RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 14, 2024

The Houthi rebels likely hid their missiles and drones before the US-led air attacks and retain about 75% of their firepower

Inside Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess.

The economics of semaglutide

Willow Bark Extract: A Revolutionary Antiviral From Nature

Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon

The Drunk-Driver Detection Tech That Could Soon Take Over Your Car

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 13, 2024

Israel Notifies Cairo it Will Launch Op to Seize Control of Gaza’s Border With Egypt

Houthis Threaten Reprisal Attacks On U.S. Bases In The Region
Egypt’s Suez Canal Revenue Stream Dries Up, Decreasing by 40% due to Houthi Attacks

I think the author’s intention is to make Biden look good but I think to anyone not in the bubble it makes US politics look extremely vapid. Biden Pushed Operation Prosperity Guardian Despite Strong Objections

Washington State Proposes a Ban on Gas-Powered Tools and Jail Time to Those Who Violate the Ban

New York municipalities used to keep the surplus from foreclosed homes sold at auction. Then the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.

Seeing Blue at Night May Not Be What’s Keeping You Up After All

Cancer Is Striking More Young People, and Doctors Are Alarmed and Baffled

Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 10, 2024

Largest Attack On Red Sea Shipping To Date: What We Know

U.S. and Allies Weigh Hitting Houthis as Red Sea Attacks Escalate

The Anti-Ship Missile Arsenal Houthis Are Firing Into The Red Sea

Oil Slides on Large Builds in Fuel Inventories

Court serves defeat to Biden’s dishwasher police

NYC Forcing Brooklyn Students to Go Remote as City Moves Nearly 2,000 Illegal Immigrants Into High School

Graphic execution videos from Ecuador spread on X

Valve now allows the “vast majority” of AI-powered games on Steam

Lactic Acid Isn’t Making Your Muscles Sore. Here’s What’s Really Behind It.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 8, 2024

A little more detail then the first link that was posted a few days ago. Water-Filled Missiles, Silo Problems Behind China Purge

“They used to fire warning shots — they’d hit near the truck, our guys would get out of the truck, and then they’d hit the truck,” the commander said, describing Israeli raids on arms transfers handled by Hezbollah before October 7. “Now that’s over. Israel is now unleashing deadlier, more frequent air raids against Iranian arms transfers and air defense systems in Syria. They bomb everyone directly. They bomb to kill.”

Houthi Bribe Allegations Rock Shipping Market

The focus of most news reports is the impact on wealthy countries but their is always collateral damage. Kenyan logistics and shipping companies are facing up to double freight costs, higher premiums and delays following the attacks at the Red Sea channel.

Jordanian jets strike Iran-linked drug dealers inside Syria

The $34 trillion mountain of national debt is a ‘boiling frog’ situation for the US economy, JPMorgan warns

Gov. Hochul vows crackdown on shoplifting scourge as NY businesses plead for help

What is worse, the idea that a secretary of Defense would keep his incapacitation a secret or the idea that nobody would notice that he was gone? Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin Kept Secret Hospitalization, Incapacitation From WH and Own Top Staffers

United Airlines discovers loose bolts in Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft during inspections

Apple’s China headache worsens as iPhone faces double-digit sales slump

Supreme Court rejects X Corp.’s bid challenging US surveillance disclosures

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 7, 2024

Unidentified drones frequently targeting German military bases where Ukrainian soldiers are trained

Danish F-16 jets to Ukraine will be delayed by several months

Poland reaches deal with farmers to call off blockade of Ukraine border crossing

China’s COSCO Puts Israel Routes on Hold

Iran Vows To Target More Enemy Ships in Global Waters

Biggest story of the weekend but I missed it because it is not getting the coverage that it deserves. Chinese shadow bank Zhongzhi files for bankrupcty

The Lloyd Austin fallout is growing: ‘Someone’s head has to roll’

Mega-Study Finds That Minorities Don’t Receive Harsher Criminal Punishments, But That Academics Said So Anyway

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 6, 2024

Extreme winter cold grips Russia

$100 for 25 kg of flour: Gaza families scramble to find food, water and medicine

Indian Navy To Escort Indian Merchant Ships In Red Sea

Shipping stocks jump as freight costs soar amid Red Sea tensions

Royal Navy Forced To Retire Frigates Due To Personnel Shortages

Leaks to Bloomberg are arguing that missiles filled with water and missile silos with lids that don’t work are why Xi purged his defense minster and the head of his missiles force but it is hard to find links that are not paywalled so you get this one.

Might as Well Throw Jobs Data Against the Wall

The New Geography of American Growth

Honestly thought that him not telling the press was a non-story. But if everything in this story is true, it was a real clown car event. Pentagon waited three days to inform White House that the defense secretary was hospitalized in ICU

A hiker slid hundreds of feet off an Adirondack mountain peak and got stuck for 8 hours over a vertical cliff face

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT: JANUARY 5, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Downed Kinzhal Warhead Recovered In Kyiv

A good overview of the complexities surrounding this issue: ETHIOPIA-SOMALILAND PORT DEAL AND AL QAEDA OFFENSIVE IN CENTRAL MALI

Mob of German farmers accosts top Green as protests escalate

Iran Withholds Oil Deliveries As It Seeks Higher Prices from China

Revitalizing US Navy Shipbuilding

Just a reminder of what is the new normal in many places in the US. It is a strange world were people have to campaign to try to get police to do more to stop mobs from taking over entire streets for no particular reason. If you read the article, this is not a one off in this part of California. Mob of over 100 looters smashes car through Compton bakery, trashes store after street takeover

The Pentagon chief has been hospitalized for days, and no one said anything until just now

U.S. Gasoline Prices Slide, Defying Crude Oil Rise

A complete (so far) Star Citizen ship collection now costs $48,000

Sudden infant death syndrome: Doctors uncover potential cause