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  1. Everyone on the planet who has been paying even a little bit of attention knew exactly what the US’s plan of attack was down to weapons, aircraft and targets. It’s not like this was some big surprise. I have no idea what the logistics are of moving the highly specialized equipment out of these facilities, but Iran certainly had the opportunity to make plans ahead of time. 

  2. 2 hours ago, Queen Bitch said:


    Dodgers are finally reading the room. That check could use an extra zero, but I’m glad to hear there is more to come.

    Money is a little tight after buying the Lakers for $10 billion.

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  3. 3 hours ago, smokebomb said:

     

    Compared to other cruise lines, Virgin skews towards an older crowd in general and more so on the Mediterranean cruises due to their higher costs. It is not a ship with as many 20 year olds so if they are looking for a bunch of 20-something young adults to hang with, Virgin won’t have a ton. But the general atmosphere on Virgin is young at heart so I think they’d still have fun. Virgin also has a mixer for solo cruisers (any age) the first night for people who are looking for a friend group to hang with. And with all the events the cruise puts on throughout the trip, they will have plenty of things to choose from. 
     

    Damnit - I am sounding like one of those cruise people I said we weren’t… 

    Sounds like a great opportunity for the girls to lock down a sugar daddy.

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  4. 1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I work in the travel industry. International travel completely cratered. 

    I’ve posted on here before that my wife is currently in a grad program that is a partnership between a French business school and Parsons School of Design in NY. She’s currently in France attending in-person classes and site visits. In her cohort, she is one of two Americans. They’re supposed to have a residency in NY at Parsons this fall, but too many people in her cohort are afraid to travel to the US right now so they’re moving it to Japan.

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  5. 39 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

    Have you considered getting a private catamaran to sail around Croatia or somewhere similar? That could be classified as a cruise and you make your own itinerary.

    Funny you mention that. The friends that I brought up earlier in this thread did this exact trip two summers ago and they all loved it. This most recent trip was the graduation request of the 18 year old and they all hated it.

    46 minutes ago, Tonesky said:

    I am 67 and wife is 65 and there is a reason we have never been on a cruise.  We have zero interest in a traditional cruise ship cruise.  This is totally driven by what the kids want to do for their graduation gift trip.  They have done lots of traveling choreographed by their parents.  Now, it is their turn.  They have lots of friends who have been on cruises and tell them how awesome it is.  

    Ho-Lee Fuk. You guys are some old ass parents. Maybe y’all should consider a Viking cruise.

  6. 5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    My wife and I went on a cruise when we were dating.  That was the first cruise for both of us . . . and the last.  I've been the recipient of surly "don't go to SF, go to SD" advice when I had a specific reason to go to SF, but man, if you can consider some other kind of vacation with your kids, I would highly recommend it.  Otherwise, good luck, we're all counting on you.

    Let them go batshit crazy on the Amalfi Coast or some such.  Check in every once in awhile.

    I bet you’re still regretting not listening and ditching your SF trip in favor of SD. 

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  7. 10 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Rant/I’ve had to spend pretty much my whole life giving head space to these fucking “I”places. Why can’t these bitches be more like Idaho. I hardly ever think of Idaho except every now and then when I am eating a delicious potato or when there was that weird murder that Nicole was probably somehow involved in. Be more like Idaho you fucking fucks./Rant Over

    Oil is more valuable than potatoes.

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  8. 1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

    Yeah, apparently the Winchells Donuts at Orange Grove

    We’ll take a dozen glazed, dozen cake, a mixed box of donut holes and all of your brown employees.

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  9. 21 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    deep upthread someone floated the idea of demonstrating at the 240 fox affiliates nationwide

    How did Fox get 240 affiliates in this country? There’s not even that many DMAs in this country. 

  10. 11 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    I stated much earlier let the Arab states provide the aid. The international red Crescent for instance. It cannot be US. We just open the port. 

    Love it or hate it, no one does logistics better than the DOD. We could have the airports operational in 24 hours, contract all the local trucking companies. It would take the UN and NATO a few months of meetings to decide who was in charge of what and the missions official language. 

    Make Jebel Ali Airport as the air hub. Right near it is the UN and US assistance warehouses. There is a lot of medicine and food in there. The scenario it was designed for is a tent city for 100K and provision of food, cooking fuel (including small stoves) and water purification units. Iran is not that bad (yet). 

    We open, they provide, Iranians move at the Regional level. 

    Are you not concerned that under current leadership, a lot of that expertise has been stripped? Does the DOGEing of our foreign aid programs and capabilities not present a problem?

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