This smells an awful lot like iranian propaganda to me.
I am having a very hard time believing that iran could field 342 boats today, 454 yesterday, and 200 the day before that. Without yesterday and the day before NOT showing up in the news. Not to mention that there would have been stories about A-10's and helicopters shooting up and sinking the IRGC boats.
Within the article is this :
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Citing Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political director of the IRGC Navy, the state-affiliated Fars News Agency reported May 12 that the strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands.
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This smells an awful lot like iranian propaganda to me.
I am having a very hard time believing that iran could field 342 boats today, 454 yesterday, and 200 the day before that. Without yesterday and the day before NOT showing up in the news. Not to mention that there would have been stories about A-10's and helicopters shooting up and sinking the IRGC boats.
Within the article is this :
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Citing Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political director of the IRGC Navy, the state-affiliated Fars News Agency reported May 12 that the strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands.
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Iran unleashes 342 fast-attack boats in Strait of Hormuz, tightening grip on shipping lane
A swarm of more than 300 Iranian fast-attack boats was identified in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts between Tehran and Washington continued.
According to maritime intelligence firm Windward AI, 342 boats were deployed across five monitored zones — a “step down from yesterday’s 454, but still elevated compared with the 27 to 230 range observed between May 4 and May 10,” the firm said in a post shared on X.
On May 11, a swarm of about 200 Iranian fast-attack boats brought the Strait of Hormuz to a virtual standstill, the firm said.
Windward also reported a heavy concentration of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) small craft inside the northern Hormuz Corridor, using “swarm-style formations” and “escort-like behavior” to disrupt commercial traffic.
“The swarm coincides with a total halt in commercial movement, with all large-hull vessels currently observed as stationary,” Windward said.
Iran also expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz into a “vast operational area” far wider than before the conflict, according to reports.
Citing Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political director of the IRGC Navy, the state-affiliated Fars News Agency reported May 12 that the strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands.
Instead, it has been expanded in both scope and military significance, Akbarzadeh said, according to Reuters.
...note to Donald. 342 motorboats is just an afternoons work for a Warthog"
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) ~EXCLUSIVE: California spent nearly $189 million to give every state prisoner a free iPad. We interviewed a dozen death row inmates, who told us that prisoners are using the tablets to watch porn, engage in x-rated chats, and groom minors on the outside. http://www.city-journal.org/article/death-row-porn-tablets-california
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) ~It's all part of Gavin Newsom's "digital equity" initiative.
As part of this transformation, the Newsom administration approved a $189 million contract to provide new digital tablets — generic, flat-screen devices in a plastic shell — to every inmate in the state prison system, at “no cost” to offenders. The administration heralded the effort to replace inmates’ old tablets—which were piloted in 2018 and given to nearly all prisoners by 2023 — as a step toward “digital equity” for “justice-impacted” individuals, who could, in theory, use the devices to contact their families, consume “educational” content, and “learn new technology.” ...
The potential for abuse is obvious. The Newsom administration has made the tablet program universal, with no access-restrictions based on offense. And inmates, including child predators, can communicate with members of the public through their tablets, apparently with no age restrictions, at a cost of five cents per text message or 16 cents per minute of video.
In a recent case, Nathaniel Ray Diaz, who was convicted of committing sex crimes against a 12-year-old girl, allegedly used a prison-issued tablet to contact and exploit her from inside Avenal State Prison. Diaz allegedly told the girl to send him sexually explicit images, which he received through a co-conspirator. The girl reportedly told investigators that Diaz forced her to speak with him through the tablet “for hours, every day,” from the time she came home from school until the prison phones turned off at midnight.
Prosecutors alleged that, in total, Diaz made “thousands of calls” to the girl, violating a no-contact order and—by soliciting explicit photographs and exploiting a minor—committing additional child sex crimes. The Eastern District of California Attorney’s Office told us that Diaz is in custody awaiting trial.
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) ~A former high-ranking prison official told us there is no way for authorities to monitor 90,000 prison iPads at the same time.
Needle (@Ltrs_Frm_Across) ~Almost unbelievable that anyone could this stupid. They are convicted criminals; prison is supposed to be about punishment not some kind of adult daycare facility. Newsom and the Left really don't believe these criminals deserve to be in prison and would like to release them.
Heartland Impact (@HL_Impact) ~You get more benefits if you are a homeless drug addict, illegal alien, or a criminal in California than if you are a law-abiding taxpayer.
Midwest State of Mind (@mwstateofmind) ~Infinite compassion for criminals, infinite contempt for law abiding taxpayers. That is the Democrat party.
Frankly Powder (@FPower1) ~The Democrats running California are out of their minds! Every week there's new insanity, blowing millions on nonsense.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
Iran unleashes 342 fast-attack boats in Strait of Hormuz, tightening grip on shipping lane
A swarm of more than 300 Iranian fast-attack boats was identified in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts between Tehran and Washington continued.
According to maritime intelligence firm Windward AI, 342 boats were deployed across five monitored zones — a “step down from yesterday’s 454, but still elevated compared with the 27 to 230 range observed between May 4 and May 10,” the firm said in a post shared on X.
On May 11, a swarm of about 200 Iranian fast-attack boats brought the Strait of Hormuz to a virtual standstill, the firm said.
Windward also reported a heavy concentration of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) small craft inside the northern Hormuz Corridor, using “swarm-style formations” and “escort-like behavior” to disrupt commercial traffic.
“The swarm coincides with a total halt in commercial movement, with all large-hull vessels currently observed as stationary,” Windward said.
Iran also expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz into a “vast operational area” far wider than before the conflict, according to reports.
Citing Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political director of the IRGC Navy, the state-affiliated Fars News Agency reported May 12 that the strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands.
Instead, it has been expanded in both scope and military significance, Akbarzadeh said, according to Reuters.
...note to Donald. 342 motorboats is just an afternoons work for a Warthog"
Iran unleashes 342 fast-attack boats in Strait of Hormuz, tightening grip on shipping lane
A swarm of more than 300 Iranian fast-attack boats was identified in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts between Tehran and Washington continued.
According to maritime intelligence firm Windward AI, 342 boats were deployed across five monitored zones — a “step down from yesterday’s 454, but still elevated compared with the 27 to 230 range observed between May 4 and May 10,” the firm said in a post shared on X.
On May 11, a swarm of about 200 Iranian fast-attack boats brought the Strait of Hormuz to a virtual standstill, the firm said.
Windward also reported a heavy concentration of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) small craft inside the northern Hormuz Corridor, using “swarm-style formations” and “escort-like behavior” to disrupt commercial traffic.
“The swarm coincides with a total halt in commercial movement, with all large-hull vessels currently observed as stationary,” Windward said.
Iran also expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz into a “vast operational area” far wider than before the conflict, according to reports.
Citing Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political director of the IRGC Navy, the state-affiliated Fars News Agency reported May 12 that the strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands.
Instead, it has been expanded in both scope and military significance, Akbarzadeh said, according to Reuters.
...note to Donald. 342 motorboats is just an afternoons work for a Warthog"
Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!
Democrats are not coping well with the Virginia Supreme Court rightly ruling against their redistricting referendum, a move that sought to disenfranchise the state's Republican voters. In response, they've proposed lowering the retirement age for the state Supreme Court and packing it with Leftists who will rule in their favor, looking at "judicial reform" across the country (read: packing state and federal courts with Leftists), and even trying to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a move that will get laughed out of SCOTUS shortly.
But now attorney Marc Elias has a new plan: nuke the entirety of the Virginia state government.
Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) ~VA Const.
"whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal."
Incredible. Democrats control the governorship, both chambers of the state legislature, and the state supreme court. And that's not good enough because Democrats lost one ruling that blatantly violated Virginia's laws and state constitution.
Let that sink in for just a second. Marc Elias is an "elections" attorney who was an advisor for John Kerry's 2004 campaign, Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, Joe Biden's 2020 campaign, Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign, the Democrat National Committee ... AND is an advisor for the Virginia Democrats' redistricting campaign. He is suggesting a dissolution of the current Virginia government - a Democrat governor, a Democrat lieutenant governor, a Democrat attorney general, a Democrat majority house, a Democrat majority senate, and a Democrat majority state supreme court - by force of arms simply because the Virginia State Supreme Court barely ruled against them (4 to 3) on a no-brainer case where Democrats were painfully and obviously on unconstitutional grounds. Unbelievable.
Casey Mattox (@CaseyMattox_) ~
Democrats: Win the Governorship, Lieut. Gov, AG, both chambers of state legislature.
[One decision from the state Supreme Court goes 4-3 against them]
Democrats: "THE TREE OF LIBERTY IS WATERED WITH THE BLOOD OF TYRANTS!!!"
Democrats believe in one thing: power. Anything — any laws, constitutions, courts, or politicians — who get in the way must be destroyed.
Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) ~Bad news for Abigail Spanberger.
And all the Democrats in the House of Delegates and the state Senate.
Tar Heel Joe (@FormerModerate) ~65% of voters voted to add the redistricting process to Virginia's constitution in 2020. Democrats ignored that process and had their new map thrown out by the Supreme Court. Now after that ruling, you're calling for the overthrow of the Commonwealth. You guys truly have lost it.
Truly. For all their bloviating about "the will of the voters," they sure seem to ignore the will of the voters from 2020, who wanted a bipartisan commission and changed the state constitution to reflect those wishes.
On top of that, no matter how you feel about Abigail Spanberger's win, Virginia voters did elect her and a Democrat-controlled legislature. This would undermine the will of those voters, too.
Greg Price (@greg_price11) ~Oh, no big deal. Marc Elias just wants to abolish the entire Virginia government because the State Supreme Court wouldn't let them violate the State Constitution to draw a 10D-1R map. All to save democracy of course.
To "save democracy."
Parker Thayer (@ParkerThayer) ~Marc Elias has reached the "publicly calling for the abolition of the Virginia state government" stage of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Much norms. Very democracy. Such rule of law.
The "norms" crowd is very quiet about all of this.
Christian Heiens (@ChristianHeiens) ~We've so thoroughly shattered the minds of Libtards that their top-tier lawyers are now tweeting about starting a literal revolution in Virginia because they lost a court case on procedural grounds.
The irony, of course, is that Marc's revolution would immediately devolve into a civil war, and lawyers like himself would automatically become completely pointless.
Are you going to pick up your rifle and fight on the front lines?
Nah ... Elias is too much of a coward to pick up a rifle, himself, after openly calling for revolution. Besides, if the Democrats tried to instigate a revolution, the rest of America - who own most of the firearms and actually know how to use them - would put them down for good.
It's highly unlikely anything will come of this, but it shows the lengths to which Democrats are willing to go to obtain and hold on to power. They do not care about the rule of law, the constitution, the co-equal branches of government, or any of that if those things obstruct their pursuit of power.
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The Shawnee likely would not want it although Serpent Mount PArk is a great preservered PARK where the Tribe made a great Serpent by mounding dirt . Its really very fascinating to look at and is quite old.
Scholastic, the largest book publisher for k-12 books just published anti-ICE books including a story about a Mexican girl who comes to reclaim America as stollen from the native
What’s worse is Pres. Trump is referred to as “a fascist” in the books
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