Ok, so orbs or no orbs?
More likely some story "breaks" about missing National Guard weapons. White dude in charge of them missing. No idea if he sold the weapons and headed for Brazil or he was befriended by those white supremacist militia crazies that took his keys and buried him alive
If not enough freak out about scary assault rifles, then add in some SAMs are missing and now we got to keep an eye on all whites, especially veterans, because they may take down a plane full of drag queens
Holiday Weekend and you gotta come in lame
Honestly, that your best?
All the shit your ancestors had to put up with and now here you are with that
So Orb Lady going to turn the ET transmissions back on?
If those orbs were just dust backscatter then everything fine right?
I got a few dial-up modems in a box somewhere, have to go out to the road to tap into that old copper Bell System wire
Now you're just being orbophobic
Freezer Check
Any of it that was relevant just became spam months ago
That's just Vatican Dude doing his schizo zperg again
>>20156949
Fauci is evil, does not matter what religion he claims
The part that gets me is right after ebot started posting bottles of MD 2020 I was asking why in this century MD 202o was not available in pouches or little boxes
OE in glass won't lose the fizz so not sure about a pouch but MD2020 was made for pouches. Drop a bottle, bad times. drop a pouch, pick that fucker up and continue the party
You must not have been here that night
About three weeks ago fedboi was doing his larp.
I tasked the dipshit, Code Red and everything, to make a beer run for anons so Graveyard Shift wouldn't be thristy.
Still waiting on that beer, fedboi still demoted to pissboy
Trying to prevent needless tragedy
Elevating Naval Priorities: China Appoints Admiral as Defense Minister
Bloomberg December 30, 2023
(Bloomberg) China named navy veteran Dong Jun as its new defense minister, a move that will help resume top-level military talks with the US that are seen as crucial to steadying ties between the nuclear-armed powers.
Dong’s appointment was announced by the country’s top legislator on Friday, ending months of speculation over who would occupy the role Li Shangfu was ousted from in October, without explanation. China’s new defense minister is the first to come from a naval background.
That departure from precedent comes as China’s military has been rocked by a volley of unexplained personnel purges this year. Two top leaders were abruptly removed this summer from the secretive rocket force, from which some of the nation’s defense ministers have previously been picked.
For the first time, China has appointed a naval officer as Defense Minister. ADM Dong Jun is a former commander of the PLAN People's Liberation Army Navy. Move follows the appointment on 25 Dec of Hu Zhongming as the new PLAN chief https://t.co/PVaztYO7Qn
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) December 30, 2023
Three senior executives at Chinese defense suppliers that manufacture missiles were exiled from a top Communist Party advisory body this week, with no details provided. The purges continued Friday, as China ousted nine military deputies from the legislature, including former ex-Air Force Commander Ding Laihang — the first time that area of the military had been implicated in the shake-ups.
Dong’s promotion suggested purges were ongoing in the rocket force, as well as the military procurement department that Li used to run, and which is under investigation, according to Wen-Ti Sung, a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub.
It was also “a sign of China designating the South China Sea as a new priority area of geopolitical contestation between China and the US,” he added.
Dong’s appointment will help smooth the path for the resumption of top-level military talks between Beijing and Washington, which were suspended after then US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022. A Pentagon spokesman on Friday said the US is communicating with China at the working level about “a sequence” of upcoming engagements, including a resumption of defence policy coordination talks in January and maritime consultations in early 2024.
Former defense minister Li had been unable to meet with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, because he was subject to US sanctions. President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden pledged to resume high-level military talks during their meeting in California last month.
Unlike China’s recent top military diplomats, Dong doesn’t yet sit on the Central Military Commission, meaning Xi skipped members of the nation’s top military body to promote him. General Liu Zhenli, chief of the commission’s joint staff department, for example, was touted as a contender.
Dong does, however, have extensive experience in China’s navy, which has been projecting its force in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait this year. He has worked in both of those areas, which are two of the biggest flashpoints in Beijing’s fragile relationship with Washington.
He most recently served as head of the world’s largest navy by number of vessels, a role now occupied by General Hu Zhongming, state media revealed earlier this week.
Prior to that, Dong was a deputy commander of the Southern Military Command, which looks after the South China Sea, where China has territorial disputes with neighboring nations including the Philippines and Vietnam. The US conducts freedom of navigation operations in those waters, frustrating Beijing.
Dong was also a deputy commander of Eastern Military Command’s navy force. That fleet is in charge of the East China Sea, including waters around the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own. The force conducted drills around the island after Pelosi’s visit last year.
https://gcaptain.com/china-navy-admiral-defense-minister-dong-jun/
U.S. Navy Divers Recover Wreckage From Downed Aircraft off Japan
Published Dec 27, 2023 7:17 PM by The Maritime Executive
The U.S. Navy has recovered a substantial part of the wreckage of the V-22 Osprey that crashed off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan according to Japanese media.
Multiple Japanese outlets obtained photos and videos of the salvage ship USNS Salvor returning to port with tarpaulin-covered debris on the back deck. Visible items include an apparent propeller and engine protruding from underneath the cover. According to Japanese paper Yomiuri Shinbun, the salvaged debris also includes a segment of the fuselage where the crew was seated.
Civilian-crewed USNS Salvor is equipped for hardhat diving and the recovery of heavy loads from the seabed, and has been deployed for aircraft salvage projects before. A team from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One deployed with Salvor to conduct the underwater search and rigging work.
On Nov. 29, a Japanese fisherman notified the Japan Coast Guard that an aircraft was in trouble off Yakushima. One of the engines appeared to be on fire, he reported. Five minutes later, the plane disappeared off tracking radar.
According to the U.S. Air Force, the aircraft was a CV-22 Osprey from a special-operations squadron at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, where the U.S. military maintains a large presence.
None of the eight crewmembers aboard are believed to have survived the crash, and seven bodies have been recovered to date.
The salvage operation is expected to continue, with a focus on search and recovery. "The primary combined Japan-U.S. effort is to locate and recover our eighth airman,” the U.S. Air Force said in a statement.
Multiple crashes involving the Osprey have occurred over the course of the aircraft's history, causing more than 60 fatalities (including deaths during testing). The aircraft has significant performance advantages over helicopter designs, but it is known to have problems with a complex clutch assembly, which can result in loss of control if it malfunctions. Statistically, it has a relatively low mishap rate for a military aircraft - about three problems per 100,000 flight hours - but its large passenger payload and unusual design have ensured that fatal Osprey crashes receive outsize attention.
Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) have asked the Pentagon to review the safety of the V-22 Osprey aircraft. The Department of Defense has initiated a stand-down for Osprey operations across all service branches pending the outcome of an investigation, with a limited exception for emergency Marine Corps operations in the Red Sea.
https://maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-divers-recover-wreckage-from-downed-aircraft-off-japan
You are supposed to be delivering beer.
Continue to fail and you will be demoted from Pissboy to Dick Washer
If Potoat and crew are so worried about Climate Change, then how come the FIB still tools around in those big black SUVs?
Shouldn't they have to trade them in for Prius?
>>20157530 (me)
Ok, I must be getting sleepy, invented a new word.
Meant Potato not Potoat, whatever that is
>disastrous effects of the vaxxes on the heart
Pfizer got it covered
Pfizer finalizes $6.7 billion acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals, gaining key cardiovascular treatments
Michael Walter | March 14, 2022 | Cardiovascular Business | Economics
Pfizer has completed its $6.7 billion acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals, finalizing a deal that involves multiple cardiovascular properties. The transaction was first announced back in December 2021.
“Pfizer has been on a journey to become a science and innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company, and this will continue to be our focus,” Aamir Malik, executive vice president and chief business innovation officer of Pfizer, said during a conference call with investors and journalists when the deal was first announced. “As an organization, we have to make thoughtful, well-informed capital allocation decisions when it comes to research and development and mergers and acquisitions and drive innovations and advancements in our business model.”
“Pfizer’s capabilities will accelerate our mission to deliver our important medicines to patients,” Amit D. Munshi, president and CEO of Arena, said in a separate statement. “We believe this transaction represents the best next step for both patients and shareholders.”
Etrasimod, an oral medication developed to treat inflammatory conditions such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, is at the center of Pfizer’s acquisition, but the company also gained some assets that could boost care for cardiovascular patients.
One of those assets, temanogrel, is currently being studied as a potential treatment for microvascular obstruction. The other, APD418, is a first-in-class treatment for decompensated heart failure (DHF).
“With approximately 10 million DHF patient hospital visits expected in the U.S. by 2025 and few viable treatment options, we believe that APD418 has the potential to make a significant impact for these patients,” Chris Cabell, MD, Arena's senior vice president and chief medical officer, said in a statement in January 2020 after the medication received the FDA’s fast track designation.
According to the terms of the acquisition, Arena was valued at $100 in cash per share. Arena is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer, and the company’s shares of common stock are being delisted.
https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-economics/pfizer-finalizes-67-billion-acquisition-arena