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  • Ukraine sues Western arms dealers who’ve failed to deliver promised military equipment

    09/13/2023 8:23:45 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 8 replies
    NY Post ^ | 09/13/2023 | Melissa Koenig
    Ukraine is suing at least two Western arms dealers for failing to make good on contracts promising military equipment, officials said. Kyiv has increasingly turned to independent arms dealers in the West to supply its needs in defending itself from Russia’s brutal, nearly 19-month invasion. In fact, about 11% of all those military contracts signed by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry have been with foreign suppliers — of which “only a few of them had difficulties in fulfilling their obligations in full,” a ministry spokesman told Newsweek. Six foreign companies — including two from the US — “did not fully or partially...
  • We Didn’t Have Enough Men or Equipment and This Gave Russia Time to Dig in, Says Zelensky

    07/25/2023 4:55:38 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 50 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2023 | OLIVER JJ LANE
    The world wondered why the long-discussed Ukrainian Spring offensive didn’t arrive until Summer, and now we know why, as Ukrainian President Zelensky says he simply didn’t have the men or the equipment to launch it any earlier. The Ukrainian counteroffensive didn’t start when expected because “frankly, we didn’t have enough munitions, armaments, not enough brigades properly trained in these weapons” to do so, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Aspen Security Forum on Friday. This delay gave Russian forces more time to dig in, he said, which further slowed progress once things actually started. He said it “provided Russia with...
  • Markey, Frost introduce bill to require full Medicare coverage of climate-resilient medical equipment

    07/05/2023 1:14:36 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 6 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/05/2023 | ZACK BUDRYK
    Legislation introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) would require Medicare to fully cover the costs of medically necessary equipment to people at particular risk during climate disasters. The legislation, the Survival Aid for Emergencies (SAFE) through Medicare Act, covers equipment such as solar batteries and heat pumps that may be necessary for the survival of disabled and elderly people during disasters that cause power outages. The lawmaker duo noted that about one in three of the 4,500 deaths during 2017’s Hurricane Maria were attributed in part to power outages interfering with medical equipment.
  • Taliban Making Hay With the Staggering Amount of U.S. Military Gear Left in Afghanistan

    03/27/2023 7:51:00 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 11 replies
    Red State ^ | 03/27/2023 | Bob Hoge
    When Joe Biden ordered the chaotic, deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, he didn’t just leave behind our dignity, he also left behind billions in weapons and armaments. Although we’ve known that most of that equipment ended up in Taliban hands, new photos and videos are emerging showing just how much we essentially donated to the violent group.The Taliban has reportedly been busy repairing many of the vehicles we had intentionally sabotaged when we abandoned ship:BREAKING: The Taliban has released pictures of US equipment & parts left behind after the August 2021 US withdrawal. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/GMTX93cM55— Antonio Sabato Jr...
  • Some Chinese Spy Balloon Parts Were Made in the USA; Six Companies Placed on Trade 'Blacklist'

    02/12/2023 8:17:22 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 14 replies
    Red State ^ | 02/12/2023 | Jennifer Van Laar
    The U.S. intelligence community claims that they jammed the spy balloon’s signals, mitigating any damage as it flew over sensitive sites.In appearances on two Sunday talk shows, House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) said that China sending a high-altitude spy balloon across the continental United States “was an act of espionage in plain sight” and revealed that the balloon had a greater capability than satellites to gather and collect imagery, and left open the possibility that these signals and images were still transmitted to Beijing even though US intelligence officials claim that they “mitigated” the damage.On “Sunday...
  • My first posting and it's a VANITY. HELP

    06/22/2022 7:21:32 AM PDT · by lucky american · 53 replies
    Lucky American
    I need help from my very enlightened freepers who have infinite knowledge and wisdom to help a woman out. I have a Harvest Right freeze dryer that needs a gasket and an oil/ water separator filter. I need to know the manufacturer and there is nothing on the pump to indicate who made it. Just the words Harvest Right. I called Harvest Right and they don't sell replacement parts and refused to tell me the make and model number. I can't afford a new pump and I'm very disappointed with the company. I can buy a whole new $3500 unit...
  • Jordan: It Would Be Nice if Equipment We Left in Afghanistan Was in Ukraine

    02/26/2022 7:27:42 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 12 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/26/2022 | Ian hatchett
    On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) stated that poor decisions in the past by the Biden administration have put us in a bad spot in the crisis in Ukraine and remarked that it would be helpful if some of the weapons and equipment the U.S. left behind in Afghanistan “was in Ukraine right now” to better arm the Ukrainian people to repel the invasion by Russia.
  • It’s Worse Than We Thought: Complete List of Military Gear Biden Gave To Taliban

    08/23/2021 1:53:03 PM PDT · by Lions Gate · 70 replies
    https://populist.press/its-worse-than-we-thought-complete-list-of-military-gear-biden-gave-to-taliban/
  • Biden administration appears to have stockpiled military equipment for Taliban months before collapse

    08/22/2021 9:50:47 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 39 replies
    Breaking News Exchange ^ | August 19, 2021
    GLOBAL POLITICS Biden administration appears to have stockpiled military equipment for Taliban months before collapse By NEWS EDITOR August 19, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes WASHINGTON — For months, the Biden administration was stockpiling military equipment for the Taliban before the collapse of the Afghan government. The report comes from Reuters who shares that well over a month before the Taliban’s march across the country, the Biden administration was sending military equipment to Afghanistan amid a “planned withdrawal.” The plans of the Biden administration were not very well thought out or executed. But perhaps this was the plan all along....
  • Left Behind: Billions in U.S. Equipment for the Afghanistan Taliban to Use Against... Us

    08/18/2021 7:18:54 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 41 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 08/18/2021 | Victoria Taft
    Months ago, U.S. forces began either removing, breaking down, or selling for scrap the military hardware they would leave behind on Joe Biden’s hand-chosen date to leave Afghanistan: September 11, 2021. But with Biden’s clueless and hackneyed Bay-of-Pigs-like disaster in Afghanistan, the U.S. is instead leaving to the Taliban billions of dollars worth of weapons and equipment. These are real weapons of war, not the ones BLM and antifa call police rifles and service pistols.This will take some self-control, but try to put aside for a minute your disgust at the moronic, clueless, and deeply symbolic – for terrorists anyway...
  • Counties told not to turn over election equipment (chain of custody in Pennsylvania)

    07/11/2021 3:31:17 AM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    NC News Online ^ | 7/10/21 | John Finnerty
    Two days after state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin County, announced that he’s requesting that three counties turn over election materials and equipment for a “forensic investigation,” the Department of State on Friday directed counties to refuse any requests for access to voting equipment by third-party groups. Acting Secretary of State Veronica W. Degraffenreid issued a directive prohibiting third-party access to electronic voting systems, addressing requests that counties allow outside entities not involved with the conduct of elections to review and copy the internal electronic, software, mechanical, logic, and related components of Pennsylvania’s voting systems. “Such access by third parties undermines...
  • Silicon Chip Shortage Leads To Potato Chip Shortage: Farm Equipment Manufacturers Have Halted Shipments

    05/18/2021 8:35:51 PM PDT · by blam · 63 replies
    Zubu Brothers ^ | 5-18-2021
    Readers have been briefed on the ongoing semiconductor shortage that may last a “couple of years.” The auto industry has grabbed the spotlight as the hardest-hit industry, with some of the world’s biggest manufacturers restricting production. According to a new report, the worldwide chip shortage is impacting the agriculture industry that may last for a couple of years and has already impacted the price of potato chips. Hoosier Ag Today reports, “The biggest factor impacting the ability of US farmers to produce the food we need has nothing to do with the weather, the markets, trade, regulations, or disease. The...
  • Coronavirus: European Countries reject Chinese-made equipment

    03/31/2020 8:59:28 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 24 replies
    BBC ^ | 03/31/2020
    A number of European governments have rejected Chinese-made equipment designed to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Thousands of testing kits and medical masks are below standard or defective, according to authorities in Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands. Europe has reported hundreds of thousands of cases of coronavirus. More than 10,000 people have died in Italy since the outbreak began. The virus was first detected in China at the end of 2019. The government implemented strict lockdown measures to bring it under control. What’s wrong with the equipment? On Saturday, the Dutch health ministry announced it had recalled 600,000 face masks. The...
  • Families of truckers killed on I-10 in 2017 settle lawsuit with construction company

    10/06/2019 8:52:04 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 3 replies
    ABC 7 KVIA ^ | October 1, 2019 | Stephanie Valle
    EL PASO, Texas - ABC-7 has learned the families of the young engaged couple killed when their semi-truck collided with a piece of construction machinery sticking out on Interstate 10 have settled their lawsuit against the company that was overseeing the construction site. The parents of Patrick Van Fossen and Keserie Paredes had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against JAR Construction, accusing JAR of causing the deaths of Van Fossen and Paredes on the early morning of Dec. 21, 2017. In July, ABC-7 reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, found numerous safety hazards at JAR's construction...
  • WATCH: Enraged Customer Hurls Equipment at McDonald’s Employees

    08/26/2019 3:43:06 PM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 75 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 8/26/19 | By Amy Furr
    A McDonald’s customer threw restaurant equipment at employees after she was reportedly told they were out of ice cream. Video footage of the incident shows customers quickly exiting the building as the unnamed woman grabs equipment and hurls it at employees standing behind the counter. One of the employees fights back by tossing a large silver cup dispenser at the woman, who picks it up and throws it at them.
  • Facebook group names I-66 construction crane "Steve," endless memes follow

    08/24/2019 12:56:35 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 23 replies
    Inside NoVa ^ | August 10, 2019 | Inside NoVa
    It doesn’t get much more Northern Virginia than this. Traffic woes and construction delays are daily gripes on the local Facebook group, “Western Prince William Chatter.” Then Steve came along -- and brought joy to the group's 20,000-plus members. "It seems he is the light at the end of the tunnel when you're STUCK in that horrible traffic! Thanks for entertaining us Steve and for those calling him Bob, just no," one Facebooker wrote. Before WPWC members gave him a name, Steve was simply known as a rubber tire crane. He came to the Manassas area to lift 10 concrete...
  • Komatsu’s Harbor District HQ could have more than 1,000 employees (Wisconsin)

    09/29/2018 10:29:08 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 5 replies
    BizTimes ^ | September 27, 2018 | Corrinne Hess
    Komatsu Mining Corp. is planning to add 443 jobs over the next 12 years at the $285 million headquarters planned for Milwaukee’s Harbor District, where the company’s total employment is expected to eventually exceed 1,000. “We are hiring today but we are also working to develop the workforce for tomorrow,” said John Koetz, president of surface mining at Komatsu. Komatsu is planning to consolidate its West Milwaukee headquarters along West National Avenue and its operations at the Honey Creek Corporate Center at a new South Harbor Campus that will spread across 2.5 million square feet south of Greenfield Avenue and...
  • Trump Set to Repeal Obama’s Ban on Military Equipment for Police

    08/28/2017 10:05:15 AM PDT · by davikkm · 37 replies
    IWB ^ | Mark Angelides
    When Barack Obama first called for a ban on police departments being able to use surplus military equipment three years ago, it was a knee jerk reaction to the Ferguson, Missouri riots. It was a bad policy that President Trump may be about to repeal. After the police used military equipment to quell riots in Ferguson, for Obama, it was all about public relations. He wanted to appear to be doing something that would “speak for” black folk, whilst at the same time chastise the police for essentially doing their jobs. He even said as much: "We've seen how militarized...
  • Walgreen's $140 Million Lawsuit Shows Theranos Is Way Worse Than We Thought

    11/23/2016 11:10:50 PM PST · by CorporateStepsister · 15 replies
    Thrill List ^ | 11/23/2016, 2:58 PM | By Christina Stiehl
    <p>Theranos, the biotech company started by a 19-year-old Stanford dropout, has another hurdle to cross in its whole "we're totally a legit blood-testing company" campaign. This time, it turns out that tens of thousands of blood tests were voided, making them totally invalid. Whoops!</p>
  • Theranos's Insane Campaign To Punish Whistleblower, Who Happened To Be Famous Boardmember's Grandson

    11/21/2016 7:48:00 PM PST · by CorporateStepsister · 40 replies
    TechDirt ^ | Mon, Nov 21st 2016 5:13pm | by Mike Masnick
    We haven't really written much about the insane Theranos scandal, though we discussed it on our podcast. The whole story is pretty crazy -- involving a heavily hyped up company that appeared to basically be flat out lying to everyone about what it could do. The company still exists, but barely. The company's founder and CEO, who was plastered across magazine covers and compared frequently to Steve Jobs, has been banned from running a lab for two years, and the company is now facing a $140 million lawsuit from its biggest partner, Walgreens, who claims that Theranos repeatedly lied to...