(1251) Afternoon all. (1508)
24. Markets
23. People were asked what they’d like to make things better
Julia said she’d like a smaller garden. I thought of one or two replies which might have been smutty, then replied:
22. Nice from Hungary
21. The opening to Rolf’s latest is below
“The video below tells us something I hadn’t known and should have. In the summer of 1920 Lenin sent 200,000 soldiers into Poland with the ultimate objective of reaching Berlin.
Help from the West was not whole-hearted.
Postwar Germany was very weak at this time. Only a year earlier thousands of its people had starved to death as the Royal Navy continued its blockade during the 1919 peace negotiations. The Left was stirring: Communist revolts were put down by the Weimar government but who knows where a successful Red invasion could have led, and not just in Germany?”
20. Much talk today about Cerk Ear, wife and certain men
19. Moo corner
… and a bit of osculation:
18. IYE and Kash for booze
Uh-oh
“White House officials ‘openly discuss’ firing Kash Patel as FBI chief threatens to sue over report about ‘excessive drinking’”
Here’s the original article
JH: The Epbiz IYE ran and Barronbiz I’m leaving in comments … you might like to bookmark those posts.
17. Steve on Touska
Department of War and the M.V. Touska:
US forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced naval blockade measures against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, April 19.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted M/V Touska as it transited the north Arabian Sea at 17 knots enroute to Bandar Abbas, Iran. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the US blockade.
After Touska’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six-hour period, Spruance directed the vessel to evacuate its engine room. Spruance disabled Touska’s propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer’s 5-inch Mk. 45 Gun into Touska’s engine room. US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit later boarded the non-compliant vessel, which remains in US custody.
American forces acted in a deliberate, professional, and proportional manner to ensure compliance. Since the blockade’s commencement, US forces have directed 25 commercial vessels to turn around or return to an Iranian port.
The voyage by the Touska originated in China in March with a stop in Malaysia:
20. He’s a pescatarian. 🎣 just thought I’d mention it.😎
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JH: No redbloodedness in him … rrright.