Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 29, 2024

NYT noted that Unit 8200 scrambled to save their efforts in September when they collected intelligence that Hezbollah terrorists were concerned enough about the pagers that they were sending some of them to Iran for inspection. This led top intelligence officials to persuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give the order to detonate the pagers, setting in motion the campaign that culminated in the assassination of Nasrallah due to concerns that the operation would be exposed, the report claimed.

China’s Xi orders a stop to a spree of mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’

The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.

When this came out awhile ago in the Wall Street Journal it made quite the splash. But I could not find a version that was not behind a paywall until now. Honestly, have red it did not seem like news but at the time official sources were not supposed to say these things. How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge

National debt grew by $2.5 trillion in 2024; projected to rise

The New FDA and the Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests

Former President Jimmy Carter Dead at 100

Dave Berry’s reviews are always the high point of the year ending but this one seemed particularly good to me. Dave Barry Year in Review: 2024 was an exciting year, and by ‘exciting,’ we mean ‘stupid’

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 28, 2024

China’s Xi orders a stop to a spree of mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’

Should South Korea make nuclear bombs? Yoon said ‘yes’ in 2023, 73% citizens endorse it now

Afghanistan’s Taliban has targeted a number of points in neighbouring Pakistan, Kabul’s defence ministry said Saturday, in what seems to be a response to an aerial bombardment carried out by Pakistani aircraft on Afghan territory a few days ago.

Egypt’s Suez Canal has seen its revenues nosedive by more than 60 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, amounting to a staggering $7 billion loss, according to a statement released on Thursday.

Mexico Seems To Drop The Hugs And Embrace The Bullets As Cartel Violence Rages On

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2024

Everything We Know About What Led Up To The Azerbaijan Airliner Crash

Finnish Authorities Seize Alleged Shadow Fleet Tanker Suspected of Baltic Cable Sabotage

Russia Says Terrorist Attack Sunk Cargo Ship ‘Ursa Major’

Israel Conducts Retaliatory Airstrikes in Yemen, Hits Houthi-Held Airports and Ports

20 Big Cats at a Washington State Sanctuary Die of Bird Flu

Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 69 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan, over 30 survivors reported

Houthi Terror Offensive Continues Unabated as Israel Intercepts Another Missile and Drone

‘Massive’ Ballistic Missile Attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Europe’s Medical Students Being Trained to Consider Climate Impact of Inhalers and “Green Prescribing”

Millions Of Companies Must Register w/ Massive U.S. Database By Jan. 1 Due To Last-Minute Court Ruling

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 24, 2024

What We Know About The Russian Cargo Ship That Sank In Mediterranean

Iran-Backed Houthis Escalate Terror Offensive Against Israel, Fire Another Ballistic Missile

White House Says Pakistan Developing Long-Range Nuke-Capable Missile Which Can Reach US

China To Issue Record 3 Trillion Yuan In Special Treasury Bonds To Boost Economy

Japan’s Bond Market Is Set to Absorb Biggest Supply in a Decade

EU facts of the day

American Airlines technical issue sparks travel chaos on Christmas Eve as flights heavily delayed after being grounded

People Slam Those Who Didn’t Help Woman Set on Fire on NYC Subway. One critic: “There’s no doubt that people don’t want to get involved. It’s the Daniel Penny factor.

Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic

Study sheds new light on what causes long-term disability after a stroke, offers new path toward possible treatment

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 23, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: North Korean casualties in Kursk are climbing but more troops and weapons may be on the way.

Ex-Mossad Agents Reveal Details Of How They Turned Hezbollah’s Communications Devices Into Bombs

F/A-18F Was Shot Down By Friendly Fire As Jets Were About To Land On The Carrier

We talk about becoming more like a third world country but we are not there yet. NewsFour days gridlock hits Minna-Suleja, Maje-Jere and Abuja-Kaduna expressways

Honda and Nissan to merge, Honda will take the lead

Illegal Alien Accused of Setting NYC Woman on Fire Deported in 2018

Ethics Committee Final Report: ‘Substantial Evidence’ Gaetz Committed Statutory Rape

Cliff notes version of this theory: Time is expected to slow down around black holes so why would it not go faster where there is no gravity at all? Scientists Claim Dark Energy does not Exist, and Accelerated Expansion of Universe is an Illusion Caused by Gravity slowing down time

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22, 2024

Netanyahu likely to choose IDF intel over Mossad on Houthis, delays direct strike on Iran

What the Pentagon’s New Report on Chinese Military Power Reveals About Capabilities, Context, and Consequences

US Fighter Shot Down In ‘Apparent Case Of Friendly Fire’ Over Red Sea

Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down

US Congresswoman Missing For Six Months Found At Dementia Care Home

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 21, 2024

Inside Madaya, the Syrian town Assad starved to death

Houthis in Yemen Hit Tel Aviv With Ballistic Missile, Launch Drone Attack

Brazil’s currency plunges to lowest level in 30 years after breakneck spending on pensions and social services

Egg Shortages Reported Across the United States as the Holiday Baking Season Begins

We’re Already Talking about Joe Biden in the Past Tense

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 20, 2024

Russia Pummels Kyiv In Retaliation For ATACMS, Storm Shadow Strikes On Its Soil

Documents captured from Hamas reveal Iran’s complex weapons smuggling network

China to Build 1,000 Nukes by 2030

Germany: Saudi National Arrested After Driving Car Into Christmas Market

AI was used to find all the nasty surprises secreted away in the 1,500 pages of US legislation that was being pumped through Congress in the days before Christmas.

House Approves Spending Bill Without Debt Ceiling Provision

Did the Courts Just Nuke Environmental Review?

Israeli Air Force Strikes Yemen With Popeye And Rampage Standoff Missiles

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Declares State of Emergency over Bird Flu. The action was taken after the first case of severe bird flu was reported in Louisiana…in an elderly patient with pre-existing conditions.

Amazon faces holiday strike after refusing to bargain with warehouse workers

New Jersey Base Confirms Multiple Past Drone Incursions… By Contraband Smugglers

Intel’s Core Ultra 200S desktop processors—the company’s biggest overhaul of its desktop platform since 2021—consume less power and run a lot cooler than the company’s 13th- and 14th-generation Core CPUs. However, early reviewers found that the processors sometimes struggled to match, let alone beat, those older desktop CPUs in some tasks. This was particularly true for games