White House Twitter account apparently ‘OUTS’ intelligence officials and locations with post showing Afghan security briefing

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A White House tweet showing President Joe Biden appearing to be on top of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan may also have inadvertently revealed the faces and locations of intelligence agents. The official White House Twitter account posted a photo on Sunday of Biden meeting by video conference with intelligence officials to hear … Read more

The Official RON PAUL WAS RIGHT About Afghanistan Thread – Ron Paul Currently Trending on Twitter

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  View post on imgur.com https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Ron%20Paul%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1427083114384445443 Ron Paul: Fifteen years into the Afghan war, do Americans know the truth? https://t.co/ZyhYPix5o5 — Liam McCollum (@MLiamMcCollum) August 15, 2021 #RonPaulWasRight on Afghanistan, U.S. House Floor, 03/17/11 https://t.co/KeGvzCIyX0 via @YouTube — Carlos Novais (@CN_) August 16, 2021 https://twitter.com/sus__amogus/status/1427192927407820802 Ron Paul on Afghanistan, U.S. House Floor, 03/17/2011 View … Read more

BBC Woman’s Hour: “Some are claiming polling figures show Kamala Harris as the most unpopular VP in American history.”

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Six months on from Kamala Harris being sworn in as Vice President, some are claiming polling figures show her as the most unpopular VP in American history. We are joined by Sharon D Austin, a professor of Political Science, and lecturer Melissa Milewski https://t.co/1z1pm4EiMw pic.twitter.com/pbxQXZs1mT — BBC Woman's Hour (@BBCWomansHour) August 16, 2021 h/t dr0id

The Taliban are going door to door making it known all girls over the age of 15 will be assigned a husband.

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The Taliban are going door to door making it known all girls over the age of 15 will be assigned a husband. (7/) https://t.co/Q5Y84AoXI7 — Judah Waxelbaum (@JudahWaxelbaum) August 15, 2021 With the Taliban's rapid advance, many women in Afghanistan are fleeing their homes, fearing murder, rape and forced marriage. pic.twitter.com/cOJC0g4ikf — DW News (@dwnews) … Read more

NOBODY’S HOME: VACAY FOR BIDEN, PSAKI… AFGHANISTAN, HAITI, WHATEVER AS WHITE HOUSE GOES ON VACATION

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Jen Psaki ‘Out Of The Office’ Amid Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is “out of office” while the Taliban takes over Afghanistan, Fox News reported. The Daily Caller confirmed Psaki’s absence by emailing her and receiving an auto-reply that read, “I will be out of the office from August 15th-August … Read more

T Mobile says 100,000,000 customers SSNs/driver license info/etc. stolen by hackers

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T-MOBILE is currently investigating claims of a massive customer data breach which hackers claim has affected 100 million users. The data breach reportedly includes social security numbers, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver’s license information. T-Mobile was first alerted to the possible breach by a forum post from a hacker claiming … Read more

The Myth Of U.S. Invincibility Has Now Been Completely Shattered

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by Michael Snyder Nobody is going to respect the power of the U.S. military after this.  We spent nearly 20 years and more than 2 trillion dollars fighting the war in Afghanistan.  Much more importantly, 2,448 U.S. service members lost their lives and thousands more were seriously wounded.  After so much heartbreaking sacrifice, the Taliban have won the war.  … Read more

Shortages reach a new level. Local Chipotle says they can’t get black beans.

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Apparently it’s a real thing… It was difficult to access seed last year which led to a big decline in average. This was complicated by drought in Mexico. Some doom stocking last year also caused demand to spike. https://t.co/6equmqwXlT — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) August 15, 2021 🌎 Global Supply Chains Are Being Battered by … Read more

The inflation story will long be forgotten …deflationary credit crunch with higher rates coming

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https://twitter.com/silviainsydney9/status/1426850770578595851 #recession … #Fed Pushing on a String edition https://t.co/mJYiosPCMi — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) August 15, 2021 Lovely while it lasts: Stock markets have decoupled from the real economy. Global mkt cap now equal to 139% of global GDP, way above Buffett's 100% bubble threshold. pic.twitter.com/ncZpCGZt08 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 15, 2021  

The Senate’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan includes a $65 billion investment in broadband

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by Shark0710 The Senate’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan includes a $65 billion investment in broadband that the White House says will “deliver reliable, affordable, high-speed internet to every household. https://www.yahoo.com/news/explainer-65b-broadband-plan-050046217.html I expect Nokia to get a big chunk of this money. The US Government has already shown great favor to Nokia through two administrations. Nokia … Read more

Construction of Mickleham quarantine camp starts – Melbourne, Australia

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Construction is under way at Melbourne’s Centre for National Resilience – the unwieldy name given to the new quarantine facility in Mickleham – with the camp set to open by the end of the year. A community engagement session was held earlier this week on progress of the fast-tracked 1000-bed accommodation site for returning travellers, … Read more