>>84946, >>85043, >>85071, >>85333 pb

Kneepads is still Not AF2

SAM060 and SAM057 USAF C-32As departed Singapore-Paya Lebar AB heading for Hanoi

Kamala Harris’s Flight Delayed for Three Hours in Singapore Before Departing to Vietnam

Kamala Harris’s flight was delayed for three hours on the tarmac today in Singapore before departing to Vietnam. Kamala will visit Vietnam this week as the Biden Administration oversees the collapse of Afghanistan at the same time. Reporters described the three-hour delay is unusual.

Harris had been scheduled to leave Singapore for Vietnam, the second leg of a trip to Southeast Asia, at 4 p.m. local time. Reporters traveling with the vice president were abruptly sent back to the Shangri-La hotel shortly after 3:30 p.m. local time after being loaded into vans for the planned departure from Paya Lebar Air Base. Her plane eventually took off at around 7:30 p.m. local time.

While presidential and vice presidential trips can often run behind schedule, a delay of that length is unusual.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/kamala-harriss-flight-delayed-three-hours-singapore-departing-vietnam/

>>85906

morning B

doing ok. still getting situated and catching up

you?

Guess we know where a carrier is sitting nao

RG04 US Navy C-2 Greyhound took off from just offshore of Pakistan

French AF FAF498 Airbus A330 on final at Al Dhafra AB from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport

63-8000 USAF KC-135 tanker east from Al Udeid AB

RAF RRR 2847 Airbus A330 departed Al Minhad AB nw from Al Minhad AB

Airbnb To House 20,000 Afghan Refugees After Biden's Botched Pullout

Airbnb on Tuesday announced that it will provide free, temporary accommodation around the world to approximately 20,000 refugees forced to flee Afghanistan in the wake of President Biden's botched military withdrawal, which allowed the Taliban to topple the government within a matter of days.

"The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the U.S. and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time," tweeted Airbnb co-founder and head of community, Ben Chesky, who added that the company couldn't do this 'without the generosity of our hosts.' "We feel a responsibility to step up," he added.

While we will be paying for these stays, we could not do this without the generosity of our Hosts.— Brian Chesky (@bchesky) August 24, 2021

I hope this inspires other business leaders to do the same. There’s no time to waste.— Brian Chesky (@bchesky) August 24, 2021

The vacation rental company said in a statement that it would cover the costs for the initiative, while also using funds from its Refugee Fund to address the "tremendous need" due to the "fast evolving" crisis in Afghanistan, according to the Washington Post.

Since Aug. 14, the United States has evacuated about 58,700 people from Kabul, with images showing their relief and exhaustion after facing violent clashes, Taliban fighters, and chaotic scenes at Kabul airport. Within just 24 hours ending Tuesday morning, about 21,600 people were evacuated on U.S. and coalition flights.

Chesky said it was the community’s hosts offering up their residences that made the idea truly possible, and asked people to sign up to accommodate a refugee family if they wanted to help those fleeing Taliban rule. He also said he hoped that the company’s initiative would inspire “other business leaders to do the same." “There’s no time to waste,” he said. -WaPo

And according to the New York Times, Airbnb placed 165 refugees in housing across the US - including California, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington State.

As a flood of refugees flee Afghanistan, the European Union said it would increase its humanitarian aid to Afghanistan by over $175 million. According to the UN Refugee agency, UNHCR, there are approximately 2.5 million registered Afghan refugees who have fled the country - however, officials say the true figure is likely to be 'significantly higher.'

An estimated 30,000 Afghan refugees are reportedly headed to the United States, according to the Department of Defense.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/airbnb-house-20000-afghan-refugees-after-bidens-botched-pullout

>>85915

>>85914

never used it..never will

>>85903

SAM060 and SAM057 USAF C-32As on descent for Hanoi from Singapore departure

Some MOOSEs back to Al Udeid AB outta Paki

MOOSE36 94 and 38 USAF C-17 Globelmasters to Al Udeid AB

RCH873 USAF C-17 Globey on taxi for takeoff from Al Udeid

RG04 US Navy C-2 Greyhound went to Manama, Bahrain

AE4B30 drone also departed Bahrain and north towards Iranian sw coast

RCH1014 USAF AC-130 Stinger II departed Al Dhafra ne

Italian AF 767 inbound to Gulf from Rome depart

63-7976 USAF KC-135 tanker east from AL Udeid

RAF NAG93XT C-17 Globemaster switched on at Al Minhad AB ready for depart

RAF RRR2847 Airbus A330 departed Al Minhad AB nw

>>85903, >>85921

U.S. vice president's trip to Vietnam delayed by ‘anomalous health incident’

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departed Singapore more than three hours late on Tuesday because of concerns about “an anomalous health incident” in Hanoi, her next destination, the State Department said.

“Earlier this evening, the vice president’s traveling delegation was delayed from departing Singapore because the vice president’s office was made aware of a report of a recent possible anomalous health incident in Hanoi, Vietnam,” the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said in a statement. “After careful assessment, the decision was made to continue with the vice president’s trip.”

The State Department has frequently used the phrase “anomalous health incidents” to describe so-called Havana Syndrome, which has afflicted dozens of U.S. diplomats and intelligence officials who describe feeling ill and other unusual physical sensations after hearing strange sounds. The U.S. has not determined a cause for the affliction, and the White House on Tuesday declined to say if the individual’s symptoms were similar to those in other Havana Syndrome cases.

Harris had been scheduled to leave Singapore for Vietnam, the second leg of a trip to Southeast Asia, at 4 p.m. local time. Reporters traveling with the vice president were abruptly sent back to the Shangri-La hotel shortly after 3:30 p.m. local time after being loaded into vans for the planned departure from Paya Lebar Air Base. Her plane eventually took off at around 7:30 p.m. local time.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/24/world/harris-vietnam-delay/

US New Home Prices Hit Record High, Sales Hover Near 14-Month Lows

Following yesterday's surprising rise in existing home sales (as existing home prices top new home prices and homebuyer sentiment crashes), analysts expected a big rebound in new home sales also in July (after three straight months of ugly declines). New Home Sales did rise in July, but only 1.0% MoM (well below the 3.1% MoM jump expected). Notably, the big drop in June was also revised up from -6.6% to -2.6% MoM. Interestingly that miss also helped send the year-over-year change in home sales down 27.2%!

New home sales are hovering at their lowest since April 2020, as median new home prices reach a record high...The YoY surge in median new home prices rebounded dramatically. New Home sales were ugly in Northeast and Midwest, where they dropped -24.1% and -20.2% sequentially but rose 1.3% in the South and 14.4% in the West.

Finally, there's this. As US housing market data has serially disappointed this year, US homebuilder stocks have soared back to record-er and record-er highs...Decoupled from reality? Or pricing in a nirvanic future of borrow-money-for-free Wall Street landlords and a return to serfdom for the rest of us?

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-new-home-prices-hit-record-high-sales-hover-near-14-month-lows