US President Joe Biden - Page 11

TheDaddy · 26-02-2021, 23:22

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Originally Posted by Pierre

He’ll no doubt get the Nobel Peace Prize for it, worked for Obama.

Really, I thought him not being George Bush jr worked for Obama in that he didn't start wars that killed hundreds of thousands "coz that man tried to kill my daddy"

Pierre · 27-02-2021, 09:43

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Really, I thought him not being George Bush jr worked for Obama in that he didn't start wars that killed hundreds of thousands "coz that man tried to kill my daddy"

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.t...6-obama-legacy

Also pretty sure that Bush SNR was no where near Kuwait, or that Saddam tried to kill him.

Also pretty sure the US was attacked by a terrorist outfit resident in and backed by Afghanistan.

Iraq. Well that is a stain on the UK and US.

TheDaddy · 27-02-2021, 17:46

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Originally Posted by Pierre

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.t...6-obama-legacy

Also pretty sure that Bush SNR was no where near Kuwait, or that Saddam tried to kill him.

You don't remember Bush jr saying those words then, about his daddy, shame I'd have thought you'd have been sure about that to

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Also pretty sure the US was attacked by a terrorist outfit resident in and backed by Afghanistan.

And that also added to the tragedy of it, pretty much the whole world was squarely in their corner and they squandered an opportunity to make the world better for everyone in it for the betterment of themselves but I wasn't really thinking of Afghanistan, more of Iraq, the insurgency and al qaeda

nomadking · 27-02-2021, 18:04

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Originally Posted by Hugh

It was reported by the Syrian Observation of Human Rights, because the attack was on a border-crossing station in eastern Syria - it wasn’t stated that Syrians were attacked.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...8a1_story.html

Still not Iranian, only backed by Iran, and still separate from any attacks in Iraq.

1andrew1 · 27-02-2021, 18:29

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Originally Posted by nomadking

Still not Iranian, only backed by Iran, and still separate from any attacks in Iraq.

I'm not sure anyone has claimed they were Iranian - "Iranian-linked Iraqi militias" is what has been posted in this thread.

**Hugh** · 27-02-2021, 19:01

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Originally Posted by nomadking

Still not Iranian, only backed by Iran, and still separate from any attacks in Iraq.

Never said they were - I quoted what was reported.

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The facilities were used by Iranian-linked Iraqi militias, including Kataib Hezbollah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada

You were the one talking about Syrians, no one else...

papa smurf · 02-03-2021, 19:36

'What am I doing here?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...atest-video-vn

**Hugh** · 02-03-2021, 20:01

It's OK, Kamala's waiting in the wings...

Here's the full speech.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...tion-facility/

TheDaddy · 02-03-2021, 20:16

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

'What am I doing here?

Trolling mainly, oh sorry thought you meant what were you doing here

1andrew1 · 03-03-2021, 14:48

This is a good start

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Biden says US will have enough jabs to vaccinate all adults by end of May

White House announces accelerated timeline after brokering production deal between J&J and Merck

The US will have enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every adult by the end of May, Joe Biden said on Tuesday, thanks in part to an unusual production deal between two of the country’s largest drugmakers.

Merck will manufacture doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine after receiving $269m from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to adapt its manufacturing facilities to produce Covid-19 medicines and shots.

The US president said on Tuesday the deal would accelerate the production of Covid-19 vaccines so that enough doses would be available to inoculate every adult within 90 days — two months earlier than previously announced.

Biden said: “I want to thank Johnson & Johnson and Merck for stepping up and being good corporate citizens during this national crisis. Here’s what all this means: we’re now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May.”

The Biden administration helped engineer the deal between the rival companies after J&J, which was granted an emergency use authorisation for its vaccine at the weekend, was beset by production delays.

https://www.ft.com/content/89442c1b-...-c040b9017882?

**Chris** · 03-03-2021, 15:00

That's interesting. Are they saying that vaccine supply has been the key factor in their vaccination rate so far? As of yesterday they're still vaccinating at a marginally lower rate than the UK (they're at 0.54 jabs per 100 population, we're at 0.58). They haven't exceeded our daily rate at any point in the programme except for a brief spell around the turn of the new year, although their daily rate has been accelerating slightly faster than ours for the past week or so.

1andrew1 · 03-03-2021, 15:24

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Originally Posted by Chris

That's interesting. Are they saying that vaccine supply has been the key factor in their vaccination rate so far? As of yesterday they're still vaccinating at a marginally lower rate than the UK (they're at 0.54 jabs per 100 population, we're at 0.58). They haven't exceeded our daily rate at any point in the programme except for a brief spell around the turn of the new year, although their daily rate has been accelerating slightly faster than ours for the past week or so.

The J&J vaccine was only cleared at the weekend but J&J has experienced production difficulties. The Merck deal also enables the date to be moved from July to May which is a huge change. And it's a single-injection vaccine.

**Damien** · 03-03-2021, 15:55

Another interesting thing that whilst all the headlines are on the stimulus Biden is making plans to cement Obamacare/ACA into American life. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...re/4560965001/

For the most part it's just increasing the subsidies making the premiums cheaper

1andrew1 · 04-03-2021, 12:29

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Originally Posted by Damien

Another interesting thing that whilst all the headlines are on the stimulus Biden is making plans to cement Obamacare/ACA into American life. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...re/4560965001/

For the most part it's just increasing the subsidies making the premiums cheaper

Yes, some staggering health costs shown in that article. I guess the employer does not pay the equivalent of national insurance so more of the burden is on the employee.

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A 64-year-old woman whose $58,000 (£41,500) income puts her out of range for subsidized health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could see her premium drop from $12,900 to $4,950 under President Joe Biden's pandemic relief bill that passed the House on Saturday.

Some good news for the UK.

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The US has agreed to suspend tariffs imposed on UK goods including single malt whiskies that were imposed in retaliation over subsidies given to the aircraft maker Airbus.

The suspension also covers items like cheese, pork, cashmere and machinery.

The tariffs will be suspended for a period of four months.
On 1 January, the UK had already dropped its own tariffs on some US goods put in place over a related dispute about US subsidies to Boeing.
The Scotch Whisky Association called the suspension "fabulous news".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56279525

**Hugh** · 06-03-2021, 18:05

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...ing-1-n1259795

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WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday, capping off a marathon overnight session after Democrats resolved internal clashes that threatened to derail President Joe Biden's top legislative priority.

The far-reaching legislation includes $1,400 stimulus checks, $300-per-week jobless benefits through the summer, a child allowance of up to $3,600 for one year, $350 billion for state aid, $34 billion to expand Affordable Care Act subsidies and $14 billion for vaccine distribution.