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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 2

The Orbán Problem

When I was young I had plans to eventually get a diesel vehicle. I changed my mind because I saw this coming. Long before the current crisis, the government started down the path of rendering diesel useless. Not there yet but getting there fast. Diesel prices soaring beyond crude, gasoline — and likely to stay that way

European Port Workers Are Refusing To Unload Russian Diesel

Alabama public health worker mauled to death by pack of dogs

The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho

Rumor that I would not even link to except that he does not look healthy.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 30

I think the subtext is that Chinese collages are failing to impart skills that have any use. China has a youth unemployment problem

‘Maladaptive Daydreaming’ Could Be a Distinct Psychiatric Disorder, Scientists Claim

The Countless Failures of Big Bureaucracy

This will be so unpopular that I have to wonder what kind of drugs they are smoking. They would have been better off just putting more money in the budget for this instead of taking from the VA. Mayorkas looks to divert VA funding to illegal immigrants

Colorado inmate is first American to test positive for bird flu

Millions of bees used in pollination die in airline shipping

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 29

Latam soybean oil prices skyrocket above historical $1,900/mt

Brazil’s Drought: The Trigger that Could Take Corn Prices Higher?

Heat wave scorches India’s wheat crop

Half of France’s nuclear reactors taken offline, adding to electricity demand on European grid

Political stakes high as Beijing responds to virus outbreak

James Webb Space Telescope completes alignment in huge milestone

Cases Of Mysterious Liver Damage In Children Spread To Japan And China

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 28

U.S. GDP fell at a 1.4% pace to start the year as pandemic recovery takes a hit

Is Russia gearing up to go to war with NATO?

The brutal lockdown in Shanghai is wreaking havoc on China’s largest city.

A New York City pediatrician spent the COVID-19 pandemic complaining online about her grueling 12-hour days in full PPE on the frontlines — only to be revealed as a school doctor with a plum 9-to-5 job, according to an explosive report.

Moldova Fears Russia Is Looking To Expand Its War Beyond Ukraine

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 27

Four Buyers In Europe Have Paid In Rubles For Russia’s Gas

Shanghai’s plan to reboot the supply chain will hit workers the hardest

Amazon Employees Hold Secret Zoom Meeting Plotting to Ban Conservative Children’s Book

A perspective from India. How Indonesia’s palm oil export ban will impact your everyday life

Chemical Dynamics gets their potash from Canada, but a shortage in delivery trucks due to border vaccine mandates has raised costs by nearly 40%, according to a letter from the The Fertilizer Institute to US legislatures in April.

Range anxiety is bad enough. But even when they find a station, drivers often have to deal with broken equipment.

NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring a second batch of one of its most advanced missile defense systems despite the war in Ukraine.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 26

Bank of America sounding the alarm on collapsing freight demand

The ban, which comes into effect on Wednesday, will add further upward pressure to the global price of cooking oil.

Raytheon Will Not Resume Mass Production of Stinger Missiles Until 2023

Poland’s One.pl online news channel reported that Russia had suspended gas supplies to Poland under the Yamal contract, citing off-the-record sources claiming that the Ministry of Climate has now gathered its crisis team to deal with the situation.

Russian Energy Tycoons & Families Found Dead In Suspicious Circumstances

Forgot to hit publish yesterday

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 25

One of Beijing’s largest districts saw 11 new cases in a single day, prompting residents to make a run on supplies in case of a lockdown there, CNN reported. The authorities also announced mass testing for all people in the district, further adding to the sense of panic, with more districts being added to the plan by early Monday afternoon EST. More pictures and whatnot of the panic buying here.

Shanghai Surprise: China Mulls Locking Down Workers Inside Factories

Authorities now fencing in buildings in Shanghai to stop people from leaving

This may be recent footage out of Lviv.

I would have bet money that this would not happen but it did.

Leftists Worried Elon Musk Will Turn Twitter Into A Place Where Terrible People Post Bad Opinions And Fight With Each Other All The Time

Orwell’s Bad Republicans

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 23

Shanghai’s new cases rebound after five-day decline, with no end in sight for lockdown

Pakistan’s new PM desperately needs external financial assistance to avoid an inherited impending default

Have People Been Given the Wrong Vaccine?

LEARNING FROM OUR DEFEAT: THE MADRASSAS AND THE MODERN

These hackers showed just how easy it is to target critical infrastructure

Tetanus vaccines work so well we may not need the ten year boosters, only a 30 year one…

Inside Nebraska’s Surprisingly Effective Covid Strategy

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 22
Rumors Of War

“The way that Starlink was able to upgrade when a threat showed up, we need to be able to have that ability,” said Dave Tremper, the Pentagon’s director of electronic warfare. “We have to be able to change our electromagnetic posture, to be able to change very dynamically what we’re trying to do without losing capability along the way.”

Russian General Says Moscow Aims to Capture Southern Ukraine

Shanghai further tightens Covid restrictions after weeks of strict lockdown

Court Rules That New York’s Rabidly Partisan Redistricting Map Was Improperly Gerrymandered

China’s March coal imports from Russia plunge 30% yr/yr

Treasury Bond Massacre, Mortgage Rates Hit 5.35%, Highest since 2009, and it’s Only April

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 21

The Mask Studies You Should Know

It’s planting season in Ukraine, and that means problems for global food supply

Antidepressants may not improve overall well-being in depressed people

Two mystery fires.

Biden admin to rescind Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers

Gaza-Based Militants Fire Rockets for Second Night in a Row