RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 5
German Industry Prepares for Worst-Case Scenario
The cost of zero Covid in Shanghai
Satellite Images Show Bodies in Bucha for Weeks, Rebutting Moscow Claim
New York jet fuel hits $7.59/gal, or $318.62/b, likely a refined products market record
The stuff recounted here is not good, but compared to many other conflicts I could name, it is actually kind of tame. At the Scene of the War Crimes
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 4
Defeated in Kyiv, Russia Downsizes War Aims to Donbas and Southern Ukraine
Russia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory
Vladimir Putin’s 20-Year March to War in Ukraine—and How the West Mishandled It
People of Shanghai Forced Into Hard Lockdown
HOW’S THAT ZERO COVID STRATEGY WORKING OUT?
Are plastic bag bans backfiring?
Feral pigs are biological time bombs. Can California stem their ‘exponential’ damage?
Everyone is worried about gas prices, but diesel is driving inflation more than you think
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 3
From Beirut to Baghdad: Lebanese flee crisis seeking jobs in Iraq
A Perfect Inflationary Storm is Brewing at the Intersection of India’s Coal and Power Sectors
Ukrainian MiG-29 Pilot’s Front-Line Account Of The Air War Against Russia
Ukrainian oil refining and fuel storage infrastructure hit by Russian attacks
Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for electric vehicle battery materials
Get off the road. Carry a flashlight with you so you can signal. Walk (well off the road) towards the direction that traffic is coming from and try to signal. Use your phone if you have nothing better. Don’t know how I would do in this situation but this is what I hope I would do. And I do normally have a flashlight in my pocket.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 2
THE HELICOPTER STRIKE IN BELGOROD
The Return of the Third Horseman
The violence in Kharkiv has been brutal and the shelling relentless.
Sri Lanka plunges into darkness amid fuel crisis
Russia’s Gazprom exits German business amid crisis in energy ties
If Biden Continues Massive Oil Release, How Long Would Reserves Last?
Court Declares Unconstitutional California’s Racial, Ethnic, LGBT Quota for Corporate Boards
US carves out mechanism for insulating Russian fertilizer exports from sanctions
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 1
Ukrainian Mi-24 Attack Helicopters Destroy Fuel Depot In Russia
A House bill could create an experiment on digital US cash
Nuclear-Armed Russian Fighters Breached Swedish Airspace
The Scottish Government Just Prosecuted a Man for Sending a Rude Tweet
100% of excessive inflation is due to bad monetary policy
Germany Could Nationalize Parts Of Russian Oil And Gas Giants
Biden’s SPR Release Sends Oil Prices Below $100
Steel Shortage Adds To U.S. Shale Drillers’ Woes
When you send a 93 year old to jail for being crazy you are the bad guy. 93-year-old Holocaust denier sent back to jail
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fires two ‘traitor’ generals
New York Harbor jet fuel differential, outright price reach record highs