I can’t say that I’m surprised. I mean, the one here on Abbot Kinney took over a year to remodel its interior. And the lockdown followed just as it opened.
MedMen’s empire is on the verge of financial failure
Source: MedMen, California’s ‘Apple Store of weed,’ is about to fail
Well that escalated quickly.
It is obvious that Washington is purposefully trying to inflict a strategic defeat on us.
It took just one day for the Russian government to call foul after the U.S. announced it was considering sending American main battle tanks to help Ukraine defend itself from its invasion.
I realize it’s highly unlikely that we’ll ever see tank battles between these two adversaries, but I’m glad to see the playing field is getting a little closer to true level.
Of course, this is also more gasoline poured on the hot garbage cum dumpster fire that is the current state of Russia’s foreign relations. If only we could free the hell out of those people.
It seems North Korea has just tested its first solid-propellant ICBM.
Source: Russia fumes NATO ‘trying to inflict defeat on us’ after tanks sent to Ukraine
Looks like actual tank battles lie ahead. And in Europe, too.
It’s unknown how many tanks would be approved.
That’s a big step forward. I guess the U.S. is not going to wait for Germany to figure out what they want to do. That’s too bad too, because I was curious to see how the Leopard II faired in action.
Source: In reversal, US poised to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine | AP News
Didn’t even know this was a thing.
The $80 trillion-plus “hidden” debt estimate exceeds the stocks of dollar Treasury bills, repo and commercial paper combined, the BIS said, while the churn of deals was almost $5 trillion per day in April, two thirds of daily global FX turnover.
Source: BIS warns of $80 trillion of hidden FX swap debt | Reuters
Finally, some good news.
On Aug. 3, the U.S. Navy successfully recovered the F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW 1), embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) that blew overboard due to unexpected heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea July 8, 2022.
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