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The problem is that it's easy to make promises but when you have the job it gets more complicated. If indeed the Iranian nuclear threat wasn't taken out last summer and if indeed they were still enriching uranium then Trump did the right thing (that is if the threat was removed or vastly diminished this time around.) If Iran gets the bomb I'm pretty sure they will use it and it will be a true horror show--not just gas going up a couple of dollars. The Middle eastern neighbors are not unhappy with what Trump is doing. Iran without the bomb is huge problem in that area of the world. With the bomb they will destroy Israel and also take out a lot of other countries that don't see Allah as the truly kind benevolent god that the Iranians see him as. In a lot of ways this is a 11th century religious war that has been smoldering for hundreds of years except the ante has been raised by the bomb. And yea, we've always been at war with Iran or at least since 1979.

What is the "different alcohol?"

He sounds like an eight year old kid that didn't get what he wanted for Christmas.

Trump did promise all of that stuff but every politician promises a lot of stuff. That's just politics. The fact of the matter is that neither Trump nor Harris nor Biden nor Newsom nor Vance nor anybody else who you elect is going to give you anything. It is just the way it is. But that's always been the way it is.

@Renauda said:

Blondie and Mik have the right idea. I would add there should be zero pressure on the deceased’s family members to get involved or contribute.

Maybe the family didn't actually like her very much.

We are forgetting that the reason all of this is happening is to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear threat. Now, if that was really going to happen, I haven't a clue. (And no one is even coming close to telling the truth about it.) But if it actually was than this closing of the Strait of Hormuz is just a blip.

@bachophile said:

Companies pay millions for advertising. Nutella couldn’t have gotten a better freebie.

Remember Tang Orange Drink during America's first space flight outings? The whole product was based on the fact astronauts brought it into space. When the flights to the moon ended so did Tang.

I couldn't lose 4.3lbs. if I stopped eating for a whole month.

I fly between NY and FL very often and I can BARELY STAND IT. I can't imagine how you can do all those long trips. Good for you! Have wonderful trips and times.

@Renauda said:

No doubt about it, this mission has brought us all a level of positive intensity amid everything else that is confronting us with the opposite.

Exactly. This is what humanity should be focusing on. Remember "ain't gunna study war, no more."

Those were the days.

Damn, I'm going to get me a bottle of that Cannonau wine!

Libertarian talk radio host Neal Boortz used to call Sean Hannity "Baby Jesus" because he was just so damn wonderful. (As sarcasm.)

I made Beef Wellington. Eight straight hours of prepping, searing, chopping and cooking. An unbelievable amount of work.

I think everything she says about Trump is completely true. He is that guy, he does all that, just as she says. But she left out one little thing--that he's bat shit crazy, too.

That was a wonderful trip Jon. Thanks so much for sharing. It looked so idyllic (except for the 36 hours on a plane!) Glad you had a good time.

@89th said:

I really, really want to know what happened with the NASA official broadcast during the launch. An absolute fumble of video angles and directing. Did the director panic? I'd say 75% of the first 20 seconds was almost worthless, and they were showing the crowd when the solid rocket boosters separated.

DEI

What a wonderful trip. Glad you are having a nice time. Great pictures.

@89th said:

k @tom-k said "I'm scared" thinking I was going to be a bully.

It was a pretty rough and tumble time back then.

Trump still likes her as a person, that's worth something.

I'm old enough to remember when a rocket to the moon was a big freakin' deal now it's kind of filler at the end of some broadcast.

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Waiting is a two edged sword. The US doesn't necessarily have to "win" or have regime change to keep Iran in submission. The US can merely bomb Iran into the stone age on a regular basis, maybe every ten years or so and let nature take its course. And through bad planning and back luck Iran is going through an drought of Biblical proportions that may do more damage to Iran than all the bombs put together and as we saw there is a significant undercurrent of hostility to the severe Islamicism of the people running the country. America should drop its bombs and then see what happens.