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In an interview with Sky News published on Monday, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen focused on a number of pressing issues, including the US troop withdrawal, evacuation of Afghans, and women’s rights. With time already ticking for the American military pullout deadline, Shaheen warned of serious repercussions from any possible extension. “It’s a red line. [US] … Read more

For those who never thought that today’s left-wing media would ever turn on a Democratic president, that day has come and, interestingly, it’s over his bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan, America’s longest war. On Friday, President Biden was briefing reporters about the situation in-country, where thousands of Americans remain trapped and thousands of U.S. troops are … Read more

The Supreme Court late Friday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that would have reinstated a Trump-era policy requiring immigrants seeking asylum at the southern border to wait in Mexico while their applications are pending. Driving the news: Justice Samuel Alito issued the order after the Department of Justice asked the court to suspend the … Read more

On Friday, the U.S. Department of State announced it would stop accepting new and pending permits for Russian firearms and ammunition importation for 12 months as part of a new round of sanctions against Moscow over the 2020 poisoning of Russian Dissident Aleksey Navalny. The Department of State released the new sanctions under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control … Read more

Unlike the U.S., where inequality is the main driver of financial wealth, China is dead serious about fixing inequality:https://t.co/uHluDL0SsG "U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks Have Lost Another $150 Billion In Market Value This Week As Beijing Targets ‘Excessive’ Wealth" pic.twitter.com/O37i5QXo2z — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 22, 2021 after xi crushed hedge funds – ndx golden dragon china index … Read more

https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1429558874282078215 Nasdaq new lows pic.twitter.com/sivNFDbTNU — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 22, 2021 2) The small-cap Russell 2,000 closed below its 200-DMA for the first time in ~11 months last week, ending its 11th longest streak of closes above its 200-DMA on record since 1978. https://t.co/NlZt4pAvY0 pic.twitter.com/Mpn4oGSE1d — Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) August 22, 2021 https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1429533485849513984 #recession … #GFC2 … Read more

by brixu Source: LinkedIn data – I’m a data scientist at LinkedIn (my original post, LinkedIn News article, LinkedIn News post) Tool: Photoshop from my colleague Methodology: Text matching was used to identify years of experience, as required, for more than 3.8 million paid job postings on LinkedIn from December 2017 to August 2021. The “entry level” … Read more

BEIJING (AP) — China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence. The ceremonial legislature on Friday amended the Population and Family Planning Law as part of a decades-long effort by the ruling … Read more

via HSeldon2020: 1) They read some elaborate post about how some piece of garbage stock is the next MEME explosion. To their newbie eyes the extensive DD looked convincing, and the stock is only $10 a share right now, so they they buy 1,000 shares. And then they average down another 1,000. Two months later they are being told … Read more

https://twitter.com/Rothbard1776/status/1429587803197820933 Epic seeing the younger generation seeing through the lies being pushed on the world pic.twitter.com/uCvX1PQIk3 — ZNeveri (@ZNeveri) August 22, 2021

The cost of denial has been rapidly outstripping inflation. The option of downsizing the consumption addict lifestyle is trusted to Ponzi markets now. Soon it won't be an option at all. This shows the distribution of costs for extreme weather events in the past 40 years: pic.twitter.com/21Wmejp32I — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 22, 2021 How can … Read more

When China Guangfa Bank Co successfully applied to freeze $20 million in bank deposits and assets associated with China Evergrande, it was big news in the boardrooms, offices and around the water coolers at major financial institutions globally. At face value this may seem strange – $20 million is just a drop in the ocean … Read more