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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Bloomberg: Littoral Combat Ship Corroding Before Our Eyes
Posted by: Water Modem || 05/11/2012 18:09 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  HHHMMMMM, HHHMMMM, wel-l-l, I supposed in a Future Guam NT Ships = Space Techy afloat thingys at that time will have to visit the future Guam Shipyard that the USN wants a new 40-year lease with for specialized, anti-GWCC Hull-Deck Lubing.

Oh wait ....

Espec iff India = Indjuh successfully develops an LCS-style stealth ship that can submerge, move, + fight like a Submarine.

But I digress ...

[MADONNA DAUGHTER LOURDES, "USS SEAVIEW" SUB here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 05/11/2012 19:40 Comments || Top||

#2  * ION CHINA DAILY FORUM > ONE WARSHIP ENOUGH TO WIN GLOBAL WAR: VOICE OF RUSSIA?

In Year 2012 or 2015-2020 - NO; in Year 2050 -2080 - QUITE POSSIBLE, iff the US Navy-DOD play their NT cards right! The US is already setting up SPACESTRIKE, of which GMD-TMD = "Aerospace Missle Defense" [ASMD/ASBMD] IS ONLY THE "DEFENSIVE" PART OF IT.

E.g. "FRACKING" CONTROVERSY/ISSUE, the US-WORLD = future OWG-NWO will face a significant crisis before 2040-2050 as per "Peak Oil/Resources" WHICH WILL FORCE A "GLOBAL/UNIVERSAL" DECISION TO BE MADE + ENFORCED WHETHER THE BIG OR SMALL NATIONS LIKE THE MERITS OR NOT.

[WW3: DESTRUCTION OF THE BATTLESHIP "OKLAHOMA", CELINE "SHE'S IN LOVE WID A DEAD MAN" DION + "TITANIC" THEME here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 05/11/2012 23:43 Comments || Top||


Europe
Hollande: Sarkozy underplayed budget woes
PARIS -- French President-elect Francois Hollande suggested Friday that the government of outgoing leader Nicolas Sarkozy underestimated the country's budget problems and wants a new audit of France's books.
The back-tracking on all promises made during the campaign begins. Everyone now under the bus, or whatever it is they drive around in France...
But Hollande, a Socialist elected Sunday to lead the world's fifth-biggest economy, said that wouldn't hurt his ability to fulfill campaign pledges. Those include higher taxes on the rich, thousands of new teaching jobs and freezes on some government spending.
You can always increase taxes and it always works. Ask any socialist...
And Hollande stuck to his own deficit reduction goals despite new European Union figures released Friday that paint a bleak picture for France and the whole eurozone.

"I have known for several weeks that there was a greater degradation than the outgoing government said there was. We conclude that this is a confirmation," Hollande told reporters in the central city of Tulle.

He said the new figures do not necessarily mean he has less room to maneuver after he takes office Tuesday. "No, we had already expected this," he said in remarks shown on French television.
He's just laying out a marker here so that in the future he can point back and say, "it's all Sarkozy's fault." We've seen this in the U.S. where Champ is still blaming Bush for everything.
He said he's asked for an audit of France's budget by the Cour des Comptes, budget watchdog. The audit is expected to be completed by late June.

The European Commission predicted 0.5 percent growth for France this year and 1.3 percent next year if current policies are maintained. Hollande is aiming for 1.7 percent growth next year.

The commission forecast that the deficit would be 4.2 percent next year, well above the 3 percent Hollande is targeting.
Higher taxes will cause the French wealthy to move their assets to London. The deficit will become worse. Hollande will raise more taxes to compensate...
Hollande campaigned on promises to end a push for austerity started under Sarkozy, saying France and other European countries need government stimuli to get back to growth. Sarkozy argued that more government spending would only push debts up higher and worry markets and investors.
Posted by: Steve White || 05/11/2012 11:26 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ollande more apathetic before swear in than the obaminator.
Posted by: newc || 05/11/2012 12:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Where have I heard this before?
Posted by: gorb || 05/11/2012 16:57 Comments || Top||

#3  See also CHINA DAILY FORUM > HOLLANDE MUST CHOOSE AUSTERITY, to resolve France's econ + debt woes.

and

* SAME, TOPIX > HOLLANDE ]already]RENEGING ON PROMISES?

And so it begins ...
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 05/11/2012 23:07 Comments || Top||


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RT reporters newest US Coast Guard ship has rust and hull holes appearing all over
Posted by: Water Modem || 05/11/2012 13:59 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nyah, what's a few holes when you have a good damage control team?
Posted by: SteveS || 05/11/2012 17:34 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
New book says Clinton urged Hillary to unseat Obama
Posted by: tipper || 05/11/2012 15:41 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Abu Sayyaf

#1  Not surprising. I would urge the Democrats to unseat Obama if I were advising them. He is doing more harm to their "brand" than anything since Jimmy Carter. He is probably going to do MORE harm to the Democrats overall by the time all is said and done.

Posted by: crosspatch || 05/11/2012 16:38 Comments || Top||

#2  And JEB BUSH???

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > OBAMA FALLS BEHIND ROMNEY IN POLLS [Rasmussen] AFTER ENDORSING GAY MARRIAGE.

50% for Romney, 43% for the Bammer.

versus

* RENSE - MSM ADMITS RON PAUL HAS WON FIVE STATES + WILL GO TO RNC.

Despite his overwhelming lead in Convention Delegates, ROMNEY isn't in the clear yet from the threat of a brokered GOP convention = split ticket.

Moreso for Romney given ...

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > GOP LEADERS WANT TO USE OVERWHELMING MILITARY FORCE [ + other] AGZ IRAN, iff conclusive evidence arises that Iran is de facto dev a Nuclear Weapon(s), overtly or covertly.

Its not just Romney VPOTUS hopeful Marc Rubio anymore.

* TOPIX [old] > ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS FAVOR OBAMA, going into the 2012 Elex despite the Bammer's seeming shennanigans on Econ, Foreign Policy.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 05/11/2012 23:26 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Fri 2012-05-11
  Somali Gov't, Al shabab claim victory over Bay,Bakol fighting
Thu 2012-05-10
  Damascus bombings kill 40, wound 170: state TV
Wed 2012-05-09
  Annan Fears 'Civil War' Looming in Syria
Tue 2012-05-08
  Al-Qaeda underwear bomb plot was targeted by US drone
Mon 2012-05-07
  Nine soldiers killed, military convoy attacked in N Wazoo
Sun 2012-05-06
  Man wanted in USS Cole bombing killed in Yemen: tribal chief
Sat 2012-05-05
  Pro-Regime Gunmen Kill 12 'Qaida' Militants in Yemen
Fri 2012-05-04
  Bajaur teenyboomer kills 24
Thu 2012-05-03
  Afghanistan: Pakistani driving truck bomb arrested
Wed 2012-05-02
  Suicide bomb blast hits hotel in Somalia, two MPs believed dead
Tue 2012-05-01
  'Egyptians thwart Iranian plot to kill Saudi envoy'
Mon 2012-04-30
  US drone 'kills three militants' in Miramshah
Sun 2012-04-29
  Syria Troops Kill 10 Rebels in Damascus Region
Sat 2012-04-28
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