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BumRushDaShow

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Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 30, 2025, 01:23 PM

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#BREAKING US warship enters Panama Canal, heading toward Caribbean: AFP
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#UPDATE A US guided missile cruiser, USS Lake Erie, was seen crossing the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Caribbean Friday night, after the Trump administration said it deployed warships near the coast of Venezuela to curb drug trafficking.
The US Navy warship USS Lake Erie crosses the Panama Canal on August 29, 2025 (Martin Bernetti / AFP)
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U.S. guided-missile cruiser spotted crossing the Panama Canal after warships deployed to Venezuela [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 30 OP

Trump really wants to win something, it doesn't matter what. ananda Aug 30 #1

Note to writers: traversing is not the same as crossing and the Isthmus is not the same as the Canal. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 30 #2

Apparently the content source (and charactization) BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #4

Thanks. Language confusion may be the cause if composed in English by non-native speaker, or poor translation. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 30 #8

I'd go with "transit" (nt) GJGCA Aug 30 #6

Good word, shorter than "traverse", and possibly understood by a greater number of people. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 30 #7

Very old pun... GJGCA Aug 30 #10

We still won't forget about Epstein but CBS, NBC and ABC will. They like Trump. twodogsbarking Aug 30 #3

"Wag the Dog" stuff. Sept. 3 is the day of Epstein victims' press conference Ritabert Aug 30 #5

Anything to distract from the Epstein files. n/t area51 Aug 30 #9

Not sure it has anything to do with Venz. EX500rider Aug 30 #11

There is reportedly a U.S. deployment going on BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #12

But 3+ USN vessels go thru the canal every month, so may or may not be related. nt EX500rider Aug 30 #13

I understand that BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #14

Pedofelon one is high on that failed 20th-Century "war on drugs" Justice matters. Aug 30 #16

"Just say NO!!11!!!!!!" BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #17

Yeah the Aegis DD's are already on station I believe and the Lake Erie is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser EX500rider Aug 30 #18

Saber-rattling BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #19

Kremlin linked military contractors are currently protecting Maduro. Xolodno Aug 30 #15