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I suspect Ford will finally bring the mid-sized Ford Transit van to the states now that Stellantis is bringing back the Promaster City as a more useful mid-sized van. https://www.caranddriver.com/ram/promaster-city file:///C:/Users/Robert%20Doub/Downloads/MY25-Everest-Spec-Sheet-EN.pdf

The car-based unibody Explorer is for the soccer mom who doesn't want to be seen in a minivan, while the Everest is the body-on-frame man's SUV. https://www.me.ford.com/en/sau/suvs/everest/ file:///C:/Users/Robert%20Doub/Downloads/MY25-Everest-Spec-Sheet-EN.pdf

Iran's Deputy Defence Minister Reza Talaei-Nik said on Tuesday that Tehran was ready to share defensive weapons capabilities and experiences gained from "America's defeat" with "independent" nations including those of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. That bloc includes Iran, Russia, China, India, Pakistan and Central Asian states.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-iran-clash-un-after-tehran-gets-nuclear-non-proliferation-role-2026-04-27/

The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result. An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. If I had known that it would continue like this for five or six weeks and get progressively worse, I would have told him [President Trump] even more emphatically [of my skepticism]. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2026/04/26/dead-or-missing-list-air-force-whistleblower-overdosed-before-set-to-testify-about-ufos-before-congress/

President Trump just announced that he has canceled Witkoff and Kushner's trip to Pakistan to hold talks with Iran. "I told my people a little while ago, they were getting ready to leave [for Pakistan], nope, you're not going to make an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want. You are not going to be making anymore 18 hour flights to sit around and talk about nothing."

I want to like the 3.0 diesel available in the Tahoe, Suburban and 1500 Silverado. But the way GM handled the transmission valve body issues and now the front crankshaft seals, paired with few 3.0-trained techs and the 6.2L line bore fiasco (GM wants customers to use thicker oil.....problem solved?), I'll continue to steer clear of GM and stick with Ford. The Expedition would have been a great application for Ford's proven 3.0L diesel used for years in the Range Rover and offered for a ridiculously short time in the F-150.

It's coming from Cleveland-Cliffs.

https://www.al.com/news/2026/03/tomahawk-missile-producer-completes-115-million-expansion-in-alabama.html

Fox News reports: DURING SEVEN WEEKS OF WAR AGAINST IRAN, THE U.S. MILITARY HAS DEPLETED 45% OF ITS PRECISION STRIKE MISSILES AND HALF OF ITS INVENTORY OF PATRIOT MISSILES NEEDED TO INTERCEPT MISSILES. What idiot in the defense department or a defense contractor would share that classified intel with anyone on the outside??? What idiot U.S. news agency would think it okay to report it to the world???

The U.S. military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology, the Sky Map command-and-control platform, in recent weeks at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia which is used by US forces. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-turns-ukrainian-counter-drone-tech-after-iran-attacks-sources-say-2026-04-22/

This is why Iraq reluctantly tolerates our presence there. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-blocks-iraqs-dollar-shipments-squeeze-iran-backed-militias-wsj-reports-2026-04-22/

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/04/19/32633941finding-nearly-10-percent-of-babies-born-in-the-u-s-under-biden-administration-were-anchor-babies/

A joint Israeli-Iranian strike force. Israel secretly shipped F-14 Tomcat and F-4 Phantom spare parts to Iran, parts the US had denied Iran since 1979, so that the Iranian air force could join Israel with a viable strike force. Yes, it's all true. .

Frustrated by the long-time under-performing defense contractor club that is paid on time despite delivering late, President Trump is in talks with Ford, General Motors and other companies alike the war production strategy in World War 2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15737273/trump-ford-gm-war-weaponry-production.html

Trade Over Aid For decades, government aid has been flowing from developed to developing countries with only limited impact. It has not solved the world's economic development challenges, and it has often created dependency, inefficiency, and corruption. The old model has been government-centered and one-directional: aid flowed from donor to recipient countries. The new model emphasizes mutually profitable business relationships between private sectors and countries. Private business has developed all the world’s successful economies, not government aid. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15737397/trump-sends-america-message-trade-global-aid.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15736645/white-house-scientists-disappearances-new-mexico.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15732615/iran-nuclear-bomb-confession-ali-motahari.html

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/04/14/rand-paul-no-evidence-iran-was-an-imminent-threat/

The ayatollah instructed the people to attack the US embassy. Under the shah, Iran became an incredible country with the highest quality of living.