Tiffany France thought her son would receive his diploma this coming June. But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade. WJLA The good news: he’s doing better than many.
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They’ll sell you lies for trillions
New at the Belmont Club. China has the Woke over the Climate Change barrel.
Jeff Bezos start-up aimed at biological reprogramming to live FOREVER
Among the expertise being brought on include those who have looked extensively in cell reprogramming Daily Mail
We’re gonna need a bigger alphabet
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Thursday that the U.S. is taking the variant, dubbed Mu, “very seriously,” but that it hasn’t taken an extensive hold in this country. CBS
The NYT remembers Hungnam
I wrote about Hungnam at the Belmont Club 2 weeks ago. If You Can’t Say ‘Retreat, Hell,’ at Least Retreat Well
A civilization falls from within
This wasn’t just a territorial battle, a fight over the land of Afghanistan. It was also a cultural clash. It was a war between one side that has very strong beliefs and is more than willing to die for them, and another side that doesn’t know what it stands for anymore and would rather avoid …
Taliban takes 6 refugee planes hostage pending concession
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Sunday the Taliban is blocking a half dozen planes with American citizens and permanent residents, as well as Afghan interpreters, from departing Afghanistan, accusing the militant group of holding the flights “hostage.” Forbes
China not buying Kerry Climate Change program
Beijing has rebuffed American calls to make more public pledges on climate change before a UN climate summit in November, insisting it should follow its own plan rather than bowing to US pressure, according to a person familiar with the two countries’ negotiations. SCMP
NZ terror attacker known to the police
The attacker, a known supporter of Islamic State, was shot dead by police. BBC
Stormy weather
Supreme Court abortion decision; Joe Manchin Bad jobs report Afghanistan disaster
Great Biden victory yields dividends
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday claimed Beijing was “ready to invest in and reconstruct” Afghanistan as he set out hopes that China would provide a gateway into global markets Telegraph
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun
The billionaire entrepreneur matched the heights of America’s tech legends but failed to heed warnings that Chinese leader Xi Jinping still called the shots WSJ
Taliban arrests former British soldier as 400 Afghans he is trying to evacuate are turned away at border
Former British soldier, Ben Slater’s, mission to evacuate 400 Afghans via a third country has failed. His staff have been turned away at a land border. Slater called on the Foreign Office to help his staff escape after ‘complete disaster’ at border
House divided: the abortion line
The court’s order, which rejected an emergency request by clinics and abortion-rights advocates, marks a turning point in the legal battle over abortion rights and comes the day the Texas ban went into force. While not a final ruling on the measure’s constitutionality, the court’s action validates, at least temporarily, a novel attempt by Texas …
Taliban kill squad using US biometric data
The Taliban has mobilized a special unit, called Al Isha, to hunt down Afghans who helped US and allied forces — and it’s using US equipment and data to do it. NY Post
The new Southwest Pacific campaign
“What gulag?” I said. “The construction crew,” he said: the men in blue jumpsuits from China. Their barracks were straight out of a Russian novel, he said, puffing on a cigarette. Didn’t I know I was living smack in the middle of a huge story? Politico
US strips Mideast to face China
This is in keeping with the strategies of presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump of reducing U.S. forces in the Middle East in order to minimize risk. Trump, however, increased the United States’ air defense capabilities in the region after Iranian drones struck a Saudi oil facility in 2019. The Biden administration’s withdrawal appears to …
Elder Versus Newsom: A Battle for the Soul of America
Roger Simon writes: In a sense, the current governor and the editor of the state’s most prominent paper are correct, this recall election is about values. But are they the values of a rich class ….
Jordan Peterson on the improbability of Elon Musk
“And he’s still alive.”
Biden lectures himself against nation building
In the call, Biden offered aid if Ghani could publicly project he had a plan to control the spiraling situation in Afghanistan. “We will continue to provide close air support, if we know what the plan is,” Biden said. Days before the call, the U.S. carried out air strikes to support Afghan security forces, a …
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