4 U.S. Marines Killed in Kabul Suicide Bombing – Report

At least four United States Marines have been killed by a set of suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan according to a preliminary report.

Very preliminary report—But reliable sources familiar with the situation on the ground in Afghanistan are telling my team that four US Marines were killed in bombing outside of the Kabul Airport. Again, this is preliminary, but horrific if confirmed. Pray. — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 26, 2021

The pair of explosions detonated just outside of the airport the Biden administration has been using as an evacuation point and outside a nearby hotel used by Americans to await their turn to evacuate. The four Marines are the first U.S. casualties in Afghanistan in more than a year thanks to an agreement between the Trump administration and the Taliban.

The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated rapidly since President Biden scrapped the Trump plan and made his own. The Taliban is now better equipped than 84 nations, American citizens are trapped in the country, and now at least four U.S. service members have died.

https://ussanews.com/News1/2021/08/26/breaking-4-u-s-marines-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bombing-report/

In

RCH653 RCH955 USAF C-17 Globemasters

RAF NAG95XT C-17

Out

Spanish AF AME3157 A400M

11-9355 USAF BACN GLEX (usually a BLKWF call wif dis)

French AF CTM Airbus A330 departed Al Dhafra AB after a ground stop wn

>>86488

hey faggot...

Get yer stuff done?

The Education Department will wipe out $1.1 billion in debt for ITT students

In a move that will wipe out $1.1 billion in debt owed by 115,000 borrowers, the Education Department said on Thursday that it would forgive the federal loans of students who attended ITT Technical Institute but left after March 2008 without completing a degree.

The decision is the latest in a series of actions by the agency to use relief programs that languished during the Trump administration to eliminate the student loans of some of the country’s most distressed borrowers. ITT, a large for-profit chain accused by federal and state officials of fraudulently luring students with inflated claims about its graduates’ earnings and career prospects, collapsed in 2016. Around 43 percent of those now eligible to have their debt eliminated had defaulted on their loans, the agency said. “Today’s action continues the department’s efforts to improve and use its targeted loan relief authorities to deliver meaningful help to student borrowers,” the education secretary, Miguel Cardona, said. “At the same time, the continued cost of addressing the wrongdoing of ITT and other predatory institutions yet again highlights the need for stronger and faster accountability.” Because ITT went bankrupt, the cost of the forgiven debt will largely fall on American taxpayers.

no surprise there....the hits just keep coming

Mr. Cardona announced the forgiveness under a provision known as closed school discharge, which allows those left stranded by an abrupt closure to have their federal student loans wiped out. The discharge had previously been offered to ITT students who were enrolled when the school shut down, but the announcement on Thursday significantly expands the pool of borrowers who will benefit from it. The March 2008 date was chosen, the Education Department said, because that is when ITT’s executives engaged in a scheme to disguise the company’s true financial condition, which drove up costs for students and reduced the qualify of the education ITT provided.

Borrowers who did not enroll elsewhere will have their loans automatically eliminated, the agency said. Those who enrolled elsewhere but did not complete their degree will need to apply for the debt relief by contacting their student loan servicer or submitting an application form to their servicer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/business/itt-student-loan-debt.html

>>86490

noice

can you add dis >>86462 to dis >>86461

when you update?

>>86494

and dis one up above

>>86447

ty B

>>86447

MC57 and MC60 USAF C-32A's on descent and approach for Guam from Hanoi depart.

Be interdasting if they 'update' to reflect AF2 when it gets close to Hawaii

This habbened when kneepads departed Mexico City as SAM and was changed to AF2 over the Gulf of Mexico as it returned to JBA after Meeting with Obrador

>>86497

he a busy boi so no worries.

Shit habbens

>>86498

MC57 USAF C-32A departed Guam-Andersen AFB after a ground stop/refuel

MC60 not updated as of yet

Coverage in this area sucks

SAM155 USAF C-40B departed Randolph AFB San Antonio after an overnight ne and back to JBA

PEACH99 USAF E-8C Joint STARS off Space Coast

NASA522 US Navy G5 out of Savannah Int'l and some offshore traces then ne and on descent for clowntown, VA

Dis one kinda interdasting

NASA522 is an XC-142A Tiltwing AC (experimental) from da 60's

SF’s “Stop the Recall” Car Rally w/ VP Kamala Harris & Gavin Newsom (Cow Palace)

Pease join Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Gavin Newsom for the Stop the Republican Recall Car Rally.

About this event

THIS IS A CAR RALLY

Location: Parking lot at Cow Palace Arena & Event Center, 2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, CA 94014

Time: Gates open at 11:00 AM. Rally begins at 1:00 PM. The earlier you arrive, the better parking spot you will get.

Important information:

Security and health protocols will be in place. Make sure you’re on time.

Must provide proof of vaccine or negative test within 72 hours for driver and all attendees in car

Please bring a mask.

https://sf.funcheap.com/sfs-stop-recall-car-rally-vp-kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-cow-palace/

Holy Shit.....the stupidity

CLUB22 USAF E-4B Nightwatch departed Wright-Patterson AFB

Normally not much of a big deal

Lotsa shit habbening nao.....

>>86511

or planning on not getting any sounds like to me.

Shitty ingress/egress dere

Surprised it still exists-needed to be torn down years ago.

>>86255 pb

00000000 USAF B-52 Stratofortress from Barksdale AFB, LA crossing CA coast over San Diego at 28k ft again today

>>86517

hover on da one above you and tell me if you see the pb pics

can see those but nothing current after >>86508

>>86519

for sure....

only thing werky are vids ober there

couldn't get any ASCII files in dere either

What It Takes to Fly The $340 Million C-17 Globemaster III | Boot Camp

August 24th, 2021

>>86526

habs not refreshed at all and QR is readable but in a state of always loading nao.

5:00pm EST Not AF1 Joe delivers remarks on the terror attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the U.S. service members and Afghan victims killed and wounded

East Room

In-House Pool and Pre-Credentialed Media [RSVP here by 4:15 PM]

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

He always late and Beaker steps up at 5:45pm EST

Speaks for 10 minutes tops...and ZERO questions

5:45pm EST Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki

Carla Marinucci

@cmarinucci

1h

#Breaking! via @Click_CA: "The Vice President @KamalaHarris will not join Governor @GavinNewsom in California tomorrow. Tomorrow’s rally is cancelled. No further updates to share at this time."

https://twitter.com/cmarinuc

Following the @VP’s visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam this afternoon, the Vice President will return to Washington D.C.ci/status/1430966684915945478

https://twitter.com/SymoneSanders46/status/1430968154260336641

>>86544

sorry dis got left off

SDS@SymoneSanders46

Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson for @VP

The comments are hilarious

.

Potato Live

https://youtu.be/9tBR5cMoiOA

PF update

The flights in/out of Paki have slowed to a crawl

Have only seen two tankers coming out in last hour or so

SHELL25 and 62-3552 USAF KC-135 tankers out wif RAF NAG93XT C-17 on ground at Al Dhafra

Italain AF IAM4645 C-130 Hercules departed Kuwait Ali Al Salem AB es

know you can't see dis but put in for posterity

Judge allows Johnson & Johnson to split talc liabilities from main business

A federal judge has cleared the way for Johnson & Johnson to split its talc-related liabilities from the rest of its business, a decision that could allow the drugmaker to move thousands of claims by people who used its Baby Powder and other talc products into bankruptcy.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein ruled at a hearing on Thursday in Delaware bankruptcy court. The ruling came over the objections of lawyers for people who claimed that J&J’s talc products contained asbestos and caused them or family members to develop cancer. Plaintiffs include women who have suffered from ovarian cancer, and others battling mesothelioma. Moving talc-based claims into the Chapter 11 process could shield J&J from having to defend against cancer claims in jury trials. The New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company has not publicly announced such a plan.

https://www.reuters.com/article/johnsonjohnson-talc-decision/update-1-judge-allows-johnson-johnson-to-split-talc-liabilities-from-main-business-idUSL1N2PX2RV

>>86550

considering the cost of living in most corporate locations they are not that great...used to be

Turkish A TURAF11 KC-135 tanker on descent for Dover AFB just after TURAF367 Airbus leaves and heading across the pond

TURAF11 came from Will Rogers Airport OKC

>>86552

da last corp job I had was in 1995 and had it for four years prior.

Don't habs college degree debt cause I don't habs one!!

Bay Area was stinkin' it up bad then so left a few years later.

Both of us quit are jobs to get out of the debt trap the SF bay area was well on the way to becoming.

>>86557

mine never did

always "you gotta have one"

proved them wrong.

Knew wut I was doing 'puter wise straight outta HS (when many had no idea wut they were or how to use them) so got contract jobs then got "picked up" as a regular emp. after plenty of exp.

>>86562

>can't argue with our work ethic

Very true

Eventually not having one would have caught up to me in that location but it was just endless training shit to keep up with and then it all got wonky (towards the end of the 90's) with less and less real control.

hate em all nao.

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>>86464

This AC dropped from view north of Delhi, India

In rare move, Japan prepares to offer refuge to Afghans

Hundreds who worked at embassy and aid group could qualify for resettlement.

Japan has begun preparations to take in Afghans who worked for its embassy and aid organization, an unusual opening of doors to war refugees amid mounting concerns of Taliban retribution against locals who worked with foreign governments.

As Afghans and foreign nationals alike desperately try to flee the country after the Taliban's lightning assault took over the country, including the capital Kabul, Japan this week sent a Self-Defense Forces transport plane to evacuate Japanese nationals and local staffers at its embassy and the Japan International Cooperation Agency to a neighboring country. "The government as a whole will need to consider" whether to accept Afghan refugees, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa had told reporters on Friday. She said Japan will not deport Afghans against their will for the time being.

The Japanese government plans to initially allow these Afghan staffers and their families to stay in Japan for up to 90 days on humanitarian grounds, and to later grant them visas that will allow them to stay and work in Japan for up to five years. Japan could grant further extensions depending on developments in Afghanistan. Afghan nationals could also apply for refugee status after a certain amount of time, which would open the door for long-term residency.

It is unclear how many would sign up for the program, though there are estimates within the Japanese government that roughly 500 could qualify. Japan's Immigration Services Agency generally grants refugees legal status for five years initially. They can qualify for long-term residency once they renew, and as long as they meet certain obligations like living in Japan for at least five years. It is rare for Japan to take in foreign nationals fleeing conflict. Japan granted refugee status to 47 in 2020, according to its Immigration Services Agency. In contrast, Germany recognized 63,000 and Canada 20,000. Japan's reluctance to accept refugees has drawn international criticism especially in light of the Syrian civil war, which has forced over 6 million to flee the country since 2011. While the U.S. and Europe have announced large-scale resettlement programs, Japan took in just 95 Syrians as exchange students in the four years starting fiscal 2017.

Still, Japan has recognized roughly 10,000 refugees from the Vietnam War over the course of almost 30 years. It has also accepted dozens of Myanmar refugees annually through a program for those recognized as refugees in a third country.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Afghanistan-turmoil/In-rare-move-Japan-prepares-to-offer-refuge-to-Afghans

Kneepads is AF2 again

AF2 USAF C-32A and MC60 (should switch back to SAM060 when that AC updates)

>>86587

kek!