Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 23, 2026

Trump Says Iran Deal Near, Hormuz to Reopen

Cheap attack drones break through Israel’s Iron Dome

India fertility facts of the day

At least 90 killed in China’s worst coal mine disaster in over 16 years

State troopers, dressed as construction workers on Thruway, issue 94 tickets in just 8 hours

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 22, 2026

Iran Now Trying To Cement Long-Term Control Over Strait Via Fees. Iran’s move to impose service fees on ships transiting the Strait comes as Pakistani and Qatari negotiators are in Tehran trying to get a deal to officially end the war.

New EIA Report Shows Extent of Hormuz Oil Disruptions

Chinese Refining Rates Unexpectedly Plunge To All-Time Lows As Economy Falls Off A Cliff

Ebola outbreak now third largest recorded and “spreading rapidly”

Fears as Ebola cases reported in rebel-held area hundred of kilometres from epicentre. If confirmed, these cases would signal a worrying expansion of an outbreak that experts believe circulated for around two months in Ituri province – several hundred kilometres to the north – before being detected last week.

Rising Interest Rates are Exploding the Debt. The 30-year Treasury note just reached its highest yield in almost 19 years, 5.2%, and other interest rates are approaching similar highs.

Rescuers free man trapped for six hours in Upstate New York cave

New York Passes Sanctuary State Bill, Blocks Police From Cooperating With ICE

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 21, 2026

Saudi Oil Export Income Jumped to 3.5-Year High in March as Prices Soared

Turkey Liquidated Almost All Of Its US Treasuries In March To Defend Crashing Lira

AT&T sues California in attempt to shut off old phone network

US Crude Oil, Gasoline Inventories Sinking Fast

Commercial electricity consumption is likely to surpass residential use for the first time on record in 2027, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday in its Short-Term Energy Outlook.

Scientists Discover “Immature” Brain Cells That May Defy Alzheimer’s

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 19, 2026

Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz

Demographic Winter Pushes South Korea To Field War Robots As Troop Pool Shrinks

Japanese Bonds Crater After PM Takaichi Prepares To Issue Much More Debt To Pay For Gasoline Subsidies

The last major republican who could be considered a fiscal conservative and somewhat independent of Trump. There are other republicans still left who opposed Trump even more then Massie but they are straight up RINOs who are not fiscal conservative. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie Loses Primary to Trump-Backed Challenger

Hunting Mosquitoes With a Blunderbuss

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 18, 2026

Trump Claims He Called Off Imminent Iran Bombing Campaign At Behest Of Allies (Updated)

Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel, American infected

Upstate NY mayor declares emergency to keep AI cameras watching residents

New Study Challenges What We Know About Consciousness and the Brain

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 17, 2026

Israel Operated a Second Military Base in Iraq During Strikes on Iran

Analysts and industry leaders warn that strategic reserves are being depleted faster than expected, meaning the crisis could evolve from a crude shortage into a full-blown global fuel and refining crisis if Hormuz does not reopen soon.

U.S. eyes attack-drone threat from Cuba

Brent Breaks $111 as Oil Markets Brace for Shortages

Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Serum That Activates a Dormant Ability to Regrow Lost Limbs in Mammals

Only people sillier then those who worship AI are those who hate AI beyond all reason. Someone Shared a Real Monet Painting as AI and Asked for Critiques

Northern California county declares mountain lions ‘imminent threat’. State legislators are considering a bill that would lift the current penalties for killing endangered animals – such as gray wolves – in self-defense.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 16, 2026

The Coolest Video Ever Shot on Everest

Trump discloses stock market investments that fuel concerns about conflict of interest

Explosive Device Found in Important Alabama Water Reservoir is Safely Detonated. More investigation is clearly needed to determine if the “grenade” was someone’s attempt at easy fishing gone awry or something more sinister such as an attempted sabotage.

Pancreatic cancer just met its match

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 15, 2026

Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths

Protests flared in Havana amid widespread power outages. Cuba’s energy minister says fuel has “run out” as a four-month US oil blockade chokes off energy supplies.

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

US Crude Oil, Gasoline Inventories Continue to Crash as Iran War Takes Its Toll

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 14, 2026

Mass cattle slaughter underway in Russia. Authorities say it’s lumpy skin disease. Farmers say it’s foot-and-mouth.

CENTCOM Commander Dismisses Reports That Iran Retains Most Of Its Missile And Drone Arsenal (Updated)

Japan’s Refinery Utilization Hits 73% As Strategic Oil Stocks Flow In

Grenade style IED next to a dam? I don’t understand anything about this story. Explosive device found, detonated at Mobile water reservoir. Multi-agency team safely removed grenade-type IED discovered by divers at Converse Reservoir dam