RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 15, 2023

Russian Central Bank raises key interest rate by 100 basis points to 16 percent

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Ground Campaign Has “Many More Months To Go”

Red Sea Peril Rises, Major Shippers Halt Mandeb Strait Transits

Mandatory Anti-Drunk-Driving Tech Is Coming, and GM’s Ready

Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people

Fiddling with Volcanic CO2

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Ballistic Missiles Target Kyiv After Biden Meeting

Ukrainian cells and Internet still out, 1 day after suspected Russian cyberattack

Ten soldiers, including two senior officers, killed in Gaza fighting and deadly ambush

Houthi Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Miss Tanker In Red Sea

Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find

Treasury Market Stress: Primary Dealers Taking Up Slack As Foreign Demand Fades

Replenishing the SPR will be a slow and expensive process since the oil Biden sold averaged around $30 a barrel. The buyback is being hindered by aging infrastructure with two sites undergoing maintenance and a modernization program that is over budget.

OPEC Production Falls While U.S. Oil Output Hits New High

Millions could suffer from little-known, energy-sapping sleep disorder

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Renewed Large-Scale Assault On Avdiivka

The Majority Never Had It So Good

Russia may stop short of a total ban, but its anti-abortion turn has just begun

‘It shouldn’t be like this’ The time and place of Putin’s reelection announcement seem to have caught some Kremlin insiders by surprise

All of 2024 likely to be spent in ‘war mode’ against Hamas, IDF says

War is cruel but this is not a good way to convince people to surrender who belong to an honor based culture.

Iraq scrambles to rein in Iran-backed groups, fearing spillover of Israel-Hamas war

Is Northern Ireland a Failed State?

Too politically correct to mention the fact that nuclear decent safety record might not last in a third world country. If even the Japanese have the odd melt down (to saying nothing of the Americans or the Russians) what will the Africans do? 4 east African countries are going for nuclear power—why this is a bad idea

Why Nigerian filmmakers are skipping Netflix to go straight to YouTube

India’s Onion Export Ban Hits Neighboring Countries, Steep Price Hikes Reported How it is being dealt with in Bangladesh.. Govt directs to intensify field-level monitoring on onion prices

Tracking the Population Crisis

Why Does the WHO Make False Claims Regarding Proposals to Seize States’ Sovereignty?

Suspected Foreign Gangs Breaking Into American Homes, Multi-Antenna Device and Advanced Tactics Points to Chilling Reality

California’s Latest Woke Mandate: Stores Must Have Sections for “Gender-Neutral Toys”

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 10, 2023

How Did The War In Ukraine Become A Stalemate?

Hamas’s Western Apologists Have Become Hamas Enthusiasts. As a Gazan, I’m Horrified

China’s Population Will Age and Rapidly Shrink

One in five young Americans believes the Holocaust is a myth, poll finds

Appeals Court Strikes Down Major Portions of New York State Gun Carry Law, But Allows “Sensitive” Places Restrictions

“More than one million Americans breathe supplemental oxygen every day for medical reasons. Studies suggest it could be making things worse in some cases. That’s just one setting where our work is starting to explain what’s happening and how the body responds.”

How much of this is true? Some of it is extremely dubious or wrong (Tomatoes for example) and some of it I never heard of before. I am only posting it because bad girl has had chickens die for random reasons and I for one would be happy to blame avocado. Never Feed THIS to Your Chickens