U.S. Politics

[John Corbett]

So Trump has not finalized a deal within a few weeks that has eluded American presidents for 50 years.  Wow.  I guess he is a failure.  Maybe he should have just let Iran develop a nuclear bomb and use it as they see fit.   What would gas prices be when they do that?  There will be a deal soon.  If it takes another week or two, so be it.  The problem here is not Trump or the US but the Iranians.  They are fanatic murderers.  The real type and not those of the imagination of our leftist loons.  Dress up like a giraffe in Iran on "no king's" day and see how that works out.

Well said. The civilian leadership in Iran seems to have the good sense to know they have to cut a deal. The people with the guns, the IRG, are fanatics who would rather see Iran destroyed than capitulate. They are the ones who vetoed the opening of the Strait. They are the ones who won't let their negotiators even fly to Islamabad. It appears we need to use our intelligence to locate and kill those people. We need to kill as many layers of IRG leadership as needed until is we get down to someone who knows they have to cut a deal. There's an outside chance of subordinate officers coming to their senses and staging a coup, but I wouldn't count an that.

Then we have scum on our side of the pond like Senator Chris Murphy who cheered when he thought 26 Iranian ships had run our blockade. He tweeted "AWESOME". Then he found out it was a hoax. He deserves the Jane Fonda Award for traitorous conduct. 

[Royell Storing]

  We sent troops in to nab Noriega and we are gonna have to do that with Iran. Dating way back, Trump has always had the mantra of, "Take the oil". This is why Trump keeps giving these terrorists more time. Trump wants the USA to be cut in on the oil action. Maybe also a % of the strait fee. If the infrastructure suffers serious damage for any reason, the USA ends up spending a ton of $$ and getting nothing back. Trump's a "bottom line" guy with everything. 

[John Corbett]

As tempting as it might be and as easy as it would be to do, we don't want to destroy Iranian oil infrastructure. By shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, 20% of the world's oil supply has been shut down, sending oil prices skyrocketing around the globe. Since 3/4 of that oil is Iranian oil, crippling Iran's oil production would mean a loss of 15% of the world oil supply on a long term basis. It would take years for them to recover keeping oil prices high in the interim. We should continue to blockade Iranian ports and starve their fractured regime of revenue which will keep oil prices high but only in the short term. If Iran isn't willing to make a deal on our teams, we should target their bridges and power plants and cripple them even further. If our intelligence can locate the top brass of the IRGC (with help from Israel), we should take them out. Keep killing their leadership until we somebody takes command who isn't willing to be a martyr for the cause. If that means killing all their generals until the colonels are in charge so be it. If that doesn't work, kill all the colonels and deal with the majors. Keep chopping of heads until we find someone willing to capitulate. Maybe eventually we'll find a second Louie who is willing to make a deal.

I'm wondering what weapons Iran has to threaten shipping in the Strait. Sounds like it is a combination of mines, gunboats, missiles and drones. We have the means to clear the mines. If we can target and destroy drug boats in the Gulf of America, we should have no problem eliminating their gunboats. We should be able to locate and take out their missile launchers. That leaves the drones which aren't that easy to defend against. I've read they are using fairly new technology weaponizing lasers. Maybe that is the answer. Zap the drones before they can reach their targets.

[John Corbett]

I was stunned to hear there was another assassination attempt on President Trump last night at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. My normal routne on Sunday morning is to watch ESPN's Sport Center while drinking my coffee and eating my breakfast sandwich. I just now heard about this attack.

Unfortunately, the assassin was taken alive. He deserved to be Crooksed. Hopefully, he will be locked up in a cage for the rest of his life. The last person who attempted to assassinate a POTUS in the nation's capitol was acquitted by a Washington D..C. jury. It would not surprise me if the same thing happened again.

[Royell Storing]

 "Sports Center" and ESPN are nothing more than a Sports Betting "propaganda" hub. I turned it on last night to see how they were going to "spin" the "Boston Massacre" that went down with the mass terminations there. ESPN buried this story 20 minutes into "Sports Center". If you do Not believe this mass "disappearing" was Not connected to the "cheating" scandal that traces back to Mgr Cora's Astro days, I gotta bridge for you to buy. The entire sports world's connection to gambling can not be ignored. And MLB kept Pete Rose out of the Hall Of Fame due to his betting on his OWN TEAM to win? And this in the face of MLB circling the wagons around Ohtani regarding his Million $$ gambling issues? The sports world is now run through Vegas.

[John Corbett]

 "Sports Center" and ESPN are nothing more than a Sports Betting "propaganda" hub. I turned it on last night to see how they were going to "spin" the "Boston Massacre" that went down with the mass terminations there. ESPN buried this story 20 minutes into "Sports Center". If you do Not believe this mass "disappearing" was Not connected to the "cheating" scandal that traces back to Mgr Cora's Astro days, I gotta bridge for you to buy. The entire sports world's connection to gambling can not be ignored. And MLB kept Pete Rose out of the Hall Of Fame due to his betting on his OWN TEAM to win? And this in the face of MLB circling the wagons around Ohtani regarding his Million $$ gambling issues? The sports world is now run through Vegas.

Alex Cora got canned because his team which was expected to contend for the AL East championship was in last place with a 10-17 record. Firing the manager when a team is underperforming is the rule, not the exception. It has been that way for as long as I've been around and even before that.

As far as gambling is concerned, all major sports have decided that rather than fight it, they might as well embrace it. However, they still try to keep a wall between the gamblers and the participants. Two Cleveland Guardians players have recently received lifetime bans for violating the rule regarding to gambling. Similar bans have been handed down in other sports. As for Ohtani, he was the victim of that crime, not a participant. Since you are a dedicated conspiracy afficianado, it does not surprise me that you don't believe that.

[Royell Storing]

Alex Cora got canned because his team which was expected to contend for the AL East championship was in last place with a 10-17 record. Firing the manager when a team is underperforming is the rule, not the exception. It has been that way for as long as I've been around and even before that.

As far as gambling is concerned, all major sports have decided that rather than fight it, they might as well embrace it. However, they still try to keep a wall between the gamblers and the participants. Two Cleveland Guardians players have recently received lifetime bans for violating the rule regarding to gambling. Similar bans have been handed down in other sports. As for Ohtani, he was the victim of that crime, not a participant. Since you are a dedicated conspiracy afficianado, it does not surprise me that you don't believe that.

   So the Red Sox canned Cora and his entire Offensive support staff Saturday AFTER they won 17-1? Seriously? If they were going to fire Cora for his teams' dismal record, why not fire him after being swept by the Yankees in Fenway Park last Thur night?
   You really are missing the boat with sports and the gambling industry. There have even been NBA Ref's caught with their hand in the cookie jar. I enjoy watching sports at all levels. That said, I know what I enjoy watching vs what is going down behind the scenes. And this includes the NBA basically being owned by Nike/China. You see what happens to any NBA player or front office members that even make an outta step "peep" about China? They get shunned outta the NBA on-the-spot. No ifs, ands, or butts about it.
   With respect to Ohtani. Are you familiar with his current 10 yr Dodger contract? Ohtani makes $70 million per year, every year, for 10 yrs. Out of that $70 Mill per year, $68 Mill is DEFERRED. Ohtani is only paid $2 Mill per year in Dodger $$. At the end of his 10 yr contract, the LA Dodgers will owe Ohtani $680 MILLION. Over a 1/2 $BILLION. MLB and the Dodgers will NOT Permit their PR Golden Goose to be tarnished in a gambling scandal that has been HQ'd in So Cal for well over a decade. This is an "open secret" in So Cal.