Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 27, 2024

Russians Advancing On Kharkiv Region City Ukraine Liberated In 2022

Israel targets Nasrallah in bombing of Hezbollah HQ; increasingly believes it killed him

Israel Executes Massive Bunker Buster Strike On Hezbollah Command Headquarters In Beirut

Israel Confirms Deaths of Hezbollah Commander and Deputy of Missile Unit, Nasrallah Fate Unknown

Norway issues global search request for man linked to exploding Hezbollah pagers

Scores of Ships Headed for US East Coast Face Delays as Strike Looms

It’s Time to Talk About America’s Disorder Problem

Tim Walz did show up, a little later, accompanied by the Secret Service. Howe observed that once they arrived, the Secret Service agents began wanding those who entered the church. But they never did anything about the 75 to 100 who were already inside the church when they showed up. No effort whatsoever was made to assure security with respect to those people. This was particularly striking to Senator Howe because he was carrying at the time. Given the location, it is likely that others who attended the funeral, and were already inside the church when the Secret Service arrived, were also armed. This is the kind of absurd failure of security that typified the Secret Service’s actions in Butler, Pennsylvania: the most obvious security precautions were not taken. This time, the protectee was a Democrat.

The selective prosecution of Eric Adams

EPA must address health concerns about fluoride in water, judge rules

West Point Needs a Reset

Coyote-fearing locals are putting vests with spikes on their tiny dogs in San Francisco

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 26, 2024

Biden Surging $8B In Aid To Ukraine That Includes AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapons For F-16s

China’s New Nuclear Submarine Sank During Mysterious Incident In Wuhan: Report

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Faces 5 Federal Charges, Including Bribery

In the first half of this year, U.S. energy producers revealed plans to expand gas-fired capacity, surpassing the total announced for all of 2020. This surge is largely driven by growing demand from data centers supporting artificial intelligence (AI), new manufacturing projects spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act, and electric vehicle mandates introduced by the Biden-Harris administration.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 25, 2024

Putin proposes changing Russia’s nuclear doctrine to allow attacks on non-nuclear states

When the Russian invasion drove hundreds of thousands of people out of Ukraine to Germany, Tegel became a shelter for refugees. It was supposed to be a temporary arrangement in tents and in parts of the terminals, a place where people could rest for a couple of days, do the necessary paperwork and then continue on their way to other parts of Germany or to real lodgings elsewhere in Berlin. But the days turned into weeks, weeks into months – and, for some, the months have turned into years.

Israel’s Potential Invasion Of Southern Lebanon Looms Larger

Inside the break between the US and Israel over how to handle Hezbollah

Hezbollah Announces Death of Top Commander After Strike on South Beirut

Walking Mongolia beyond Ulaanbaatar

Avian flu outbreak devastates Michigan dairy

Spread of deadly EEE virus explodes 5-fold in New York

Hurricane Helene’s Massive Size is Alarming Forecasters

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 5.0% year-over-year in July

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 24, 2024

Satellite Images Show Massive Devastation At Russian Ammo Storage Sites Struck By Ukrainian Drones

Power games over Ukraine’s electrical grid spark rule-of-law fears

Russia Poised To Capture Key Eastern Ukraine City

Trump briefed by US intel on Iranian threats to assassinate him

US Navy Oiler Runs Aground, Forcing Carrier Strike Group to Scramble for Fuel

Visualizing The Expected Growth In Working Age Populations Around The World Over The Next 10 Years

The National Council of Teachers of English declared: “The time has come to decenter book reading and essay-writing as the pinnacles of English language arts education.” Instead, teachers are urged to focus on “media literacy” and short texts that students feel are “relevant.”

Varma is just the latest government official exposed for violating the deadly lockdown regimes imposed on the public four years ago. The list includes other prominent New York authorities. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo planned a Thanksgiving that violated his own limits on gatherings, and former New York City Mayor de Blasio broke social distancing measures to celebrate Democrats’ 2020 win.

Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity

A story about the dangers of confined space.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 23, 2024

Hezbollah Converted Soviet Tu-143 Jet Recon Drone Into Cruise Missile Says IDF, Just Like Ukraine

Israel hits 1,600 targets in strikes on Hezbollah as panicked Lebanese flee

Iran’s Guards ban communication devices after Hezbollah device explosions

Who is Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake?

The biggest fracture within the Sinaloa Cartel in more than a decade is causing panic in the state

“Shippers should think through the ripple effects,” Sea-Intelligence advised in its latest weekly report. “A strike will trap vessels off the US coast, as there are limited options for diversions. This will lead to export capacity shortages on the Atlantic trade in Europe after 2-3 weeks, and in Asia after 5-7 weeks. Additionally, this will reduce the inflow of empty equipment into Asia, also with a 5-7 week time lag, meaning a potential shortage of equipment and space, on all Asian export trades from 2nd half of November.”

Illegal Car Meetups Lead to Attacks on Philadelphia Police, Causing Major Damage

When the Mismanagerial Class Destroys Great Companies

The recently shut down PS5 shooter Concord reportedly cost $400 million to make, according to Sacred Symbols podcast host Colin Moriarty.

Soldiers Set to Get New Deployment Bonus as High Operations Tempos Strain the Army

Senate Democrats Want Women to Enter the Draft, but Republican Representatives Are Fighting Back

USA religion fact of the day

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 22, 2024

Defense establishment in disagreement on Sinwar’s possible death

An old news story but one that has the possibility of becoming very relevant to a city near you. The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook

Lebanon’s private medical facilities, which house 85% of all hospital beds in the country, are at full capacity following last week’s attacks on communication devices held by Hezbollah members

I think it would be wise to be skeptical of how this is being framed but I am sure they were planning something. Hezbollah Commanders Eliminated in Beirut Strike Were Plotting October 7-Style Invasion of Israel

Hezbollah launches revenge rocket attack against Israeli airbase

CDC: U.S. whooping cough cases rising, especially in teens

The Long Road to Fiber Optics

Forgot to hit publish last night.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 19, 2024

Ukrainian drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal in Russia’s Tver region

Does Putin’s order to increase the Russian army by 180,000 soldiers mean a new wave of mobilization is coming?

Hezbollah Hiding Heavy Death Toll From Exploding Devices, Leadership of Elite Radwan Terror Force Decimated

How Israel Turned Hezbollah’s Pagers Into Exploding Trojan Horses

Witnesses to Lebanon pager attack: ‘We started to hear blasts everywhere around us, one after the other’

IDF hits more than 100 loaded Hezbollah launchers in series of major Lebanon strikes

UN votes 124-14 to strip Israel of right to self-defense in Gaza, West Bank

According to the finance ministry, French debt could reach 5.6 percent of the country’s GDP this year, far above the three percent required by the EU’s spending rules. France is already under a so-called excessive deficit procedure for breaching those rules last year and could face fines if it fails to significantly reduce its deficit.

Springfield Haitian Situation Summary

U.S. Port Strike Would Spark Supply Chain Problems from the Outset, CMA CGM Warns

23andMe agrees to $30M settlement over data breach that targeted Jewish and Chinese users

US Man Dies After Wrong Organ Removal – Surgical Errors Are A Growing Problem

Why did it take four years to debunk the black baby study?

‘The Data on Extreme Human Ageing Is Rotten from the Inside Out’

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 18, 2024

Massive Russian Weapons Depot Still Burning After Ukrainian Drone Attack

Israel detonated thousands of handheld two-way radios (or walkie talkies) across Lebanon.[1] The detonated devices killed at least 20 people and injured over 450.[2] Israel simultaneously detonated thousands of pagers in a previous attack wave on September 17.

More Electronics Explode In Lebanon As Israel Declares ‘New Phase’ Of War

Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four years—until now

An American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released

If he sticks to this promise, you should stand by for major supply chains disruption. Biden Won’t Block Potential Strike at U.S. Ports, Administration Says.

As Polar Bear Population Explodes, Animal Loses its Climate Crisis Mascot Status

Generative ML in chemistry is bottlenecked by synthesis

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 17, 2024

Zelensky Says Western Aid ‘Can’t Even Equip 4 of 14’ Ukrainian Brigades

Israel simultaneously detonated thousands of pagers used by Lebanese Hezbollah members across Lebanon and Syria on September 17.[1] Lebanese officials reported that around 2,800 individuals were injured, though some reports suggest that the number is closer to 4,000, most of whom are Hezbollah members.

First take is not the best take but I admit I first thought the same thing as the headline because the reality seems to be even more crazy. Who would have thought Israel would get away with handing out thousands of bombs? Hezbollah’s Exploding Pagers Could Be As Monumental A Cyber-Espionage Operation As Stuxnet

War Preparations Build After 9 Killed, 2700+ Wounded In Israel’s Pager Attack On Hezbollah

Analysts say Mossad likely hid explosives in pagers before they reached Hezbollah

July 13 Whistleblower Report Exposes Secret Service Incompetence

Amazon kills remote working, tells workers to be in office 5 days a week

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 16, 2024

38,000 Russian Troops Committed To Kursk Counteroffensive

Deadly Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow suburb leaves residents unsettled and ambivalent about the war

Fire-Damaged Tanker SOUNION Under Tow in Red Sea

The Attacks in the Red Sea Have a Pattern

US Sent ‘Unserviceable’ Equipment, Ammo to Taiwan

Right wing take. Trump Assassination Attempt: Suspect on FBI Radar Since 2019, had No Line of Sight

Left wing take. On the Second Trump Assassination Attempt: What We Know So Far

If you get caught speeding on any of these 13 roads in New York State this week, you will get an automatic speeding ticket.

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