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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 22
Rumors Of War

“The way that Starlink was able to upgrade when a threat showed up, we need to be able to have that ability,” said Dave Tremper, the Pentagon’s director of electronic warfare. “We have to be able to change our electromagnetic posture, to be able to change very dynamically what we’re trying to do without losing capability along the way.”

Russian General Says Moscow Aims to Capture Southern Ukraine

Shanghai further tightens Covid restrictions after weeks of strict lockdown

Court Rules That New York’s Rabidly Partisan Redistricting Map Was Improperly Gerrymandered

China’s March coal imports from Russia plunge 30% yr/yr

Treasury Bond Massacre, Mortgage Rates Hit 5.35%, Highest since 2009, and it’s Only April

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 21

The Mask Studies You Should Know

It’s planting season in Ukraine, and that means problems for global food supply

Antidepressants may not improve overall well-being in depressed people

Two mystery fires.

Biden admin to rescind Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers

Gaza-Based Militants Fire Rockets for Second Night in a Row

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 20

Flu Is Making A Comeback.

It’s probably worse than Wuhan’: Experts warn China’s COVID-19 lockdowns will once again cripple global supply chains

Slovakia Mulls Delivery Of MiG-29s To Ukraine

Iran needs $80 bil gas investment to avoid becoming an importer

Trudeau invents license for “journalists” so readers know which ones are Government Approved

In China Kids Aren’t Learning About Pimping In Math Class

the total supplies in American storage facilities at the end of January were 17% lower than the previous five-year average for that time of year. In that one month, we withdrew 991 billion cubic feet of gas from those reserves. That’s the most natural gas we have withdrawn from storage in the month of January since 2012.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 18

China Censors Its Own National Anthem amid Growing Unrest with Coronavirus Lockdowns

Loose Nuke Talk

Second British soldier captured in Mariupol paraded on Russian TV

Australian electricity price doubles

Tumors partially destroyed with sound don’t come back

Federal judge strikes down CDC mask mandate for travel

US firm on nuclear accord as Iran casts blame

Analysis: Hamas-Led Militant Groups Create Strife at Al-Aqsa Mosque

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 17

H5N1 Bird Flu Detections across the United States (Backyard and Commercial)

Get ready for the next supply chain shockwave

Now truckers are blocking the Mexico border over inspections ordered by Texas governor

Libya firm forced to close major oil field

One of the delusions I had when I was younger was that when reality hit people would change their minds. Seattle’s transit system struggles as riders refuse to pay

Swedish police shoot 3 during fresh riots

The real cost of firming intermittent power in the grid

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 16

White House restarting federal oil, gas lease sales next week

Why Elon Musk has rattled them

‘Ripe for explosion’: Israel-Palestine tensions rise in Ramadan

Comments are more interesting then the article on this one. They sound all to familiar to those of us in State Service. Watching the mass exodus of our operational knowledge is one of the saddest evolutions I have witnessed. Many of my fire assignments have transformed from operationally focused suppression tactics to exercises in preserving human life. We do not have the tacit knowledge, operational competence, or resource capacity to be effective with the scale of wildfire complexity we are facing.

Americans Gon’ Wild: Gonorrhea and Syphilis at Record Highs in 2020

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 15

Approaching Famine?

The YouTube that goes along with this has some shocking statistics. I am going to have look into this a little more. Is China Screwed?

A map of political blogs.

Neptune’s Wrath: The Flagship Moskva’s Demise

‘Censorship is free speech’ is the establishment’s Orwellian line on Elon Musk’s Twitter crusade

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 14

New US Military Aid for Ukraine Includes Helicopters, Howitzers

Last month, members of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, began to disappear

Sri Lanka declares bankruptcy Commentary to be found here.

UPDATE: IT SANK If you want a more technical overview read this.

Why Germany Won’t Keep Its Nuclear Plants Open Related: “We’re out,” Trump announced to his distraught advisers, adding: “We’re not going to fight someone they’re paying.”

This self-described “control deficiency” is actually an outrageous breach of ethics—and possibly law—by SEC that illustrates why the Constitution forbids housing prosecutorial functions and adjudicatory functions in a single agency.

About 31% of grocery products consumers browsed were out of stock in the first week of April

Elon Musk’s Big Move on Twitter