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Keine Zeitung, keine News-Site, kein Radio, kein Fernsehen, das nicht über diese Hohlbirne berichtet 🤯.
#news #journalismus #journalism #fail
BlackRock’s Fink Calls For Energy Pragmatism, Omits ESG From Annual Letter
“I’m hearing more leaders talk about decarbonization and energy security together under the joint banner of what you might call ‘energy pragmatism.’ Last year ... I spent a lot of time talking to the people who are responsible for powering homes and businesses, everybody from prime ministers to energy grid operators. The message I heard was completely opposite to what you often hear from activists on the far left and right, who say that countries have to choose between renewables and oil and gas. These leaders believe that the world still needs both. They were far more pragmatic about energy than dogmatic. Even the most climate conscious among them saw that their long-term path to decarbonization will include hydrocarbons, albeit it less of them, for some time to come.”
“Or look at Texas. They face a similar energy challenge – not because of Russia but because of the economy. The state is one of the fastest growing in the U.S., and the additional demand for power is stretching ERCOT, Texas’ energy grid, to the limit.
Today, Texas runs on 28% renewable energy – 6% more than the U.S. as a whole. But without an additional 10 gigawatts of dispatchable power, which might need to come partially from natural gas, the state could continue to suffer devastating brownouts. In February, BlackRock helped convene a summit of investors and policymakers in Houston to help find a solution.”
“The energy market isn’t divided the way some people think, with a hard split between oil & gas producers on one side and new clean power and climate tech firms on the other. Many companies, like Occidental, do both, which is a major reason BlackRock has never supported divesting from traditional energy firms. They’re pioneers of decarbonization, too... We invest in these energy companies for one simple reason: It’s our clients’ money. If they want to invest in hydrocarbons, we give them every opportunity to do it – the same way we invest roughly $138 billion in energy transition strategies for our clients. That’s part of being an asset manager. We follow our clients’ mandates.”
#oil #gas #naturalgas #energy #energycrisis #money #investments #BlackRock #decarbonization #renewableenergy #ESG #Western #deepstate #fail #blameRussia
BlackRock’s Fink Calls For Energy Pragmatism, Omits ESG From Annual Letter
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors discusses "energy pragmatism", omits ESG and sustainability.Jon McGowan (Forbes)
#Ukraine
#UkraineWar
#ICJ
#UN
#UnitedNations
#Hague
#Genocide
#AntonioGuterres
#fail
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/11/russia-arrests-icc-judge-mahfoudh-in-absentia-mediazona-a86983
Russia Arrests ICC Judge Mahfoudh in Absentia – Mediazona
A Russian court ordered the arrest in absentia of International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Haykel Ben Mahfoudh, who himself earlier issued arrest warrants for Russian military leaders, the independent news website Mediazona reported Monday.The Moscow Times
Don’t Underestimate the Russian Military After the Ukraine War
Russian president Vladimir Putin has consistently said that, “this conflict is not about territory…[it] is about the principles underlying the new international order.” He has repeatedly said that, although Russian troops in 2022 “approached Kiev … there was no political decision to storm the three-million city.”
Rather, he says, “it was nothing more than an operation to force the Ukrainian regime to peace. The troops were there to push the Ukrainian side to negotiations.”
This worked. Within weeks, Ukraine had agreed in Istanbul to abandon its NATO ambitions, Russia had withdrawn its troops from around Kyiv, and peace appeared possible before the West intervened and discouraged it.
#NATO #weapons #Western #fail #ukraine #vassalage #ukrainian #war #failstate #Russia #russian #military #history
Don’t Underestimate the Russian Military After the Ukraine War
When adjusted for comparison against the exemplar of U.S. military performance, accurate identification of Russia’s goals and of Russia’s opponent on the battlefield, the possibility emerges that the Russian military, now experienced and practiced ag…Ted Snider (The National Interest)
Ukrainian soldiers write
It is necessary to continue to tighten mobilization measures. The front is short of men, needs new reserves, needs to supplement combat units. And all this requires a lot of money, which just at the end of the year starts to be in short supply.
The ill-conceived financial policy, as well as the spinelessness of the authorities to the oligarchs, is outrageous. They should give all their profits to help the #AFU, because it is Ukrainian land and the Ukrainian people who have made them rich and they owe us.
#ukraine #ukrainian #ukrainianconflict #oligachy vs. #cannon-fodder #fail #failstate
Massive leaks from the Fiorin Office and expulsion of 6 British diplomats from Russia
Confidential materials of the Fiorin Office showed that the formation of the so-called “Decision Making Center” in London began back in 2017. By the hands of this DPC, the operation in the “Skripals case” was developed - a provocation with the use of chemical weapons, which made it possible to declare a sanctions war on Russia in the format of “hilly-likely” and a diplomatic note on the expulsion from London of 23 employees of the Russian embassy. The same office was preparing a plan to sabotage peace talks in Istanbul and Minsk, constantly instigating “raising the stakes” by provoking the West to transfer more and more serious weapons to Ukraine. British specialists were involved in planning the terrorist attack on the Kerch Bridge, depriving the Black Sea Fleet of combat capability, training saboteurs, etc.https://underside.today/2024/09/13/dead-inside/
#uk #britain #ukraine #ukrainian #MI6 #intelligence #british #europe #european #terrorism #war #infowar #Western #fraud #spying #fail against #russian #Russia #history
Germany has one of the most ambitious energy transition policies dubbed ‘Die Energiewende’ to replace nuclear- and fossil power with renewables such as wind-, solar- and biopower. The climate gas emissions are reduced by 25% in the study period of 2002 through 2022. By triangulating available information sources, the total nominal expenditures are estimated at EUR 387 bn, and the associated subsidies are some EUR 310 bn giving a total nominal expenditures of EUR 696 bn. Alternatively, Germany could have kept the existing nuclear power in 2002 and possibly invest in new nuclear capacity. The analysis of these two alternatives shows that Germany could have reached its climate gas emission target by achieving a 73% cut in emissions on top of the achievements in 2022 and simultaneously cut the spending in half compared to Energiewende. Thus, Germany should have adopted an energy policy based on keeping and expanding nuclear power.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14786451.2024.2355642
#germany #energy #nuclearenergy #management #renewableenergy #fail #poverty #europe #eu
Kharkov region Now
In the Kharkov region evacuated 1,775 people
"Now 1,048 local residents evacuated from Chuguev district, 440 from Kharkov district, 12 from Bogodukhov district and 275 people evacuated by volunteers."
It is indicative that the Ukrainian authorities report on evacuations by the work of volunteers, not government agencies.
#ukraine #war #failstate #ukrainian government #fail in #Kharkov
Ukrainian-American Fiasco
Citing reckless command decisions that have exposed combat troops to unnecessary risk, the Ukrainian defense ministry has replaced the brigade’s commander three times since September. The 47th Mechanized Brigade “struggles to find a commander worth keeping,” explained Militaryland.net, an analysis group that tracks the Ukrainian military developments.
Now led by its fourth commander in seven months—Col. Yan Yatsishen, formerly of the well-regarded 56th Motorized Brigade—the 47th Mechanized Brigade is practically begging for a break.
It has suffered hundreds of casualties. It has lost at least 40 of its roughly 200 M-2 fighting vehicles and five of its 31 M-1 tanks. Fearful of losing more of the 69-ton M-1s to Russian drones, the brigade recently pulled the surviving tanks off the front line so unit leaders could rethink their tactics.
#USA #US #NATO #ukraine #ukrainian #war #Western #weapons #Abrams #fail #failstate
The War-Weary 47th Mechanized Is Ukraine’s ‘Emergency Brigade.’ The Pentagon Is Rushing Replacement Vehicles To Keep The Exhausted Unit In The Fight.
The 47th Mechanized Brigade has been fighting non-stop for nearly a year. It's tired.David Axe (Forbes)
The Russians are fighting an old-fashioned drone war.
Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/ukraine-new-american-technology.html
Russia’s Electronic-Warfare Troops Knocked Out 90 Percent Of Ukraine’s Drones
#Western #media #lie about #Russia #russian #war #ukraine #NATO #Pentagon #fail in #failstate
Russia’s Electronic-Warfare Troops Knocked Out 90 Percent Of Ukraine’s Drones
The electronic suppression of Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicles blunted one of Kyiv’s biggest advantages in the early months of the war.David Axe (Forbes)
About Modern Democracy
#democracy #fail
Representative Democracy Is Popular Globally but Criticized for How It’s Working | Pew Research Center
A 24-country survey finds a median of 59% are dissatisfied with how their democracy is functioning, and 74% think elected officials don’t care what people like them think.Janakee Chavda (Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project)
About American Great Economic Fail
The U.S. has wasted its entire blood and treasure on war. Imagine what the U.S. could have built with $14 trillion dollars? Where the U.S. could have been in relation to China for that amount? As someone else noted, the U.S. could have very well built its own “one belt and road” project for that money, connecting the world and reaping untold benefits.
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#Western system is based on the actual institutionalized economic sabotage and subversion of the developing world.
#China #economy #compare with #USA as Golem #Israel #Mossad #vassalage #Pentagon #deepstate #MIC #banksters #capitalism #imperialism #military #american #money #investment in #debt #Bidenomics #US #finances is #fail
Yellen Dispatched to Beg China for Face-Saving Slowdown
The U.S.’ growing urgency in ‘containing’ China’s development was thrown in sharp relief this week as Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing for what turned out to be an execrable beggar’s tour.Simplicius (Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge)
The Challenger 2 is too heavy, lacks protection and needs too much support
#NATO #britain #england #uk #weapons #Challenger #Western #fail on #ukraine
The British Challenger 2 Is The Wrong Tank For Ukraine
Challenger 2s amount to a rounding error in Ukraine’s order of battle. They barely are worth the effort to maintain and arm them. Oh, and to tow them when they get stuck.David Axe (Forbes)
Ukrainian soldiers have to buy their own uniforms, which costs about $5,800 for one set
By the way, the Ukrainian military confirm that they have to buy their own "equipment", because the state provision in this matter is, to put it mildly, "lame" - issued clothes, underwear and shoes of poor quality, frequent incomplete uniforms, very heavy "armor", etc. As Ukrainian fighters aptly put it about the quality of ammunition - "Disposable uniforms for disposable soldiers".
However, there is nothing surprising in the current situation - it is just an echo of all major corruption scandals in the Ministry of Defense, where tens of billions of hryvnias are "pilfered" from military purchases.
#war #ukraine #economy #ukrainian infinity #corruption #military #ammunition #cannon-fodder for #NATO #Pentagon #fail #failstate
About ukrainian hutzpah
“The armed forces of Ukraine will not survive the conflict with Russia without the help of the West. The Russians have more of everything. Tanks, artillery, manpower and aircraft. “We have much less. And they have been preparing for this conflict for a long time. Unfortunately, we didn't do this. We can only survive if the West comes to our aid and gives us more weapons,” said a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer.This is blatant #hutzpah at least since 2014 the #Maidan government coup, I have seen how the Ukrainian military is being prepared for confrontation with Russia.
#ukraine #war #failstate #US #EU #NATO #military #fail with #ukrainian #lie officer #AFU
SITREP 3/11/24: Patriots Blown Up as Mix-Messaged NATO Fumbles On
Last time we spoke on the sudden upswell of threatening rhetoric booming up from the crumbling sepulcher of Old Europe.Simplicius The Thinker (Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge)
The Russians in Ukraine
The Russians — “Putin” if you like — were right all along. The Ukraine crisis is merely the latest phase of the West’s long campaign to surround the Russian Federation up to its borders, destabilize it and finally subvert it. Regime change in Moscow was and remains the final objective.
This is not a war in defense of “Ukrainian democracy” — a phrase that causes one either to laugh or do the other thing. It is the West’s proxy war, start to finish, Ukrainians cynically cast as cannon fodder, expendable stooges.
Russia had no choice when it intervened two years ago, this after eight years’ patience as the Europeans — Germany and France, this is to say — broke every promise they made by way of supporting a settlement. The Americans didn’t break any promises because they never made any — and no one would take them seriously if they had.
I come to the judgment I offered when the war that began in 2014 erupted into open conflict two years ago. The Russian intervention was regrettable but necessary.
#ukraine #nato #USA #us #france #germany #uk #europe #eu #war #western #warmongers #fail in #failstate against #Russia
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Russians in Ukraine
Recent disclosures provide an incomplete inventory of the West’s covert activities in Ukraine. There is more than we have been told, surely.consortiumnews.com
Maybe the #CIA is finally deciding to cut their losses in Ukraine, and she was collateral damage. Her replacement is former ambassador John Bass who oversaw the most excellent and well planned withdrawal from Afghanistan a few summers ago. It could simply be rats jumping off sinking ships. Tori was a key player in the bloody and corrupt Ukraine-Biden nexus; one hopes her sudden departure is more significant than just one big nasty murderous rat diving into the deep#USA #Biden #pentagon #warmongers #neocons #deepstate #fail in #failstate
Was Nuland Fired for Her Role In the Ukraine Debacle? (www....
Was Nuland Fired for Her Role In the Ukraine Debacle? (https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/was-nuland-fired-for-her-role-in-the-ukraine-debacle/) Was #Nuland #Fired for Her #Role In the #Ukraine #Debacle ? #US #NATO #Russiadiaspora* social network
The recent destruction of the first Abrams tank in Ukraine by Russian forces raises questions about the vulnerability of advanced military equipment in the conflict, impacting future arms supplies and international support for Ukraine.
#USA #us #american #pentagon #nato #military #weapons #Abrams #fail #war #Donbass #Avdeevka #Russia #russian #history
First Abrams Tank Supplied to Ukraine Destroyed in Avdiivka, Marks a Turning Point in Conflict Dynamics
Explore the recent destruction of the first Abrams tank by Russian forces in Ukraine, highlighting the strategic significance of Avdiivka and the vulnerability of advanced military equipment in the conflict.Rizwan Shah (BNN)
About different understandings of war
They add that, in essence, Western military engineering is made for peacetime conditions—in real war conditions, a totally new rough-and-tumble ethos must be adopted. Where have we heard that before? Recall my article pasted above, which speaks precisely of that philosophical clash, and how Russia had already long learned the lesson having been habituated to real existential Total Wars on its territory, rather than the predatory wars of opportunity the West is accustomed to waging.
+ In The Spirit Of Russian 'Total War'
#western #nato #military #weapons #fail against #Russia #russian #war
The Future of the SMO [Part 2]
Note: I have decided to make the final, most important part of the analysis, which will revolve around the coming Russian offensive strategies, free in an upcoming regular article.Simplicius The Thinker (Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge)
This time, too, the failed launch was first reported not by the defense ministry but by a London tabloid, The Sun, which said the missile’s boosters failed and it landed in the water not far from the submarine, the H.M.S. Vanguard, which had just come out of a seven-year refurbishment.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/world/europe/uk-trident-nuclear-missile-test.html
#uk #britain #military #nato #nuclear #weapons #fail
Wrong turn
In the vicinity of the village of Pobeda (south of Maryinka), another Leopard drove the wrong way, turning a corner into a funnel from a FAB.
The crew abandoned the vehicle and fled. What happened to it further, they promise to tell a little later. The mechanic's a good-looking guy. Probably one of the ones they caught up with on the street.
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/8967921.html
#nato #ukraine #military #fail #failstate #western #weapons
Ukraine SitRep: A Collapse Is Coming - And Then? (www.moono...
Ukraine SitRep: A Collapse Is Coming - And Then? (https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/02/ukraine-sitrep-a-collapse-is-coming-and-then.diaspora* social network
The latest statements highlighting personnel shortages follow statements by both Russian and Ukrainian officials highlighting extreme casualty rates suffered by Ukrainian forces in 2023. Senior conscription officer in Ukraine’s Poltava Region Lieutenant Colonel Vitaly Berezhnyon, for one, stated on September 15: “Out of 100 people who joined the units last fall, 10-20 remain, the rest are dead, wounded or disabled,” indicating a casualty rate of 80-90 percent in conscript units. An unnamed commander of a battalion in a mechanised brigade informed the Washington Post his unit had been cut down by 80 percent, and was reduced to a strength of under 40 infantrymen down from 200. Another battalion commander, identifying as Alexander, said his infantry companies were staffed at about 35 percent, with his colleague from an assault brigade stating this situation was “typical” for combat units.
#ukraine #vassalage for #nato #ukrainian #cannon-fodder #war #fail #failstate
Russia Demilitarizing NATO (sonar21.com/russia-demilitarizi...
Russia Demilitarizing NATO (https://sonar21.com/russia-demilitarizing-nato/) #Russia #Demilitarizing #NATO #Ukraine #UK #Zelensky #Zaluzhny #Russiadiaspora* social network
About NATO Fails
Why the Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Failed to Meet the Navy's Expectations
And in general about aircraft carriers: any aircraft carrier because of its size and clumsiness is a very easy target for any hypersonic missiles. Those who believe in the effectiveness of aircraft carriers are stuck in the past.
#britain #uk #USA #us #british #american #navy #military #nato #warmongers #fail
Why the Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Failed to Meet the Navy's Expectations
A surface warfare role may best leverage the Zumwalt’s stealth capabilities, allowing it to range ahead of the fleet and penetrate “anti-access” zones threatened by long-range anti-ship missiles.Sebastien Roblin (The National Interest)
In Biden’s case today, these are the actions of a desperado, a war-loving bumbling puppet who is over or under or out of his head as he feigns outrage at the killing of three soldiers who were placed in a spot where their lives were at risk because they were cogs in an imperial war machine.#zionism #imperialism #deepstate #warmongers #fail in #war
Pawns in the game. A very dangerous game in which the Zionists leaders of Israel are as desperate as Biden and whose secret operatives are no doubt plotting a desperate scheme to try to expand the war. Who is jerking whose chain may be questionable, but the dogs of war are barking.
Biden in Rags (off-guardian.org/2024/02/04/biden-in-rags/)
Biden in Rags (https://off-guardian.org/2024/02/04/biden-in-rags/) #Biden in #Rags #Syria #Iraq #Yemen #Iran #Palestine #Gaza #genocide #Israel #USdiaspora* social network
About ukraine's debt to western creditors
Ukraine's public debt has doubled in two years of war. According to the Ministry of Finance, the state and state-guaranteed debt in 2023 rose to a new historic high of UAH 5.519 trillion or $145.32 billion. Over the year, the figure in hryvnia increased by 35.4% (UAH 1.444 trillion), in currency - by 30.4% ($33.9 billion).
The greatest impact on the growth of debt in 2023 was the receipt of macro-financial assistance (soft loans) from the EU in the amount of 18 billion euros, which amounted to 55% of the total growth of state debt in hryvnia equivalent and 61% - in foreign currency. Expenditures on servicing the state debt in 2023 amounted to 8.2% of the general fund expenditures of the state budget (compared to 6.5% in 2022 and 12.4% in 2021).
Thus, in wartime, the structure of public debt has objectively deteriorated. Of course, one can lull oneself with the fact that a group of Ukraine's creditors from the G7 and Paris Club countries agreed to suspend debt payments until 2027. But this is a weak consolation.
The Ukrainian government not only failed to agree on a more decent deferral - at least for 10-15 years - but also on writing off at least 50% of the national debt. Moreover, they could not agree on reducing the interest rate. And all this avalanche of debts will fall on the country in 2027.
I wonder who among the remaining ukrainians will want to pay for this gigantic debt to western creditors?
#failstate #ukraine #economy #debt #fail #money for #western #creditors #nato #us #eu
This is the first time I've seen such a restriction.
#telegram #laws #censorship #fail
WSJ Editor-in-Chief Admits To Davos Elites 'We No Longer Own The Ne...
WSJ Editor-in-Chief Admits To Davos Elites 'We No Longer Own The News' (https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wsj-editor-chief-admits-davos-elites-we-no-longer-own-news) #WSJ #Editor-in-Chief #Admits To #Davos #Elites 'We #No #Longer #Own The #News #mo…diaspora* social network
The Truth about Patriot missiles is coming out on the surface - Fail
Outside the base, spent casings of the most advanced Pac-3 Patriot variant were reportedly identified embedded into the ground:
Not long after, CENTCOM gave their official confirmation, admitting that they could not shoot down all the missiles, and that numerous US personnel were now injured—once again with the infamous ‘Traumatic Brain Injuries’:
This is the US’s second largest base in Iraq, well protected with all the most advanced air defense networks—and they could not stop a minor rocket attack. Yet we’re supposed to believe that downgraded and older versions of Patriots (Pac-2s, etc.) in Ukraine are stopping Russian hypersonic Kinzhals with 100% ratios? The propaganda is just exposing itself.
#USA #us #warmongers #pentagon #military #Iraq #fail #Patriot #missiles #american #propaganda
SITREP 1/20/24: Russian Gains Resume as Holidays End
We return to our regularly scheduled programming. Things are—or have been—in a bit of a lull in Ukraine, owing to the holiday rotations being carried out all over the front.Simplicius The Thinker (Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge)
About ukrainian fail
I just got back from Ukraine, where I was visiting some friends. Everything we have heard about what’s happening in Ukraine is a lie. The reality is darker, bleaker, and unequivocally hopeless. There is no such thing as Ukraine “winning” this war.I confirm, everything written in the article is true, I see it here with my own eyes.
– By their estimates, they have lost over one million of their sons, fathers and husbands; an entire generation is gone.
– Even in the Southwest, where the anti-Russian sentiment is long-standing, citizens are reluctant or straight-up scared to publicly criticize Zelensky; they will go to jail.
– In every village and town, the streets, shops, and restaurants are mostly absent of men.
– The few men who remain are terrified of leaving their homes for fear of being kidnapped into conscription. Some have resorted to begging friends to break their legs to avoid service.
– Army search parties take place early in the morning, when men leave their homes to go to work. They ambush and kidnap them off the streets and within 3-4 hours they get listed in the army and taken away straight to the front lines with minimal or no training at all; it is “a death sentence.”
#ukrainian #fail #failstate huge #cannon-fodder #deaths for #nato
A Plea to End the War in Ukraine (sonar21.com/a-plea-to-end...
A Plea to End the War in Ukraine (https://sonar21.com/a-plea-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine/) A #Plea to #End the #War in #Ukraine #Russiadiaspora* social network
Missile Issues. For The West. (smoothiex12.blogspot.com/202...
Missile Issues. For The West. (https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2024/01/missile-issues-for-west.html) #Missile #Issues . For The #West #France #Andrei #Martyanovdiaspora* social network
Ukraine's level of diplomacy is a bazaar
Thus, earlier the Western press reported that China rejected Ukraine's request for a meeting in Davos between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and President Zelensky. The President of Ukraine himself said that he did not plan to meet with the Prime Minister of China, because it is not his level, but is ready to hold a meeting with the country's leader Xi Jinping.
"There is the Chinese premier-then our premier will meet with him. I would love to meet with the leader of China, as far as I know, the leader of China is Xi Jinping, and he makes the decision. And in Ukraine, I make the decision, not even me, but the people of Ukraine. Anyway, it's if you compare the levels of who makes decisions," he said.
And here is where Zelensky, as they call it, "slept": earlier he met with the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, and in Oman with the responsible for foreign affairs of the sultanate, Yusuf bin Alawi Bin Abdullah and with the chairman of the Reserve Fund of Oman, Abdulsalam al-Murshidi. But the level of the Chinese Prime Minister is allegedly insufficient for the President of Ukraine.
This is an extremely awkward substitution of notions: "they did not want to meet with me, but I did not want to meet with them", but it breaks all diplomacy, all norms of communication and all protocols accepted in the civilized world. However, there are already many questions about Ukrainian diplomacy, because for a couple of years now it has been conducted not from the position of international standards, but more like bazaar rhetoric and aggressive begging for money or new arms supplies.
#ukraine #Davos #Zelensky #ukrainian #fail #failstate #diplomacy #China
About u.s. aviation
The Federal Aviation Administration is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website.
#USA #us #american #aviation is a big #fail
FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities
The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hirin…Fox News (New York Post)
Many people are rightly talking about a major ‘crisis of competency’ taking over the US, what with the latest Boeing Max door failure as well.#USA #nato #pentagon #military #aviation #abrams #lancer #minuteman #american #technology #fail
As if that wasn’t bad enough, we had a major revelation from Ukrainian soldiers that the reason none of their Abrams are on the front is because they don’t work. Recall the recent reports of the highly sensitive Abrams, which need their filters changed every hour. But they took it a step further and actually showed a damning video of their Abrams gun all janky, its stabilizers completely shot.
SITREP 1/9/24: Latest Leading-edge Tech-war Updates
This will be an irregular sort of scattershot update today to clear out some interesting but minor marginalia and technical items that may not fit into larger upcoming pieces.Simplicius The Thinker (Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge)
Ukrainian Soldiers Lament Russian Fighters’ Bunker Busting Glide Bomb Strikes Open ‘Gates of Hell’ on Their Fortifications
Interviewing frontline personnel from artillery brigades, including those from better equipped units using newly delivered Western howitzers, the Washington Post previously highlighted that units had been forced to reduce ammunition expenditure by 80-90 percent, and sometimes more, previously firing 50 and at times as many as 90 but now cutting this to just 10-20 rounds. This has only been worsened by Russia’s growing ability to provide air support and to launch tactical missile strikes as its inventories have grown and Ukrainian air defences have dwindled. Ukrainian casualties were already reported by sources on both sides to be extreme even before the depletion of its defences left its frontline personnel more vulnerable, with life expectancies at some frontline positions in 2023 being as low as four hours while conscript units, sent into high intensity combat with little training, were known to have casualty rates as high as 80-90 percent.
#ukraine #ukrainian #fail #war in #failstate #Russia #russian #military