RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 20, 2024

North Korean Missile Used In Ukraine Was Packed Full Of U.S. Parts

Polish farmers block Ukraine border in grain import protest

Escape to Egypt: Did Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar flee Gaza?

Germany: Is it better to spend on defense or on welfare?

Bukele’s Kingdom of Dreams

Newsworthy because of who is saying it as much as for what is being said. It’s time for the White House to put up or shut up

Indicted ex-FBI informant admitted Russian intelligence officials passed along the Hunter Biden bribery story, prosecutors say

True but a good case could be made that both our healthcare and our education are overpriced compared to much of the world. Both rightists and leftists assume that the U.S. spends far lower to combat social problems (poverty, healthcare, education) than peer nations, but that is not true.

Biden to Slow Swift Transition to Electric Cars in EPA’s Revised Tailpipe Emissions Regulation

Hochul’s Plan to Close Prisons Faces a Fight

Court blocks $1 billion copyright ruling that punished ISP for its users’ piracy

Study finds link between too much niacin intake and heart disease

This is the type of thing that “AI” is arguably good at and it seems like they took care to guard against the typical AI failures in this type of thing. That said, it is hardly a great discovery. Neural network model identifies distinct brain organization patterns in women and men

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims Six Russian Jets Downed In Three Days

Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency

EU: Emissions trading begins to bite

Navy Has Fired Around 100 Standard Series Missiles At Houthi Drones, Missiles

Bulk Carrier Abandoned Following Houthi Missile Attack Latest reports are saying that it sunk but they are on “X”.

IAEA chief says Iran bulking up stockpile of nearly weapons-grade uranium
I still don’t think there is enough panic over this. This analysis assumes interests rates will more or less stay the same which is not the historical norm for this level of debt growth “Spending on Social Security will grow from $1.5 trillion this year to $2.5 trillion by 2034, while spending on health care will grow from $1.6 trillion to $2.8 trillion,” a Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget analysis found. “Net interest costs will more than double from $870 billion this year to $1.6 trillion by 2034, after costs nearly doubled between 2020 and 2023. Interest on the debt is the fastest growing part of the budget and will be the second largest government expenditure this year, surpassing both defense and Medicare.”

President Trump’s Kafkaesque Civil Trial in New York State and Legitimacy of Trump’s New York Business Ban Questioned by MSNBC Host

San Francisco Appoints First Noncitizen to Serve on Elections Commission

Please bear in mind that I have not lived or practiced in Massachusetts for over 25 years. I have no medical license there. I have no property there. I wouldn’t know a Massachusetts patient if I tripped over one. What jurisdiction could they possibly have? Maine was once part of Massachusetts, but it became a separate state in 1819. Surely the Massachusetts Medical Board doesn’t think Maine is still their chattel? According to Mr. Bouton, I have an “inchoate right” to ask to reactivate my medical license in Taxachusetts, not that I would want to, and this whisper, this zephyr of a right is what allows the Board and its Bouton to come after me.