RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Scholz Says Germans Would Need To Deploy With Taurus Missiles

Russia saw a sharp rise in household bank deposits last year — especially in regions where a larger share of men were drafted

Maritime Militias: How Paramilitary Forces Redefine the World’s Key Waterways

German Frigate Mistakenly Fires On MQ-9, Downs Two Houthi Drones

Iran greenlights Hezbollah attack on Israel

Netanyahu ‘Surprised’ by Biden’s Remarks on Gaza Ceasefire by Next Monday

For the first time in Israel, a transgender woman was elected as a city council member

Japan’s new births fall to record low as demographic woes worsen

Pentagon is panicking over Biden’s proposal that would increase water costs by $10,000 per household

Motor Oil Age Doesn’t Matter as Much as Mileage

Wendy’s Surge Pricing Is Off the Menu After Internet Beef

They are going for an IPO so read this with that in mind. Klarna AI assistant handles two-thirds of customer service chats in its first month

Researchers make precious headway into a genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Rodents incapacitate millions in eco-friendly military equipment in Ukraine

No longer afraid of sparking war, Israel takes gloves off against IRGC in Syria

With 635 commercial foreclosures in January 2024, foreclosures increased 17% from December 2023 and 97% from January 2023

Wendy’s is going to start surge-pricing burgers, fries, and more

Blindness from some inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria

Marine Corps Becomes the First Military Branch to Pass a Financial Audit

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ukraine’s First M1 Abrams Tank Loss Appears To Have Occurred

Houthis Keeping Up Pressure with Near Miss on US-Flagged Tanker Security Program Ship

Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia

By 2030 approximately 1 million dollars per American man, woman, and child will be promised to someone somewhere in America, that cannot be paid, and with the system collapsing they will have to be told will not be paid. Every American Man, Woman, and Child will be 1 million dollars poorer than they think… And then very suddenly they will be aware of that fact.

Unsealed court doc shows why Apple rejected Microsoft’s offer to buy Bing

Google’s Gemini Failure: An Analysis

Syracuse microaggressions workshop: Looking at a service animal could be ‘micro-assault’

UnitedHealth suspects ‘nation-state’ behind Change cyberattack

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Soldiers claim that convict soldiers abuse their comrades while commanders stay away from the front.

160 Tons Of Ukrainian Grain Destroyed In Poland

Estonia detains 10 Russians suspected in ‘sabotage’ plot

Report Claims More Than Half of Recent Four-Year College Graduates are Underemployed

Why Kenya is still debt distressed despite Eurobond repayment

The 1st private moon landing just happened. Is it time for lunar law?

I forgot to hit publish last night.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Taiwan’s leadership ‘extremely worried’ US could abandon Ukraine

Israel to send delegation to Qatar amid optimism about hostage deal

Yemen’s Houthis Target U.S. Tanker Torm Thor In Gulf Of Aden

“How Democrats Could Disqualify Trump If the Supreme Court Doesn’t”

High-Altitude Balloon of Unknown Origin Sweeps Across Western US

Dramatic Image Reveals How Much The Sun Has Changed in Two Years

Old story but was sent this way by Grumpy. Escaped robber returns to annals of weird crime / Cops say ‘Roofman’ lived large in store

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Warns Of Looming “Catastrophic” Arms Shortage

Another One Of Russia’s Prized A-50 Radar Planes Shot Down, Ukraine Claims

MV Rubymar Leaking Oil, Taking on Water After Houthi Missile Strike

RED SEA SHOCKS AND THE NEW MORE STABLE NORMAL

At the peak of the post-war baby boom in Italy, in 1964, there were a million births. In 2008, 600,000 babies were born; last year it was 400,000. That’s a fall of a third in the past fifteen years alone.

“Members of Parliament now feel that they have to vote in a certain way in order to safeguard their safety and that of their family,” Tory MP Sir Charles Walker said during the debate. “That is a far bigger issue than the debate we are having tonight because if people are changing their votes or their behavior in this place because they are frightened of what may happen to them or their family out there, we have a real problem.”

Port of Los Angeles Head Sees Risk from China-Made Cranes

Are leading scientists just making stuff up? Vinay Prasad breaks down the cancer research scandal.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Myanmar’s Spring Revolution is Redefining 21st-Century Warfare

Milei Secures Argentina’s First Budget Surplus Since 2012 After Only One Month In Office

I was told today the the local utility company could not communicate with any of their techs because of this. At some point in the day, that changed but it was an interesting few hours in the morning. Today’s AT&T cellular network meltdown was a reminder. It’s going down when we least expect it. More: AT&T acknowledged the outage to CNBC, telling the network that it was “working urgently to restore service” to customers and that it recommended Wi-Fi calling until service could be restored.

Lawmakers there and in other Democratic states with nation-leading climate objectives — like New York and Massachusetts — are scrambling to make their transitions from fossil fuels affordable before they face an all-out ratepayer revolt. The problem is more pressing in an election year when Republicans say Democrats don’t pay enough attention to Californians’ ability to afford the high costs of daily life.

California’s Budget Deficit Is Even Worse Than Originally Projected

Investigators fault Pittsburgh for poor inspection, maintenance of bridge that collapsed

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 21, 2024

THE RUSSIAN WINTER-SPRING 2024 OFFENSIVE OPERATION ON THE KHARKIV-LUHANSK AXIS

Iran Just Delivered Hundreds Of Iranian Ballistic Missiles To Russia

Claims of Russian Space Nuke Hint at Signs of a New Arms Race

Not sunk yet as other sources said. Houthi-Hit ‘Rubymar’ Faces Unknown Fate

Israel facts of the day

Sealift: a Tragedy of Numbers

U.S. Cattle Inventory to Lowest Levels Recorded in 73 years

Officials Declare Emergency as Rare “Zombie Deer” Disease Spreads through U.S.

Let’s consider a few possible arguments why Biden should not step down

ChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users