Catholic church) has fallen. Look, for you good Catholics, there are other churches to go to. Perhaps it’s time to start your search…
Category: Change
this is a BIG shift!
block the Strait of Hormuz? I thought he wanted it open!
Well, he didn’t. Or he changed and made it more specific.
But the situation was that Iran wanted to selectively block the Strait. Their “friends” (China in particular) who paid the extortion money would have NO problem. OTOH, anyone who sided withe the United States could not pass. The Mullahs would decide who could use the waterway and who couldn’t.
And of course the United States objected very strongly to such an arrangement. They would not let stand the policy that Iran’s friends could use the waterway, but those they disagree with could not. So now, everyone is blocked from using it.
And in any case, the United States is making a mint out of this. Trump made a great call on this! It damages Iran and China, and boosts the United States. THAT is a pretty good outcome…
So we aren’t closing the Strait, we are blockading Iranian ports. This means that Iran won’t be able to sell any oil. Two countries will be hurt: Iran and China, which buys 80% of Iranian oil. The Gulf States will be able to ship their oil through the Strait as soon as they choose to do so.
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Hey, THAT
My first thought is that also has impact of things like software agreements. I don’t know if that is the case, but it seems fairly similar. Either you own a certain piece of equipment, or you don’t.
But in any case, farmers have got to be very happy about this. Most farmers that I know (and I come from a farming background) are very proficient at repairing their own equipment.
The settlement also includes an agreement by Deere to provide “the digital tools ​required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair” of tractors, combines, and other machinery for 10 years. That part is crucial, as farmers previously resorted to hacking their own equipment’s software just to get it up and running again.
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Regarding Bernie
Sanders, I don’t know if he is charlatan or a total moron. But he certainly is at least one of those…
Kind of, uh, interesting how now Bernie no longer talks about climate change, eh? He’s movin’ on to “greener” pastures. And as we know, Bernie is all about the green (and private jets)!
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Oh! How interesting!
Trump will not destroy Iran now–tonight.There has been an agreement!
Well, it doesn’t look like he’ll be destroying any civilizations on Tuesday night. Donald Trump has announced, via his Truth Social account, that there will be a two-week ceasefire with Iran, subject to “complete, immediate, and safe” opening of the Strait of Hormuz.Â
And you know why this happened, right? Because Trump is a serious man, and everyone knows it. If he were one of those milquetoast RINOs or a sniveling Lefty, this would never have happened. This is peas through strength.
We’ll see if Iran is now serious about this…
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THIS is sure to
make Leftists freak out. Because even with control of the mainstream media (MSM), they barely win or sometimes even lose. If they were to face a halfway fair MSM, they would chronically be on the losing side. They would be a little rump of a party.
The Left has depended on having a stranglehold on the mainstream media in order to make themselves a bit relevant. They use it also to push stories that make Republicans look bad. Indeed, it is hard to imagine them having anywhere close to the influence on power that they have now if they did not control the MSM.
They really can’t afford for CNN to be something of a balanced and reasonable source. They needed to push a Lefty agenda. So what we are seeing here is a huge threat to their very existence as a party. Or at least their efficacy.
But now someone who is not hard left is buying the corporation that owns CNN. Head for the fainting couches!
This is a disaster for the Democrats. Bernie Sanders took to X to warning of a right-wing “oligarchy.” Elizabeth Warren signed a letter expressing “concerns” that the deal might violate antitrust law, even though she barely objected when the reliably liberal Netflix, which raised far more antitrust red flags, was in line to buy Warner Bros.
I think that the Left knows very well that if they do not totally control the MSM they are electorally hosed. That’s why they are so upset and frantic about all this.
And they are correct. The idea of some segment of the MSM talking facts rightfully fills them with dread. They want cheerleaders, not reporters.
“diversity train” has been, for Democrats, has been a train to nowhere.
There are varying degrees of lack of self-awareness among politicians, and few in history have been more clueless than the woman who recently spent four years being one heartbeat away from the presidency, Kamala Harris.
… How flummoxed are the Democrats about 2028? With more than two years before the first primaries to choose a presidential nominee, some Democrats believe their best bet is to choose a candidate who looks and sounds like, well, a Republican.
These Democrats think that a straight, white, Christian man can put the party on his back and carry them to victory in 2028.
Wow!
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Congresspeople had
better watch out! They are not as “safe” as they think they are. And they have escaped regular, determined scrutiny so far, but is seems that those days are coming to an end close.
EVERYBODY now has a video camera in their pocket. And they are NOT shy about using it! Good!
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Yes, the fading
relevance of the Eurotrash leaders. I think Eastern Europe has got its crap together, and Meloni in Italy is a gleaming bright spot. And it wouldn’t be hard for the leaders of the other western European countries to stand out. I mean, at night a candle’s brighter than the sun… (thanks, Sting!)
But on the whole, western Europe is total malicious loony bin. And really, I want nothing to do with them. Europe has never been a major destination for me (though when I was in the military I wanted to be stationed in Rota, Spain–but never was), but now it would be a pure punishment to go visit.
American leftists have long had a fetish for the worst of the worst in Europe. During the Cold War, they were actually fans of all things Soviet. I think being exposed to that as a young kid and teenager had a lot to do with the fact that I never had a youthful wandering liberal phase. We had relatives in Poland whom my grandparents would occasionally visit, and they told me the truth of what was going on behind the Iron Curtain.Â
It’s a real plus to learn at such a young age that liberals are full of it.Â