imo, that the world's largest container carrier seems to be re-routing their cargo around the Strait of Hormuz indicates that have concerns.

OK, that may be an understatement.

@#10 ... two of the "facts" presented would seem to indicate that the voters in Georgia should not vote for Ossoff this November (too AIPAC), and the voters in Georgia shouldn't have voted for Raphael Warnock last election (also, too AIPAC). ...

Good that you put the word facts in quotes in your comment.

Facts don't "seem to indicate," facts state facts.

@#6 ... To hear them tell it, all of the faults of the country are not Trump or MAGA or the Republican Party.

Nope.

To hear them tell it, all of the faults of the country are 100% on the "DNC" and, of course, AIPAC (natch). ...

yeah, when I read the comments and learn from them, I do not necessarily look at the opinions presented, but more the facts presented.

Stated differently, I learn not from the opinions presented, but from the facts presented.

I do try to read views that present facts that run counter to my current opinions.

That is one reason why I, gasp, read Fox News articles.

@#2

Yeah, Mr Musk seems to be less than supportive of his case as presented to the Court.

@#69 ... Which is EXACTLY what some of us predicted... since it's Americans who pay Trump's tariffs. ...

Pres Trump still is saying that the foreign countries pay the tariffs ...

To wit ...

OK, one from the Imagine Dragons before they became the IMAGINE DRAGONS ...

@#4 ... But, what is the motivation of these people... ...in their singular determination, to destroy the only viable solution to Trump, MAGA and the Republican Party ...

I think that those folk give a good reason why the Democrats should not be so giddy about the mid-term elections.

I also think that their opinions and views they express here have been helpful for me to learn.

But, that's just my opinion.

@#62 ... No...I don't know how Trump's actions will play out in the long run. ...

Thanks for bringing up "the long run" as related to Pres trump's actions.

Apparently, Pres Trupm does not care about the long-term ramifications of his actions, but only the short-term gain he may get.

The "quick win."

... What worries me is this. For decades, America has been making short term decisions and then acting surprised when long term consequences show up. ...

And you apparently think that Pres Trump has changed that?

I'd proffer that he has only made it worse.

@#58 ... you can put a width attribute in the tag. ...

I did.

The tempplate I used was...

(img src= h t t p s : / / example.com/example.png width="500" height="500")

with the greater than or less than signs instead of the parens, and spaces in the h t t p part removed.

Do try harder ...

:)

The grift of the Trump presidency continues.

Quelle surprise.

@#2 ... What have you done ...

I vote in every voting opportunity held in my town. That comes to two to five voting opportunites each year.

... working to ensure that Democrats have an overwhelming majority in the next Congress ...

I still remain to be convinced that such a majority will occur.

The Dems seem to be getting too confident of it occurring.

I doubt if this will lower the price of the goods that formerly had been shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

@#54 ...You can't even defend Trump anymore ...

You noticed that also?

@#48 ... Did I read Corky is a moderator? ...

I dunno.

But, I do have to ask, why does your current alias seem to admit that it does not know what it reads?

That might explain a lot ... ;)

She always seemed mostly to be about the perks the office provided for her, and little about serving the American people

More from the article ...

... MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA, in an advisory posted on Saturday, said the first sailing would be May 10 from Antwerp, in a loop that also includes stops in Germany, Italy, Lithuania and Spain. Ships will cross the Suez Canal into the Red Sea and visit two ports on the western coast of Saudi Arabia -- Jeddah and King Abdullah.

From there, the network uses trucks to reach Dammam on the peninsula's east coast, where feeder vessels would connect to maritime gateways, including in Abu Dhabi and Dubai's Jebel Ali. Both have large industrial zones with hundreds of multinational companies that rely on containerised cargo which used to freely move through Hormuz.

Traffic through the strait has been severely restricted since the US and Israel attacked Iran on Feb 28, with few signs that it's opening soon. That extended closure is forcing shipping lines to chart land-based alternatives that take longer, cost more and emit more carbon.

Ports just outside the strait, in Oman and on the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates, are also seeing a surge of diverted containers requiring expanded trucking capacity.

Hapag-Lloyd AG, based in Hamburg, said in March it established ground transport routes across Saudi Arabia and Oman. Copenhagen-based AP Moller-Maersk A/S has also announced multi-modal "landbridge" solutions for cargo across the region. ...

@#40 ... you are an ignorant fool with manure for brains. ...

What does your current alias think about this comment by Pres Trump .... ?

@#40 ... If you don't see this as suggesting a Trump assassination, you are an ignorant fool with manure for brains. ...

I saw that as a joke about the age difference between Pres Trump and First Lady Trump, a joke that Pres Trump is likely to pass away from old age way before First lady Trump does so.

I mean, it can be seen that Pres Trump looks to be rotting away both physically and mentally as the weeks progress ...

Notably, when Sec of Defense Hegseth was asked about the cost of the war, he became belligerent towards the questioner and appeared to be afraid to answer the simple, direct question.

What might Sec of Defense be trying to hide?

... Donald Trump told a Florida crowd that it is "treasonous" to say the US is not winning the war in Iran. ...

My opinion is that it is not treasonous, but supportive of our troops who are fighting in Pres Trump's pointless war.

@#2 ... Trump's Forever War. ...

Pres Trump still seems to be desperately looking for that exit ramp ...

I filled up the gas tank on March 2, 2026, and I paid $3.89 per gallon.

I drove past that gas station this afternoon and noticed the price is now $4.89 per gallon.

More from the article ...

... But assuming you can avoid pagan magic and the "old gods," Nordic countries do well on many other measures of human development. In the most recent World Happiness Report, for example, Finland tops the list while Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are all in the top six. (Costa Rica is the non-Nordic exception here, taking the fourth spot.)

These countries are also near the top in global average life expectancy.

They also happen to have the most press freedom on the planet.

Reporters Without Borders (or RSF, to use the initialism for its French name, Reporters Sans Frontires) today released the 2026 version of its venerable World Press Freedom Index, and Norway continues its decade-long run atop the leaderboard. Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Estonia are also in the top 10 spots. Looking at the report's global map, the Nordic region stands out as the freest spot on Earth for journalists; it is the only area of the map to be marked in green. ...

Could Pres Trump's declining approval rating have anything to do with these layoffs?

Asked differently, had their audience become tired of hearing apparent MAGA propaganda?

Likely a reason why the Pentagon wants to use AI to track American citizens on the home soil, and why Anthropic refused to allow their AI to use used for such a purpose.

Also likely why Sec of Defense Hegseth got evasive in his recent Congressional testimony when asked about using the military on home soil.