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@JTORP90
Dog lover, #goblue, Canadian retired on a tropical Thai island. I apologize in advance, my opinions are mine, often irrelevant and always inconsequential.







Families of U.S. service members deployed to the Middle East are raising alarms over food shortages and a complete halt in mail deliveries as the Iran war drags on. Photos shared from ships like the USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln show small, inadequate meals, while some service members report rationing food and lacking fresh supplies. The image, published in USA Today, is of a recent meal aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been fighting for months off the coast of Iran. usatoday.com/story/news/polโฆ

Images of food being served to sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli, published by USA Today. Supplies "are going to get really low" and "morale is going to be at an all-time low," one sailor messaged his mother: usatoday.com/story/news/polโฆ




The United States is so toxic on the world stage right now that it canโt fill hotels or sell World Cup tickets. Let that land. FIFA projected $30.5 billion in economic impact from millions of international visitors. That demand never showed up. Hotels in Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia and San Francisco have slashed match-day rates by a third from their peak. FIFA has cancelled tens of thousands of reserved rooms across all 16 host cities. Some hotels report cancellation rates above 95%. The reasons arenโt hard to find. Anti-American sentiment. Fear of border crossings. The Iran war driving up oil prices and airfares. And tickets priced into the stratosphere, with finals seats hitting $10,990 a pop. Industry executives are now openly blaming the Trump administration for the shortfall. Tourism economists say the Iran war made an already bad sentiment problem worse. Empty stadiums are now a real possibility. It happened at the Club World Cup last summer. It could happen again, on American soil, at the biggest sporting event on the planet. The White House says this will be โthe greatest World Cup ever.โ The market disagrees. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1



















