PS - the name of the traveling migrant farm worker who became an astronaut is Jose Hernandez. Powerful story ... Lots about him on the 'net.

#32 | Posted by donnerboy

Thanks for the rec. I'll check it out.

A Million Miles Away is an incredible true story of perseverance and a real feel-good movie to boot. Hope you enjoy it!

Another preacher who tore the first 5 books of the NT out of his bible.

Jesus taught against war ...

Apparently, we don't "own the skies" over Iran as Trump and Hegseth have proclaimed.

Anyone concerned about oil prices should read about "Dated" contracts.

Lots of oil is on tankers outside the strait. When that oil is delivered and refined, we're going to be facing shortages and the price at the pump will skyrocket.

#12 | Posted by LampLighter

Trump has matched Nixon's 1974 negative "net approval" spread.

For All Mankind

#26 | Posted by donnerboy

Great movie!

Let me recommend a fantastic movie called "A Million Miles Away."

It's the true story of a man who went from migrant worker to space.

It's a race between us and the Iranians to find the missing pilot.

More in-depth info here:

A search was underway Friday after a two-seat F-15 fighter jet went down over Iran, according to two U.S. officials.

The rescue mission, which includes special operations personnel recovery teams, follows hours of reporting by Iranian state media of a downed U.S. fighter jet. Iran's media published photos alongside claims from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that it had shot down the aircraft.

The fate of those inside the jet was not immediately clear. But one official in Iran's southwest issued a public plea for locals to find them and promised a reward, according to official and semiofficial Iranian news organizations.

Trump's first term was on the coattails of the economy Obama built from scratch - without help from Republicans - after the 2008 financial catastrophe.

His second term has no one in it to keep him within guardrails.

We're experiencing the pure unadulterated Trump left to his own devices

Look where we are; inflation and costs ever rising, in the middle of a war, alienated from allies, unemployment rising ...

He bankrupted TWO casinos and was on the verge of a personal bankruptcy when The Apprentice rescued him financially.

You fell for the false idol We tried to warn you.

Bye Bye ------

The launch was AWESOME!!!!

We'll be able to watch 24/7 in full HD. The picture from 1500 miles behind the moon with the earth in view will be awe inspiring.

Short article.

Trump's lost support in every sector of the electorate. Independents and young voters have fled MAGA/GOP in record numbers.

"Zelensky says Allies asked Him to Scale Back Attacks on Russian Energy"

Why should he? Russia's been attacking their power stations for 4 years now.

Got my stickers yesterday

Meanwhile, the Marines are preparing their reserves that deployment is in their future

So, we've done regime change. The new Iranian regime, now run by the IGRC, is even worse.

"It is amazing," Mohammad Khatami, the reformist cleric twice elected president, said in a March 18 statement, "that those who are capable and eager to achieve an honorable peace, if there is a way to achieve it, are being brutally attacked and assassinated."

TRUTHHURTS

We killed the head of the IGRC. His replacement, Ahmad Vahidi, is a despotic hardliner who seems to be firmly in control.

Who is Ahmad Vahidi?:

Mohammad Ali Shabani, the editor-in-chief of the Middle East news outlet Amwaj, said in a post on X that Pakpour and Salami, Vahidi's predecessors, were "schoolteachers compared to this guy".

"The man is brutal. Hardliners wasting no time filling vacancies thanks to Israel," Shabani added.

Sounds like a super bike you'll enjoy.

I just hoping it doesn't kill me.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL

Now there's a MORE hard line regime in Tehran with feckless figurehead in Khamenei (is he even alive?) and the IRGC in control.

Mow there's a MORE hard line regime in Tehran with feckless figurehead in Khamenei (is he even alive?) and the IRGC in control.

The article is worth reading. I didn't hit a paywall.

Here's why

"Rather than bringing down the regime, the campaign is, in several key respects, actually reinforcing it," Danny Citrinowicz, a former Iran specialist for Israeli military intelligence, wrote in Israel Hayom on March 27. Two days earlier, the former head of Britain's foreign intelligence service MI6, Alex Younger, told the Economist: "The reality is that the U.S. underestimated the task, and I think as of about two weeks ago lost the initiative to Iran."