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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 8, 2023

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today warned that Bakhmut could fall into Russian hands in the next few days.

A supermajority of South Koreans want nukes: polls

Fed may need to accelerate rate hikes, Jerome Powell says

Consumers Hit A Brick Wall: January Credit Growth Craters As Interest Rates Soar

DHS has a program gathering domestic intelligence — and virtually no one knows about it

New Orleans residents warned ‘don’t sit in your car and play’ as carjackings skyrocket 165%

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 7, 2023

Belarus Admits Russian A-50 Radar Jet Damaged In Drone Attack

US Intelligence Now Says Pro-Ukraine, Possibly Government-Trained Mystery Forces Destroyed Nord Stream Pipelines

Taiwan’s defense minister on Monday said a sharp increase in Chinese military spending for 2023 indicated Beijing was “preparing for the use of force if necessary” to potentially retake the self-ruled island.

France braces for strikes that could bring the country ‘to a standstill’ for days on end

Iran arrests school poisoning suspects as cases top 5,000

Several other types of commercial aircraft also use floppy disks, including newer variants of the 747 and the 767, older Airbus A320s

Lynching the Deplorables Related: footage of police helping protestors was hidden for two years

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Bakhmut On The Brink

WHEN DO WE DEPLOY THE NEW VARIANT?

These concerning trends prompted a warning in January from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that Japan is “on the brink of not being able to maintain social functions.”

Farmers’ Protests Erupt in the Netherlands and Belgium Against EU Climate Change Restrictions

Italy Goes against EU’s Fossil Fuel Car Ban

French Strikes Over Pension Reform Hit Power Utility, Trucking

What? Robert Stange, 73, who describes himself as a “survivalist,” said he has three months’ worth of food on hand, although he had run out of coffee as well as lighter fluid for his wood-burning stove. Friday, he went to a store and emerged with a bottle of what he said was fine wine. That is not even the worst quote. This one is also in the running: “I used to work in construction, and it’s harder digging snow than dirt. Snow is heavier”. You can tell someone has never dug a basement out in hardpan country.

Antibody-Drug Conjugates Take Breast Cancer Field by Storm

Biden: “I was diagnosed with having a uh, anyway, they had to take the top of my head off a couple times to see if I had a brain.”

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 5, 2023

One of the biggest threats posed by Wagner is that they have much more freedom in assaults than regular forces

One of the more interesting things I have read on China in the last year or so. Mountains offer the best hiding places from the state.

I think I am somewhere on this spectrum. But it is hard to say when I am so bad a visualization in general. Struggle to Recognize Faces? Face Blindness May Be More Common Than Scientists Assumed

How gut bacteria can impact treatments for cancer

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 4, 2023

U.S. Beef Cattle Has Lowest Inventory Since 1962

Philippines: Governor killed in latest politician assault

Iran: More schoolgirls fall ill in suspected poisoning

Snowed-In And Terrified: Trapped California Mountain Residents Plea For Help

Another Norfolk Southern freight train has derailed in Ohio.

US senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 3, 2023

Conflicting Claims Over ‘Raid’ Inside Russia

For a certain value of going. The Ukrainian Economy Just Keeps On Going

Foxconn Plans $700 Million iPhone Factory In India As China Exodus Accelerates

North Carolina: A November 2021 order from a previous trial judge in the case called on the state to spend an additional $1.75 billion to meet its education obligations. The order called on the state budget director, controller, and treasurer to bypass the General Assembly. The judge ordered those officials to move the money out of the treasury without legislative authorization.

Biden EPA Approves Midwest Governors’ Request for Year-Round E15 Sales

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 2, 2023

Ukraine Is Using Guided Rockets With More Range Than HIMARS-Launched Ones

Russia’s Latest Output Cut Shows Its Oil Weapon Is Weakening

Argentina’s Power Restored After Blackout Plunged Half Of Country Into Darkness

CTP assesses with moderate confidence that the Iranian regime is tolerating a country-wide, coordinated campaign to poison Iranian school girls.

“Mortgage Rates Now Back Above 7%”

Colon cancer surges among people younger than 55

I thought this headline was from the Bee but I was wrong: Roald Dahl books were neutered by woke consultants aged eight to 30 – led by ‘non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist who is on the autism spectrum’