RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 27, 2024

HOLD, BUILD, AND STRIKE: A VISION FOR REBUILDING UKRAINE’S ADVANTAGE IN 2024

The British-owned tanker was struck by a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile on Friday while transiting the Gulf of Aden towards Singapore with a cargo of Russian naphtha.

Gas-Addicted Europe Trades One Energy Risk For Another

Measles is “growing global threat,” CDC tells doctors in alert message

There are bigger problems but it is a usefully reminder of what is being ignored in all the other news stories. It couldn’t be clearer. In 10 years, with no action from Congress, everyone will begin receiving 80% of what they are currently receiving, or promised, under the existing Social Security system.

Why are Thousands of Pharmacies Closing?

Border Patrol Says Agents Will Not Remove Texas Razor Wire Barriers

Biden’s EPA Planning to Ban Methylene Chloride, an Industry-Essential Chemical

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 25, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Artillery Ammo Crisis Giving Russia Major Advantage

Russia imported more than $1 billion worth of advanced chips made by U.S. and European companies in 2023

Fire Damages Rosneft Refinery in Suspected Ukrainian Drone Attack

IRAN UPDATE, JANUARY 25, 2024

This round of the Assembly of Experts is expected to select the next Supreme Leader, given that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is nearly 85 and has been sick repeatedly.

Potential deal up for discussion would see all hostages released in phases over several months, with war paused and thousands of Palestinian prisoners freed, though huge gaps remain

Qatar Notifies Spanish Utility of LNG Shipping Delay

Tankers Face Million-Dollar Detour Around Cape of Good Hope

As the abortion debate heats up in Germany, the government is tightening its grip on “pro-life” protests.

Pixel phones are broken again with critical storage permission bug

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 24, 2024

Claims Swirl Around Russian Il-76 Jet Crash Near Ukraine Border

Global shipping rates skyrocket as Red Sea crisis deepens

Two US-Flag Maersk Ships Safe After Houthi Missile Attack

In the worst one-day attack since the beginning of the Gaza war, 21 IDF soldiers were killed on Monday and several others were injured when Hamas forces fired rocket-propelled grenades on buildings the soldiers were inside.

There is two things that an organization should always ask about any course of action. Can you do it? and Should you do it? This article is heavy on arguing why the US should stay but it never even considers the question of whether it can sustain the position long term with the forces available. America Is Planning to Withdraw From Syria—and Create a Disaster

Germany Weighs Enlisting Foreigners in Military Amid Recruitment Woes
Alaska Airlines says it found many loose bolts on its Boeing 737 Max 9s

Boeing, not Spirit Aerosystems, may be responsible for blown-off panel on Alaska Airlines flight

“Pokémon with guns”: Palworld’s runaway Steam success should be a lesson for Game Freak

‘Strong And Consistent Evidence’ Links Multivitamins to Memory And Cognitive Benefits

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 23, 2024

Satellite imagery provides a new window into the latest U.S. and U.K. strikes overnight on Houthi targets at Sanaa International Airport.

Israel Says 24 Soldiers Killed in Deadliest Day of Ground War

China Buys Near-Record $40 Billion of Chip Gear to Beat US Curbs

Turkish lawmakers approve Swedish NATO bid after long delay

Civil War in Sudan: On the failures of state-building and the daunting challenges ahead for a beleaguered country and its peoples

Trump wins New Hampshire

South Dakota is trying to hold on

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 22, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia May Have To Move Air Defenses To Cover Cities

Drone Attacks Menace Russia’s Key Route for Exporting Oil

No-confidence motion against Netanyahu fails in Knesset, with only 18 votes in favor

For those that don’t know, Jewish fertility is as high as it is because of the ultra high fertility of certain religious sects. Otherwise it would be rock bottom like secular people everywhere. Israeli demography: Declining fertility, migration, and mortality

Supreme Court Allows Biden Admin to Remove Texas Border Wire

Hochul Is Ready to Start Weaning New York Off Gas

Two Cicada Broods Are About to Emerge at the Same Time. They Haven’t Paired Up Since 1803.

Top Harvard Cancer researchers accused of scientific fraud; 37 studies affected

What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 20, 2024

State of emergency declared in Russia’s Novosibirsk after third major heating system accident in recent days

Al Assad Air Base in Iraq, where U.S. military personnel and contractors are based, came under a massive barrage from Iranian-aligned militant groups in the country. The attack was so big that reports state it overwhelmed Al Assad’s air defenses, with multiple projectiles landing within its perimeter, causing injuries.

Iranian And Hezbollah Commanders Help Direct Houthi Attacks In Red Sea

Five IRGC-Quds Force Terror Commanders Eliminated in Alleged Israeli Strike

Impossible to both defeat Hamas and rescue hostages

Germany: Citizenship law could prompt 50,000 Turks to apply

This puts it in concrete terms how regulations makes it tough to be poor. Lots of poor people (and even not so poor) in the US would love these but will never get them. Toyota’s $10,000 Pickup Truck Is Perfect. So, Why Are We Sad?

You have to speed read through the first few pages to get to the interesting stuff and writing is academic so it never gets that good. Protestant Pentecostals in the Pentecostals in the Post-War Repression in Southern Ukraine 1945 – 1953

U.S. Power Infrastructure Tested by Ongoing Component Shortages

For most of the 20th century, the US was unrivaled in its machine tool technology, and as late as the early 1980s it was the largest machine tool producer in the world.. But almost overnight, the industry collapsed: annual machine tool shipments declined by more than 50% in 2 years, hundreds of machine tool companies went out of business, and the US slipped from the largest producer in the world to the 4th or 5th (depending on the year), roughly where it remains today.

Scientists discover first therapeutic target for preserving heart function in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Alone in the Dark: Sometimes being lost is how you find your way

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JANUARY 19, 2024

Why are many Russians freezing in their homes this winter?

Houthi Missiles Do Far More Damage to Trade Than Ships

Denver hospital system may collapse due to migrant crisis: ‘We are turning down patients’

Game developer survey: 50% work at a studio already using generative AI tools

Harvard Claims ‘Holy Grail’ EV Battery Breakthrough. But When Will We See It?

“We Have To Make Tough Choices”: After Already Laying Off Thousands, Google Prepping For More Layoffs