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XI’S GOTTA HAVE IT: Japan sights two Chinese aircraft carriers in Pacific for first time.

Two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time, in a move that Japan’s defence minister said signified Beijing’s intention to further widen its capabilities beyond its borders.

The operations were a “routine training” exercise that did not target specific countries or regions, Wang Xuemeng, a spokesperson for the Chinese Navy, said in a statement, however.

Since May, China has been flexing its muscles by sending an unusually large number of naval and coast guard vessels through a swathe of East Asian waters, according to security documents and officials, in moves that have unnerved regional capitals.

Japan’s defence ministry has confirmed the two carriers, Liaoning and Shandong, were operating in separate areas in the Pacific on Saturday, both near remote southern islands belonging to Japan.

As CDR Sal noted a week or two ago, China already closed the numbers gap, and they’re quickly closing the capabilities gap.

WELL:

ICYMI:

IT’S ALL STOLEN FROM DINOSAURS, ANYWAY:  Land Acknowledgement.

I HAVE A BRAVE FRIEND WHO BRINGS OUR GROUP STUFF FROM THERE:  Bluesky Isn’t a Bubble. It’s a Containment Dome.

It’s like postcards from the asylum.  Thing is, I think people should see it. People should know the level of insane we’re dealing with.

Oh, and the author of that article, being an idiot himself is completely wrong on the economics of the BBB. No one is getting thrown off Medicare. And inflation? Dude– that was the regime quase-ante.  Now I no longer cry when paying for groceries.  And this is just the beginning.

MOST OF THEM ARE WHAT MY MOTHER WOULD CALL “FOR ENGLISHMAN TO SEE”:  More Than 1,800 Leftist Protests This Weekend According To Organizers.

They have any number of them marked with “we’ll meet in our normal place” or RSVP for location. They’re not confident. And I bet most of them will be like the old ANSWER rallies, with people on walkers and with oxygen tanks.

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