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  1. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    Anyway, back to Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. and Iran opened fire in the Strait of Hormuz, with each side claiming the other initiated the attack, of course. The renewal of hostilities further imperils the two countries' “ceasefire agreement,” which had already been badly damaged by...
  2. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials. Hmmm… Trump surprised Gulf allies by...
  3. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    Ok. Anyway, U.S. military forces intercepted and incapacitated an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker Wednesday that was sailing toward an Iranian port in violation of the U.S. Navy blockade, the service announced...
  4. Ron in Regina

    Trump 2.0

    Social media sites have reportedly received hundreds of similar requests for personal information since Trump began his second term. The ACLU has previously filed three related lawsuits, which all resulted in the Department of Homeland Security withdrawing requests for personal data before...
  5. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    Isn’t Bibi/Lebanon background noise at this point? Strait of Hormuz & Gulf of Arabia & nuclear enrichment, etc…that’s the focus of the current slapfest that’s kicking the globe in the nuts financially, & Bibi/Hamas are a sideshow?
  6. Ron in Regina

    Trump 2.0

    http://apple.news/A74O2WuU9TWOATMyxn-2plA The Canadian citizen, who uses an online pseudonym to protect his privacy, regularly goes on social media sites like X to share strongly-worded criticisms of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. After he posted about the...
  7. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    US president, Donald Trump, has issued a fresh ultimatum, telling Iran to accept a deal to end the war in the Middle East or face a new wave of US bombing “at a much higher level and intensity than it was before”. The social media announcement on Wednesday was the latest in a rapid series of...
  8. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    In his morning post, Trump said: "Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to (???), which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an ⁠end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran."...
  9. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    I’m assuming they’d have something to confirm or deny at this point…so the US will pause “Project Freedom,” the effort aimed at guiding commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said. The announcement came just hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the...
  10. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would “briefly pause” an operation to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing progress toward a comprehensive agreement with Iran. "We have mutually agreed (?) that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project...
  11. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. had successfully secured a path through the waterway and that hundreds of commercial ships were lining up (???) to pass through. The four-week-old truce with Iran was not over, he added. http://apple.news/ASfwPatGfTryOxkoPAA_oPA Asked what Iran...
  12. Ron in Regina

    The Donroe Doctrine

    Actually, that was the last balanced budget in Canada federally in 2015 in the spring. By fall of 2015…not so much.
  13. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    http://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZRhgJdcp_Hw (YouTube & US Says Iran Ceasefire Still in Place After Clashes Over Hormuz) A ceasefire is a temporary cessation, truce, or suspension of active hostilities and military operations agreed upon by opposing sides. It is designed to stop violence—often...
  14. Ron in Regina

    WE really need to get rid of this guy

    We were up here. Want a bottle of whiskey or a prescription or to get onto public transport or into a bank, you had to do both. You had vaccinations a year before we did up here, & each nation followed different paths and circumstances.
  15. Ron in Regina

    The Donroe Doctrine

    Yeah…we get the same horse shit up here from Carney as he moves numbers around in the columns, then claims that his deficits are lower than Trudeau (some of them) in the smoke and mirrors. We ‘really’ haven’t had a balanced budget in over a decade, but it is what it is.
  16. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted at a Pentagon briefing Tuesday that the ceasefire was "not over" despite the clashes in the strait. The U.S. military said Tehran's forces attacked U.S. Navy and commercial ships Monday with cruise missiles, and launched drones and small boats at the...
  17. Ron in Regina

    The Donroe Doctrine

    Understanding the global copper supply crunch is essential context for evaluating why the Zambia US health aid minerals deal has attracted such intense geopolitical attention from Washington. Copper is not simply a commodity in this context. It is a foundational input for the energy transition...
  18. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    A fragile truce in the Middle East was under strain on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters could not independently verify events in the strait as the two sides issued contradictory statements...
  19. Ron in Regina

    Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

    (YouTube & Explosion, fire on South Korean vessel in Strait of Hormuz under investigation) (YouTube & Iran attacks U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid ‘Project Freedom’) Donald Trump is calling the initiative "Project Freedom" rather than "Operation Freedom" to frame it as a humanitarian...
  20. Ron in Regina

    The Donroe Doctrine

    Zambia's government said on Monday that it opposed a U.S. attempt ‌to tie health funding to access to critical minerals, giving details for the first time about why negotiations with Washington over two proposed agreements have stalled...