Cause he like us care.
‘’’US Marine Special Ops Forces Have Been In Taiwan For Over A Year, Report Confirms‘’’ (ZeroHedge)
A bombshell Wall Street Journal report has revealed (and confirmed) that an elite contingent of special operations Marines has been deployed to Taiwan for at least the past year - a revelation sure to outrage Beijing amid ongoing charges that the US has effectively abandoned the status quo One China policy.
Citing US officials with knowledge of the program, the report details that "About two dozen members of U.S. special-operations and support troops are conducting training for small units of Taiwan’s ground forces," and that "The U.S. Marines are working with local maritime forces on small-boat training." It's the first such openly confirmed US training deployment in support of local forces since 1979. Taiwan media previously reported it, but this is the first time US officials are providing confirmation. Moar @…
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-marine-special-ops-forces-have-been-taiwan-over-year-report-confirms
Coast Guard Investigators Board Container Ship That Was Anchored Near Pipeline
Update: AP now reports U.S. Coast Guard investigators boarded a massive container ship they believe might have caused the rupture of a submarine oil pipeline that caused California's worst oil spills in three decades.
The Rotterdam Express, a German-flagged container ship measuring 1,000 feet long, was boarded by Coast Guard investigators Wednesday to determine if the ship's anchor might have punctured the pipeline owned by Amplify Energy off the coast of Orange County.
Hapag-Lloyd, the shipping company that operates the container ship, confirmed Thursday morning that investigators boarded the ship Wednesday while moored at the Port of Oakland. The company stands by its claims that it played no part in the oil spill.
"We are fully cooperating with the authorities at this moment," said Nils Haupt, a spokesman at Hapag-Lloyd's headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
Data compiled by MarineTraffic, a navigation service that tracks vessel locations, shows a massive containership was anchored near a Southern California oil pipeline before it ruptured.
We noted Tuesday the Coast Guard is investigating whether a ship's anchor might have punctured Amplify Energy Corp.'s undersea pipeline off the coast of Orange County, California, creating one of the state's worst oil spills in three decades.
Reviewing more than two weeks of data from MarineTraffic, AP said vessel data shows the massive Rotterdam Express, a German-flagged container ship, was closest to where the pipeline ruptured off Huntington Beach.
On Sept. 22, Rotterdam Express arrived outside the Port of Long Beach and dropped anchor about 2,000 feet from the pipeline. The following day, data shows the vessel drifted over the pipeline resting on the seafloor about 100 feet below the surface. The ship had to correct its position several times to move back to its original anchoring spot. By last Sunday, the vessel moved into the Port of Long Beach to unload.
Moar @…
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/container-ship-responsible-californias-worst-oil-spill-decades
The British Empire is the continuation of the Roman Epire.
UK was an old Roman territory.
Ton of stuff to it.
Which brings us to Australia. In gradeschool we were taught it was a Lan of Criminals..
It wasnt. The vast majority of “criminals” were dissidents of the new Bristish empire, from all over the British Territories.
Fuckin shit man.