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g.sarkar wrote:Thank you Cyranoji, I have a very slow connection, so just trying to keep up with the posts in BRF. Vimalji, I think the post of US ambassador to India is still vacant. It has remained vacant from the time Sleepy Joe took over.
Gautam

vimal wrote:

g.sarkar wrote:Thank you Cyranoji, I have a very slow connection, so just trying to keep up with the posts in BRF. Vimalji, I think the post of US ambassador to India is still vacant. It has remained vacant from the time Sleepy Joe took over.
Gautam

So much for strategic partnership.

President Biden renominated former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India on Tuesday after Garcetti’s confirmation failed to advance through the U.S. Senate last year.

The White House also resubmitted nominations for roughly 60 people for jobs in key administrative posts or national security positions, as well as 25 judicial nominees who failed to win confirmation in 2022. Candidates must be renominated at the start of each new Congress.

Biden’s support for Garcetti, who was also renominated for the position last year, is notable given how long the nomination has lingered in Washington. The vacant diplomatic post comes as Biden looks to allies to help contain the rise of China and shore up support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also host the G-20 leaders in New Delhi in September.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday that Garcetti is “well-qualified” for the “vital role.”

“We’re hopeful that the Senate will confirm him promptly,” Jean-Pierre said.

“I am grateful for the president’s confidence, and strong support on both sides of the aisle in the Senate,” Garcetti said. “I look forward to completing this process, so that I can begin serving in India and advancing this critical partnership as quickly as possible.”

Garcetti was announced as the White House pick for India in July 2021, but a vote on the appointment has never been scheduled following some Democratic senators’ concerns over sexual harassment allegations leveled against former Garcetti aide Rick Jacobs.

At the same time, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has placed a hold on Garcetti’s nomination.

Ernst’s fellow Iowa Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, issued a report in May that found that the allegations of sexual harassment against Jacobs, a former deputy mayor, were “pervasive, widespread and notorious.”

The report also concluded that it was “more likely than not that Mayor Garcetti either had personal knowledge of the sexual harassment or should have been aware of it.” Jacobs has denied harassing anyone and Garcetti has said he wasn’t aware of any improper behavior.

In a speech on the Senate floor last month, Grassley urged his colleagues to vote against Garcetti’s nomination and criticized the White House.

“How hypocritical is it for this administration to encourage victims of sexual harassment to speak out, yet when they do so against a powerful ally of Joe Biden, they’re ignored,” Grassley said.

A White House spokesperson last month declined to comment on Grassley’s remarks.

Garcetti has insisted that he has backing from some Republican senators that could help him gain the necessary votes to win confirmation.

The former mayor has waited far longer for confirmation — more than 500 days — than all others whom Biden has designated to be ambassadors, according to the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.

Libby Liu, chief executive of legal organization Whistleblower Aid, said Tuesday that renominating Garcetti “does a grave disservice to victims and survivors of workplace sexual harassment” and that Biden should put forward a new nominee. Whistleblower Aid represents Garcetti’s former communications director, who alleges that she was kissed by Jacobs, which he denies.

Biden on Tuesday also resubmitted nominations for Phil Washington to head the Federal Aviation Administration, Danny Werfel to lead the Internal Revenue Service and Gigi Sohn to serve as commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission.

The White House is expected to receive approximately 175 nominees from Congress that failed to clear the upper chamber last year, according to a White House official. Biden intends to continue processing more of those nominees in the coming weeks, the official said.

vimal wrote:That reminds me, was there a new US ambassador appointed or that post is lying vacant still for years.

@naomiseligman
“Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, whom Mr. Biden nominated to be ambassador to India in July 2021, has a more problematic path to confirmation as questions remain about how much he knew about sexual harassment allegations against one of his top aides.”6 Dec 2022

The FBI search of President Joe Biden’s home and discovery of more classified material deepened the seriousness of his secret documents controversy and worsened the political fallout.

Biden’s lawyers argued that Friday’s search underscored his cooperation with a special counsel’s investigation – implicitly distinguishing him from the behavior of ex-President Donald Trump in his own classified documents scandal.

Yet the reality of FBI officers searching the private residence of a sitting president remains an extraordinary one, however the White House seeks to downplay it. It provoked new questions over why Biden still had classified information from his time as a vice president; how material, typically treated with extreme care by federal employees, ended up at his private residence; and whether it was secure from prying eyes in the years it was there.


No. 2 Senate Democrat agrees Biden has lost 'high ground' in criticism over classified documents
The new discoveries led to some pointed criticism of the president even among Democrats. The White House’s management of the controversy, which has fed the classic drip, drip cycle of a slowly emerging Washington scandal, has distracted from a period of political success for the president and offered openings for the new Republican House majority.

“When that information is found, it diminishes the stature of any person who is in possession of it, because it’s not supposed to happen,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “Whether it was the fault of a staffer or an attorney, it makes no difference. The elected official bears ultimate responsibility,” the Illinois Democrat added.

fanne wrote:Give us some kind of ultimatum? That may not work but not because it was never goven

Tanaji wrote:Have people watched the video of Tyre Nichols getting murdered by Memphis police officers? It was a proper lynching done by police who institutionally think are above the law. There was no humanity present there.

Note that it wasn’t just the police: the EMTs who arrived offered no aid for 15 mins. One even said “guess you aren’t going anywhere soon” or to that effect. Its well Known that American police are out of control but it seems to be affecting other services as well.

Another point is that race is not a factor here.

Remember this the next time we get lectured on human rights.

ramana wrote:Hindenburg Report is American Galwan.

The gloves are off.

ramana wrote:Hindenburg Report is American Galwan.

The gloves are off.

srikandan wrote:Looks like Hindenburg's shenanigans have severely reduced holdings of US/EU investors who have been replaced by investors like UAE and Israel and Indian corps, who will not try this kind of stunt since they have skin in India's future. Seems to reduce risks of investors pulling their investments at crucial times like they used to (like being involved in events that are against the intersts of the US/EU). Good turn of events.

ramana wrote:Hindenburg Report is American Galwan.

The gloves are off.

vijayk wrote:...
Now Credit Suisse (bankrupt bank) strikes

gakakkad wrote:^ it is . Except that in Galwan we regained territories and the Chinese took 2.5 x casualties .

Given how deeply entrenched it is in critical infrastructure projects , at the very least can slow down some infra projects . Worst case scenario it can swing voters away from modi .

It is a wake up call for many reasons -

1)anticipate future attacks.they will happen. get early control of narrative and have offensive ready.
2) not too many eggs in one basket. Adani does have too many critical projects in his basket.
3) be prepared to counter attack .

Pratyush wrote:Because the stock is being sold at whatever price is available in the market.

It would seem that the manipulation was being done by the short sellers and they accused Adani of it.

Surya Kanegaonkar @suryakane
Those following the Adani share price today will see that a) liquidity is weak so price gaps are big, b) big tickets are going through around INR 2000, c) the FPO cancellation has had a limited immediate fallout, and d) as liquidity dries up, shorts will find it harder to exit.

Surya Kanegaonkar @suryakane

Make no mistake, the shorts are deeply in the money. But yesterday’s circuit breaking move and today’s block trades show that exiting the full size will come at a premium to traded market levels. It’s clear there are only a few large counterparties and fresh capital is entering.

If and when institutions stop selling, shorts will have to keep adding to their positions to keep the price down for long enough to attract more sellers who they can use to exit. This becomes more risky. The price will whipsaw around until the shorts are cleared out.

Those following the Adani share price today will see that a) liquidity is weak so price gaps are big, b) big tickets are going through around INR 2000, c) the FPO cancellation has had a limited immediate fallout, and d) as liquidity dries up, shorts will find it harder to exit.

We have to remember the upside will be capped in the minds of investors around the FPO price in the short term? so about 50% higher from here. Downside risk still remains. But if - and that’s a big if - the stock stabilizes for a few days, the upside skew increases.

Make no mistake, the shorts are deeply in the money. But yesterday’s circuit breaking move and today’s block trades show that exiting the full size will come at a premium to traded market levels. It’s clear there are only a few large counterparties and fresh capital is entering.

If and when institutions stop selling, shorts will have to keep adding to their positions to keep the price down for long enough to attract more sellers who they can use to exit. This becomes more risky. The price will whipsaw around until the shorts are cleared out.

Talking about whipsawing, here’s what it looks like. The bid/offer spread is so wide that within minutes, investors are take taking billions of dollars in intraday PnL swings. The spread has to narrow first, then some more nervous longs will exit. And then it stabilizes.

22/ (Allegation #42) A Vinod Adani-controlled Cyprus entity called Vakoder Investments has no
signs of employees, no substantive online presence, and no clear operations. It had an investment
of U.S. ~$85 million in an Adani private entity without disclosure that it was a related party. How
does Adani explain this?
23/ (Allegation #43) What was the source of the Vakoder funds?

The above cited transactions with Krunal Trade & Investment, Vakoder, Rehvar Infrastructure,
Milestone Tradelink, ardenia Trade and Investment and the ‘private Adani entities’ are not
‘related party transactions’ under laws of Indian or accounting standards. Consequently, we are
neither aware nor required to be aware of their ‘source of funds’.

vera_k: Claiming his brother is not related and has nothing to do with the business is not credible.