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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 13, 2023

The new account suggests that, following a misunderstood order, a Flanker deliberately fired an air-to-air missile at the spy plane, but that the weapon malfunctioned. If that’s true, then it seems that a massive international incident and escalation may have been avoided thanks to nothing more than a faulty weapon.

Europe’s Energy Troubles Continue: Hydro And Nuclear Output Declining

Ghana’s Concentration Camps For Witches

Every street lamp in Wellington at risk of falling down, residents warned

FBI Arrests Massachusetts Air National Guardsman in Connection With Leaking of Classified Documents

Our Cosplay World

Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 12, 2023

ECB’s prez falls for “Zelensky” phone prank, spills beans on digital currency

Why Is Saudi Arabia Buying Record Levels of Oil?

Persecuted Chinese Christians arrive in US from Thailand

I’m not saying the US should spend more or less. Our spending should match our strategy. But it is fascinating how it is no one’s interest to recognize US military spending is quite low in historic terms.

Unplanned L.A. Port Closure Likely to Accelerate Business Flight From West Coast

EV Sales Would Need To Increase Tenfold To Meet EPA’s Toughest Rules Yet

YoY Measures of Inflation: Services, Goods and Shelter

Full federal Appeals Court will rehear case of State Health Plan transgender treatment

“Burned Alive:” Explosion Kills 18,000 Cows In Texas

Walmart closing 4 Chicago stores, blaming millions in annual losses

Earth’s Core Appears to Be Wrapped in an Unexpected, Ancient Structure

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 11, 2023

Denmark To Decide By Summer On F-16s For Kyiv

Anarchy in South Africa

Several Iranian cities were rocked once again this week by a new wave of what has been called mysterious poisoning of mostly schoolgirls.

Doctors Sound Alarm Over Proposed Changes to Definition of Death in Federal Law

The ‘Genesis’ of today’s recruiting crisis

Salmonella: From Drug Resistant To Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR)

The U.S. Looks To Lower EV Mileage Ratings

Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 10, 2023

US officials searching for source of intelligence leak suspect an American is responsible

Here’s What’s Known So Far From The Leaked Intelligence Files

Leaked Pentagon papers reveal scenarios of Israel giving Ukraine weapons

Inflation hits 33.9% in Egypt as food prices surge

Hochul Nominates Liberal Rowan Wilson for Chief Judge

BE SKEPTICAL OF REAGAN’S “OCTOBER SURPRISE”

The plague of mental illness in teenage girls

Bank employee kills 5, police say

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 9, 2023

Ports Of Los Angeles And Long Beach Close Due To Widespread Worker Shortages During Contract Talks

California’s Attacks on Big Oil Will Only Drive More People Out of the State

Led By “Fat Activists”, New York Considering Bill To Ban Weight Discrimination

There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes

Daniel Perry’s Murder Conviction Was Legally Sound

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 8, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Both Sides Rationing Shells Ahead Of Kyiv’s Counteroffensive

Ukraine to export electricity again after months of Russian attacks

Chinese military rehearses encirclement of Taiwan

Sales fall at world’s biggest memory chip maker amid decline in global demand for semiconductors

Everyday life in the Neo-Assyrian empire.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 6, 2023

Russian Border Towns Hit With Onslaught Of Attacks

The Ukraine War gets all the press, but if these numbers are to believed, this was worse in terms of lives lost. Hundreds of thousands of people died in the ensuing war, including up to 380,000 civilians, according to a group of researchers at the University of Gent in Belgium. The number cannot yet be substantiated. The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army (ENDF) recently said that his forces lost 254,000 troops in the fighting. The Tigray military (TDF) has remained silent about the overall number of casualties it sustained.

This study was being spoken of as “proving” that there was no lab leak not too long ago. Pandas in Wuhan market? China’s COVID genetic study is out—it has problems

Israel’s Security Cabinet Convenes Over Rocket Barrage from Lebanon

French Pension Protesters Storm Paris BlackRock Headquarters

Head of JP Morgan says governments could seize property to build wind and solar farms

Giant Study Pinpoints Specific Gut Bacteria Linked to Alzheimer’s

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 5, 2023

Finland Buys Israel’s David’s Sling For Huge Air Defense Upgrade

CDC Sending Team to Africa in Wake of Marburg Virus Outbreak

Ninety years ago, Franklin Roosevelt told Americans they had less than a month to hand over their gold or face up to ten years in prison.

The Shambolic Criminal Case Against Donald Trump

Deposit insurance maximization as a service

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 4, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Latest US Aid Package Includes New Drone Defenses

It is a weird war when both sides are still doing business with the enemy. Putin Approves $1.2 Billion Payment To Shell For Sakhalin-2 Exit

There’s a curious omission in the Donald Trump indictment and statement of facts – The specific federal law Trump violated.

After NPR’s Major Layoff, Employees Accuse CEO Of Racism

Hochul Throws Climate ‘Grenade’ Into Budget Talks

The Real Reasons Why the English Department Died