Iranian ships round Cape of Good Hope
for first time, possibly toward
Venezuela: reports
Posted By: DVC, 6/4/2021 5:56:08 PM
Two Iranian ships have rounded the Cape of Good Hope, appearing to head for the Atlantic Ocean and on to Venezuela, according to reports. The move presents a significant and aggressive step during a tense moment in relations between the U.S. and Iran. The two ships – an Iranian frigate and the Makran, an oil tanker that was converted to a floating forward staging base – made their way south along the Eastern coast of Africa and rounded the Cape of Good Hope on Friday. Satellite imagery of the ship from early May provided by Maxar Technologies shows seven fast-attack boats aboard the Makran’s deck, USNI reported.
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Even sailors have a sweet tooth.
And for anyone who’s ever wanted to eat dessert like a sailor in the U.S. Navy, now you can.
The Navy’s 1945 recipe for soft sugar cookies was posted on YouTube by the Naval History and Heritage Command in April, as part of its "The History Galley" video series.
The series host and public affairs specialist Thomas Frezza told Fox News that he started making the videos during the coronavirus pandemic. "I have a few different editions of the U.S. Navy's Cookbook and it was during quarantine, I was looking for something to do and something that we could share
Bush nonprofit agreed to take $5 million
from Chinese Communist Party-connected
group: report 16 replies
from Chinese Communist Party-connected
group: report 16 replies
The George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations agreed to accept $5 million from a group with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and China's international propaganda efforts, according to a report Saturday.
The group, which was founded by Neil Bush, a brother to former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, goes by the name Bush China Foundation for short. Its goal, according to its website, is to build "a constructive relationship" between the U.S. and China.
But a written agreement published by Axios reveals that the Bush China Foundation agreed in 2019 to accept $5 million over five years from the China-United States Exchange Foundation,
A lot of people have been wondering why, suddenly, the leftist establishment is embracing the idea that COVID came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (which is tied to the Chinese military) after denying the possibility for so long. The answer may lie in the fact that the Defense Intelligence Agency has for months been debriefing a high-level Chinese Communist Party defector — but withheld the information from other agencies until recently because of fears that those agencies are compromised. In other words, it's a twofer: China did create and release the virus, and our federal government cannot be trusted.
Two Iranian ships have rounded the Cape of Good Hope, appearing to head for the Atlantic Ocean and on to Venezuela, according to reports.
The move presents a significant and aggressive step during a tense moment in relations between the U.S. and Iran.
The two ships – an Iranian frigate and the Makran, an oil tanker that was converted to a floating forward staging base – made their way south along the Eastern coast of Africa and rounded the Cape of Good Hope on Friday. Satellite imagery of the ship from early May provided by Maxar Technologies shows seven fast-attack boats aboard the Makran’s deck, USNI reported.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shared two words in response to news of unearthed emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Thousands of emails obtained by Buzzfeed News and hundreds more reviewed by The Washington Post through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests show Fauci's responses to both critiques and high praise as he worked to communicate the dangers of COVID-19 to the U.S. as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
"Told you," Paul wrote in a Tuesday tweet with the hashtag #firefauci.
He added in another tweet: "Can’t wait to see the media try to spin the Fauci FOIA emails."
I get the New York Times' daily free newsletter in my email. You can save your rotten tomatoes. I refuse to pay for anything they print. But sometimes it's useful to stay in contact with the other side.
The NYT May 27 letter discusses the history of the COVID lab leak theory and declares that "the best mitigation strategies — travel restrictions, testing, contact tracing, social distancing, ventilation, and masking — are still the best mitigation strategies." My parsimony has once again been proven well founded. Let's break it down.
Mitigation is "the process or result of making something less severe, dangerous, painful, harsh, or damaging."
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CNN must be wishing it had President Trump to kick around some more.
What else to say to the news that its ratings have gone "down the toilet" as mrcNewsBusters put it?
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Thieves Swarm Louis Vuitton Store
In Palo Alto, Steal $100,000 In
Handbags; 11 Suspects Sought 35 replies
In Palo Alto, Steal $100,000 In
Handbags; 11 Suspects Sought 35 replies
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Not a surprise.
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Yoga Instructor and “Body Activist” Jessamyn Stanley Says White Supremacy has Polluted Yoga
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Really weird s*** people’: Emboldened Jill Biden
appears to troll Melania Trump with jacket stunt 23 replies
appears to troll Melania Trump with jacket stunt 23 replies
The entire mainstream left, from “journalists” to official Democrat Party operatives, exploded in glee Thursday when first lady Jill Biden was spotted in England wearing a jacket with the words “love” emblazoned on the back of it.
The left rushed to contrast Biden’s message — which comes from an administration that openly and hatefully discriminates against Asians and whites — with former first lady Melania Trump’s more honest “I really don’t care. Do u?” jacket.
Though Trump wore her jacket while en route to visit illegal alien children at a shelter along the border,
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Well, gee whiz, let's hope that they don't suddenly just blow up and sink.
Wouldn't that be just awful? Grin.