TSA shutdown has failed, the new plan to make voter-travelers miserable this election year Summer is a good ol pilots strike. For just a minute there I thought we’d be spared new antics since the existing antics are sufficient. Apparently not…; 27-03-26 6:52 PM
Hassayamper చెప్పారు...: The State of Minnesota refuses to hand over enrollment lists for the state administered, federally funded SNAP benefits program so that the federal government can verify eligibility of the recipients. Not only have they refused to hand over this data, they have spent millions of dollars in court in an attempt to hide it.

That's because the Democrat Party finances depend on staggering levels of fraud, with hundreds of millions of pilfered taxpayer dollars funneled to their cronies and operatives and kicked back into Party coffers.

Half of our states are governed by what is effectively the largest Mafia crime syndicate ever created.

Our Revolutionary ancestors would have taken up arms and slaughtered 50,000 of these pirate scum.; 27-03-26 6:57 PM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: Tiger Woods School of Driving is in charge of Summer ‘26; 27-03-26 7:00 PM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: I love the pilots- the company isn’t making any money and didn’t meet out list of demands, so we’ll help them out by shutting them down…; 27-03-26 7:02 PM
Old and slow చెప్పారు...: Iran is is not a 2500 year old dynasty. It is a 47 year old Islamic dictatorship. The Persian people have a long and honorable history. All decent people hope that they will soon be free from this quite recently imposed tyranny.; 27-03-26 7:03 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: This will help the Iran war make sense for people.

There is a reason the globalists are losing their shit right now.; 27-03-26 7:04 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: New Secret Service Low: Agent on Jill Biden Detail Negligently Discharges Weapon … Into His Own Butt – Twitchy https://share.google/8OHsk3jonbalCdNkd; 27-03-26 7:07 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: David Friedberg: California’s “Billionaire Tax” is a Trojan Horse to Go After the Middle Class's Private Assets

“The reason they're calling it a billionaire tax is to make it easier for people to vote for it, and sign up to this entirely new tax system that they're proposing to put on all Americans at some point, and for the first time ever degrading our private property rights.”

“The total net worth of billionaires in the US is $8 trillion.”

“The net worth of the US, the middle class, and everyone else is $170 trillion, compared to $8 trillion of the billionaires.”

“They need a way to open the door so that they can go after the real honey pot.”

“The real honeypot is not 200 people.”

https://x.com/theallinpod/status/2008028170289643733; 27-03-26 7:08 PM
paminwi చెప్పారు...: Ever go on an extended vacation and have a bunch of fun but on the way home you’re just ready to sleep in your own bed?; 27-03-26 7:09 PM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 27-03-26 7:12 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: Achilles said..."This will help the Iran war make sense for people."

Compare that with the economic drivel that Rich posts.; 27-03-26 7:12 PM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "Ann Althouse said...
Coots.

They hang out in large groups."

And those groups are called either a Covert (the most widely recognized term for a group of coots), Cover, Commotion, Swarm, Fleet, Rasp, or Raft.

These terms reflect the social behavior of coots as they often seek refuge in groups.; 27-03-26 7:14 PM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: 3 wood next time, Tiger. Take the driver out of the bag..; 27-03-26 7:17 PM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "paminwi said...
Ever go on an extended vacation and have a bunch of fun but on the way home you’re just ready to sleep in your own bed?"

Sure, or just a weekend or day. I'll head home even it means I won't get there until early morning the next day.; 27-03-26 7:19 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://x.com/KennyCarmody/status/2037262542716682640; 27-03-26 7:19 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Even four days on a cruise seemed a long time; 27-03-26 7:20 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: It seems having states administer federal benefits programs is just a bad idea. I imagine the idea was to off load the work, but it results in us getting taken to the cleaners.; 27-03-26 7:22 PM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: It seems having certain states administer federal benefits is a bad idea…; 27-03-26 7:25 PM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Under Zohran Mamdani, gas prices have spiked, the stock market has cratered, and the US is locked in a nonsensical war with Iran. Is this really what New Yorkers signed up for?; 27-03-26 7:32 PM
Jim at చెప్పారు...: Do you ever shut up?; 27-03-26 7:34 PM
tim maguire చెప్పారు...: Hassayamper said...That's because the Democrat Party finances depend on staggering levels of fraud,

We used to say about politicians that the real scandal was not that they sold us out, but how cheaply they did it. The Democrats have turned that witticism on its head. Imagine how much more they’d steal if they had to steal more.; 27-03-26 7:38 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: The 'Billionaire's tax' is a scheme that is already here, and already well-estalished in many states. It's called property tax, if it's applied to real estate. Then there's an excise tax, if it's property - like your car, or your boat, anything of tangible value. My first car was twice my age when I first drove it, but I was still paying excise tax on it, every year, in Massachusetts. That's why John Kerry, that prick, moored his yacht in Connecticut, to avoid the excise tax. Estate taxes, same. A tax on investment holdings essentially just expands the concept, and it will be sold that way.; 27-03-26 7:39 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Well they stole the equivalent of a states yearly budget; 27-03-26 7:39 PM
tim maguire చెప్పారు...: Achilles said...This will help the Iran war make sense for people.

You should have warned us it was so long. If a man can’t make his conspiracist nonsense more succinct, he needs to go back to the drawing board and try again.; 27-03-26 7:41 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: A three part plan although the ukraine part was self inflicted; 27-03-26 7:42 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "Do you ever shut up?"

He's paid to be here. I'm convinced of it.; 27-03-26 7:43 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/seized-friday-march-27-2026-c-and; 27-03-26 7:45 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Non sequitor r us; 27-03-26 7:47 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: "It's called property tax, if it's applied to real estate. Then there's an excise tax, if it's property - like your car, or your boat, anything of tangible value."

They started with the low hanging fruit. Real estate and cars are the most valuable property most people have and relatively easy to track.

Now, the government wants to tax the rest of it so they'll need to come to your house and root around through your stuff to make sure you reported all of it and estimated its value correctly.; 27-03-26 7:52 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Remember prop 13, they are doing backwards; 27-03-26 7:54 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Spain’s Euthanasia ‘Compassion’ Exposes a Dark New Frontier in Death-as-Healthcare https://share.google/csl8GoD8Y3xvbi9h4; 27-03-26 8:00 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 27-03-26 8:00 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: That goes with the other thread; 27-03-26 8:01 PM
Maynard చెప్పారు...: I read that article this morning Achilles. It was certainly thought provoking.

The subtext is that we are not so much at war with Iran, but their enablers Russia and China.

Gee, Inga and Adam Schiff were always telling me that Trump was Putin's little bitch.; 27-03-26 8:06 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Yeah they were alway wrong quelle surprise; 27-03-26 8:08 PM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Achilles said...
This will help the Iran war make sense for people.
There is a reason the globalists are losing their shit right

Yep, I thought so too and posted it on the Hegseth thread earlier this afternoon. Great info!; 27-03-26 8:12 PM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Is Herr Schtarmer the worst UK Prime Minister of all time?; 27-03-26 8:18 PM
Gospace చెప్పారు...: Property tax in an interesting subject. There are a few, a very few, jurisdictions in the USA that have what I call real property tax. Your property is taxed. Just the property. The tax for a 1/4 acre lot is 25% of the tax of a 1 acre lot. Doesn't matter if you put a million dollar house on or live in a tent.

I think that's eminently fair. And- it encourages smart land use.

Whenever I bring this idea up to most people- IT'S OUTRAGEOUS! Why? Because then the rich aren't paying enough. Yes, it's jealousy rearing it's ugly head.

Just like with the proposed new wealth taxes. Nothing more then jealously and wanting to punish the successful.

One thing about taxing just the property held- does away with assessment values. All land is taxed the same. In my area that means a lot of swamp land would probably be ceded back to the towns and villages. Except for people who wanted to retain exclusive hunting/fishing/trapping rights in the swamps.

But then where I live now explaining how my volunteer fire district in SC worked is considered almost blasphemous. The VFD came around and told you your expected donation- and you wrote a check for it. If you didn't, and your abode caught fire, they'd rescue people within, then watch the house burn down. No paying after the fact. Basically fire insurance. And if you did have a structure fire insurance policy in a VFD area, and failed to donate, your insurance was null and void. Here, you lose your house if you fail to pay the fire district tax. TBH, I don't know if the fire district tax is set by property, or by assessed value. I'll have to look into that...; 27-03-26 8:21 PM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "Gee, Inga and Adam Schiff were always telling me that Trump was Putin's little bitch."

Well, to be fair to our resident dullard, Inga has never had an original thought in her life. So what Inga was telling you is what Schiff (and other leftie sources) was telling her.; 27-03-26 9:21 PM
Old and slow చెప్పారు...: The more I read, the less I want to hear.; 27-03-26 9:27 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: “Coots.
They hang out in large groups.”
Similar to the old coots here.; 27-03-26 9:30 PM
Michael Fitzgerald చెప్పారు...: So, if the USA is cranking out more oil than OPEC, shouldn't we USA citizens all be millionaires like the Arabian volk?; 27-03-26 9:30 PM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “Well, to be fair to our resident dullard, Inga has never had an original thought in her life. So what Inga was telling you is what Schiff (and other leftie sources) was telling her.”

The good news is that DNI Tulsi Gabbord is declassifying documents hidden in a House Intel Committee SCIF by pencil neck himself - Adam Schifty. It’s apparently related to the illegal whistleblower complaint that ended up as the basis for one of Trump’s impeachments. Turns out that Schifty was lying through his teeth. His staff did meet with the “whistleblower” in advance of the hearing. Shifty did what liars compulsively do - he lied.; 27-03-26 11:53 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: Yes, Schiff was lying through his teeth. And the Ingas of the world believed him because they wanted to believe him.; 28-03-26 12:10 AM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: British Defense Minister Outlines How the U.K Navy Will Defend the West, as Soon as They Locate Their Ships

Good grief, just listen to this guy. These are our allies.

Useless gits.; 28-03-26 12:17 AM
Wa St Blogger చెప్పారు...: British Defense Minister Outlines How the U.K Navy Will Defend the West, as Soon as They Locate Their Ships

Can't they just look the jogging apps the sailers use?; 28-03-26 12:24 AM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: Ha!; 28-03-26 12:27 AM
Lazarus చెప్పారు...: "Nuremberg" was informative and dutiful, but it lacked some unspecified umph that would have made it more memorable.; 28-03-26 12:42 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Althouse
March 23, 2026
Moby was "taken aback at how unevolved" The Kinks were.
Here's Moby (in The Guardian):

Far Out Magazine
@FarOutMag
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23h
The Kinks’ Ray Davies asked “who the f*ck is Moby” after he said ‘Lola’ was “gross and transphobic”, Dave Davies reveals http://dlvr.it/TRjwv3

https://x.com/FarOutMag/status/2037258439114842232?s=20; 28-03-26 2:34 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Rothmus 🏴

@Rothmus
·
10h
THOMAS SOWELL: “if you’re going to have reparations for slavery, it’s going to be the greatest transfer of wealth back and forth, because the number of Whites who were enslaved in North Africa by the Barbary Pirates exceeded the number of Africans enslaved in the United States.”

https://x.com/Rothmus/status/2037651667030552912?s=20; 28-03-26 3:26 AM
gadfly చెప్పారు...: The Pakistan-flagged ship, the Karachi, also known as the Lorax, became the first non-Iranian vessel to pass through the strait with its automatic identification system (AIS) signal turned on, on Sunday afternoon.

Hundreds of ships are trapped in the Gulf after Iran claimed complete control over the strait, days after the US and Israel declared war and assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei. At least 16 ships have been attacked in the Gulf since the war started on 28 February, according to the UK Maritime Trade Organisation (UKMTO).; 28-03-26 3:29 AM
Howard చెప్పారు...: All that happy horseshit posted by 10 Delta on X sounds like great but minimizes the US ability to 1) first gain control the Hormuz Gap and the Kharg Island pump station, 2) be able then to hold this territory, 3) be able to somehow control the actual oil fields scattered all over the mountainous terrain of Iran.

He talks about painting OPEC, Russia and China into a corner. Nothing is more dangerous than cornered rats with nuclear weapons and a region known for suicidal bombers.

The US is powerful, but not invincible. This "theory", if actually true, is an example of the cliche that pride comes before the fall.

I don't believe this is Trump's plan, he's not that stupid. There has to be a lot of carrots to go around after using the stick. Checkmate only works on board games.; 28-03-26 3:51 AM
Howard చెప్పారు...: I always get The Kinks confused with The Clash. I'm surprised Moby isn't going after the blatant Islamophobia of Rock the Casbah. Has he listened to Brown Sugar recently? Sounds like he's trying to garner new GenZ fans.; 28-03-26 3:57 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: “There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining "punishment" and "being supposed to punish" hurts it, arouses fear in it. "Is it not enough to render him undangerous? Why still punish?
Punishing itself is terrible." With this question, herd morality, the morality of timidity, draws its ultimate consequence.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil; 28-03-26 4:19 AM
Money Manger చెప్పారు...: @ Gospace: It's not a new idea. See 19th century economist Henry George.; 28-03-26 4:38 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: Things you never forget. Adam Schiff coming out of the closed door hearings, heading straight to the cameras, telling the world he’s seen the evidence of Trump colluding with Russia/ Putin. “I’ve seen the evidence” he would crow. Everytime. And yet, never produced it. Ever.

And he’s now a senator. Should be in jail.; 28-03-26 4:59 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 28-03-26 5:02 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: @Howard on painting countries into a corner over Gulf oil.

This is not 1973. This is not 1973. This is not 1973. There are now oil producers all over the world. OPEC is no longer an effective cartel. There is better oil extraction tech ("fracking"). The green push mitigated the need for oil, and it now allows the use of electricity for many things. While not "green," nuclear or coal power might fill the gap when the greenies start to freeze their toes off. Coal is very very very cheap and abundant. The Hormuz issue follows lazy efforts to pacify Iran and not bothering to build true workarounds (e.g., pipelines).

@Howard on Rock the Casbah --

The Clash held that the song was about partying "rocking" with Middle Eastern citizens in opposition to militant and violent leaders. This does fit with the nuclear freeze, pacifist, anti-Vietnam ideological tone of the late 1970s and early 1980s. It also fits with The Clash's socialist/communist sympathies. But yeah, it's hard to take it seriously.; 28-03-26 5:13 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: NY Post headline (Tiger Woods): “Free as a birdie”.

Not as good as an earlier NY Post headline “Headless body in topless bar”.; 28-03-26 5:15 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: The Persian gulf islands are ideal targets for occupation as they cant be reinforced by Iran through infiltration, they have minimal civilian populations making guerilla warfare useless, and they are out of range of artillery bombardment from the mainland - or they will require the sort of artillery that is completely vulnerable to airstrikes. They negate all of the IRGC manpower advantages.
I dont see the point of taking Kharg island as the US can simply seize every tanker that loads there. But I guess it might be symbolic. Kharg is important because it is one place close to Khuzestan with sufficiently deep water to load VLCC's, the rest of the coast is too shallow.
Iranian petroleum and natgas mainly comes from flat Khuzestan province and offshore. The vast bulk of Iran produces nothing.
The Gulf or Hormuz islands would be useful to monitor boat traffic and to prevent their use as staging points for boats and antiship missiles. Queshm island allegedly has an extensive tunnel system for exactly this.; 28-03-26 5:18 AM
Kevin చెప్పారు...: Coots.

They hang out in large groups.

Especially the old ones. They gather in the comment sections.; 28-03-26 5:40 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: Elissa Slotkin, on Maher last night, draws the line and won’t align with anyone who supported the Jan 6 event, as it was an attempt to overturn an election. Our democracy was threatened. Thing is, she’s an ex CIA Officer. Let that sink in.; 28-03-26 5:49 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: @Kevin They gather in the comment sections.

I'm curious whether these coots have green leafy feet too.; 28-03-26 5:57 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Breezy, may her words be used against her in a court of law.; 28-03-26 6:04 AM
Dave Begley చెప్పారు...: “Iran is winning so hard they have to recruit 12-year olds. “Iran has said that children as young as 12 can join the war, country’s state media quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) official as saying that the minimum age for participation in war-related support roles has been lowered.” Much like they used 12 to 17 year olds to clear minefields in the Iran-Iraq war.”; 28-03-26 6:05 AM
Christopher B చెప్పారు...: buwaya, we don't have the ships or manpower to stop every tanker transiting Hormuz and we would be essentially replacing the threat of Iranian action against shipping with our own threat which buys us nothing. If we're sitting on the terminal at Kharg we have a huge carrot for an Iranian faction to attack the mosaic defense from the inside and take control of the Iranian military and security organizations.; 28-03-26 6:18 AM
imTay చెప్పారు...: They think that they found the remains of d'Artagnon, one of the Musketeers, in a Dutch church.

France24 English; 28-03-26 7:10 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) చెప్పారు...: Remember all the talk about BRICs shutting America out of the status as Petrodollar king? Brazil? Not doing well. Russia? Oil is sanctioned and NS2 blowed up. India? Gleefully sailing through with their oil and friends with USA. China? Dependent on oil from choke points we control.; 28-03-26 7:13 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: On reality the moroccan king waa only rounding up the commies; 28-03-26 7:44 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: In so far as morocco they were busy attacking the polisario who were a sovier backed guerilla group; 28-03-26 7:52 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 28-03-26 7:52 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: Only the Iranian-loaded tankers. Easy to pick out all those that loaded at Kharg island. Intercept and board a few with prize crews and nobody will be loading Iranian oil.; 28-03-26 7:53 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Across the pond

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/03/27/starmer-its-up-to-miliband-whether-we-drill-in-north-sea/; 28-03-26 7:58 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 28-03-26 7:58 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: I have a question: Did the Pentagon study Operation Spiderweb—the Ukrainian strike that destroyed a significant portion of Russian strategic aviation last year—and conclude, 'Nah, we're good'? Are we really planning to keep our planes parked in the open, within easy reach of adversaries, because we assume we have nothing to learn from the Ukrainians… and that our adversaries must feel the same way?

And yes — Iran possesses precision missile capabilities that are orders of magnitude more advanced than Ukraine’s.

Iran missile strike damages five KC-135 tankers in Saudi Arabia, officials say ~ Military Times
"Iranian forces appear to have damaged or destroyed multiple USAF KC-135 tankers parked in the open at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia."
https://tinyurl.com/m8b853uf

Iran Is Applying the Lessons of Russia’s Drone Warfare Against America ~ WSJ

'Technologies that the U.S. is only beginning to adopt could dominate the battlefield if Trump orders a ground operation'
https://t.co/ioAAyKH5Om; 28-03-26 8:03 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: @JIm & OG Mike
Naw. It was an entirely defensible, accurate, and really minor observation. And you whining about it says far more about you than me.; 28-03-26 8:05 AM
RJW చెప్పారు...: If only Trump had realized that Iran could put up more of a fight than a 13 year old girl.; 28-03-26 8:06 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Instead of filming workout videos for social media, renaming military bases, hunting for DEI initiatives, firing experienced officers, and fighting to restrict press access, Hegseth should have been studying the war in Ukraine to better understand modern drone warfare.; 28-03-26 8:09 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: One recalls some of the greater battles were over bandar abbaa in the war with iraq; 28-03-26 8:09 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The trolls are getting desperate; 28-03-26 8:10 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “ He talks about painting OPEC, Russia and China into a corner. Nothing is more dangerous than cornered rats with nuclear weapons and a region known for suicidal bombers.”

Russia is easy. Trump just pulls on Zelenskyy‘s leash. Which he did this week. Trump told Zelenskyy that if wants to get any sort of mutual protection pact, he needs to give Russia something. While Putin may not like what the US is doing in Iran, he is a lot more upset about what the Ukrainians are doing to Mother Russia. This week, they hit Russia hard, far from their borders.

China is a bit harder to mollify. When things get tight, Trump calls Xi his “good friend”. Flattering China and its leader does work. Right now, it looks like China is reeling, with the two countries supplying it oil (at a discount) taken out or sidelined by the US. And a lot of China’s perfidy in business has been called out - further stressing the country’s economy. So, their natural response is to sit back and wait it out. They play the long game, and are unlikely to do something stupid (like Russia did with Ukraine). Or seriously test Trump. And in fewer than three years he will be gone.

OPEC needs to recognize the reality that the US is now a major oil power. THE oil power in the world, esp with Venezuela under our thumb and Iran’s oil sales under our control. The Arab oil producers have mostly enthusiastically jumped into the Iran conflict, on our side. And, if it turns out that Iran’s oil spigot is closed for awhile, more money for them. Esp since they are Sunni, and the Iranians are apostate Shi’a. That rivalry (Arab v Persia) goes back a millennium or so. The Saudi’s new pipeline bypassing the Straight of Hormuz is ramping up significantly faster than expected.; 28-03-26 8:19 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: They bleed for mass murderers like larijani

They celebrated zarquawi because bush; 28-03-26 8:27 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The iranians seem to have told xi (no soup for you); 28-03-26 8:30 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Then his successsors became obamas jayvee team; 28-03-26 8:32 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “ Instead of filming workout videos for social media, renaming military bases, hunting for DEI initiatives, firing experienced officers, and fighting to restrict press access, Hegseth should have been studying the war in Ukraine to better understand modern drone warfare”

Sure. The DEI and TDS infected officers were pushed aside. And replaced by the ones who could, and would fight. The idiots who so badly bungled our withdrawal from Afghanistan are gone. And most here, at least, would consider that a very good thing.

I very much disagree with your implied suggestion that the fired officers would have learned more about drone warfare than their replacements. They were far more focused on all the wrong things, such DEI and the transgendered than on the ability to fight and win wars. And part of winning wars is the rapid adaption of useful new technologies. Rapid adoption of cheap drone technology is a high priority with the Hegseth DOD/DOW. It would be almost ignored by the formerly woke Biden DOD. Instead of being fast tracked through the procurement process, contracts would be studied to death, and finally given to the best DEI credentialed firms, with the strongest ties to the Dem party coffers.; 28-03-26 8:36 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Time will tell. Remember to never forget what was said and who said it.; 28-03-26 8:42 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: All Iran needs to do to win this asymmetric war is to be able to fire 20 of their simple Shahed drones per day at cities, airports and energy sites. Russia is shipping drones to Iran across the Caspian sea. There’s effectively an unlimited supply.; 28-03-26 8:46 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: For a much more thorough explanation of OPEC, Oil, LNG. Etc, as well as China and Russia, please read the article that Achilles linked to earlier here at: 3/27/26, 7:04 PM
https://x.com/_10delta_/status/2037098099823243273; 28-03-26 8:51 AM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: Original Mike said...
"Do you ever shut up?"

"He's paid to be here. I'm convinced of it."

You'd think they'd send someone with at least a triple digit IQ.; 28-03-26 9:00 AM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: Kevin said...
Coots.

They hang out in large groups.

"Especially the old ones. They gather in the comment sections."

You and Eva. This is an outrage! I demand an apology!; 28-03-26 9:02 AM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: Regarding tankers, I thought Iran was under sanctions. So if a tanker loaded with Iranian crude exits the region, why wouldn't it come under interdiction rules, especially if the tanker is part of the 'dark fleet', just as Venezuelan crude has been interdicted?; 28-03-26 9:03 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Zero evidence of any military background, service, or insider experience. Searches across his posts for military-related terms turn up nothing relevant. His handle "10Δ" (delta symbol) seems symbolic (change, or perhaps soil/ag delta), not a Delta Force reference.

None of the analysts mention depletion strategy which is to bleed dry the interceptor stockpiles … part of the propaganda to keep spirits high.I ran has taken out nearly every US military base resulting in soldiers working ‘remotely’ from hotels. New York Times reporting 13 out of 16 US bases in the region are “uninhabitable”.; 28-03-26 9:04 AM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: I know, Howard. If only the joint chiefs had consulted you and rich this thing would be over already. If Trump were smart enough to have you guys on his team. America would be great.; 28-03-26 9:05 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “ All Iran needs to do to win this asymmetric war is to be able to fire 20 of their simple Sh6ahed drones per day at cities, airports and energy sites. Russia is shipping drones to Iran across the Caspian sea. There’s effectively an unlimited supply.”

Good luck with that.

As if Russia didn’t need them as desperately. Esp after last week, when Ukraine struck deep into Russia with their own drones (which we have access to). We don’t need to degrade Russian drone manufacturing - Ukraine is doing it for us.

Moreover, they aren’t that hard to take out from the air. And we do have complete air supremacy over Iran. We just need to know where they are. Which we most often do, from circling AWACS, satellites, etc. Space Force has shown its worth in the Iran conflict - esp when it comes to eliminating almost all of Iran’s missiles and missile launches.

And, no, Iran cant hide where the drones come in from, nor where they are going from there. Which means that it is significantly more likely that drones will be taken out before they can arrive at their destination, than can actually be launched.

Oh, BTW, even though Shahed drones are an Iranian design, domestic production has been mostly shut down by now - hence the need for Russian drones.; 28-03-26 9:23 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Hezbollah howard doesnt fool us; 28-03-26 9:23 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Bruce Hayden rather misses the point. Missile stocks are one thing. The real problem is the limitless supply of drones which can be assembled and launched from virtually anywhere. Drones can be used to close the Strait indefinitely. And closure of the Strait constitutes a strategic defeat for the US and its Gulf allies.; 28-03-26 10:52 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: FEMA Associate Administrator Gregg Phillips revealed he was once teleported to a Waffle House in the middle of a conversation. Has the Trump administration discovered a brilliant workaround for the global fuel shortage?

Perhaps this is how Trump will keep boots off the ground in Iran. Soldiers are teleporting.; 28-03-26 10:56 AM
DINKY DAU 45 చెప్పారు...: This morning at Gulfstream Park Florida ods for the Derby today odds for the Florida Derby are as follows:
Chief Wallabee: 2-1
Commandment: 5-2
Nearly: 3-1
The Puma: 9-2 my own line has CHIEF WALLABEE at 3-1, Commandment at 4-1(hard recent race may bounce)and NEARLY at 4-1( if I can get 3-1 on Nearly I will continue with my $250.00 to win and back and forth exactas with WALLABEE AND COMMANDMENT ($40 box) total wager $330.00 Race at 6:42 ON FANDUEL TV NBCSN STREAM PEACOCK. Checking to see if there is a march close to me today NO FREAKIN KINGS!! NO MORE WARS!!!; 28-03-26 11:09 AM
Little Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: “The DEI and TDS infected officers were pushed aside. And replaced by the ones who could, and would fight. The idiots who so badly bungled our withdrawal from Afghanistan are gone”

The entire administration is at war with the truth. And the GOP all sit there like potted plants. This is all a function of a completely corrupt and incredibly inept administration. No honor, no integrity and certainly no intention actually live up to their oath of office.

This is who we are, folks. These people represent us to the world.; 28-03-26 12:34 PM

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