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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (155415)	3/27/2020 1:40:29 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218168

Re <<defence ... Pentagon ... fighting the last war>> yeup, very much fighting yesterday’s war. The Chinese would not be buying American companies. Shall graduate to hiring American people and pair them w/ well educated and properly apprenticed Chinese people. A guess. zerohedge.com Pentagon Fears Foreigners Will Buy Control Of US Defense Firms Amid Coronavirus Volatility Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, With the coronavirus pandemic and the financial crisis that has come with it, the Pentagon is afraid of foreigners investing in and taking control of US defense companies. Pentagon officials are ready to take protective measures against what they call “adversarial capital.” Ellen Lord, the defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, spoke at a news conference on Wednesday. Lord said: “It is critically important that we understand that during the crisis, the [defense-industrial base] is vulnerable to adversarial capital, so we need to ensure that companies can stay in business without losing their technology.” File image via AFP/Getty/WSJWhat Lord and other officials are afraid of is smaller defense firms hit hard by the financial crisis accepting foreign money in exchange for technology sharing. When it comes to technology sharing and intellectual property, Washington sees China as the biggest threat. President Trump has used many protectionist measures against China in his trade war, and it looks like the Pentagon is ready to use some of their own. The Pentagon can use the Committee on Foreign Investments in the US (CFIUS) to block foreign investments in US companies on the grounds of national security. The CFIUS was established in 1975 to block the foreign takeover of entire US firms if it was deemed a threat to national security or put the US at a competitive disadvantage. But a 2018 bill signed by President Trump gave the CFIUS the power to block any foreign investment that gives the investor access to nonpublic information or puts the investor on the board of directors. NEVER MISS THE NEWS THAT MATTERS MOST ZEROHEDGE DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX Receive a daily recap featuring a curated list of must-read stories. Last year, the Pentagon launched the Trusted Capital Market place in an attempt to connect so-called “patriotic investors” with smaller defense companies. “Patriotic investors” basically means anybody with capital who does not have ties to US adversaries like China, Russia, or Iran. The Trusted Capital Market’s first endeavor was to prevent Chinese companies from investing in small drone manufacturing.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (155415)	3/27/2020 10:55:04 PM
From: Dr. Voodoo	Respond to of 218168

Dumb westerners have been VERY slow to figure out that masks cut a huge vector if transmission. There has been obsessive compulsive hand washing instruction and even official denigration of masks. I noticed this as well. Eyeballs noses and ears are good entry points points as any,,, washing your hands isn't an efficient way of keeping your cake hole from ejecting that shit out in high velocity droplets,,, like a shotgun blast. Every freaking subway in NYC. Wanna know the dirtiest place in the bathroom? Not the toilet seats.