We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
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β Biden and Netanyahu had a βtoughβ phone call. Biden promised to help repel an upcoming attack from Iran. But he warned that if the conflict escalates again, Netanyahu should not count on US help β Axios, citing US officials
β Austin ordered the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group to be replaced in the Middle East by the USS Abraham Lincoln group. Additional cruisers and destroyers are being sent to the European and Central Command regions β Pentagon
β Venezuela may give BRICS countries rights to develop oil and gas β Maduro
β Israel is on maximum combat alert in anticipation of a large-scale response from Iran. Major hospitals are stocked with fuel and power generation equipment, as well as satellite phones in case of communication outages β Maariv
β Argentina has recognized opposition candidate Gonzalez as president of Venezuela following the US β Foreign Minister
β The US and Elon Musk are leading the coup attempt in Venezuela β Maduro
β Venezuela's right-wing opposition led by Corina Machado is preparing a terrorist attack in Caracas β Maduro
β Western governments may hold Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accountable if he fails to ensure a peaceful transition of power β US Congress statement
β Hezbollah's response to Israel will not be limited to military goals and means β Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN
β Moscow is the most important source of possible independence and self-determination for Europe. Brussels should restore ties with Russia β American economist Jeffrey Sachs
β The Biden administration promised to develop a plan that would help Kyiv "win", but the president has not provided anything to Congress so far, having missed all possible deadlines β Responsible Statecraft
β The Czech Republic cannot find sellers of shells for Ukraine. Some Balkan countries refuse to supply. Those who agree wish to remain anonymous. Procurement is not transparent β ββiDNES
β According to investigations, the terrorist operation to kill Haniyeh was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kg outside the territory of the residence β IRGC
β Iran will avenge Haniyeh's death "at the appropriate time, in the appropriate place and in the appropriate way" β IRGC
β More than 20 people arrested in Iran after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh β NYT
β US calls on its citizens to leave Lebanon on "any available" flight β embassy
β Latvia to spend β¬2.7 billion on the army over the next 4 years β Delfi
β Trump agreed to debate Harris on Fox News on September 4 β NYT
β Harris refused Trump's offer to hold a debate on Fox News on September 4 β campaign statement
β Israeli delegation returns from Cairo, where they discussed with intermediaries, the return of hostages from Gaza β adviser to Netanyahu's office
β Al-Qaeda-linked group in Niger took two Russian citizens hostage β AFP
β Putin and Xi Jinping congratulated To Lam on his election as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
β It has been confirmed that the halt in oil transit from Russia through Ukraine was coordinated from Brussels β Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto
β Austria's ruling coalition has agreed to include in the republic's new security strategy the refusal of Russian gas by 2027 β Kurier
β British nuclear submarine engineers use Russian and Belarusian software β The Telegraph
β Israel maintains contact with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan and Bahrain to protect against an upcoming Iranian attack β Channel 12
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Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek Minister of Finance) describes AI as a new form of capital that produces not goods, but behavioral modification. This is achieved by engineering perceptions.
The answers provided by ChatGPT, or the images rendered by StableDiffusion β as these increasingly inform our perceptions, they in turn define the reality we experience.
This is what makes AI so powerful β he who controls the AI, defines the reality of tomorrow.
β‘οΈπΊπΈ Some more things coming out for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Under the preliminary drafts of the bill, the USAF is requesting a release of $57,000,000 USD ($57.0 Million) to retire all remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in current service. Apart of the 2023 NDAA, there was a clause for a few million dollars to be released every so often to gradually retire the (then) 250 airframes by 2034; however due to the push by the Dept of Defense to βshedβ obsolete or obsolescent airframes that cannot be overhauled or upgraded further without a whole new airframe, it appears the USAF wants to retire all 162 remaining A-10s by the end of 2026.
The USAF plans to fully divest the 340-total remaining A-10s entirely, including those that currently serve in a handful of Air National Guard units in some states; which will be replaced by F-15EX Eagle IIs (like what is already happening with the Michigan State Air National Guardβs A-10s), or F-35A/Bs.
Included ...
My older sister lives in the country in between Velma Oklahoma and Duncan Oklahoma near the Fuqua Lake area, this story was told by a rural mail delivery woman who delivers the mail in the country.
The incident happened while she was on her route, when she came upon to the mailbox a male Chinese nation came out brandishing a, AK-47 rifle being very hostile,
I don't know if he pointed it at her since it is against the law to do so but she was terrified and said she was never going back and that the location that had a guard tower. Was the sheriff department notified, I don't know, did she notify her supervisor, don't know. But word is from the country folk who live in the area they have seen the guard tower at the pot place;
I refuse to call it a farm because it is an insult to farmers.
And yes she was traumatized by that ordeal
