Alligator Alcatraz” nonsense making the news in the UK

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/panama-trump-florida-guatemala-kristi-noem-b2778502.html The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the department has been looking to expand immigration detention capacity, and she has been reviewing contracts Immigration and Customs…

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Boy is this a fantastic look Don, Mel, and DeSantis checking out the digs on a Migrant Prison

JB- So my son in law sent me this story (lives in Dade County, FLA ), so I looked around for the link with the best pic. FOUND IT. Melania- foreign immigrant herself who married a philanderer- sporting her Lululemon Spanx, alongside that Anti-Teacher Commie DeSantis. Now before anyone loses their shit and starts confusing…

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Was strike on IRAN a success? depends on who you ask

Trump euphorically declared that the Pentagon’s missiles had achieved their goal of destroying three Iranian nuclear bases in Fordó, Natanz, and Isfahan. The US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, June 21, was dubbed the Midnight Hammer, because it literally pulverized the victim. But Washington and Tel Aviv received the blows not with gunpowder-laden…

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EX-PATS- 401K’s and Retirement Investors, US markets respond to Trump, but IRAN states otherwise

“JB”- Week starts with (2) POSITIVE days amid Trump statements, but IRAN states NO CEASEFIRE reached. ?!?!   https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/22/stock-market-today-live-updates.html MON-   UP (350 pts) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/23/stock-market-today-live-updates.html TODAY- UP (500 pts )     https://www.laestrella.com.pa/mundo/iran-desmiente-a-trump-y-rechaza-hasta-el-momento-un-cese-de-hostilidades-con-israel-EJ13924198 Tehran clarifies that there is no agreed truce. The Iranian government makes any military pause conditional on the end of Israeli attacks against…

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US Homeland Security Secretary: Due In Panama Today

Noem will witness a repatriation flight and visit the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Escanaba. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will meet with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Tuesday, June 24, to discuss key security issues. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/mundo/secretaria-de-seguridad-de-estados-unidos-vendra-a-panama-este-24-de-junio-CK13912505 Noem, who is beginning a tour of Central America in Panama, will also meet with the…

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Immigration raids turning LA into 1939 Poland. Ugly scene

In the early hours of the morning, Trump redoubled calls on his Truth Social network to deploy more National Guard troops and arrest any protesters who hide their faces with masks. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/mundo/casa-blanca-defiende-envio-de-tropas-a-los-angeles-por-la-debil-respuesta-del-gobernador-LG13519662 The White House on Monday, June 9, defended President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles without authorization…

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US-CHINA agreement gives BOOST to market- What does it mean to PANAMA?

  https://newsroompanama.com/2025/05/12/what-does-the-us-china-tariff-deal-mean-for-the-panama-canal/ The US and China have agreed a truce to lower import taxes on goods being traded between the two countries.  That means more ships traveling through the Panama Canal.  Good for Panama.  Good for the world. The agreement marks a major de-escalation of the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, which…

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PANAMA-US-CHINA: The international “Menage a Trois” Continues. One Huge BS story

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzlk259g2o A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The sale comes after weeks of complaining by President Donald Trump that the canal is under Chinese control and that the US should take control…

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Holiday break is over, but Canal issue will not be ending anytime soon

https://newsroompanama.com/2025/04/22/the-worlds-eyes-are-focused-on-the-panama-canal/ There is an adage “nothing happens in a vacuum” and that is particularly true of strategic waterways like the Panama Canal.  The Trump Administration’s pressuring of Panama to sell the two container terminals at each end of the Panama Canal owned by Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong owned CK Hutchinson…

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For OLD TIME’s SAKE why not? A trip down memory lane. “RFB and PNO-A love story

Please enjoy this PICTUREBOOK retrospective of 7 years of my LIFE where I did all I could to wave these RED FLAGS!!   “Once upon a time there was a cranky vet with a “bullshit” Ex-Pat blog in Panama……………” Cease and Desist(1) 09-jul.-2019 10-35-52 (1) SuspensionofServicesLetter-COAMay312023 (1)     “And they all lived uncomfortably ever…

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