Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 4:55 p.m. No.14639736   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0023

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-braces-for-fourth-consecutive-day-of-protest-mayhem-from-tradies-antivaxxers-and-freedom/news-story/e526091018b4a5aa59657be65c464a09

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 4:59 p.m. No.14639760   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Grand Jury Returns Indictments Charging 2 Afghan Evacuees with Crimes While at Fort McCoy & Wisconsin Residents with Gun & Drug Crimes

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwi/pr/grand-jury-returns-indictments-charging-afghan-evacuees-crimes-while-fort-mccoy

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5 p.m. No.14639770   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

 

A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed in San Diego today against alleged Mexican cartel leader Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuela in connection with his drug trafficking activities. Valenzuela Valenzuela was also the target of sanctions imposed today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/alleged-drug-cartel-leader-charged-0

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:01 p.m. No.14639786   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Tulsa police describe child sex trafficking crisis

 

Children running away from home and being forced into sexual slavery is a problem that the Tulsa Police Department says has exploded in the past few years.

 

Since March of 2019, the Human Trafficking/Vice Unit of the Tulsa Police Department has made 59 human trafficking-related arrests including 29 federal indictments.

 

This is up from none in 2018.

 

Tulsa police told 2 News Oklahoma that the human trafficking of children is now a growing issue, and they are working around the clock to rescue our city's most vulnerable.

 

2 News Oklahoma recently had the opportunity to go out with the Tulsa Police Department's Human Trafficking/Vice Unit on a sting targeting the buyers, but now we want to talk about the victims, where they typically come from and why it's so hard to leave a life of sexual slavery.

 

MORE >>Tulsa police sting operation to fight sex trafficking

 

“It can be out of a car, out of a hotel, out of an apartment, out of a home, we rescue them from all over," says Lt. Brian Wilson.

 

Wilson is a lieutenant with the Tulsa Police Department's Human Trafficking/Vice Unit. He says now more than ever they are seeing young runaways being forced to sell their bodies for sex.

 

"They get sucked into a life they never could have imagined," Wilson says.

 

And sometimes these children find there's no way out.

 

One of the ways Wilson says pimps keep them from escaping is by making sure they stay hooked on drugs.

 

“So, they are sucked in, they’re hooked and the only place to get their narcotics is from their abuser. There is just no way out.

 

If you are running these women and you are preying on them and forcing them to do sexual acts against their will, your overhead is low," he says.

 

Profits for the pimps can be high.

 

“She works all day. She is victimized 10 times by 10 different men, a minimum of $100 a pop. Already you are looking at $1,000 on the cheap end, and then you work her 7 days a week and that’s $7,000 a week times 4, that’s $28,000 a month," Wilson says.

 

He and his team of investigators spend thousands of hours working on these cases doing everything they can to help these women and children escape.

 

“There are some weeks where every day we are identifying and encountering a new victim every week," Wilson says.

 

He says one of his biggest hurdles right now is a lack of investigators.

 

"The hours spent on each one of these cases it’s not just identifying our victim, finding our victim, and rescuing her, but it is literally almost 1,000 man-hours affect the fact of bringing it to a successful prosecution.”

 

The Tulsa Police Department is recruiting men and women to regain its authorized force of over 900 officers, and that lack of officers really impacts the Vice Unit.

 

“Our authorized strength is for a lieutenant, a sergeant and 6 investigators. Right now, currently with the manpower crunch that the department is under, I am down to 4 investigators and it’s tough," he says.

 

https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/tulsa-police-describe-child-sex-trafficking-crisis

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:07 p.m. No.14639820   🗄️.is 🔗kun

==VIDEO: Australian Anti-Lockdown Protesters Repel Government Riot Squad, Send Police Cars Retreating From The Scene=

 

Australian protesters continue to grow tired of brutal police techniques

 

Video footage from the heated anti-lockdown protests in Australia shows a group of protesters successfully repelling the charge of governmentf riot police, with police vehicles turning and retreating from the fray after being pelted with various thrown objects. Tensions have flared at the protest after police were seen on video brutalizing unarmed civilians, including women and the elderly.

 

Various angles show the angry group of Australian protesters sending the riot police into a full retreat. A large segment of the protesters consist of blue-collar construction workers, many of whom have been laid off, sent home without pay, and otherwise ostracized by the Australian and provincial governments’ invasive contact tracing and vaccine passport protocols.

 

Australian politician Dan Andrews recently declared,“To protect the health system we’ve got everybody locked down,” and, “We’re going to move to a situation where, to protect the health system we’re we’re going to lock out people who are not vaccinated and can be. If you’re making the choice not not get vaccinated, then you’re making the wrong choice. You’re making the wrong choice.”

 

Andrews also said that ” it’s not gonna be safe for people who are not vaccinated to be roaming around the place spreading the virus.” As National File previously reported, tensions are high during the ongoing lockdown protests:

 

A remarkable situation is currently unfolding in Melbourne, Australia, where thousands upon thousands of anti-COVID tyranny protestors have taken to the streets in a grand revolt against the government. Videos surfacing online reveal major clashes between citizens and mask-wearing riot gear-clad law enforcement officers, who are struggling to curb the restless crowd seeking to restore the freedoms they once had prior to the ruthless enforcement one of the most totalitarian COVID-19 pandemic responses the world has ever seen.

 

The protests come shortly after the government moved to shut down the construction industry for two weeks due to opposition to vaccination mandates.

 

https://nationalfile.com/video-australian-anti-lockdown-protesters-repel-government-riot-squad-send-police-cars-retreating-from-the-scene/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:13 p.m. No.14639854   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9868

FBI, Secret Service bought 27 Chinese drones deemed nat’l security risk over China spying

 

The U.S. Secret Service and the FBI have both purchased drones from a Chinese manufacturer that the Department of Homeland Security previously warned could be “providing U.S. critical infrastructure and law enforcement data to the Chinese government.”

 

According to procurement records obtained by Axios and first reported on Tuesday, the U.S. Secret Service bought eight new DJI drones in July 2021. Further purchase records show the FBI also procured 19 of the Chinese-made DJI drones.

 

In a solicitation report associated with its DJI drone procurement, the Secret Service said the drones will “supplement the agency’s existing fleet of small unmanned aircraft and improved [sic] mission support through the use of the most up-to-date equipment nd [sic] software.”

 

In a solicitation statement associated with its drone procurement, the FBI said DJI’s Phantom 4 Pro drone model is “the only commercially available consumer [drone] to combine all [its required] capabilities at an acceptable cost.” The FBI statement also describes some of the features of the drone, such as GPS guidance and collision avoidance measures which it said will provide an “ease of use” for new drone operators.

 

Concerns about the Shenzhen-based drone manufacturer have persisted for years. In the summer of 2017, the Department of Homeland Security assessed with a “moderate confidence” that DJI drones were relaying critical infrastructure and law enforcement data back to the Chinese government.

 

In October 2019, the Department of Interior abruptly suspended its entire fleet of drones, including DJI drones, over spying concerns.

 

“Given everything we know about the Chinese Communist Party and its companies, there is absolutely no excuse for any government agency to use DJI drones, or any other drones manufactured in countries identified as national security threats,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Axios.

 

In a statement to Axios, DJI spokesman Adam Lisberg disputed all allegations that the Chinese company’s data is not secure or that it has been passed along to Chinese authorities.

 

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/09/fbi-secret-service-bought-27-chinese-drones-deemed-natl-security-risk-over-china-spying/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:21 p.m. No.14639901   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Australian police attempt to keep reporters from covering Covid-19 protests, back off after news outlet threatens legal challenge

 

Melbourne police partially backed off an order to keep news helicopters out of the sky over anti-lockdown protests after media pushed back with a legal challenge. Police said protesters were tracking cops’ movements via newsfeeds.

 

Police in Victoria initially issued a blanket order to keep local news helicopters out of the sky over the Melbourne city center known as the CBD, according to 7 News Melbourne, which reported that it was filing a legal challenge to the rule on Wednesday along with fellow Melbourne broadcaster Channel 9.

 

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority declared the airspace above Melbourne city center a ‘no-fly zone’ on Wednesday afternoon, encompassing three nautical miles from the district, before police relented after a wave of protest from the news media.

 

Calling the filming ban “an extraordinary new tactic from police,” the outlet explained the order was initially meant to keep news helicopters out of the sky until Monday but that “after complaints from media,” the police had partially rescinded the order. News outlets can still film the protests, the new rule says, but cannot broadcast the footage without an hour’s delay.

 

To justify the “unprecedented” ban on filming the massive, violent clashes between cops and protesters near the city center, police claimed protesters were watching footage from the news helicopters to get a clue as to where the cops were moving next. However, they presented no evidence to back up this claim, nor did they prove that protesters weren’t using more typical reconnaissance means, such as encrypted messaging apps or even phone calls, to track the movement of the authorities.

 

“A very important line has been crossed here. Victoria Police are censoring the broadcast media. This is the definition of police state behavior,” Director of Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs Gideon Rozier told Australian broadcaster ABC.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/535559-melbourne-news-cameras-police-ban/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:23 p.m. No.14639911   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9932

Biden admin seeks contractor for migrant detention center at Guantanamo Bay, with Haitian language capability

 

The Biden administration is seeking a contractor for a migrant detention center in the military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and they are asking for Haitian Creole language capabilities.

 

The request was sent out from the Department of Homeland Security on Friday as the administration struggled with a growing humanitarian crisis from Haitian migrants at the southern border. NBC News documented the government solicitation.

 

The contract solicitation said the facility would have a capacity of 120 people, but that the contractor should be prepared to "erect temporary housing facilities" for as many as 400 people in a "surge event."

 

NBC noted that there was no indication in the request that the administration planned to send migrants from the southern border to Guantanamo Bay, but they added that migrants picked up in the past have been detained there for short periods.

 

Immigration advocates are already criticizing the possibility that migrants might be detained at Guantanamo Bay under President Joe Biden.

 

"It's highly concerning that the administration may be considering using GuantĂĄnamo to detain Haitian asylum-seekers or others," said Wendy Young, president of the immigrant advocacy group Kids in Need of Defense.

 

"Instead of defaulting to a law enforcement response grounded in deterrence," she added, "the administration should instead live up to our legal and ethical obligation to allow Haitians to apply for asylum. Conditions in Haiti underscore how essential that is."

 

"This is NOT ethical. This is NOT dignity & respect. This is NOT building back better," tweeted the account for the National Immigration Law Center in response.

 

The administration has been excoriated by many on the right for easing the immigration restrictions put in place by the former administration to dissuade migrants from seeking refugee status. Others on the left have blasted Biden for not being lax enough on migrants.

 

On Wednesday, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) vociferously criticized the Biden administration over video showing Border Patrol agents whipping at Haitian migrants with their reins, which she said was as bad as what was witnessed during the slavery period.

 

https://www.theblaze.com/news/gitmo-haitian-biden-migrants-detainment

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:26 p.m. No.14639934   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9941

Billionaires: Fill Unfilled U.S. Jobs with Afghans as 14M Americans are Jobless Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia,Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya

 

Billionaire corporate executives say President Joe Biden ought to use his massive Afghan resettlement operation to fill unfilled jobs in the United States.

 

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, worth $11.4 billion, and Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, worth $2 billion, write with General Michael Hayden, former director of the Center for Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), that corporations should go on a hiring spree to offer jobs to the thousands of Afghans that the Biden administration has brought to the U.S. in recent weeks.

 

Gebbia, Ulukaya, and Hayden write:

 

The duty now falls to the business leaders of America. We call on companies across the nation to open their doors to Afghan talent and welcome these newcomers into our workforce. Only then will they stand proud, be able to take care of themselves and their families, and give back to the communities that have so generously welcomed them. This is the most important step the business community can take. [Emphasis added].

 

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/billionaires-fill-unfilled-u-s-jobs-with-afghans-as-14m-americans-are-jobless-airbnb-co-founder-joe-gebbiachobani-ceo-hamdi-ulukaya/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:28 p.m. No.14639938   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9981 >>0025

‘Workers have no interest in war with China’: Australian trade unions slam nuclear submarine deal with US & UK

 

The highly-discussed AUKUS pact between Washington, London and Canberra to arm Australia with a fleet of nuclear submarines is “reckless” and will only expose the country to danger on multiple fronts, Aussie trade unions said.

 

Since its announcement a week ago, the trilateral deal to provide Australia with nuclear-powered, yet conventionally armed, submarines has faced a wave of international condemnation. France, which lost a hefty $66 billion contract for diesel-electric subs with Canberra because of the move, labeled it “a stab in the back” and recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the US. China blamed Washington, London and Canberra for the “Cold War mentality” as AUKUS is widely seen as an attempt to counter Beijing’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. Russia warned that the pact may well end up putting “the entire security architecture in Asia” under threat.

 

But it turns out that many inside Australia are also unhappy with AUKUS as two of the country’s major trade unions had some harsh words to say about the pact and Aussie PM Scott Morrison for deciding to join it.

 

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), which covers waterside and port workers, seafarers and professional divers, said it was in “total opposition” to the “reckless” agreement achieved between the US, UK and Australia.

 

With the Covid-19 pandemic underway, Morrison should’ve focused on securing vaccine supplies and helping Australians affected by the lockdown, instead of “pursuing secret military deals,” the MUA argued in a statement.

 

The AUKUS pact “will continue to escalate unnecessary conflict with China,” the union warned, insisting that its announcement already resulted in “seafarers stranded on coal ships and some trades shut down.”

 

Workers have no interest in war with China or any other country. Every effort should be made to pursue peaceful relations.

 

It expressed fear that the deal could push the Australian government toward trying to obtain nuclear arms. “The submarines will use highly enriched uranium ideal for nuclear weapons,” the union said.

 

The MUA also pointed out that “extraordinary sums of money have been wasted” on the canceled contract with France, and the delivery of nuclear submarines will likely cost the country much more than that.

 

A similar stance was voiced by the Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU), which described Canberra’s decision to join AUKUS as a "betrayal."

 

The agreement is undermining “generations of highly-skilled, secure, well-paying Australian shipbuilding jobs,” ETU National Assistant Secretary Michael Wright argued.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/535522-aukus-australia-unions-nuclear/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:30 p.m. No.14639948   🗄️.is 🔗kun

FACT CHECK: NIH doesn’t recommend ivermectin because its panel members have conflicting financial interests

 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) does not think that anyone should ever be allowed to use ivermectin to try to treat a Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) infection. The reason is because its board members have financial interests elsewhere.

 

You see, by allowing ivermectin to be used as an early treatment for Chinese Germs, NIH board members could lose money in their other investments. And since money is their god, your life must be sacrificed on the altar of “science.”

 

According to the NIH, there is supposedly “insufficient evidence” to support the use of ivermectin, which means that the agency will not recommend its use. Upon closer look, though, “insufficient evidence” is just a convenient excuse.

 

The truth, according to revelations brought to light via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, is that numerous NIH board members have direct financial ties to Merck, a pharmaceutical company that just so happens to have campaigned against the use of ivermectin for treating the Wuhan Flu.

 

Merck, by the way, manufactures ivermectin and it would appear that its financially tied board members at the NIH have been instructed to hold out for a new on-patent replacement, so they can all make more money.

 

Adaora Adimora, Roger Bedimo, and David V. Glidden are among the NIH board members who get paid by Merck to pursue its interests. These interests do not include prescribing ivermectin to treat the Fauci Flu, which explains why the NIH opposes its use.

 

Another NIH board member, Susanna Naggie, also has a conflict of interest in that she was awarded a $155 million grant to study ivermectin after she voted to oppose the drug’s recommendation.

 

“Funding for the study would have been difficult to justify if the drug was recommended for use in COVID-19,” reported TrialSiteNews. “It is not known, however, if the panelist was aware of that opportunity or was planning to apply for that grant at the time of the deliberations on ivermectin.”

The NIH is just as corrupt as the FDA and the CDC

 

In order to claim that there is “insufficient evidence” supporting ivermectin’s use in treating covid, the NIH had to sidestep the mountain of evidence showing that the drug does, in fact, fight viruses.

 

The NIH basically had to pretend as though all the independent science out there in support of ivermectin does not actually exist. Instead, we were told, ivermectin is just a “horse dewormer” that everyone should ignore for their own safety.

 

This tactic might work on people who believe everything the television tells them and who never do any of their own research, but to everyone else this is an obvious lie.

 

Not only has the NIH made a total mockery of itself, but it has defiled the notion that Americans can trust their regulatory bodies to tell them the truth for the sake of public health.

 

https://www.cracknewz.com/2021/09/fact-check-nih-doesnt-recommend.html

 

https://trialsitenews.com/grotesque-conflicts-of-interest-on-nih-ivermectin-non-recommendation/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:35 p.m. No.14639977   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Read Pauline Hanson's controversial message supporting tradies who refuse mandatory Covid vaccines – but it's already a big hit with her supporters

 

Senator Pauline Hanson showed support for construction worker protesters

She posted image reading 'Building Lives Matter' to her social media accounts

Melbourne been through 3 days of protests against mandatory vaccinations

Hanson proposed 'all lives matter' motion during June 2020 BLM protests

 

Senator Pauline Hanson has come out in support of construction workers protesting in Melbourne with a controversial social media post.

 

The One Nation leader posted an image with the phrase 'Building Lives Matter' to her Twitter and Facebook accounts on Wednesday night.

 

The image was accompanied by a caption stating: '@OneNationAus stands with construction workers fighting for freedom of choice!'

 

Mark Latham, NSW One Nation upper house MP also shared the same image to his own public Twitter account.

 

Melbourne has been rocked by three straight days of protests which started over mandatory vaccinations for constructions workers and ballooned into wider unrest.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10016451/Read-Pauline-Hansons-controversial-message-supporting-tradies-refuse-mandatory-Covid-vaccines.html

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:42 p.m. No.14640016   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0024 >>0061 >>0369

Vaccine hesitant people ‘don’t respond well to coercion’

 

The University of Sydney’s Dr Sascha Callaghan says people who might be hesitant about receiving a vaccine “don’t respond well to coercion”.

 

Dr Callaghan noted while she personally believed it was “entirely foolish” not to have vaccines, there are also “very few hardcore anti-vaxxers around”.

 

“The reasons why people aren’t being vaccinated – I mean, mostly it’s actually that they can’t access vaccines easily, difficult to book them,” Dr Callaghan told Sky News host Rita Panahi.

 

Dr Callaghan said measures such as vaccination passports and vaccine mandates could be potentially misconstrued, and discussions about those policies needed to consider “people’s fundamental right to make their own choices”.

 

“A way to solidify hesitancy into anti-vaccination is to really make an enemy out of people that you’re trying to convince,” she said.

 

“People feeling like they’re being belittled and being forced is a good way to encourage them away from having the conversation and discussing their concerns.”

 

https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/outsiders/vaccine-hesitant-people-dont-respond-well-to-coercion/video/b8d0ee4edeb4a91e6f00df93724ca0b5

 

Pic is for the writer

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:47 p.m. No.14640041   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Obama-Appointed Judge Wrongly Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Twitter In Hunter Biden Laptop Case

 

In an attempt to obtain some semblance of justice, The Mac Shop owner sued Twitter for defamation. Now his business is closed, his case is thrown out, and Twitter wants him to pay the attorney fees.

 

In response to Politico’s reporting Tuesday, confirming the authenticity of the most damning materials about Joe Biden found on an abandoned MacBook, an attorney for the owner of The Mac Shop told me, “I hate the fact that there are people who think this is actual news!”

 

Attorney Brian Della Rocca’s sentiment is understandable. Since the New York Post first broke news of the MacBook abandoned at John Paul Mac Isaac’s computer repair store, the veracity of the documents has been confirmed many times and neither of the Bidens have denied the authenticity of the documents.

 

Further, as The Federalist broke last month, the abandoned laptop contained a video revealing a second missing laptop — one Hunter Biden thought the Russians had stolen and that might provide fodder for blackmail. And, significantly, approximately nine months before the New York Post revealed the videos, emails, and text messages, the FBI had seized the laptop and thus had access to the video of Hunter relaying concerns about Russians pilfering his laptop.

 

The supposed standard-bearers of journalism, however, ignored the Post’s original story, other than to frame it as Russian disinformation, while Twitter locked the Post’s account and prevented the story from being shared. Later when the Daily Mail broke news and a video of Hunter Biden telling a prostitute that in the summer of 2018, after awaking from a near-overdose, he discovered his laptop missing, likely stolen by Russians, corporate media remained stilted in their coverage of the explosive story. They then reverted to their see-no-evil stance when confirmation came that the FBI knew about that stolen second laptop.

 

Yet, now that Politico’s Ben Schreckinger has a book out, “The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power,” the media is making some noise about the scandal, albeit still muted, and while still pretending that some of the material may not be authentic.

 

Nonetheless, it is still a good thing for the Americans blinded by corporate and social media censorship, to finally learn the truth. But that is little consolidation to John Paul Mac Isaac, whom Della Rocca represents in the latter’s defamation case against Twitter.

 

In that lawsuit Mac Isaac alleged Twitter defamed him by justifying its decision to block the New York Post’s expose on the contents of the MacBook by declaring the material “hacked.” Given social and corporate media’s outing of Isaac as the owner of the store who had provided a copy of the laptop’s hard drive to Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, Twitter’s factual assertion that the material was “hacked” branded Isaac a “hacker.”

 

The fall-out to Mac Isaac was swift, with him receiving threats and eventually being forced out of business. In an attempt to obtain some semblance of justice, Isaac sued Twitter in a federal district court for defamation.

 

https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/22/obama-appointed-judge-wrongly-dismisses-defamation-suit-against-twitter-in-hunter-biden-laptop-case/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:48 p.m. No.14640048   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Nine security guard slammed to the ground, held face-down by four officers

 

The guard was detained by police ahead of scheduled protests near the city’s boarded-up CFMEU offices.

 

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-protests-live-victoria-police-braced-for-fourth-day-of-anti-vaccine-protests-20210923-p58u1l.html

 

Top KEK MSM got jumped

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 5:54 p.m. No.14640082   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Turns out this is true

 

Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record

“The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation came to us and said, ‘Hey, we have a real problem — knowing who’s vaccinated,’”

https://news.rice.edu/2019/12/18/quantum-dot-tattoos-hold-vaccination-record/

Quantum dots keep atoms spaced to boost catalysis

https://news.rice.edu/2021/06/24/quantum-dots-keep-atoms-spaced-to-boost-catalysis-2/

Anonymous ID: 9dac36 Sept. 22, 2021, 6:07 p.m. No.14640156   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Has PM put Australia on the hook to finance struggling UK, US submarine projects?

 

“Almost comical”. Experts lambast Scott Morrison’s “crazy” AUKUS deal to buy nuclear submarine tech from parlous UK and US programs. Marcus Reubenstein finds a real prospect Australia will be used to “underwrite” the foundering foreign submarine industry.

 

Twenty-five years of ongoing maintenance delays for nuclear submarines, chronic shortage of both parts and skilled workers, under capacity at shipyards, and attack class submarines missing from deployments for up to nine months. These sound like potential problems for Australia’s future nuclear submarine fleet but they are actual problems right now confronting the US Navy and its fleet of 70 submarines.

 

The US is at the cutting edge of nuclear propulsion. It has the largest and most sophisticated submarine fleet in the world, its first nuclear submarine was commissioned 67 years ago, and the US has literally decommissioned twice as many nuclear subs as Australia is planning to buy.

 

If the US cannot manage to keep its fleet in the water, how can the Morrison government commit up to $100 billion of taxpayer money to secure nuclear submarines and guarantee they will be always operational and ready for deployment?

 

Professor Hugh White, ANU Professor of Strategic Studies, former Deputy Secretary of Defence and an eminent figure in strategic policy, wrote in The Saturday Paper, “The old plan was to build a conventionally powered version of a nuclear-powered French submarine. It was crazy.”

 

“The new plan—to buy a nuclear-powered submarine instead—is worse”.

 

Says White, “There is a reason why only six countries, all of them nuclear-armed, operate nuclear powered subs.”

The sales pitch is underway

 

Last week’s AUKUS announcement was nothing more than PR stunt in Australia, with the government merely committing to spend the next 18 months deciding what to buy—which conveniently kicks any actual the decision far enough down the road to avoid the next federal election.

 

The ripples of the announcement, however, reached British shores in double-quick time. Just two days after the AUKUS alliance UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallis announced a $320 million (£170m) grant to be shared between BAE Systems and Rolls Royce to develop technology for Britain’s next generation submarines.

 

According to Department of Finance figures, In the past twelve months BAE Systems has collected $1.88 billion from Australian taxpayers. The Astute class submarine, touted as one of the two options Australia is considering, is manufactured by BAE Systems.

 

US Naval analyst, and Forbes Defense columnist, Craig Hooper predicts AUKUS could give the US Navy a big shot in the arm as well. He says a deal with Australia could effectively underwrite major improvements to the US Navy’s outdated submarine maintenance facilities by supporting “America’s decade-long, $US25 billion ($34.6 billion) effort to refit the U.S. Navy’s four aging public shipyards. With yard repair costs already high, America would go to great lengths to welcome any additional bidders for shipyard capability improvements.”

 

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/has-pm-put-australia-on-the-hook-to-finance-struggling-uk-us-submarine-projects/