It’s a confortable day here in the CatBox. Yesterday, Maintenance fixed my A/C installation, so I an not losing cool air on hot days, and can open my window for fresh air on cool mornings. That will make it more comfortable here.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:34 (average 8:57). To do it, click here. How did you do.
Short Takes:
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): The DNC Announces Official Matchups For First 2020 Debates
Liz vs. Amy vs. Beto vs. Cory promises to be an interesting matchup. Night 2 should be a polite dog pile on Joe. If Joe can avoid a serious gaff, I’ll be surprised. The real debate on night 2 will be Kamala vs. Bernie vs. Pete. RESIST!!
From YouTube (Washington Post Channel): Opinion | Trump’s impeachment would be a constitutional, not a political, question
AMEN! Well said! RESIST!!
From Daily Kos: On Thursday, two oil tankers suffered explosions and damage in the Gulf of Oman. These evident results of attacks followed a series of similar damaging incidents in May. Overnight, the United States Navy released a video that reportedly shows a small Iranian vessel next to the tanker Kokuka Courageous, carrying people who appeared to be removing a device that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo identified as an unexploded Mine. Pompeo stated that the analysis of U.S. experts indicated that Iran carried out the attack using mines. However, there is at least one person who disagrees with this analysis—the owner of the tanker involved. Not only does he not think that Iran was behind the attack, but he doesn’t believe his ship was damaged by a mine.
The Kokuka Courageous is operated by Japanese company Kokuka Sangyo. The owner of the ship, Yutaka Katada, says that, according to the reports that have been made by the crew of the ship, the U.S. is wrong on just about every aspect of the attack. According to the Daily Beast, Katada contradicted the report by Pompeo and said that, rather than a mine, his ship was hit by “a flying object.” Katada claims this information came from those on board the ship at the time of the incident. He also states that the damage to his tanker was located “well above the waterline,” which would most likely exclude any sort of torpedo or submerged mine.
An MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone can fire an Joint Air to Ground Missile, the most modern in the arsenal. Given crew description that is a far more likely an explanation than the Republican deep-fake video that shows nothing definitive. RESIST!!
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