"A major escalation of military power in the region."
United States Secretary of War Party Pete Hegseth announced, moments ago, that the military is sending an aircraft carrier to South America. The USS Gerald R. Ford, which has been operating in the Mediterranean, will squeeze through the Strait of Gibraltar, motor across the Atlantic and drop anchor off Venezuela. Its mission to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States.”
The Trump administration has wildly ramped up activities, of late, blowing what are described as “drug running boats” out of the sea at record clip.
The tenth was just exploded along with two other boats in the Pacific.
The Associated Press declares the deployment of the aircraft carrier a “major escalation of military power in the region.”
Both Venezuela and Colombia’s presidents have decried the move but fans of forever wars are busily smacking gums. The Middle Eastern forever wars, you see, have lost most of their luster. Low grade, dull, colorless. Uniform and rarely changing rice plus meat-based meals. Hard to appreciate music.
A profound lack of booze.
The prospect of a new forever war blossoming in the land of dulce de lechosa, guasacaca and flaky meat-filled empanadas. Of rum and coke. Of Shakira and Jose Luis “El Puma” Rodriguez is enough to fire the imagination right on up.
Plus a nice 1960s commie nostalgia.
Che Guevara vibes.
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maga must be so confused right now
No surf news? Surely some pro surfer has struggled to sell a beach side property.
I remain disappointed that Chas and Derek didnt properly cover the show experienced by those willing to wait in line to enter SanO last Saturday! The surfing was only equaled by Trump’s show of military might! https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
You do it because you’re a poof who can’t stand behind its own words.
Named after the bloke who couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time?
How apt that those who fail to learn from the foibles of history are doomed to repeat them.
Nice to see The Puma get a mention.
You should just post “this comment was deleted” and save yourself time.
Better yet make it his profile name.
a bit of a regular occurrence that you have no idea whether the things you say are factual, no?
That’s a conspiracy theory thing Ben.
When you gonna start appearing on the Rachel Maddcow show?
“Che Guevara vibes.”….and surfing.
BTW- you ever been
in a turkish prisonon an aircraft carrier, Joey?they’re awesome.
Camper, I am rather devastated that you still have not congratulated me for absolutely crushing Hegseth’s 50/100 time of 5:24 this morning (I finished at 3:52).
Inconceivable!
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
there will never be a year for movies like 1987 ever again
You and I don’t agree on a lot, but on this. 100% agree.
This was the era that I had office’s in Hollywood and Newport.
Basically the entire mid to late 80’s was an incredible era in the entertainment industry. Ronald Regans economy was in full effect and money was flying around like leaves on a windy autumn day.
It would be hard to pick the top 10 of 87.
I’d have to go with:
Untouchables
Princess Bride
Raising Arizona
Good Morning Vietnam
Lethal Weapon
Predator
Full Metal Jacket
Wall Street
Planes, Trains….
Evil Dead II
…but there’s 10 more that you could drop in as well like Fatal Attraction, Angel Heart, Last Emperor, Overboard and See Kind Of Wonderful
I have a great story about Witches of Eastwick.
what’s your faves from 87?
Action: Predator
Comedy: The Princess Bride
Horror: A toss up between Hellraiser and Angel Heart
excellent choices, but I have to put Evil Dead II at the top the horror list.
Bruce Campbell rules
Drama: The Untouchables
maybe they should send it to Gaza?
This is particularly concerning for Chas as the price of his cocaine is about to go way, way up.
Cocaine is so 1980s and a boring drug when we have Redbull!
I loved the 80’s.
Oh to be a grom again
I hate to glorify that era but as a committed participant, I feel lucky to have enjoyed the fentynal free offerings of those days.
This is like the captain of the football team bullying the band nerd. Seriously, why are we trying to fight this little cuntry?
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The bipartisan perpetrators, whether short fingered, orange or otherwise identifiable, cannot be exposed
“Huh? Oil? Who said anything about oil bitch, you cookin?” – Dave Chappelle
Thats the american way
meddling in Latin American politics for no legitimate reason and for no cognizable benefit to the USA—nice to see that we’re getting back to some classical American foreign policy. Kissinger would be proud.
On pins and needles over here waiting for one of the MAGAts to explain how great the National Guard guy is at war play stuff. How is there not a photo of him and ICE Barbie dressed up as soldiers for Halloween?
entire administration of cosplay
Kakistocracy.
I guess theyre all surfin.
Is the spread of communism still a threat or is this purely about drugs, soy beans and South American dominance of surfing?
Sick! Who shaped it? What are the dimensions?
How many litres? And is there a go pro mount?