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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 19, 2023

Pantsir Air Defense Systems Appear On Moscow Rooftops

Medvedev Warns Russia’s Defeat In Ukraine Would Mean Nuclear War

Europe still buying over quarter of diesel imports from Russia ahead of new curbs

Al Qaeda’s JNIM pushes closer to Malian capital

US begins ‘extraordinary measures’ to avert debt default

Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent

In a bombshell 10-1 ruling, Israel Supreme Court nixes interior and health minister appointment of Aryeh Deri

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 18, 2023

Germany And US Play Chicken Over Tanks For Kyiv

Pentagon Forced To Tap Unreported Ammo Stockpile In Israel To Support Ukraine

Israel’s ruling coalition on thin ice as top court blocks Netanyahu ally from cabinet post

It is a sign of how crazy the world is that this is happening at a time of high inflation. People are effectively paying the US government to take their money Record-Breaking 20Y Treasury Auction Sends Yields Tumbling

Connecticut Law Would Axe Fitness Requirements for Female Firefighters

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 17, 2023

The Urban Hellscape That Is Maryinka

The grain-size for sand in shooting ranges is specified, for example, while limits for the exposure to gunshot gas in the combat compartment of infantry fighting vehicles are bickered over so that the threat of “amniotic fluid damage to the female Puma crew” can be strictly ruled out.

LOSING TAIWAN MEANS LOSING JAPAN

Natural Gas Futures in Europe Plunge 15% Today, Down 84% from Crazy Spike

Health officials in New York City are saying that those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be at a higher risk of contracting the new omicron subvariant XBB.1.5.

CYBERCRIMINALS STARTING TO USE CHATGPT

With $1.5 billion bill due at month-end, Elon Musk’s options aren’t great

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 16, 2023

Russia Has Built Its First Production Batch Of Poseidon Nuclear Torpedoes: Report

Russia’s Wagner Group commander requests Norway asylum

Iran to Receive Russian Fighter Jets by March in Latest Sign of Growing Military Ties: Iranian Media

HOW POLICE EXPLOITED THE CAPITOL RIOT’S DIGITAL RECORDS

The U.S. Can’t Make Enough Plutonium Triggers for Its Nuclear Warheads

FBI Counterintelligence Raided Chinese Police Station in New York:

“A Historic Turning Point”: China Reports Blowout Q4 Economic Data As Population Falls For First Time In Decades

How the Onion Became the Symbol of Inflation in the Philippines

Japan’s Experts Baffled By High ‘COVID Deaths’ Despite High Vaccination Rate

Fluke Discovery of Ancient Farming Technique Could Stabilize Crop Yields

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 13, 2023

I saw this change in the stories happen with my own eyes and I am little bit surprised that they are trying to go this route instead of pretending it never happened.

In Emails to White House, Facebook Admits Suppressing ‘Often-True Content’ on COVID-19 Vaccines

Americans Finding It Difficult To Pay Credit Card Dues On Time; Delinquency Rises Amid All-Time-High Interest Rates

USDA Now Says The U.S. Lost 1.6 Million More Acres Of Corn In 2022, Where Did They Go?

CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older

Panic grips Special Forces community amid investigation into drugs, human trafficking

Five minutes of light walking every half hour can help alleviate some of the increased risk that comes with sitting for long stretches of the day, according to the study published Thursday in the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Thousands of Ford Trucks Missing Chips Are Finally Getting Finished, Satellite Pics Show

EPA’s Proposed Rule Regarding the Clean Water Act

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2023

Moscow Shakes Up Command of Its Forces in Ukraine (Again)

An unknown threat actor abused a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiOS SSL-VPN to infect government and government-related organizations with advanced custom-made malware, the company said in an autopsy report on Wednesday.

FAA outage traced to “damaged database file”

South Korea Now Openly Discussing Arming Itself With Nuclear Weapons

Property prices relative to household income are still two to four times in China what they are in the rest of the world, and the sector accounts for more than twice the share of economic activity.

PJM Interconnection, a regional power grid that stretches from Illinois to New Jersey, declared an emergency during Christmas and was on the brink of implementing rolling blackouts for millions of customers due to a partial power-generation fleet shutdown.

Why the U.S. Nursing Shortage Keeps Getting Worse

NYC grocery stores consider locking up food due to rampant theft;

Oregon Follows California, Bans Combustion New Car Sales By 2035

‘This Doesn’t Make Any Sense’: WH Press Corps Torches Jean-Pierre Over Biden Classified Document Case

A new study finds six minutes of high-intensity cycling could delay the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 11, 2023

Aviation Groups Have Complained for Years About the Outdated FAA Alert System That Crashed Today

Oil Drops On Huge Unexpected Crude Inventory Build
The Kraken Variant

South Korea shares eye-opening Covid statistics to defend its new rules for travelers from China

Pentagon drops Covid-19 vaccine mandate for troops

A widespread logic controller flaw raises the specter of Stuxnet

*UPDATE* Biden Official Tries to Deny He Ever Said the Govt is Coming for Your Gas Stove

Research behind a blockbuster anti-stroke drug could have included fake data while its serious and potentially fatal side effects were kept secret, official US documents have revealed.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 10, 2023

Discussions are underway in Britain and Poland to provide Ukraine with modern tanks, while the U.S. is mulling sending Kyiv Strykers.

What is Wagner seeking to gain by calling the Ukrainians honorable? It don’t fit the normal Russian narrative. “On the western outskirts of Soledar there are heavy bloody battles. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are honourably defending the territory of Soledar,” Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on social media.

Washington Has Trouble Refilling The SPR After 220 Million Barrel Draw

Hospitals Scramble to Find Medical Workers as Nurses Strike

Researchers Could Track the GPS Location of All of California’s New Digital License Plates

Roman vs Modern Concrete