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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: M1 Abrams Tank Training Extended

Context is talking about all the people destroying infrastructure in South Africa to sell it for scrap. South Africa now exports more copper than its mines produce.

Rise in Attacks on Christians in India, Up Four Times in 11 Years

How significant is latest US seizure of illicit Iranian oil shipment?

German lawmakers in the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, voted on Friday in favor of a controversial law aimed at phasing out oil and gas heating systems. and Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too

$7.6 trillion of US government debt will mature in the next year, adding pressure on rates
Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency

Anti-Cop Minnesota Dem Leader Wants Tougher Crime Laws After Violent Carjacking

Cisco security appliance 0-day is under attack by ransomware crooks

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Ukraine’s breakthrough at Russia’s second defensive line is “pretty considerable,” the DIA’s director of analysis says.

US Seizes 1 Million Barrels of Smuggled Iranian Oil Headed for China, Congress Demands Action

Mayor Eric Adams Says Migrant Crisis Will ‘Destroy New York City’

Dangerous transformer shortage in the USA

$2 Trillion Deficit Projection Sparks Conservative Demands for Spending Cuts, Major Budget Reforms

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

US ‘Increasingly Concerned’ With Ukraine Battlefield Tactics Against Russia

Now the UK government wants to control your kitchen fridge or send you to jail

Guess who’s getting the world’s first self-sovereign national digital ID?

Rupee Falls Most in a Month Due to Stronger Dollar and Surging Crude Oil Prices

India or Bharat: What is behind the name row?

Greece Floods As Potential “Medicane” Wreaks Havoc and Flash floods in Turkey kill at least 10 people

Server With Full Hard Drive Shuts Down Every Toyota Plant in Japan
If you take away the spin, the Grid stopped working so rural people built their own power. Puerto Rico’s Solar Rooftop Revolution

The Secret Memos New York Courts Refuse to Give Up

The Aftermath of a ‘Miracle Cure’ for a Rare Cancer

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Counteroffensive Pushes Toward Second Defensive Line

Teardown of Huawei’s new phone shows China’s chip breakthrough

Tech suppliers for Apple and others are hiring rapidly across Vietnam in a bid to expand outside of China, despite a slump in electronics demand. But things are moving slowly. In Vietnam, key Apple supplier Luxshare has only hired half its goal of 24,000 new workers, with Foxconn scrambling for a similar number.

BMW: Gasoline Car Ban Poses “Imminent Risk” To European Automakers

Cruise Missile Shield Could See SAM Sites Return To Critical Locales Across U.S.

Bird flu is undergoing changes that could increase the risk of widespread human transmission

Wegmans glitch double-charges credit card users: ‘Check your bank account’

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

PERSEVERANCE AND ADAPTATION: UKRAINE’S COUNTEROFFENSIVE AT THREE MONTHS

There Are Still Buses From Kyiv to Moscow – and Ukrainians Are Still Using Them

“We Must Free Ourselves from France’s Stranglehold!”

A record number of Pakistanis are leaving the country

Federal deficit unexpectedly set to double this year

Interest rates are soaring, raising the alarm for a painful reckoning for America

Real Estate marketplace Zillow is offering some home buyers the opportunity to purchase a home with a downpayment of just 1 percent.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Jacobins always eat their own. Whatever they do to conservatives they will eventually do to each other.

Why all the tech money pouring into Ohio?

Massachusetts is one of several states where migrants initially being housed in Texas have ended up, putting many Democratic cities in the precarious position of having to care for them

A Putin Critic Fell to His Death in Washington. We Still Don’t Know Why.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Hundreds of millions of Dollars worth of plans were destroyed by quadcopter drones.

Have you ever seen a graph like this that hides the peaks?

USSOCOM to Use AI to Detect Disinformation Threats on Social Media

The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge

Hundreds of Tough Mudder racers infected by rugged, nasty bacterium

Call of Duty enlists AI to eavesdrop on voice chat and help ban toxic players starting today

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 31, 2023

New satellite imagery shows two Il-76s were totally destroyed and two others damaged in the drone attack on Kresty Air Base.

How the collapse of Russia’s currency could impact its neighbors and cause a damaging decline in labor migration

I have seen people try to explain this study by saying that Sweden was successful because they had a high vaccination rate. You can see that argument here but the chart presented is self refuting so I am surprised that the person posting it thought it supported their argument. The problem with it is that most of Sweden’s deaths happened early before the vaccination and most of the rest of Nordic countries deaths happened after the vaccination was introduced. And they still had higher excess death rates then Sweden. Sweden’s ‘Laissez Faire’ Pandemic Policies Paid Off

There is a shortage of women in Vietnam.

Mysterious, Unexplained Red Meat Allergies Reportedly Explode in Virginia

Over-the-counter Narcan to hit drugstore shelves next week

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 30, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Advancing North Korean Artillery Deal

Suddenly a lot of people in London are realizing what “Net Zero” really means

The Army spends over $1.8 billion on permanent change-of-station moves annually. That’s 40 percent of what the Army receives each year to purchase weapons and tracked combat vehicles, nearly as much as its fiscal year 2024 investments to modernize long-range fires or create modern air defenses, and approximately twice as much as it plans to spend on building new barracks or improving its pre-positioned stocks.

Something’s Very Wrong Here With Mitch McConnell

Exclusive-Walmart cuts pharmacist pay, hours while workload piles up

NYC Mayor Adams Doubles Down on Criticism of Hochul’s Handling of Migrant Crisis