Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 18, 2025

Ukraine’s Claimed ATACMS Strike In Russia Signals Major Shift In U.S. Policy

What The U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Means for the American Nuclear Industry

Oil Tanker Seized by Iran Is Released With Cargo Missing

China’s Demographics Problem Grows

China underground church pastors arrested, face up to three years in jail

Norway Pauses Use of Fart-Reducing Cattle Feed in Wake of Danish Cow-Tastrophe

Single Loose Wire Caused Dali’s Catastrophic Bridge Strike, NTSB Concludes

Low Vitamin D Levels Strongly Linked to Depression

From yesterday, but they have started posting them to late at night for me to post the current one so I guess I will be one day behind if I want to keep linking to them. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 17, 2025

Polish Rail Sabotage Blamed On Russia

Congo Jihadis Massacre Catholic Hospital Patients as Fighting Rages On

Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike

‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting

Pressure On Maduro Cranked Up As USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives In Caribbean

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warns of ‘perfect storm’ behind ground beef possibly soaring to $10 a pound

The U.S. Postal Service lost $9 billion in fiscal year 2025, a $500 million improvement from the prior year that officials attributed to greater revenue intake and reduction in transportation and workers compensation costs. But controllable loss, essentially adjusted operating income that excludes expenses such as workers compensation that are out of management’s control, worsened from $1.8 billion to $2.7 billion.

A new report found that nine months after January’s fires, a significant number of residents in Altadena and Pacific Palisades remain displaced and continue to struggle with housing support amid ongoing battles with insurance. The report also underscores the fact that fire survivors’ experiences have largely been shaped by their insurance carrier, with the California FAIR Plan and State Farm facing the most “very dissatisfied” customers and USAA and Farmers seeing the least.

Airlines Can Resume Regular Schedules After FAA Ends Flight Restrictions

See why orcas are sinking boats — and how other killer whales are learning from them

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 16, 2025

Islamic State–linked activity on the rise in Israel and the West Bank

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirm seizing oil tanker sailing off UAE coast

National Palace Breached in Mexico City Riot. Thousands of protesters swarmed Mexico City Saturday, attacking police officers and attempting to breach a security barrier around the National Palace.

U.S.-China Agree to Framework Trade Deal

Price Control Apologia

US ‘In Trouble’ – Ford CEO Can’t Find 5,000 Mechanics For $120k Jobs

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 15, 2025

To force deserters back to war, Russia’s military is torturing their families

Terror attacks intensify in Pakistan as the TTP continues to operate from Afghanistan

China wants electric cars to feed power back to the grid

This flu season looks grim as H3N2 emerges with mutations

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2025

Iran Seizes Oil Tanker Off UAE Coast Amid Escalating Gulf Tensions

Germany’s rearmament upends Europe’s power balance
Norway’s Wealth Tax Unchains a Capital Exodus

Here’s Why Modern Headlights Are So Unbelievably Annoying

Say it with me “Friends don’t let Friends buy Dodge” And yes, I know all the major car manufactures have major calls but this plus the software bricking issue are above the norm in terms of how bad they are.

A rat grabbed a bat and bit it. “We thought, oh well, that’s an unlucky coincidence,” says Mirjam Knörnschild, co-author of the paper and head of evolutionary diversity dynamics at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. But then it happened again. And again. The rats could even snatch a bat flying in mid-air.

Trial Starts for Former Top Aide to Hochul, Cuomo Accused of Being Secret Agent for China

Everything you need to know about Ukraine’s ongoing corruption scandal involving a nuclear power company and top officials

Crazy footage shows China’s Hongqi bridge collapsing months after opening.

Hyundai Data Breach May Have Leaked Drivers’ Personal Information

UCSD Faculty Sound Alarm on Declining Student Skills. The math department created a remedial course, only to be so stunned by how little the students knew that the class had to be redesigned to cover material normally taught in grades 1 through 8.

The last penny was minted today in Philadelphia.

Israel’s Military Response ‘Inevitable’ as Iran Restores Nuke Facilities, Ramps up Missile Production

“We May Have To Evacuate Tehran”: Iranian President’s Remarks Stun Amid Water Crisis

The bottom line is something like this: provided the word of the government of Prime Minister Modi is worth more than 15 paisa, and considering that all the currently available information is indicative that the blast in New Delhi that killed eight (and wounded many others), yesterday in the evening, was yet another Pakistan-instigated act of terror in India – the situation is near-certain to result in yet another war between the two countries.

How has Japan managed its debt ratio?

Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Enters U.S. Southern Command’s Area Of Responsibility: America’s newest carrier has now joined Fourth Fleet for the counter-drug effort that is also aimed to put pressure on Venezuela’s dictator.

Speaker Johnson Tells House Members to Return to D.C. to End Shutdown

ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 10, 2025

Ukraine Suffers Power Cuts After Russia’s Heaviest Air Barrage in Months

Iran Ramping Up Missile Production As Another Potential War With Israel Looms

Thailand suspends Cambodia peace deal after landmine blast

Canada fought measles and measles won; virus now endemic after 1998 elimination

Philippines: Super typhoon Fung-wong– While the brunt of the storm has passed, authorities warn of a high risk of residual rains and flooding. Several people were killed, with more than 1 million displaced.

The litigants in this case … have been repeatedly warned that factitious citations will not be tolerated by the Court. Judge Stafford ordered Plaintiff and Defendant to “include a written representation that [they have] personally checked each legal citation and each citation is accurate and stands for its asserted proposition” and warned that a failure to do so may result in sanctions. Despite Judge Stafford’s order, both Plaintiff and Defendant have violated the Court’s express requirements and lied to the Court numerous times….

America has one of the world’s largest prison populations, with an estimated 1.7 million people in confinement. Going further, America’s incarceration rate is the fourth-highest in the world. Despite being a developed economy, its prison population is more than double that of Russia, India, and Brazil combined.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 9, 2025

Ukraine Hits Back: Two Russian Cities Without Power & Heating After Missile, Drone Attacks

BBC head Tim Davie resigns over doctored footage of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech in documentary

Philippines: Over a million evacuate ahead of super typhoon

Chinese Astronauts Left Stranded in Orbit as Space Debris Hits Return Module

Republicans, Democrats Reach Deal to End the Shutdown, Reopen Government