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  2. Iran wants to charge ships tolls for passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is claiming sovereignty over the waterway in the middle of the war, and it's important because about one-fifth of the world's oil and gas goes through that waterway. NPR international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam reports. KCCU Public Radio - a service of Cameron University National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.
  3. I only drive my 22 year old Holden Astra 4 cyl about 230 km per month. My 3 month rego renewal is due in a couple of weeks, for $116.34.
  4. An internet search brought up this from the Idaho State Legislature which I couldn't access But there was a report in the Idaho Capital Sun.
  5. He called it sickening. He called it evil. Then he signed the two harshest laws in the country. No hesitation. In March 2025, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed two laws that together created the harshest punishment framework for child sex offenders in the country. HB 380 made sexual abuse of children under 12 a capital crime punishable by death when at least three aggravating factors are present. HB 37 made the firing squad Idaho's primary method of execution, replacing lethal injection as the default. Both laws take effect on July 1, 2026. When signing HB 380, Little said: "The sexual abuse of children is sickening and evil, and perpetrators convicted of these crimes deserve the ultimate punishment." The House passed the death penalty bill 63 to 0. The Senate followed 30 to 5. Before HB 380, Idaho had no mandatory minimum sentences for child sex abuse. The state is spending $950,000 to retrofit its maximum security prison near Kuna for firing squad executions, and construction is already underway.
  6. ๐“๐‘๐”๐Œ๐ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐โ€™๐“ ๐ƒ๐„๐‹๐€๐˜ ๐Ž๐๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐”๐™ ๐๐˜ ๐€๐‚๐‚๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐๐“ โ€” ๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐„๐‹๐€๐˜๐„๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐Ž๐ ๐๐”๐‘๐๐Ž๐’๐„ James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) published a piece on X that has racked up ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ in hours, and it deserves every one of them โ€” because it explains the single most misunderstood element of Trumpโ€™s Iran strategy. The conventional criticism is that Trump is too slow to reopen Hormuz. The reality, Thorne argues, is that the delay ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ. Trump is deliberately withholding the American security guarantee at the moment of maximum stress โ€” not because he canโ€™t clear the Strait, but because doing so too quickly would let Europe go back to sleep. For decades, Western allies built their economies and green energy mandates on a silent assumption: ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ. They ran down their militaries, underfunded NATO โ€” the U.S. carries ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐๐€๐“๐Ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  โ€” and lectured Washington about multilateralism from the comfort of a security blanket they never paid for. Then Trump pulled the blanket. On March 15, he told the world that countries receiving oil through Hormuz should โ€œtake care of that passageโ€ themselves. The initial response was exactly what Thorneโ€™s thesis predicts: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas declared โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜œ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ป ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€ and added โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ.โ€ Japan, Australia, South Korea, and the UK all initially rejected the call. Then the pain arrived. Oil surged from $๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ. Tanker traffic through the Strait dropped ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ%. Over ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ anchored outside waiting for safe passage. European energy prices spiked. The โ€œnot our warโ€ posture became economically untenable. Two weeks later โ€” on April 2 โ€” ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ launched a coalition to secure the Strait. The UK hosted the inaugural meeting. Europe didnโ€™t just join โ€” theyโ€™re now scrambling to lead, with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper chairing the talks. The very nations that said it wasnโ€™t their problem are now volunteering ships. Thorne frames it in Hegelian terms: Trump โ€œ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.โ€ The contradiction being that Europeโ€™s energy systems, industrial bases, and geopolitical sermons ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ. The prize isnโ€™t just reopening a chokepoint. Itโ€™s a reordered system where access to secure oil flows is ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€” not assumed as a right. A world where the United States sits at the center of the hydrocarbon chessboard. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ. ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐.
  7. Showing results for can the space under the hood of a mustang mach e still carry parcels without the waterproof frunk? Search instead for Can the space under the hood of a Mustrang Mach E still carry parcels without the waterproof frunk? No, the space under the hood of a 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E cannot carry parcels if the optional waterproof frunk is not installed. Without the frunk option, the area beneath the hood is sealed off or left as an unoccupied void containing electronics and fluid reservoirs, effectively locking the cargo space behind a paywall. While the physical volume remains, access is denied to owners who do not pay the extra $495 fee to install the plastic frame and liner required to use the space for storage. 2026 Model Year Change: The frunk is no longer standard equipment; it is now an optional extra. Without the Option: The under-hood area is sealed, preventing the storage of items like charging cables, groceries, or luggage. With the Option: The $495 upgrade restores access to approximately 4.8 cubic feet of storage (reduced from earlier years due to a heat pump).
  8. Well it was on the tele at the Shed, but I couldn't hear it. Others talking over the top of him, making jokes, and someone in the workshop using the belt sander. But I knew he was lying, his lips were moving.
  9. Harking back to my comments on the previous page, today is the first time I've been back to Forest Hill Chase shopping mall. I had my phone camera with me today. This is the hairdressing booth. You can see the red docket number indicator showing the number of the last customer to enter the booth (the guy being treated). Normally there are two lady barbers working. The guy in the armchair on the left would be customer 210 waiting his turn. A bit closer look shows the customer count, the screen below showing the various cuts which you tap to select, and at the bottom left, the note slot. Bottom right is the cup where your docket drops when printed. The large opening behind the white pillar is the entry to Target, and beyond the booth, to the right, is a travellator to the lower shopping level.
  10. Mine gets checked every time I visit the doc. Currently around 116/77.
  11. First reported by Ford Authority and confirmed by MotorTrend, it now costs $495 to have a frunk insert installed on the 2026 Mustang Mach-E across its four trims. According to FA, the change was made because Fordโ€™s designers learned owners werenโ€™t taking advantage of the frunk space. With the loss of the front trunk, the starting MSRP of the Mach-E has decreased, albeit not by the same $495. The RWD Select Base now costs $39,850, down from $39,990 in 2025. Of course, that means if you spec the 2026 RWD Select with a frunk, the cost is now $40,335, $345 more than the otherwise identical 2025 model. Key features and operation details include: Usage: The frunk is watertight with a drainage hole, allowing it to function as a cooler for drinks or storage for wet/muddy gear. Opening Methods: It can be opened by double-pulling the release lever in the footwell, using the SYNCยฎ touchscreen, entering the SecuriCode on the exterior keypad, or via the FordPass app. 2025 Changes: The 2025 model year saw the frunk size shrink by roughly 40% after Ford added a heat pump, though it remains standard equipment. The 2026 Mach-E Rally also loses its once standard rear wing and decal package. The โ€œraised real spoilerโ€ is now a $995 option, and its starting price is now $59,735, down from $60,485. But once you add the spoiler and frunk, the price is up by $1,490 and there is no option to add the Rally decals.
  12. My tablets are- Apixaban - a blood thinner prescribed for my pacemaker Allopurinol - prescribed for gout (2 per day) Metoprolol - stroke prevention Panafcortelone - myalgia rheumatica Thyroxine - thyroid
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