Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 30, 2024

This is a big deal. Not so much China’s rates falling as Japan’s rising. Japan is even more indebted then the US. For them to start facing rising interest rates is the start of a major crisis for Japan. China (Japan) fact of the day

Norway Shrugged

Denmark paralyzed: nationwide mobile network failure halts trains and emergency services

Cuba decrees contingency plan, new restrictions as energy crisis deepens

‘Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse

Europe’s Gas Storage Empties At Fastest Rate Since 2016

Seoul blanketed by heaviest November snow on record

As the Great Lakes basin hits record-warm temperatures, it reminds us of what’s coming: Intense, lake-effect snow.

Snowpocalypse Strands Drivers Along I-90 In Lake Erie Area

Nationwide IV fluid shortage could change how hospitals manage patient hydration

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 29, 2024

‘Absolutely no reason for panic’: As ruble falls, Putin says situation is ‘under control’

This is a count of publicly acknowledge deaths and so should be seen as setting a lower floor. More than 80,000 Russian servicemen confirmed killed in Ukraine

Best I can tell from pictures coming out, Aleppo has truly fallen but it is hard to get good link because the most recent stuff is on Telegram and X. This is the most recent update that I could find from the linkable web. Rebel Forces Enter Syria’s Second Largest City Of Aleppo

Pakistan’s surprise solar surge shocks experts and grid

California Gasoline Prices Will Skyrocket

Repeat: How ‘Bout Making Sure Troops Get Some %#$*ing Food?!

U.S. pressuring Ukraine to lower draft age to 18 amid troop shortage

Increasingly flexible Hamas said open to temporary IDF presence at Gaza-Egypt border

AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse

Feds Shrug Off Carmakers’ Objection to Mandatory Automatic Emergency Braking

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 27, 2024

Hezbollah believes the number of its fighters killed during 14 months of hostilities could reach several thousand. One source said the Iran-backed group may have lost up to 4,000 people – well over 10 times the number killed in its month-long 2006 war with Israel.

Drone Incursions Over USAF Bases In UK Enter Second Week

I have been following demographic issues for a long time and I still find it shocking how fast their birth rate is collapsing. At this rate nobody in the country will be having kids in a couple of more years. 2/3 of Korea will disappear every generation

US Navy to Sideline 17 Vessels Due to Workforce Shortage

Leaky Pipes Are Costing New York Billions of Gallons of Water per Year

How to Build a Flying Ebola Hospital

Trump Nominees Targeted in Attacks Ranging From ‘Bomb Threats to Swatting’

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 26, 2024

Ukraine’s Top Commander Wants New Counteroffensive, Says It’s The Only Path To Victory

Russia Launched The Largest Drone Attack On Ukraine Of The War

Israel Agrees to U.S.-Backed Cease-Fire in War against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Not even summer, with one warm week, and the Australian grid is on the verge of blackouts

Library at Binghamton U. Gets DEI Award for ‘Decolonizing Collections’

New York Isn’t Ready to Fight More Wildfires

Since the spring of 2022, more than 223,000 migrants and asylum seekers have arrived in New York City – roughly half the population of Albany.

On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris administration finalized a CHIPS award of up to $7.865 billion to help fund the expansion of Intel’s commercial fabs in the US.

I ate like Trump for a week. I don’t understand how the man is still alive

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 25, 2024

ATACMS Hit Airfield In Russia For The First Time

Russia fires commander for false claims about progress of war in Ukraine

Israel Reportedly Considering U.S. Proposal for Lebanon Ceasefire

Mysterious Drones Have Descended Again On U.S. Air Bases In The United Kingdom

The Amish came to Western NC and built 100+ tiny homes to shelter Helene victims from the cold mountain weather. Local and state authorities kicked the victims out of their houses, saying they didn’t pass code.

Blindly Following GPS Got 20 Cars Stuck on a Remote Snowy Mountain Road

Now have power.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2024

Behind Iran’s Surging Military Budget

Pakistan: Thousands of Khan supporters reportedly arrested

How to Produce a Kamikaze Drone

How Good Are American Roads?

Still without power.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2024

Ukraine Lost Nearly Half The Territory It Captured In Russia

The Oreshnik Scam

Audio recording of alleged call between Prigozhin and Lukashenko includes criticism of Russian security forces and talk of cash

12-Day Wind Drought Has German Utility Executives on Edge

VP of Philippines says she’s hired assassin to kill president and his wife if needed

How McCormick won Pennsylvania’s Senate race

Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door

Could Elon Musk Actually Buy MSNBC?

I am so old, I can remember when Evangelicals would have lost their minds over an appointment like this. Bessent would be among the first openly gay Cabinet officials — he lives with his husband in South Carolina and has two children — and the first to lead Treasury.