RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 14, 2023

We’re at war’ — Tensions crackle in East Jerusalem and the West Bank as Israel prepares assault on Gaza

China’s Birth Rate Plummets 10% To Lowest On Record

A surge in US biofuel demand will flip its domestic soybean oil trade and make it a net importer in MY 2023-24 (September-August) for the second consecutive year, the US Foreign Agricultural Service said Oct. 12

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 13, 2023

The DoD and its allies are cobbling together parts to make new air defense systems for Ukraine, including one using the AIM-9L/M sidewinder.

The Perilous Tactical Realities Israel Will Face Fighting In Gaza

Rooting for Israel, Not a Good Word About Palestine: Modi Is Upending Indian Foreign Policy

Ukraine Invented the Drone War. The US Can’t Fight One Without Chinese Equipment

Microsoft completes $69B Activision Blizzard deal, its biggest merger ever

Starlink Direct to Cell Services Start in 2024

An age-old remedy that was prescribed by Hippocrates may be a cheap alternative to antibiotics for those with chronic wounds

Mathematical logic and the code of computer programs are, in an exact way, mirror images of each other.

The true story of Matthew Shepard:

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 12, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Signs Russia’s Attempt To Encircle Avdiivka Is Stalling

Hezbollah’s expansive Iranian-supplied arsenal of rockets, drones, and missiles poses a major threat to all of Israel.

The EU is trying to outsource its migration problems and has entered into a partnership with Tunisia. But the situation there has grown dire, particularly for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Now, even the Tunisians themselves want to get out.

T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike

A 21-year-old computer-science student has won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum, which had been unreadable since a volcanic eruption in AD 79 — the same one that buried nearby Pompeii. The breakthrough could open up hundreds of texts from the only intact library to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 11, 2023

Israel ordered Chevron to shut down a major natural gas field, which could send prices spiking further just before winter

Another Iraqi Shia militia threatens the United States over involvement in Israel

China’s Country Garden warns its first-ever default could come soon, as its September sales plunge by over 80% year on year

Afghanistan Hit By Second Major Earthquake in a Week

Cars exploding at Luton airport London: Huge fire causes partial collapse of structure

‘Not Proud At All:’ Japan’s Army Struggles to Recruit

Yields Spike After Ugly 10Y Auction Sees Biggest Tail Since April; Dealers Stuck Holding Most Paper In A Year

Giant Solar Storm 14,000 Years Ago Leaves The Carrington Event in The Dust

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 10, 2023

Finland is investigating a potential sabotage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline. Helsinki also reports a break in an undersea data cable…

Seized by Palestinian propaganda as symbols of Israeli weakness, Hamas atrocities from the southern kibbutz trigger despair, and resolve, in survivors. Related: Soldiers encounter unimaginable horrors as they remove the bodies of victims, including about 40 babies and small children — some with their heads chopped off

Terror group had Israel convinced it wasn’t interested in war; Hamas source says elite cell jammed signals at IDF base in 1st stage of assault

Top diplomat’s comments marks strongest condemnation by EU yet of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

For the third time in a year, Russian hardware on the space station is leaking

Blackouts are coming: Australian grid so fragile, expensive, cement giant already shuts down nearly every day

Facebook’s sexist, ageist ad-targeting violates Calif. law, court finds

Thousands of ‘special interest aliens’ from Middle East countries stopped at southern border since 2021

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 8, 2023

Israel Declares State Of War, U.S. Navy Carrier Group Redirected

Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks. At least 700 Israelis are confirmed dead

I Was at a Music Festival When the Terror Began Related: Aerial Aftermath Of Hamas Attack On Music Festival. No bodies shown. Just the cars. From what I have read and seen it was a mistake to try to flee in a car. You were better off running off into the dark and laying still then trying to go through the choke points. From what I have read, over 250 bodies removed from just this one festival so far.

Afghanistan earthquakes kill more than 2,000

Cutting the country’s credit rating recently, ratings firm Fitch projected the U.S. deficit would rise to 6.3% of gross domestic product this year from 3.7% in 2022, due to higher debt service costs, new spending initiatives and weaker federal revenues.

Drop boxes have become key to election conspiracy theories. Two Democrats just fueled those claims

Walgreens pharmacy employees plan walkout at US stores

Kaiser Permanente workers set to end historic strike, but another may loom

MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered desalination device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 7, 2023

A strong Israel may tolerate a belligerent Hamas on its border; a weaker one cannot. A safe Israel can spend much time and resources worrying about the humanitarian fallout from a Gaza ground war; a more vulnerable Israel cannot.

Netanyahu Tells Gaza Residents To Clear Out, Says IDF “Will Use All Its Strength” To “Destroy” Hamas

SO MUCH FOR “PEACE”

Israel: Over 150 Dead, 1,000 Wounded, Scores Captured by Hamas

Videos show young Israelis fleeing in panic when Palestinian militants invaded a music festival in the desert

High-Level Iranian Spy Ring Busted in Washington

The Intellexa Alliance is the name of the shady group of European companies that supplies dictators and despots with cyberweapons.

Hillary Clinton suggests “formal deprogramming” for seventy million

Low distillate inventories in the United States have tightened the diesel market during the harvest season and ahead of the winter heating season.

A Booming Market for Medical Credentials

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 6, 2023

Russia to lift fuel export ban amid supply fears

Why Ukraine’s birth rate drop amid Russian war is concerning

DIGITAL PIRACY RETURNS TO SEA: PROTECTING AUTONOMOUS SHIPS FROM ONLINE ATTACKS

I have to give credit to CNN. They are still talking about what most conventional news sources are ignoring.

Headline is a little misleading as they have other demands as well. But it is true that they are demanding that the homeless be allowed on public school property which is pretty wild and against the self interest of the union members. California Teachers’ Union Threatens Strike for Free Yoga and Homeless Camps

Fake Engine Parts Found in Delta Planes as Scandal Spreads to Four US Airlines

Scientists discover ‘long colds’ may exist, as well as long COVID

New report shreds narrative surrounding number of school shootings

EU Digital Identity Wallet Pilots Roll Out Under the Radar

U.S. cancer centers report ongoing shortage of chemotherapy drugs