Iranian boats ‘tried to intercept British tanker’ Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf – before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Montrose moved between the three boats and the tanker British Heritage before issuing verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, …
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Jul 10 2019
It doesn’t get any better.
Road computing, I mean actually changing to new and exotic places on a nearly daily basis, is fraught by comparison with hooking up in a pre-Scouted and prepared location which, frankly, is frustrating enough. Add the large chunks of time spent in actual travel and I’m surprised I get anything done at all. Yesterday …
Jul 10 2019
Deader Than A Door Nail
I don’t mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not …
Jul 10 2019
Cartnoon
Canadian Lewis and Clark U.S.? A few guys (some soldiers and others not) and a pile of “money” to buy what you need along the way. Brits? A Thousand Soldiers with Baggage Train. If that was all you knew you’d think the U.S. more likely to have good relations with the First Nations. You would …
Jul 10 2019
Six in The Morning Wednesday 10 July 2019
Hong Kong families are feuding as China extradition bill exposes generational fall in living standards By Jessie Yeung, CNN Updated 0352 GMT (1152 HKT) July 10, 2019 In the now widely-shared Facebook video, a young man in a Hong Kong restaurant stands up at his table and glares down at his family members. “You’re criticizing my friends, …
Jul 09 2019
Tired Of Waiting For Nancy
After crushing the Republicans in 2018 and beating them on the Government Shutdown over Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio’s Giant Penis Wall of Hate, why has she turned into such a lying coward? Nancy Pelosi Has Chosen Her War, and It’s With Her Own Party’s Future by Mehdi Hasan, The Intercept July 7 2019 In the …
Jul 09 2019
Why does any of this surprise you?
The man cheats at Golf. Donald Trump’s origin story suffers another severe blow By Aaron Blake, Washington Post July 8, 2019 The Washington Post’s Michael Kranish reported that Trump’s admission to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance — one of Trump’s go-to brags to play up his credentials — was hardly the feat …
Jul 09 2019
Six In The Morning Tuesday 9 July 2019
Hong Kong extradition bill ‘is dead’ says Carrie Lam Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland “is dead”. In a press conference on Tuesday, Ms Lam said the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”. But she stopped short of …
Jul 08 2019
Ain’t No Rest For Wicked, Until We Close Our Eyes For Good
By The Sea required much more effort than I expected and the time I didn’t spend being busy I spent recovering from being busy so- no posting. Told you it would be a crap shoot. I have to go back in 2 weeks to finish anyway and I have other agendas to pursue which …
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