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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 31, 2024

Cruise missile, apparently fired from Iraq, shot down over northern Israel

Panama Canal Increases Maximum Draft Ahead of Schedule

40% of US need for lithium could be covered by Pennsylvania’s fracking byproduct.

According to the latest FDIC data unrealized losses currently total $516.5 billion, far exceeding levels seen during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Price risk is not the same as default risk and if the banks can hold onto their assets until maturity then they will be solvent.

Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe.

A single customer made up 19% of Nvidia’s revenue last year. UBS thinks it’s Microsoft.

Framework boosts its 13-inch laptop with new CPUs, lower prices, and better screens

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 30, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around Missile Strike On Kerch Ferries

The $10,000 Shipping Container Looms in Latest Trade Strains

THE 1941 FALL OF CRETE AND ITS LESSONS FOR TAIWAN

The Most Dangerous Day in the History of Our Country in Our Lifetimes

Unanimous First Amendment Victory for the NRA (Represented by the ACLU)

“In Mice” should have been part of the headline. UV Light Found To Prevent Body Weight Gain

This Secret Senate Committee Decides Whether Bills Live or Die

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 29, 2024

Renowned Russian Academic Karaganov: ‘In No Case Do I Want To Launch A Nuclear Strike, Although It May Become Absolutely Necessary’

How a war between Kremlin elite clans shaped Putin’s post-inauguration appointments

The ISI: Pakistan’s Rogue Deep State

A volcano located near the famous Blue Lagoon has erupted once again — the fifth such eruption since December. Icelandic authorities have declared a state of emergency but air traffic has not been significantly affected.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly trying to plug a $21 billion deficit by selling bonds

Some 7,900 people in Papua New Guinea have been ordered to evacuate the path of what authorities say is a still active landslide that has already buried an estimated 2,000 people.

California city pays $900,000 settlement after forcing a man to confess to a crime that never happened

Lawmakers’ horrific plan to turn NYC into ‘Sin City East’ by OK’ing prostitution

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 28, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: First Of 30 Belgian F-16s To Be Delivered This “This Year”

Ship struck, taking on water in Red Sea after presumed Houthi attack

Gaza Aid Pier Lasted Less Than Two Weeks Before Breaking Apart

China Releases Unsettling Video Simulating Full-Scale Invasion of Taiwan

Every UK household told to store tinned food and bottled water for ’emergency’

The Story of a Chechen Shot by a Special Ops Colonel Is Getting Weirder

School choice programs have been wildly successful under DeSantis. Now public schools might close.

NYCLU Sues to Overturn Landmark Sex Offender Law

US Fleet Forces Commander Daryl Caudle recently told Fox News that infiltration attempts by these near-peer adversaries are happening at least twice a week at navy bases alone.

Research says pomegranates could offer a solution to fatty liver disease

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 27, 2024

Wagner mercenaries reportedly involved in massive street fight in Russia’s Chelyabinsk

Israeli, Egyptian forces exchange fire, Egyptian soldier killed

Biden Admin Pressuring Britain, France Not to Rebuke Iran Over Nuclear Program Expansion

Papua New Guinea: More than 2,000 people killed in landslide

Second U.S. Human Case of Bird Flu Linked to Dairy Cows From Michigan

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 26, 2024

Russia had achieved success in jamming of US-supplied weapons

Assumptions and Force Planning

The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US

Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma revealed

A newly-discovered comet is set to pass Earth in October — and by the time it does, it may be as bright as Venus in the night sky, making it visible to the naked eye.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 25, 2024

After ICJ Ruling, Israel Continues Military Operation In Rafah

Hundreds of people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province attacked a Christian community over blasphemy allegations

Germany’s Decriminalization Of Child Porn

Already today, more capital is spent globally on expanding the energy-consuming cloud each year than all the world’s electric utilities combined spend to produce more electricity.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 24, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Says It’s Using Air-Launched Small Diameter Bombs

Russia Has 12% of its Oil Refining Capacity Offline in May

Strike On Russian Strategic Early Warning Radar Site Is A Big Deal

ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah operations that risk destruction of civilian population

China Stages Mock Strikes On Taiwan In Day 2 Of “Punishment” Exercise

How a supervolcano on the Italian coast became a problem too big to tackle

From people who are COVID alarmists and want to make you a climate alarmist. Research reveals that more people died from hot or cold weather conditions than COVID-19 in parts of UK

Up to half of UCLA medical students now fail basic tests of medical competence.

Stroke rates rising sharply among people younger than 65