In a significant escalation of the ‘tanker war’ between Russia and Ukraine, which has so far played out mainly in the Black Sea, Ukrainian aerial drones have struck a tanker belonging to Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’ in the Mediterranean.

US launches widespread airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria after deadly Palmyra attack

Boys to be sent on courses to tackle misogyny in schools. The government hopes that by tackling the early roots of misogyny, it will prevent young men from becoming violent abusers in England.

Egyptian authorities confirmed on Thursday a major deal to import natural gas from Israel, but immediately sought to protect themselves from Arab criticism, saying the agreement had nothing to do with politics and served a strategic interest for the country.

Surging Barrels at Sea Spook Oil Markets More Than Russia or Venezuela

Illinois Legalizes Assisted Suicide, and New York Will Likely Follow

Simply put, based on our test fleet, about 45 percent of new cars today don’t come with a spare tire, though they might be equipped with a compressor and sealant kit to temporarily fix a flat tire.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 18, 2025

Why are they disclosing this now? Russia discloses direct war spending for the first time, estimating over $137 billion in 2025

Israel Approves $35 Billion Gas Export Deal With Egypt

Brown shooter found dead, identified as Portuguese national Claudio Manuel Neves Valente

Ford Zaps Production of Big EV Trucks, Taking $19.5 Billion Hit

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 17, 2025

This article has been blowing up and is getting coverage all across the political spectrum good and bad depending on people personal perspective. I have my own opinions but that is for another time. I will note that one thing he misses is that almost all the industries is talking about are also ones that are dying or are going down in pay and status relative to other ones. He was trying to play under old rules in more ways then one. The Lost Generation

SUNY Plattsburgh approves furry club, joining campuses across nation

Hmmm. Long-term study reveals physical ability peaks at age 35

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 16, 2025

Russia has, for the first time, deployed its entire fleet of eight nuclear-powered icebreakers simultaneously to maintain winter shipping lanes in the Gulf of Ob and the Yenisei Gulf, underscoring the strategic importance of Arctic energy exports.

Continuing Cambodia–Thailand Clashes Leave 38 Dead, Border Towns Emptied Out

As home sales continue to plummet, Beijing has curbed independent reporting of real estate figures. The gag order masks a deepening property slump that continues to erode household wealth and strain China’s banks.

Mexico confirms first case of so called ‘super flu’ variant

Trump Orders Total Blockade of Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Tankers

Taxpayers Send Millions to Nonprofits Filing Costly Climate-Related Lawsuits

Texas sues biggest TV makers, alleging smart TVs spy on users without consent

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 15, 2025

Russia Weighs Extending Gasoline Export Ban

Ukraine Claims World’s First Underwater Drone Attack On Russian Submarine

When you outsource your security to the government

Aussie PM Invokes ‘Right-Wing Extremism’ After Islamic Terrorist Attack, Vows Crackdown On Guns

I have read speculation that they had their cameras turned off for fear the footage would be used by ICE. Otherwise it is quite the mystery about why they are releasing such poor quality footage to supposedly ask the public for help in finding this person when they are known to have a campus fool of cameras. Rhode Islanders want Brown to answer why it doesn’t have or haven’t released any footage from the school.

Valero Eats $1.1 Billion Loss to Escape California

Oracle’s collapsing stock shows the AI boom is running into two hard limits: physics and debt markets

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said, “electric bills are too damn high,” with his state having one of the highest residential electric bills in the nation — almost twice as high as neighboring Pennsylvania and the national average. As a result, on July 1, he signed Senate Bill 4, which reduces the state’s targets for its renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and allows for wood-burning and other biomass to count toward meeting the standard.

Measure to enshrine education as right in state constitution challenged as ‘deceptive and prejudicial.’ Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins must rewrite a ballot summary after a county judge found the original language potentially misleading.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 13, 2025

One million households without power in Ukraine after Russia attacks energy grid

Chinese writers trying to question Japan’s claim to Okinawa.

China fertility facts of the day

At least 15 killed as gunmen open fire on Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

‘We are dying’: Cuba sinks into a health crisis amid medicine shortages and misdiagnosis

Thailand Considers Blocking Fuel Exports To Cambodia As Border Conflict Escalates

Shooting at Brown University Leaves Two Dead, Nine Wounded

Inside Minnesota’s $1B fraud: fake offices, phony firms and a scandal hiding in plain sight

DOT Finds Half Of NY Commercial Drivers Are Illegals, Threatens To Pull $73 Million In Federal Funding

Ambush In Syria Leaves Two U.S. Troops, Civilian Interpreter Dead

South Carolina Facing a Measles Crisis

Suspect at Large in Brown University Shooting that Killed at Least Two, Injured Eight

Rep. Elise Stefanik is demanding the feds ramp up its probe into alleged Hochul administration bid-rigging on a $1 billion Medicaid homecare contract — after newly surfaced emails revealed state officials met with reps for the winner two weeks before bidding began.

Israeli Study Reports 100% One-Year Survival Using New Protocol for Advanced Hodgkin’s

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 12, 2025

Russia Intensifies Ukraine Offensive as EU Plans to Seize Moscow’s Frozen Assets

Russian Retaliation Strike Raises Stakes In Black Sea Shipping War. The Russian attack on the CENK-T cargo ship follows four recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil tankers.

Ukrainians sue US chip firms for powering Russian drones, missiles

A New National Security Strategy

Israel’s media has not learned the lessons of the October 7 massacre

Cartel recruitment in Jalisco: ‘There were two options: Undergo three months of training or be shot in the head’

Idahoan dies of rabies, then transmits it in donated-kidney transplant

Those celebrating the death of Jay Taylor belong to the sadistic online group “764,” named for the first digits of the zip code of the 15-year-old Texan who started it in early 2021, a few months before Jay Taylor’s death. The group seeks out unstable minors to drive them to severe self-harm. The members feign friendship, then manipulate, threaten and blackmail their victims to drive them to increasingly drastic acts of violence against themselves. On camera.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 11, 2025
It is a mistake.

Think tanker altered Ukraine war map before big Polymarket payout. The Institute for the Study of War disavowed the edit, removed the employee.

Combat Rescue Aircraft, Tankers Arrive In Caribbean As U.S. Military Buildup Accelerates

Median household income in 2024 was $83,730. That means for an average four-person household, the federal government spent $81,896.76, nearly the same amount that family would have earned in pre-tax income.

After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public.