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Bernardo de La Paz

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8. You did not know the Gulf is Mexican? You have not seen a map showing Mexico's two ocean shorelines?

Sun May 18, 2025, 12:20 PM

May 18

It would be a mistake to think that the nation which makes such a large number of engines for US assembled cars is so impoverished that it could not afford a navy.

I'm sorry you did not know these things, and I don't mean to be harsh, but I am astonished. Sometimes we can figure things out without directly knowing them. The take-away here is to always check your assumptions, especially the stuff that "everybody knows" or that seems "obvious".

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Two dead as Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge [View all] Eugene May 18 OP

Requiescat in pace. niyad May 18 #1

Why were people on the masts? underpants May 18 #2

I hope there are some answers soon. niyad May 18 #3

tradition Eugene May 18 #9

I should've known that underpants May 18 #17

Engine failure of some sort.... Hope22 May 18 #4

I agree. MacDo May 18 #6

Every air pilot I've ever talked to says, don't plan for IF underpants May 18 #15

Yes. It's a sad story. Hope22 May 18 #21

Mexico has a navy? k_buddy762 May 18 #5

You did not know the Gulf is Mexican? You have not seen a map showing Mexico's two ocean shorelines? Bernardo de La Paz May 18 #8

Well k_buddy762 May 18 #12

Why would a costal nation not have a navy? obamanut2012 May 18 #13

Great question k_buddy762 May 18 #14

I'll admit that popped in my head but then I realized it's basically a peninsula underpants May 18 #16

I'm thinking it's an "isthmus", but "peninsula" is easier to say; plus ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 18 #18

Yes it is an isthmus 👍 underpants May 18 #20

Here's a link EndlessWire May 18 #7

Video of crash Demovictory9 May 18 #10

They weren't supposed to head toward the Brooklyn bridge debsy May 18 #11

I don't get why the sailors were not ordered down from the masts as the ship approached the bridge. tman May 18 #19