International Affairs
Scotch Whiskey about to get 25% cheaper
The KoB sends word that Scotch (among a couple other products coming out of Britain) are going to get cheaper, for at least a little while. Fox Business reports; A new deal negotiated between the United States and Britain will see a temporary suspension in tariffs placed on certain goods. These items included Scotch and […]
Japanese sub damaged in collision
JS Shoryu In an accident reminiscent of the USS Greenville incident, the Japanese Submarine Shoryu collided with the bulk carrier Ocean Artemis while surfacing. The accident occurred in Japanese home waters near the island of Shikoku. Although damaged and with injured crew, fortunately there was no loss of life on board either vessle. Poetrooper sends. […]
U.S. CENTCOM Shift to Arab-Israeli Cooperation
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, center, will have to figure out how to fold Israel into his mix. (Staff Sgt. Alexandria Brun/Air Force) In a last-minute reorganization of the American defense structure in the Middle East, President Trump has ordered that the U.S. Central Command oversight be expanded to […]
Russia’s Federal Security Service Agent Admits Murder Plot
Remember Alexei Anatolievich Navalny? He’s the Russian opposition activist who ran afoul of Vlad and his charming crew, and would up hospitalized from the effects of a nasty nerve agent, Novichok. He’s lucky to be alive. Assassination attempts like this don’t go unnoticed, and there’s more than sufficient means, motive, and opportunity to point fingers. […]
Swalwell Sleeps With The Enemy
It’s Trumps fault, of course. Swalwell Suggests Trump Admin Leaked Chinese Spy Story — ‘They Are Not Going to Silence Me’ Authored by: TRENT BAKER Wednesday on “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) reacted to the bombshell Axios report that claimed a Chinese spy named Fang Fang had relationships with powerful Democratic Party figures, including […]
US Army identifies 5 Americans killed in helicopter crash in Egypt
US Army identifies 5 Americans killed in helicopter crash in Egypt They died as a result of a UH-60 crash in Sinai By Lucas Tomlinson The U.S. Army announced Saturday the deaths of five soldiers who were part of peacekeeping operations with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) mission. The soldiers died as a result […]
Whale Tail Saves Train
This would look strange if it wasn’t 2020. The driver of a metro train escaped injury when the train’s front car rammed through the barrier at the end of an elevated section of rails, and was caught by a sculpture of a whale’s tail near Rotterdam. Skippy sends. Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch metro train […]
Special Boat Service Raids Tanker
The Brit’s Special Boat Service (SBS) is described as the Royal Navy’s “answer to the SAS”. The Navy’s branch of the special forces is also highly skilled, and mainly recruits from the Royal Marine Commandos – a part of the military already considered to be an elite force. They’ve been busy of late. Poetrooper sends. […]
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