Nord Stream 2 Complete, Now Russia Can Bypass Ukraine

Mark Clouse September 14, 2021

The geopolitical significance of Ukraine to Russia was recently significantly reduced with the completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, which enables Russia to import her gas directly to Europe, going around Ukraine where once Russia had to go through to reach Europe’s markets.

Russia completes controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany | World News

From news.sky.com
2021-09-10 10:26:00

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The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been completed, Russian energy company Gazprom has said.

The pipeline will double the country’s exporting capacity and runs through the Baltic Sea, from Ust Luga in the east, near St Petersburg, to the German town of Greifswald, near the country’s border with Poland.

In doing so, it bypasses Ukraine, which has traditionally been the main route for Russian gas.

Moscow and Kiev have been in dispute since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

Ukraine earns billions from gas transit fees, and agreed a deal last year with Russia after long-running talks.

Russia said it would not start using Nord Stream 2 until a German regulator gives its approval.

Carlos Torres Diaz, head of Power and Gas Markets at analysis firm Rystad Energy,…

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Debt Default in October, Says Yellen

Parker Davis September 14, 2021

If America doesn’t extend her debt limit, she will be defaulting on her debts, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns. With the DNC currently pushing massive new spending, one would imagine this is something that congress is sure to get done.

US on track to default on national debt in October: Treasury secretary

From www.presstv.ir
2021-09-08 18:22:00

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged Congress to act quickly to raise or suspend the debt limit, warning that the United States is on track to default on the national debt in October.

In a letter on Wednesday, Yellen said that the Treasury Department would likely run out of cash and exhaust “extraordinary” measures next month. She wrote the letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

“Once all available measures and cash on hand are fully exhausted, the United States of America would be unable to meet its obligations for the first time in our history,” Yellen said.

“Given this uncertainty, the Treasury Department is not able to provide a specific estimate of how long the extraordinary measures will last. However, based on our best and most recent information, the most likely outcome is that…

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Panjshir LIves!

Ivo Fysic September 2, 2021

The State of Panjshir still lives as the Taliban have been unable to go into the valley to claim the whole of Afghanistan. The Valley is located in the northwest corner of the country.

Rebels hold out in Afghan valley as Taliban set up government in Kabul

From www.ksl.com
2021-09-02 16:26:42

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud fought in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley on Thursday, more than two weeks after the Islamist militia seized power, as Taliban leaders in the capital Kabul worked on forming a government.

Panjshir is the last Afghan province resisting rule by the Taliban, whose overthrow of the Western-backed government as U.S. and other foreign troops withdrew after 20 years has left the country in chaos.

Each side said it had inflicted heavy casualties.

“We started operations after negotiation with the local armed group failed,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.

Taliban fighters had entered Panjshir and taken control of some territory, he said. “They (the enemy)…

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Mu Can Break our Covid Vaccine and Immunity Protections

Parker Davis September 2, 2021

The World Health Organization is now suggesting there is a coronavirus variant called “mu” that appears to be a complete breaker of all of our vaccine efforts and even covid-19 immunization-through-infection is defied by this new variant. The news is not encouraging to efforts to get more people to choose to get vaccinated.

WHO warns of a new COVID-19 variant with potential to evade vaccine-driven immunity

From seekingalpha.com
2021-09-01 16:43:35

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant named “mu,” which, according to the agency, has the potential to escape the immunity gained from COVID-19 vaccines or natural infection.

On August 30, WHO has added the “mu” variant, also known as B.1.621 among scientists, to the global agency’s list of variants “of interest.”

Compared to the original strain of the virus, the newly detected variant has genetic mutations that can potentially evade natural immunity, current vaccines, or monoclonal antibody therapies.

However, the WHO cited the need for further studies to prove if the “mu” variant can be more contagious or deadlier with resistance to current treatments and vaccines.

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Our Afghani Friends Have Been Abandoned, Even the State Department Knows It

Mark Clouse September 2, 2021

By the US State Department’s own numbers, of the Afghanis that worked with us and were eligible to be evacuated out of Afghanistan, the majority of them were just left behind.

‘Majority’ of Afghans who worked for the US and applied for visas were likely left behind, State Department official says

From www.cnn.com
2021-09-01 17:49:00

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The official said they did not have a specific count of the Afghan Special Immigrant (SIV) applicants and family members who did not make it onto evacuation flights, “but I would say it’s the majority of them, just based on anecdotal information about the populations we were able to support.”

There were at least 20,000 SIV applicants in the pipeline prior to the US withdrawal, and the State Department has not provided a specific count of how many of the 123,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan fall into that category.

The State Department official told reporters that in early stages of the evacuation, the US tried to prioritize access for late-stage SIV applicants and other categories, but said the effort was unsuccessful because “every credential we tried to provide electronically was immediately disseminated to the widest possible pool.”

“Every day was a constant improvisational effort to figure out what was going to work that day,” they said. “As we got deeper into the process, we…

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More Kenyan Christians Killed by Islamist Terror Groups

More Nigerian Christians Killed by Islamist Terror Groups

Mark Clouse August 31, 2021

Sectarian violence continues in Nigeria as the islamo-fascist group the Fulani go on rampage killing 36 Christians in 30 days throughout multiple counties in the country.

‘Bloodshed in Nigeria’: Fulani Militants Kill 36 Christians in 30 Days

From www.cbn.com
2021-08-31 15:27:09

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More sad news was reported in Kaduna state, Nigeria after Fulani Islamic extremists murdered 36 Christians during multiple attacks throughout the month of August.

According to Morning Star News, the attacks occurred from Aug. 4 to Aug. 28 in Zangon Kataf, Kaura, and Chikun counties.

Seventeen Christians were killed in Doh (Mado) village, five in Madamai, eight in Buruku and Udawa, three in Machun, and three more in Goran Gida.

“Fulani herdsmen have killed three of our Christians, and five other Christians were also injured,” area resident Judith David told Morning Star News in a text message.”It rained at the time the herdsmen invaded our village. We all had already gone to houses to sleep when the herdsmen attacked the village, forcing us to flee into the bush in the rain.”

The murders were confirmed by Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs.

“Police personnel responded to a distress call from Machun village and mobilized there,” he…

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The Race for the Miles-Long Space Ship Has Begun

Freedomist Editor August 30, 2021

China has already publicly announced its intentions to build a miles-long space-ship, and they’re not alone. The new great race between nation-states might be to build a miles-long space ship. Welcome to the 21st century.

Race to Kilometer Scale Space Construction

From www.nextbigfuture.com
2021-08-29 19:26:58
Brian Wang
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China’s Natural Science Foundation of China has outlined a five-year $2.3 million project to study building over kilometer size objects in orbit.

Kilometer-scale, ultra-large spacecraft are major strategic aerospace equipment for the future use of space resources and colonization.

They will study minimizing the weight of the spacecraft and space structures to reduce the number of launches and construction costs.

NASA has had a decade of several NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) projects studying the construction of massive kilometers scale and larger structures in space.

The main NASA study started Feb 2021. Kilometer-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch, Zachary Manchester, Carnegie Mellon University.

A high-expansion-ratio auxetic structure can be stowed inside a single Falcon Heavy fairing and deployed to a final length of one kilometer on orbit as part of a large space station. The station can then be spun at 1-2 RPM to generate 1g artificial gravity at its…

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The Race to Replace Merkel Officially Begins

Mark Clouse August 30, 2021

The candidates vying to replace current German Prime Minister Angela Merkel met this past weekend to take part in a public debate. This was the first time the major candidates faced each other on the same stage.

German chancellor candidates face off in 1st election debate

From news.yahoo.com
2021-08-29 18:02:32

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BERLIN (AP) — The three candidates to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany’s election meet Sunday evening in a televised debate, with polls showing their parties close together and suggesting that many voters are unimpressed with the choices.

Sunday’s debate on RTL and n-tv private television is the first of three ahead of the parliamentary election on Sept. 26. The contenders are Armin Laschet for Merkel’s center-right Union bloc, Olaf Scholz for the center-left Social Democrats and Annalena Baerbock for the environmentalist Greens.

Laschet is the governor of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia. Scholz is the vice chancellor and finance minister in Merkel’s outgoing coalition government. Baerbock, who lacks government experience, is making the Greens’ first run for the chancellery.

Recent polls show no party forecast to receive more than a quarter of the vote, a particularly disappointing situation for the Union after Merkel’s 16 years in government. The…

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Grace is a Robot Who Takes Care of Covid Patients

Parker Davis August 30, 2021

A robot named Grace is working to help humans during the Covid crsis. She is a humanoid nurse styled after Sophia, but she’s programmed for medical care.

Meet Grace, a robot nurse who cares for those most in need

From www.cvbj.biz
2021-08-29 07:33:59

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This humanoid nurse robot is capable of caring for COVID-19 patients 24 hours a day.

Most of the robots that we know are machines that have practically no expression whatsoever, but if they were machines that we wanted to focus on humane treatment, it is likely that designing them to resemble a human being would be the best option.

Now Hanson robotics strikes back with a new healthcare-focused robot based on Sophia, another popular project. Now they have introduced Grace designed to interact primarily with the elderly and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As you can see in the images and in the video, it is a humanoid robot that is dressed in a blue nurse’s uniform and that even has facial expressions very close to those offered by human beings.

The good thing about this robot is that it is equipped with sensors including a chest thermal imaging camera to detect patients’ temperature and pulse. This will allow to know if a patient, for example, has a fever, without…

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China Ready to Fuel Cuban Socialist Renaissance

Mark Clouse August 30, 2021

China is attempting to take the place of what was once the Soviet Union for Cuba, a world power able to offer trade, military aid and support right in the backyard of the United States of America.

Xi says China willing to work together with Cuba in building socialism

From eng.chinamil.com.cn
2021-08-30 14:37:02

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President Xi Jinping talked with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso over the phone on Monday.

President Xi said Monday that China is willing to walk together with Cuba in building socialism and be good partners in pursuing common development in a phone conversation with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Xi also said China is willing to join hands with Cuba in being good exemplars of anti-COVID-19 fight and good comrades in strategic coordination.

In their talks, Diaz-Canel conveyed Comrade Raul Castro’s sincere greetings to Xi, and briefed Xi on the recent domestic situation in Cuba. Xi asked Diaz-Canel to convey his cordial greetings to Comrade Raul Castro.

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