RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 23, 2023

Putin ally ‘behind bomb’ that killed Wagner boss

Cracks Form In New Naval Coalition, Drone Strikes Spread To Indian Ocean A video rant on this subject here.

Iranian spy ship providing Houthis with information on vessels in Red Sea

What does quantum mean in this case? US Army Tests World’s First Long-Range Quantum Radio Communication

Payroll providers, Power, Respect

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT: DECEMBER 22, 2023

Red Sea Task Force Grows, How It Actually Will Work Remains Unclear

Ukraine Says It Shot Down Three Russian Su-34 Fullbacks

Angola Leaves OPEC in Blow to Oil Producer Group

Argentina Milei reform impressions

Supreme Court Won’t Expedite Special Counsel’s Request to Review Trump’s Immunity Claims, Leaving it to Lower Courts for Now

Cummins Fined $1.67 Billion for Diesel Defeat Devices in 630,000 Ram Pickups

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Wants A Million FPV Drones In 2024

Red Sea Maritime Coalition Much Bigger Than Originally Disclosed

Biden Tried to Keep This Dirty Little Secret About His Summit with Xi

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Approves Slavery Reparations Commission

The Big Cloud Exit FAQ: Just over a year ago, we announced our intention to leave the cloud. We then shared our complete $3.2 million cloud budget for 2022, and the fact that we were going to build our own tooling rather than pay for overpriced enterprise service contracts. The mission was set!

AlphV ransomware site is “seized” by the FBI. Then it’s “unseized.” And so on.

Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo

I don’t know what the intention of this article was, but it made me feel sympathy for the US Army and I don’t experience that emotion very often. Some US Army recruits have taken a bold move, taking to social media to complain about how badly they are treated in the service.

Effects of open-label placebos in clinical trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 19, 2023

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: U.S. Military Leaders Push For Scaled-Back Campaign

Hamas Using Female Suicide Bombers As IDF Closes In On Gaza’s Terrorist Leadership

N. Korean Missile Test Had Potential Range of Entire US

In radical shift, Pope Francis approves priestly blessings for same-sex couples To see how Conservative Catholics cope, see here.

YouTube is the last bastion of unbiased journalism in India

‘This Should Be a National Scandal’: Medicare Advantage Plans Using AI for Denials

Colorado Supreme Court says Trump is ineligible to run again

Honestly this is not as crazy it seems. On the East Coast we put it in the river for people downstream to drink. California prepares to transform sewage into pure drinking water under new rules

Armed Robbery Foiled When Getaway Car Is Stolen by Another Thief

Google’s loss to Epic Games leads to $700M settlement with users, states

Video that gives an idea of how long the series of lava eruptions were in Iceland.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 18, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Funding Almost “Exhausted”

Major Shipping Firms Halt Red Sea Routes Following Houthi Attacks

The United States and nine other countries have joined together for Operation Prosperity Guardian as Houthi attacks continue unabated.

China: 6.2 magnitude earthquake leaves over 100 dead

Applesauce Pouches May Have Been Intentionally Contaminated With Lead: FDA

How different languages laugh online

Dark Genome Discovery: Researchers Reveal “Ancient Genetic Parasite” Implicated in Human Diseases

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 17, 2023

Gaza: IDF Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Network “Wide Enough for Vehicles to Pass Through” Near Israel Border

Panama Canal transits plunge as larger ships are turned away

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration Orders California Spending Freeze

Kremlin May Preemptively Bar Uranium Exports To U.S., Firm Warns

Man experiences tracheal rupture after attempting to hold back sneeze

‘Large’ TB outbreak may affect 800 people who were incarcerated in Washington state

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 15, 2023

Russian Central Bank raises key interest rate by 100 basis points to 16 percent

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Ground Campaign Has “Many More Months To Go”

Red Sea Peril Rises, Major Shippers Halt Mandeb Strait Transits

Mandatory Anti-Drunk-Driving Tech Is Coming, and GM’s Ready

Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people

Fiddling with Volcanic CO2

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Ballistic Missiles Target Kyiv After Biden Meeting

Ukrainian cells and Internet still out, 1 day after suspected Russian cyberattack

Ten soldiers, including two senior officers, killed in Gaza fighting and deadly ambush

Houthi Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Miss Tanker In Red Sea

Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find

Treasury Market Stress: Primary Dealers Taking Up Slack As Foreign Demand Fades

Replenishing the SPR will be a slow and expensive process since the oil Biden sold averaged around $30 a barrel. The buyback is being hindered by aging infrastructure with two sites undergoing maintenance and a modernization program that is over budget.

OPEC Production Falls While U.S. Oil Output Hits New High

Millions could suffer from little-known, energy-sapping sleep disorder