Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 12, 2024

Kyiv’s backers take comfort in Trump’s Cabinet picks

Days After Israel Evacuates Soccer Fans, Migrant Gangs Continue Anti-Jewish Rioting in Amsterdam

I had to read this twice just to make sure I was correctly understanding the reason for the recall. This country has truly gone insane. Nearly 80,000 Pounds of Butter Sold at Costco Were Just Recalled I think how the media is reporting this story bothers me more then even the facts of the matter although the facts are bad enough.

Will Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for ‘Mass Deportations’?

First time I have seen a really positive study of CPR. Most of them are pretty negative but maybe that is because they are mostly about CPR in hospitals where the people are already really bad off. Bystander CPR done within 10 minutes likely increases survival rates

The big three record labels notched another court victory against a broadband provider last month, but the music publishing firms aren’t happy that an appeals court only awarded per-album damages instead of damages for each song.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 11, 2024. ISW is revising its previous assessment that Russian forces would not likely be able to take advantage of the seizure of Vuhledar for further offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast. That assessment was incorrect.

Russia’s 50,000-Soldier-Strong Push To Kick Ukraine Out Of Kursk Has Begun

‘Cancer Jews’: Trams set alight, violence erupts in Amsterdam in second wave of violence. Pro-Palestine protestors had clashed with riot police earlier in the day at Amsterdam’s central Dam Square.

Montreal Port Locks Out Dockworkers, Adding To Canada’s Supply-Chain Woes

FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection

California Gas Prices Set to Increase After CARB Vote

Quarter of U.S. Gulf Oil Production Remains Offline After Rafael

I Raised $50 Million for the Democrats. This Week, I Voted for Trump.

How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 10, 2024

A prankster sent a letter to schools in the Voronezh region of Russia under the guise of a demand from the ruling ‘United Russia’ party to make and wear tinfoil hats to protect against NATO satellite radiation. 7 schools complied with the demand, 2 of them involved children in creating the tinfoil hats.

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In Vermont, where almost everyone has insurance, many can’t find or afford care. “Vermont is seen as the most progressive state, so how is health care here so screwed up?”

Reverse-Discrimination and DEI Now Part of NY State Constitution as Proposition 1 Passes

43 Monkeys Escape from a South Carolina Medical Research Laboratory

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 9, 2024

U.S. Contractors Will Be Allowed To Fix F-16s, Patriots In Ukraine

The CDC Planned Quarantine Camps Nationwide

FEMA Fires Official Who Told Hurricane Relief Workers to Skip Trump Homes

Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids

The Very Large Colony has one major rival supercolony – the Lake Hodges colony – which is separated by several freeways. In 2004 researchers realized that 30 million ants a year were being killed on the borders between the two colonies, ants fighting over the bodies of their dead. Along with this… Some notes on Antwarfare. and

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 8, 2024

Last Night’s Pogrom in Amsterdam

The Australian government has pledged to legislate an age limit of 16 years for social media access, with penalties for online platforms that do not comply. Keep in mind this move, if applied consistently, would eliminate anonymous postings.

FEMA is admitting this happened. FEMA Official Told Workers to ‘Avoid’ Homes With Trump Signs in Florida

Rasmussen Reports Completely Vindicated by 2024 Election Results

Ezra Klein has a reminder which seems written for an audience of dejected Democrats but which is probably something Republicans should think about as well.

How Kamala Harris plowed through $1 billion

Kamala Harris campaign’s election-eve concerts said to cost up to $20M — as staff, vendors fear they won’t be paid

US charges man in alleged Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump

Does All Semiconductor Manufacturing Depend on Spruce Pine Quartz?

Long-Term Harm of Early Academic Training. Research reveals academic training in pre-K and K has long-term damaging effects on children’s social, emotional, intellectual, and academic development.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 7, 2024

What Trump’s Election Could Mean For The War In Ukraine

WSJ reports that Trump is reviewing Ukraine peace plan options that cede all occupied territory to Moscow, suspend NATO expansion, and create DMZ

U.S. Dispatches Fighter Jets to Middle East Ahead of Possible Iranian Strike on Israel

Even more dramatic when you consider the price of most other things are going the other way. Wholesale Used Car Prices Decreased in October; Down 3.2% Year-over-year

Dumb for a state that depends on federal funds. NY AG Letitia James says ‘We are prepared to fight back’ in ‘dumb and bizarre’ presser with Gov. Hochul after Trump wins presidency

How to Rebuild the Arsenal of Democracy

Amazon’s Mass Effect TV series is actually going to be made