Posted on 03/27/2021 9:49:34 AM PDT by em2vn
SUEZ, Egypt, March 27 (Reuters) – Efforts to dislodge a giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal had allowed its stern and rudder to move on Saturday, but it remained unclear when it could be refloated, the head of the canal authority said.
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This was obviously a deliberate act and yet we hear nothing more about that act.
Makes me believe the US “intelligence agencies”/KGB were involved.
$9.5 BILLION a day in delays.
And, here, we see this Evergreen blocking a canal, now affecting a highway. (Taiwan, I think)
Patton clears the bridge in Sicily.
Maybe our ‘intelligence’ people are so incompetent they don’t know what’s going on ... they’re pretty busy fighting against traditional American citizens right now... I mean who knows - people who broke ONE window and damaged one Congressional door - might raise an army, right?
Maybe ‘intelligence’ should get together with the Pentagon and defend the rights of transsexuals... I mean THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT... Want a real horror? A 12 year old boy who can’t use the girl’s bathrooms. That’s IMPORTANT. “Yale boys play bridge and screw each other - Havana...”
Who gives a damn about the energy life blood of the United State and Europe? Come on, man...
The good news? Biden hasn’t had a chance to destroy all of the energy independence Trump created... yet. WE can survive this next disaster.
That is really good. Best post of all the Evergreen posts:)
A ship big enough that it can block the Suez for days and be very hard to dislodge, perhaps should not have been allowed in the canal in the first place.
I will not be surprised to see size restrictions imposed after this.
Are there helicopters that could offload cargo, thereby lowering the mass displaced? Could a temp crane be erected?
The ship lost power and winds blew it into the bank. No need to concoct James Bond scenarios without evidence.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/24/cargo-ship-drew-penis-before-getting-stuck-in-suez-canal/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/14442468/cargo-ship-drew-giant-peni-red-sea-suez-canal/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cargo-ship-ever-given-penis/
Sandstorm, induced by high winds, I agree, Stuff happens. Oh well, FR lives and so do a lot of contrarians.
This is Free Republic. If we were to stop people from posting unsupported opinions and baseless conspiracy theories, this place would be a virtual ghost town.
>>$9.5 BILLION a day in delays.<<
At that price they could buy sky crane Sikorskis for a single day (then sell them) and airlift in a hundred tugs to push/pull that sucker out of there.
We live in a world of incremental thinkers.
>>No need to concoct James Bond scenarios without evidence.<<
Do not attribute to conspiracy that which is just stupidity.
The "without evidence" leftist talking point doesn't apply. Bloomberg reports the ship actually sped up as it rammed the bank.
And there are so many contradictions in the reporting you'd think we were back at the Las Vegas mass shooting.
It was the wind. The ship lost its bearings. There weren't any tugboats. There were tugboats, but the wrong kind. Backup tugboats were then sent, but they too weren't powerful enough. There was one earth mover available. The U.S. military is offering aid. It's going to take days to solve. It's going to take weeks to solve. It could be solved by Wednesday. It was investigated. It's going to be investigated. It came from China. Its charted course depicts a vulgar image. It was the wind.
How a Desert Wind Blew $10 Billion of Global Trade Off Course
Cargo ship drew a penis and butt before getting stuck in Suez Canal
Another reminder of how delicately balanced our economy and standard of living is, but that fact will be ignored until it crumbles around us.
How long before the left figures out how to use this crisis against us?
They would helicopter in the equipment to do it.
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