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Is Spain About to Break Apart?

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At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan writes that tribalism is on the march in Europe, and he focus directly on Spain. The Catalonia region is about to hold an historic vote on its independence. Yesterday, thousands of Catalans paraded through Barcelona under a banner proclaiming “Goodbye, Spain!” It was the Catalan National Day, which commemorates […]

A Studied Contrarian Fights the Washington War Machine

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In a post this morning, Robert W. Merry, editor of The American Conservative, discusses the well known contrarian and enthusiastically anti-war writer, David Stockman. Merry highlights Stockman’s support for President Trump’s refusal to play nice with Washington’s pro-war faction. Merry writes: Stockman’s latest passion should stir interest. He has emerged as a vociferous and pugilistic […]

UPDATE: Keys Hurricane Status

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Key West Citizen has posted again at Keys News with lots of vital information on the recovery effort from Hurricane Irma. Here are some highlights of what the Citizen wrote: FUEL: Fuel remains limited in the Keys. But gas stations are beginning to open up to the public, especially in the Upper Keys. FOOD AND WATER […]

Here Comes the Abrams Super Tank

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General Dynamics has been awarded contracts worth $580 million to develop and integrate System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) for the M1A2 Abrams tank. General Dynamics will also develop seven prototypes of the SEPv4 variant for testing in 2021. The SEPv3 will add significant new capabilities to the M1A2 Abrams tanks. The SEPv3 will have […]

Key West Irma Hurricane Update

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A Key West citizen reports at Keysnews.com that most of the Keys’ bridges have been inspected, and have held up. Road repairs could begin today and the military has dispatched with medical supplies to aid those who didn’t evacuate. The citizen writes: As of Monday afternoon, the Florida Department of Transportation had conducted safety inspections […]

Obama’s Immigration Duplicity and Cruelty

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Of course it’s fair to criticize President Trump and Congress as they move forward to fix our immigration mess. “But let’s remember the Obama duplicity that created it,” writes William McGurn in the WSJ. Truth is, no man has done more to poison the possibilities for fixing America’s broken immigration system than our 44th president. […]

Another Quick Keys Update: No Going Back

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If you evacuated before Irma hit, don’t expect to return anytime soon. Monique Madan and David Goodhue report that officials have no idea when roads will be reopened to the Keys. Hurricane Irma is gone, you live in the Florida Keys and you want to go back home. Well, you can’t — not yet at […]

A Quick Keys Update

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For those searching for answers on when they’ll get power and communications back in the Florida Keys, Nancy Dahlberg and Rene Rodriguez offer a grim forecast in FL Keys News. On the day after Hurricane Irma, the question everyone wants answered is: When will my power and cellphone service be restored? The short answer: Your […]

Some Residents of Upper Keys May Return Today

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At the FL Keys News, Carli Teproff reports that some residents of the upper Keys may be allowed to return home today. She writes: Residents and business owners from the Upper Keys — including Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada — will be allowed to return beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday. But no one will be […]

Florida Keys: Help is on the Way

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The Florida Keys are about to receive the help of the USS Abraham Lincoln, along with the USS Iwo Jima and USS New York. The naval fleet is headed to the Keys to assist in search and rescue, said Florida Governor Rick Scott in a Tweet yesterday. FL has full support of US Military- USS […]