RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 25, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Ukrainian Pilots Have Begun F-16 Training In U.S.

The story of a woman who fled the war in Ukraine, only to become homeless as a refugee in Russia

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Delay Of Ground Offensive Agreed To

Former chief of Israeli military intelligence Amos Yadlin on where the war goes from here.

Israel Delaying Gaza Invasion So U.S. Can Deliver Missile Defenses to Protect U.S. Troops

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s removal of four ministers and demotion of former foreign minister Qin Gang makes Xi look powerful, but actually is a symptom of weaknesses in his leadership, analysts say.

A rare sighting of people talking about the oncoming fiscal crisis. The biggest victim of Fed rate hikes is the US government as interest on massive debt soars, billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht says and Treasury bond supply could soon hit record levels as unsustainable deficits and high rates create spiral effect, Bank of America says

Personally I think all diet based explanations for obesity are wrong. Most people don’t understand how massive the drop in activity level has been and they think that if they can’t make up for it with 30 minutes of moderate exercise 3 or 4 times a week then it must be diet causing the problem. Having said all that, the fact that fructose might cause a drop in ATP is interesting to me as it would explain “why sugar makes you weak” which if you have eaten bunch of sweet stuff and then tried to lift you will know for a fact. Johnson and his colleagues undertook an exhaustive study of all the known contributors to obesity, and found that the metabolism of fructose in the body causes a drop in a compound called adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which provides energy for your body’s cellular processes.

Johns Hopkins doctor’s bullying exposes whole profession