The Solomon Islands Refuses a Visit By US Coast Guard Ships -- Indicating That China Is Now Top Dog in the Pacific, As Far As They're Concerned

Who lost the Solomon Islands?

If so, why are the Solomon Islands now telling us they're closed for business with US ships?

The Solomon Islands has suspended visits by U.S. and other foreign military vessels, American officials said Tuesday, raising concerns in Washington that the Pacific nation is turning away from engagement with the United States in favor of working with China.

Um, yeah, like the "concerns" that we're heading into a recession.

This is not a concern, this is concrete reality.

The Solomon Islands gave notice of the decision after a U.S. Coast Guard ship and a British Royal Naval ship failed to get timely approvals last week to make routine stops in a port.

The Solomon Islands government formally notified the United States on Monday that it had placed a moratorium on all foreign military ship visits pending a review of protocols and procedures, Vedant Patel, a deputy spokesman for the State Department, said Tuesday.
The move appeared to be a rebuke of the United States, which has sent top officials to the Solomon Islands in recent months to strengthen relations.
Mr. Patel said he did not have information on whether China had suggested the suspension or if the Chinese navy had recently visited the country.
Documents leaked in March revealed that the administration of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Chinese officials had signed a secret security agreement that would allow the Solomon Islands to call on China to send military and security forces to the country if needed....

Some analysts said the agreement could open the way for Chinese troops and naval ships to establish a presence in the Solomon Islands, which played a pivotal role in World War II.

Hey NeverTrump, isn't your ghastly decrepit mummy-puppet supposed to be Restoring America's Place in the world? Isn't Joe Biden a "centrist, moderate Democrat" who knows the importance of the projection of military power, like you ridiculous preening softcocks are all about?

And wasn't Joe Biden supposed to get 10% of the money from a deal involving a top Chinese communist spymaster, involving a Chinese communist party front company?

No calls for a special prosecutor for that, huh, NeverTrump?

Corrected: I didn't read carefully enough -- it was a Coast Guard ship that was rebuffed, not a Navy ship. Thanks to Cheri for the correction.

Posted by: Ace at 04:51 PM

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 04:52 PM (bVYXr)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at September 01, 2022 04:52 PM (ju2Fy)

3 Is this the one that sank?

Posted by: Ann at September 01, 2022 04:52 PM (rBu2O)

4 They bought their tickets I say let them crash.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 04:52 PM (bVYXr)

5 Lol, softcocks

Posted by: JROD at September 01, 2022 04:52 PM (0jZnq)

6 Not Sponge!

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at September 01, 2022 04:52 PM (ju2Fy)

7 China is getting frisky.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 04:53 PM (bVYXr)

8 Joe Biden's foreign policy chops at work, yo!

Posted by: Naked, sitting in a sensory deprivation room, smoking crack. at September 01, 2022 04:54 PM (QY+6a)

9 I guess this means the Guadalcanal Memorial has fallen to the PRC. Disgraceful.

Posted by: germanicus3 at September 01, 2022 04:54 PM (kB491)

10 It's going to be fun watching the entire post-Cold-War order, which they were so desperate to prop up for their own benefit, collapse due to the very machinations which they justified as necessary to save it.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 01, 2022 04:55 PM (wmDcS)

11 This is a BFD. Hopefully we can fix this, but I wonder what we're going to lose next. Diego Garcia?

Posted by: bonhomme at September 01, 2022 04:55 PM (kDGvA)

12 Never Trump are as authoritarian and nation destroying as any donk, and the group is bigger than we thing. Turtle and Kev immediately spring to mind

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 04:55 PM (Zzbjj)

13 Huge Hewitt is ahgast... Sorry, just gassing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 01, 2022 04:55 PM (IyrhE)

14 I'm sure FJB will find someway to spin this national embarrassment on the world stage as the fault of OrangeManBad...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2022 04:55 PM (YIVH2)

15 TFG was right; never underestimate Brandon's ability to eff things up.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 01, 2022 04:55 PM (gbzeC)

16 As a former Navy Brat whose dad sailed the Pacific for 23 years, this is shocking, but not surprising.

Americans living in Guam are in a very precarious situation, as well as those living in Hawaii.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 04:56 PM (jwDzO)

17 "Solomon Islands now telling us they're closed for business with US Naval ships?"

'... and other foreign military vessels'

Posted by: Extreme Semi Ultra gp at September 01, 2022 04:56 PM (qpX6U)

18 The Solomon Islands gave notice of the decision after a U.S. Coast Guard ship and a British Royal Naval ship failed to get timely approvals last week to make routine stops in a port.

Friggin' Coast Guard. Buncha slackers.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 01, 2022 04:56 PM (DRSnL)

19 I await the publication of the Guadarcanar Dialy.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2022 04:56 PM (/NCI4)

20 Things are just getting worse. Time to stock up on more food, water and ammo.

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2022 04:56 PM (mBewQ)

21 Good thing Joe has restored the US to a place of respect in the world.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2022 04:57 PM (nfrXX)

22 Aussie on the radio with Vince Coglianese just said that the Bank of Australia will no longer give auto loans for gas powered vehicles.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 01, 2022 04:57 PM (3ImbR)

23 It no my pidgin mek toktok wit you, Joe.

Posted by: A Solomon Islander at September 01, 2022 04:57 PM (aaGzp)

24 Belt and road.

BTW, the Reds are busy in the Caribbean too as well as Africa and the Pacific.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 04:57 PM (yikp0)

25 > Americans living in Guam are in a very precarious situation, as well as those living in Hawaii.

Guamanians have been agitating for separation from the US for ages. They'd celebrate if we got kicked out, for as long as it would take to find out how screwed they were.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 01, 2022 04:57 PM (kDGvA)

26 What is it? Do I smell? I super swearsies I showered this morning.

Posted by: US Coast Guard at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (ftFVW)

27 Not much of a " secret security agreement" now, is it? The " leak" is rather timely. Bidding war, anyone?

Posted by: kraken at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (Vr12I)

28 BTW, the Reds are busy in the Caribbean too as well as Africa and the Pacific.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 04:57 PM (yikp0)
Our authoritarian greedy reds, or theirs?

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (Zzbjj)

29 Things are just getting worse. Time to stock up on more food, water and ammo.
Posted by: Infidel
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Can't do much about the ammo (Illinois), but the food and water is going well.

Fortunately, we're not without means of defense.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (jwDzO)

30 Aussie on the radio with Vince Coglianese just said that the Bank of Australia will no longer give auto loans for gas powered vehicles.
Posted by: IrishEi

The ignorance of some companies is truly astounding.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (LsEU/)

31 Listen, the US along with the rest of the world are vassals of the CCP.

I mean, the head of the joint chief of staff was regularly updating his CCP counterpart on what POTUS was doing.

The US is now in the process of turning over its energy production and automobile sector to the CCP.

I guess we could prostrate ourselves more but not much more, it would make XiXing Ping blush.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (/qytU)

32 a couple CJ-10 land attack missiles might fix this problem.

Posted by: sTevo at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (sh7Ef)

33

If you had any relatives who paid in blood to take Guadalcanal, Joe Biden just took a shit down their throats.

And laughed!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (x0n13)

34 Guadacanal II. Now it glows in the dark!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (tkOps)

35 Aside from the Iran debacle, did Carter have any deliberate snubs like this to his regime?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (J2vNu)

36 30 Aussie on the radio with Vince Coglianese just said that the Bank of Australia will no longer give auto loans for gas powered vehicles.
Posted by: IrishEi

The ignorance of some companies is truly astounding.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2022 04:58 PM (LsEU/)

They will have to learn the hard way, looks like.

Posted by: kraken at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (Vr12I)

37 This is where I would send a battle group and dock every ship there is room for. Yeah a fascist move so sue me.

And no offense to our NZ pal but their refusal to let any of our nuclear run ships crossed them off my list .

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (ISz6t)

38 Guamanians have been agitating for separation from the US for ages. They'd celebrate if we got kicked out, for as long as it would take to find out how screwed they were.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Same with Hawai'i.

They're both gonna get their wishes.

Just a matter of when.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (jwDzO)

39 Not this shit again! *facepalm*

Posted by: Zombie Pappy Boyington at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (4I/2K)

40 SMH, nice to see you. Hope you and hubs are well!

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (mBewQ)

41 35 Aside from the Iran debacle, did Carter have any deliberate snubs like this to his regime?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (J2vNu)

Nicaragua, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, the Panama Canal . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (x0n13)

42 This is a BFD. Hopefully we can fix this, but I wonder what we're going to lose next. Diego Garcia?

At this rate, we'll be lucky if our ships can port in Hawaii by the time Joe is done.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (nfrXX)

43 Belt and road.

BTW, the Reds are busy in the Caribbean too as well as Africa and the Pacific.

A look at a map leaves me very confused as to what this does for the Chinese. It isn't near any important sea lane, unless you consider "around Australia" an important sea lane. And it's hardly defensible if the Aussies want it. It's basically the Chinese Rabaul. I suspect it's mostly about ego for Xi.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (/NCI4)

44 Aussie on the radio with Vince Coglianese just said that the Bank of Australia will no longer give auto loans for gas powered vehicles.
Posted by: IrishEi

The ignorance of some companies is truly astounding.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2022

***
Pixy just bought a house. I hope he doesn't need to buy a car anytime soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (J2vNu)

45 Aside from the Iran debacle, did Carter have any deliberate snubs like this to his regime?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (J2vNu)
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Panama wrested the Canal from him.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (aaGzp)

46 > Aussie on the radio with Vince Coglianese just said that the Bank of Australia will no longer give auto loans for gas powered vehicles.

Does that include LPG?

I'm going to laugh unrestrainedly when all the electric powered vehicle owners get ordered not to plug in due to rationing requirements.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (kDGvA)

47 How do you talk to someone who is wholly ignorant of your opinion and worldview?

Its a challenge. Worldviews are based on presuppositions -- basic, unquestioned foundational ideas and principles. Most people are unaware they even HAVE presuppositions about life, let alone what they are. For the left, these are so bizarre, out of touch with reality, and insane that it makes them nearly impossible to talk with.

This is, as annoying as I find them, guys like Shapiro and Crowder are: they reach behind the presuppositions and tear them apart, forcing students to rethink and face reality if only for a moment.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (Ivdso)

48 It's going to be fun watching the entire post-Cold-War order, which they were so desperate to prop up for their own benefit, collapse due to the very machinations which they justified as necessary to save it.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 01, 2022 04:55 PM (wmDcS)

The goal of preserving the post-Cold-War order is not to maintain stability, the goal is to maintain a stable base to rake the graft off. All machinations has been to maintain the graft, and keep the sort of people who won't report it in power.
Unfortunately all the players figured out they can grab all by their lonesome.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (xhaym)

49 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (yikp0)

50 A look at a map leaves me very confused as to what this does for the Chinese. It isn't near any important sea lane, unless you consider "around Australia" an important sea lane. And it's hardly defensible if the Aussies want it. It's basically the Chinese Rabaul. I suspect it's mostly about ego for Xi.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (/NCI4)
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I'm sure Xi gets his rocks off humiliating FJB any time he can. Of course, who can blame him for that?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (YIVH2)

51 Also, this. Willowed from previous thread, but China, so not all that far off target:

Take a very close look at that Tsingtao bottle. Odds are, you'll find that it's brewed by Molson's of Canada. About 99.9% of all Tsingtao available on these shores is a Molson's product.

If you've got genuine Chinese Tsingtao, someone hand-carried it over, or secreted a few cases into a shipping container or such. And it was likely stored incorrectly, arriving all sour n' skunky. Twenty years ago, Tsingtao was delicious. Now it's Canuk swill.

Sadly, this is exactly the same for Kirin and Sapporo of Japan. I think Japanese Sapporo is one of the best lager beers EVER. Can't get it here though, it's all Molson's of Canada. I haven't looked closely at a bottle of Asahi, but whaddya think the odds, huh?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (tkOps)

52 This is where I would send a battle group and dock every ship there is room for. Yeah a fascist move so sue me.

And no offense to our NZ pal but their refusal to let any of our nuclear run ships crossed them off my list .
Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (ISz6t)

Its easy to be brave when you are far out of reach.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (eoQWY)

53 49 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (yikp0)

Bring Me the Head of . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (x0n13)

54 Norms restored.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (IuQAD)

55 Hey President Biden is just restoring the norms....of 1942

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (ESjRY)

56 Heya Infidel. : )

We're doing okay, compared to so many others, so can't complain.

Grandbabies' birthdays are coming up, so looking forward to that, as well as seeing the eldest daughter and so many friends down in Texas next month.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (jwDzO)

57 China is playing Risk.

Biden is playing Tiddlywinks with the contents of his diaper.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (WwJmh)

58 What's all this about guacamoleanal?

Posted by: AOC at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (4I/2K)

59 Aside from the Iran debacle, did Carter have any deliberate snubs like this to his regime?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022
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Panama wrested the Canal from him.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022

***
I thought he gave that up all on his own.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (J2vNu)

60 35 Aside from the Iran debacle, did Carter have any deliberate snubs like this to his regime?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 04:59 PM (J2vNu)

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back

Posted by: avi at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (cBCwV)

61 I suspect it's mostly about ego for Xi.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (/NCI4)

It's denying us the use of the port that is the big deal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (XIJ/X)

62 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (yikp0)
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Western Indian Ocean.

(Yes, I know what you were doing)

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (aaGzp)

63

Make Asia the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere - - Again.

Put it on a hat and sell it at the next DNC convention.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (x0n13)

64 This is, as annoying as I find them, guys like Shapiro and Crowder are: they reach behind the presuppositions and tear them apart, forcing students to rethink and face reality if only for a moment.

I treat the world views of impressionable young liberal girls like Hunter Biden treats their vajajays! I DESTROY THEM

Posted by: lil Ben Shapiro at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (ESjRY)

65 China is playing Risk.

Biden is playing Tiddlywinks with the contents of his diaper.
Posted by: Stu Podaso
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More like fingerpainting for Brandon. Tiddlywinks is too cerebral for him.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (jwDzO)

66 Americans living in Guam are in a very precarious situation, as well as those living in Hawaii.

Ghost Fleet is a pretty good novel about Chi-Com's taking Hawaii. Doom! it's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Paladin at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (lhi1/)

67 I thought he gave that up all on his own.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (J2vNu)
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They see it as "wresting". Humor them.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (aaGzp)

68 Belt and road.

BTW, the Reds are busy in the Caribbean too as well as Africa and the Pacific.

A look at a map leaves me very confused as to what this does for the Chinese. It isn't near any important sea lane, unless you consider "around Australia" an important sea lane. And it's hardly defensible if the Aussies want it. It's basically the Chinese Rabaul. I suspect it's mostly about ego for Xi.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (/NCI4)

Could be on or near the sea lanes to South America, especially if you are giving Hawaii a wide berth.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (eoQWY)

69 Reading about this in a couple places, it seems like the backstory is that the Solomon's government had a few beefs and some requests that they wanted the US to address. Nothing too big, ordinary stuff that goes on. Apparently no one from this administration ever bothered to even return their calls, giving them the Judge Smails treatment: "you'll take what you get and you'll LIKE IT!!!"

and this today is the result.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2022 05:04 PM (trdmm)

70 It's denying us the use of the port that is the big deal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Exactly.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:04 PM (jwDzO)

71 Biden is playing Tiddlywinks with the contents of his diaper.

Hey Jill why does this fudge taste like shit?

Posted by: Joe Biden having a snack at September 01, 2022 05:04 PM (ESjRY)

72 58 What's all this about guacamoleanal?
Posted by: AOC at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (4I/2K)

Guacamole Anal.

Take two avocados, add butter, shove up a Puerto Rican bartender's ass, shake vigorously.

Garnish with lime and cilantro.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:04 PM (x0n13)

73 Your welcome, Solomons.

Posted by: SkylerKat at September 01, 2022 05:04 PM (SXIn9)

74 Pixy just bought a house. I hope he doesn't need to buy a car anytime soon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 05:00 PM (J2vNu)
~~~~~

Apparently it's just that one bank. So far.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 01, 2022 05:04 PM (3ImbR)

75 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (yikp0)

Right next to the Malvinas islands. 😁

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (ISz6t)

76 > Where in the world is Diego Garcia??

Itty bitty teeny tiny island between Australia and Africa.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (kDGvA)

77 It's denying us the use of the port that is the big deal.

I suppose, but we have others. It's not going to be easy for Xi to build and maintain a big base out there.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (/NCI4)

78 and this today is the result.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Diplomacy isn't a thing with this junta.

They're a retarded bull in a chinashop.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (jwDzO)

79 62 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (yikp0)
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Western Indian Ocean.

(Yes, I know what you were doing)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (aaGzp)

naah, you're wrong, he's on a bus to Chicago.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (trdmm)

80
China might actually collapse not long after we do.

And that leaves the world for the Islamos.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (x0n13)

81 Just split Solomon in two. We get half and they get half.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (63Dwl)

82 JJ with the facts, history as it were repeating itself. But this time shoe on other honorable foot.

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2022 05:06 PM (oRWDD)

83 Guacamole Anal.

Take two avocados, add butter, shove up a Puerto Rican bartender's ass, shake vigorously.

Garnish with lime and cilantro.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:04 PM (x0n13)

I'm writing this recipe down for the wife. Thanks!

Posted by: Beto O'Rourke at September 01, 2022 05:06 PM (4I/2K)

84 Much closer to home the former Christmas Is also is working more closely with China.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:06 PM (eoQWY)

85 And that leaves the world for the Islamos.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Nope.

God has other plans.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:06 PM (jwDzO)

86 And it's hardly defensible if the Aussies want it.

Does Australia actually have a military any more? Not counting the Stasi back home as I presume they can't afford to send them overseas.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:06 PM (ESjRY)

87 81 Just split Solomon in two. We get half and they get half.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (63Dwl)

Seriously, I think about Savo Island, the Teneru River, Henderson Field and my blood boils at what the Left have done to us.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (x0n13)

88 I believe the Bank of Australia is run by the Australian Reserve Bank, so this is probably run from the government, and will trickle down.

The problem with a central bank is that it is inherently political, and is regularly used as a way to force compliance.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (xhaym)

89 Take two avocados, add butter, shove up a Puerto Rican bartender's ass, shake vigorously.

Guatemalans will work in a pinch as well.

Posted by: Barack Obama at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (ESjRY)

90 Does Australia actually have a military any more? Not counting the Stasi back home as I presume they can't afford to send them overseas.
Posted by: 18-1
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They did in 1988.

Can't say now.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (jwDzO)

91 Panama wrested the Canal from him.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022

***
I thought he gave that up all on his own.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 01, 2022 05:02 PM (J2vNu)

Like Hong Kong there was a 99 year lease.

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (ISz6t)

92 Just split Solomon in two. We get half and they get half.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM

No, it might tip over.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (bVYXr)

93 Isn't Joe Biden a "centrist, moderate Democrat" who knows the importance of the projection of military power, like you ridiculous preening softcocks are all about?

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1.) The US is incapable of moderating China's influence, militarily or otherwise. All we can do is fight economic holding actions. Any President would be in a tough spot here. China doesn't fear us.

2.) The US government is owned by China. For all the talk about Chinese colonization of Africa, their control in this country is stronger. Our own JCoS chairman brags in books about how he works for them.

We'd sooner get tough with Canada than China. It's all a big joke.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (uaLxw)

94 Small point - a US Coast Guard ship is not a US Navy ship.

Okay, I will shut up now.

USCG Veteran

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:08 PM (oiNtH)

95 await the publication of the Guadarcanar Dialy.
Posted by: Archimedes

If you're going to make fun of Asians' difficulty pronouncing the letter L, don't make an ass of yourself by changing an R to an L. If an Asian pronounces "Guadalcanal" as "Guadarcanar", why would he pronounce "Diary" as "Dialy"?

Posted by: SFGoth at September 01, 2022 05:08 PM (KAi1n)

96 I thought he gave that up all on his own.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes. In his own self righteous, holier-than-Jesus own.

He did it because he too, like O-shithead, was going to show Americans that he was better than them.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at September 01, 2022 05:08 PM (ktsa1)

97 90 Does Australia actually have a military any more? Not counting the Stasi back home as I presume they can't afford to send them overseas.
Posted by: 18-1
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They did in 1988.

Can't say now.
Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:07 PM (jwDzO)

They have the Mounted Kangaroo Korps, it strikes terror into the hearts of Wombats everywhere.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2022 05:08 PM (trdmm)

98 Small point - a US Coast Guard ship is not a US Navy ship.

Okay, I will shut up now.

USCG Veteran
Posted by: Cheri
___

No...really?

Navy Brat/Army Veteran

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:09 PM (jwDzO)

99 80 Obama will be pleased

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 05:09 PM (Zzbjj)

100 look at a map leaves me very confused as to what this does for the Chinese. It isn't near any important sea lane, unless you consider "around Australia" an important sea lane. And it's hardly defensible if the Aussies want it. It's basically the Chinese Rabaul. I suspect it's mostly about ego for Xi.
Posted by: Archimedes

////

In the MSM, they're selling this as being in place to go after Australia. (Husband reads the newspaper)

Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:09 PM (tQL7r)

101 Small point - a US Coast Guard ship is not a US Navy ship.

Okay, I will shut up now.

USCG Veteran
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:08 PM (oiNtH)

*fist bump*

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 01, 2022 05:09 PM (DRSnL)

102 87- they are literally running a shrek-like stroke patient in PA. The so-called president is a demented pervert who blew up an eye during the rigors of debate. Grifters and goons running a fundamentally unserious country.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (MSc9D)

103 This sucks.

Posted by: Zombie Sgt John Basilone at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (4I/2K)

104 Global warmering claims another victim / msm

Posted by: East Bay Jay at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (DePyg)

105 Small point - a US Coast Guard ship is not a US Navy ship.

Okay, I will shut up now.

USCG Veteran

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:08 PM

You have to be 6 foot tall to join the coast Guard. If your ship sinks you need to be able to walk back to the beach.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (bVYXr)

106 And it's hardly defensible if the Aussies want it.

Does Australia actually have a military any more? Not counting the Stasi back home as I presume they can't afford to send them overseas.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:06 PM (ESjRY)

More to the point, their navy has 43 ships one of which is a destroyer or larger. 2 amphibious landing ships. The rest are some subs, and patrol boats and minelayers and chopper ships.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (eoQWY)

107
China might actually collapse not long after we do.

And that leaves the world for the Islamos.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (x0n13

^^^This.

I know it's considered crazy, but my crystal ball says that in 100 years, radical Islam is the global hegemon. The rest of the great powers are old and doomed. They are vital and vibrant.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (uaLxw)

108 "like you ridiculous preening softcocks are all about?" I noes of these "never trumps" softcocks, as you say Senor Chuys. That is why I is in bidness to clean pools and service these cuckservative wifes...

Posted by: Teh Paolo at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (lV3Zs)

109 Wiki says the Oz Reich has 60k military personnel with 44 ships - though only a handful of small combat vessels and subs.

So...no, Oz can't do anything about China seizing islands without Us or Japan.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (ESjRY)

110 Friggin' Coast Guard. Buncha slackers.
Posted by: Jordan61

LOL. People don't usually know how the USCG participates in joint military ops around the world. Oh well, we know

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (oiNtH)

111 Does the Embassy on the Soloman Islands have a Heli-pad?

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (53oGX)

112 100 look at a map leaves me very confused as to what this does for the Chinese. It isn't near any important sea lane, unless you consider "around Australia" an important sea lane. And it's hardly defensible if the Aussies want it. It's basically the Chinese Rabaul. I suspect it's mostly about ego for Xi.
Posted by: Archimedes

////

In the MSM, they're selling this as being in place to go after Australia. (Husband reads the newspaper)
Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:09 PM (tQL7r)

The MSM probably has this one right out of sheer luck...just like a broken clock...

Posted by: Nova local at September 01, 2022 05:11 PM (exHjb)

113 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??

South West of San Diego, or South East if you want to go the other way around the world.

Posted by: Paladin at September 01, 2022 05:11 PM (lhi1/)

114 LOL. People don't usually know how the USCG participates in joint military ops around the world. Oh well, we know
Posted by: Cheri
___

Coulda used some help in Iraq.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: SMH - Free Sponge! at September 01, 2022 05:11 PM (jwDzO)

115 At least Oz losing to China is a step up from losing to Emus

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:11 PM (ESjRY)

116
signed a secret security agreement that would allow the Solomon Islands to call on China to send military and security forces to the country if needed....

If needed. Translation: When the check from China clears.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (n+4am)

117 US District Judge Aileen Cannon agreed to release a more detailed inventory of items seized at Mar-A-Lago. She hasn't ruled yet on Trump's motion to appoint a Special Master to review documents.

https://tinyurl.com/2hjtc2wc

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (sWM8x)

118 Quack Doctor Oz > Oz Reich > Evil Shrek

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (ESjRY)

119 What’s a Solomon?
What’s an Island!
What’s a ship?
- msm

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (2xjbm)

120 If the Coast Guard is on a world tour who's guarding the Coast ?

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (ISz6t)

121 You have to be 6 foot tall to join the coast Guard. If your ship sinks you need to be able to walk back to the beach.
Posted by: Mister Scott

That's so original!

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (oiNtH)

122 102 This allows Kalorama and Garland freedom to do whatever they like and hide behind demented men. Plus the added kink of knowing we know.

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (Zzbjj)

123 "like you ridiculous preening softcocks are all about?" I noes of these "never trumps" softcocks, as you say Senor Chuys. That is why I is in bidness to clean pools and service these cuckservative wifes...
Posted by: Teh Paolo

The Paolo thinks, how you say, one shouldn't sock a regular.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (LsEU/)

124 LOL. People don't usually know how the USCG participates in joint military ops around the world. Oh well, we know
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (oiNtH)

It doesn't specify *our* coast.

They hang a bucket of US dirt off the front of the ship on long cruises to keep up appearances.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (eoQWY)

125 Put this also under "Things that would have Never Happened under Trump" file.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (u4CEu)

126 If the Coast Guard is on a world tour who's guarding the Coast ?

Que?

Posted by: Some Guatemalans on their way to the US at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (ESjRY)

127 "Where in the world is Diego Garcia??"

Waaaaaay over thataways.

*Points*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (906pl)

128 i corrected the "Naval ship" error. Thanks, Cheri.

Posted by: Capital-A Ace at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (B3oWe)

129 If Jon Stewart is going to pass out medals to actual Nazis at Disney World, do you think he'll vote semi-fascist with us Trump supporters?

tinyurl.com/krkb9epv

Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (/BlEx)

130 If the Coast Guard is on a world tour who's guarding the Coast ?
Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (ISz6t)

Our Mountain Divisions.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (eoQWY)

131 Interactive sea-lanes map...

https://tinyurl.com/3syxyczx

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (yikp0)

132 If the Coast Guard is on a world tour who's guarding the Coast ?
Posted by: polynikes

They do that too. Smart multi-tasking.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (oiNtH)

133

Just add it to the list with Afghanistan, Iraq, ...Taiwan?

Posted by: Soothie at September 01, 2022 05:14 PM (Jjqlo)

134 Thank you Ace!

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (oiNtH)

135 If the Coast Guard is on a world tour who's guarding the Coast ?
Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (ISz6t)

Our Mountain Divisions.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (eoQWY)

Heh.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (4I/2K)

136 Why should the coast be any less open than the border?

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (MSc9D)

137
Prediction: the US will "lose" (surrender) Guantanamo Cuba in the next 18 month's.

Posted by: Soothie at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (Jjqlo)

138 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??

South West of San Diego, or South East if you want to go the other way around the world.
Posted by: Paladin at September 01, 2022 05:11 PM (lhi1/)
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Looked it up on Google Maps. Tiny little atoll in the middle of the Indian Ocean. But humans have really built up a substantial community there. Because we goddamn could.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (YIVH2)

139 @118

>>Quack Doctor Oz > Oz Reich > Evil Shrek

Dr. Oz is an accomplished thoracic heart surgeon who holds a number of patents for surgical techniques.

Evil Shrek is not fit to sniff his crudite.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (/qytU)

140 Our Mountain Divisions.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (eoQWY)

Then who is defending the mountains?

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (ISz6t)

141 118 Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (ESjRY)

Zardoz > Quack Doctor Oz > Oz Reich > Evil Shrek

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (x0n13)

142 Not sure how all the place liberating in WWII are foreign owned

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (k8B25)

143 133. And Europe will soon despise us, too. Cold and miserable, protecting the laundrette will seem evil. Which it is.

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (Zzbjj)

144
Prediction: the US will "lose" (surrender) Guantanamo Cuba in the next 18 month's.
Posted by: Soothie at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (Jjqlo)

Please drop some science. Why? Is the lease up for renewal or something?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (uaLxw)

145 The Incredible Shrinking Country. This is planned.

Posted by: kraken at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (Vr12I)

146 So are we in agreement that Fetterman will be called Evil Shrek from now on?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (ESjRY)

147 Apparently it's just that one bank. So far.
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It's new car loans too; they still do it for used ICE. Still, it's a dumb idea.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (yikp0)

148 SM1 Douglas A. Munro , USCG Medal Of Honor WW II.
Nuff said.

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (oRWDD)

149 If the Coast Guard is on a world tour who's guarding the Coast ?
Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (ISz6t)

Our Mountain Divisions.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (eoQWY)

Heh.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (4I/2K)

We actually do have one, but only one left. I googled it after the joke.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (eoQWY)

150 Our Mountain Divisions.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (eoQWY)

Then who is defending the mountains?
Posted by: polynikes

The Mounties?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (WwJmh)

151 Dr. Oz is an accomplished thoracic heart surgeon who holds a number of patents for surgical techniques.

Evil Shrek is not fit to sniff his crudite.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (/qytU)

His non thoracic medical advice has been questionable at times .

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (ISz6t)

152 140- the goats, I assume.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (MSc9D)

153 90 Does Australia actually have a military any more? Not counting the Stasi back home as I presume they can't afford to send them overseas.
Posted by: 18-1

More like a Stasi. But they are willing to shoot unarmed protestors... if they are conservative and want freedom.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (u4CEu)

154 Gee, isn't Guadalcanal part of the Solomon islands? The biggest island, even.

Seems like we lost a lot of military personnel freeing those islands.

Must be that old saw, "what have you done for us lately?"

Then again, we rescued China from the Japs...

How's that working out for us? Sigh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (JOtiF)

155 I won't argue that Biden is shitting the bed relative to foreign policy and economic policy. But, China is currently having what can only be described as a "Going out of business sale."

Their economy is so effed, that they are renegotiating trade deals (and establishing new ones) that are designed to keep China's head above water (or in view of the surface). It's a short term slowing of the inevitable.

China isn't flexing and showing dominance. They are trying to survive. And, it isn't looking good.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (bkm7I)

156 You have to be 6 foot tall to join the coast Guard. If your ship sinks you need to be able to walk back to the beach.
Posted by: Mister Scott

That's so original!

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM

I heard that for the first time over 40 years ago.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (bVYXr)

157 Prediction: the US will "lose" (surrender) Guantanamo Cuba in the next 18 month's.
Posted by: Soothie at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (Jjqlo)
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They're gonna need somewhere to send the most deplorable of all deplorables. Might as well keep it open.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (YIVH2)

158 Ozma of Oz > Zardoz > Quack Doctor Oz > Oz Reich > Evil Shrek

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (aaGzp)

159 And Europe will soon despise us, too. Cold and miserable, protecting the laundrette will seem evil. Which it is.
Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 05:16 PM (Zzbjj)

They despised us more when we were good to them. They were big boys but decided not to live in the real world.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (eoQWY)

160 "Restore our standing in the world" was only ever mental mindfuck persuasion bullshit.

Along with believing only the *opposite* of everything they say, the other useful thing is to look at any assumption which underpins their bs taglines. That's always an egregious built-in lie. Like "no one is above the law" builds in the assumption that Trump or whoever is guilty of something.

And the assumption here is that Trump had "degraded our world standing". It's far more powerful persuasion-wise to "talk past the sale" than to simply say that statement, because in that case the statement could be shot down.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (BXxcV)

161 US District Judge Aileen Cannon agreed to release a more detailed inventory of items seized at Mar-A-Lago. She hasn't ruled yet on Trump's motion to appoint a Special Master to review documents.

https://tinyurl.com/2hjtc2wc
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM (sWM8x)

It's pretty amazing that our Judge Aileen there is doing the rope-a-dope, modified limited hang out on something that is, well, rightfully considered time sensitive. Because at some point, like probably by now, everyone fucking Democrat in DC would have viewed and know Trump's lawyers counsel - and getting a Master to deny viewing will be moot. But I suspect that the Judge knows this already - she's not immune to the politics of...moving up.

The Judiciary is not

Posted by: Boswell at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (+Cgut)

162 Sadly, this is exactly the same for Kirin and Sapporo of Japan. I think Japanese Sapporo is one of the best lager beers EVER. Can't get it here though, it's all Molson's of Canada. I haven't looked closely at a bottle of Asahi, but whaddya think the odds, huh?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Huh, I'll check my next bottle of Singha (Thai) next time I hit the Thai restaurant, see if that's the deal with that too.

Posted by: Oedipus at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (mV6n1)

163 "Does Australia actually have a military any more?"

Do we?

Posted by: Extreme Semi Ultra gp at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (qpX6U)

164 Biden is too busy calling his political opponents fascists, making the FBI his Praetorian Guard and having Jill wipe his ass.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (mSy8I)

165
>>>Please drop some science. Why? Is the lease up for renewal or something?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I'm thinking we'll just walk away and say Cuba is good now and deserves to have some land as reparations or whatever.

Posted by: Soothie at September 01, 2022 05:19 PM (Jjqlo)

166 It'd be cool to listen to a convo between Oz and Ben Carson.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 01, 2022 05:19 PM (KAi1n)

167 China isn't flexing and showing dominance. They are trying to survive. And, it isn't looking good.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM

China is way overdue for an implosion and they know it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:19 PM (bVYXr)

168 Biden is too busy calling his political opponents fascists, making the FBI his Praetorian Guard and having Jill wipe his ass.

Look fat, if you had to deal with some asshole shitting in your depends every time you were focused on something else you'd be pretty pissed off to.

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 01, 2022 05:19 PM (ESjRY)

169 I prefer Festlurch. Shrek is actually smart and heroic. Fetterman is a drooling moron, albeit evil. Like a Disney henchman.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (MSc9D)

170 His non thoracic medical advice has been questionable at times .

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (ISz6t)

Dr. Oz learned a few other things along the way, like

Snake oil is easy to sell. It's even easier if you are credentialed.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (JOtiF)

171 Gee, isn't Guadalcanal part of the Solomon islands? The biggest island, even.

Seems like we lost a lot of military personnel freeing those islands.

Must be that old saw, "what have you done for us lately?"

Then again, we rescued China from the Japs...

How's that working out for us? Sigh.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (JOtiF)

No idea of the gratitude or lack of it for the war they have, but our ships busting in without warning and the government not even caring to reply is pretty contemptable behavior on our part. No matter how powerful you are, you should treat friends as well as you can.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (eoQWY)

172 Where will our Arctic Divisions go next, North Africa?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (4I/2K)

173 BREAKING: Biden Proposes Cutting the Solomon Islands in Half to Avoid the Arrival of US Naval Ships From Tipping Them Over, Thus Alleviating Islander Concerns. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Go Galt or Go Rome at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (qx9Pl)

174 158 Ozma of Oz > Zardoz > Quack Doctor Oz > Oz Reich > Evil Shrek

reich pilaf > oz reich

Posted by: kulak anachronda at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (sGtp+)

175 167

China is way overdue for an implosion and they know it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:19 PM (bVYXr)

And that might be BAD news.

Posted by: kraken at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (Vr12I)

176 I haven't heard a peep from Bill Kristol in like....for ages. I really hope he's enjoying all these stunning Never-Trump victories.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 01, 2022 05:21 PM (CCf67)

177 "Does Australia actually have a military any more?"

Do we?
Posted by: Extreme Semi Ultra gp at September 01, 2022 05:18 PM (qpX6U)

A good and pertinent question.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:21 PM (eoQWY)

178
I thought Ben Carson was an odd choice for HUD, and while I respect his outstanding medical career, I never thought it qualified him for office. What I did think qualified him for office was his lifelong record of sterling personal conduct and his obviously genuine faith.

Unfortunately, everybody else in office is utterly bereft of those qualities, and so they're actually a liability.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2022 05:21 PM (uaLxw)

179 170 His non thoracic medical advice has been questionable at times .

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (ISz6t)

Dr. Oz learned a few other things along the way, like

Snake oil is easy to sell. It's even easier if you are credentialed.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (JOtiF)

Damn, he's ready to lead the CDC...

Posted by: Nova local at September 01, 2022 05:21 PM (exHjb)

180 I prefer Festlurch

Every time I see him I think of Young Frankenstein and the Monster singing Putting on the Ritz when I see him

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2022 05:21 PM (bs+z0)

181 Has anyone proposed splitting the Islands in half?

Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (4wq3h)

182 Thank you Ace!
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (oiNtH)

I don't remember if I ever asked you, what was your rate? Husband was a YN.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (DRSnL)

183 Ever notice that the NeverTrumpers support war against everyone EXCEPT Red China?

I'm pretty sure they even wanted to go to war against a criminal gang kidnapping Nigerian women.

But against the most powerful enemy of the US in the world they are absolutely silent.

Are they paid in yuan, in dollars, or in little boys?

Posted by: Ken at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (Sxi73)

184 These slapdicks at the State Department and the Pentagon are completely useless. We could send the FBI to negotiate better results.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (DOvc/)

185 >>"Does Australia actually have a military any more?"

No. They were all lost in the Great Emu Wars.

Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (4wq3h)

186
I'm thinking we'll just walk away and say Cuba is good now and deserves to have some land as reparations or whatever.
Posted by: Soothie at September 01, 2022 05:19 PM (Jjqlo)

Entirely possible. This is Clown World, after all. Might as well.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (uaLxw)

187 Our Mountain Divisions.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:13 PM (eoQWY)

Then who is defending the mountains?
Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:15 PM (ISz6t)

Marines.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:23 PM (eoQWY)

188 181 Has anyone proposed splitting the Islands in half?
Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (4wq3h)

Yeah.A lot.

Posted by: kraken at September 01, 2022 05:23 PM (Vr12I)

189 Maybe our navy can concentrate on not crashing into each other.

Posted by: fluffy at September 01, 2022 05:23 PM (UnQlg)

190 Where will our Arctic Divisions go next, North Africa?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM (4I/2K)

---------

The Colorado River.

Posted by: ShainS -- Go Galt or Go Rome at September 01, 2022 05:23 PM (qx9Pl)

191 159. I disagree. This will be the first time in years they were cold and probably hungry. And for Zelenskyy? You can't even say it's for the "Ukrainian people" as Zelenskyy is throwing their men and boys into a buzz saw.

Russia will stop with Odessa, and all the crap about the "rooskis" marching to Berlin or Paris will be seen as a hoax to beat down the populace in the name of the greens.

I hate the greens, I hate Zelenskyy. He could have honored the Minsk agreements, and will walk away an oligarch himself. Maybe land in Miami.

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 05:23 PM (Zzbjj)

192 My Dad in 3MARDIV did their work up to Bougainville on Guadalcanal. Basically mopping up to get them used to tropical jungle combat. So glad he is not alive to see this shit.

Posted by: Head puddi at September 01, 2022 05:23 PM (cWeHZ)

193 188 181 Has anyone proposed splitting the Islands in half?
Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (4wq3h)

Would that be "wise " ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2022 05:23 PM (bs+z0)

194 Every time I see him I think of Young Frankenstein and the Monster singing Putting on the Ritz when I see him
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2022 05:21 PM (bs+z0)

Funny that in Peter Boyle's famous role his character name was Frank.

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (ISz6t)

195 >>Yeah.A lot.

I was kind of banking on that.

Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (4wq3h)

196 @151

>>His non thoracic medical advice has been questionable at times.

He knows the limitations of traditional medicine and has explored alternatives, like.... HCQ and Ivermectin...

Dr Oz is a little bit country and he's a little bit rock & roll too.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (/qytU)

197 No. They were all lost in the Great Emu Wars.
Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (4wq3h)
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Fell in battle against drunken quokkas.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (aaGzp)

198 Wonder if the United States Institute for Peace (USIP), founded by Congress, nudged this on?

Posted by: Lola at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (NIYa7)

199 I jioke, but think of rhe possibilities when there are no more Hawaiian judges to tell Republican Presidents "you can't do that".

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (K//Cw)

200 I haven't heard a peep from Bill Kristol in like....for ages. I really hope he's enjoying all these stunning Never-Trump victories.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket

Maybe he finally realized he still won't be invited to the best parties.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (ftFVW)

201 Cheri's right. Coasties go everywhere and they do shit, man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7NGn4rvOs

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (sWM8x)

202 Maybe our navy can concentrate on not crashing into each other.

Well maybe Ensign Suzie should have thought about that before she didn't compliment my new hair do!

Posted by: Ensign Jane at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (ESjRY)

203
I'm also really surprised the Democrats are doing everything they can to make DC and Puerto Rico states so they can increase their Congressional seat holders.

Posted by: Soothie at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (Jjqlo)

204 My dick has a special connection to all things Chinese.

Posted by: Special Envoy Eric Fartwell at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (RqqG5)

205 181 Has anyone proposed splitting the Islands in half?

Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2022 05:22 PM (4wq3h)

See 173.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (JOtiF)

206 171. We'll be freezing our "frenzzzz" to keep the sovreign laundry open. We look like asshoes.

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (Zzbjj)

207 Funny that in Peter Boyle's famous role his character name was Frank.
Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (ISz6t)

The Halloween episode where he dressed up like Frankenstein's monster and Marie was the bride cracked me up.

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 01, 2022 05:25 PM (DRSnL)

208 79 62 Where in the world is Diego Garcia??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 01, 2022 05:01 PM (yikp0)
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Western Indian Ocean.

(Yes, I know what you were doing)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:03 PM (aaGzp)

naah, you're wrong, he's on a bus to Chicago.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2022 05:05 PM (trdmm)
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From Texas and he's going to look for Waldo.

Posted by: Ciampino searching for Waldo too at September 01, 2022 05:26 PM (qfLjt)

209 >>>Posted by: Sticky Wicket

in many ways this screenname is the story of me

Posted by: Capital-A Ace at September 01, 2022 05:26 PM (B3oWe)

210 201 Cheri's right. Coasties go everywhere and they do shit, man.

If you've ever watched Deadliest catch you've seen them in action during rescues... Harrowing to say the least

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2022 05:26 PM (bs+z0)

211 I jioke, but think of rhe possibilities when there are no more Hawaiian judges to tell Republican Presidents "you can't do that".
Posted by: Darth Randall at September 01, 2022 05:24 PM (K//Cw)

When the Romans abandoned the province of Dacia, they carved out a little chunk inside the new boarder and renamed it Dacia so the administration side was unaffected.

So look to them carving a chunk out of Idaho or Utah for Hawaii the State.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:26 PM (eoQWY)

212 My dick has a special connection to all things Chinese.

Ha ha. Very funny Ehlik. You know that not what we do. Can you walk again finally? You such wuss.

Posted by: Fang Fang at September 01, 2022 05:27 PM (ESjRY)

213 When the Romans abandoned the province of Dacia, they carved out a little chunk inside the new boarder and renamed it Dacia so the administration side was unaffected.
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The boarder must have been pretty pissed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:27 PM (aaGzp)

214 My dick has a special connection to all things Chinese.

Ha ha. Very funny Ehlik. You know that not what we do. Can you walk again finally? You such wuss.

Posted by: Fang Fang at September 01, 2022 05:27 PM (ESjRY)

lol

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at September 01, 2022 05:27 PM (yHsuS)

215 187- that's a better answer than goats. When I was with 2nd Marines (the Minks!) Our area of concern was arctic and mountain warfare ?8th Marines did jungle, everyone did desert). Anyway, we did regular training at thecmountain warfare school in Bridgeport CA.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:27 PM (MSc9D)

216 Wow, who knew the Government of the Solomons Islands could see that we are currently committing suicide by Government.

It's like suicide by Cop.... but bigger.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2022 05:28 PM (oHd/0)

217 211. No. Maybe Alaska has a couple of shitty cold islands they could inhabit.

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at September 01, 2022 05:28 PM (Zzbjj)

218
USCG Veteran
Posted by: Cheri

quick, everyone. hide the beer and put on yer life preserver. we got a puddle pirate here!

kidding. coasties get a lot of crap, but the mission you have really sux.

respect.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (MrZQl) - at September 01, 2022 05:28 PM (MrZQl)

219 I'm much less concerned about our Coasties and sailors not being able to patronize hookers on Solomon, than I am we have a State Dept. spokesmember named Pedant Patel.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 01, 2022 05:29 PM (YV6PJ)

220 That actually is a bullshit story.

The FUSA CG was screwing around in waters thousands of miles away from the FUSA playing drug interdiction warriors.

They ran out of fuel, no one in the State Department gave those in the Solomon Islands any head's up so when the CG phoned in for diplomatic reasons to pull into port and refuel, those at the Solomon Islands didn't answer the phone.

That is NOT a refusal, that was not picking up the phone. Brits had the same problem too. This was a State Department screw up for not clearing this ahead of time.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2022 05:29 PM (3hSHB)

221 Anyway, we did regular training at thecmountain warfare school in Bridgeport CA.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:27 PM (MSc9D)
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Huh. I've been through/stayed in Bridgeport. Pretty town, pretty area. Didn't know we had a mountain warfare school near there.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:29 PM (aaGzp)

222 I'm fine with this. Let the Solomons fend for themselves, while also showing how weak F. Joe Biden is to the rest of the world.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (VWp7G)

223 What I did think qualified him for office was his lifelong record of sterling personal conduct and his obviously genuine faith.

Unfortunately, everybody else in office is utterly bereft of those qualities, and so they're actually a liability.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

////

My parents used to joke about how an honest man would never make it in politics. An honest man was elected to either state-wide or national office from our neck of the woods....and died in office of a heart attack not much later. The parents were convinced he couldn't take all the dishonesty and deceit.

Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (tQL7r)

224 You have to be 6 foot tall to join the coast Guard. If your ship sinks you need to be able to walk back to the beach.
Posted by: Mister Scott

That's so original!

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:12 PM

I heard that for the first time over 40 years ago.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:17 PM (bVYXr)

Showing why it's still good.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (yHsuS)

225 So the BoA thing isn’t mortgages for black people. It’s for homes in “predominately black” areas. Anyone can use the program. Which will be hilarious since a ton of gentrification types will start applying, lol.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (OalnH)

226
Our Mountain Divisions.
Posted by: Oldcat

*snort*

Which reminds me of the insanity of basing 10th Mountain in upstate NY, when the Rockies and Sierras are RIGHT THERE FOR THE TAKING.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (n+4am)

227 >>>That is NOT a refusal, that was not picking up the phone. Brits had the same problem too. This was a State Department screw up for not clearing this ahead of time.

you're claiming they just didn't hear the phone?

Posted by: Capital-A Ace at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (B3oWe)

228 >>>than I am we have a State Dept. spokesmember named Pedant Patel.
Posted by: BurtTC

Thank you and come again!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (VWp7G)

229 China is way overdue for an implosion and they know it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:19 PM (bVYXr)

And that might be BAD news.

Posted by: kraken at September 01, 2022 05:20 PM

It most certainly is going to be bad news for us because nearly half of what we consume in this Country comes from China.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:31 PM (bVYXr)

230 That actually is a bullshit story.

The FUSA CG was screwing around in waters thousands of miles away from the FUSA playing drug interdiction warriors.

They ran out of fuel, no one in the State Department gave those in the Solomon Islands any head's up so when the CG phoned in for diplomatic reasons to pull into port and refuel, those at the Solomon Islands didn't answer the phone.

That is NOT a refusal, that was not picking up the phone. Brits had the same problem too. This was a State Department screw up for not clearing this ahead of time.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2022 05:29 PM (3hSHB)

Well I am glad that the military side at least was not part of the problem aside from being there at the port.

I am totally unshocked that it was a swamp failure on all sides.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:31 PM (eoQWY)

231 I don't remember if I ever asked you, what was your rate? Husband was a YN.
Posted by: Jordan61

SAR RM. Now they are all fancy and call the rate 'Operational Specialist'. Same job with new technology.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:32 PM (oiNtH)

232 I’ve been reading how China is on the verge of economic collapse for a solid 15 years now. Any day I suppose.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 01, 2022 05:32 PM (OalnH)

233 This is fine.

Posted by: The Guy that always says This is Fine at September 01, 2022 05:32 PM (QYPq3)

234 The Biden administration is also playing defense with the Marshall Islands. China is really trying to get some land closer to the continental US. I'm sure just to become cozy neighbors and all, and not park any military assets there.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2022 05:32 PM (N39Ws)

235 TBH, this wouldn't happen if Fat Leonard was still operating. Husbanding Agents are supposed to help facilitate these things.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 01, 2022 05:33 PM (4enNW)

236 The boarder must have been pretty pissed.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2022 05:27 PM (aaGzp)

That happened to me once, after I met a "lady" in a bar on Solomon Island. Work up in a bathtub, bleeding, with office type staples in my side.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 01, 2022 05:33 PM (YV6PJ)

237 It most certainly is going to be bad news for us because nearly half of what we consume in this Country comes from China.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:31 PM (bVYXr)

Which would be a good thing imho if we learned from it. Okay that's a high bar.

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:33 PM (ISz6t)

238 Who lost the Solomon Islands?
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Look here, pal. It wasn't my turn to watch 'em.

Posted by: President Charlie Foxtrot at September 01, 2022 05:33 PM (krQz2)

239 Any day I suppose.
Posted by: Joe XiDen

#twoweeks

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2022 05:33 PM (ftFVW)

240 I like all the military bands and nobody appreciates the Coast Guard. They're excellent.

Here's the Coast Guard Guardians performing with 89 year-old Doc Severinsen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFmETPvtSs

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 01, 2022 05:33 PM (sWM8x)

241 >>> Which reminds me of the insanity of basing 10th Mountain in upstate NY, when the Rockies and Sierras are RIGHT THERE FOR THE TAKING.

Very easy to turn Camp Drum into Fort Drum.

Posted by: fluffy at September 01, 2022 05:33 PM (UnQlg)

242 The FUSA CG was screwing around in waters thousands of miles away from the FUSA playing drug interdiction warriors.

Wow. Wrong. But believe what you want.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (oiNtH)

243 >>> it was a Coast Guard ship that was rebuffed, not a Navy ship.

Doesn't matter. That was a message from China: we own the Solomons now.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (HmZuC)

244 That is NOT a refusal, that was not picking up the phone. Brits had the same problem too. This was a State Department screw up for not clearing this ahead of time.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2022 05:29 PM

That's because the State department is running all military ops now. Just like the Afghanistan withdrawal, the military had zero control over that operation, it was all run by State Department weenies and it showed.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (bVYXr)

245 Which reminds me of the insanity of basing 10th Mountain in upstate NY, when the Rockies and Sierras are RIGHT THERE FOR THE TAKING.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (n+4am)

Didn't 10th Mountain originally train in Colorado? Leadville if memory serves?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (oHd/0)

246
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands "The Green Hell".
I was there.

Posted by: Brian Williams at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (t6XCL)

247 They ran out of fuel, no one in the State Department gave those in the Solomon Islands any head's up so when the CG phoned in for diplomatic reasons to pull into port and refuel, those at the Solomon Islands didn't answer the phone.
That is NOT a refusal, that was not picking up the phone.
Posted by: Reuben Hick
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Seriously?
My God - we need to send them a few hundred billion dollars in aid, pronto.

Posted by: State department crisis negotiator at September 01, 2022 05:35 PM (ktsa1)

248
My parents used to joke about how an honest man would never make it in politics. An honest man was elected to either state-wide or national office from our neck of the woods....and died in office of a heart attack not much later. The parents were convinced he couldn't take all the dishonesty and deceit.
Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (tQL7r)

Yeah... It's really fucking sad. When Carson ran, I hoped he'd win, but I knew he wouldn't, and probably shouldn't. He was a soft-spoken, thoughtful, and kind man who led by example his entire life. Not the kind of guy to gnaw off someone's face in a fit of delusional power-lust, and so he was also unfit for American government in the 21st century.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2022 05:35 PM (uaLxw)

249 Well, it's up in the mountains, base camp is at (I think) 7000 ft in a place called Pickel Meadows. Arriving units spend ten days there acclimating to the elevation and doing classwork before going up the mountain for field training.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:35 PM (MSc9D)

250 227 >>>That is NOT a refusal, that was not picking up the phone. Brits had the same problem too. This was a State Department screw up for not clearing this ahead of time.

you're claiming they just didn't hear the phone?

forgot i put it on silent while watching a movie.

Posted by: solomon islands at September 01, 2022 05:35 PM (sGtp+)

251 Seriously?
My God - we need to send them a few hundred billion dollars in aid, pronto.
Posted by: State department crisis negotiator at September 01, 2022 05:35 PM (ktsa1)

We need to send contractors that employ my cousins a few hundred billion dollars. Solomons get 50 bucks and a fruit basket.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:36 PM (eoQWY)

252 Which reminds me of the insanity of basing 10th Mountain in upstate NY, when the Rockies and Sierras are RIGHT THERE FOR THE TAKING.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2022 05:30 PM (n+4am)

Upstate NY gets 2' of snow every few days, without getting too cold... and they do sorta have mountains. Sorta.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 01, 2022 05:36 PM (YV6PJ)

253 The Heroes of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida Islands, Henderson Field, and Iron Bottom Sound spin in their graves.

Nice work, SpongeBrain ShitPants.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 01, 2022 05:36 PM (Gda1b)

254 We give the Solomon Islands 20 million or more in aid each year .

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2022 05:37 PM (ISz6t)

255 250 227 >>>That is NOT a refusal, that was not picking up the phone. Brits had the same problem too. This was a State Department screw up for not clearing this ahead of time.

you're claiming they just didn't hear the phone?

forgot i put it on silent while watching a movie.
Posted by: solomon islands at September 01, 2022 05:35 PM (sGtp+)

OK, who didn't pay the cell phone Bill?

Posted by: Soloman Islands Government, both of them at September 01, 2022 05:37 PM (oHd/0)

256 If they wouldn't have sent Boaty McBoatface there, none of this would have happened.

Posted by: Roy at September 01, 2022 05:37 PM (Ti+Tv)

257 246
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands "The Green Hell".
I was there.
Posted by: Brian Williams at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (t6XCL)

——

I was on the tarmac and was running from live fire.
- Hillary

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 01, 2022 05:38 PM (OalnH)

258
Sending Blinken and the purple-haired whatever she was out to talk wouldn't have helped, huh?

Wisdom of the Solomons!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM (pNxlR)

259 Which would be a good thing imho if we learned from it. Okay that's a high bar.
Posted by: polynikes
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Hey China, would you mind sending all our manufacturing equipment back? And also, would you mind training all our gender studies majors how to operate them? And maybe get our poor and drug addicted youth and minorities to chip in? And also, we seem to have a lot of lawyers and "influencers" and other useless professions, so maybe you can train them as engineers and scientists and make they useful.

Then we can do without all that imported product. Thanks!

Posted by: USA (Wish I could fly like superman) at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM (ktsa1)

260 What a mess.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM (9jT0b)

261 USCG Veteran
Posted by: Cheri

////

Cheri, is it true the USCG Academy is the hardest of the military academies to get in to? Wondering bc my son's girlfriend applied and was accepted.

Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM (tQL7r)

262 I'm pretty sure there was one or more WWII battles that had the Solomon Islands as a focal point for the US. Maybe shell the fuck out of whatever populated area is there as a little reminder who's who in the grand scheme of things.

Oh... right.... we don't have "shells" anymore. We have "diversity" and sequins.

* quits playing warships *

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM (BFigT)

263 87- they are literally running a shrek-like stroke patient in PA. The so-called president is a demented pervert who blew up an eye during the rigors of debate. Grifters and goons running a fundamentally unserious country.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:10 PM (MSc9D)
*****
His FB campaign page is monitored 24/7 & people are commenting on his Lt. governor page that if you ask him why he won't debate OZ or post something a little negative they remove your comment from his campaign and lock you out completely.
It happened to me. They are covering up for how horrible he is as a candidate. Never seen anything like it.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM (NpAcC)

264 Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2022 05:35 PM (MSc9D)

Bridgeport.... FML....Cold weather survival was there.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 01, 2022 05:40 PM (i0ykY)

265 Trump doesn't want to bang your wife.
But Biden wants to bang whoever is home.
Your signifigant other won't bang you.
Vote like sex depends on it!

Posted by: hutch1200 at September 01, 2022 05:40 PM (B3SkM)

266
I saw preening softcocks wilt under pressure
... pretty much everywhere, actually.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 01, 2022 05:40 PM (pNxlR)

267 This thread makes my balls itch

Posted by: Michelle Obama at September 01, 2022 05:40 PM (ktsa1)

268 Think China brow beat the Solomons to keep the US out?

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 01, 2022 05:40 PM (k8B25)

269 And also, we seem to have a lot of lawyers and "influencers" and other useless professions, so maybe you can train them as engineers and scientists and make they useful.

Then we can do without all that imported product. Thanks!
Posted by: USA (Wish I could fly like superman) at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM (ktsa1)

If you still have headhunters send them to school with them.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:40 PM (eoQWY)

270 Trafalgar is a good polling enterprise, isn't it?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2022 05:41 PM (9jT0b)

271 Just now in my wife's MSN feed - LA Times Letter to the Editors Headline - "Don't over think Trump - just ask what a two year old would do?" Har Har!

Why ask a 2 year old? Just ask yourself.

This is just an embarrassing moment for grown people - they are making buffoons out of themselves in public.

You might as well drop your pants in public and put your hand under your arm pit to make those farting sounds that we used to do at 7...

Posted by: Boswell at September 01, 2022 05:41 PM (+Cgut)

272 Didn't 10th Mountain originally train in Colorado? Leadville if memory serves?
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (oHd/0)

Somebody did, I've heard stories, but don't know which units. Choppers and whatnot from Ft. Carson have been know to play wargames in and around Montrose, Co.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 01, 2022 05:41 PM (YV6PJ)

273 Upstate NY gets 2' of snow every few days, without getting too cold... and they do sorta have mountains. Sorta.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 01, 2022 05:36 PM (YV6PJ)

NY mountains are in the 5k feet range. That’s respectable.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 01, 2022 05:41 PM (OalnH)

274 SAR RM. Now they are all fancy and call the rate 'Operational Specialist'. Same job with new technology.
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:32 PM (oiNtH)

Husband picked YN because it was the least amount of sea time. He still ended up with a permanent cuttermans pin. 😀

Posted by: Jordan61 at September 01, 2022 05:41 PM (cZhFz)

275 Remember when we got tired of winning?

Seems like a dream.

Posted by: Bosk at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (v4L7Y)

276
I was on the tarmac and was running from live fire.
- Hillary
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 01, 2022 05:38 PM (OalnH)

Yeah, HillDawg knows all about that.

Posted by: Kevin Ives and Don Henry, Booking it from the Mena Airport at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (uaLxw)

277 Oh hey, the Whitehouse spokesmuppet is blaming Ttump for Rona school closings and saying they reopened because of Dems.

So the story will be that the Dems were against the Trump Jab as the parties switched by November.

Posted by: Bete at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (Tlfom)

278 You might as well drop your pants in public and put your hand under your arm pit to make those farting sounds that we used to do at 7...

Posted by: Boswell at September 01, 2022 05:41 PM (+Cgut)

Is that wrong?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (yHsuS)

279 You might learn something from this Reuters article about China buddy buddying up to Kirabata, which is related to their moves in the Solomon islands. Article is from 2021.

https://tinyurl.com/snjcz7wd

This puts China aircraft with 1800 miles of Hawaii.

So this latest refusal is no big surprise.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (JOtiF)

280 >>> Trafalgar is a good polling enterprise, isn't it?
~~~~~

Yep. Definitely one of the better ones.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 01, 2022 05:43 PM (3ImbR)

281 Wow, Ex Cop who did assault a cop on Jan 6 gets TEN YEARS in the Fed Pen.

You get less for MANSLAUGHTER (average Fed manslaughter sentence is 60 MONTHS, 5 years).

Hell, chicks who threw Molotov Cocktails at a Cop Car got PROBATION.

Posted by: Soloman Islands Government, both of them at September 01, 2022 05:43 PM (oHd/0)

282 Think China brow beat the Solomons to keep the US out?
Posted by: Skip's phone at September 01, 2022 05:40 PM (k8B25)

Not sure how much -- for quite some times our betters have been acting much like they are openly doing now to those they interact with abroad.

I'm sure they like it about as much as we do.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:43 PM (eoQWY)

283 And Mattis said an America First policy was bad.
IOW, American leadership was not a good thing.
A lot of dead Marines in the Solomons.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2022 05:44 PM (anj39)

284 That was a message from China: we own the Solomons now.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (HmZuC)
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Attempt no landings there.

Posted by: Axeman at September 01, 2022 05:44 PM (krQz2)

285 You might learn something from this Reuters article about China buddy buddying up to Kirabata, which is related to their moves in the Solomon islands. Article is from 2021.

https://tinyurl.com/snjcz7wd

This puts China aircraft with 1800 miles of Hawaii.

So this latest refusal is no big surprise.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (JOtiF)

I believe Kiribata is the former Christmas Island chain

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:44 PM (eoQWY)

286 This puts China aircraft with 1800 miles of Hawaii.

So this latest refusal is no big surprise.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (JOtiF)

And Radar coverage of the area...

Posted by: Soloman Islands Government, both of them at September 01, 2022 05:44 PM (oHd/0)

287 And Mattis said an America First policy was bad.
IOW, American leadership was not a good thing.
A lot of dead Marines in the Solomons.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2022 05:44 PM (anj39)
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It's like people don't know the difference between "first" and "only".

Posted by: Axeman at September 01, 2022 05:44 PM (krQz2)

288 The blank page between Art threads is still on one of my phone tabs

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 01, 2022 05:45 PM (k8B25)

289 265 Vote like my sex depends on it?
*examines dating re ord*

Unfortunately, I can't care because it seems my sex (life) is more than 10 miles from where I live. And I don't drive much.

Posted by: Bete at September 01, 2022 05:45 PM (Tlfom)

290 281 Wow, Ex Cop who did assault a cop on Jan 6 gets TEN YEARS in the Fed Pen.

You get less for MANSLAUGHTER (average Fed manslaughter sentence is 60 MONTHS, 5 years).

Hell, chicks who threw Molotov Cocktails at a Cop Car got PROBATION.

Posted by: Soloman Islands Government, both of them at September 01,

They sure are scared of us huh? And desperate and stuff.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 01, 2022 05:45 PM (OalnH)

291 Is that wrong?
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at September 01, 2022 05:42 PM (yHsuS)

Heh...

Posted by: Boswell at September 01, 2022 05:45 PM (+Cgut)

292 The FUSA CG was screwing around in waters thousands of miles away from the FUSA playing drug interdiction warriors.

Wow. Wrong. But believe what you want.
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (oiNtH)

That did/does sound kind of fishy.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 01, 2022 05:46 PM (CCf67)

293 Posted by: Kevin Ives and Don Henry, Booking it from the Mena Airport

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Thank you for remembering and mentioning The Boys On The Track. Someday they will get justice.

Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:46 PM (tQL7r)

294 as lng as we don't lose Gomorrah

Posted by: REDACTED at September 01, 2022 05:46 PM (us2H3)

295 ou're claiming they just didn't hear the phone?

I saw the MSNBC/CNN/ABC news sites all use the exact same language saying that the Solomon Islands "refused". Then I saw an Al Jazeera article that actually had details about the nature of the CG's presence (fishing, not drugs). They reported that the island "failed to respond".

When it comes to shit news services, I'll take Al Jazeera over the corporate press in the FUSA.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2022 05:47 PM (3hSHB)

296 My father fought the kamikazes in the Solomons in WWII. Essentially what this does is give China control of the entire SW Pacific and prevents enemies from using any of the islands as points of attack or supply depots. It also gives them leverage to attack and places where they can resupply their troops or fix materiel. THis is a disaster.

Posted by: ahem at September 01, 2022 05:48 PM (lKGzI)

297 Solomon Islands' people have protested their PM's ties to China and want to side with Taiwan.
This will get interesting.

Posted by: Coki at September 01, 2022 05:48 PM (dqKvZ)

298 Cheri, is it true the USCG Academy is the hardest of the military academies to get in to? Wondering bc my son's girlfriend applied and was accepted.

Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:39 PM

They do have the least amount of open spots of any of the Service academies so competition is tighter than most due to that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:49 PM (bVYXr)

299 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands "The Green Hell".
I was there.
Posted by: Brian Williams
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I was on the tarmac and was running from live fire.
- Hillary
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I machinegunned those Japs on Bloody Ridge then stacked the bodies like cord wood.

- Dick "Sgt. Rock" Blumenthal

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 01, 2022 05:49 PM (FVME7)

300 The FUSA CG was screwing around in waters thousands of miles away from the FUSA playing drug interdiction warriors.

Wow. Wrong. But believe what you want.
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2022 05:34 PM (oiNtH)

That did/does sound kind of fishy.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 01, 2022 05:46 PM (CCf67)

Any idea of what was going on? There is/was that big volcano in that general area (ok fairly far south and east) that might have called for some support ships...don't know.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:49 PM (eoQWY)

301 Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2022 05:47 PM (3hSHB)

That we have Law Enforcement in the Solomons Islands... about fish... when our own border is being invaded by millions of illegals?

Yeah... priorities.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2022 05:49 PM (oHd/0)

302 He was a soft-spoken, thoughtful, and kind man who led by example his entire life. Not the kind of guy to gnaw off someone's face in a fit of delusional power-lust, and so he was also unfit for American government in the 21st century.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Exactly. Nice guys. Finish last.

Posted by: Prime Sister at September 01, 2022 05:51 PM (tQL7r)

303 This time around it won't be Wake Island; it'll be Woke Island.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 01, 2022 05:51 PM (FVME7)

304 It's like people don't know the difference between "first" and "only".
Posted by: Axeman at September 01, 2022 05:44 PM (krQz2)

Precisely.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2022 05:52 PM (anj39)

305 My father fought the kamikazes in the Solomons in WWII. Essentially what this does is give China control of the entire SW Pacific and prevents enemies from using any of the islands as points of attack or supply depots. It also gives them leverage to attack and places where they can resupply their troops or fix materiel. THis is a disaster.

Posted by: ahem at September 01, 2022 05:48 PM

The wife's Uncle got lit up by a Japanese machinegun in late August 1942 on Guadalcanal. Stitched him from head to foot in one burst. 100% disabled from that moment on. He managed to live to 86 in constant pain.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 01, 2022 05:52 PM (bVYXr)

306 Not sure how all the place liberating in WWII are foreign owned

Posted by: Skip

The Solomons were British before the Japanese took them. Then ours for a bit. I think we gave them to the Brits after WW2 and then they were granted independence.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 01, 2022 05:53 PM (Gda1b)

307 Not sure how all the place liberating in WWII are foreign owned

Posted by: Skip

The Solomons were British before the Japanese took them. Then ours for a bit. I think we gave them to the Brits after WW2 and then they were granted independence.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 01, 2022 05:53 PM (Gda1b)

They were Australian before WWII.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2022 05:55 PM (eoQWY)

308 Thanks Sharkman

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 01, 2022 05:58 PM (k8B25)

309 Maybe the method of their madness is keeping wokesters away

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 01, 2022 06:01 PM (k8B25)

310 The Solomons were a British Protectorate from 1893 to 1975.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 01, 2022 06:12 PM (Gda1b)

311 ACE this actually worse with USCG Cutter turn-away. For years, USCG has been able to enter ports that were shy to host USN ships. Although a military service, the size and composition of missions very closely matches the many smaller nations navies. When you see a "white hull" being turned away this is the sign of things turning badly. v/r cobra, RET-USCG Aviator

Posted by: commander cobra at September 01, 2022 06:23 PM (nTnga)

312 Curious, given the slow-witted collapse that we're seeing in China right now. With the multi-level ponzi scheme that makes up the Chinese housing market grinding to a halt, I doubt they're going to be "top dog" anywhere but inside their own borders anytime soon.

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