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Pentagon Sends Marine Expeditionary Unit to Middle East By Lara Seligman The Pentagon is moving a Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, according to two U.S. officials. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from U.S. Central Command, responsible for American forces in the Middle East, for the expeditionary unit, typically consisting of up to 2,500 Marines, the officials said. The move comes as Iran's attacks on the strait have paralyzed traffic through the strategic waterway, disrupting the global economy, driving up gas prices and posing a major military and political challenge for President Trump. A Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment.

WSJ: Pentagon Sends Marine Expeditionary Unit to Middle East

This is the second time it’s been sold. $6M the first time. $14M this time. One thing though is, even if you own it, you still can’t play like Gilmour. That’s why I’d want Steve Jones’ guitar cause I probably could play like Steve Jones.

The guy sounds like this 80% of the time.

From the time Poilievre’s leadership review concluded, the Conservatives have only sunk lower in the polls.

Spent the time before dinner showing my daughter how to play Minor Threat - Betray on the guitar.

I know nothing about the needs of the north but all this non-military stuff sounds good(?) I’m sure there’ll be some holes poked in it over the week to learn about.

Glad I can help.

My goal is -10lbs in 2 months. I’ve put on 4 lbs over the winter which isn’t so bad. I can live with that. 5 lbs a month is 1.25lbs a week. That’s pretty doable unless my body is still in its “nah, pretty comfortable here, dude” stage. If you need to lose some weight for your health/joints. Join me.

Jogged 4K in the Ons and 4K in the New Balance. I think the NBs are better. Probably know more after a week.

Insane confidence.

X-Ray is closing again. Sad to see but honestly, record retail is a dying industry. Too tough to stock stuff when there’s so much out there or at least easily discovered.

OK, On Cloud Versa: the upper on these shoes rules. Super comfortable. I don’t find them as squishy as Adidas Boosts but might just be that they’re fresh. These shoes might have too much flex but I guess we’ll find out.

Educated women have too much power is literally all I heard here.

I won't make a joke about satellite dishes. I'm above that.

Finch called a timeout to save the Wolves from themselves. I would have kept them out there and made ‘em smoke the whole pack. Embarrassing.

Never find yourself in this situation? Buddy, you got shoes coming. Size 11, right?

After Trump first shouted “Operation Epic Fury!”, the Pentagon’s name for the US offensive, and received cheers from his supporters, he added: “Is that a great name? Well, it’s only good if you win … and we’ve won. Let me tell you, we’ve won.” “You know, you never like to say too early you won,” Trump continued, perhaps thinking of his predecessor, George W Bush, standing in front of a huge “Mission Accomplished” banner in 2003 and prematurely declaring a US victory in Iraq. But then he plowed ahead with his own declaration. “We won. We won. In the first hour it was over,” Trump said.

If Avi Lewis wins the leadership of the NDP, is he just going to have to camp out in front of Parliament every day and give the NDP position to news cameras for 3 years? This is a serious question, not snark.

The Washington Generals of winning wars.

(Sorry, last thing: Conservative talking heads keep saying the Conservatives need a strong NDP and keep refusing to acknowledge that the NDP will remain weak as long as Poilievre is leader and as long as the Cons remain as right wing as they are)

Idlout won her riding by 41 votes over the Liberal candidate in 2025. 41.

The right in the U.S. sees the UN as ineffective because it gets in the way of the United States and I see the UN as ineffective because it never drags the U.S. over the coals.

I want to see polling in floor crosser ridings to see if an election would have seen those seats go Liberal anyway.

OK, I jogged 8K in these NB 860s and I have zero pain where usually I’ll start getting pain in my back at around 3K. Only a day but promising. I’ve got a pair of On Cloud 6 Versas coming shortly so we’ll see how those do.

Gary Anandasangaree is very bad at QP.

Yeah, probably. But it’s roughly the same in summer so maybe it’s similar if trying to stay cooler? No idea.

I think it would be better for Iran to arm Californians in an effort to spur an uprising/regime change.

U.S. border officials ramp up electronic device searches, data shows — Toronto Star The searches raise privacy concerns among some travellers.

I can’t tell if these are *wink, wink* quotes or if he’s serious.

“He added that using a burner phone would be a "terrible idea" and "bordering on disrespectful to (officers') intelligence."

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I’m worried people will only be confused by my Bootlicker costume this Halloween if I only wear oversized shoes. What should I add to finish the look?

My average pace outdoors is around 10:30/KM which is what I pace my treadmill walks at. It’s weird. Is it oxygen? Like, outdoor air? Regardless, I don’t want to walk outside today.