Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Message..
U.S. and its allies are sending China a message with a series of exercises aimed at showing how they can work together with a series of exercises.
Last month, U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, and France parked an air armada of 23 planes at Andersen Air Force Base in the U.S. territory of Guam.
The exercise was part of the annual Exercise Mobility Guardian, biennial training maneuver that has taken place since 2017.
U.S. B-52 strategic bomber joined military exercises with South Korea on Wednesday in the latest demonstration of the allies' readiness to respond to any North Korean provocation, South Korea's defense ministry said.
Nail..
China’s defense minister Li Shangfu warned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan in a veiled jab at the United States as he addressed a security conference in Russia.
Speaking at the Moscow Conference on International Security, Li said attempts to “use Taiwan to contain China,” would “surely end in failure,” according to state-run news agency Xinhua.
Li’s comments echoed previous statements by Chinese officials but the location of his speech was significant and symbolic.
China’s ruling Communist Party claims the self-governing democracy of Taiwan and has vowed to take control of it, by force if necessary. It has repeatedly castigated American interactions with the island, with which Washington does not have official diplomatic ties, including for the sale of US arms to Taipei.
If all what you got is a hammer, you see every problem as a nail.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Fossil..
Joe Biden is looking voters in the eye and promising to “end fossil fuel.”
Jo Biden made the comment after a New Hampshire environmental activist challenged him for accepting donations from the co-founder of liquified natural gas firm.
Biden denied the donor’s association to the fossil fuel industry before calling the young woman “kiddo” and taking her hand.
He said, “I want you to look at my eyes. I guarantee you. I guarantee you. We’re going to end fossil fuel.”
Later: President Joe Biden accused oil companies of "war profiteering" as he raised the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on energy companies if they don't boost domestic production.
Recently: The US could soon offer to put armed sailors and marines on commercial ships traveling through the
Just a thought.
Monday, August 21, 2023
Damn..
In 2020, Joe Biden promised to move the U.S. away from fossil fuels. But the Biden administration has a complicated relationship with the oil and gas industry.
It has moved forward on plans to drill federally owned lands, auctioned off 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, and approved the controversial Willow project in Alaska.
The Biden White House's testy relationship with the fossil fuel industry has grown even more complicated as the US Sanctions on Russia began which cut global energy supplies and sent crude oil and natural gas prices skyrocketing.
Biden, who campaigned on a promise to reduce dependence on fossil fuels linked to climate change, is leaning on the industry to curb inflation.
Oil and gas companies are reaping higher profits than they have in decades and mostly returning that windfall to shareholders in the form of buybacks.
No, Yes then Yes.... Damn if you do, damn if you don't
Petty..
A federal appeals court ordered a new sentence for a North Carolina man who pleaded guilty to a petty offense in the Capitol riot, a ruling that could impact dozens of low-level cases in the massive Jan. 6, 2021 prosecution.
The appeals court in Washington said James Little was wrongly sentenced for his conviction on a misdemeanor offense to both prison time and probation, which is court-ordered monitoring of defendants who are not behind bars.
Little, who entered the Capitol but didn’t join in any destruction or violence, pleaded guilty in 2021 to a charge that carries up to six months behind bars. He was sentenced last year to 60 days in prison followed by three years of probation.
The Court Made an Error? Shifted politically?
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