Cloverfield The film "Cloverfield" was a horror/monster film which depicted all of the action on ground level and with a first-person perspective. What I find interesting is that Iranian Telegram channels and X feeds are providing a "Cloverfield" experience regarding the damage they have inflicted on our billion dollar radars and assets housed within the Gulf States; their strikes on commercial districts across the region. That hotel room on fire? Did the fire travel down the corridor to additional rooms? Of course - the AI is annoying. And it is becoming less believable every day as my skill-set slowly improves. Our nation is sticking to the less graphic aerial views of things. Perspective counts. But intelligence estimates also count. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15623787/donald-trump-iran-middle-east.html On the ground (blog) level let me merely state again: I was against this course of action. We will not move t...
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The Giverny Experience A master of impressionism, Claude Monet moved into his home in Giverny, France at forty-three years of age. He called it home for the next forty-three years of his life. As he aged, his focus turned to painting the scenes which he enjoyed from day to day in his wonderful garden. The Giverny experience undoubtedly provided him with moments of happiness and peace during his declining years. https://giverny.org/monet/home/ But for many aging Americans, there is no Giverny experience. We speak of the "Greatest Generation". There is an unwillingness to discuss the "Forgotten Generation". In 2024, 67.1% of Americans older than sixty-five were still in full-time employment. And suck in your breath. The labor force participation for those aged 75 years and older has increased significantly, and the number of workers aged 80 and above has grown 24 % since early 2022 - far outpacing overall employment growth. Roug...
Video of our Fighter Pilots Ejecting from Aircraft https://x.com/TalipBelgium/status/2029667781713498157 The Arabic root Abd means slave - hence Abdullah is slave of Allah. In this case the "slave" is Kuwait to the interest of the United States. May God keep our pilots safe; the sailors on the sea; and the army on the ground. May our Special Forces, our US Marines, and members of the Coast Guard also safely return to their families.
ThreatCon The threat offered up tonight is that Iran will launch additional Khorramshahr 4. My belief remains unchanged - that my nation has made a grave miscalculation regarding the resolve of the Iranian chain of command - that this attack would be a leisurely walk in the park. And secondary to the initial concern, that not only will we find it difficult to extricate ourselves from this conflict, but that the window of opportunity is rapidly closing for us to make the necessary modifications to our aspirations regarding Iran.
Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei The world is introduced to a new Iranian leader. And do you know the Arabic word which describes his Curriculum Vitae? Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, son of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was born on September 17, 1969, in Mashhad. He married the martyr Zahra Haddad-Adel, daughter of Dr. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, a member of the Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly. He diligently studied religious sciences under the supervision of his martyred father and benefited from prominent scholars: Ayatollah Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi – former head of the Iranian judiciary and former head of the Guardian Council Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi – founder of the Astan Quds Razavi Research Center in Qom and a reference in Islamic jurisprudence and thought Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani – prominent religious authority and teacher in the Qom Seminary Fighter in the Sacred Defense (Iran-Iraq War) Promi...
Stormy Night with Stormy Reading A hard rain and beautiful lightning storm with thunderclaps have moved into the North Texas region. I may need to head outside for a few minutes. I love storms. Right now I am reading stormy words coming off an Iranian Telegram Channel. Take it or leave it - I am merely measuring emotional pulse tonight. ایران با حمله به کل زیرساختهای لجستیکی، شبکه فرماندهی و کنترل، رادارها و سیستمهای جنگ الکترونیک آمریکا در خاورمیانه، به عملیات تهاجمی پیشرفتهای دست زده و فشار خود را در این زمینه ادامه میدهد. حتی اولین پرسنلهایی که اعلام شده کشته شدهاند،درواقع نیروهای پرسنل ستاد و رادار هستند و هنوز حملات اصلی ایران برای زدن بدنه ارتش آمریکا که مشتی سرباز بی عرضه هستند آغاز نشده است. واحدهای لجستیکی عظیمی که توسط آمریکا و متحدانش برای جنگهای بزرگ جمعآوری شدهاند،اهداف بسیار راحتی برای ایرانیان هستند چون سربازان پا دارند و همانطور که در چند روز گذشته دیدیم بین مردم عادی مخفی میشوند اما لجستیک ثابت است و از همه مهمتر ایران با هدف قرار دا...