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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 11

Ukraine Strikes Multiple Targets INSIDE Russia, More Deputies Call for Putin’s Ouster

Why Europe Won’t Exploit Its Huge Gas Reserves

China loan fact of the day

This should be the absolute peak of hurricane season—but it’s dead quiet out there

Unions blast rail move to delay shipments before deadline

The Pentagon has furnished some 800,000 155-mm artillery rounds to Ukraine, while the US has just one factory making them, the General Dynamics plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania that produces only 14,000 rounds a month.

NY Gov. Hochul’s Law Claims Its First Victims: Historical Battle Reenactors

NY Times Hit Piece On Hasidic Education Published On Eve Of NY Regents Vote To Undermine All Religious Schools

Sanctuary City DC Declares State Of Emergency Over “Flood” Of Illegal Migrants Bused From Border States

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 10

This shut off the power to a lot of people in Ukraine. ‘Daily attacks’ Putin targets natural gas thermal power plant in Kharkiv in missile strike

The fall of Los Angeles Related in a funny way.

‘A necessity’: Lebanon’s forced conversion to solar

Cancers in Adults Under 50 Have Increased Dramatically Around The Globe

What is to become of Memphis?

Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales

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Things are moving so fast this is already majorly out of date in terms of what Ukraine has taken. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 9

How the Russian invasion is changing Ukrainian farmers’ crops

Shipping lines and container owners in North America (majorly in the US) are finding it difficult to return containers to China. To add to the present challenges, the US is also facing major trucking issues that are making cargo movement within the country difficult.

In Face of Rising Domestic Prices, India Restricts Rice Exports

The World Is Not Ready For The Next Super-Eruption, Scientists Warn

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 7

‘We got too comfortable’: the race to build an LNG terminal in north Germany

An Era Ends

Pietrucha’s fixation on China’s unlikely invasion of Taiwan today is similarly flawed because it fixates on the military fleet but ignores industrial capacity. The armada for a major amphibious assault, like that against Sicily or Taiwan, is built for the occasion and scrapped shortly thereafter, not maintained in readiness for decades.

Turkey, Greece escalate war of words as they drag in EU, NATO

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A day behind but they are putting them out to late at night these days to stay current. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 6

What the Natural Gas Shortage Means for Germany

D’Agostino chided the New York officials because they tried to press the same argument despite a prior appeals court ruling that made clear they were quite simply wrong;

Special Master Order Reveals Biden’s Direct Involvement In Trump Raid And Six Other Bombshells

UK quietly bans Covid vaccines for children under 11

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A German View: Zelenskyy’s Risky Push

US: Russia to buy rockets, artillery shells from North Korea

‘We’re ready to strike’: UPS workers and Teamsters prepare for contract fight

Enormous Solar Storm May Create Auroras Across Northern U.S. States

Rare First Temple Period Ivories Discovered in Jerusalem

“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5T In Margin Calls

Honestly, this is not all that different from the nation at large and a major reason life expectancy in America is gong down. A staggering total of 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020 and 2021.

Brawls break out and shelves stripped bare as Chinese city heads for ‘strictest lockdown’

Earthquake In Southwest China Kills 65 As Millions In Region Are Under Lockdown

Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’

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This is one way to make sure the lights go out. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen last Friday called for a price cap to be imposed on Russian gas imports to thwart, as she said, the Russian President’s attempt to manipulate the EU energy market. Now, however, it seems a price cap for all imports of natural gas is on the table, including from long-term friends such as Norway. More commentary here.

Manhunt after 10 stabbed to death in Saskatchewan

Israel concedes soldier likely shot Al Jazeera journalist

Is Iraq An Underappreciated Risk In Oil Markets?

The cut in oil production by 100,000 bpd is largely symbolic because OPEC+ members are estimated to be some 2.9 million bpd behind the collective quotas allotted to them. But the point is, this is the first OPEC+ oil supply cut in more than a year and it shows that the OPEC+ will not hesitate to take preemptive action.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 4

Russia to keep key gas pipeline to EU closed

Why is China so Obsessed With Food Security?

This happened to people I know who I thought were past the age of making stupid mistakes. How Weed Became the New OxyContin

The Myth Of American Income Inequality

The Despotism of Isaias Afewerki

Gro’s analysis shows that the impact of the fertilizer crisis globally is less severe than estimates by other sources had feared. Still, because of the uneven impact of the crisis, continued cuts to fertilizer production in Europe and elsewhere, especially combined with drought conditions in many parts of the world, could disproportionately affect certain countries and possibly lead to increased levels of food insecurity.

The branch banking model

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 3

Energy Pain: The richest countries in the world may not eat hot meals, people start burning their bills in the street

Tyler has a blind spot in his analysis. Total cost of living in a city includes property taxes even if water is charged for separately. In upstate NY, city taxes are sky high in large part to pension costs and it is possible that a similar issue is at work in Jackson. Water problems in Jackson, Mississippi

“Exorbitant Rise In Energy Prices” Forces Europe’s Top Steelmaker To Close Plants

Why the First Supreme Court Impeachment Was the Last (So Far)

Coming soon to a government near you. ‘Rampant chaos’: Lebanon state sector eroded by grinding crisis

Part 1: But it hasn’t been reported in the newsfeed Part 2: We appraised the situation inaccurately Part 3: They can only look on helplessly as the two men pull harder and harder – until the boy’s shoulders are dislocated

Feds Seized Dozens Of Trump’s “Clothing/Gift Items,” Books, and Hundreds Of Magazine Clippings In Mar-a-Lago Raid, Per Updated Inventory

Much of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’s Plastic Comes From These 5 Countries

Shocking Details Emerge on How Biden’s White House Colluded With Social Media Companies to Censor Americans

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 2

Chengdu locks down 21.2 million people as Chinese cities battle Covid-19

Labor negotiations for 22,000 dock workers on the West Coast are causing anxiety among US industries who fear disruptions to trade.

The cost of electricity to the Poppyfields cafe for 73 days from early June until the end of August came in at €9,024.70 an increase of 250 per cent in just 12 months.

Video Of Mysterious Drone Swarm Over Navy’s Most Advanced Destroyer Released

Today on Planet Biden: accuses half the country of being “MAGA fascists” in bizarre “Triumph of the Shill” address

His death raised eyebrows given the company’s opposition to the war and similar unexplained deaths in recent years.