Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 19, 2025

War Of Words Erupts Between Trump And Zelensky

This Is What A Peacekeeping Air Policing Mission Over Ukraine Could Look Like

Oil Tankers Carrying Russia Oil Blowing Up.

Profiles of foreign commanders in the new Syrian army

New York Prison Guards Are Walking Off the Job. Wildcat strikes have spread to over half of the state’s prisons.

Democrats are praising the judges, Republicans are criticizing them. But where do judicial injunctions come from? Why do they exist? Why is this moment “downright hallucinatory?” It turns out that this story isn’t straightforwardly about checks and balances. And at least one Democratic legal expert thinks judges are overreaching. Bagley is an expert in administrative law who served as special counsel and chief legal counsel to Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Trump admin. fires USDA staff working on bird flu, immediately backpedals

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 17, 2025

Europe Debates Sending Troops To Ukraine

I was on a rant about New York creating new property rights to obscure the fact that they were creating new debt but as usual, the Europeans are ahead of us (in this case the Italians). How to torch 220 billion euros

Broadcom, TSMC reportedly exploring deals that would split up Intel

At least 11 dead in ‘historic’ Kentucky flooding. Emergency disaster declared

A mountain lion attack that killed a young California man last year has reignited a debate over how the big cats should be managed

Musk’s bombshell has long been known by the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) watchdog, which released an audit in July 2023 showing that 18.9 million people listed as 100 years or older — but not dead — were in the database.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 16, 2025

Russia’s Hidden War Debt

Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine

After his release from Gaza, Amazon finally says hostage Troufanov was an employee

How von der Leyen blindsided Brussels with her deregulation drive

Turkey is making fake honey on an alarming scale

The United States will import 15,000 tons of eggs from Turkey due to the rapid outbreak of bird flu in the country.

Maternal acetaminophen (paracetamol) use may alter placental gene expression, raising ADHD risk in children

An autistic man (by his own admission if I remember correctly) is not the best person to discuss this. But I do wonder if the underlying data is particular to our culture and time or a reflection of an underlying reality that has always been there. The Typical Man Disgusts the Typical Woman

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 15, 2025

Lebanese authorities arrest 25 after attack on UN peacekeepers

“Fools” Rush In the Department of Justice

New York Budget Overview: Budget Gaps Grow to $27.3B Through State Fiscal Year 2028-29; Federal Actions Could Lead to Cuts in Key Programs

Texas A&M researchers have found that curcumin, when activated by light, can weaken antibiotic-resistant bacteria, restoring the effectiveness of conventional antibiotics.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 14, 2025

Hole Blasted By Drone In Chernobyl’s Radiation Shield

What is device code phishing, and why are Russian spies so successful at it?

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 13, 2025

India Is Building a Sanctions-Proof Supply Chain for Russian Oil

Munich: Afghan Migrant Rams Car Into Left-Wing Trade Union Demonstration, Injures 28

Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Collides With Merchant Ship

GOODER AND HARDER, LOS ANGELES

Old link but germane to current events. The Next POTUS Should Reclaim The Constitutional Spending Power Congress Stole

Drones Over U.S. Bases May Be Threatening Spy Flights

A Weaponized FBI

Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain

H5N1 testing in cow veterinarians suggests bird flu is spreading silently

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 12, 2025

Trump Admin Makes Major Moves For Negotiated End Of Ukraine War

‘We’ve been living in fear, dreading nightfall’ In Russia’s Far East, villagers are asking Putin and soldiers fighting in Ukraine to save them from tigers.

Chinese Temu sellers use fake U.S. postage labels to boost their profits

Beavers Build Dam and Save Officials $1.2M in Construction Costs in the Czech Republic

Senate Confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

YoY Measures of Inflation: Services, Goods and Shelter

World Becomes Brighter as Trump Reverses Biden’s Incandescent Light Bulb Ban. And user-friendly toilets, dishwashers, and showers are coming back soon, too!

N.Y. prison locked down as inmates take over dorms

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 11, 2025

The Future Ukrainian Nuclear Weapons Program: A Done Deal?

Gold reserves in Russian banks drop by half in a year

Russian Military Convoy Blocked From Entering Port Of Tartus In Syria

A day after President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Hamas for the release of hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Gaza-based terror group to free all Israeli captives by noon Saturday or face a renewed military operation in Gaza.

Incoming Polar Blast Sends EU NatGas To Two-Year High As Stockpiles Dwindle

Me Too. Road crews and private contractors in the Binghamton region are scrambling to find enough salt to treat streets and parking lots.

Indirect Costs at NIH . . .

Bird flu strain that just jumped to cows infects dairy worker in Nevada