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The World Bank is partnering with the IAEA 'to extend plant life in emerging markets and help new countries build safe, secure nuclear programs'.
IT'S HAPPENING, POSSUMS - IT'S REALLY FRIGGIN HAPPENING!
https://x.com/WorldBank/status/1937782908745294030
'It's another thing to actually call out the names of different criminal street gangs and ask them to protect their neighborhood'.
This is no different to white nationalists rallying other terrorists to storm the Capitol on Jan 6.
https://abc7.com/post/cudahy-vice-mayor-cynthia-gonzalez-allegedly-calls-on-gang-members-to-stand-up-against-immigration-raids-socal/16839597/
'The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced that reputational risk will no longer be a component of examination programs in its supervision of banks.
'This change does not alter the Board's expectation that banks maintain strong risk management to ensure safety and soundness and compliance with law and regulation nor is it intended to impact whether and how Board-supervised banks use the concept of reputational risk in their own risk management practices'.
Interesting.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20250623a.htm
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced that reputational risk will no longer be a component of examination programs in its supervision of banks. The Bo
‘These machines … built in Guangzhou by German tunnelling specialist Herrenknecht. Two were expected to reach India by October 2024, while the third should have arrived earlier this year.
‘So far, no clearance has been given by Chinese port authorities. There has been no official explanation for the delay.
‘Diplomatic channels are now in play, as the delay involves not just the TBMs but also other parts crucial for ongoing civil works’.
The PRC yet again using export permits for major industrial equipment made (by foreign OEMs) in China as a weapon against India. Right around when NSA Doval met with Wang Yi.
More evidence that China is sustained by shafting, indeed disrupting the industrialisation of, others.
Good thing that Herrenknecht announced in May that they plan to make these machines in India.
https://m.economictimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/indias-bullet-train-plan-hits-chinese-wall-as-german-tunnel-boring-machines-remain-stuck-at-port/articleshow/122043772.cms
Three tunnel boring machines built in China for Indias first bullet train are stuck at a Chinese port without clearance. Though commissioned by German firm Herrenknecht, the machines are critical for digging a deep, undersea tunnel between Mumbai and Shilphata. Officials say the delay could affect construction but havent changed the projects deadline. The Ministry of External Affairs has stepped in to resolve the impasse through diplomatic channels as India tightens control over Chinese-origin imports after the 2020 Galwan clash.
'[Sinwar] made the same analytical mistake Nasser had made: He underestimated the desire of Israelis to live in their ancestral homeland, basing his conclusion on an incorrect understanding of how Israel sees itself.
'In the end, the October 7 massacre Sinwar ordered did not cause the destruction of Israel but instead led to the dismantling of its enemies.
'Not since Nasser has anyone in the Middle East been proved so wrong so quickly.
'Sinwar’s misplaced confidence in theories of settler colonialism and Jewish perfidy ... he even sponsored a [Gaza] conference in 2021 ... in which specific plans were discussed for the building of Palestine on the ruins of Israel.
'Walter Russell Mead ... once explained that a weakness of anti-Semites is that they have difficulty understanding the world as it actually works, and don’t comprehend cause and effect in either politics or economics'.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/sinwar-march-folly/683290/
'China is a different kind of challenger [to the USSR] and competition takes place in a different and much more interconnected world. The two Cold War competitors were almost hermetically sealed, with about only $15 billion in trade in 1980 (in 2024 dollars) compared to $438.9 billion in 2024, up 2.8 percent from 2023'.
Again, General Nakasone's remark about not importing cars from the USSR come to mind.
https://www.technologyandsecurity.org/how-u-s-export-policy-backfired/
'The first phase targets legacy drivers that have newer replacements already on Windows Update.
'This is meant to be a regular exercise to optimize what windows update has to offer. We are beginning with the above-mentioned category of drivers but will expand to cover more categories of drivers that Microsoft deems fit to be expired from windows update'.
Low-hanging, but vital fruit.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/hardwaredevcenter/removal-of-unwanted-drivers-from-windows-update/4425647
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