Putin Upset Taliban Has US Weapons Now

Putin Upset Taliban Has US Weapons Now

Freedomist Editor August 25, 2021

Russia is warning the world that the Taliban acquisition of US arms, munitions, and tech could pose a significant problem for all the nations that line its border.

Russia concerned about Taliban weapons seizures

From apnews.com
2021-08-24 19:20:26

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MOSCOW — Russia’s defense minister has voiced concern about the Taliban seizing a large number of weapons, including air defense missile systems, after sweeping over Afghanistan.

Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday the Taliban has captured hundreds of combat vehicles along with a number of warplanes and helicopters.

He expressed a particular worry about the Taliban obtaining more than 100 man-portable air defense missile systems.

Shoigu noted that Afghanistan’s refugee problem is a cause for grave concern.

The Russian defense chief voiced hope that the Taliban would move to form an inclusive government that would include all groups in the country.

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Britan Rejects Taliban August 31st Deadline

Mark Clouse August 25, 2021

Unlike Biden’s America, Britain is not backing down from the Taliban, pledging to keep evacuating refugees and citizens after the August 31st deadline until the job is done.

UK ‘will try to keep airport open’ in Afghanistan after troops withdraw on August 31 – World News

From www.mirror.co.uk
2021-08-24 18:17:20
[email protected] (Abigail O’Leary)
Excerpt:

The UK is reportedly working to keep an airport open in Afghanistan after troops withdraw on August 31 – meaning commercial flights could continue to take people from the country.

It comes after Boris Johnson allied forces would “go on right up to the last moment that we can”, and “we’re confident we can get thousands more out” following G7 meeting today.

But he added: “The situation at the airport is not getting any better, there are public order issues, there are harrowing scenes for those who are trying to get out, and it’s tough for our military as well.”

It is understood President Biden addressed the virtual meeting of the G7, which included the PM, French President Emmanuel…

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Taliban Go After Afganis that Worked with UN

Parker Davis August 25, 2021

As could be predicted by many, those in Afghanistan who worked against the Taliban are now at risk of death or enslavement. Even Afghani UN workers are now finding themselves targeted by the Taliban according to the Secretary of Defense.

U.N. Secretary General admits Taliban reprisals against staff have begun

From www.politico.com
2021-08-24 18:22:47

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Official letters seen by POLITICO, which have been sent to some local U.N. staff, verify their employment status, but do not include any request that the staffers be granted asylum or other visa support to leave Afghanistan.

A group of former colleagues of the local staffers has had enough. In a letter to Guterres, obtained by POLITICO, the staff from U.N. Habitat and the U.N. Environment Programme — which together employ around 200 local staff in Afghanistan — implore him to institute a safety plan for Afghan staff, including the option to evacuate, before a Taliban-imposed Aug. 31 deadline.

The United Nations security policy manual states that Guterres, as secretary general, is the only official who can order evacuation of local staff, and only “in the most exceptional cases in which their security is endangered as a direct consequence of their employment by organizations of the United Nations common system.”

The authors of the letter argue that the conditions have…

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Solid State Batteries Can Now be 3D Printed

Freedomist Editor August 24, 2021

Parker Davis- Someday when you need a new battery, you might just print it out for yourself. Sakuru Corporationhas has developed a new solid state battery hat can be 3D printed. The battery is 50 percent small and 30 percent lighter than its lithium-ion counterparts but provides just as much power, maybe even more.

3D printers produce solid-state battery technology for EVs and other uses – pv magazine USA

From pv-magazine-usa.com
2021-08-23 15:16:06

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California-based Sakuú Corp. has started work on a 2.5 MWh per year pilot facility to produce its 3D-printed solid-state battery tech.

August 23, 2021 Ryan Kennedy

Work is under way on a pilot production line to demonstrate a 3D-printed solid-state battery technology.

Sakuú Corp. said the battery will be up to 50% smaller and 30% lighter than lithium-ion batteries, and would be less expensive to produce at scale. Currently, the battery has a capacity of 3 Amp hours.

Sakuú’s first-generation batteries use an MIT-developed binder jet printing process, which allows thin layers of ceramic and metal to be deposited in one build. The 3D printing process is relatively slow, but enables the batteries to be smaller and lighter, something that the company said could make them optimal for electric vehicles.

Sakuú is also testing high-voltage cathodes, which it said could achieve up to a 25% boost in energy density in its KeraCel solid-state battery.

The company said the 3D printing platform…

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Taliban Hope to End Resistance as They Surround Panjshir Valley

Freedomist Editor August 24, 2021

Mark Clouse- A legend of Afghanistan is holed up and resisting the Taliban from his base in the Panjshir Valley. The Taliban have taken control of the surrounding area and now prepare to try to take the valley citadel.

Taliban Near Resistance Stronghold Panjshir After Retaking 3 Nearby Areas

From www.ndtv.com
2021-08-23 18:06:13

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Afghanistan: Forces loyal to Ahmad Massoud have established themselves in the Panjshir stronghold. (File)

The Taliban were in position near the Panjshir valley and had retaken three districts in northern Afghanistan that fell to local militia groups last week, a spokesman said on Monday, though there were no confirmed reports of further fighting.

The districts of Bano, Deh Saleh, Pul e-Hesar in the northern province of Baghlan were taken by local militia groups last week in one of the first signs of armed resistance to the Taliban since their seizure of the capital Kabul on August 15.

By Monday, Taliban forces had cleared the districts and were established in Badakhshan, Takhar and Andarab near the Panjshir valley, according to the Twitter account of spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Forces loyal to Ahmad Massoud, son of the late mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, have established themselves in his Panjshir stronghold, which resisted both the Soviets and the Taliban before…

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That Time Star Wars Almost Created a War Between Tunisia and Libya

Freedomist Editor August 24, 2021

Mark Clouse- In 1976, Star Wars was being shot in the desert of Tunisia at a time when tensions were high between Tunisia and its neighbor Libya. The Libyans, seeing the filming from a distance, mistook the vehicles of Star Wars for military vehicles and almost attacked Tunisia over it.

How Star Wars nearly sparked a real-life war between Tunisia and Libya

From winteriscoming.net
2021-08-23 12:30:00

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With its blazing sun and unspoiled sand dunes, the Tunisian desert was perfect, and principal photography began on March 22, 1976….

Libya was ruled by dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Relations between Gaddafi’s Libya and almost everyone else in the world were tense. The colonel was undoubtedly nervous following a failed coup against him just the year before. Libyan relations with Tunisia were particularly poor, with Libya expelling thousands of Tunisian workers the same month that principal photography on Star Wars began in the desert. The situation only worsened when Tunisia claimed to have uncovered a plot targeting high-ranking officials, and that Libya was involved. They even alleged that Gaddafi was plotting to assassinate then-Prime Minister Hadi Nouira.

And now we go back to Star Wars. You see, from a distance, Sandcrawlers can look quite like military vehicles…

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Augmenting and Understanding Your Brain Power with Neurograins

Ivo Fysic August 24, 2021

Ivo Fysic- Scientists are working on being able to place a small microprocessor in your brain, a neorograin, that will allow them to fully map out the way your brain works. Researchers from Brown University have developed the new tool, a brain computer interface, that is light years ahead of the bulky solutions of today.

‘Neurograins’ Could Record Brain Activity From Thousands of Locations

From singularityhub.com
2021-08-23 14:00:24
Edd Gent
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Today’s brain implants are bulky and can typically only record from one or two locations. Now researchers have shown that a network of tiny “neurograins” can be used to wirelessly record and stimulate neurons in multiple locations in rat brains.

Researchers have been experimenting with brain computer interfaces (BCIs) that can record and stimulate groups of neurons for decades. But in recent years there has been growing interest in using them to treat diseases like epilepsy, Parkinson’s, or various psychiatric disorders.

More speculatively, some think they could soon be implanted in healthy people to help us monitor our brain function and even boost it. Last year, Elon Musk said brain implants being built by his startup Neuralink will one day be like “a Fitbit in your skull.” First, though, they will have to get much more accurate and far less obtrusive.

New research led by a team at Brown University has made significant strides on that latter problem…

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A Gene That Causes Humans to Become Obese Can Also Grow Big Potatoes

Parker Davis August 24, 2021

University of Chicago Scientists have used a human gene associated with obesity to produce massively huge potatoes, opening up the possibility of using other types of animal and human genese to engineer more efficient grown foods for humans.

Scientists Splice Human Gene Into Potatoes to Make Them Grow Huge

From futurism.com
2021-08-23 17:47:29
Dan Robitzski
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A team of scientists found an unusual trick for growing bigger, heartier crops: inserting a human gene related to obesity and fat mass into plants to supersize their harvest.

Splicing potatoes with the human gene that encodes a fat-regulating protein called FTO, which essentially alters the genetic code to rapidly mass-produce proteins, made otherwise identical potato plants grow crops that were 50 percent larger, Smithsonian Magazine reports. By growing more food without taking up more space for agriculture, the scientists say their work could help fight global hunger — without adding to its climate impact.

“It [was] really a bold and bizarre idea,” University of Chicago chemist Chuan He, coauthor of a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, told Smithsonian. “To be honest, we were probably expecting some catastrophic effects.”

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Afghan Refugees Welcome Say 81 Percent of Americans

Freedomist Editor August 24, 2021

Over 80 percent of Americans polled have expressed support for bringing in refugees from the collapsed Afghanistan. It seems Americans have a sense of responsibility for the problems that have befallen these Afghanis thanks to American action in their lands.

New poll shows 81% support for welcoming Afghan allies who aided U.S.

From www.dailykos.com
2021-08-23 21:00:17
Gabe Ortiz
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“The broad bipartisan support for resettling Afghan allies is part of a broader public opinion trend in favor of immigrants and immigration, which grew stronger during the past four years,” immigrant rights advocacy group America’s Voice said on Monday in response to the polling.

The organization noted Gallup polling from last July that showed near-record high support among Americans who believe more immigration is good. Recent Data for Progress polling also shows overwhelming support for a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, temporary status holders, and essential workers. “A deep and broad majority of Americans support resettling our Afghan allies, see immigration as a good thing, and want Congress to formally recognize undocumented immigrants as the Americans they already are,” said America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry.

“Meanwhile, the ultranationalist right in America is working overtime to scare the American people into…

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Biden Using Corporate Monopolies to Force Experimental Vaccine on ALL Americans

Freedomist Editor August 24, 2021

Now that Joe Biden has the hasty FDA Covid Vaccine approval he needs, he’s making it clear what a fascist he is by appealing to the corporate monopolies to force on Americans what the state cannot, forced mandatory vaccines using experimental drugs that cannot have been fully safely tested for longterm affects as the vaccines have no longterm existence.

Biden Turns Up The Heat On The Unvaccinated By Asking Businesses To Mandate Vaccinations

From www.politicususa.com
2021-08-23 19:01:18
Jason Easley
Excerpt:

During his update on the COVID vaccination effort, President Biden urged businesses, local and state governments, and non-profits to mandate vaccinations.

The President said:

Today, I am calling on more companies in the private sector to step up the vaccine requirements that will reach millions of more people. If you are a business leader, a nonprofit leader, the state or local leader who has been waiting for full FDA approval to require vaccination, I call on you now to do that, require it.

Do what I did last month, require the employees to get vaccinated or face strict requirements. As I said last week, vaccination requirements have been around for decades for teachers and leaders and…