Hedge Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 7/31/2019 at 8:49 AM, Hedge said: But will China actually follow through with the claim this time? Unsurprising, given recent developments: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I love these countries like Russia and China. First thing they do in a tiff is stop importing food to feed their people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 LARRY KUDLOW: The Chinese Economy Is Crumbling Under Weight Of Tariffs. Related: “Chinese companies circulating at least $200b of IOUs as real payments dry up. The Chinese property developers are going to detonate.” 6Po 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DC Tom Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 12 hours ago, Hedge said: More likely: Iran has GPS jammers on Abu Musa to degrade precision weapons accuracy against targets near the island, and messing with ship and airplane navigation is just an unintended side-effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 57 minutes ago, DC Tom said: More likely: Iran has GPS jammers on Abu Musa to degrade precision weapons accuracy against targets near the island, and messing with ship and airplane navigation is just an unintended side-effect. So then they confiscate the ships when they enter Iranian waters? This horseshit is the equivalent to faking the light from a lighthouse in the olden days. They're nothing more than pirates and should all hang from the yardarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: So then they confiscate the ships when they enter Iranian waters? This horseshit is the equivalent to faking the light from a lighthouse in the olden days. They're nothing more than pirates and should all hang from the yardarm. Let me guess...you drive into lakes if Google Maps tells you to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Let me guess...you drive into lakes if Google Maps tells you to... I do if I have it on Amphibious Mode. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 3 hours ago, 3rdnlng said: So then they confiscate the ships when they enter Iranian waters? This horseshit is the equivalent to faking the light from a lighthouse in the olden days. They're nothing more than pirates and should all hang from the yardarm. ...how many more Obama installment payments do we owe the Iranian "mullets" anyway?............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 47 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...how many more Obama installment payments do we owe the Iranian "mullets" anyway?............ I don't know about installments but a deposit might be in the picture: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Trump Plays Long Game on China by Conrad Black Original Article . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Could go in the economy thread too. Again, the deep waters of the financial world is (ahem) all Chinese (ducks) to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said: Iran wanted to play games after getting caught by the Brits smuggling oil... Now the Iranians are down to what, France, Germany and Russia, to prop up their collapsed economy and failing regime? Good luck with that. None of them are going to choose trading with Iran over trading with us (or in Russia's case, using our banking system.) Edited August 13, 2019 by Koko78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Shorter: Would someone, anyone, pllllleeeeasssse start a war with us! We aren't sure how much longer we can hold on to power. Iranian President Threatens Attack On Israel If Country Sends Warships To Persian Gulf Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is threatening to attack Israel if it sends warships to the Persian Gulf. In a statement Wednesday, he denounced a U.S. proposal to dispatch an international maritime squad to ensure safety in the Strait of Hormuz. Rouhani said Israel better think about its own safety. He also accused the U.S. and the west of trying to seize the “Muslim world’s” energy resources. The Iranian president went on to claim his country is in charge of security in the Persian Gulf. </snip> 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Shorter: Would someone, anyone, pllllleeeeasssse start a war with us! We aren't sure how much longer we can hold on to power. Iranian President Threatens Attack On Israel If Country Sends Warships To Persian Gulf Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is threatening to attack Israel if it sends warships to the Persian Gulf. In a statement Wednesday, he denounced a U.S. proposal to dispatch an international maritime squad to ensure safety in the Strait of Hormuz. Rouhani said Israel better think about its own safety. He also accused the U.S. and the west of trying to seize the “Muslim world’s” energy resources. The Iranian president went on to claim his country is in charge of security in the Persian Gulf. </snip> They've quite hilariously lost their damn minds in Tehran... They're approaching Best Korea territory with the ridiculous hyperbole. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 11:18 AM, B-Man said: Trump Plays Long Game on China by Conrad Black Original Article . ...why not?....if I correctly read an article, China's economy has not been this bad since 1992......no gonads to stand up to them for years knowing their goal is world dominance economically and militarily?......isn't Putin's goal for Russia to obtain the same damn dominance?....STILL remember Gerorge Bush quote about Putin, "I can see the man's soul through his eyes".....WTF George?......you WOULD have seen the letters "KGB" in bold caps.......SMH.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 ? Sweden and Canada better watch out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 minute ago, B-Man said: ? Sweden and Canada better watch out We can call it Trumpland!! Yeah, the MSM is all over "reporting" this instead of the Hillary email document drop... I wonder why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 It's just sitting there, no one is using it ! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 https://thehill.com/policy/finance/appropriations/457746-top-democrat-warns-white-house-against-clawing-back-foreign-aid#.XVcCkrYRUqM.twitter Why are they so opposed? (It's how they, congresscritters, make a good chunk of their money) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 19 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: We can call it Trumpland!! Yeah, the MSM is all over "reporting" this instead of the Hillary email document drop... I wonder why? I think it's pretty funny how blase this story has been. "BREAKING NEWS: Trump wants to buy Greenland!" And everyone's like "Eh. Sanest thing I've heard from him this week." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Koko78 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Hedge said: Interesting. Bait Iran into committing an overt act of aggression, so that they can't play the victim when the US annihilates their navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Hedge said: So the RN seizes the ship, the prize court refuses to condemn it, and we issue a warrant on it? Someone's going to issue a letter of marque before long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, DC Tom said: So the RN seizes the ship, the prize court refuses to condemn it, and we issue a warrant on it? Someone's going to issue a letter of marque before long. That could be fun, just to watch CNN or MSNPC proclaim that Trump is discriminating against Somali pirates because he's a racist who hates black people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, DC Tom said: So the RN seizes the ship, the prize court refuses to condemn it, and we issue a warrant on it? Someone's going to issue a letter of marque before long. That would be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 24 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said: That would be awesome! I honestly don't think Trump's smart enough to know what a letter of marque is. But I hope he does, and I hope he tweets about it. Just imagine the shitstorm that would trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 11 hours ago, DC Tom said: I honestly don't think Trump's smart enough to know what a letter of marque is. But I hope he does, and I hope he tweets about it. Just imagine the shitstorm that would trigger. It would be incredible. I think my favorite thing about Ron Paul‘s candidacy was when he started talking about renormalizing letters of marque and reprisal as an essential part of his foreign policy. I don’t think most people knew what the hell he was talking about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, TakeYouToTasker said: It would be incredible. I think my favorite thing about Ron Paul‘s candidacy was when he started talking about renormalizing letters of marque and reprisal as an essential part of his foreign policy. I don’t think most people knew what the hell he was talking about. Isn’t that supposed to be Letter of Mark to the Caledonians? I think that was the second reading at last weeks 8:30 Mass. But seriously, I’d buy a boat and name it Gomer if they started handing out letters of marque. Edited August 17, 2019 by snafu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, snafu said: Isn’t that supposed to be Letter of Mark to the Caledonians? I think that was the second reading at last weeks 8:30 Mass. But seriously, I’d buy a boat and name it Gomer if they started handing out letters of marque. We're not signatories to the 1856 Paris Agreement that outlawed them. Though we do traditionally recognize and abide by the restriction. Don't think Iran ever has, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 .....gotta be "The Don's" fault.......wine tariff did it... Waiter in France allegedly shot dead for being 'too slow with sandwich,' report says By Travis Fedschun | Fox News A waiter in France was shot to death Friday night after a customer was allegedly enraged by having to wait too long for his sandwich. The incident happened at a small restaurant in Noisy-le-Grand, a suburb located in eastern Paris. A witness told Agence France-Presse the gunman became irate "as his sandwich wasn't prepared quickly enough," shot the waiter, and then fled the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 55 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: .....gotta be "The Don's" fault.......wine tariff did it... Waiter in France allegedly shot dead for being 'too slow with sandwich,' report says By Travis Fedschun | Fox News A waiter in France was shot to death Friday night after a customer was allegedly enraged by having to wait too long for his sandwich. The incident happened at a small restaurant in Noisy-le-Grand, a suburb located in eastern Paris. A witness told Agence France-Presse the gunman became irate "as his sandwich wasn't prepared quickly enough," shot the waiter, and then fled the scene. Servers beware! MAKE THE DINING EXPERIENCE GREAT AGAIN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 7 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Servers beware! MAKE THE DINING EXPERIENCE GREAT AGAIN. ...he ordered the "Trump Cheeseburger"....rotten meat.....wilted lettuce.....rotten tomatoes...poisonous right leaning mushrooms....topped with white supremacist cheese... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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