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My original intent was a fishing trip.

There is a strain of brown trout there in a lake that once drained into the ocean. The lake is now land locked and the trout are the largest in the world.

In addition it is renowned for Atlantic salmon and arctic char fishing.

Geologically it is raw. Most active volcanoes in the world. Dozens of unique waterfalls and canyons.

This trip is about site seeing with my daughter and grandsons.

NBC News Drops Bombshell Report on Trump War Battle Damage: ‘Far Worse’ Than Trump Team Said
Tommy Christopher
Apr 25th, 2026, 10:32 am
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NBC News Drops Bombshell Report on Trump War Battle Damage
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NBC News dropped a bombshell report on Saturday that multiple government officials say damage to U.S. military bases was much more extensive than President Donald Trump’s officials have publicly disclosed.

The president is preparing to speak at his first White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) in office on Saturday night, as will frequent press attackers like Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and FCC Chair Brendan Carr.

Pentagon reporting has been in the administration’s crosshairs, but a parade of anonymous government sources nevertheless contributed to the reporting by NBC’s Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, Mosheh Gains, and Natasha Lebedeva.

The team attributed six sources for their report, which revealed that repairs from the Iran War damage will cost billions:

American military bases and other equipment in the Persian Gulf region suffered extensive damage from Iranian strikes that is far worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair, according to three U.S. officials, two congressional aides and another person familiar with the damage.

The Iranian regime swiftly retaliated after the Trump administration attacked on Feb. 28, hitting dozens of targets across U.S. military bases in seven Middle East countries. Those attacks struck warehouses, command headquarters, aircraft hangars, satellite communications infrastructure, runways, high-end radar systems and dozens of aircraft, according to the U.S. officials and an assessment by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.

In the initial days of the war, an Iranian F-5 fighter jet bombed the U.S. base Camp Buehring in Kuwait, despite the base having air defenses, a rare breach that marked the first time an enemy fixed-wing aircraft has struck an American military base in years, according to two of the U.S. officials.

The U.S. bases that came under attack are home to thousands of American troops, and in some cases their families, though they were largely cleared out in the days and hours before the U.S. and Israeli went to war with Iran.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news...e-damage-far-worse-than-trump-team-said/

Where things stand
• Trip canceled: President Donald Trump said he no longer plans to send a US delegation to Pakistan this weekend, blaming “infighting” in Iran for derailing potential talks and saying the trip would have been “too much work.” Trump said the cancellation does not mean fighting will resume.

• Stalled peace effort: The White House had hoped to renew peace talks by sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad, but Tehran never confirmed plans to meet directly. Iran’s top diplomat has already left Pakistan after talks with mediators.

• In Lebanon: Meanwhile, Israel has launched more deadly strikes on southern Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry, despite a ceasefire agreement recently extended by three weeks. Iran-backed Hezbollah has fired rockets into northern Israel.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/25/world/live-news/iran-war-israel-pakistan-talks

There's nothing better than having a great relationship with your neighbors and not being an azz to them.

/youtu.be/JZm1krVKzBY?si=BlKmeYgQnajKq8C3

I spent a day in Reykjavik a few years back as we got stranded by our airline for about 24 hours while returning from the Middle East. So my time spent there was minimal and didn’t allow for real exploration. I can say it’s the smallest capitol city I’ve ever been to. My buddies and I rented stand up scooters and zoomed around the city to see the sights. Can’t say much about it as there’s not much to see as far as a city goes. I can say it’s one the pricey side. It was also dark still at like 10am. It was November though so their nights are LONG.
My friends have actually gone and spent time in the country visiting the hot springs and such. Their photos were beautiful.

They only seem to focus on mail in ballots before elections. Then if they lose they have set the stage to have a built in excuse to blame it on claiming they are being cheated or the election being stolen. If they win the election you never hear anything from them about the fact they won could be because of cheating by mail in ballots or anyone cheated because they won. Yet the same process was used in all of those elections.

Just look, we're less than seven months away from the mid term elections and suddenly it's a topic of discussion....... again.

Like sand through the hour glass.....

thx

I haven’t been there on land, just the airport on a layover, but was talking about it recently to someone who did. The biggest takeaway they had was to rent a car. The destinations are gorgeous but they aren’t close together. Never looked into it further but there is a strong possibility that will be our next destination in a year or two. This year we are off to Japan.

Who here actually believe the 2020 election was stolen?

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Good post. Thanks.

I don't want the road shut down; I've found a couple well-placed speed bumps can be very effective.

I agree with nearly everything you said, however, there is an interchangeable response to this:

"Has the fraud that occurred affected the integrity of the elections in question?"

You say "no", I say "not yet".

To me, that's the problem with going down this road, we have no idea what kind of accidents the curves may bring.

Which leads me to the next box in the flowchart, where I ask, what the hell is so hard about requesting an absentee ballot? Is that really some roadblock to your "freedom".

It cracks me up that the same people that say this small amount of fraud is "inconsequential" and "not widespread" scream their heads off that we would be oppressing millions if we just added a step to verify the right people were getting ballots.

That doesn't survive the b.s. test with me.

At the end of the day, I'm all for anything that does it's best to protect 100% sanctity in our elections. All elections. While 100% is nearly impossible, I never want to get to the point where 95% is "good enough". I seriously don't understand how people are so far apart on this issue. I guess because we've been trained to stay far apart and automatically reject any idea from the other side.

The decision could clear the way for Trump's nominee to chair the Fed, Kevin Warsh, to advance toward a confirmation vote in the Senate.

The Justice Department on Friday dropped a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, regarding a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters.

"This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns – in the billions of dollars – that have been borne by taxpayers," U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said in a post on X.

"Accordingly, I have directed my office to close our investigation as the IG undertakes this inquiry."

Pirro added that she would "not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so."



The inspector general for the Federal Reserve has already reviewed the renovation project, and found no wrongdoing. It was asked again to review the project in 2025 by Powell, amid unrelenting pressure from President Donald Trump and his top allies.

The Inspector General's office said that the review mentioned by Pirro on Friday was not new and that it was continuing to compile the review requested by Powell last year.

"In July of last year, the OIG announced that it was conducting an evaluation of the Board’s building renovation project," a spokesperson said. "This assessment includes our independent analysis of the project’s substantial cost increases and overruns."

"We are actively working to complete our review, and look forward to making the results available to the public and Congress upon completion," the spokesperson added.

Hours later though, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cast doubt on status of the investigation.

Leavitt described the probe as "not necessarily dropped" but "just being moved over to the inspector general."

"So the investigation still continues," she said. "It's just under a different authority, and that's what you'll continue to see."

The decision could clear the way for Trump's nominee to chair the Fed, Kevin Warsh, to advance toward a confirmation vote in the Senate.

Warsh's confirmation has been blocked by Sen. Thom Tillis due to what the Republican from North Carolina called a "bogus" investigation of Powell.

Tillis and numerous other lawmakers have said it did not appear Powell committed any crime.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, who chairs the panel charged with advancing Warsh's nomination, quickly welcomed the news Friday.

"These serious concerns warrant scrutiny, and I’m pleased this matter is continuing to receive it," Scott said in a statement. "I welcome the Inspector General’s review and expect a full accounting of how these costs spiraled out of control."

Scott also extended an invitation for the inspector general to brief the committee "within the next 90 days."

The Federal Reserve declined to comment on Pirro's announcement.

"American taxpayers deserve answers about the Federal Reserve’s fiscal mismanagement, and the Office of the Inspector General’s more powerful authorities best position it to get to the bottom of the matter," White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement.

"The White House remains as confident as before that the Senate will swiftly confirm Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve Chairman to finally restore competence and confidence in Fed decision-making," Desai added.

The criminal probe from Pirro's office centered on the renovation of two historic buildings owned by the central bank.

The Fed, which said that the buildings "have not been comprehensively renovated since their construction in the 1930s," initially pegged the cost for the project around $1.9 billion. However, the cost rose to around $2.5 billion in the years since that first estimate.

The central bank said the cost increases were due to unforseen changes to the plans, the rising cost of raw materials, equipment and labor. It also said that it uncovered more asbestos on the site than expected, as well as a sinkhole.

But Trump and his top political allies seized on the project in an attempt to show that Powell was mismanaging the Fed.

Trump has been pressuring Powell to support a dramatic cut to benchmark interest rates set by the Fed's Open Market Committee since taking office again in 2025. But he has insulted and attacked Powell since long before that, accusing him of setting monetary policy to favor Democrats, among other unfounded claims.

Trump toured the construction site last summer, joined by Federal Housing Finance Agency Chief Bill Pulte, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., and other White House officials. During the visit, Trump confronted Powell about the cost, saying that he heard it had risen to "about $3.1 billion."

In a remarkable moment on live television, Powell told the president he was wrong. “I haven’t heard that," he said.

Other White House officials, such as budget chief Russell Vought, had likened the project to the Palace of Versailles in France.

Vought also claimed that Powell was "guilty" of “fiscal mismanagement” at the Fed. The project was first approved by the Fed's seven board members in 2017, a year before Powell became its chair.

The controversy over the renovation project rocked the central bank and the Republican-controlled Senate in early January, when Powell released a rare Sunday evening statement announcing that Pirro's office had served the Fed with subpoenas.

Almost instantly, Tillis announced his block on any Fed nominees.

“No one—certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve—is above the law,” Powell said in the video release. “But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration’s threats and ongoing pressure.”

On March 13, Chief Judge James Boasberg, of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C. blocked the subpoenas served to the Fed from Pirro’s office. In his ruling, Boasberg wrote that “the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime.”

"A mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning," Boasberg added.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/justice-dept-drops-probe-federal-reserve-powell-rcna341876

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I don't want to even see watson wearing a Browns jersey again much less wearing one on the field of play. Signing watson to begin with was disgusting the biggest insult to the fan base I've seen in this entire debacle since 1999 and most likely ever.

Love it,,, I went overboard, but you agree.,.....Perfect.

Worry not my friend, I always pack extra life vests!

The really funny thing about not having a plan and not having the intelligence on the matter is incredible. I mean, Iran has a history of not Capitulating. Nothing new. But without someone to bring that up, Hegseth and Trump either didn't know or didn't care because they thought they could puff up their chests and make the cry uncle. Honestly, I'm not really sure which.

Trump and the minions don't or can't grasp that our allies don't really need us. They are stronger with us, but without us, they are formidable. So taking the approach that we can just "Bully" them, is childish and nutty and well, wrong.

You produced no evidence of what you're accusing and yet you still claim you know better than any evidence you have to support it. So instead of just spewing more BS and playing whatabout, present your "evidence".

All you can possibly do is prove that voter fraud is such a small number it has zero impact on the outcome of any election and most of it isn't done using vote by mail. And that it's actually committed pretty evenly among both parties. But hey! Let's use that to change the way people vote. Am I right?

So one thing I want to clarify first is this... this whole conversation was (for the most part) kicked off because of Trump's claims of the 2020 election being "stolen". I'm NOT trying to "...but Trump!" here. I'm merely adding the context.

In order for an election to be "stolen" via voter fraud, that fraud would have to be widespread and even systemic. That is what has been proven, time and time again, to not have happened (in 2020 and any recent election).

Is there fraud occurring? Yes. Is fraud bad? Yes.
Has the fraud that occurred affected the integrity of the elections in question? No.

For all we know ('know' being the key word here), there could be a story breaking tomorrow where there is evidence of widespread and/or systemic fraud occurring in our elections. Until that happens, all we have are repeated studies/investigations where those allegations have been consistently disproven.


In the cases where fraud has been found, those cases are individually prosecuted. I believe this falls to the states, so YMMV, but I believe the penalty is generally a fine and/or jail and/or a change to your voting eligibility.

So to wrap this around to your analogy... no... and I'd go as far as to say there probably is speeding happening on your road at some point. But when you jump from that to deeming your road so unsafe that it needs to be shut down... now we gotta argue.

I'm sorry you couldn't grasp the removal of their enriched uranium and the inspections that kept all of the uranium enrichment down to 300 kg of 3.67% low-enriched uranium. 3.67% enrichment of Uranium-235 is specifically designed for use in civilian nuclear power plants to produce electricity.

The agreement wouldn't have even ended until July of last year by which time they had already enriched a lot of uranium to over 60%. Trump had given them since 2018 to do so. Trump and any other administration would have had years negotiate a new deal without any of what we see now happening had the Obama deal have been left in place.

And on top of all of that, there is zero evidence Iran holds any uranium enriched to over 60% even now. weapons grade uranium needs to be enriched to 90+% to make a nuclear weapon.

Trump started a war that didn't need to happen when it did.

The funny thing is you have more questions to answer here than I do. But unlike me, you won't. No surprise there.

Reinstating the Firing squads

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-reinstates-firing-squads-pentobarbital-federal-executions/


DOJ reinstates firing squads, pentobarbital for federal executions
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April 24, 2026 / 1:01 PM EDT / CBS News
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The Justice Department announced on Friday that it would reimplement lethal injection and firing squads as part of the Trump administration's efforts to "strengthen" the federal death penalty.

"Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases," the Justice Department said in a press release.

The department went on to say these measures would be "critical to deterring the most barbaric crimes, delivering justice for victims, and providing long-overdue closure to surviving loved ones."

President Trump, on the first day of his second administration, signed an executive order directing the death penalty to be pursued "for all crimes of a severity demanding its use," and demanded the attorney general seek the death penalty in cases involving the murder of a law enforcement officer and capital crimes committed by illegal immigrants present in the U.S.

During his first term, Mr. Trump restarted federal executions after nearly a 20-year pause. In 2021, President Joe Biden instituted a moratorium on executions so it could review policies and procedures.

At the end of his term, Biden granted clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences, commuting their sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The three inmates who didn't receive clemency were the man convicted in the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the gunman who carried out a mass shooting in 2015 at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, and the surviving 2013 Boston Marathon bomber.
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In February 2025, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi lifted the federal moratorium on the death penalty that had been implemented by the Biden administration and ordered federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in appropriate cases.

She instructed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the ongoing criminal trial of Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, in 2024. In January, a federal judge in New York dismissed the federal firearms charges that would have made Mangione eligible for the death penalty.

Soon after Todd Blanche was elevated from the No. 2 job at DOJ to acting attorney general after Bondi's ouster, he authorized the top federal prosecutor in California to seek the death penalty for three alleged MS-13 members charged with killing a victim who was cooperating with authorities.

"The prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers," Blanche said in a statement. "

The department also published a report criticizing the Biden Justice Department for causing "untold harm to the public," for its steps to "weaken, delay and dismantle the death penalty." The report said that in the current Justice Department's view, the use of pentobarbital, the drug used for executions by injection, is not a violation of the Eighth Amendment."

https://time.com/article/2026/03/20/mail-voting-absentee-voter-fraud-trump-claims-research/

There are a lot of studies on voter fraud. It is all very very clear. It is not a democratic or republican thing.

And if I am not mistaken Arizona and another Republican state did exhaustive research into the 2020 election and found NADA.

Again, stating there is no widespread voter fraud is counting. It's based on empirical data and independent studies. The reason everyone says "no widespread votter fraud" instead of "no voter fraud" is because to say there is none would be incorrect and something that people pounce in as a 'gotcha'. Trying to suggest there is postal voter fraud in sufficient frequency to alter the result of any election is an opinion based rhetoric that statistics and research is yet to support. Opinions are fine as I said in a different post, but personally I find it hard to ignore the research and studies.

From the link: Research published by the Brookings Institute in November found that cases of mail-in voting fraud account for merely 0.000043% of all ballots cast by mail, equivalent to roughly four out of every 10 million.

The research focused on four of the five most recent general elections: those in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. To make its calculations, Brookings drew on a Heritage Foundation database of election fraud cases that “ended in a finding that the individual engaged in wrongdoing,” identifying cases in which people were charged with fraud related to mail-in voting.

Brookings Institute is considered largely Neutral some slight left bias. Heritage Foundation is firmly right leaning.

We do have evidence. You ignore it all. You say it's not "widespread". It's the same playbook you use when an illegal murders a US citizen, you say they commit less violent crime as a percentage. I told oober the response is always "it's not widespread", and, like clockwork, you respond, "it's not widespread". 😂

It would be no different than if your surgeon removed the wrong arm and someone responded, "surgeons don't usually do that".


Kamala?

Great story, but I think you missed the question... How does this "prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon"?

Substance?? Laural wanted to whatabout Trump and Hardy said I'm in a cult. You want me to provide substance to that??