“The original Bonhomme Richard Sailors gave their all to prevail against seemingly impossible odds, and they won. They taught us that you don’t always save the ship, but you never stop fighting. The reputation of that fighting spirit began to proceed our Navy wherever we sailed and that same spirit persists today.”-Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, 14APR2021
USN video by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Cosmo Walrath, removal of Traffic Control Tower due to structural instability, 04MAR2021:
LHD-6 is the third USN ship to carry the name Bonhomme Richard, it had a short but busy life. Commissioned on 15AUG1998, besides the usual training and humanitarian missions, LHD-6 took part in Operations Stabilize, Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Unified Assistance.
On its death bed, the crew celebrates the 22nd ‘birthday’ of LHD-6, on 14AUG2021. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Cosmo Walrath.
The first Bonhomme Richard was the ex-French armed cargo ship Duc de Duras. The French ‘loaned’ it to the newly created United States in 1779, to help with the Revolutionary War against the British Empire. The now famous John Paul Jones changed the name to Bonhomme Richard, which was the pseudonym for Benjamin Franklin. It was this USS Bonhomme Richard that Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck was referring to in the quote from 14APR2021.
USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Alex Millar.
On 14APR2021, a private decommissioning ceremony for LHD-6 was held at Naval Base San Diego, California (the official date of decommissioning is 15APR2021). It will be scrapped in Brownsville, Texas. The estimated cost to rebuild the ship is the reason, more than $3-billion, far more than the original build cost and almost as much as a brand new latest technology assault ship.
The USN used the Pandemic as an excuse as to why the decommissioning was not a public event: “Due to public health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the ceremony will be limited in attendance by invitation only.”-U.S. Pacific Fleet statement, 07APR2021
Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, highly incomplete list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 26 October 2021:
U.S Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest.
On 15OCT2021, the crew of USCG Cutter Legare offloads illegal drugs, captured in the Eastern Pacific, in Miami Beach. Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) is based in Virginia, but was deployed for an eight week drug interdiction operation in the Eastern Pacific. More than 1-thousand-3-hundred pounds of illegal drugs were captured.
PUERTO RICO:
USCG photo by Ricardo Castrodad.
On 18OCT2021, the U.S. Coast Guard captured 11 illegals from Dominican Republic. They were returned to Dominican Republic on 20OCT2021.
On 19OCT2021, the U.S. Coast Guard captured four Mexicans illegally fishing in U.S. territorial water. The four fishermen caught nearly 2-hundred pounds of Red Snapper.
Texas Air National Guard photo by Julie Briden-Garcia.
Back in March of 2021, the gov’na announced Operation Lone Star, on 14OCT2021 the Texas National Guard was mobilized to send personnel to ‘high threat areas’!
The Trucking and Bus Regulation is supposedly about the environmental impact of semi-trucks and busses, but there is another law known as AB5 (aka Gig Worker Law), it is the law that caused so much problems with home delivery service operations, such as Uber and Door Dash. On 05OCT2021, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear a challenge brought by a shipping company to California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). The shipping company relies on what federal law calls ‘owner-operator’ truck drivers. There is another pending lawsuit by a different shipping company waiting to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
19OCT2021, Mid-West truck driver posts video showing huge warehouse with plenty of open loading docks while at the same time truckers are being told they have to wait to unload, the result creates domino effect causing truckers to miss or cancel their next pick-ups, also, trucks are being refused entry for piddly paperwork reasons. Pay attention to the amount of open/not in use loading docks at this massive warehouse/distribution center:
Federal Department of Transportation (DoT) rules governing the trucking industry basically apply to truck drivers who cross state lines (interstate commerce), truck drivers who do not only have to comply with state laws.
On 14OCT2021, the gov’na of Idaho, along with the State Police, admitted to something most of us living in Eastern/Southeastern Idaho already knew; crime is indeed up because of illegal drugs trafficked by illegal immigrants!
In fact, Gov’na Brad Little went so far as to say little ol’ city of Pocatello was the ‘Gate City’ for the illegal drugs coming from Mexico, saying there’s “an arrow going right to Pocatello”, and “Of the drug trafficking organizations investigated last year, 96% identified Mexico as the source country for drugs trafficked into the region.” (Gate City is the unofficial name for Pocatello, I say unofficial because several decades ago the residents voted on adopting the nickname and they voted against it, yet the local news media keeps using it)
During the press conference, State Police trooper Sergeant Curt Sproat said “Since 2018, the Idaho State Police forensic lab has seen a more than a 200% increase in the amount of fentanyl…” :
Blind Bat News has been following the illegal drugs/illegal immigrant debacle in The Gem State of Idaho, and the rest of the world, for the past decade:
More and more law enforcement personnel across the United States are refusing to be force-vaccinated through mandates. Are vaccine mandates for police just a new way to ‘defund’ the police by getting rid of independent minded cops and not replacing them? Incomplete list of videos and links to news reports as of 13OCT2021:
MICHIGAN: Ann Arbor police union rebels again city mandated vaccines!
MISSISSIPPI: Lowndes County Sheriff pushes for vaccinations.
MISSOURI: Saint Louis County Police Department hit with vaccine mandate, fights back with lawsuit!
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Local news report inadvertently reveals that local vaccine mandates are about getting millions in federal taxpayer ‘mandate’ funding!
NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police joins two other unions to oppose vaccine mandates! Local news report tries to make them look irresponsible!
Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, highly incomplete list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 12 October 2021:
On 07OCT2021, the USCG assisted in the capture of ten illegals from Cuba, on Anguilla Cay, Bahamas. It should be noted that the USCG is now calling captures of illegals “rescues”!
USCG District 7 video of HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew dropping food, water and a radio to the illegal Cubans on Anguilla Cay, Bahamas:
Collier County reports that more than 30 illegals with documented criminal records have moved in:
IDAHO: Paradox; as The Gem State’s gov’na was in Texas to support an independent effort to control the border with Mexico, Idaho’s lieutenant gov’na orders the Idaho National Guard to the Texas border, now she is in trouble with the gov’na:
On 04OCT2021, the gov’na of Arkansas visited his state militia, helping the Texas National Guard to patrol the border with Mexico. Arkansas Army National Guard video by Second Lieutenant Charles Davis:
05OCT2021, Ohio gov’na visits National Guard on Texas border with Mexico:
06OCT2021, Georgia’s gov’na visits National Guard on Texas border with Mexico:
06OCT2021, nine gov’nas (from Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wyoming) join the Texas gov’na is announcing their own plan to fight the border invasion, video was recorded live:
Drug gangs attack National Guard position on Texas side of the border, U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel slams Biden:
The artifact scandal involving Evangelical christian co-owners of Hobby Lobby/Museum of the Bible began in 2009, when those co-owners decided they needed to pack their Museum of the Bible with as many artifacts from Egypt and Iraq as possible. Perhaps unknowingly, they hooked up with artifact dealers who in turn, it turns out, was getting those artifacts from illegal sources, including some sources that used the money to create what is known in the West as Islamic State aka DAIISH (DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham=Syria]): “…antiquities are being actually excavated by groups like DAIISH or ISIS, and knowingly being exported and used as a means of funding for terrorism.”-Deborah Lehr, The Antiquities Coalition
In March2020, Steve Green, the Museum of the Bible’s board chairman and president of Hobby Lobby, tried to claim ignorance saying “I knew little about the world of collecting…”, yet it had already been established in witness statements that consultants, and even Hobby Lobby employees, warned Green years ago that the artifacts were probably illegal because there was no required legal documentation present! Green promised to return 11-thousand-5-hundred artifacts to Iraq and Egypt!
Kurdistan24 video interview about Peshmerga/Iraqi government delegation in Washington DC, delegates also attended the U.S. National Defense University, 24SEP2021:
U.S. Army photo by Specialist Trevor Franklin, 22SEP2021.
Over the 22nd and 23rd of September, 2021, while the U.S. Congress argues over how much deeper they want to put the U.S. taxpayer into debt, the Peshmerga received a large ‘divestment’ of brand new HMMWVs paid for by U.S. and ‘coalition’ taxpayers.
USA photo by Specialist Trevor Franklin, 22SEP2021.
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 23SEP2021.
On 23SEP2021, $2.9-million worth of vehicles were given to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, on Al Asad Air Base.
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 22SEP2021.
Also on Al Asad Air Base, on 22SEP2021, $2.5-million worth of U.S. made (but as of July 2021 now German owned through VW-Traton) Navistar-International trucks were given to the Iraqi army.
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 22SEP2021.
In my previous Mother of all Money Pit report I pointed out the sudden build-up of Islamic State, aka DAIISH (DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham=Syria]), forces in Iraq, but coincidentally there are big happenings regarding the oil industry in Iraq as well.
Just over a week ago, Colonel Todd Burroughs, Deputy Director of U.S. Military Advisor Group-North (MAG-North), told Iraqi Peshmerga (Kurdish militia) “this is just the beginning” in regards to more U.S. military freebies. On 20SEP2021, another million dollar ‘divestment’ took place!
U.S. Army photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 20SEP2021.
This time it went to Iraqi airborne Special Forces Quwat Al Khasa (Qwat al-Khasah), at the usual location of Al Asad Air Base.
U.S. Army photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 20SEP2021.
But wait, there is more!
USA photo by Specialist Trevor Franklin, 16SEP2021.
On 16SEP2021, what is called a Class V (ammunition) Divestment, to Peshmerga, took place at Erbil.
But wait there’s more!
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 15SEP2021.
On 15SEP2021, on Al Asad Air Base, approximately $6.6-million worth of U.S. made vehicles were given to Iraq’s Agency of Intelligence and Federal Investigations (AIFI)!
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 15SEP2021.
But wait, there’s more!
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 14SEP2021.
On 14SEP2021, three U.S. made diesel fuelers were given to Ninawa Operations Command’s 15th Division (joint Iraqi army, Peshmerga unit) on Al Asad Air Base.
But wait there’s more!
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 13SEP2021.
On 13SEP2021, twenty armored cars, new tires, and an undisclosed amount of computers were given to the Iraq Counter Terrorism Service (ICTS) on Al Asad Air Base.
USA photo by Specialist Clara Soria-Hernandez, 13SEP2021.
All these ‘divestments’ come at the same time that Iraq has suddenly decided to build up its military, and Biden is deploying more U.S. personnel to Iraq:
Christian video report, DAIISH returns to power in Iraq:
Rudaw interview with NATO Netherlands General concerning the stagnating ‘Peshmerga Reforms’ by U.S. led forces, admits there is not enough “trust”, says a crucial political decision about the justification for the continued existence/goals of Peshmerga needs to be made soon:
16SEP2021, the United States Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State meet for consultations, after the AUKUS announcement, with the Defence Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia (member of British Empire Commonwealth).
16SEP2021, Indian (India is a member of the British Empire Commonwealth) news commentator tries to explain the silliness of AUKUS, and why AUKUS does not include Canada and New Zealand (Commonwealth members and also Five Eyes members):
16SEP2021, German state run news outlet speculates that the true reason for AUKUS is to counter the economic sanctions that China placed against Australia:
AUKUS= Australia United Kingdom United States
“The first major initiative of AUKUS will be to deliver a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia.”– Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia
“…perhaps most significantly, the UK, Australia, and the U.S. will be joined even more closely together…”-Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
“AUKUS will bring together our sailors, our scientists, and our industries to maintain and expand our edge in military capabilities and critical technologies, such as cyber, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and undersea domains.”-Joe Biden, President of the United States
Official Pro-British Empire White House video supporting the new alliance, comments by leaders of U.S., UK and Australia, 15SEP2021 (Australian PM mentions the evil British Empire led Five Eyes network, see more about Five Eyes below):
Official U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) John Francis Kirby statement on AUKUS, calling the U.S.-Australia alliance “unbreakable”, 15SEP2021:
On 02SEP2021, the Royal Australian Navy visited the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Rhode Island: “Australia is unique in that they don’t just want to buy, they want to look under the hood.”-Trevor Kelly-Bissonnette, NUWC, commenting on the visit by Australian Navy officials, statement published on 14SEP2021
U.S. Navy photo by James Travassos, 02SEP2021.
“As Australia transitions to a new class of conventionally powered submarine in the early 2030s, it is important that Australia remains as interoperable with the U.S. as possible, leveraging their significantly larger industrial and technological base but providing support and unique, niche capabilities in return. In order to achieve this, it is important that we bring the Australian public support onside to support us in our endeavors. Given the often secretive nature of our line of work, visits like this are all the more important to educate our ministers and career politicians of the strength of our allied relationship. The last two visits to NUWC by Australian have been remarkably successful in this regard.”-Commander Neil Carson, Royal Australian Navy Joint Program Office for Australia and the U.S., statement published on 14SEP2021
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks about AUKUS and the nuclear sub deal, admits it is about controlling global trade, says it is a “forever partnership” that has been in the works since the 1950’s ANZUS (Australia New Zealand United States) alliance, reveals that Australia’s demands for its military “will only go up” in the near future:
Five Eyes spying operations can be traced back to the end of World War 2, when the leaders of the United States made a (then) secret alliance with the British empire (U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand) called the Five Eyes. Five Eyes is now controlling the U.S. NSA!
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