RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 19

Putin’s War Escalation Is Hastening Demographic Crash for Russia

China dumps dud chips on Russia, Moscow media moans

DoD eyeing options to provide satcom in Ukraine as it continues talks with SpaceX

More than a million Americans ration insulin as prices skyrocket

Ebola Is Back—and Vaccines Don’t Work Against It

German Cabinet approves nuclear plant lifespan extension

China’s armed forces recruiting dozens of British ex military pilots in ‘threat to UK interests’

Fabled star catalogue by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus had been feared lost.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 18

Social crises in Europe face escalation this winter.

Mobilized Russian soldiers dying in droves after going to war with no training

Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Increase Russian Strike Capacity and Lethality in Ukraine

Researchers at Boston U. Supposedly Claim They Developed a COVID Strain With ‘80% Kill Rate’

Global diesel and other distillate fuel stocks have been on the decline for a while now, and there is no reversal of this trend in sight. Demand, on the other hand, has been growing, leading to a widening shortage.

Biden admin pressured Dem El Paso mayor not to declare state of emergency over city’s migrant crisis

Supreme Court Decided to Keep Torture A Secret

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 16

Russian Angara rocket launches mysterious military satellite

Europe shutting down its largest gas field, which could replace Russian gas and provide essential energy supplies

Ebola hits Ugandan capital as president blames victim for ‘poisoning’ others

St. Louis preparing to sue Hyundai and Kia over rampant car thefts in the city

US will support sending ‘multinational rapid action force’ to Haiti

That they did think about it, and they missed it anyway is even more damning for the regulate-risks project.

NY governor’s race between Hochul-Zeldin now considered toss-up

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 15

Company Sized Assault Captured On Film Near Kherson

In recent weeks, there have been numerous drone sightings near Norway’s offshore oil and gas platforms.

Crimea bridge: Russia ‘to repair blast damage by July 2023’

Ukraine’s neighbor Moldova is under increasing pressure as the war next door wears on. Amid energy shortages and a violation of airspace by Russian missiles, protestors are being paid to sow unrest in the capital.

A very interesting interview but I think he is leaving demographics out of his calculations and I think that weakens his analysis. Market strategist and historian Russell Napier warns of a 15- to 20-year phase of structurally elevated inflation and financial repression.

Could the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation and its Digital Services Act (DSA) have something to do with PayPal’s skittish forays into “combatting disinformation?”

Why India is arming Armenia against Azerbaijan

The Konnech Election Systems Bombshell:

In 1987, the NIH found a paper contained fake data. It was just retracted

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 14

HHS Purchases Drug for Use in Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies

What do you do when you discover your son has made an appointment for his death?

Massive Bean Piles Spotted Up And Down Mississippi River As Barges Can’t Meet Harvest Demand

The Bank of England has expanded its emergency purchases of government bonds to calm financial markets riled by a government plan to cut taxes.

U.S. Experts Weigh In on Colonoscopy Status in Wake of European Trial

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 10

Kerch Strait Bridge Update

Here is an argument that it was a truck bomb.

US Ammunition Supplies Dwindle as Ukraine War Drains Stockpiles

Mistrust Abounds Among the Liberated Residents of Ukrainian Village

A Distracted Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Its Old Soviet Sphere

Florida Surgeon General warns of 84% increase heart attack deaths 18-39 men

Remarkable reversal’: President Biden just (quietly) scaled back student loan forgiveness — and the change could impact up to 1.5M borrowers. Are you one of them?

France’s Fuel Supply Problems Worsen As Refinery Strikes Continue

Europe’s Race To Ensure Gas Supply Comes At A Cost

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 9

If your read the article, you find that it is killing skunks and such as well. I bring this up because my crew at work found a skunk whose cause of death we could not identify just laying peacefully in a courtyard. This year’s avian flu epidemic — the first in North America since 2015 — is caused by a version of this virus unlike any that virologists and wildlife managers have ever seen. “It’s behaving by a different set of rules,” said Bryan Richards, emerging disease coordinator at the National Wildlife Health Center. For the first time, it’s spreading widely among wild birds, which has far-reaching implications for wildlife and human health.

PayPal Still Threatens $2500 Fines for Promoting “Discriminatory” “Intolerance” (Even if Not “Misinformation”)

Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths, according to new lawsuit

U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River

Major companies including Starbucks – which attacked GOP ad on crime – are abandoning Seattle, D.C., more due to GUESS what?

European Energy Market Spooked By $1.5 Trillion Liquidity Crisis

The Navy Accused Him of Arson. Its Own Investigation Showed Widespread Safety Failures. More commentary here.

German authorities said there were no signs of foreign interference in the suspected sabotage of the national railway system. The incident has renewed fears of attacks on Germany’s critical infrastructure.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 6

President Joe Biden says the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine.

Putin Makes Chechnya’s Kadyrov Army General

Ukraine could retake Crimea if it continues to recapture territory from fleeing Russian forces at its current rate, senior US military officials believe.

Armed and Beltway-ish: More Federal Bureaucrats Than U.S. Marines Are Authorized to Pack Heat

Joe Biden Plans to Tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Yet Again

It comes just nine months after the last milestone of $30 trillion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and only five years after reaching $20 trillion.

The Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur is once again warning that the country needs to reduce its natural gas consumption by 20%.

New Discovery Means Parkinson’s Could Be Diagnosed With a Swab in Just 3 Minutes

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 5

Ukraine’s Capital Distributes Anti-radiation Pills In Case Of Possible Russian Nuke Attack

Sintchenko is willing to admit that the Russians are superior to the Ukrainians in two areas: “In electronic warfare and in military engineering.”

Manufacturing growth in the United States slowed in September to its lowest rate since the pandemic recovery started

Study: Decreased proteins, not amyloid plaques, are tied to Alzheimer’s disease

In a round about way, this study proves how unimportant diet is to heart health compared to other factors. White rice is as bad as candy when it comes to heart health

AAA Study Finds Automated Emergency Braking Systems Have Flaws