3 Jun, 2025 12:25

Pentagon to change stance on Greenland – Politico

The US military intends to de-link the Arctic island from Denmark, the country to which it belongs

The Pentagon is preparing to make a “symbolic and operational split” between Greenland and Denmarkby reassigning the Arctic island’s command jurisdiction, Politico has reported.

Greenland would thus be moved from theEuropean Command(EUCOM) to theNorthern Command(NORTHCOM), whereas Denmark would remain in the former, according to the outlet.

The change, which is part of a broader review of theUnified Command Plan, would elevate Greenland’s priority in defense planning at the Pentagon and White House. “From the perspective of geography, the move makes some sense,” one official told Politico. “From a political perspective, however, this clearly is going to worry Europe.”

Greenland, an autonomous territory within Denmark, is geographically closer to North America than to Europe –just 26 kilometersfrom Canada, but over2,000from Denmark. (Canada: 26 kilometers = 16.16 miles, Denmark: 2000 kilometers = 1243 miles)

The US already maintains a major military outpost at Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which was established in 1951 under a Cold War-era agreement. The base supports missile tracking and space surveillance, and now serves as a key node in Washington’s expanding missile defense ambitions.

Framing Greenland as a strategic asset, US officials have justified the shift asnecessary tocounter rival powers. “We need to ensure that America is leading in the Arctic,” Vice President J.D. Vance previously said, citing Russian and Chinese activity.

According to Politico, the reassignment would also supportexpansion of the Golden Dome— a global missile shield announced by President Donald Trump last month and estimated to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. The system would aim to intercept threats from anywhere on Earth or space. (Why are they using the word, “expansion”, when the Golden Dome is not even built yet?)

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called the initiative a “reckless approach” that undermines global stability.

In March, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Arctic holds vast potential for trade and resource extraction. While stressing that “Russia has never threatened anyone in the Arctic,” he warned that geopolitical rivalry in the region is escalating, citing Washington’s “serious plans regarding Greenland.”

(Why is China, Russia & N. Korea worried about a golden dome over the US? Also what does Trump know, that has provoked accelerated protection plans for the US? Something is an upcoming or a current threat, but its not clear yet. Does Trump know of a potential off world invasion?)

https://www.rt.com/news/618590-pentagon-reassign-command-greenland/

3 Jun, 2025 07:42 OK, that is pretty funny. KEK

Russian soldiers hijack Ukrainian armored vehicle (VIDEO)

Troops made off with a Canadian-made LAV Super Bison after surprising its driver, a new clip shows

Footage shared on social media has shown the moment Russian soldiers audaciously hijacked a Canadian-made Ukrainian armored vehicle.

Several Russian Telegram channels posted the undated drone video on Monday, reportedly from Ukraine’s Sumy Region which borders Russia. In the clip,Russian service members can be seen taking over an LAV Super Bison, before making off with it along a rural road.

After the vehicle disappears into the distance, the driver apparently realizes the futility of his chase and walks off in another direction.

According to the Voyennoye Delo Telegram channel, the operation was carried out by a reconnaissance unit of Russia’s 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment.

Introduced in 2016, the LAV Super Bison is an 8x8 armored combat support vehicle built by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada. It is designed for troop transport and battlefield support and offers its crew protection against mines and improvised explosive devices.The vehicle is typically equipped with a 25mm gun or a 7.62mm machine gun.

In late May, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow intended to create a “security buffer zone” along the border, after troops successfully routed a Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Region. In recent weeks, Russian officials have also reported strikes on Ukrainian troops in Sumy Region.

https://www.rt.com/russia/618574-russian-soldiers-hijack-ukrainian-armored-vehicle/

>>23118477

yeah I was thinking the same thing, and it's on video for the commanders back in Kiev to view. I don't know why he even tried to run after it? Kiev doesn't really forgive anyone.

>>23118478

Of Course, there's 12 CIA bases in Ukraine, and lots of rogue CIA personnel, why do they think this is surprising? NATO was involved too, we'll find that out soon, also.

>>23118501

KEK, very appropriate and funny

Hazing Of Grizzly 1063 Led To Cubs Being Killed, Photographer Tom Mangelsen Says

World famous wildlife photographer Tom Mangelsen said he believes the National Park Service's "hard hazing" of Grizzly 1063 last month led to two of her cubs being killed and cannibalized by a large male grizzly. The National Park Service disputes that.

Mark Heinz June 03, 20251/2

The “hard hazing” of a popular Grand Teton grizzly and her three yearling cubs led to two of the cubs being killed and cannibalized by a large male grizzly, a prominent wildlife photographer said.

In May, Grizzly 1063 and her cubs were being hazed away from residential areas at Colter Bay in Grand Teton National Park, according to the National Park Service (NPS).

Two of her yearling cubs were apparently killed and partially eaten by a male grizzly on May 13.

Wildlife photographer Tom Mangelsen, who has followed Teton’s grizzlies for years, said he thinks that the hazing caused 1063 and her cubs to become separated, giving a boar (male grizzly) a chance to kill the cubs.

He was on a wildlife viewing and photography trip to Africa when he got word that 1063’s cubs had been killed. He said he suspected what many had been saying – that the hazing of the bears was partly to blame.

“I knew about the hazing of Bonita, aka Grizzly 1063, before I left and got numerous reports that the Park continued hard hazing her and cubs often and still are,” he said.

Not Quite The New Grizzly 399

In years past, Mangelsen closely followed Wyoming’s beloved Grizzly 399, and his photographs of her and her cubs played a key role in making her the world’s most famous bear.

Mangelsen named her last cub, Spirit. His partner, Sue Cedarholm, gave the name Bonita to Grizzly 1063.

It remains uncertain whether Spirit survived after Grizzly 399 was struck and killed by a vehicle south of Jackson last fall. In 399’s absence, Bonita/Grizzly 1063 has gained prominence and popularity.

Though her fame isn’t quite what 399s was, she’s quickly gaining a loyal following and seems to be the bear that everybody is talking about this year, Wildlife photographer Deby Dixon of Gardiner, Montana told Cowboy State Daily.

It boils down to location, Dixon said. Like Grizzly 399 before her Bonita/1063 likes to hang out near roadways and other crowded areas. “She’s the most visible bear this year,” Dixon said.

That’s why so many were aghast when two of 1063’s cubs were killed, and the third went missing.The third cub later reunited with its mother, apparently uninjured, much to the delight of Grand Teton Grizzly watchers.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/03/hazing-of-grizzly-1063-led-to-her-cubs-being-killed-renowned-photographer-says/

>>23118597

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Cubs Were Bigger Than Usual Victims

Grizzly boars will occasionally kill cubs that aren’t theirs, in hopes of putting the mother grizzly back into heat and impregnating her. However, that usually happens with small cubs-of-the-year, rather than much larger, stronger and faster yearling cubs.

Mangelsen said that big grizzly boars are sometimes scapegoats for wildlife agency officials.

In the case of Grizzly 1063 and her cubs, he thinks a boar was scapegoated for driving the mother and cubs apart before killing two of them. But he’s skeptical whether that’s what actually happened.

“My educated guess from on the scene reports and information was that the family was separated by hazing before they found the dead yearlings,” he said. Mangelsen thinks that had the mother and cubs been together when the boar approached, he would not have dared pick a fight with them.

“A mother grizzly is often capable of fending off a male grizzly twice or bigger than her. I’ve witnessed it with grizzlies here, in Alaska and polar bears in the subarctic,” he said. “Males do not want to risk getting badly injured over trying to separate cubs from mom. Since the yearlings were pretty big, they too could protect themselves or even join in on the fight.

My opinion is they were separated by hazing and killed by a male one by one without the protection of their mom,” Mangelsen said.

NPS Says Hazing Didn’t Break Up FamilyMessages left for NPS officials weren’t returned on Monday. But the agency previously stated that there was no evidence to suggest that hazing separated Grizzly 1063 and her cubs before the cubs were killed. Grizzly 1063 and the cubs had been hazed away from “developed and residential areas at Colter Bay,” NPS reported.

“In accordance with park policy, staff hazed the bears when they lingered in these areas or remained immediately adjacent to nearby roadways,” NPS stated. The agency claimed the hazing didn’t lead to the mother and cubs becoming separated. But instead, an aggressive male bear might have separated them.

“Each time hazing was deemed appropriate and implemented, GB1063 and her cubs remained together,”NPS stated. According to the latest word from the network of Grand Teton grizzly watchers, 1063 was last spotted near Heron Pond, south of Colter Bay, Mangelsen said. Her surviving cub was apparently spotted north of the Colter Bay marina.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/03/hazing-of-grizzly-1063-led-to-her-cubs-being-killed-renowned-photographer-says/

Mark Heinz can be reached at mark@cowboystatedaily.com.

StopAntisemitism

@StopAntisemites

Fox News reports the wife and five children of Boulder terrorist Mohamed Soliman have been arrested by ICE and Homeland Security.

They’re now in federal custody.

A clear nod to Secretary Rubio’s warning yesterday about dangerous individuals exploiting our immigration system.

1:49 PM · Jun 3, 2025

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https://x.com/StopAntisemites/status/1929958706566799513

Youngkin sets September Virginia special election for Connolly’s seat

The deep-blue seat will almost assuredly elect another Democrat.

Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing 06/03/2025, 10:20am ET

Virginians are set to vote for the late Rep. Gerry Connolly’s successor in a special election on Sept. 9.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday called for a special election to fill the northern Virginia seat left vacant after the longtime lawmaker’s passing on May 21.

Virginia’s 11th district is deep blue and will almost assuredly elect another Democrat.

The special election will be the third this fall to fill vacancies left by the passing of Democratic lawmakers. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, set a Nov. 4 special election to replace Rep. Sylvester Turner in April, following consternation among statewide Democrats, who threatened to sue the governor over the monthlong delay in setting the date.

Arizona voters will also wait to find a successor for Rep. Raúl Grijalva, with Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, setting a Sept. 23 special election date after Grijalva’s March 13 passing. Arizona state law generally requires a longer timeline for a special election than many other states.

Connolly, who had battled with esophageal cancer, had announced on April 28 that he would not seek reelection to represent the heavily Democratic D.C. suburb in 2026. In early May, the Virginian endorsed his former aide, James Walkinshaw, for the job.But the field is already getting crowded, with five other Democrats and two Republicans also tossing their hats in the ring.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/03/congress/virginia-special-election-gerry-connolly-00382072

Why Tesla sales are rebounding in Norway while Europe lags

Published Mon, Jun 2 20259:48 AM EDTU

Key Points

• Tesla’s sale of new cars in Norway skyrocketed 213% in May from a year ago, bucking a downward trend across Europe.

• Elon Musk’s U.S. electric vehicle maker has suffered from a sharp decline in European sales amid reputational damage.

• Rico Luman, senior sector economist for transport and logistics at Dutch bank ING, described Tesla’s new car sales data in Norway as “quite remarkable.”

Tesla’s sale of new cars in Norway skyrocketed 213% in May from a year ago, according to official registration data, bucking a downward trend across Europe.Tesla car sales in Norway jumped to 2,600 last month, data from the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) showed on Monday, up from 832 over the same period a year earlier. The increase was primarily driven by sales of the firm’s revamped Model Y compact sport utility vehicle.

The U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker’s European sales have recently suffered from a sharp decline amid reputational damage, in large part due to CEO Elon Musk’s incendiary rhetoric and political activities. Industry groups on Monday reported significantly lower May sales for new Tesla vehicles in Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden.

Christina Bu, secretary general of the Norwegian EV Association (NEVA), which represents electric car owners in the country, said the Tesla Model Y appeared to be popular nationwide, noting that the automaker’s recent price campaigns.“The Tesla Model Y has sold well and is popular in Norway, likely because it is good value for money and because it meets Norwegians’ needs for large luggage space, high ground clearance, all-wheel drive, and a tow hitch,” Bu told CNBC via email.

In a recent NEVA survey of more than 15,000 EV drivers, however,Bu said that the majority of respondents said that politics does influence their choice of car brand.“As many as 43 percent stated that they would not buy a Tesla for political reasons. We can therefore only speculate how much Tesla would have sold without Musk’s support for the MAGA movement and the Trump administration,” Bu said. (This is so fucking stupid!)

Last week, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA, reported a 49% drop in overall European sales of Tesla vehicles in April, citing rising competition and brand damage. Tesla’s brand value has been declining since 2024 in part because of Musk’s rhetoric and political activity.

The Tesla CEO spent nearly $300 million to help re-elect U.S. President Donald Trump, and has since led an initiative for the Trump administration to slash federal agencies. Protests erupted at Tesla dealerships across Europe in response.

Why is Norway an EV leader?

Rico Luman, senior sector economist for transport and logistics at Dutch bank ING, described Tesla’s latest monthly car sales data in Norway as “quite remarkable,” noting that last month’s figures in the Netherlands also showed a month-on-month bounce back.

“In Norway EV-incentives are still abundantly available, making it almost a no-brainer to buy a BEV if possible. This is a general benefit, but this has also contributed to this surge,” Luman told CNBC by email. Norway has long been recognized as a global leader in sustainable transportation, and it is currently on track to become the first country in the world to effectively erase gasoline and diesel cars from its new car market.

Lawmakers and analysts have attributed the country’s shift away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to long-term and consistent policies designed to support the uptake of EVs.Some of Norway’s EV incentives include a VAT exemption, discounts on road and parking taxes and access to bus lanes. The government has also heavily invested in public charging infrastructure, andmany Norwegian households are able to charge their cars at home.ING’s Luman attributed Tesla’s rebound in new car sales in Norway to the firm’s revamped model Y SUV, suggesting that a first batch of deliveries appears to have taken place in May, with more coming in June.

“This also shows that customers pushed back new Tesla orders to await the new edition, explaining part of the setback in the first months of the year,” he added.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/02/elon-musk-tesla-new-car-sales-rebound-in-ev-friendly-norway.html

Wall Street Is Sounding the Alarm on U.S. Debt. This Time, It’s Worth Listening.(when they sat that, it's not worth listening, afterall, it’s the WSJ)

‘You are going to see a crack in the bond market,’ warns Jamie Dimon. He has plenty of company.

By Spencer Jakab June 3, 2025 7:00 am ET

“Is the U.S. Going Broke?” Sounding the alarm about a debt crisis has been great for companies shilling gold coins and fishy financial products but has made smart, sincere people look silly when nothing happened—financial markets’ equivalent of Y2K.

So why are several suddenly worried? Because the math is getting daunting with interest on the debt blowing past $1 trillion annually and Washington acting recklessly. Even people who have issued past warnings deserve a second (or third, or fourth) hearing.

Hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio does have something to sell—his book, “How Countries Go Broke,” out Tuesday. But the world’s 172nd-richest person is hardly staking his reputation on royalties, and his arguments are compelling. Dalio told Bloomberg he gives America “three years, give or take a year” to avert an economic “heart attack.”

Peter Orszag, chief executive of investment bank Lazard and a former budget director, wrote last week that “those who bemoaned the unsustainability of deficit spending and debt levels” back during his time in government “seemed to cry wolf—a lot.” Now he’s worried, too, because the wolf is “lurking much closer to our door.”

The package of tax-and-spending measures sent to the Senate, now officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could act like budgetary wolf bait. It would add around $3 trillion to debt levels over the next decade compared with existing estimates and $5 trillion if certain temporary features were made permanent, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

For perspective, federal interest this fiscal year already will be more than the defense budget and more than Medicaid, disability insurance and food stamps combined. Moreover, the Congressional Budget Office’s estimates assume that the bond market will not only tolerate a surge in spending but become more relaxed about it with lower yields. Consider if the yield on the 10-year Treasury note stayed at today’s level of around 4.4% for the coming decade. Then the CRFB estimates it would add another $1.8 trillion in interest costs over that period.

And what if yields surge instead in a vicious cycle? JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon warned on Friday of the consequences: “You are going to see a crack in the bond market, OK?”==

Yet the bond market isn’t exactly collapsing, even if 30-year yields recently hit a postcrisis high. Sowho are you going to believe, millions of fairly relaxed investors or some wealthy pundits?

Another hedge-fund manager, Paul Tudor Jones,calls the paradox an economic “kayfabe,” a term from professional wrestling. Those who know that the numbers aren’t sustainable are happy to suspend disbelief while the show continues. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterated this past weekend that the U.S. will never default on its debt. But it doesn’t have to: Rapid inflation would accomplish the same thing if the Fed had to ride to the rescue through a measure called fiscal dominance.

What is the tipping point for the bond market to go from mild anxiety to the sort of concern that feeds on itself? Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Kenneth Rogoff, an authority on debt crises, explained in April that they “are never a matter of simple arithmetic.”“Almost every country default—either through outright default or high inflation—occurs long before debt calculus forces it to,” he said.

Despite Dalio’s guesstimate, knowing when doomsayers will be proven right is impossible. Consider Stein’s Law: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” (Contrary to urban legend, that line wasn’t uttered by Ben Stein, who played the boring economics teacher in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” but by his father, Herb, an actual economist.)

Life comes at you fast.

https://archive.is/fC2GL#selection-2527.0-2898.0