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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 12, 2024

Kyiv’s backers take comfort in Trump’s Cabinet picks

Days After Israel Evacuates Soccer Fans, Migrant Gangs Continue Anti-Jewish Rioting in Amsterdam

I had to read this twice just to make sure I was correctly understanding the reason for the recall. This country has truly gone insane. Nearly 80,000 Pounds of Butter Sold at Costco Were Just Recalled I think how the media is reporting this story bothers me more then even the facts of the matter although the facts are bad enough.

Will Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for ‘Mass Deportations’?

First time I have seen a really positive study of CPR. Most of them are pretty negative but maybe that is because they are mostly about CPR in hospitals where the people are already really bad off. Bystander CPR done within 10 minutes likely increases survival rates

The big three record labels notched another court victory against a broadband provider last month, but the music publishing firms aren’t happy that an appeals court only awarded per-album damages instead of damages for each song.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 11, 2024. ISW is revising its previous assessment that Russian forces would not likely be able to take advantage of the seizure of Vuhledar for further offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast. That assessment was incorrect.

Russia’s 50,000-Soldier-Strong Push To Kick Ukraine Out Of Kursk Has Begun

‘Cancer Jews’: Trams set alight, violence erupts in Amsterdam in second wave of violence. Pro-Palestine protestors had clashed with riot police earlier in the day at Amsterdam’s central Dam Square.

Montreal Port Locks Out Dockworkers, Adding To Canada’s Supply-Chain Woes

FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection

California Gas Prices Set to Increase After CARB Vote

Quarter of U.S. Gulf Oil Production Remains Offline After Rafael

I Raised $50 Million for the Democrats. This Week, I Voted for Trump.

How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 10, 2024

A prankster sent a letter to schools in the Voronezh region of Russia under the guise of a demand from the ruling ‘United Russia’ party to make and wear tinfoil hats to protect against NATO satellite radiation. 7 schools complied with the demand, 2 of them involved children in creating the tinfoil hats.

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In Vermont, where almost everyone has insurance, many can’t find or afford care. “Vermont is seen as the most progressive state, so how is health care here so screwed up?”

Reverse-Discrimination and DEI Now Part of NY State Constitution as Proposition 1 Passes

43 Monkeys Escape from a South Carolina Medical Research Laboratory

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 9, 2024

U.S. Contractors Will Be Allowed To Fix F-16s, Patriots In Ukraine

The CDC Planned Quarantine Camps Nationwide

FEMA Fires Official Who Told Hurricane Relief Workers to Skip Trump Homes

Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids

The Very Large Colony has one major rival supercolony – the Lake Hodges colony – which is separated by several freeways. In 2004 researchers realized that 30 million ants a year were being killed on the borders between the two colonies, ants fighting over the bodies of their dead. Along with this… Some notes on Antwarfare. and

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 8, 2024

Last Night’s Pogrom in Amsterdam

The Australian government has pledged to legislate an age limit of 16 years for social media access, with penalties for online platforms that do not comply. Keep in mind this move, if applied consistently, would eliminate anonymous postings.

FEMA is admitting this happened. FEMA Official Told Workers to ‘Avoid’ Homes With Trump Signs in Florida

Rasmussen Reports Completely Vindicated by 2024 Election Results

Ezra Klein has a reminder which seems written for an audience of dejected Democrats but which is probably something Republicans should think about as well.

How Kamala Harris plowed through $1 billion

Kamala Harris campaign’s election-eve concerts said to cost up to $20M — as staff, vendors fear they won’t be paid

US charges man in alleged Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump

Does All Semiconductor Manufacturing Depend on Spruce Pine Quartz?

Long-Term Harm of Early Academic Training. Research reveals academic training in pre-K and K has long-term damaging effects on children’s social, emotional, intellectual, and academic development.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 7, 2024

What Trump’s Election Could Mean For The War In Ukraine

WSJ reports that Trump is reviewing Ukraine peace plan options that cede all occupied territory to Moscow, suspend NATO expansion, and create DMZ

U.S. Dispatches Fighter Jets to Middle East Ahead of Possible Iranian Strike on Israel

Even more dramatic when you consider the price of most other things are going the other way. Wholesale Used Car Prices Decreased in October; Down 3.2% Year-over-year

Dumb for a state that depends on federal funds. NY AG Letitia James says ‘We are prepared to fight back’ in ‘dumb and bizarre’ presser with Gov. Hochul after Trump wins presidency

How to Rebuild the Arsenal of Democracy

Amazon’s Mass Effect TV series is actually going to be made

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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

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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

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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