Monthly Archives: December 2024

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22, 2024

Netanyahu likely to choose IDF intel over Mossad on Houthis, delays direct strike on Iran

What the Pentagon’s New Report on Chinese Military Power Reveals About Capabilities, Context, and Consequences

US Fighter Shot Down In ‘Apparent Case Of Friendly Fire’ Over Red Sea

Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down

US Congresswoman Missing For Six Months Found At Dementia Care Home

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 21, 2024

Inside Madaya, the Syrian town Assad starved to death

Houthis in Yemen Hit Tel Aviv With Ballistic Missile, Launch Drone Attack

Brazil’s currency plunges to lowest level in 30 years after breakneck spending on pensions and social services

Egg Shortages Reported Across the United States as the Holiday Baking Season Begins

We’re Already Talking about Joe Biden in the Past Tense

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 20, 2024

Russia Pummels Kyiv In Retaliation For ATACMS, Storm Shadow Strikes On Its Soil

Documents captured from Hamas reveal Iran’s complex weapons smuggling network

China to Build 1,000 Nukes by 2030

Germany: Saudi National Arrested After Driving Car Into Christmas Market

AI was used to find all the nasty surprises secreted away in the 1,500 pages of US legislation that was being pumped through Congress in the days before Christmas.

House Approves Spending Bill Without Debt Ceiling Provision

Did the Courts Just Nuke Environmental Review?

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Israeli Air Force Strikes Yemen With Popeye And Rampage Standoff Missiles

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Declares State of Emergency over Bird Flu. The action was taken after the first case of severe bird flu was reported in Louisiana…in an elderly patient with pre-existing conditions.

Amazon faces holiday strike after refusing to bargain with warehouse workers

New Jersey Base Confirms Multiple Past Drone Incursions… By Contraband Smugglers

Intel’s Core Ultra 200S desktop processors—the company’s biggest overhaul of its desktop platform since 2021—consume less power and run a lot cooler than the company’s 13th- and 14th-generation Core CPUs. However, early reviewers found that the processors sometimes struggled to match, let alone beat, those older desktop CPUs in some tasks. This was particularly true for games

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 18, 2024

Pentagon’s Assessment Of North Koreans Fighting In Kursk, Rate At Which Ukraine Is Losing Ground

‘How many more are there?’ Intercepted recording appears to capture Russian nurse complaining about hundreds of North Korean soldiers arriving at Moscow hospital

A visit to Sednaya Prison.

Syrian mass grave is largest uncovered since Stalin era as 100,000 bodies were discarded outside Damascus

China Refuses Nuclear ‘Second Strike’ Capability for Pakistan

Best and Worst Drivers by State: 2024 Report

The Trial of Daniel Penny

New Yorkers Rejecting Transition to Electric School Buses, Despite Mandate

Stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts face new delay in return to Earth from ISS

Using Gmail makes Hillary look good by comparison at least on a technical level. Biden advisors used insecure pseudonymous email accounts to brief him on sensitive foreign policy

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 17, 2024

Russian General Accused Of Using Chemical Weapons Assassinated By Ukraine

UN monitor says reviving Iran deal now irrelevant, since Tehran on cusp of nuke

Iran Extends School Closures In Tehran Amid Fuel Shortages

Satellite Imagery Shows Ramp-Up In Russian Forces Massing At Bases In Syria For Withdrawal

China’s November retail sales miss expectations as real estate slump deepens

North Carolina Straining to Fund Hurricane Relief Efforts Over Two Months After Helene

Multiple Drone Incursions Confirmed Over Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

The Media is Ignoring Some of Biden’s Most Horrific Pardons

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the broadband industry’s challenge to a New York law that requires Internet providers to offer $15- or $20-per-month service to people with low incomes.

A claim that the earliest alphabet was found in Syria sparks a media maelstrom – finally

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 16, 2024

North Korean Troops Launched Large-Scale Combat Operations In Kursk

Future Of Russia’s Bases In Syria Remains In Flux, Libya Possible Alternative

Mass layoffs hit Russian IT workers as businesses try to conceal cutbacks amid claims of a robust economy

In a striking development in Russia’s housing loan market, banks have reportedly begun offering mortgage products with rates as high as 100%

Taiwan Leaders Shocked By Size Of Chinese Military Drills, US Remains Mute

Two years on, Chinese carry ‘painful’ memories of COVID lockdowns

Drones Shut Down NY Airport Runway, Even Hochul Says ‘This Has Gone Too Far’

How to Stage a Coup

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 15, 2024

Two Russian tankers wreck in Kerch Strait storm, killing one sailor and risking ‘one of largest environmental disasters’ ever in Black Sea


The number of job openings in the United States has been “falling off a cliff”

Drone Incursions Closed Wright Patterson Air Force Base’s Airspace Friday Night

From Yemen to France, research reveals spread of highly drug-resistant cholera strain