Vatican Dude back again?
No thanks, don't need any occular herpes from you
Some goofy RRN stuff that was passed around for a day or so on the webs
Your call of bs is accurate
Thank you for coming by and helping Anime Baker
21.6 million veterans in this country. So few are liberals. I have met some, strange how all would be referred to as POGs by Infantry types.
Imagine pent-up frustration being released with no ridiculous Rules of Engagement.
Shit would get ugly fast, for them
>US Army “has hundreds more Strykers in storage” and can supply more to Ukraine.
Are those in storage with or without the "hillbilly armor" added that proved necessary in Iraq?
Hey, how about a nice fresh production run of M-8 halftracks?
Remember, no matter how stupid you look, continue with the assignment
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#23846 >>19416857
>>19416989, >>19417000 Prigozhin plane crash: What we know so far
>>19417004 FEMA officials are staying at $1,000-a-night luxury hotels in Maui amid recovery efforts in Lahaina
>>19417037 PDJT: Looks like the Tucker Carlson interview will end up with an “over 100 Million” number. Wow!
>>19417043 Russian transgender activist threatens Ukraine with revenge
>>19417060 ‘Powerful’ Ukrainian brigade loses US-made demining vehicles – Forbes
>>19416965 Pfizer to Pay $2.3 Billion for Fraudulent Marketing
>>19417162 Meme of the night
>>19417184 Results of Nationwide COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Action
>>19417229, >>19417239 Newsweek has a fact check: Maui Theory About Blue Objects Being Saved from Wildfires Is Baseless
Just note taking honored Sir
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#23846 >>19416857
>>19416989, >>19417000 Prigozhin plane crash: What we know so far
>>19417004 FEMA officials are staying at $1,000-a-night luxury hotels in Maui amid recovery efforts in Lahaina
>>19417037 PDJT: Looks like the Tucker Carlson interview will end up with an “over 100 Million” number. Wow!
>>19417043 Russian transgender activist threatens Ukraine with revenge
>>19417060 ‘Powerful’ Ukrainian brigade loses US-made demining vehicles – Forbes
>>19416965 Pfizer to Pay $2.3 Billion for Fraudulent Marketing
>>19417162 Meme of the night
>>19417184 Results of Nationwide COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Action
>>19417229, >>19417239, >>19417251 Newsweek has fact checks: Maui Theory About Blue Objects Being Saved from Wildfires Is Baseless, Energy Weapons Theory Debunked
First, check your system time, it's Graveyard Shift now
Second, 8kun still has that neat trick where clicking on a UID highlights all the posts that UID has made in a bread. Scrollingg up and seeing your previous posts reveals just what you are shill noob
Ship Tracker Reveals Iran’s Surging Oil Exports
By Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) August 21, 2023
Iran’s oil exports are surging this month, swelling global flows at a time when other producers are cutting back, according to a firm that monitors satellite imagery of individual tankers.
The boom is awkward for the US, which officially still has sanctions in place that should restrict Iran’s shipments. Even so, the extra cargoes will help to cushion the impact of reductions by Saudi Arabia, Russia and other nations in the OPEC+ alliance.
TankerTrackers.com Inc., which provides data on oil cargo shipments to governments, insurers and other institutions, estimates that the Persian Gulf state exported 2.2 million barrels a day of crude and condensates during the first 20 days of August. If maintained, it would far exceed any other month this year and is well above what other oil-shipping analytics firms say.
It was already known that Iran’s shipments were surging, but the data for August would represent a marked leg higher if maintained for the remainder of the period. The flow rate for the past 28 days show shipments running at a rate of 2.1 million barrels a day.
Flows from the Persian Gulf country are notoriously hard to monitor because the large numbers of tankers sailing there will routinely switch off their transponders, making them invisible to systems that rely on collating the signals that vessels emit.
TankerTrackers studies images from satellites and collates data manually, meaning it doesn’t rely on those Automatic Identification System, or AIS, signals.
None of the exported barrels came from floating storage, although it’s possible some could have come from on-land tanks, TankerTrackers co-founder Samir Madani said.
The lion’s share of the August flow has been crude with just over 200,000 barrels a day of condensate — a lighter form of oil.
The Persian Gulf state is selling the vast majority of its barrels to China as other past customers like South Korea and Japan steer clear of sanctioned barrels. India, previously a big buyer of Iranian oil, has pivoted to taking more Russian barrels.
Shadow Diplomacy
Iran and the US have been engaging through intermediaries for months, attempting to ease tensions that could spill into conflict. As a first confidence-building gesture, Iran took steps to release US prisoners in exchange for access to funds frozen overseas. Diplomats have also pushed the nation to voluntarily limit its uranium-enrichment levels and boost its cooperation with international nuclear monitors in return for allowances to ship more crude.
Even as Iran has made steps to reconcile with its neighbors and deal with the US, tensions remain around shipping in the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway.
About a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait which lies at the mouth of the Gulf. Iran has harassed vessels and seized tankers in the area, and the US recently increased its naval presence in the region.
https://gcaptain.com/ship-tracker-reveals-irans-surging-oil-exports/
Major U.S. Retailers Returning to ‘Just-in-Time’ Supply Chain
By Lisa Baertlein August 23, 2023
LOS ANGELES, Aug 23 (Reuters) – During the worst shipping delays of the early pandemic, consumer and transportation analysts predicted U.S. retailers would buy more goods than they needed to prevent future disruptions from turning into empty store shelves, but a new analysis suggests they are returning to old habits.
With pandemic-related shipping problems in the rearview mirror, major U.S. retailers are no longer buying more than they think they’ll need to cover for goods that arrive late.
“Mega-retailers are returning to ‘just-in-time’ inventory strategies, killing the ‘just in case’ promise of the pandemic’s supply chain snarl,” said Susquehanna analyst Bascome Majors.
Majors analyzed about 20 years of data from Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Lowe’s, the four highest highest-volume publicly traded importers of goods via ocean container ships in the United States.
During the second quarter, the Big 4 retailers combined reduced inventories by 4%, the largest quarter-over-quarter drawdown since 2015, Majors said in a client note.
No longer swimming in unsold merchandise puts them in a better position to bring in new seasonal goods for the all-important peak holiday season.
Despite enthusiasm for new seasonal products, retailers remain cautious.
Stubborn inflation, rising interest rates and the resumption of student loan payments could keep some shoppers from splurging on holiday gifts, and retailers do not want to find themselves swamped with product again.
Susquehanna’s Majors expects the top retailers’ third-quarter inventory builds to be greater than last year’s 6% quarter-over-quarter growth, but below the 14% average for the pre-COVID years of 2015 through 2019.
Walmart was the most optimistic of the four retailers on recent earnings calls, signaling a possible uptick in general merchandise stocks for the rest of the year.
The world’s biggest retailer raised its full-year forecast and signaled that early success with back-to-school sales bodes well for Halloween and Christmas.
https://gcaptain.com/major-u-s-retailers-returning-to-just-in-time-supply-chain/
Katyn Forest would be better
Standard Navy Enlisted Procedure:
Upon entering a drinking establishment, immediately visually locate the ugliest female there. When said beast starts looking good, proceed to another drinking establishment
Mad skill there