Syrian civil war is fought on 3 levels; a civil war between the government and the rebels, a regional proxy war between Sunni monarchies of the Gulf and Iran, and a proxy war between global rivals US and Russia...

“They were throwing stones at our soldiers.” will become: “Err... technical difficulties, that’s why they’re dead.”

Appropriate occasion for flip-flops. I do however, hope they’re slip resistant.

It’s great marketing. Ferrari knows the best way to get rich people to want to buy their cars is to tell them they’re not rich and important enough for a Ferrari. Instagram post are for the plebs, no buyers there. But deny the car to some and it becomes a symbol of status, of having made it... now everyone of Mr Lee’s…

They tried that once, chopped the head of their king, but the monarchy came back, as it did in France, there they only abandoned the monarchy when the would-be king of the French wanted to change the tricolore flag back to the white fleur de lls one.

The damage being on destroyer’s starboard, even if by some stroke of misfortune it’s not 100% their fault, it’s still mostly their fault.

There’s nothing in the IMO’s collision regulations that could be interpreted as military vessels  being exempt from having to practice proper seamanship. Furthermore, merchant vessels have schedules to keep, and late penalties to incur... not to mention maneuvering a fully laden container ship takes bit more time than…

Being Croatian on my father’s side, I can’t wait to get legal standing for suing every man who’s ever worn a necktie ever!

I’m gonna go on a limb here and speculate that proposed “detection measures” are all for available for sale from American companies.

I do believe the Mustang is being driven by a disembodied set of knuckle bones...

Nah, instead it means the people who stamped their feet angrily at the prospect of being ruled by Brussels will now be ruled over by Belfast.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet intakes.

I dunno, maybe they thought people might enjoy a fascinating article.

That’s great, now that we know the solipsistic dipshit may have had his feelz hurt by the enduring sense of social alienation, his actions have become rational and comprehensible.

BUSTED!

Being an absolutist monarchy means their officer corps is essentially a depository for ne’er-do-well sons of connected families... they’re all about: “I’m not going to carry water, peasants carry water!”

Couldn’t find Dylan’s original.

While there were coups in Turkish history which arguably turned out pretty OK-ish. There was little to no chance that, this time, the Gülenists would have chosen a non-autocratic direction, had they prevailed.

Told ya!

He was right. If Macron proves to be a misarable failure, it’ll increase the popularity of his opposition, if the only opposition were to come from the Far-Right it will only ever have benefited them.