Thanks!  Shows how little attention I pay to the Europeans.  Excepting of course, you Nico!  But we had good times travelling when things were on the face of it, more normal.  We even had a year of Dutch in school –  German as well.

My grandfather in the very old days had to carry a card around his neck.  “I am a donkey, I speak Dutch”.  That was when the Brits took over the Southern parts of Africa from the Dutch East India company.

The Defense Ministers – they’re visiting a Defense Ministers Meeting at SCO

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202506/1336977.shtml

Get some rest AHH… we all need some actually …

I’ve been telling him that for three days. Perhaps he’ll listen now 🙂

Mr P, Bibi does not sleep at home.  He sleeps in a deep shelter – probably a different one every night.

That is true.
They’re voting on this and voting on the closure of the two straits, with partial closure planned for the Gulf of Aden.

Today, Trump put on the brakes – he is so caring:  TruthSocial

“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace. In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming! ”

And then from that moment on it was the usual rage.

We are in wait and see mode.

In the meantime, the “Intolerable Aggression” (see AHH https://sovereignista.com/2025/06/12/intolerable-aggression/) continues.

IAEA board of governors adopts anti-Iran resolution and accuses Iran of non-compliance with nuclear safeguards obligations (This is meaningless in the big scheme of things and serves only as propaganda).

Netanyahu won the vote, that took place after all the faffing – this was one of the objectives of all the noise in the past days. From Israeli media: The opposition’s motion to dissolve the Knesset was defeated in a vote of 61 to 53 overnight. This was the result of a last-minute compromise on the conscription law that will see young ultra-Orthodox Jewish men more gradually introduced into military service.

(I’ve never seen the US work so hard to save bibi butt).

Iran is not keeping quiet at all and vowing to continue with its nuclear program and even build a new enrichment plant.

Iran has started what they term ‘out of schedule’  military drills.  (The threats can work both ways).

(These are from fan pages usually and not official)

The US’ Middle East commander has canceled testimony in Washington tomorrow.
Reuters says it’s due to ‘tensions’ in the region. OK …

In addition:

Two US Air Force tanker aircraft went dark over the Middle East shortly after takeoff. A KC-46A Pegasus departed Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and turned off its transponder minutes later. Five minutes after, a KC-135T Stratotanker took off from Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia and also switched off its transponder.

In addition:

The parties of the Israeli Knesset have mutually agreed to postpone the vote on dissolving the Knesset until next week.

(They will use the nukes (listen to Galloway that Mr P posted up) to save Netanyahu’s ass. If these people take this world to war they need to be made paria states if they are still alive. Dear God!)

In addition:

US ambassador to the occupied territories, Mike Huckabee, announced that Washington no longer supports an independent Palestinian state, suggesting it could instead be created elsewhere in West Asia.

In addition:

Egyptian security forces are detaining dozens of Tunisians, French, and Algerians at Cairo Airport for their participation in the “Solidarity Convoy” headed to Gaza.

Egyptian police stormed Downtown Hotel and another hotel in central Cairo, where members of the French delegation were staying, before contact with them was lost.