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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 11, 2023

Israel ordered Chevron to shut down a major natural gas field, which could send prices spiking further just before winter

Another Iraqi Shia militia threatens the United States over involvement in Israel

China’s Country Garden warns its first-ever default could come soon, as its September sales plunge by over 80% year on year

Afghanistan Hit By Second Major Earthquake in a Week

Cars exploding at Luton airport London: Huge fire causes partial collapse of structure

‘Not Proud At All:’ Japan’s Army Struggles to Recruit

Yields Spike After Ugly 10Y Auction Sees Biggest Tail Since April; Dealers Stuck Holding Most Paper In A Year

Giant Solar Storm 14,000 Years Ago Leaves The Carrington Event in The Dust

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 10, 2023

Finland is investigating a potential sabotage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline. Helsinki also reports a break in an undersea data cable…

Seized by Palestinian propaganda as symbols of Israeli weakness, Hamas atrocities from the southern kibbutz trigger despair, and resolve, in survivors. Related: Soldiers encounter unimaginable horrors as they remove the bodies of victims, including about 40 babies and small children — some with their heads chopped off

Terror group had Israel convinced it wasn’t interested in war; Hamas source says elite cell jammed signals at IDF base in 1st stage of assault

Top diplomat’s comments marks strongest condemnation by EU yet of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

For the third time in a year, Russian hardware on the space station is leaking

Blackouts are coming: Australian grid so fragile, expensive, cement giant already shuts down nearly every day

Facebook’s sexist, ageist ad-targeting violates Calif. law, court finds

Thousands of ‘special interest aliens’ from Middle East countries stopped at southern border since 2021

US Deploys Navy to Israel Amid Escalating Tensions

Disclaimer: He is a US Navy fan so his perspective is vary positive and his understanding of the festival massacre is a little off (most sources indicate the paragliders played a minor role).

All that said, if you want to know what they might be thinking by moving the US Navy close to Israel this is as good a source on capabilities they are brining close as you are going to get.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 9, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Brace For Unprecedented Winter Drone War

Satellite imagery shows ‘unprecedented number’ of freight cars near North Korea-Russia border

Israel Vows Gaza Siege, Hamas To Air Live Hostage Executions

Source close to Hamas describes years-long campaign to fool Israel Related: Hamas built a mock Israeli town in Gaza and practiced its attack in plain sight — but Israel didn’t react, report says

I don’t think it is fair to say worse. It is just that this time people like us are experiencing it instead of some minority group in Iraq that does not speak good English. Hamas Savagery Worse Than ISIS

German voters move further to the right

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 8, 2023

Israel Declares State Of War, U.S. Navy Carrier Group Redirected

Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks. At least 700 Israelis are confirmed dead

I Was at a Music Festival When the Terror Began Related: Aerial Aftermath Of Hamas Attack On Music Festival. No bodies shown. Just the cars. From what I have read and seen it was a mistake to try to flee in a car. You were better off running off into the dark and laying still then trying to go through the choke points. From what I have read, over 250 bodies removed from just this one festival so far.

Afghanistan earthquakes kill more than 2,000

Cutting the country’s credit rating recently, ratings firm Fitch projected the U.S. deficit would rise to 6.3% of gross domestic product this year from 3.7% in 2022, due to higher debt service costs, new spending initiatives and weaker federal revenues.

Drop boxes have become key to election conspiracy theories. Two Democrats just fueled those claims

Walgreens pharmacy employees plan walkout at US stores

Kaiser Permanente workers set to end historic strike, but another may loom

MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered desalination device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 7, 2023

A strong Israel may tolerate a belligerent Hamas on its border; a weaker one cannot. A safe Israel can spend much time and resources worrying about the humanitarian fallout from a Gaza ground war; a more vulnerable Israel cannot.

Netanyahu Tells Gaza Residents To Clear Out, Says IDF “Will Use All Its Strength” To “Destroy” Hamas

SO MUCH FOR “PEACE”

Israel: Over 150 Dead, 1,000 Wounded, Scores Captured by Hamas

Videos show young Israelis fleeing in panic when Palestinian militants invaded a music festival in the desert

High-Level Iranian Spy Ring Busted in Washington

The Intellexa Alliance is the name of the shady group of European companies that supplies dictators and despots with cyberweapons.

Hillary Clinton suggests “formal deprogramming” for seventy million

Low distillate inventories in the United States have tightened the diesel market during the harvest season and ahead of the winter heating season.

A Booming Market for Medical Credentials

Netanyahu: We are at war.

Hamas has over run some of Israel’s military bases. Entire families and car loads of Israeli civilians have been slaughtered in the most brutal surprise attack on the Sabbath when many Israelis were celebrating. Hostages have been taken.

Israeli is bombing Gaza after Hamas launched an attack from the air, land and sea that has killed scores of citizens so far.

A lot of the main points to come out so far are in the above link. The only thing missing are videos showing them shooting up civilians in communities that Hamas has overrun. Those are on telegram but most other sites will not touch them for obvious reasons. You can see some discussion of them here with out images but documenting where they happened.

Iran of course is saying they support this but strangely Hezbollah has not joined in. Makes me wonder if Hamas did not cook this all up on their own.

Edit: Images and Videos were circulating earlier which showed a number of Women being Paraded through Gaza some appearing to only be as Young as 10 and all having been Severely Beaten. I have seen one and it was enough.