Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 6, 2025

Satellite photos show intense work at Dimona nuclear reactor site.

Coal Is Still King — Globally

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 5, 2025

‘Prying each other’s fingers off the remote’ Tussle breaks out between Russian and North Korean leaders’ bodyguards over room temperature during Putin’s China trip

Growing Lawsuit Judgments Against Cities Are Helping Bust Budgets

F-35s Deploying To Caribbean Amid Growing Tensions With Venezuela

$1 Billion Saved Each Year? Scientists Question Adult Booster Shots

Civilization VII team at Firaxis Games faces layoffs

Russia amasses 100K troops in key Ukrainian region Donetsk — sparking fears of large-scale assault

As fall 2025 approaches, German carmakers find themselves facing a key moment. Will they take advantage of this decisive development, the “Neue Klasse,” as the trigger for a revival of the German automobile industry? Or will BMW fall on its face, gambling away perhaps its final opportunity?

The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows. Here’s the latest.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 2, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping were overheard Wednesday pondering immortality and the possibility of humans living 150 years in an unsettling hot-mic moment. “Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and [you can] even achieve immortality.”

England’s Arrest of Graham Linehan Was an Act of Calculated Tyranny

“Quite Dangerous”: Gilt Yields Hit Highest In 27 Years As UK Budget Bungle Rattles Investors

Deadly Airstrike On Cartel Boat Signals Major Shift In U.S. Drug Interdiction Strategy

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 2, 2025

What if Macron resigned? Even the nuclear option won’t save France.

Over 1,000 killed in landslide on village in Sudan’s Darfur: ‘Only one person survived’

U.S. Military Sinks Suspected Drug Ship in Deadly Caribbean Strike

NY Prison Staffing Woes Leave Thousands Stuck in County Jails

Progress Studies and Feminization

Scientists Found a 520-Million-Year-Old Miracle: a Fossil With Brains and Guts Intact

OTC nasal spray seemed to cut COVID infections by 67% in mid-sized trial

Darn. Failed to hit publish again.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 1, 2025

Italian dockworkers threaten Israel cargo ban if Gaza flotilla blocked

Venezuela Counters U.S. Navy’s Caribbean Buildup by Sending Drones and Warships

One of the Chinese sources says that the Afghan Ministry of Mines delivered a private verbal message to the company’s management, offering a deal. “‘You give us a written pledge, saying that you’re voluntarily terminating the contract. We’re not forcing you to do it,” the source says, describing the message. “‘Secondly, you voluntarily leave all your equipment and assets in Afghanistan to us.'” The third demand was that the Chinese side hand over to the Taliban their Kabul bank account, which held millions of dollars. “If you do these three things, I reckon you’ll get your passports back quickly,” the source recalls the message as saying. “That’s when we realized our 12 people were essentially being held hostage,” the source says.

A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 31, 2025

Rosneft reported a steep 68% drop in first-half 2025 net income as falling oil prices, widening discounts on Russian crude, and a stronger ruble weighed heavily on earnings, despite steady production and continued investment in flagship projects like Vostok Oil.

For the 1st time, religious 1st-graders in Israel outnumber secular ones by thousands

Turkey Halts Trade With Israel, Shuts Ports to All Shipping Links

Haiti: Over two days in December, more than 200 elderly men and women living in Wharf Jérémie, a gang-controlled area by the bay, were massacred after the “chef” in the area, known as Micanor, decided they should be sacrificed as part of what locals said was a voodoo ceremony.

Cuba has been experiencing an energy crisis that has led residents to experience almost daily blackouts and gas cuts.

Can vitamin D supplements really slow aging, as a recent study suggests?

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2025

This Is How Ukrainian Yak-52 Crews Hunt Russian Drones

Israel Targeted Iranian Regime Leadership By Tracking Bodyguards’ Mobile Phones

The Wall Street Journal’s Silence on Jimmy Lai: The WSJ News Team Makes a Deal with the Devil.

And of course, the answer is more regulations and more fines even though it is a government run facility that caused the issue just like last time although the article does not spell out that the last time it was an OMH facility. NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak linked to two city-run buildings, including Harlem Hospital

I HOPE WE’RE NOT TOO MESSIANIC, OR A TRIFLE TOO SATANIC: