> Could IBM's Quantum Computer be "Q"? Edition
tyb
Well, Vanguard, Blackrock, and State Street Capital would be the top institutional holders if their computer is "Q".
I'm open to the idea that Q may be assisted with quantum computing, but have a hard time seeing IBM's machine being "the Q".
Gallup Poll: Biden Job Approval Down Most Among Younger Generations
Story Highlights
Biden job approval down roughly 20 points among Gen Z, millennials
Traditionalists show no change in Biden job approval since early 2021
Younger adults now less likely than older adults to approve of Biden
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Joe Biden's recent job approval ratings, which are averaging 14 points lower than those early in his presidency, have declined far more among younger than older generations of Americans. In fact, Biden's job approval has changed relatively little among baby boomers and not at all among traditionalists. As a result, older Americans are now more likely to approve of the president than younger Americans are.
Gallup interviewed roughly 6,000 adults in the first and third of these periods, and over 2,000 in the middle period.
During Biden's honeymoon period, 60% of both Generation Z adults and millennials approved of the job he was doing, putting these groups above the national average approval rating. His support was below the national average among baby boomers (53%) and, especially, traditionalists (48%) early in his presidency.
By the summer, as coronavirus cases unexpectedly rose, Biden had lost significant support among Generation Z, millennials and Generation X, ranging from seven- to 10-percentage-point drops. But his approval rating held steady among baby boomers and traditionalists.
All generational groups have become less approving of Biden since the summer, after the troubled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in late August 2021, with the exception of traditionalists, whose approval has not changed.
Traditionalists are the only major demographic subgroup whose approval is similar now to what it was in the early part of Biden's presidency. A small number of other subgroups including some that have never been inclined to approve of Biden have modestly lower approval now, with declines of less than 10 percentage points. These include Republicans (down four points, from 10% to 6%), adults aged 65 and older (down five points), baby boomers (down seven points), political conservatives (down eight points) and 50- to 64-year-old adults (down nine points). The full data on changes in approval by all major subgroups can be found at the end of the article.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/391733/biden-job-approval-down-among-younger-generations.aspx
>Binney says only reason Rogers did it was because of the Durham investigation n he wanted to save his own ass.
Binney is based as fuck, do you have a sauce on that? Genuinely interested.
As far as I'm aware, Binney has been a straight-shooter the whole time… Rogers, whom I like, appears to be the reason the project got off the ground at all.
>Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
Looks like Xi just had a chat with him as well…
Xi Jinping Speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the Phone
2022/04/15 19:00
On the morning of April 15, 2022, President Xi Jinping had a phone conversation with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Xi Jinping asked Mohammed to convey his greetings to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Xi Jinping pointed out that given the profound and complicated changes in the international and regional situations, the strategic and overarching significance of China-Saudi Arabia relations has become more evident. Over the past year, China and Saudi Arabia have made joint efforts to promote the new development of bilateral relations. The Chinese side gives priority to developing relations with Saudi Arabia, and stands ready to work with Saudi Arabia to continuously deepen China-Saudi Arabia comprehensive strategic partnership and bring more benefits to the two countries and the two peoples.
Xi Jinping stressed, the Chinese side supports Saudi Arabia in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and stability, and independently exploring a development path suited to its own national conditions. China will continue to promote the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and forge a high-level cooperation pattern between the two countries in such fields as energy, economy and trade as well as high technology. The Chinese side supports Saudi Arabia's "Middle East Green Initiative" and welcomes Saudi Arabia's participation in the Global Development Initiative. China and Saudi Arabia should strengthen solidarity, practice true multilateralism, safeguard the international system with the United Nations (UN) at its core, the international order underpinned by international law, the basic norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and uphold international fairness and justice as well as the common interests of developing countries. China is ready to work with Saudi Arabia to promote peace and stability in the Middle East region, push for an early conclusion of the China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) free trade area agreement and jointly build a China-Arab community with a shared future in the new era.
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/zgyw/202204/t20220416_10668788.htm
Consider this counter-intelligence. NPR = state propaganda. Here is how the DS perceives the war in Ukraine to be going, or at least how they want the public to think it is going.
Note the focus on unconventional or hybrid warfare.
National Security
Without sending troops, the U.S. wages 'hybrid warfare' against Russia
The U.S. and Russian militaries have both talked for years about "hybrid warfare" as the future of war. Yet it remains a fuzzy term with no fixed meaning. The general idea is waging unconventional war on multiple fronts and well beyond the traditional battlefield.
What's clear is the U.S. and its allies are doing this now — perhaps on a scale never seen before — as they attempt to counter Russia in the war in Ukraine.
Here's a look at what it means in the current conflict:
Q. How did "hybrid warfare" enter the military vocabulary?
>The first prominent figure to talk about it publicly was James Mattis, the retired Marine Corps general and former U.S. defense secretary. He used the term in a 2005 speech, though he didn't go into detail.
>Then in 2013, the Russian military's chief of the general staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, gave a speech on hybrid warfare that caught the attention of some Western journalists.
Q. How exactly are the U.S. and its allies waging this type of warfare?
>The U.S. and its NATO allies haven't sent a single soldier into Ukraine, but they began their unconventional warfare before the first shot was fired.
>The U.S. released intelligence in advance of the Russian invasion, "pre-bunking" Russian disinformation such as the claim that Ukraine is being run by Nazis.
>President Biden's administration worked closely with Europe for months to ensure they would roll out a tough, unified sanctions package as soon as the war began.
>One of the most important steps has been the U.S. sanctions on the Central Bank of Russia. This will keep President Vladimir Putin's government from getting access to roughly half of the $600 billion war chest it had amassed before the war.
>Russia faces a cascade of bond payments that are due, starting Wednesday. If Russia defaults on any of these payments — considered a real possibility in the near future — it could become a pariah on international financial markets for years to come.
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/1086641007/without-sending-troops-the-u-s-wages-hybrid-warfare-against-russia
>JUST IN 🚨 Mass shooting reported at the Columbia Mall, South Carolina
http://www.dentsville398.org/
Without fail. Every time.