But first, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs yesterday.  Also, this video shows that  Iran/U,S. peace talks are privately ongoing . In the meantime, to strengthen our bargaining position: Now,  three U.S. task forces will be available to support any invasion . The USS Abraham Lincoln has been deployed since January. The USS Gerald Ford arrived in the eastern Mediterranean in February. The USS George H.W. Bush was near the Horn of Africa on Tuesday and is expected to head towards the war region.   This aircraft carrier is also carrying 6000 troops.  Another 4200 military personnel are with the Boxer Amphibious Group and the 11th Expeditionary Unit are expected to arrive later this month. All the above will be to support approximately 50,000 U.S. troops already in the region. Boots on the ground? The last American killed in this war was more than a month ago, Today is April 16.  The two-week truce ends on April 22. In addition to better protect...

  Is Donald Trump losing total control of Republicans?  The answer is, absolutely.  A couple of days ago,  Republican Rep Lauren Boebert completely defied President Donald Trump .  She refused to take her name off the Epstein discharge petition.  In the past, she did anything he asked. U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) joined Boebert as the only Republicans signing the petition, which needed 218 signatures to force a vote . All signs show that this vote will occur on Tuesday. An even more surprising rebellion came from Republican Rep. Marjorie Green : Rep.  Marjorie Taylor Greene said  the battle over   the release of the Epstein files   has sent President Donald Trump “over the edge” and accused him of putting her life in danger after he publicly withdrew his support for the Georgia Congresswoman.   Greene,   standard-bearer of the MAGA movement   and   formerly...

Viking Cruise Line   was established by   Torstein Hagen   in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1997.  He had helped some Russian oligarchs buy a shipping company, and they sold him four river cruise ships cheaply, which became the founding fleet of Viking River Cruises. Must have done well, for in 2000, Viking purchased KD River Cruises of Europe, bringing Viking's fleet up to 26 ships, the largest in the world. Revamped their ships, aiming for older travelers. No gyms and pools, maximizing passenger load. Expanded into China in 2004 with Yangtze River cruises. In 2007 had 23 ships in Europe, Russia and China. In 2011 entered a new phase of growth by sponsoring PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, with plans to ad 40 ships of "longship" design over a five-year period. In 2013, modified name to Viking Cruises to launch oceangoing vessels. Christened two new ships in on back-to-back days in 2014, a Guinness world record. First ocean ship was the Viking Star in 2015, holding 930 passeng...