Author Archives: The Editor

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 6, 2024

Lagging compliance to agreed curbs has been a bone of contention between Saudi Arabia and other top producers. Russia, Iraq and Kazakhstan respectively overproduced 200,000 barrels a day, 240,000 barrels a day and 72,000 barrels a day in April. In recent months, flows of Russia’s oil to global markets were boosted by 400,000 barrels a day as Ukrainian attacks on its refineries reduced Moscow’s capacity to process the oil at home.

Air LORA, Israel’s Biggest Air-Launched Ballistic Missile, Emerges From The Shadows

Whether Hezbollah Hit An Iron Dome Launcher Or Not, Its Almas Missiles Are A Problem For Israel

Ukraine desperately wants more F-16 trainees since it’s only getting 20 pilots to fly 85 warplanes

Japan’s birth rate hit new low in 2023

The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise

Elon Musk’s X defeats Australia’s global takedown order of stabbing video

The Great Crusade Was Greater Than You Know

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Halts $15 Congestion Pricing Plan

Researchers discovered Apocryptovirus odysseus, a new RNA virus linked to severe inflammation in Toxoplasma gondii-infected humans.

Is Boeing Starliner Cursed?

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 5, 2024

Putin Threatens To Supply Weapons To “Regions” For Retaliatory Strikes On Western Targets

Israel’s budget deficit could run into double digits by the end of 2024

India Election: Modi-Led Alliance Wins Majority

London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack

Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned

Makes for a good headline but they are not supposed to be dangerous to people. Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs heading to New York area as they spread across East Coast

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 4, 2024

Holding out for reinforcements Ukraine has shored up defenses near Kharkiv, but Russia is launching attacks along the entire front line

Mexico’s next president will have to boost tax take to pay for social programs

Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models

Belgian election tests limits of media’s far-right boycott

With just 0.68 children per woman expected in 2024, South Korea’s population is on track to halve by the end of the century. Within 50 years, half of Koreans may be over the age of 65.

South Korea To End Long Pause In Drills Near DMZ After Poop Balloon Incursions

Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors

Medical Journal The Lancet Abandons Science, Tells Authors to Use ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 3, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Push Back In Kharkiv

Fires rage overnight across north after Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks

Netanyahu: Ceasefire Proposal Biden Attributed To Israel Was “Incomplete” and “Incorrect”

‘People are collapsing on the street’: Oropouche epidemic in Cuba spirals out of control

North Korea Sending Trash- and Poop-Filled Balloons Into South Korea

European Union countries gave their final approval to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free.

How Debt Ate Chicago

Bill Guan, the chief financial officer of the far-right Epoch Times, was indicted Monday on charges of allegedly participating in a massive money laundering scheme.

The Trump Verdict Is a Travesty of Justice

Medlines recalls 1.5M adult bed rails after 2 die by asphyxiation

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 2, 2024

Kirchner fears the heating plants that were destroyed will not be repaired before wintertime. He points out that the central thermal power plants crucial to supplying Ukraine’s major cities with heat were built during the Soviet era. “That might become a massive problem in wintertime. We might see new refugee movements if it’s not resolved,” said Kirchner.

Senior Netanyahu adviser: Israel okayed Biden-touted hostage deal, but work needed

Lebanon’s Hezbollah bombarded northern Israel with some 40 rockets in several separate barrages on Sunday, after the Israeli military carried out a wave of overnight strikes against the terror group.

Singapore Reopens Defunct Container Terminals to Tackle Vessel Bunching

UK Silent Prayer Arrests Prompt International Embarrassment

Judge’s Problematic Jury Instructions in Trump’s Hush Money Trial

Did FDR Really Confiscate Everybody’s Gold?

The basic urge to pee is surprisingly complex

Has it been half a century of SQL already?

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 31, 2024

Cruise missile, apparently fired from Iraq, shot down over northern Israel

Panama Canal Increases Maximum Draft Ahead of Schedule

40% of US need for lithium could be covered by Pennsylvania’s fracking byproduct.

According to the latest FDIC data unrealized losses currently total $516.5 billion, far exceeding levels seen during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Price risk is not the same as default risk and if the banks can hold onto their assets until maturity then they will be solvent.

Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe.

A single customer made up 19% of Nvidia’s revenue last year. UBS thinks it’s Microsoft.

Framework boosts its 13-inch laptop with new CPUs, lower prices, and better screens

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 30, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around Missile Strike On Kerch Ferries

The $10,000 Shipping Container Looms in Latest Trade Strains

THE 1941 FALL OF CRETE AND ITS LESSONS FOR TAIWAN

The Most Dangerous Day in the History of Our Country in Our Lifetimes

Unanimous First Amendment Victory for the NRA (Represented by the ACLU)

“In Mice” should have been part of the headline. UV Light Found To Prevent Body Weight Gain

This Secret Senate Committee Decides Whether Bills Live or Die

Links For Today

Posted on by
Reply

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 29, 2024

Renowned Russian Academic Karaganov: ‘In No Case Do I Want To Launch A Nuclear Strike, Although It May Become Absolutely Necessary’

How a war between Kremlin elite clans shaped Putin’s post-inauguration appointments

The ISI: Pakistan’s Rogue Deep State

A volcano located near the famous Blue Lagoon has erupted once again — the fifth such eruption since December. Icelandic authorities have declared a state of emergency but air traffic has not been significantly affected.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly trying to plug a $21 billion deficit by selling bonds

Some 7,900 people in Papua New Guinea have been ordered to evacuate the path of what authorities say is a still active landslide that has already buried an estimated 2,000 people.

California city pays $900,000 settlement after forcing a man to confess to a crime that never happened

Lawmakers’ horrific plan to turn NYC into ‘Sin City East’ by OK’ing prostitution