Things got crazy awkward during an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, when a reporter asked Trump why he hadn't warned Japan before attacking Iran. "One thing, you don't want to signal too much," Trump said. "Who knows better about surprise than Japan, okay? Hey, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?" read more
Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97. read more
The Tisza Party (opposition) is currently ahead of Fidesz (Orban's party) by 11 percentage points among the entire voting-age population, and has already reached a 20-point lead (55-35) among decided voters with a party preference, according to a Medin poll as reported by HVG.
The Pentagon is moving a Marine expeditionary unit and more warships to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from Centcom for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit, typically consisting of several warships and 5,000 Marines and sailors, according to three U.S. officials.
As President Donald Trump warns Iran against using mines to threaten oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy's purpose-built minesweepers are sitting stateside thousands of miles away with no plans to put them to use while the war rages on. read more
Oh, the irony!!
Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet and all they got was a wrecked economy
Indeed, as a bonus for closely aligning themselves with Trump, Qatar was rewarded with having its largest liquefied natural gas facility get hit by an Iranian missile. The strike knocked out 17% of the facility's export capacity, which will cost Qatar as much as $20 billion in lost revenue, Reuters reported.
The strike was so large that it could cause Qatar's economy to shrink by a whopping 9% this year, JPMorgan Chase analysts estimated.
#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS
I'll check it out. Thanks. I try keep a 50-50 balance for reading fiction-nonfiction.
Many years ago, I read great book about the attack on Pearl Harbor - considered the gold standard - "At Dawn We Slept."
It was abridged from several exhaustively researched volumes, telling the tale from both sides (including accounts based on interviews with Japanese and Americans) about the planning and execution of the attack. I can HIGHLY recommended it!
I can't remember the ambassador's name, but IIRC he was misled as well.
Meanwhile, our wet, squishy fart of a president mouth-farted in bad taste with the Japanese PM sitting 3' away.
Trump already stopped aid to Ukraine in March 2025: