Biden says he’ll evacuate ALL US citizens from Afghanistan, insists allies have NOT questioned America’s credibility and finally takes questions (from a pre-approved list) in speech he started 50 minutes late

Biden says he’ll evacuate ALL US citizens from Afghanistan, insists allies have NOT questioned America’s credibility and finally takes questions (from a pre-approved list) in speech he started 50 minutes late

President Joe Biden vowed Friday to ‘mobilize every resource’ to get Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan – and took questions, from a pre-approved list of White House reporters, about the conflict for the first time in nine days.

‘This is one of the largest difficult airlifts in history and the only country in the world capable of projecting this much power on the far side of the world with this degree of precision is the United States of America,’ Biden said.

He insisted that the chaotic takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, leading to disarray at Kabul’s airport as westerners and Afghans flee, did not taint the U.S.’s global reputation.

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Mandatory vaccines are coming to a workplace near you

If you work for a Canadian small- or mid-sized business, chances are high you may be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine to keep your job.

A survey of business owners conducted by audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG shows a significant 62 per cent are making or planning vaccine mandates for their workers. In some cases, they also want customers to show proof of vaccination.


More… Toronto’s top doc urges employers to require proof of vaccination

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History Lesson – Biden is Obama 3.0 on Embracing Jihadists

“Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!” An unforgettable line from the classic movie Patton. George C. Scott, in the title role as the legendary General George Patton, is surveying the battlefield from his command post. He senses that his U.S. forces will rout the Germans, led by the brilliant Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, in this pivotal World War II tank battle in Tunisia. Why would the Americans be blessed with victory? In large part because Patton, himself a military genius, took the time to thoroughly study Rommel’s book on battlefield tactics and strategy during the previous war, World War I. Patton believed in the value of knowing his history, learning from his adversaries and avoiding the mistakes of his predecessors.

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White House backtracks after Biden appears to say US would defend Taiwan against China

Befuddled – thinks Taiwan is in Florida

A senior Biden administration official said US policy on Taiwan had not changed after President Joe Biden appeared to suggest the US would defend the island if it were attacked, a deviation from a long-held US position of “strategic ambiguity”.

In an interview aired by ABC News on Thursday, Biden was asked about the effects of the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and responses in Chinese media telling Taiwan this showed Washington could not be relied on to come to its defence.

 

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They found Joe – Biden speaks on his brilliant success in Afghanistan

They found Joe – Biden speaks on his brilliant success in Afghanistan

“President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Evacuation of American Citizens and Their Families, SIV Applicants and Their Families, and Vulnerable Afghans”

Allegedly starts at 1 PM.

The fact-check to top ALL fact-checks –> Kyle Becker takes Biden’s #Afghanistan interview apart lie-by-lie in receipt-filled thread

 

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Call Afghanistan what it is: The worst hostage crisis in American history

On Nov. 4, 1979, militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. It was hell for the captured Americans, and Jimmy Carter’s inability to extricate them helped doom him to a one-term presidency.

The way things are shaping up in Kabul, that national humiliation is being recreated on a far, far bigger scale — it is no hyperbole to say that it is starting to look like America’s worst hostage crisis.

That may be the right call.


Afghanistan: Danger lies on Kabul’s airport road to freedom

As thousands of citizens and foreign nationals attempt to flee Afghanistan, scenes outside Kabul airport have become increasingly desperate.

Since the Taliban took control of the country at the weekend and closed land border crossings, the capital’s airport has become the only way out of the country for many.

But the militants have said they don’t want Afghans to leave the country. They have set up checkpoints on Airport Road – shown in yellow, below – the main route to Hamid Karzai International Airport, and have attacked people.

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Tory’s ask ignores need for roach control

Seniors cut off from mail delivery after Toronto building overrun by cockroaches

A cockroach infestation at a Toronto Community Housing building has left more than 100 seniors without mail for nearly a month, cutting some off from their pension cheques, bills and doctors’ letters without notice.

Two residents, Joseph Quirk and Wayne Youngs, say Canada Post stopped daily mail delivery to Kensington Manor, at 34 Oxford St., in July after all three mail rooms became overrun by the roaches.

None of the residents were officially informed of the change, or notified about how they could get their mail in the meantime, they said.


John Tory tells federal leaders seeking Toronto votes what the city needs from them

Toronto’s election wish list for federal party leaders includes money to mend the pandemic-ravaged finances of Canada’s biggest city, funding for new affordable housing and the creation of a “more robust mental health care system.”

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Osama bin Laden BANNED al Qaeda from trying to assassinate Joe Biden because he believed he would be an incompetent president and ‘lead the US into a crisis’

 

Osama bin Laden banned al Qaeda from assassinating Joe Biden because the Democrat would make an incompetent president and ‘lead the US into a crisis’.

Bin Laden made the remark in a 2010 letter that was found in a trove of documents at the Pakistan compound where he was killed by US special forces in 2011.

The document was first made public in 2012 but has been brought back to light and given new significance amid the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan that has gifted the country back to the Taliban.

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Trudeau seen as best pick for PM say those offered incentive for poll response

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is seen as the best candidate for prime minister among the party leaders vying for the job in the federal election, according to a new poll, with 39 per cent of Canadians saying he should get a third term.

But the Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found an even larger number of those surveyed — 44 per cent — feel Trudeau will say anything to get elected, while 36 per cent said he has a hidden agenda. Both numbers also outstrip the other party leaders, suggesting Trudeau is facing trust issues while remaining the frontrunner in the campaign.


Ipsos

A sample of n = 1,501 was interviewed online, via the Ipsos I-Say panel and non-panel sources, and respondents earn a nominal incentive for their participation.

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‘Blood on your hands’: Afghan interpreter warns Trudeau if family is executed

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“If my family get executed or any other family get executed, know that you have their blood on your hands,” she said.

“The only person who is going to be responsible for the murder, merciless murder of the interpreters in Afghanistan, that will be only — and only — the leader of this country and that’s going to be Justin Trudeau.”

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Ontario reports 650 new Covid cases… and … America will not assist evacuation of Trudopia plus more of Justin’s Mixy-Matchy Vaxx woes

Ontario reports 650 new Covid cases… and … America will not assist evacuation of Trudopia plus more of Justin’s Mixy-Matchy Vaxx woes

Ontario reports highest number of new cases of COVID-19 in more than two months

Ontario is reporting its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in more than two months as transmission of the virus continues to increase amid a Delta-driven fourth wave of the pandemic.

The Ministry of Health says that there were 650 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus confirmed by the province’s labs on Thursday, up from 510 at this time last week.


U.S. extending land border restrictions with Canada, Mexico for another 30 days

Canadians won’t be able to drive into the United States for vacation for another month, Global News has learned.

A spokesperson with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Global News on Friday that America’s land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico will be closed until at least Sept. 21.

There’s no escape!


Mixed dose woes: Some Canadian cruise ship workers lost out on jobs due to their mixed vaccines

Having a mixed COVID-19 vaccine — two shots but with different vaccines — may do more than impede your travel plans. It could hurt your chances of working abroad.

Several countries don’t recognize people with mixed doses as being fully vaccinated.

That’s the general position in the United States where the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) currently doesn’t condone mixing COVID-19 vaccines.

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Thanks to US, Taliban has an air force now, 11 military bases

With the US-led NATO forces hastily exiting Afghanistan, a windfall awaits the Taliban that includes an army of well-trained soldiers equipped with latest weapons and gadgets, well-planned military bases but most importantly, something the Taliban never dreamt of—an air force, reports senior journalist Sanjib Kr Baruah.

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Why it’s now more likely you’ll face coronavirus — even if you’re vaccinated against COVID-19

While leading vaccines are still providing high levels of protection from COVID-19, the delta variant is proving their toughest adversary yet.

Highly contagious and likely capable of producing staggering virus levels inside the human body, the fourth major variant is driving Canada’s fourth wave. It’s also increasing the odds that more Canadians — whether vaccinated or not — will face the virus in the weeks and months ahead.

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