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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 6, 2024

Ukraine Hits Caspian Sea Port For The First Time

BRICS Isn’t De-Dollarizing Anytime Soon

A Weak Showing From Harris, a Strong One from Congressional Dems, and a Win for Abortion Access: How New Yorkers Voted

The GOP’s Odds of Keeping the House are Improving by the Minute

Republicans win Senate control. What that means for President-elect Trump

Polymarket Whale Profits Top $48 Million From Trump Victory

US 10-year Treasury yields jumped 15 basis points to 4.44 per cent, a four-month high, as traders weighed how a fresh Trump presidency would impact inflation and government borrowing.

Gas Prices In California About To Rise Even Higher

Who voted for Trump? The Republican’s supporters by age, sex and race

A couple charts to explain a Harris loss

QUESTION ASKED:

I tried to train my color vision. Here’s what happened.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 5, 2024

Ukraine reports first clashes with North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region

Suspected Russian Airplane Sabotage Plot Sparks Call For NATO Action

Thousands take to the streets across Israel after DM Gallant fired

How China’s smaller private firms may be paying the price for huge local government debts

Germany’s birth rate drops to 10-year record-low

Why Nigeria’s national grid collapsed again

This is kinda of sad. I hope they are not targeted for this although I guess if that is coming it will come for them sooner or later anyway. “You Know It’s Serious When Amish Get Involved”

Gut Inflammation Link to Alzheimer’s Disease Confirmed Yet Again

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 4, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: The massive spike in Shahed-136 use comes as Russia pauses the employment of its most capable long-range missiles.

The Untold Story of Trump’s Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela’s President

This Indian state wants to be a tech hub. But the government keeps shutting down the internet

New York ‘Birth Grant’ Bill Would Pay New Parents With Medicaid Funds

Endangered bees stop Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data center

Nvidia ousts Intel from Dow Jones Index after 25-year run

A Very Good Chainsaw Tutorial

I wish I had watched this video before I started using a chainsaw and a couple of times afterwards. I did not see anything I don’t know now, but there are a lot of things in here I had to learn the hard way. And I am still not very good at sharpening chains. I don’t know why something that people make look so easy is so hard for me. I think I just can’t focus on something my brain find boring long enough not to make basic stupid mistakes.

Anyway, unless you run saws for a living or are confident that you know all the basics, this is a good thing to review.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 3, 2024

Unspecified military officials told Elaph that Israel and the United States have been using satellites to monitor Iranian attempts to transfer ballistic missiles and other unspecified but related equipment from Iran to Iraqi territory. Iran began supplying Iranian-backed Iraqi militias with short-range ballistic missiles, including Zelzal, Fateh-110, and Zolfaghar missiles, in 2018, but the militias have not used ballistic missiles to attack Israel in the October 7 War thus far.

I have decided to talk to you about a dead rodent.

Despite the market still expecting five Fed cuts over the coming 12 months, long rates are moving higher. And despite oil prices falling, long rates are moving higher. This suggests that long rates are rising because of emerging worries about fiscal sustainability.

Unexpected Link Between Menthol And Alzheimer’s Discovered in Mice

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 2, 2024

Discourse of destruction’: Iran expert says Iranian retaliation guaranteed

Furious farmers warn Britain is at risk of food shortages as a result of the Budget tax raid: Labour accused of ‘disgusting land grab’

Spain floods disaster: death toll rises to 205 as extra troops mobilized

A visual guide to understanding the deadly floods in Spain

So now Donald Trump wants to kill Liz Cheney? Worse, he wants to drag her before a firing squad. Is there no end to this man’s wickedness?

Théo thinks Trump is poised to rout Harris, which is why he has more than $30 million on Trump reaching 270 electoral votes, with the potential to receive $80 million if he’s right. He says his $30 million on Trump represents most of his liquid assets.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 1, 2024

Ukrainian Defenses In The East Are Buckling, Russian Advance Is Accelerating

The Hwasong-19 is North Korea’s biggest missile yet and its test comes during a time of notable tensions on the peninsula.

Vatican and Israel implicated in Italian hacking scandal, leaked files reveal

The supervisor, in the email, called the press office’s handling of the matter “a breach of protocol and spoliation of transcript integrity between the Stenography and Press Offices.”

Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants

As hospitals struggle with IV fluid shortage, NC plant restarts production

It is about Volkswagen’s US division but it gives a lot of insight into the games that all American car makers must play.Volkswagen Facing Yet Another Crisis

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 31, 2024

Finland Warns of Russia’s Satellite Jamming and Tanker Spoofing in Baltic Sea

The Russian government has started hiding monthly migration statistics

Once again, CNN journalists make — in their own words — a horrific allegation against Israeli soldiers. Predictably, the allegation — that Israeli soldiers are using Palestinians as human shields — is short on credible evidence.

The death toll from flash floods in Spain has risen to at least 150 on Thursday as rescuers raced to find survivors. Officials have said many are still missing after the extreme flash flooding submerged whole towns.

Gilts, Pound Crash Amid Panic Over Unsustainable UK Deficit