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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 7

The wounded Khan, worried Generals and political chaos

Japan’s population problem forces changes to social security

Oil Prices Slide As China Reaffirms Covid Containment Strategy

Elsewhere in COVID news, a report suggests that in China’s first- and second-tier cities, the total cost of implementing normalized nucleic acid testing has reached about RMB1.7 trillion per year – accounting for around 1.3% of China’s GDP.

Japan’s Ruling Government in Crisis Over Unification Church Scandals

New York’s Energy Transition Plans Are Not Feasible

If the Senate got its way — and the bill they passed in March became law — today would have been the last-ever “fall back.” But instead, the bill for permanent daylight saving quietly died in the House. I got curious how that happened.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 6

Why So Many Jails Are in a ‘State of Complete Meltdown’

The State Department is giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to the personal data of more than 145 million Americans, through information from passport applications that is shared without legal process or any apparent oversight

Facebook parent Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week

The one who created Stand Still Be Silent: One comic artist’s journey through atheism and nihilism to Christ.

Random footage from a crazy Canadian who is evacuating civilians in Ukraine

This guy has made it his mission to evacuate civilians from places they should have left along time ago. He is clearly getting frustrated with the entire process and people in general. He is not very polished in his presentation of material (no professional U-tuber) but it makes everything seem more real if you can get through it.

Russian IT Specialist Hides From Mobilization In A Forest

It is interesting to know that people are doing this, but I think he is a fool for talking about it to the international press. Before, it might have been to much work to find him for some lazy local bureaucracy but now somebody at the FSB probably has the job of finding him. The fact that he has been arrested for protesting and is an IT specialist narrows it down considerably. Now all somebody has to do is to figure out who meets those to criteria who has not shown up.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 4

More Questions about Spring 2020 Covid in New York City Hospitals

Paintballs to be shot at Dutch wolves in bid to make them less tame

To reach the Biden administration’s goal of a zero-carbon grid by 2035, U.S. generation capacity would have to triple compared to its 2020 level and power line capacity would have to double or triple, according to a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

It is a misleading headline but too good not to post. Mouse Study Suggests a Surprising Link Between Nose-Picking And Alzheimer’s

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan ‘doing fine and stable’ in hospital after assassination bid

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 3

Bulgaria Parliament Approves Sending Military Aid to Ukraine

Turkey holds off on Finland and Sweden in NATO

Commentary from someone in Israel. Ignore the short section on the US. Israel returns Netanyahu to office

Can you guess the country based just on the headline? Underwater cables keep the internet online. When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.

‘Excellent News’: World Hails Ethiopia Truce

FDA reports shortages of amoxicillin

LAPD worked with CBS to hide Moonves sex scandal

Social Sciences are not science. Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty

China’s mystery spaceplane releases object into orbit