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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 17, 2023

Gaza: IDF Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Network “Wide Enough for Vehicles to Pass Through” Near Israel Border

Panama Canal transits plunge as larger ships are turned away

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration Orders California Spending Freeze

Kremlin May Preemptively Bar Uranium Exports To U.S., Firm Warns

Man experiences tracheal rupture after attempting to hold back sneeze

‘Large’ TB outbreak may affect 800 people who were incarcerated in Washington state

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 16, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Troops Question Dnipro River Assault

Financial Times: U.S. says it found way to seize frozen Russian assets ‘in accordance with international law’

Israel Trains Reservists for Military Operations in the North as Iran-Backed Hezbollah Terror Group Intensifies Attacks

The conclusion is wrong. It is the underlying demographics and what they believe, and not any particular nation state that is Israel’s real problem. Israel’s Grim Future: Attrition on All Fronts

Arrests Suggest Terrorist Organization Is Operating in Europe

Conscripts doing urban warfare. Initial IDF probe: 3 hostages were shirtless, waving white flag when troops shot them

Argentina’s new president Javier Milei does away with culture ministry 24 hours after taking office

Full-day, solar-powered, bidirectional thermoregulatory clothing that can respond to changing temperatures

Pregnancy sickness: Major discovery offers hope for cure

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 15, 2023

Russian Central Bank raises key interest rate by 100 basis points to 16 percent

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Ground Campaign Has “Many More Months To Go”

Red Sea Peril Rises, Major Shippers Halt Mandeb Strait Transits

Mandatory Anti-Drunk-Driving Tech Is Coming, and GM’s Ready

Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people

Fiddling with Volcanic CO2

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 14, 2023

Discontent Grows Among Wives of Russian Soldiers

Putin apologizes for the price of eggs as Russian inflation soars

Flooding Hamas tunnels could destroy Gaza’s last water source

Palestinian flag attached to coffin of Hasan Bitmez, who suffered fatal heart attack at end of parliamentary address in which he said Jewish state would suffer ‘wrath of Allah’

Once known as “Australia’s worst female serial killer,” Kathleen Folbigg was wrongly imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children.

A Gigantic New ICBM Will Take US Nuclear Missiles Out of the Cold War-Era But Add 21st-Century Risks

Congress Approves Extension of Warrantless Surveillance as Part of the Defense Policy Bill

One-in-five US mail-in voters admit to election fraud: 13 million dodgy votes

New York’s Highest Court Opens the Way for NY Dems “Redistricting Republicans Out of Existence”

Eggflation Returns As Top Producer Hit With Bird Flu In Kansas

An Expected Surplus of Copper has Suddenly Disappeared

Schiff: The Fed Surrenders To Inflation!

Google Loses on Every Count in Play Store Antitrust Suit by Epic Games

The Long Shadow of Checks

Prion Disease Rising in the U.S.

GE Aerospace says it successfully demonstrated an advanced jet propulsion concept that involves a dual-mode ramjet design utilizing rotating detonation combustion.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Ballistic Missiles Target Kyiv After Biden Meeting

Ukrainian cells and Internet still out, 1 day after suspected Russian cyberattack

Ten soldiers, including two senior officers, killed in Gaza fighting and deadly ambush

Houthi Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Miss Tanker In Red Sea

Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find

Treasury Market Stress: Primary Dealers Taking Up Slack As Foreign Demand Fades

Replenishing the SPR will be a slow and expensive process since the oil Biden sold averaged around $30 a barrel. The buyback is being hindered by aging infrastructure with two sites undergoing maintenance and a modernization program that is over budget.

OPEC Production Falls While U.S. Oil Output Hits New High

Millions could suffer from little-known, energy-sapping sleep disorder

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 12, 2023

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Biden-Netanyahu Friction Increasing

The IDF has begun pumping seawater into Hamas’ tunnel complex in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing unnamed US officials, adding that the process would likely take weeks.

The Iranian-backed Houthis struck a Norwegian-flagged tanker and launched drones at a French warship in the Red Sea.

Major grid operator warns legal agreement to shutter coal plant will devastate electric reliability. More on this subject can be found here. I would think the authorities would not let this happen but these are crazy times we live in.

The Fed watcher who called the 2007 housing bubble expects interest rates to stay high for ‘much, much, much longer.’

CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants