Twitter Comment Thread

Twitter log from the previous week.

# @southcomwatch No. @ChrisAlbon was on Kearsarge with my fav Commodore, Capt Ponds, who btw talks naval soft power better than anyone IMO about 7 hours ago from web in reply to southcomwatch

# I'm such a displaced homer. Send your blue chip son or daughter. http://tinyurl.com/baxcxb about 7 hours ago from web

# Andrew Sullivan has it exactly right, which makes it a bad idea when Obama follows Bush's example. http://bit.ly/NGaLm @davewiner about 8 hours ago from web

# Whoever created this has a great sense of humor. http://tinyurl.com/d2zz3m "dirty clothes" replies "a $88,893 tax cut". I guess it does work about 8 hours ago from web

# @jayrosen_nyu I guess it works, if a $7,554 tax cut can't solve that problem, it is clearly a you problem.... just saying. about 8 hours ago from web in reply to jayrosen_nyu

# Government spending more than ever to retain jobs, yet the industry dependent upon government spending gets none. http://tinyurl.com/dkf5e9 about 8 hours ago from web

# Why the Littoral Combat Ship cannot do the pirate mission off Somalia, and the Navy proves it with pictures. http://tinyurl.com/dy38or about 9 hours ago from web

# Spanish Navy foils pirate attack off Somalia. No prisoners taken, EUNAVFOR avoids capturing pirates, except France http://tinyurl.com/dlxvzp about 12 hours ago from web

# ADM Blair: Economy greatest threat to US. I couldn't agree more, global depression could turn very violent. http://tinyurl.com/ce4mww 3:07 PM Feb 12th from web

# No question about it, the Visby is sexy. http://tinyurl.com/ccsgks 2:26 PM Feb 12th from web

# @southcomwatch Yes, hire Chris Albon to come and blog with the Captain. http://warandhealth.com/ Capt Bob was excellent on Mercy last year. 1:48 PM Feb 12th from web in reply to southcomwatch

# ADM Stavridis needs to get a Navy Command this year so it will leave no doubt he should be the next CNO. http://tinyurl.com/dgmzt2 12:34 PM Feb 12th from web

# These standoffs are getting more and more common, one spark and we will see a war in SE Asia. http://tinyurl.com/cf23nt 9:41 AM Feb 11th from web

# It probably won't help my reputation among the Admirals to leak an email from the CNO to the press. http://tinyurl.com/cj5fmb 12:04 AM Feb 11th from web

# I'm feeling edgy tonight. 2700+ words in an hour of sting and burn in defense of the Coasties. Someone has to say it. Many won't like it. 9:28 PM Feb 10th from web

# Gordon Chang is a smart guy, but he doesn't understand it really is a coalition of the willing under another name. http://tinyurl.com/auzqez 4:49 PM Feb 10th from web

# DoD "propaganda" spending=$4.7 bil http://tinyurl.com/ajkerq China "propaganda" spending=45 bil RMB ($6.58 bil) http://tinyurl.com/bwdsck 12:30 PM Feb 10th from web

# F-35, F-18s, DDG-51s, and Army FSC are DoD programs named facing budget cuts. Tony Capaccio is one of the best IMO http://tinyurl.com/ajregu 9:52 AM Feb 10th from web

# @deremilitari The submarine standoff between China and India is interesting. All we are learn is that the submarine alleged was not Indian. 9:05 AM Feb 10th from web in reply to deremilitari

# Russian arms sales were $8.35 billion in 2008, 2nd highest in the world. US arms sales were #1. http://tinyurl.com/d68mq9 9:03 AM Feb 10th from web

# Harvard International Review tackles the tricky legal questions of Somali piracy. http://tinyurl.com/dkjksg 10:38 PM Feb 9th from web

# The French SSBN Le Triomphant hit 'something' breaking the sonar dome. When SSBNs ram stuff, that's not good. http://tinyurl.com/bohsco 8:38 PM Feb 9th from web

# The Feb 6 Office of Naval Intelligence mariner warning lists MV STEVE ERWIN in with the pirates. See video why http://tinyurl.com/bfqc6e 2:51 PM Feb 9th from web

# The CG blogosphere is small? Fooled me, one post about weight issues for Guardians and WHAM! 44 comments in 6 hrs! http://tinyurl.com/bjespj 2:16 PM Feb 9th from web

# VMM-263 will send 10 MV-22s on the Bataan ESG deployment this spring. http://tinyurl.com/b6tzkw 1:20 PM Feb 9th from web

# Austal USA released details and a nice web tour of the new JHSV. Pretty slick web marketing IMO. http://tinyurl.com/a9nu84 12:45 PM Feb 9th from web

# I think CG Adm Blore offered me a job, see page 5. http://tinyurl.com/dhm7af (PDF) He probably can't afford me, but options are always good. 12:34 PM Feb 9th from web

# US EUCOM website got a facelift. Not very user friendly or clean with code IMO. I'm not impressed. http://tinyurl.com/cfnxv3 10:56 AM Feb 9th from web

# USNI Proceedings Magazine takes on the issue of the Navy and the Navy blogosphere. http://tinyurl.com/bkcl7d 10:29 AM Feb 9th from web

# The Politico does Navy shipbuilding. http://tinyurl.com/b45cum 10:12 AM Feb 9th from web

# There appears to be a quiet naval blockade against Iran taking place in the Mediterranean Sea. http://tinyurl.com/bqwewy 9:51 AM Feb 9th from web

# @deremilitari His Defense Meltdown paper on the Navy is 6 pages, not enough intellectual rigor to support his theories IMO. 9:40 AM Feb 9th from web in reply to deremilitari

# @deremilitari Lind's a 4GW war theorist claiming submarines can control the sea? Like how tanks control cities and F-22s passify villages? 9:38 AM Feb 9th from web in reply to deremilitari

# Boeing drops F-18 price again: $49.9 million per plane. JSF will run $65 mil;ion per plane and is $69 billion over budget... so far. 8:38 AM Feb 9th from web

# Microsoft defends Paris? "Conficker" virus grounds French Navy Fighters. http://tinyurl.com/bbku57 8:24 AM Feb 9th from web

# The North Korea and Iran missile/satellite launch news has made the case for missile defense with Europe and Asia better than Bush ever did. 1:55 AM Feb 9th from web

# Looks like 2009 will be another good year for Russian submarines (link is French language) http://tinyurl.com/djlt5t 1:14 AM Feb 9th from web

# The good folks at MSCHOA (http://www.mschoa.org/) denied my registration request. Good, it means someone is standing watch at the door. 1:12 AM Feb 9th from web

# @zenpundit By that definition, ID is tribe. http://is.gd/iSoD is a link cased in gold. 12:17 AM Feb 9th from web in reply to zenpundit

# Anyone have an OOB for the RAN and KIWI annual Fleet Concentration Period (FCP-09)? 8:59 PM Feb 8th from web

# The Indonesian Navy is deploying KRI Diponegoro (365) to Lebanon on 9th February for a 6 month UNIFIL tour. 5:02 PM Feb 8th from web

# HMS Grimsby (M108) and HMS Pembroke (M107) will replace HMS Blyth (M111) and HMS Walney (M104) later this month. 5:01 PM Feb 8th from web

# HMS Argyll (F231) and USS Laboon (DDG 58) have joined SNMG2 4:58 PM Feb 8th from web

# FS Tonnerre (L9014) and FS La Motte-Picquet (D 645) will be part of the Bataan ESG Composite Training Unit Exercise Feb 3-27 4:57 PM Feb 8th from web

# HMCS Winnipeg heading to South Korea to join 7th Flt CSG, then will meet SNMG1 in Indian Ocean. 4:55 PM Feb 8th from web

# Facebook vs Twitter, Twitter wins. FB is for people looking for that ex-girlfriend from High School, Twitter is about current information. 11:02 AM Feb 8th from web

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