Good piece. Just wanted to add some info regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was resolved when the Russians decided to remove the missiles from Cuba. Che Guevara urged Castro to keep the missiles, and tell Russia to fuck off. Castro went along with the Russian decision, choosing pragmatism over revolutionary ideals. This rift led to Che deciding to leave his government position, and Cuba.
I…did not quite realize what a stone cold hottie Che Guevara was. I had only seen photos in US history textbooks, never video, and I am here to say our history books did not adequately portray the full nature of his appeal.
Republican polling in Florida must be terrible. Pulling out the Cuba Libre card so the exiles here, who think they are going to get their grandparents stuff back will forget about $4.00 gas. The price I saw this morning. So much winning!
He will be much happier with Cuba, They don't have the armaments that Iran possesses, nor anything close like the Strait of Hormuz. Bullies prefer those who can't fight back.
Mexico and Cuba have close relationships going back to colonial times. It's not surprising that the Mexican Navy has been sending oil and other necessities despite the US blockade. Aid programs here are extremely popular, with AMLO coming out of retirement to push assistance projects. Bicycles and solar power collectors are hot items.
I had to move recently (lease up for renewal, unit sold to "developers" hoping to cash in on the World Cup this year and them flip the property), but old place was just a couple blocks from where the Cuban Revolution was initially planned... an apartment rented by a Cuban exile schoolteacher and her Mexican gym owner/trainer hubby. There's a plaque on the blding commemorating it... Fidel and the boys, being a bunch of urban intellectuals needed the Mexican trainer to get them into shape. I find it somewhat hilarious that they started out walking out the Basilica of Guadalupe and back every Sunday along with the asthmatic Argentinian, Che Guevara.
“You have lost the confidence and the trust of this court. You have lost the confidence and the trust of the New Jersey legal community, and you are losing the trust and confidence of the public," said Judge Zahid Quraishi, an appointee of President Joe Biden in 2021.
According to the New York Times, the issue was that the judge grew frustrated with the Justice Department's head of appeals, Mark Coyne. It seems Coyne hadn't "formally disclosed that he would appear, and fiercely interrogated a more junior prosecutor about whether the former interim U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, still had some role in operating the office."
"Are you here for moral support? Because you're not going to speak," the judge asked at one point, according to the transcript.
"All right. So I've ruled. I'm not going to hear from you, Mr. Coyne. If you want to sit there for moral support or hand Mr. Rosenblum Post-its or whisper in his ear, I'll let you do that as supervisor," the judge said, referring to line prosecutor Daniel Rosenblum.
As the discussion continued and Rosenblum began speaking to the judge about why there were three U.S. Attorneys, Coyne stood to try and speak about Habba not working for the office any longer. The judge repeatedly told Coyne to "sit down."
"Sit down, Mr. Coyne. If you speak again, I'm going to have you removed. I already told you not to speak." Coyne tried to protest, but the judge continued to tell him to sit down, noting that he didn't file a notice of appearance before the meeting.
Finally, after a back and forth, the judge said, "I'm directing the court security officers to remove Mr. Coyne. Mr. Coyne, I told you not to address this court. You didn't file a notice of appearance. You don't get to blindside this court. I'm going to ask you to leave. I'm going to ask you to leave. Kindly, I'm going to ask you to leave, or I'll have you removed."
Habba was dismissed after the U.S. Senate did not approve her appointment before the deadline. She ultimately resigned in December after courts determined she could not legally sign onto cases.
Coyne was thrown out of court.
Last week, three leaders of the New Jersey office was found to be "occupying their positions unlawfully." Judge Quraishi demanded they appear next month to testify about what's happening in their office. The three-person team came from Attorney General Pam Bondi directly, who decided that the U.S. Attorney post would be occupied by three people. Judge Matthew W. Brann, the judge who disqualified Habba, found that the panel was unlawful.
Federal judges are generally slow to anger - but if you manage to piss them off (and not following basic rules like filing a notice of appearance before you show up in court is a good way to do it) their wrath can be severe.
Putin is surrounded by yes men, because anyone who stands up to him is going to be defenestrated after drinking the polonium tea. He thought Russia’s military could march into Ukraine and take it over in 3-4 days. Four years later, and they are still waging war in Ukraine.
Trump is surrounded by yes men, because anyone who stands up to him is going to be the subject of a mean non-tweet. He thought the U.S. military could drop some bombs on Iran and ???? (I’m still not clear on what he hoped would happen).
Bibi, Putin, and Trump are in some ways birds of a feather. The difference is that Bibi and Putin know how to play Trump like fiddle, whereas Trump is too stupid and arrogant to understand that he’s being played.
"The sinking of Sheffield is sometimes blamed on a superstructure made wholly or partially from magnesium-aluminium alloy, the melting point and ignition temperature of which are significantly lower than those of steel. However, this is incorrect as Sheffield's superstructure was made entirely of mild steel."
In 1976 there was the collision between the Missile Cruiser Belknap and USS JFK which melted down the entire superstructure of the Belknap. She had to have it rebuilt from the main deck up.
“Not just cash, but green cash “. Trump also says that Obama sent so much money to Iran that there was no cash in any of the banks in Virginia, Maryland, or DC.
There's a report that a U.K. envoy serving as technical expert at the U.S.-Iran nuclear discussions in Geneva believed we were making progress towards a workable nuclear deal with Iran, before Trump decided to do WAR (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach). It was never about the nukes. It was about the oil, and Trump trying to reverse history so that Iran becomes our lapdog again.
Good piece. Just wanted to add some info regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was resolved when the Russians decided to remove the missiles from Cuba. Che Guevara urged Castro to keep the missiles, and tell Russia to fuck off. Castro went along with the Russian decision, choosing pragmatism over revolutionary ideals. This rift led to Che deciding to leave his government position, and Cuba.
See also Trotsky, who became a "left deviationist," by pushing for Stalin to more aggressively work on spreading communism abroad.
I…did not quite realize what a stone cold hottie Che Guevara was. I had only seen photos in US history textbooks, never video, and I am here to say our history books did not adequately portray the full nature of his appeal.
Republican polling in Florida must be terrible. Pulling out the Cuba Libre card so the exiles here, who think they are going to get their grandparents stuff back will forget about $4.00 gas. The price I saw this morning. So much winning!
He will be much happier with Cuba, They don't have the armaments that Iran possesses, nor anything close like the Strait of Hormuz. Bullies prefer those who can't fight back.
But, they gave a surfeit of brown people so it is sort of a conundrum for his MzaGA cultists.
Pam Bondi's DOJ has become a clown show
https://chrisgeidner.substack.com/p/doj-is-barely-even-a-functional-law?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Pam Bondi'FLJ
Mexico and Cuba have close relationships going back to colonial times. It's not surprising that the Mexican Navy has been sending oil and other necessities despite the US blockade. Aid programs here are extremely popular, with AMLO coming out of retirement to push assistance projects. Bicycles and solar power collectors are hot items.
I had to move recently (lease up for renewal, unit sold to "developers" hoping to cash in on the World Cup this year and them flip the property), but old place was just a couple blocks from where the Cuban Revolution was initially planned... an apartment rented by a Cuban exile schoolteacher and her Mexican gym owner/trainer hubby. There's a plaque on the blding commemorating it... Fidel and the boys, being a bunch of urban intellectuals needed the Mexican trainer to get them into shape. I find it somewhat hilarious that they started out walking out the Basilica of Guadalupe and back every Sunday along with the asthmatic Argentinian, Che Guevara.
You know who else was invading one gazillion countries at once and how that ended?
Pokemon?
Gotta invade them all!
K-Pop?
My stupid friend Neil playing Risk? He always lost.
Never start a winter war in Kamchatka or Irkustk!
Another Justice Department prosecutor is facing off against an angry judge, and this time, he was thrown out of court.
https://www.alternet.org/justice-department-2676264415
“You have lost the confidence and the trust of this court. You have lost the confidence and the trust of the New Jersey legal community, and you are losing the trust and confidence of the public," said Judge Zahid Quraishi, an appointee of President Joe Biden in 2021.
According to the New York Times, the issue was that the judge grew frustrated with the Justice Department's head of appeals, Mark Coyne. It seems Coyne hadn't "formally disclosed that he would appear, and fiercely interrogated a more junior prosecutor about whether the former interim U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, still had some role in operating the office."
"Are you here for moral support? Because you're not going to speak," the judge asked at one point, according to the transcript.
"All right. So I've ruled. I'm not going to hear from you, Mr. Coyne. If you want to sit there for moral support or hand Mr. Rosenblum Post-its or whisper in his ear, I'll let you do that as supervisor," the judge said, referring to line prosecutor Daniel Rosenblum.
As the discussion continued and Rosenblum began speaking to the judge about why there were three U.S. Attorneys, Coyne stood to try and speak about Habba not working for the office any longer. The judge repeatedly told Coyne to "sit down."
"Sit down, Mr. Coyne. If you speak again, I'm going to have you removed. I already told you not to speak." Coyne tried to protest, but the judge continued to tell him to sit down, noting that he didn't file a notice of appearance before the meeting.
Finally, after a back and forth, the judge said, "I'm directing the court security officers to remove Mr. Coyne. Mr. Coyne, I told you not to address this court. You didn't file a notice of appearance. You don't get to blindside this court. I'm going to ask you to leave. I'm going to ask you to leave. Kindly, I'm going to ask you to leave, or I'll have you removed."
Habba was dismissed after the U.S. Senate did not approve her appointment before the deadline. She ultimately resigned in December after courts determined she could not legally sign onto cases.
Coyne was thrown out of court.
Last week, three leaders of the New Jersey office was found to be "occupying their positions unlawfully." Judge Quraishi demanded they appear next month to testify about what's happening in their office. The three-person team came from Attorney General Pam Bondi directly, who decided that the U.S. Attorney post would be occupied by three people. Judge Matthew W. Brann, the judge who disqualified Habba, found that the panel was unlawful.
Federal judges are generally slow to anger - but if you manage to piss them off (and not following basic rules like filing a notice of appearance before you show up in court is a good way to do it) their wrath can be severe.
Go Judge. Now hold their asses in contempt. Criminal contempt.
Putin is surrounded by yes men, because anyone who stands up to him is going to be defenestrated after drinking the polonium tea. He thought Russia’s military could march into Ukraine and take it over in 3-4 days. Four years later, and they are still waging war in Ukraine.
Trump is surrounded by yes men, because anyone who stands up to him is going to be the subject of a mean non-tweet. He thought the U.S. military could drop some bombs on Iran and ???? (I’m still not clear on what he hoped would happen).
I fear this will not end well.
"???? (I’m still not clear on what he hoped would happen)"
Bibi said he'd take care of that part.
Some think that Pootin helped push Trump into their own version of Ukraine.
I read it on the internet, so it must be true.
Bibi, Putin, and Trump are in some ways birds of a feather. The difference is that Bibi and Putin know how to play Trump like fiddle, whereas Trump is too stupid and arrogant to understand that he’s being played.
Putin wanted his ally that was smuggling weapons to Russia attacked by the US?
Ninety miles away a government that understand business.
- Hyman Roth
I want to hear Piggy saying
"I'm a retired investor living on a pension"
I'd like to hear him squeal like a pig...
Kegsbreath hands out $100M contract to Cybersecurity firm which got hacked and all employee data ended up on Dark Web: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hegseth-hands-pentagon-contractor-behind-110005924.html
the spirit of irony:
"I'm not dead yet!!"
Whoever took that (hilarious) photo is probably now banned from the Pentagon briefing room.
Did Trump just penetrate Pete?
Oh, is it 'Talk like a Pirate' day already? "Argh!"
This is my Arrr face!
💯
#winning
Why Trump needs help in the Hormuz Strait.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 (𝘓𝘊𝘚). 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘊𝘚 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 --𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘓𝘊𝘚 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘧.
The US Navy doesn't like Mine Warfare (except in Mahan Doctrine sea denial capacity such as deploying mines in Japanese and Vietnamese waters.)
Mine warfare is defensive in nature and offends the USN's Brass doctrinal strictly offensive view.
It's why they left it to the Germans, Brits, Dutch and Danes among others.
Who, for some reason, appear to have blocked our phone #
as a wooden boat fan, the doing-away-with of the old minesweepers was an end to some five thousand years of human history :/
and a foolish move, as we see here
"Big Fat Target" Ask the Royal Navy how that aluminum armor thing went (melts at 650 F instead of 1200 for steel)
Yeah, the Falklands was a real wakeup on that point.
"The sinking of Sheffield is sometimes blamed on a superstructure made wholly or partially from magnesium-aluminium alloy, the melting point and ignition temperature of which are significantly lower than those of steel. However, this is incorrect as Sheffield's superstructure was made entirely of mild steel."
In 1976 there was the collision between the Missile Cruiser Belknap and USS JFK which melted down the entire superstructure of the Belknap. She had to have it rebuilt from the main deck up.
“Not just cash, but green cash “. Trump also says that Obama sent so much money to Iran that there was no cash in any of the banks in Virginia, Maryland, or DC.
Such easily disprovable lies.
Like "Cuba isn't in a hurricane zone"
"Sorry, we ran out of quarters, Obama gave them all to Iran"
Whar ma Tubman 20's?
Somebody gonna have to go back and get a shitload of dimes
Greatest line in any movie ever. Slim Pickens was the greatest.
HA!
“…. … … ……. ..”
- White House press corps
Christ, get the hook.
I guess Trump gave up invading Greenland...