Russian Jet fly by US Destroyer

[Tibs]

The post was directed at Tibs. You'll notice a common theme. Follow his likes. Follow his comments. The euphoria the man showed when someone - anyone else - echoed a sentiment he agreed with was epic

You are really beginning to lose your ****. Step away from the computer. Take a brisk walk outdoors, get some fresh air. Take a few slow, deep breaths. It'll get better, I promise.

 

[Spike]

Take a brisk walk outdoors, get some fresh air. Take a few slow, deep breaths. It'll get better, I promise.

Or maybe - we're all gonna die!

RIVER NEAR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BEGINS TO BOIL

The Shoshone River, near Yellowstone National Park, suddenly and without warning started boiling, changed color and began to emit a sulfuric odor on March 25. Nearby witnesses wondered if they were “all going to die.” The current consensus among geologists and other experts is that a portion of the Shoshone River began to boil, located near Cody, Wyoming, and a new Yellowstone vent has opened up.

It’s difficult to say whether or not the recent boiling of the river near Yellowstone is an indication of something concerning or just, as geologists claim to believe, another of many vents related to the caldera doing what they do, as they’ve always done.

Much of our current understanding of the Yellowstone supervolcano has come to light over the last century, and new information and data is being compiled and poured over daily.

Only time will tell whether or not the boiling in the Shoshone River near Yellowstone National Park is part of a bigger trend of geologic change in the region.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3001963/ri...al-park-begins-to-boil-sparks-concerns-video/

 

[IndySteel]

You are really beginning to lose your ****. Step away from the computer. Take a brisk walk outdoors, get some fresh air. Take a few slow, deep breaths. It'll get better, I promise.

Perhaps you should use that time to brush up on current events, as Tim has repeatedly handed you your ***. He owns you on every topic. As do most here... And by most, I mean everyone except Vantard and Elftard. It's fun to watch you three paste eaters get put in timeout so often.

Oops, I forgot about 21Tard and the giant coloring book that he's working on.

 

[Tibs]

Tim has repeatedly handed you your ***. He owns you on every topic. As do most here..

Thanks Indy, you're always good for a hearty laugh. Needed that. He 'owns me on every topic' because he holds the same twisted, backwards *** views as you do.

It's clear you also need a time-out. We'll set up some fold-out beds for you and Timmie to take a little nappy nap.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

Would you like to point out what was incorrect about that statement? It was America who went into those wars and the rest followed. The war in Afghanistan was in response to an attack against America - who else's war was it if not America's? Iraq - again it was America leading the rest of "the West" into war and Vietnam was one of many actual wars during the cold war period that was basically an America v Communism proxy war - the only difference being that the Vietnam war actually had America's and their allies troops on the ground.

I wasn't making a judgmental comment about those wars just pointing out the exaggerations in Del's statements. The fact that I question the factual basis for a complaint that aid/military support etc is a one way street from America to the rest of the world, no more make me a bleeding heart liberal, than questioning immigration policy makes someone a racist. Seriously a lot of you guys (on both sides of the political spectrum) seem to have a real problem with discussing/debating issues on their merits without having to put a label on someone. But then I suppose only those who are extremely passionate about their political views are likely to be spending time posting them on a messageboard (especially one primarily devoted to football).

Where you were incorrect: "Those were America's wars, no-one else's," Taking that comment at literal, face value is incorrect. We did not go to war alone. We went to war with support and a coalition - a very large coalition in each case. The Afghan coalition:

1 Afghanistan
2 Australia
3 Armenia
4 Azerbaijan
5 Bangladesh
6 Bulgaria
7 Belgium
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 Canada
10 China
11 Congo
12 Cyprus
13 Czech Republic
14 Denmark
15 Egypt
16 Estonia
17 France
18 Georgia
19 Germany
20 Greece
21 Hungary
22 India
23 Iran
24 Ireland
25 Italy
26 Japan
27 Kuwait
28 Kyrgyzstan
29 Latvia
30 Lithuania
31 Macedonia
32 Malaysia
33 Montenegro
34 Netherlands
35 New Zealand
36 Norway
37 Oman
38 Pakistan
39 Poland
40 Portugal
41 Qatar
42 Romania
43 Russia
44 Slovakia
45 Slovenia
46 South Korea
47 Spain
48 Sudan
49 Sweden
50 Switzerland
51 Tajikistan
52 Thailand
53 Turkey
54 Turkmenistan
55 United Arab Emirates
56 Ukraine
57 United Kingdom
58 United States
59 Uzbekistan

The Iraq coalition:

NATO: A contingent of around 150 advisers under the separate command NATO Training Mission - Iraq-(withdrawn 12/11)
United States: 150,000 invasion 165,000 peak-(withdrawn 12/11)
United Kingdom: 46,000 invasion (withdrawn 5/11)
Australia: 2,000 invasion (withdrawn 7/09)
Romania: 730 peak (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 7/09)
El Salvador: 380 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 1/09)
Estonia: 40 troops (deployed 6/05-withdrawn 1/09)
Bulgaria: 485 peak (deployed 5/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Moldova: 24 peak (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Albania: 240 troops (deployed 4/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Ukraine: 1,650 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Denmark: 545 peak (deployed 4/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Czech Republic: 300 peak (deployed 12/03-withdrawn 12/08)
South Korea: 3,600 peak (deployed 5/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Tonga: 55 troops (deployed 7/04-withdrawn 12/08)
Azerbaijan: 250 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Singapore: 175 offshore (deployed 12/03-withdrawn 12/08)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 85 peak (deployed 6/05-withdrawn 11/08)
Macedonia: 77 peak (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 11/08)
Latvia: 136 peak (deployed 5/03-withdrawn 11/08)
Poland: 200 invasion—2,500 peak (withdrawn 10/08)
Kazakhstan: 29 troops (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 10/08)
Armenia: 46 troops (deployed 1/05-withdrawn 10/08)
Mongolia: 180 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 09/08)
Georgia: 2,000 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 8/08)
Slovakia: 110 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 12/07)
Lithuania: 120 peak (deployed 6/03-withdrawn 08/07)
Italy: 3,200 peak (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 11/06)
Norway: 150 troops (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 8/06)
Japan: 600 troops (deployed 1/04-withdrawn 7/06)
Hungary: 300 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 3/05)
Netherlands: 1,345 troops (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 3/05)
Portugal: 128 troops (deployed 11/03-withdrawn 2/05)
New Zealand: 61 troops (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 9/04)
Thailand: 423 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 8/04)
Philippines: 51 troops (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 7/04)
Honduras: 368 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 5/04)
Dominican Republic: 302 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 5/04)
Spain: 1,300 troops (deployed 4/03-withdrawn 4/04)
Nicaragua: 230 troops (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 2/04)
Iceland: 2 troops (deployed 5/03-withdrawal date unknown)

 

[CharlesDavenport]

Obama talked to Putin on Monday. Of course he didn't bring either incident up.

Monday but didn’t raise the issue of Moscow’s fighter jets buzzing a U.S. destroyer, the White House said.

“That did not come up in the call between the two presidents,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest, who said they had a “rather intense” discussion instead about the breakdown of a cease-fire in Syria’s civil war.

- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/18/call-putin-obama-ignores-russian-jets-buzzing-navy/

 

[CharlesDavenport]

For ****'s sake, they are warning us!

Speaking after a meeting between NATO envoys and Russia, their first in almost two years, Moscow's ambassador to NATO said the April 11 maritime incident showed there could be no improvement in ties until the U.S.-led alliance withdrew from Russia's borders.

"This is about attempts to exercise military pressure on Russia," the envoy, Alexander Grushko, said. "We will take all necessary measures, precautions, to compensate for these attempts to use military force," he told reporters.

from - https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-warns-u-over-baltic-maneuvers-ready-necessary-140704706.html

Can't wait for Trump.

 

[jitter77]

Russians Barrel roll over another US Jet. For those opposed to military action when is it time to start firing on these guys. Want to wait till one of our pilots gets killed?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/russians-barrel-roll-air-force-plane/index.html

 

[Buster]

Barry is probably having his speech writers put together a short tongue lashing along with some finger shaking.

 

[Spike]

China denies Hong Kong visit request by U.S. carrier group

China has denied a request for a U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS John C. Stennis to visit to Hong Kong, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday, amid heightened tensions over China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

The request for the Hong Kong visit by the carrier and its accompanying vessels, which have been patrolling the South China Sea, was recently denied, despite a "long track record of successful port visits to Hong Kong."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-usa-hongkong-idUSKCN0XQ1RM

 

[DBS1970]

Russians Barrel roll over another US Jet. For those opposed to military action when is it time to start firing on these guys. Want to wait till one of our pilots gets killed?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/russians-barrel-roll-air-force-plane/index.html

Again both sides used to play these little games back in the day. No need to get into a shooting war with Ivan over childish displays of bravado. What will take place is we will put BARCAPS on all our patrol aircraft and vessels exercising navigation rights in international airspace and sea lanes.

 

[Spike]

Speaking of airpower

For the first time since 1956, the nearly restored B-29 known as Doc moved under its own power.