RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 28, 2023

Kyiv “More Than Ready” For Offensive

WHY THE FRENCH ARMY WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE QUALITY OVER MASS

Haiti descends further into chaos after mass lynching

Brazil Record Soybean Crop Could Add Fuel to the Dry Bulk Market

China pushes largest-ever expansion of nuclear arsenal
Turkey’s Erdogan makes video appearance following health scare

A Torrent Of Layoffs! Here Are 16 Large Companies That Have Just Announced Mass Terminations

Intel loses $2.8 billion in another not-great quarter, down 36% year over year

Demand for in-home healthcare outpaces availability of workers

Researchers Point to the Source of Serious Side Effects in Widely-Used Painkiller

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 27, 2023

Russia Beefed Up Defenses At Zaporizhzhia Nuke Plant

‘Abusing scripture’: The rise of Kenya’s Christian cults This is related: Kenyan man looks for wife, six children among Shakahola corpses

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Population Grew by 509% Since 1979

Trying to keep the South Koreans from making their own. US, South Korea sign deal to deter nuclear attacks from North Korea

This is bad politics and bad economics (I know of no economic theory that would support this form of reasoning from either the right or the left. Britons ‘need to accept’ they’re poorer, says Bank of England economist

The EU Just Made Emissions Even More Expensive

One Of The Largest Banks In The United States Is On The Verge Of Going Under

Now They’re Trying Censor Your Text Messages

Air Force Suspends Leaders of Unit Involved in Classified Document Leak

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 25, 2023

Explosive Drones Are Getting Very Close To Moscow

WHO Cites “Huge Biological Risk” As Sudan Fighters Seize Lab Containing Deadly Pathogens

Credit Suisse Reports Alarming Magnitude Of Losses And Outflows

First Republic Bank Expected to be Seized by US Government

The Biden EPA Will Drive Energy Bills Even Higher With Yet Another Legally Dubious Regulation

San Francisco Target puts entire department on lockdown amid shoplifting crisis

Kathy Hochul and the legislators are closing in on a final state budget.

Gastrointestinal anatomy varies widely among people, study shows

Cranberries Can Reduce Risk of UTI by 50% in Certain People

Melatonin in sleep-aid gummies can be off by up to 350%, study finds

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 24, 2023

The polity that is Russian markets in everything

Sudan updates: US State Secretary announces 72-hr ceasefire

What’s Keeping Oil From Rallying?

If this is true, they are insane. They just made every conspiracy theory the gospel truth in the minds of those who doubted the preferred narrative. Here’s the Reason Tucker Carlson Is Out at Fox News And here is one of the more restrained reactions that they can expect.

It appears that the crisis facing auto dealerships is far more dire than any of us thought.

In 2 Blue States, Big Government on Cusp of Becoming Big Parent

The increasing threat of blackouts is spurring Texas politicians to consider a plan to fund new natural gas-fired power plants that would provide back-up power to the grid. The plan is to build up to 10 gigawatts to provide backup generation that is weatherized and has on-site fuel, creating an energy insurance fund.

Bird Flu Poised to Become Endemic in the US

The Universe sucks: The mysterious Great Attractor that’s pulling us in

Thralldom to Emperor Bong: this ain’t your grandfather’s weed

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 20, 2023

In which I am reminded that I need to buy more beans. Farmers ‘crippled’ by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt

What could go wrong? Massive mosquito factory in Brazil aims to halt dengue

Sudan generals’ deadly fight for power

As bond yields rise in Egypt, so have yields for sovereign bonds for Angola, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal.

U.S. natural gas production is booming.

Two New Judges Could Mark a Liberal Shift for New York’s Highest Court

A School of Strength and Character

Congratulations SpaceX

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 19, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Patriot Missiles Welcomed By Defense Minister

Nobody in the West will care unless it starts impacting the Red Sea supply lines or speeds up the collapse of Egypt. But that is not out of the question if things get crazy enough. Sudan’s “Deep State” War Could Have Far-Reaching Geostrategic Consequences If It Continues

Why Homelessness Is Worse in California Than in Texas

California Power Companies Proposing Income-Based Rates for Electric Bills

Archaeologists are unlocking the secrets of Maya lime plasters and mortars