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Retired DoD 47 years. USN 1974-1978, Gunner’s Mate. USAFR 1980-1999, Flight Control System Specialist and Flight Engineer, SMSgt. DoD Quality Assurance Specialist, ISO Auditor.

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Canadian Visits To U.S. Fall For 13th Consecutive Month—Adding To U.S. Tourism Decline Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.

Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.

10.03.2026 18:50 👍 2726 🔁 756 💬 311 📌 130
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“Misfits and losers” describes his cabinet perfectly.

11.03.2026 12:27 👍 3936 🔁 866 💬 664 📌 143

“When President Trump says that Iran is in a place of unconditional surrender, he’s not claiming the Iranian regime is going to come out and say that themselves.” -- Karoline Leavitt

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

11.03.2026 03:20 👍 767 🔁 137 💬 63 📌 15
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Russia preparing the legal framework for global military action.

A new bill would allow Putin to deploy Russian forces outside Russia’s borders to “protect Russian citizens
abroad.”

Same pretext used in Crimea.

Same language used before Georgia.

Same playbook again

11.03.2026 15:43 👍 306 🔁 182 💬 49 📌 17

In Lebanon, the United Nations warns nearly 700,000 ​people, including 200,000 children, have been forced to flee their homes over the past week as Israel continues to bombard Lebanon. Lebanese authorities say nearly 500 people have been killed, with the death toll rising by around 100 a day.

11.03.2026 01:52 👍 106 🔁 61 💬 9 📌 7
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FBI examines Arizona election records in widening probe of Trump vote fraud claims The FBI has obtained records related ​to the 2020 election in Arizona, a top state lawmaker said on Monday, as federal ‌law enforcement continues to pursue President Donald Trump's false claims that h...

The FBI has obtained records related ​to the 2020 election in Arizona, a top state lawmaker said on Monday, as federal ‌law enforcement continues to pursue President Donald Trump's false claims that his defeat in that campaign was the result of voting fraud. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

11.03.2026 18:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sadly she might be right

11.03.2026 18:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dire Straits: The Iran War Is Run by Idiots Also: Americans don't care about process. So they will get corruption.

The Iran war is run by idiots

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

11.03.2026 17:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
China’s solar capacity installations grew rapidly in 2024 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Meanwhile China is well on the way to energy independence.

China’s solar capacity installations grew rapidly in 2024

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

11.03.2026 17:54 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Dire Straits: The Iran War Is Run by Idiots Also: Americans don't care about process. So they will get corruption.

“It should not surprise you that the same team which invited a reporter into a Signal chat about war plans a few months ago have been blindsided by the Iranian regime’s resilience.”

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

11.03.2026 17:34 👍 663 🔁 166 💬 25 📌 9
China’s solar capacity installations grew rapidly in 2024 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

China works to free itself from reliance on fossil fuels. Meanwhile Trump wants to increase U.S. reliance on fossil fuels. China will achieve energy independence long before the U.S.

China’s solar capacity installations grew rapidly in 2024

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

11.03.2026 17:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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White House asks Republicans to stop talking about ‘mass deportations’: report The president has promised to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in the country’s history

White House privately asks Republicans to stop talking about ‘mass deportations’ as public opinion turns on ICE: report
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

11.03.2026 16:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump says white South Africans are persecuted; some are returning to a better life (Corrects year to 2016 from 2019 in paragraph 10) By Nellie Peyton and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, March 11 (Reuters) - Andrew Veitch left South Africa after being held up at gunpoint in his car.

Trump says white South Africans are persecuted; some are returning to a better life
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

11.03.2026 16:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump says white South Africans are persecuted; some are returning to a better life (Corrects year to 2016 from 2019 in paragraph 10) By Nellie Peyton and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, March 11 (Reuters) - Andrew Veitch left South Africa after being held up at gunpoint in his car.

The Trump administration is ramping up its new refugee program for white South Africans, focusing on Afrikaners, the descendants of Dutch settlers. About 3,500 South Africans have entered the United States as refugees since the program started in May 2025.

11.03.2026 16:43 👍 30 🔁 24 💬 5 📌 3

MAGA is able to be terrified by trans gender reassignment, because they are defined by their penises. The idea of surrendering a penis is surrendering power and dominance. The very idea that a person would give up their “manly power” is anathema to them.

11.03.2026 16:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yesterday, a lot of folks clocked this as market manipulation by screenshot and backspace.

Looks like someone in the White House made billions.

11.03.2026 14:54 👍 2221 🔁 1039 💬 85 📌 55

It's interesting to view Trump as a hard-nosed New York City real estate developer. He came up in a world of tough negotiations with high power opponents.

Only now as president, he can legally use the US military to kill people when negotiations fail. "He didn't agree to my deal, kill him". 🙃

10.03.2026 21:27 👍 320 🔁 74 💬 63 📌 13
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You may be the least self-aware idiot in the world if you are gloating about someone being in the Epstein Files when you are in those same files *thousands* of times more often.

11.03.2026 15:13 👍 1827 🔁 486 💬 129 📌 25
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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say

www.cbsnews.com/news/strike-...

11.03.2026 16:37 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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(cartoon Adam Zyglis)

11.03.2026 14:38 👍 2073 🔁 751 💬 38 📌 20
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a couple of cartoon characters with orange faces and green hair standing next to each other . ALT: a couple of cartoon characters with orange faces and green hair standing next to each other .
11.03.2026 16:35 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I remember when my Squadron Commander asked me why I would possibly want to get an advanced degree and teach at West Point when I could be driving a humvee around the California desert refereeing fake battles.

A couple years later I was out of the Army.

11.03.2026 16:14 👍 35 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 1
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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say
www.cbsnews.com/news/strike-...

11.03.2026 16:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lessons from Ukraine for Defending Gulf Airspace from Shaheds In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait killed six

Years of mass drone attacks have stress-tested Ukraine’s air defenses, resulting in a system that has held up under relentless pressure. @dim0kq says the United States and its allies should be paying attention.

11.03.2026 16:00 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

The DoD just now doing risk analysis on keeping the Straits of Hormuz open?

11.03.2026 15:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

its cool how we’ve spent decades anticipating this exact scenario where a cornered iran would mine or otherwise deny access to the strait and the US gov is just like “woah, no idea they’d play this card in response to [operation: no iranian government official left alive]”

11.03.2026 00:03 👍 1146 🔁 192 💬 22 📌 4

Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.

11.03.2026 15:16 👍 2835 🔁 654 💬 156 📌 25
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Gas prices could hit $4 in the next month as war in Iran escalates Americans could see higher prices at the pump for the foreseeable future as the conflict continues.

Gas prices could hit $4 in the next month as war in Iran escalates
finance.yahoo.com/news/gas-pri...

11.03.2026 15:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gas prices surge above $3 per gallon in Tennessee amid Middle East conflict AAA said the national average is up 48 cents from last week to $3.48 per gallon.

Gas prices surge above $3 per gallon in Tennessee amid Middle East conflict
AAA said the national average is up 48 cents from last week to $3.48 per gallon.
www.wvlt.tv/2026/03/10/g...

11.03.2026 15:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

OTD in 1941 the US lend lease act was signed.

It merely prolonged the war by allowing UK to continue fight Nazis instead of seeking peace

11.03.2026 09:18 👍 398 🔁 66 💬 3 📌 1