Category Archives: Politics
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 14
“Impossible” to track: China gives up on COVID case count amid explosive outbreak
How Chinese students cheat on U.S. college entry exams
Peru declares nationwide state of emergency amid protests
How does the Consumer Price Index account for the cost of housing?
‘Gas Station Heroin’ Is Causing Intense Withdrawals. It’s Legal in Most States.
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 13
Ukrainian Military Is Targeting Russian Fuel Supply Lines As Winter Approaches
Chinese, Indian Troops Injured in Fresh Border ‘Face-Off’
Late-Year Stumble for Microchip Supply
Flu is ‘eclipsing COVID as the biggest threat,’ Bay Area health officer says
Look more like sheep pens to me but what do I know. Mysterious Patterns Span The Arabian Desert, And We May Finally Know Why
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 12
US Vegetable Prices Soar Nearly 40% as Water Cuts Crush Supply From this I learned that farmers in Arizona(!!!!!) provide more than 90% of the US’s leafy greens each November through March. So not only is US leafy green production highly concentrated, it is highly concentrated in a desert state.
Higher Nuclear Output Helps France Meet Rising Power Demand
NH hiker falls to death off mountain cliff while taking photos with wife
An important geographic point about the current status of war in Ukraine
There is nothing particular special about the video if you have been following the war in Ukraine. But starting around the two minute mark he makes a very perceptive geographic point that I have not seen made elsewhere although I am sure most professional soldiers on both sides are quite aware of it. To a certain extent, it was clear that the Russian abandonment of Kherson was aimed at achieving this very outcome but I had not considered how the Ukraine successes had also contributed to it.
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 11
Airlines Are Pushing to Legalize One-Pilot Cockpits
String of electrical grid attacks in Pacific Northwest is unsolved
US gas prices lower than they were a year ago
US scientists reportedly make fusion energy breakthrough
Experimental cancer therapy shows success in more than 70% of patients in global clinical trials
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 10
Putin Makes New Nuclear ‘First Use’ Threat
INSIDE THE FACTORY THAT ONLY BUILDS WHITE TOYOTAS
COVID-19 rapid home tests not highly sensitive for Omicron
Researchers Link Aspartame Sweetener To Anxiety
The Motley Crew that Wanted to Topple the German Government
Study of twins shows exercise can alter genetic markers of disease
SPEED RUN Through PORTLAND A Dystopian HELL
If you have time, read some of the comments. It is not like it was always this bad.
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 9
West Asks Turkey To Help Clear Tanker Jam
South Korean truckers end 16-day strike without gains
CPS: Mom Can’t Let Her 3 Kids—Ages 6, 8, and 9—Play Outside by Themselves
“The second time as farce”: the bizarre Reichsbürger plot in Germany
AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Leaving Democrat Party, Registers as Independent
Meet Aryeh Deri: Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox strongman in Netanyahu’s cabinet
Trashed lithium-ion batteries caused three garbage truck fires in California
Record breaking DNA shows Mastodons roaming a hot North Greenland 2 million years ago