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US Deploys Troops To Afghanistan To Aid Embassy Evacuation
The U.S. is deploying additional troops to Afghanistan to assist the evacuation of some officials from the U.S. embassy in Kabul as the country rapidly deteriorates under Taliban aggression, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
The Taliban have so far conquered 11 of the country’s provincial capitals, five of them fell since Wednesday. The Taliban now controls two-thirds of the country, displaying the ability to take over the country far more quickly than the U.S. anticipated. The deployment of U.S. troops will provide ground and air support for U.S. embassy personnel who are evacuating the country through the Kabul airport, AP reported. A source with direct knowledge of the situation told the Daily Caller that at least 3,000 U.S. troops will be deploying to the Kabul airport. Chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed the troop movement later Thursday. While Afghan government forces have fallen far more quickly than U.S. military officials predicted, the Biden administration argues that is more due to a lack of effort on the part of those forces to resist the Taliban. “No potential outcome has to be inevitable, including the fall of Kabul,” Kirby told reporters Thursday. “It doesn’t have to be that way. It really depends on what kind of political and military leadership the Afghans can muster to turn this around.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki sent a similar message Wednesday. “Ultimately, the Afghan National Security Defense Forces have the equipment, numbers, and training to fight back,” Psaki said at a White House press briefing. “They have what they need. What they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back, and if they have the ability to unite … as leaders to fight back. And that’s really where it stands at this point.” The U.S. embassy in Kabul issued a security alert urging any American citizens in Afghanistan to leave immediately. The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with Taliban members in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday and pleaded that they halt their campaign in Afghanistan and pursue a peace agreement.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/12/biden-us-troops-deploy-afghanistan-kabul-taliban/
heard that the conversation went something like this
Gore to Bush "You be Hoover"
Made no difference either way..same shit woulda habbened as they already had 911 cued up and ready to go.
They had to "feex" this problem (((they))) had with the Taliban banning poppy cultivation in 2000.
They are ALL the same
The only reason Poppy Bush was a one-termer was because Bubba learned quick.
Gore would have simply been an extension of that.
It makes no difference who was in charge as they all werk for the same handlers/control structure.
>Otherwise, they wouldn't have cheated so hard
Nothing moar than a show for us to digest.
We'll just agree to disagree on dis.
Half of Lumber Dealers Now Sit on Excess Inventory in the U.S.
Almost half of U.S. lumber dealers and manufacturers reported excess inventories last month, a sharp turn around from a few months ago, when supplies ran so low they sparked price surges.
In July, 49% of building-material dealers and manufacturers said they had excess lumber capacity, while none described their levels as “very tight,” in a survey by John Burns Real Estate Consulting LLC. Back in April, 40% said their wood inventories were “very tight.” Lumber prices have come down from records in May, when sawmills were caught off guard with low inventories amid a surge in home building and renovation. Producers have since increased output, and a shortage of other building supplies such as siding and windows has slowed the pace of construction. In the John Burns Real Estate Consulting survey, about 34% of the respondents said they had slightly low or very tight inventories in July.
Lumber futures are now 70% below their peak and trading at about $500 per thousand board feet.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/half-of-lumber-dealers-now-sit-on-excess-inventory-in-the-u-s-1.1639690
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C101 US Coast Guard G5 departed Mobile, AL Downtown Airport after an overnight
Inbound from Tyndall AFB, FL yesterday after a ground stop dere-departed Reagan National Airport earlier in the morning where it is likely returning to nao
Oil spills from freighter that ran aground at northeast Japan port
A cargo ship that ran aground at a port in northeastern Japan before being refloated and anchored off the coast was found Thursday to have broken apart and was spilling oil, the coast guard said.
The freighter, the Panamanian-flagged 39,910-ton Crimson Polaris, ran aground Wednesday morning at Hachinohe port in Aomori Prefecture. All 21 crew members eight Chinese and 13 Filipino nationals had been rescued without notable injuries, the coast guard said. Leaked oil was confirmed floating in an area of about 24 kilometers in length and up to about 800 meters in width as of 5 p.m. Thursday, reaching the coastline of Misawa in the prefecture. The coast guard said its officials have been engaging in cleanup work. About 1,600 tons of heavy oil still remained inside the cargo ship. The vessel was on course to enter the port on Wednesday morning but ran aground in shallow water as it was carried away by strong winds, according to Nippon Yusen K.K., which is responsible for the operation of the ship. The crew initially managed to refloat the ship, which was carrying wooden chips from Thailand, but it soon became impossible to navigate leading them to drop anchor around 4 km off the coast.
On Thursday morning, the stern section of the ship had broken apart and the ship was leaking oil, the coast guard said.
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/08/be2bf5ef3a0c-oil-spills-from-freighter-that-ran-aground-at-northeast-japan-port.html
Bill Gates Pledges $1.5 Billion To Develop New Green Technologies As Image-Rehab Tour Continues
Bill Gates' campaign to rehabilitate his public image in the wake of his divorce from ex-wife Melinda French formally began earlier this month when Gates sat for a softball interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper. It continued Thursday with another interview (this time with the conservative-leaning WSJ) where the Microsoft founder pledged to invest $1.5 billion in a series of public-private partnerships set up to develop new green technologies, like devices that suck carbon out of the atmosphere, or emissions-free jet fuel.
The statement was clearly timed to coincide with the Senate's passage of the "compromise" infrastructure bill, which, if passed by the House, would dedicate $25 billion to the Department of Energy for the development of new technologies and prototypes to help fight climate change, part of $100 billion in climate change-fighting funds tucked into the bill. Gates explained to WSJ that the money would be provided over a period of three years by a fund Gates has named "Breakthrough Energy".
These "Breakthrough" projects will focus on finding market-based solutions to climate change. To be sure, Gates' grants will need to compete for the matching DoE funds with other private sources (but considering Gates's vast connections in Washington, we will be shocked if the matching funds aren't approved) He also seized the opportunity to praise the Dems for their dedication to fighting climate change, while also spouting boilerplate language about being "dedicated" to the cause.
Breakthrough will likely shift funding for the biggest projects to Europe and Asia instead if the package doesn’t become law, he added. "Critical for all these climate technologies is to get the costs down and to be able to scale them up to a pretty gigantic level," Mr. Gates said. "You’ll never get that scale up unless the government’s coming in with the right policies, and the right policy is exactly what’s in that infrastructure bill."
Gates also insisted that these "demonstration projects" are critical to making new technologies work.
The interview featured a subtle threat: if Congress doesn't approve the infrastructure package (with the climate funding attached), Gates will take his "Breakthrough" funding elsewhere, likely to Europe and Asia.
While Gates is doing everything he can to promote the public-private partnership plan included in the Infrastructure Bill, this approach to clean-energy technology has backfired before. The best-known example is probably the collapse of Solyndra, a solar panel maker that received $500MM+ in public funds from the Obama Administration via the post-crisis recovery bill passed in 2009. The company declared bankruptcy in 2011, laying off hundreds of workers, and leaving the Democrats' with an embarrassing black eye**.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bill-gates-pledges-15-billion-develop-new-green-technologies-apology-tour-continues
**George Kaiser (heavy Hussein donor) linked to Argonaut Ventures had it's position in Solyndra put in front of the Treasury and when they bailed it all out he got paid first.
Treasury Officials: Never Seen A Loan Like Solyndra's
Two senior Treasury officials said Friday that they had never seen a loan restructuring similar to an Energy Department loan to a failed solar panel maker. The half-billion dollar loan to Solyndra Inc. was restructured earlier this year so that private investors moved ahead of taxpayers for repayment on part of the loan in case of a default.
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https://www.manufacturing.net/home/news/13229134/treasury-officials-never-seen-a-loan-like-solyndras
Argonaut Ventures LLC and Madrone Partners LP
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc sold By Bain Capital: $70.25m-Aug 9
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing medicines for patient suffering from rare diseases and cancer. The Company has a portfolio of small molecule targeted oncology product candidates and other programs addressing genetically defined cancers. Its provides Nirogacestat, which is an oral, small molecule gamma secretase inhibitor (GSI). Nirogacestat is in development for the treatment of desmoid tumors. It also provides Mirdametinib, which is an oral, small molecule MEK inhibitor. Mirdametinib is in development for the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1-associated plexiform neurofibromas (NF1-PN). BGB-3245 is an investigational oral, selective small molecule inhibitor of specific BRAF driver mutations and genetic fusions. Nirogacestat is in the Phase III DeFi clinical trial for the treatment of desmoid tumors. Number of employees : 78 people.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/SPRINGWORKS-THERAPEUTICS-65542668/company/
https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1703031&tc=7&b=2
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-183291/
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. sold by Richard Branson: $299.86m-Aug 10,11,12
Sold thorugh: Corvina Holdings LTD (Necker Island Registration), Virgin Group Investments LLC, Virgin Investments Ltd
Virgin Investments Limited is the record holder of the common stock reported herein. Virgin Investments Limited's sole shareholder is Virgin Group Investments LLC, whose sole managing member is Corvina Holdings Limited, whose sole shareholder is Virgin Group Holdings Limited. Sir Richard Branson owns and has the ability to appoint and remove the management of Virgin Group Holdings Limited and, as such, may indirectly control the decisions of Virgin Group Holdings Limited, regarding the voting and disposition of securities owned by Virgin Group Holdings Limited. As a result, each of the foregoing entities and Mr. Branson may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held by Virgin Investments Limited.
https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1791283&tc=7&b=2
Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic set to list on the London Stock Exchange
Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is planning to list on the London Stock Exchange. This is coming just five months after landing a fresh £160m capital injection.
The airline has received positive responses from institutional investors about an initial public offering, according to Sky News. The move would almost certainly see Sir Richard relinquish overall control of the business. According to reports, Virgin Atlantic has hired Citi and Barclays to oversee the listing. Virgin Atlantic is majority-owned by Sir Richard’s Virgin Group, which holds a 51% stake. U.S Delta Air Lines owns the remaining 49%. Selling shares to the public would inevitably mean Virgin’s stake being diluted unless Sir Richard elected to subscribe for new equity in the IPO. Like most airlines, the company was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, largely because of its dependence on lucrative UK-US flights. In April 2020, the company reported a 659 million pound ($914 million) pretax loss for 2020 after passenger numbers dropped 80%. Virgin Atlantic has also reduced its workforce since pandemic started – a move that has helped to drive significant longer-term cost savings. Going public would bring the company into line with many of its publicly traded peers, such as British Airways’ parent International Airlines Group, easyJet, Ryanair, American Airlines and Cathay Pacific.
https://fintechzoom.com/fintech_news_american-airlines/american-airlines-richard-bransons-virgin-atlantic-set-to-list-on-the-london-stock-exchange/