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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

trumps pentagon in fog of war makes new boat strikes (oh. and iran too)

trumps pentagon in fog of war makes new boat strikes (oh. and iran too)

 

 President Joe Biden speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 24, 2024 in New York City.

 a 36 foot catamaran was blown out of the water and all aboard killed offshore of rehoboth beach delaware as pentagon makes statment that all aboard were members of biden led state sponsored domestic and international terrorist smuggling group tren de amtrack

 

Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Live)

Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Live)

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Harry Belafonte - Day-O, excerpt from "Harry Belafonte in Concert (Japan, 1960)". Recorded live at Sankei Hall, Tokyo, 18 July 1960. This song was first featured on the studio album "Calypso" (1956). Click this link for the complete program:    • Harry Belafonte in Concert (Japan, 1960)   #harrybelafonte #belafonte

Harry Belafonte Television and Video Archive 

Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Live)

68K subscribers
9,319,664 views Jul 14, 2021 #harrybelafonte #belafonte
Harry Belafonte - Day-O, excerpt from "Harry Belafonte in Concert (Japan, 1960)". Recorded live at Sankei Hall, Tokyo, 18 July 1960. This song was first featured on the studio album "Calypso" (1956). Click this link for the complete program:    • Harry Belafonte in Concert (Japan, 1960)   #harrybelafonte #belafonte

Harry Belafonte Television and Video Archive

 https://genius.com/Harry-belafonte-day-o-the-banana-boat-song-lyrics 

“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” is a single from Harry Belafonte’s 1956 album Calypso is an adaptation of a vernacular Jamaican work song. This version of the song was adapted by Barbadian singer, Jamaica… Read More 

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Work all night on a drink a rum
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Stack banana 'til the mornin' come
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)

Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)

Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)

Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)

A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Hide the deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)

Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)

Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)



War Song (2006 Remaster)


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Monday, July 13, 2026

March to July: What’s different as US-Iran fighting escalates again?

March to July: What’s different as US-Iran fighting escalates again?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/13/march-to-july-whats-different-as-us-iran-fighting-escalates-again 

March to July: What’s different as US-Iran fighting escalates again?

With ceasefire in shambles and both sides exchanging tit-for-tat attacks, is the region again plunging into all-out war?

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A billboard with an image of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is displayed in Tehran on July 13, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]
By Yashraj Sharma
Published On 13 Jul 2026

Air raid sirens have blared over Gulf nations as the United States and Iran have launched expansive attacks against each other again, escalating tensions as their fragile ceasefire has unravelled over the past week.

Oil prices have spiked, and markets have plunged after Tehran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the global energy kill switch  and the biggest flashpoint in the ongoing conflict.

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After US President Donald Trump said the April ceasefire struck by the warring nations was “over”, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said, “Revenge is the will of the nation.”

So are the US and Iran back to full-fledged war?

A projectile falls at an unknown location during what the US military’s Central Command said on July 11, 2026, were strikes on Iranian military targets
A projectile falls at an unknown location during what the US military’s Central Command said on July 11, 2026, were strikes on Iranian military targets [Handout/Screengrab/US Central Command via Reuters]

How did the US-Iran ceasefire unravel?

On July 6, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck three commercial vessels, including a Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker, off Oman.

The following day, the US said it carried out retaliatory strikes on Iranian military targets, leading Tehran to respond with missile and drone attacks on military bases across the Gulf where US forces are deployed.

On Wednesday, Trump said the ceasefire was over. The IRGC shut down the Strait of Hormuz, saying the US was interfering in the waterway’s management by facilitating alternative transit routes.

It triggered tit-for-tat attacks between the US and Iran with Washington carrying out deadly strikes on multiple Iranian cities, most of them along the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran.

Iran has attacked Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan and Qatar and has conducted more attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 18, 2026 [Reuters]
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 18, 2026 [Reuters]

Are the US and Iran back to all-out war?

Analysts told Al Jazeera that the conflict is currently evolving from tit-for-tat attacks to sustained combat – but with limited areas of engagement.

In the first round of attacks on Iran that began on February 28, the US and Israel conducted a broad, sustained air campaign across Iranian cities. The attacks killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on the first day of the war.

The latest round of US strikes, by contrast, is largely concentrated around the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian counterattacks have so far been focused on military bases in the Gulf that are used by US soldiers although debris from intercepted missiles and drones has fallen elsewhere, causing injuries.

Unlike the relentless air attacks on Iran in March and Tehran’s own blistering response through attacks on its Gulf neighbours, the latest round of attacks comes at a time when the US and Iran are still not ruling out talks completely. In fact, in his post announcing that the ceasefire was over, Trump noted that both sides would continue to hold talks.

Qatar and Pakistan are working behind the scenes to contain the conflict.

More questions linger for Trump at home, especially if his administration must now secure congressional authorisation for the war on Iran.

The War Powers Act states that a war must be authorised by Congress 60 days after hostilities have started. Trump dodged this requirement by claiming that the war was already “terminated” when the ceasefire began on April 7- before the 60-day timeline on the first phase of the war was over.

The war on Iran has been widely unpopular in the US. Trump’s approval ratings have dropped as a result as polls indicated that voters are also dissatisfied with his administration’s handling of inflation and soaring oil prices.

Mourners dig graves for children killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province on March 3, 2026
Mourners dig graves for children killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province on March 3, 2026 [Handout/Iranian Press Center/AFP]

What’s different from March?

Late February and March saw the most intense fighting between the two sides. The conflict shattered the long-held perception that the region’s commercial hubs were insulated from major conflict.

Targets – difference in scale and type

A US strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab killed 168 children on the first day of the war. Iranian missiles and drones came for Dubai’s skylines, setting the Fairmont The Palm luxury hotel ablaze, while debris from intercepted projectiles fell near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and Dubai Marina.

The US and Israel struck Iran’s energy facilities, and Iran responded by bombing oil and gas installations across the Gulf. Several international airports in the region were forced to suspend operations.

So far in the ongoing round of fighting, the US and Iran have been more restrained in the nature of targets they have chosen, avoiding civilian or energy infrastructure for the most part.

Earlier, the US and Israel claimed that their strategic objectives in the war included degrading Iran’s military and command structure and denuclearising Tehran. The current fighting appears focused on each side coercing the other into backing down on the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel

Another major difference in the current phase of the conflict is that Israel has not openly joined the US in the latest attacks on Iran.

When the war started, Israel was a main party to the conflict. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at one point that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had forced Washington’s hand on starting the war. Trump denied this.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) reached in June between the US and Iran mandated the end of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Beirut also entered into a separate ceasefire with Israel, which demands that the Israeli military withdraw from swaths of land it occupies in southern Lebanon.

Israel has not stood by any of the agreements and has continued to wage attacks in southern Lebanon, albeit less frequently.

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The Islamabad MoU

Even though the MoU, mediated by Islamabad, has glaring gaps, the framework gave diplomacy a chance to take the talks forward to end the war in the region.

Current points of friction also include the different readings and interpretations by Washington and Tehran of the contents of the MoU. They have accused each other of violating the agreement.

Despite attacks between Iran and the US, it is still likely that diplomacy is continuing, Paul Musgrave, associate professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, told Al Jazeera.

Currently, both countries are trying to figure out where the other’s “red lines” stand, he added.

Iran’s objectives seem to have grown over the course of the conflict while the US’s have “amazingly” shrunk, Musgrave said. “The US is no longer talking about regime change, but people in Tehran are starting to talk about something that looks like hegemony over the Gulf,” he noted.

That means it’s going to be extremely difficult to get back to diplomacy, Musgrave warned.

 

 

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Saturday, July 11, 2026

UFOs? The Department of War just released the fourth tranche of records under PURSUE. The first tranche was released on May 8, 2026. Scroll down to view the fourth tranche, released on July 10, 2026.

The Department of War just released the fourth tranche of records under PURSUE. The first tranche was released on May 8, 2026. Scroll down to view the fourth tranche, released on July 10, 2026. https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/04/ 

Presidential Statement

Donald J. Trump
Truth Social

Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[02 19 26]

 

Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) 

drumph likes to flush documents down the toilet - maybe this one should go in the PRIVY (PRESIDENTIAL REPEATING IDIOTIC VIDEO YAWNS)

The Byrds - Mr Spaceman ( Original Footage Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour )


 

 

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

At NATO summit in Turkey, Trump says he believes ceasefire with Iran is 'over'

 

At NATO summit in Turkey, Trump says he believes ceasefire with Iran is 'over'

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/08/nx-s1-5883929/trump-nato-iran-strikes-press-conference 

At NATO summit in Turkey, Trump says he believes ceasefire with Iran is 'over'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Trump walk side by side upon Trump's arrival at Etimesgut Air Base in Turkey on July 7. Rows of people wearing military-style uniforms and holding rifles stand behind the two men.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes President Trump upon his arrival at Etimesgut Air Base near Ankara, Turkey, on July 7 before attending the NATO summit.

Abdullah Guclu/AFP via Getty Images

President Trump said Wednesday he believes the current ceasefire with Iran is over after an exchange of attacks between the U.S. and Iran, the latest escalation straining the agreement to end the war.

"I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore. They're scum," Trump told reporters in Ankara, where he is attending the NATO summit.

He called the Iranian leaders "vicious, violent people."

"If they had a nuclear weapon, they'd use it," he added.

Trump, however, did not rule out talks continuing to permanently end the war with Iran.

He said the top U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, want to negotiate.

But, Trump added, "as far as I'm concerned, it's just a waste of time dealing with them. They're liars."

There was no immediate response from the Iranian government.

His comments came after the U.S. and Iran traded attacks again overnight Wednesday, the second such escalation since the two sides signed an interim deal in mid-June.

The strikes followed Tuesday's attacks on three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. said it carried out strikes on Iranian targets in what it said was retaliation for the previous Iranian aggression. Iranian Revolutionary Guard said it responded to those strikes by launching missiles and drones against Kuwait and Bahrain, two Arab Gulf countries that host U.S. military bases.

Trump is in Ankara, Turkey, to attend the NATO summit, where he has continued to air grievances, lamenting that European countries don't contribute enough to their own defense spending, as Russia's war against Ukraine has dragged on.

He has also expressed frustration since the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran began that Europe hasn't been supportive enough of his agenda.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte (L) appear during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on June 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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Trump's NATO pressure campaign continues as summit begins

Earlier in the day, the president said he was "testing" allies on how they'd help with the war.

"Italy turned us down, and Germany turned us down, and France turned us down, and it's OK, but you know, why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars and they're not there for us? We've always been there for them," Trump said.

The tension between Trump and NATO nations has also grown as the president continued on Tuesday to insist that the U.S. should have control of Greenland, a territory currently under Denmark.

Despite friction in the alliance, at the gathering Trump has discussed some issues important to him related to the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran, such as increased defense spending and logistics around opening the Strait of Hormuz.

And as the two-day summit ends, Trump is expected to take questions during a Wednesday press conference.

The brief two-day gathering typically left little time for one-on-one meetings, but Trump was expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the gathering. Negotiating an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been an elusive goal for Trump, who has teased recently that the end of the war is "getting closer," without providing much further detail. He also said he recently spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Tuesday, Trump met with the leader of the host nation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom he considers a friend. The two discussed the U.S. potentially selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey — despite there being a congressional ban in place that prevents this.

"We have a very good relationship. … Why wouldn't we do that?" Trump said in his meeting with Erdogan.

Tina Kraja in Washington, D.C., contributed reporting to this story.


 

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