Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 8, 2024

Ukrainian Forces Make Major Gains Inside Russia On Day Three Of Kursk Invasion

The Kremlin needed more than two days to draw up ‘guidelines’ for news coverage of Ukraine’s surprise incursion. Here’s what Putin’s policy team finally decided.

F/A-18E Super Hornets Fully Loaded With Air-To-Air Missiles Arrive In Jordan

Israel’s 2024 deficit to reach 8% even without full-scale war in North

Muslim Mobs Attack Hindus, Set Homes and Temples on Fire in Bangladesh

UK Authorities Monitoring Social Media, Arresting People for Misinformation

Filipinos want the country’s biggest YouTube star to be their next president

Enraged Butler Cop On Bodycam Says He Told Secret Service To Cover Warehouse Used By Shooter, And They Agreed

Boeing Starliner astronauts might not return to Earth until next year, NASA says

Does everyone hate Google now?

Wholesale Used Car Prices Increased in July; Down 4.8% Year-over-year

How to Defend Presidential Authority

Will Frivolous Lawsuits Create Another Baby Formula Shortage?

Coffee-Dementia Link Continues to Unfurl. Two studies hint at protective relationships for some coffee and tea drinkers

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 7, 2024

Ukrainian Forces Fight Inside Russia For Second Day

How deep into Russian territory has Ukraine’s surprise August incursion reached?

Iran Update, August 7, 2024

Israel said to believe Hezbollah will respond before Iran to deaths of terror chiefs

In Jish, an indigenous Christian minority defiantly stays in Hezbollah’s crosshairs

India’s Crude Oil Imports from Russia Surge 1000%

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 6, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Cross-Border Raid Shakes Russia’s Kursk Region

Ukraine Had A Chance To Blow Up Russia’s Best Warplanes On The Tarmac. The White House Said No

IRAN UPDATE, AUGUST 6, 2024

Attacks In Lebanon-Israel Border Region Intensify Ahead Of Anticipated Large-Scale Strikes

‘Iranian agent’ tried to hire hitmen for possible assassination of Trump, other US politicians: feds

China begins launching a megaconstellation, and it sounds a lot like Starlink

Hackers Nabbed State Employees’ Credit Card and Social Security Numbers

Josh Hawley Reveals Shocking New Details on Trump Assassination Attempt and the Secret Service

It really hurts to think, new study concludes

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 5, 2024

Russia Recruiting Egyptians to Fight in Ukraine

Russia’s ongoing advance has plunged five key areas of Ukraine’s defense into simultaneous crisis

IRAN UPDATE, AUGUST 5, 2024

Scramble Underway To Prepare For Looming Iranian Retribution Strike On Israel

Analysis: Mass arrests and conflicting narratives following the Haniyeh assassination

IDF document shared with northern mayors sets out Hezbollah war scenarios

Several Injured in Rocket Attack on Iraq Base Housing U.S. Personnel

UKMTO Confirms Missile Strike On Vessel Near Yemen’s Aden

Here’s What It’s Like in Venezuela After the Stolen Election

Mexican army acknowledges some of its soldiers have been killed by cartel bomb-dropping drones

US commends Bangladesh army for ‘restraint’ after PM flees, urges democracy be upheld

Japan’s Nikkei sees biggest tumble since 1987 crash

UK riots: Far-right mob storms Rotherham hotel and attacks police amid escalating violence

Former Secret Service Chief Wanted To Destroy Cocaine Evidence

Retail Traders Furious As Outages Hit Major US Brokerages Amid Black Monday Chaos

Intel’s massive job cuts come after it received $8.5 billion in taxpayer money

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 4, 2024

RAN UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2024

In meeting with PM, defense officials weigh options, say preventative action only possible if there is absolute certainty that intelligence on Iran’s intentions is accurate

Iran arrests dozens in sweeping arrests following Hamas leader’s assassination

Japanic Monday: Japanese Bonds, Stocks Halted After Plunging Into Bear Market As Everything Crashes Everywhere

From China during a heat wave: “Please charge your car after 11pm and only when the battery level drops below 20 per cent … Your efforts to help stagger electricity use is appreciated,”

NYC ‘gateway’ and tourist destination overrun by mentally ill, drug abusers: ‘Humanitarian crisis’

Historic flooding possible as TS Debby bears down on southeastern United States

Scientists Name New Type of Memory Loss Often Mistaken For Alzheimer’s

Food and exercise can treat depression as well as a psychologist, our study found.

Cranberry Juice Really Does Have Promising Benefits For UTIs

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 3, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Submarine Destroyed, Kyiv Claims

U.S. To Send More Warships, Fighter Jets To Middle East

Traffic Stops Decline

How I Use “AI”

TURBULENCE AHEAD: THE MAINTENANCE WORKFORCE DILEMMA THREATENING THE FUTURE OF AIRPOWER

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 2, 2024

More U.S. Combat Aircraft Heading To Middle East Ahead Of Expected Iranian Attack On Israel

US-Russia prisoner swap causes blowback in Germany, Poland. The deal could incentivize Russia to imprison more innocent people, critics say.

“Near Stalling Of Production” – US Manufacturing Surveys Collapsed In July

NASA says it is “evaluating all options” for the safe return of Starliner crew

The ID of the Leader of ‘White Dudes for Harris’ Proves You’re Not Cynical Enough

Does New Study on Masks Show That They Work?

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 1, 2024

US-Russia prisoner swap frees Evan Gershkovich, more than a dozen others

Planted Bomb Was Used To Kill Hamas Leader In Tehran

At a time of heightened alertness to ship fires, key chemicals in the foams used to put them out are running dry, risking safety on board up to 40,000 seagoing vessels. From 1 January 2026, the regulation of firefighting foams on ships will start to catch up with the global rejection of perfluoro-octane sulfonic acid (PFOS). From that date, use of PFOS will be prohibited onboard new ships, with existing vessels needing to replace them by their first survey thereafter.

It starts of as a kind of boring overview of things everyone already knows. But when you get to this section, the snark is turned up to 11 and it is off to the races. It would be an overstatement to say that the United States federal government commanded U.S. financial institutions to install CrowdStrike Falcon and thereby embed a landmine into the kernels of all their employees’ computers. Anyone saying that has no idea how banking regulation works.

Life is much more subtle than that.

Judging by the comments I have seen, the airlines are still less popular with consumers then Crowdstrike. Delta CEO lashes out at CrowdStrike: This cost us $500 million and they offered us nothing

School can’t be sued after child received COVID vax against parents’ wishes, court rules

Massachusetts Bill Removes ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ From Birth Certificates

Doctors dismissed my health concerns and said I was training too hard.